Vocab

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Cozen

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To deceive, win over or influence with pleasing words or actions or trickery

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Lenient

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To go easy on

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Passel

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A large number of amount of something

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Malaise

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General feeling of unwell

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soporific

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causing sleep

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Tumult

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violent agitation of mind or feelings or a violent outburst

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propitiate

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to make someone pleased or less angry

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Demagogue

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A leader who makes use of popular prejudice and false claims or promises in order to gain power

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Hector

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to criticize or question in a threatening manner."

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Facile

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Too easily accomplished or attained

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Zaftig

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having a full, rounded figure "pleasingly plump."

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Bevy

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A large group or collection

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edifyplay

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to uplift, enlighten, or inform.

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Overegg

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Over embellish or exaggerate something

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Deft

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Demonstrating skill and cleverness

Or- quick in movement

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Draconian

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Cruel or severe- usually describes law or rules

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Univocal

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Unambiguous, clear or precise

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Unambiguous

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not open to more than one interpretation

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obfuscate

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To make difficult to understand- to be unclear

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Galvanize

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To cause people to take action on something they are excited ir concerned about

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Rankle

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To cause anger, irritation or bitterness

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Smarmy

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Seeming polite or kind but not genuine

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Milquetoast

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A timid, meek or unassertive person

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Buxom

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Plump especially large breasted

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Enigma

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someone or something that is difficult to understand or explain.

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Beleaguer

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to trouble or harass

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Flippant

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lacking proper respect or seriousness

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Talisman

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something that is believed to have magic powers and to bring good fortune

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Huckster

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a person who is aggressive or dishonest in selling

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Palindrome

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A word, verse, sentence or number that reads the same backwards or forward

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Paean

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Any song of praise, joy or triumph

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Wynd

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A narrow alley or street

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Meritorious

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Deserving of honor or esteem

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Tome

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a large or scholarly book

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affable

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being pleasant and at ease in talking to others

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finesse

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to handle, deal with or do something in an indirect and skillful or clever way

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voluble

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characterized by ready or rapid speech

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sully

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to soil or tarnish

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antithetical

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directly opposite of or opposed

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palindrome

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a word, verse or sentence or number that reads the same backward as forward

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captious

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finding fault or raise objections

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zeitgeist

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general intellectual, moral and cultural climate of an era

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corvine

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pertaining to or resembling a crow

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skookum

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large, powerful or impressive

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cantillate

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to chant

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juggernaut

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massive force or movement

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sidh

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a mound or hill in which fairies live

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firth

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a long, narrow indentation of the seacoast

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Garble

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alter or create the wrong impression

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aver

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assert or affirm with confidence

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Yakka

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work, especially hard work

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descry

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to catch sight of