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Guile
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deciet, trickery
Since he was not fast enough to catch the road-runner on foot the coyote resorted to guile in an effort to trap his enemy |
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Fanatical
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acting excessively enthusiastic
The stormtroopers were fanatical in their devotion to the emperor. |
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Zeal
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Passion, Excitement
She brought her typical zeal to the project, sparking enthusiasm in all. |
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Volatile
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changeable or explosive
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Whimsical
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unpredictable, lightly acting in a fanciful manner
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Intransigent
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rigid uncomprimising
the teacher on his deadline |
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Gregarious
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highly sociable
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Laconic
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of few words
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Implacable
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hard to be calmed
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After finishing the bottle of jim beam he was implacable
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Latent
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unrealized or non apparrent potential
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fawn
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to grovel
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ingenuous
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child-like, innocence, candid
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explicit
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clearly stated
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fortuitous
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by fortune or chance
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lament
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to grieve
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Inchoate
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not fully formed, disorganized
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Garrulous
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tending to talk a lot
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Foment
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To incite or arouse
The rebels fomented the revolution through their attacks |
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Frugality
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cheapness
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Fervid
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intensley emotional, feverish
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Florid
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excessively decorated
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Irascible
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easily angered
think irritable |
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Waver
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to mull over two choices
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Viscous
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Thick or adhesive
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Verbose
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Wordy
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Vex
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to annoy
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Lavish
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highly charitable, extremely generous
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Iconoclast
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one who goes against what is accepted
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Impervious
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inpenetrable
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Innocous
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harmless
The gentle giant was innocous |
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Lethargic
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Sluggish
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Lucid
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Easily understood, clearly stated
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Malinger
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to fake illness to avoid responsibility
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Metaphor
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a symbol for something
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Permeate
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to penetrate,
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Perfidious
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willing to betray ones trust
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Prefunctory
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indifferent
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Apathy
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Pedant
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someone who shows off learning
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Meticulous
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extremely careful about details
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Malleable
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easy to shape
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Luminous
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glowing
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Insipid
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bland
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Laud
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praise or glorify
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Inimical
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unfriendly
Even after the cease fire the two sides were inimical |
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Lassitude
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state of diminished energy
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Loquaciuos
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talkative
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Placate
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to soothe or pacify
the burgular tried to placate the dog with a treat |
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Philanthropy
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giving to charity
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Phlegmatic
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calm and cool
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Pervasive
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penetrating, to be present throughout
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Rarefy
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to make thinner or sparser
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Proclivity
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natural inclination or predisposition
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archaic
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old, out dated
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apocryphal
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from questionable authority
AREA 51 |
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Attenuate
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to weaken in force
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Antipathy
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extreme dislike
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Apathy
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lack of interest or emotion
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Assuage
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to make something unpleasant less severe
USE ALCOHOL |
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ardor
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intense and passionate feeling
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burgeon
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to grow and flourish
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Bombastic
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pompous in speech and manner
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Caustic
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biting in wit
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Banal
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bland, boring
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Analogous
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similar to or alike in some way
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Arbitrate
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judge a dispute between two parties
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Coalesce
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to grow together to form a single whole
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decorum
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propriety
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Cacophony
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harsh, jarring noise
"loud noises" |
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Chicanery
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deception by guile
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Credulous
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innocent, trusting
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Circumspect
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think about all the potential consequences of every action
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Burnish
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polish
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Crescendo
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increasing in volume
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Chauvinist
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predjuiced in favor of own group
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Corroborate
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support, give evidence for
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Aesthetic
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concerning the appreciation of beauty
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Adulterate
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to make impure
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Ameliorate
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To make better, improve
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Abstain
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To choose not to do something
during lent catholics abstain from meat |
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Amalgamate
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to combine, mix together
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Condone
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to overlook, pardon or disregard
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Arbitrary
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determined by chance or impulse
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Austere
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severe or stern in appearance, undecorated
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Capricious
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changing one's mind quickly and often
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Convoluted
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complicated, and intricate
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Candid
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impartial and honest in speech
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Catalyst
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something that brings about a change in something else
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Chaos
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disorder
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Bolster
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support, prop up
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Connoisseur
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a person with expert knowledge
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Aggrandize
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To increase in power, influence, or reputation
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Advocate
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speak in favor of
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Anachronism
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Out of place
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Abyss
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deep dark whole
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Ambigous
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something that is able to be interperted in multiple ways
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Abscond
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to leave secretly
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Alleviate
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to make more bearable
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Articulate
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to speak clearly and expressively
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Anomaly
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something out of the ordinary
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Antagonize
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to annoy
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Audacious
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Fearless
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Approbation
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approval and praise
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Cogent
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convincing and well reasoned
SWAYED BY THE COGENT ARGUMENT OF THE DEFENSE, THE JURY HAD TO ACQUIT |
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Castigate
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to punish, or critisize harshly
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Dilatory
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intended to delay
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Abate
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to reduce in amount, degree, or severity
AS THE HURRICANE WINDS ABATED THE SEA CALMED |
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Desultory
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Jumping from one topic to another
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Deride
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to speak of or treat with contempt, to mock
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Deference
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respect, courtesy
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Desiccate
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to dry out thoroughly
COWS CARCASS |
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Diatribe
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an abusive, condemnatory speech
WHAT THE TRUCKER SAID TO THE PERSON WHO CUT HIM OFF |
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Dilate
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to make larger, expand
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Alacrity
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cheerful readiness
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Aberrant
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Abnormal
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Impetuous
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quick to act without thinking
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Inundate
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to overwhelm, to cover with water
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Imperturbable
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Not capable of being disturbed
EXPERIENCED TEACHER WITH KIDS THROWING TANTRUMS |
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Homogenous
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of similar kind
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Diffident
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lacking self confidence
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Anorexic women are often diffident
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Dissemble
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to present a false appearance, to disguise one's real intentions or character
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Dogma
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a firmly held opinion, especially a religous belief
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Dirge
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a funeral hymn or mournful speech
AMADEUS |
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Disparate
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fundamentally different; entirely unlike
twins with disparate personality |
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Dissonance
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A harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE OCCURS WHEN AN INNER CONFLICT IS CAUSED BY NEW EVIDENCE THAT CONTRADICTS LONG STANDING BELIEFS |
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Disabuse
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make up for, straighten out
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Dilettante
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someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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Elegy
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A sorrowful poem or speech
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Embellish
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to add ornamental or fictitious details
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Eclectic
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selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
BUDAPESTS ARCHITECTURE IS AN ECLECTIC MIX OF EASTERN AND WESTERN STYLES |
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Discern
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to perceive or recognize
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Efficacy
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effectiveness
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Eloquent
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persuasive and moving, especially in speech
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Emulate
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to copy, to try to equal or excel
IMITATE, SIMULATE |
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Gullible
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easily deceived
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Probity
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complete honesty and integrity
GEORGE WASHINGTON |
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Quiescent
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motionless
ANIMALS HIBERNATING |
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Prevaricate
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to lie or deviate from the truth
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Prudence
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wisdom, caution or restraint
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Pristine
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fresh and clean, uncorrupted
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Pungent
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sharp and irritating to the senses
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Precipitate
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
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Propriety
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Acting in a proper manner, obeying rules and customs
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Pragmatic
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practical as opposed to idealistic.
REALISTIC INSTEAD OF OPTIMISTIC |
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Propitiate
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to conciliate, to appease
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After cheating on his wife the man propitiated her by bringing flowers
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Plethora
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excess
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Proliferate
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to increase in number quickly
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Plastic
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able to be molded, altered or bent
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Prodigal
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lavish wasteful
PRODIGAL SON OF RICH DAD, WASTES MONEY ON LAVISH LIFESTYLE |
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Dogmatic
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dictatorial in one's opinions
NARROW MINDED- ONLY BELIEVING IN OWN OPINIONS |
My Uncle is dogmatic, he boycotts disney because of their association with gays.
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Dupe
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to deceive or a person who is easily deceived
GULLIBLE |
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Erratic
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wandering, unpredictable
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Ephemeral
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lasting a short time
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Enigma
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a puzzle or mystery
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Enervate
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to reduce in strength
GUERILLA ATTACKS ENERVATE OPPOSING FORCES |
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Erudite
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learned, scholarly
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equivocate
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use expressions of double meaning in order to deceive
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Enumerate
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to count list
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Engender
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to produce, cause, or bring about
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Exonerate
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to clear of blame
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Exculpate
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to clear from blame, prove innocence
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Euphemism
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using more proper words
MORE POLITICALLY CORRECT ETC |
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Estimable
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Admirable
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Exigent
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urgent, requiring immediate attention
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Exacerbate
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to make worse
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His failure to follow the doctors recommendations only EXACERBATED his injury
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Esoteric
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known or understood only by a few
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Eulogy
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speech and praise of song
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Naive
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lacking experience
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obdurate
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hardened in feeling , resistant to persuasion
PRESIDENT ON THE WAR |
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mollify
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to calm or make less severe
WEED MOLLIFIES CHELSEY |
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monotony
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no variation, tediously the same
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obstinate
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stubborn or unyielding
OBSTINATE CHILD NOT EATING GREEN BEANS |
George Bush is obstinate about the war
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obsequious
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overly submissive, eager to please
OBSEQUIOUS NEW ASSOCIATE AND BOSS |
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Mitigate
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to soften or lessen
PRISON SENTENCE BEING MITIGATED BECAUSE CRIME COMITTED OUT OF NEED |
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Misanthrope
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a person who dislikes others
THE GRINCH |
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Paradox
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contradiction
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Paragon
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model of excellence or perfection
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Opprobirium
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public disgrace
AFTER THE SCHEME TO EMBEZZLE FROM THE ELDERLY THE EMBEZZLER FELT OPPROBIRIUM |
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Ostentation
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excessive showiness
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Oneros
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troublesome, burdensome
THE ASSIGNMENT WAS ONEROS |
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Opaque
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impossible to see through, preventing the passage of light
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Obviate
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to prevent, to make unnecessary
THE RIVER WAS SHALLOW ENOUGH TO WADE ACROSS WHICH OBVIATED THE NEED FOR A BRIDGE. |
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Occlude
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to stop up, prevent the passage of
TOILET |
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Venerate
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to respect deeply
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Repudiate
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to reject the validity of
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Vacillate
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to physically sway or be indecisive
WAVER |
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Torpor
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extreme mental and physical sluggishness
AFTER THE SURGERY THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED TORPOR AFTER THE ANESTHESIA |
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Transitory
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temporary, lasting a brief time
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Sublime
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lofty or grand
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Taciturn
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silent not talkative
THE CLERKS TACITURN EARNED HIM THE NAME SILENT BOB |
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Tacit
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done without using words
ALTHOUGH NOT A WORD WAS SAID EVERYONE NEW WHAT COURSE OF ACTION NEEDED TO BE TAKEN |
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Reticent
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silent and reserved
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Rhetoric
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effective writing or speaking
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Satiate
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to satisfy fully or over indulge
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Soporific
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causing sleep or lethargy
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Specious
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deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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Stigma
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a mark of shame or discredit
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Stolid
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unemotional, lacking sesitivity
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Tirade
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long harsh speech or verbal attack
MANAGER TO EMPLOYEE OVER MINOR MISTAKE |
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Veracity
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filled with truth and accuracy
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