Vocab 6

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abstemious

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sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet

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abstruse

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hard to understand

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astute

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clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd

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aversion

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a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy

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diminutive

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small; little; tiny

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eclectic

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selecting or choosing from various sources

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extraneous

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introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign

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hardy

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capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure

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intractable

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not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate

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soporific

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causing or tending to cause sleep

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Convivial

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friendly; agreeable

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equanimity

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mental or emotional stability or composure, esp. under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium.

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lassitude

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weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor

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listless

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having or showing little or no interest in anything

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mollify

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to soften in feeling or temper

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paradigm

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an example serving as a model

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profusion

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abundance; abundant quantity

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recalcitrant

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resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory

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resigned

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submissive or acquiescent

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surmise

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. to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess

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arduous

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requiring great exertion; laborious

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ascetic

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a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.

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blithe

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joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful

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deprecate

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to express earnest disapproval of.

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didactic

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intended for instruction; instructive

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eulogy

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a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, esp. a set oration in honor of a deceased person

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gratuitous

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given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary

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raze

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to tear down; demolish; level to the ground

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tawdry

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of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap

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unimpeachable

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above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable

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abstract

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thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.

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archaic

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marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated

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engender

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to produce, cause, or give rise to

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erudite

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characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: an erudite professor; an erudite commentary.

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fervor

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great warmth and earnestness of feeling

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iconoclast

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a breaker or destroyer of images, esp. those set up for religious veneration

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laudable

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deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable

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painstaking

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taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful

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pompous

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characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance

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renown

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widespread and high repute; fame

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ambivalence

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uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.

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anomaly

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a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form

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biased

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an oblique or diagonal line of direction, esp. across a woven fabric

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credulous

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willing to believe or trust too readily, esp. without proper or adequate evidence; gullible

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despot

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a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat

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Incipient

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beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage

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nefarious

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extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous

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prodigious

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extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc

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servile

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slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers

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temper

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a particular state of mind or feelings