Top 200 Gre Words

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Enervate

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To reduce in strength; The guerrillas hoped that a series of surprise attacks would ENERVATE the regular army.
The guerrillas hoped that a series of surprise attacks would ENERVATE the regular army.

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Exculpate

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To clear from blame; prove innocent

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Exigent

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urgent; requiring immediate attention

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Fawn

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to grovel

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Fervid

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Intensely emotional; feverish

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Foment

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To arouse or incite

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Garrulous

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Tending to talk a lot

The GARRULOUS parakeet distracted its owner with its continuous talking.

The GARRULOUS parakeet tended to distract its owner with its continuous talking.

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Gregarious

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Outgoing; social

She was so GREGARIOUS that when she found herself alone, she felt quite sad.

She was so GREGARIOUS that when she found herself alone, she felt quite sad.

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Guile

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Deceit or trickery

Since he was not fast enough to catch the roadrunner on foot, the coyote resorted to GUILE in an effort to trap his enemy.

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Gullible

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Easily deceived

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Iconoclast

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One who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions

His lack of regard for traditional beliefs soon established him as an ICONOCLAST.

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Imperturbable

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Not capable of being disturbed

The counselor had so much experience dealing with distraught children that she seemed IMPERTURBABLE, even when faced with the wildest tantrums

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Impervious

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Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected

A good raincoat will be IMPERVIOUS to moisture.

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Impetuous

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Quick to act without thinking;

It is not good for an investment broker to be IMPETUOUS, since much thought should be given to all the possible options.

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Implacable

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Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful;

His rage at the betrayal was so great that he remained IMPLACABLE for weeks.

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Inchoate

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Not fully formed; disorganized

The ideas expressed in Nietzsche's mature work also appear in an INCHOATE form in his earliest writing.

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Ingenuous

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Showing innocence or childlike simplicity

She was so INGENUOUS that her friends feared that her innocence and trustfulness would be exploited when she visited the big city

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Inimical

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Hostile; unfriendly

Even though the children ahd grown up together, they were INIMICAL to each other at school.

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Innocuous

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Harmless

Some snakes are poisonous, but most species are INNOCUOUS and pose no danger to humans.

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Insipid

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Lacking interest or flavor

The critic claimed that the painting was INSIPID, containing no interesting qualities at all.

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Intransigent

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uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled

The professor was INTRANSIGENT on the deadline, insisting that everyone turn the assignment in at the same time.

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Inundate

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To overwhelm; to cover with water

The tidal wave INUNDATED Atlantis, which was lost beneath the water.

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Irascible

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Easily made angry

Attila the Hun's IRASCIBLE and violent nature made all who dealt with him fear for their lives.

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Laconic

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Using few words

She was a LACONIC poet who built her reputation on using words as sparingly as possible.

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Lament

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to express sorrow; to grieve

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Laud

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To give praise; to glorify

Parades and fireworks were staged to LAUD the success of the rebels.

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Lavish

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v. to give unsparingly; adj. extremely generous or extravagant

She LAVISHED the puppy with so many treats that it soon became overweight and spoiled.

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Lethargic

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Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner

The clerk was so LETHARGIC that, even when the store was slow, he always had a long line in front of him.

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Loquacious

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Talkative

That same garrulous parrot is also loquacious and shit.

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Lucid

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Clear and easily understood

The explanations were written in a simple and LUCID manner so that students were immediately able to apply what they'd learned.

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Luminous

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Bright, brilliant, glowing

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Malinger

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To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

A common way to avoid the draft was by MALINGERING: pretending to be mentally or physically ill so as to avoid being taken by the Army.

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Malleable

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capable of being shaped

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Metaphor

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a figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol

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Meticulous

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extremely careful about details

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Misanthrope

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A person who dislikes others

JULIAN=misanthrope

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Mitigate

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to soften; to lessen

A judge may mitigate a sentence if she decides that a person committed a crime out of need.

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Mollify

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To calm or make less severe

Their argument was so intense that it was difficult to believe any compromise would MOLLIFY them

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Monotony

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Lack of variation

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Naive

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Lacking sophistication or experience

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Obdurate

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Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion

The president was completely OBDURATE on the issue, and no amount of persuasion would change his mind.

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Obsequesious

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Overly submissive and eager to please

The OBSEQUESIOUS new associate made sure to compliment her supervisor's tie and agree wtih him on every issue.

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Obstinate

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stubborn, unyielding

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Obviate

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To prevent; to make unnecessary

The river was shallow enough to wade across at many points, which OBVIATED the need for a bridge.

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Occlude

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To stop up; to prevent

A shadow is thrown across the earth's surface during a solar when the light from the sun is OCCLUDED by the moon.

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Opprobrium

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Public disgrace

After the scheme to embezzle the elderly was made public, the treasurer resigned in utter OPPROBRIUM.

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Ostentation

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Excessive showiness

The OSTENTATION of the Sun King's court is evident in the lavish decoration and luxuriousness of his palace at Versailles.

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Paradox

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A contradiction or dilemma

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Paragon

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Model of excellence or perfection

She is the PARAGON of twhat a judge should be: honest, intelligent, hardworking, and just.

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Pedant

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Someone who shows off learning

The graduate instructor's tedious and excessive commentary on the subject soon gained her a reputation as a PEDANT.

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Perfidious

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Willing to betray one's trust

The actress's PERFIDIOUS companion revealed all of her intimate secrets to the gossip columnist.

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Perfunctory

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Done in a routine way; indifferent

The machinelike bank teller processed the transaction and gave the waiting customer a PERFUNCTORY smile

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Permeate

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To penetrate

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Philanthropy

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Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness

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Placate

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To sooth or pacify

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Plastic

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able to be molded, altered, or bent

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Plethora

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excess

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Pragmatic

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Practical as opposed to idealistic

While daydreaming gamblers think they can get rich by frequenting casinos, PRAGMATIC gamblers realize that the odds are heavily stacked against them.

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Precipitate

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To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

Upon learning that the couple married after knowing each other only two months, friends and family members expected such a PRECIPITATE marriage to end in divorce.

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Prevaricate

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To lie or deviate from the truth

Rather than admit that he had overslept again, the employee PREVARICATED and claimed that heavy traffic had prevented him from arriving at work on time.

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Pristine

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Fresh and clean; uncorrupted

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Prodigal

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Lavish, wasteful

The PRODIGAL son quickly wasted all of his inheritance on a lavish lifestyle devoted to pleasure.

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Proliferate

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To increase in number quickly

Although she kept only two guinea pigs initially, they PROLIFERATED to such an extent that she soon had dozens.

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Propitiate

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To conciliate; to appease

The management PROPITIATED the irate union by agreeing to raise wages for its members.

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Propriety

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Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

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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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Quiescent

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Motionless

Many animals are QUIESCENT over the winter months, minimizing activity in order to conserve energy

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Rarefy

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To make thinner or sparser

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Repudiate

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To reject the validity of

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Reticent

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silent, 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 overindulge

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Soporific

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Causing sleep or lethargy

The movie proved to be so SOPORIFIC that soon loud snores were heard throughout the theater.

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Specious

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Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious

The student's SPECIOUS excuse for being late sounded legitimate but was proved otherwise when her teacher called her home.

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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 sensitivity

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Sublime

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lofty or grand

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Tacit

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done without using words

although not a word had been said, everyone in the room knew that a TACIT agreement had been made about which course of action to take.

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Taciturn

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Silent, not talkative

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Tirade

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long, harsh speech or verbal attack

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Torpor

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Extreme mental and physical sluggishness

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Transitory

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Temporary, lasting a brief time

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Vacillate

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To sway physically; to be indecisive

The customer held up the line as he VACILLATED between ordering chocolate chip or rocky road ice cream.

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Venerate

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To respect deeply

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Veracity

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Filled with truth and accuracy

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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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Volatile

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Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive

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Waver

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to fluctuate between choices

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Whimsical

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acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable

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Zeal

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passion, excitement