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ABATE
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TO REDUCE IN AMOUNT, DEGREE, OR SEVERITY
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ABSCOND
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TO LEAVE SECRETLY
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ABSTAIN (^20)
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TO CHOOSE NOT TO DO SOMETHING
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ABYSS
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AN EXTREMELY DEEP HOLE
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ADULTERATE (^20)
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DEBASE, TO MAKE IMPURE
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ADVOCATE
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TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF
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AESTHEIC
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CONCERNING THE APPRECIATION OF BEAUTY
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AGGRANDIZE
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TO INCREASE IN POWER, INFLUENCE, AND REPUTATION
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GRAND = TO INCREASE
exploited the situation to aggrandize himself |
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ALLEVIATE
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TO MAKE MORE BEARABLE
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LIKE THE PAIN KILLERS -ALLIEVE
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AMALGAMATION
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TO COMBINE
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AMBIGUOUS
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UNCERTAIN, ABLE TO BE INTERPRETED SEVERAL WAYS
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AMELIORATE
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TO IMPROVE
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ANACHRONISM
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SOMETHING OUT OF PLACE IN TIME
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AN=NOT + CHRON=TIME
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ANALOGOUS
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SIMILAR OR ALIKE IN SOMEWAY
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ANOMALY (^12)
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DEVIATION FROM THE NORM
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ABERRATION
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ANTAGONIZE
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TO ANNOY OR PROVOKE TO ANGER
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ANTIPATHY (v20)
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EXTREME DISLIKE
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ANIMOSITY, ANIMUS, AVERSION, ENMITY
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APATHY (^20)
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LACKING EMOTION
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INDIFFERENCE, INSENSIBILITY ROOT = PATHOS = EMOTION +A= |
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ARBITRATE
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TO JUDGE A DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING PARTIES
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TO REFREE OR MODERATE
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ARCHAIC
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ANCIENT, OLD-FASHIONED
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ARDOR
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PASSIONATE FEELINGS
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ENTHUSIAM, FERVENCY, FERVOR
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ARTICULATE
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LUCID, TO SPEAK CLEARLY AND EXPRESSIVELY
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ASSUAGE (^12)
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TO MAKE SOMETHING UNPLEASANT LESS SEVERE
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ATTENTUATE
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TO THIN, OR TO REDUCE ESPECIALLY IN THICKNESS, DENSITY, OR FORCE
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TENU = THIN
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AUSTERE
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stern and cold in appearance or manner
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SOMBER, GRAVE, BLEAK, GRIM
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AUDACIOUS (^20)
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FEARLESS AND DARING; COURAGEOUS
an audacious mountain climber |
BOLD
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BANAL
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BORING, PREDICTABLE, CLICHED
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TRITE, VAPID, WORN-OUT, BLAND,
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BOLSTER (v20)
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TO SUPPORT
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SUSTAIN, BUTTRESS
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CAUSTIC
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BITING IN WIT
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ACERBIC, MORDANT, TRENCHANT
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CHICANERY
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DECEPTION BY MEANS OF CRAFT OR GUILE
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ARTIFICE;
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CACOPHONY (v20)
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A HARSH, JARRING NOISE
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CLAMOR, DISCORD, DISHARMONY
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CANDID
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IMPARTIAL AND HONEST ESPECIALLY IN SPEECH
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FORTHRIGHT, UNDISQUESED
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CAPRICIOUS (^20)
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CHANGING ONE'S MIND QUICKLY AND OFTEN
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ARBITRARY, MERCURIAL, WHIMSICAL, WILLFUL
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CASTIGATE
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TO PUNISH OR CRITIZE HARSHLY
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ADMONISH, CHASTICE, CHIDE, REBUKE, UPPRAID
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CATALYST
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SOMETHING THAT BRINGS ABOUT A CHANGE IN SOMETHING ELSE
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ACCLERATOR, IMPETUS, STIMULANT
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BOMBASTIC
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POMPOUS IN SPEECH AND MANNER
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MAGNILOQUENT, OROTUND, PRETENTIOUS,
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COGENT
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PERSUASIVE
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CONDONE
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TO OVERLOOK, PARDON, OR DISREGARD
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EXCULPATE, PARDON
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CREDULOUS
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GULLIBLE
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SUSCEPTIBLE
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CORROBORATE (^20)
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TO CONFIRM..
USUALLY WITH SUPPORTING EVIDENCE |
BUTTRESS, SUBSTANTIATE,
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CRESCENDO
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INCREASING IN VOLUME OF MUSIC
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CAPSTONE, CULMEN, MERIDIAN
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DECORUM
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APPROPRIATENESS OF BEHAVIOR OR CONDUCT
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PROPREITY, COURTEOUS;
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DESULTORY
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JUMPING FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER; DISCONNECTED
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HAPHAZARD; ERRATIC;
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CONVOLUTED
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INTRACATE AND COMPLICATED
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BYSANTHINE, LABYRINTHINE, PERPLEXING.
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DILATE
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TO MAKE LARGER
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AMPLIFY, EXPIATIATE
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DUPE
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TO DECEIVE
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COZEN, DELUDE, HOODWINK, HUMBUG
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DEFERENCE
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RESPECT
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OBEISANCE, REVERENCE, VENERATION.
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DERIDE (v20)
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TO MOCK
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RIDICULE
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DESICCATE (^20)
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TO DRY OUT
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PARCH
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DIATRIBE
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A BITTER AND ABUSIVE SPEECH OR WRITING
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FULMINATION, HARANGUE, INVECTIVE.
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DIFFIDENT
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LACKING SELF CONFIDENCE
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COY, MODEST,
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DILATORY
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INTENDED TO DELAY, PROCASTINATING.
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SLUGGISH,
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DILETTANTE
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SOMEONE WITH AN AMATEURISH AND SUPERFICIAL INTEREST IN A TOPIC
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DABBLER, ROOKIE
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DISPARATE
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ENTIRELY UNLIKE
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DIVERGENT, VARIANT
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DISABUSE
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TO SET RIGHT
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DISMISS, UNDECEIVE
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DIRGE
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A FUNERAL HYMN OR MOURNFUL SPEECH
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ELEGY
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DISCERN
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TO RECOGNIZE
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DISCRIMINATE, DIFFERENTIATE
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DISSEMBLE
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TO DISGUISE ONE'S REAL INTENTIONS OR CHARACTER
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CAMOUFLAGE, CLOAK, FEIGN
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DISSONANCE (v20)
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A CLASHING OF NOISE, A LACK OF AGREEMENT
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CONTENTION, DISCORD, DISSENSION, DISSENT, DISSIDENCE, STRIFE, VARIANCE
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DOGMA
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A FIRMLY HELD OPINION, USUALLY A RELIGIOUS ONE
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CREED, TENET,
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DOGMATIC
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DICTATORIAL IN ONE'S OPIONIONS
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AUTHORITARIAN, DOCTRINAIRE, IMPERIOUS
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ENERVATE (v20)
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TO LACK IN PHYSICAL, MENTAL, OR MORAL STRENGTH
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ENFEEABLE
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ENGENDER (^20)
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TO CAUSE
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PROCREATE, PROLIFERATE
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ENIGMA (^12)
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A PUZZLE; A MYSTERY
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CONUNDRUM; PERPLEXITY
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ENUMERATE
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TO COUNT OR LIST
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CATALOG
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EPHEMERAL (^20)
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LASTING A SHORT TIME
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TRANSIENT
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ERRATIC
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WANDERING AND UNPREDICTABLE
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CAPRICIOUS; IRRESOLUTE
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ESOTERIC
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KNOWN OR UNDERSTOOD ONLY BY A FEW
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ABSTRUSE
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ESTIMABLE
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ADMIRABLE
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VENERABLE, MERITORIUS
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EUPHEMISM
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USE OF AN INOFFENSIVE WORD
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EXACERBATE
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TO MAKE WORSE
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PROVOKE
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EXCULPATE
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TO CLEAR FROM BLAME
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THE LEGAL SYSTEM IS INTENDED TO CONVICT THOSE WHO ARE GUILTY AND ________
THOSE WHO ARE INNOCENT. SYN-VINDICATE, EXONERATE, |
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EXIGENT
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URGENT
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THINK OF THE FOREIGNER SONG.
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EXONERATE
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TO CLEAR FROM BLAME
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THE LEGAL SYSTEM IS INTENDED TO CONVICT THOSE WHO ARE GUILTY AND ________
THOSE WHO ARE INNOCENT. SYN-EXCULPATE, VINDICATE |
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EXPLICIT
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CLEARLY STATED
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UNAMBIGUOUS
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FANATICAL
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ACTINING OVERLY ENTHUSIASTIC
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SYN- ZEALOUS
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FAWN
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TO GROVEL
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TOADY
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FERVID (^12)
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FEVERISH; INTENSELY EMOTIONAL
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FLORID
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OVERLY DECORATED
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THE WOMEN _______ HER RESUME, HOPING TO IMPROVE HER CHANCE OF RECEIVING THE OPEN POSITION WITH THE COMPANY.
SYN-*EMBELLISHED;*ROCOCO; *OSTENTATIOUS; BAROQUE |
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FOMENT
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TO ARROUSE
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The Rebels tried to ______ revolution through their attacks on the break.
SYN-INSTIGATE |
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FRUGALITY
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A HABIT OF BEING CHEAP
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Scrooge McDuck's _______ was so great that he accumulated enough wealth to fill a giant warehouse with money.
SYN - PARSIMONY, ECONOMY |
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GARRULOUS (v20)
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TALKITIVE
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The _______ parakeet distracted its owner with its continuous talking.
SYN-EFFUSIVE, LOQUACIOUS |
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GREGARIOUS
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OUTGOING, SOCIABLE
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She was so ________ that when she found herself alone she felt sad.
SYN - AFFABLE, CONGENIAL |
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GUILE
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TRICKERY
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SYN - *CHICANERY, CONNIVERY, *DUPLICITY
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GULLIBLE (^20)
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EASILY DECEIVED
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SYN - *CREDULOUS, EXPLOITABLE
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HOMOGENOUS (^20)
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SIMILAR
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SYN - STANDARDIZED, UNVARYING
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ICONOCLAST
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A PERSON WHO OPPOSES ESTABLISHED BELIEFS
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His lack of regard for traditional beliefs soon established him as a ________.
SYN - MAVERICK, NONCONFORMIST, |
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IMPERTURBABLE
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NOT CAPABLE OF BEING DISTURBED, IN A STATE OF ALMOST TRANQUILITY
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SYN - COMPOSED; IMPASSIVE; SERENE; STOCIAL
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IMPERVIOUS
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IMPOSSIBLE TO PENETRATE; INCAPABLE OF BEING AFFECTED
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SYN- IMPREGNABLE; RESISTANT
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IMPETUOUS
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(1)QUICK TO ACT WITHOUT THINKING
(2)IMPULSIVE VEHEMENCE OR PASSION |
<an impetuous temperament> SYN - IMPULSIVE, PRECIPITATE, RECKLESS, SPONTANEOUS |
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IMPLACABLE
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UNABLE TO BE CALMED DOWN OR MADE PEACEFUL
IT'S THE ANTONYM (FORGIVING, REMORSEFUL, RELENTING, RECONCILABLE) |
SYN - INEXORABLE, INTRANSIGENT, IRRECONCILABLE, RELENTLESS, REMORSELESS, UNFORGIVING
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INCHOATE
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NOT FULLY FORMED, DISORGANIZED
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The ideas expressed in Nietzsche's mature work also appear in an _______ form in his earliest works.
SYN - AMORPHOUS; INCOHERENT; |
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INGENUOUS (v20)
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SHOWING INNOCENCE OR CHILDLIKE SIMPLICITY
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She was so ________ her friends feared that the city would exploit her and all the innocence she possesed.
SYN - ARTLESS, GUILELESS, INNOCENT, NAIVE, UNAFFECTED |
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INIMICAL
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HOSTILE, UNFRIENDLY
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Even though a cease-fire had been in place for months, the two sides were still _______
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INNOCUOUS
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HARMLESS
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SYN - BENIGN, INOFFENSIVE, INSIPID*
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INSIPID
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LACKING INTEREST OR FLAVOR
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The critic claimed that the painting was _______, containing no interesting qualities at all.
SYN - *BANAL, DULL, STALE, VAPID |
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INUNDATE
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TO OVERWHELM; TO COVER WITH WATER
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THE TIDAL WAVE _________ ATLANTIS, WHICH WAS LOST BENEATH THE WATER
SYN - DELUGE, ENGULF, |
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IRASCIBLE
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EASILY MADE ANGRY
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EFFICACY
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POWER TO PRODUCE AN EFFECT
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PRODUCTIVENESS, VIGOR, EFFICIENY
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ECLECTIC
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COMPOSED OF ELEMENTS DRAWN FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
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HETEROGENEOUS, CATHOLIC, SELECTIVE
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ELEGY
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A SORROWFUL POEM OR SPEECH
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DIRGE
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ELOQUENT
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PERSUASIVE ESPECIALLY IN SPEECH
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an eloquent monument
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EMULATE
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TO COPY
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IMITATE
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PREVARICATE (v20)
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TO LIE
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EQUIVOCAE, PERJURE
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PROLIFERATE
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TO QUICKLY INCREASE IN NUMBER
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MULTIPLY
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PROPITIATE
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TO APPEASE
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MOLLIFY, CONCILIATE, PLACATE
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PROPRIETY (^20)
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CORRECT BEHAVIOR,
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DECORUM, MODESTY
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QUIESCENT
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MOTIONLESS
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DORMANT, LATENT
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PERFUNCTORY
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DONE IN ROUTINE WAY, INDIFFERENT
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APATHETIC, AUTOMATIC
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PERFIDIOUS
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WILLING TO BETRAY ONE'S TRUST
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FAITHLESS, TREACHEROUS
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SATIATE
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TO SATISFY FULLY OR OVERINDULGE
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CLOY, GORGE
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RHETORIC
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EFFECTIVE WRITING OR SPEAKING
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ELOQUENCE; ORATORY
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RETICENT
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SILENT, RESERVED
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INTROVERTED, LACONIC, TACITURN, UNDEMONSTRATIVE
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REPUDIATE
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TO REJECT THE VALIDITY OF
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DISAVOW, DISCLAIM, DISOWN, RENOUNCE
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PRECIPITATE (^12)
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TO THROW VIOLENTLY
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HURL, RUSH
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PLETHORA
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EXCESS
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SUPERFLUITY; SURFEIT
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PRAGMATIC (^20)
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PRACTICAL AS OPPOSED TO IDEALISTIC
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REALISTIC
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PRODIGAL (^12)
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WASTEFUL
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LAVISH, PROFLIGATE
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PARAGON
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A MODEL OF EXCELLENCE OR PERFECTION
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QUINTESSENCE; STANDARD
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PEDANT (^20)
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SOMEONE WHO SHOWS OFF LEARNING
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PEDAFOFUE, SOPHIST, DOCTRINAIRE
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SOPORIFIC
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CAUSING TO SLEEP OR LETHARGY
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HYPNOTIC; SLUMBEROUS; SOMNOLENT
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SPECIOUS
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DECEPTIVELY ATTRACTIVE, SEEMINGLY PLAUSIBLE BUT FALLACIOUS
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ILLUSORY, OSTENSIBLE, PLAUSIBLE, SOPHISTIC, SPURIOUS
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STOLID
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UNEMOTIONAL, LACKING SENSITIVITY
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IMPASSIVE, INDIFFERENT, PHLEGMATIC, UNCONCERNED.
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TACIT
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DONE WITHOUT USING WORDS
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IMPLICIT, UNDECLARED
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TACITURN
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SILENT, NOT TALKATIVE... UNCOMMUNICATIVE
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LACONIC, RETICENT
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VOLATILE (^20)
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EASILY AROUSED OR CHANGEABLE
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CAPRICIOUS, MERCURIAL,
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VEX
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TO ANNOY
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EXASPERATE, PEEVE, PROVOKE
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VERBOSE
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WORDY
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LOQUACIOUS, SUPERFLUOUS
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VERACITY
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FILLED WITH TRUTH AND ACCURACY
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CANDOR, EXACTITUDE, PROBITY
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VENERATE (v20)
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TO RESPECT DEEPLY
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ADORE, IDOLIZE, REVERE.
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VACILLATE (^20)
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TO BE INDECISIVE
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DITHER, WAVER
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TRANSITORY
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TEMPORARY
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EVANESCENT, EPHEMERAL, FLEETING, IMPERMANENT
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TORPOR
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EXTREME MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SLUGGISHNESS
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APATHY, LANGOUR
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TIRADE
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HARSH SPEECH OR VERBAL ATTACK
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DIATRIBE, FULMINATION, OBLOGUY, REVILEMENT, VILIFICATION
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PLACATE (^12)
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TO PACIFY
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APPEASE, CONCILIATE, MOLLIFY
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EQUIVOCATE (^12)
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TO LIE OR MISLEAD BY USING EXPRESSIONS THAT HAVE DOUBLE MEANING
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ERUDITE (^12)
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LEARNED, SCHOLARLY, BOOKISH
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INTRANSIGENT
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UNCOMPROMISING
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LAMENT
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TO EXPRESS SORROW; TO GRIEVE
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BEWAIL, DEPLORE, MOURN
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LAVISH
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EXTREMELY GENEROUS OR EXTRAVAAENT
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PRODIGAL, PROFUSE, LUXURIANT
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LUMINOUS
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BRIGHT, BRILLIANT, GLOWING
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LUCENT, RADIANT, LUSTROUS
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MALINGER
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TO EVADE A RESPONSIBILITY BY PRETENDING TO BE ILL
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SHIRK, SLACK
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METICULOUS
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EXTREMELY CAREFUL ABOUT DETAILS
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FINICKY, FUSSY, PICKY, PRECISE, PUNCTILIOUS
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MOLLIFY
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TO CALM OR MAKE LESS SEVERE
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APPEASE, ASSUAGE, CONCILIATE, PACIFY
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MONOTONY
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LACK OF VARIATION
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DRONE, TEDIUM
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OBDURATE (v20)
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STUBBORN; HARDENED IN FEELING; RESISTANT TO PRESUASION
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SYN - INTRANSIGNET, RECALCITRANT, PERTINACIOUS, TENACIOUS,
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OBSEQUIOUS
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OVERLY SUBMISSIVE AND EARGER TO PLEASE
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SYN - COMPLIANT, DEFERENTIAL, SERVILE, SUBSERVIENT
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OBSTINATE
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STUBBORN
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SYN - INTRANSIGNET, MULISH, PERTINACIOUS, TENACIOUS, OBDURATE
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OBVIATE
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TO PREVENT
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SYN - FORESTALL, PRECLUDE, PROHIBIT
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NAIVE
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LACKING SOPHISTICATION OR EXPERIENCE
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CREDULOUS, INGENUOUS, SIMPLE, GUILELESS, UNSOPHISTICATED
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MISANTHROPE (v20)
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A PERSON WHO DISLIKES OTHERS
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CURMUDGEON
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MALLEABLE (v20)
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CAPABLE OF BEING SHAPED
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ADAPTIVE, DUCTILE, PLIANT
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LETHARGIC (v20)
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SLOW OR SLUGGISH MANNER
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LACKADAISICAL, APATHETIC, LISTLESS, TORPID, LANGUID
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OSTENTATION (v20)
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EXCESSIVE, SHOWINESS
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CONSPICIOUSNESS; PRETENTIOUSNESS, FLASHINESS
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MITIGATE (^20)
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TO SOFTEN; TO LESSEN
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ALLAY, ALLEVIATE, ASSUAGE, EASE
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LACONIC (^20)
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USING FEW WORDS
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CONCISE, CURT, TERSE
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LAUD (^20)
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TO GIVE PRAISE, TO GLORIFY
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ACCLAIM, COMMEND, HAIL, PRAISE
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LOQUACIOUS (^20)
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TALKATIVE
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VERBOSE, GARRULOUS, EFFUSIVE
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LUCID (^12)
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CLEAR AND EASILY UNDERSTOOD
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LIMPID, INTELLIGIBLE, EXPLICIT
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OPAQUE (^12)
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IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THROUGH, PREVENTING THE PASSAGE OF LIGHT
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OBSCURE
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OCCLUDE
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TO STOP UP; TO PREVENT THE PASSAGE OF
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SYN - OBSTRUCT
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ONEROUS
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BURDENSOME
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SYN - ARDUOUS; CUMBERSOME; EXACTING; FORMIDABLE; RIGOROUS; TAXING
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OPPROBRIUM
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PUBLIC DISGRACE
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SYN - DISREPUTE, IGNOMINY, INFAMY, OBLOGUY,
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ZEAL (^12)
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PASSION, EXCITEMENT
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CHAOS
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GREAT DISORDER OR CONFUSION
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CHAUVINIST
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SOMEONE PREJUDICE IN FAVOR OF A GROUP TO WHICH HE OR SHE BELONGS
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EULOGY
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A SPEECH GIVEN IN PRAISE OF SOMEONE
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PARADOX
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A CONTRADICTION OR DILEMMA
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PHILANTHROPY
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CHARITY; A DESIRE OR EFFORT TO PROMOTE GOODNESS
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PLASTIC
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ABLE TO BE MOLDED, ALTERED, OR BENT
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PRISTINE
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FRESH AND CLEAN; UNCORRUPTED
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PRUDENCE
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WISDOM, CAUTION, OR RESTRAINT
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PUNGENT
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SHARP AND IRRITATING TO THE SENSES
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RAREFY
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TO MAKE THINNER OR SPARSER
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WAVER (v20)
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TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN CHOICES
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WHIMSICAL
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ACTING IN FANCIFUL OR CAPRICIOUS MANNER; UNPREDICTABLE
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SUBLIME
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LOFTY OR GRAND
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STIGMA
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A MARK OF SHAME OR DISCREDIT
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PERMEATE
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TO PENETRATE
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METAPHOR
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A FIGURE OF SPEECH COMPARING TWO DIFFERENT THINGS; A SYMBOL
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