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AFFECTATION

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A deliberate pretence or exaggerated display

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ALLEVIATE

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To make something easier to deal with or endure

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AMALGAMATE

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To bring together, unite; to combine different things to create something new

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AMBIGUOUS

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Unclear or vague in meaning; having more than one possible meaning

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AMICABLE

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Friendly, agreeable; characterised by or showing goodwill, peaceable

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AMORPHOUS

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Having no fixed form or a shape. In a broader sense, the word describes anything that lacks a distinct shape or organising theme, be it a work of art, a political movement, or even someone’s direction in life

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ANACHRONISTIC

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Out-of-date, not attributed to the correct historical period

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ANEW

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Once more; again; in a new, typically more positive, way

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ANNIHILATION

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Means a reaction of the transformation of particles and antiparticles when they collide into any other particles that are different from the original. For example, when an electron collides with e- and positron e+, they disappear, turning into photons

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ANTITHESIS

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Can be defined as ‘‘a figure of speech involving a seeming contradiction of ideas, words, clauses, or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure’’. In other words, it must always contain two ideas in one statement.

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APATHY

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Means lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern

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APOSTASY

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Is the act of giving up your religious or political beliefs and leaving or a political party. One who commits apostasy is known as an apostate

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APOTHEOSIS

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Is the glorification of a subject to divine level; the highest point in the development of something; a culmination

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APPRISE

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Means to inform somebody of something (for example: We must apprise them of the dangers that may be involved)

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ARCHETYPE

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Means something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing, because it has all their most important characteristics. For example, the United States is the archetype of a federal society.

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ARID

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Means extremely dry or deathly boring. If you describe something, such as a period of your life, as arid , you mean that it has is has so little interest, excitement, or purpose that it makes you feel bored or unhappy

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AROUSE

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To cause someone to have a particular feeling or response; to cause an emotion or attitude

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ASCETICISM

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Is a lifestyle characterised by abstinence (the fact or practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something) from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals

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ASSERTION

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Is a statement, usually backed up by some kind of solid proof or reasoning; a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief

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ASSIDUOUS

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Means persistent, hard-working. If you call someone assiduous, it means they’re careful, methodical and very persistent.

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ASSUAGE

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Meaning to make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense

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AUSTERE

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Means stern and forbidding. If you describe something as austere, you approve of its plain and simple appearance

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AVAIL

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Means to be of use, help, worth, or advantage (to), as in accomplishing an end (for example: My attempts to improve the situation were of little/no avail)

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AVARICE

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Means greedy desire for wealth or material gain

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AXIOM

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Is a statement that is taken to be true, to serve as a premise or starting point for further reasoning and arguments

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BANTER

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Good-humored, playful conversation; the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks

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BEFOREHAND

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At an earlier or preceding time; in advance; prior to; earlier (than a particular time)

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BELICOSE

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Inclined or ready to fight; aggressively hostile

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BEGUILE

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Means to persuade or trick someone into doing something, especially by saying nice things to them

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BENEVOLENT

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Friendly and helpful; characterised by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings

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BEWILDER

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To become perplexed and confused (for example: Beware of false people and situations that may bewilder you temporarily)

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BIAS

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Means the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way or different from the way you treat other people

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BLANDISHMENT

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Pleasant things you do or say about someone in order to persuade or influence them

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BRACKISH

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Means distasteful and unpleasant (for example: Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant)

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BURGEON

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To develop, expand or grow rapidly

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CADAVEROUS

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Having appearance or coloraturas of dead human body; looking very pale and ill

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CAMARADERIE

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Brotherhood, partnership, jovial unity, sociability amongst friends

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CANTANKEROUS

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Means ill humoured, irritable, marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition, ugly, malicious

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CASTIGATION

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Means to criticise someone or something severely; verbal punishment. The word comes from the Latin ‘castigus’ which means ‘‘to make pure’’

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CATHARSIS

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Is the purging of the emotions, especially through certain kinds of art (as music or tragedy) that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension

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CIRCUITOUS

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Indirect, taking the longest route (for example: A circuitous journey/path is longer than it needs to be because it is not direct)

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CLAIREVOYANT

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Exceptionally insightful, able to foresee the future. Clairvoyant is believed to know about future events or to be able to communicate with dead people

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COERCION

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Means the use of force to persuade someone to do do something that they are unwilling ti do

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COGENT

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Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive

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COINCIDE

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Means to happen at or near the same time or during the same period, to occupy exactly the same space

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COMITY

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Is a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility

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COMMENSURATE

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Corresponding in size or degree or extent

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CONCEDE

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Means to admit or accept that something is treater first denying or resisting it.

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CONFIDANT

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Means someone to whom private matters are told.A confidant is a person you tell your secrets to.

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CONSTRUE

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Make sense of; to understand the meaning, especially of other people’s actions and statements, in a particular way
ex:His words could hardly be construed as an apology.

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CONDESCENDING

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Showing or characterised by a patronising or superior attitude toward others

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CONNOTATION

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Is a feeling or idea that is suggested by a particular word although it need not to be a part of the word’s meaning, or something suggested by an object or situation (for example, the word ‘lady’ has connotations of refinement and excessive femininity that some women find offensive)

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CONVERGENCE

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The state of separate elements joining or coming together (for example: If roads or paths converge, they move towards the same point where they join)

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CORROBORATE

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Means to confirm or make more certain

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COUNTENANCE

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Give sanctions or support to; tolerate or approve

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CREDULOUS

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Apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily

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DEARTH

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Means scarcity, a lack of something, shortage of food, famine from failure or loss of crops

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DELECTABLE

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Delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

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DELETORIOUS

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Harmful, destructive, detrimental

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DELINEATE

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Portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out

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DELINQUENT

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Means failing in duty, offending by neglect of duty. A delinquent person behaves in a way that is illegal or not acceptable to most people.

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DENOUNCE

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Condemn openly; criticise; make known in formal manner

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DEPRIVATION

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Is the lack (or feeling of lack) of material benefits considered to be the basic necessities in a society; the lack of something considered to be a necessity in general (sleep deprivation, food deprivation, etc.; as an example, plants experiencing water deprivation will shrivel up and die.

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DEPUTE

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Means transfer power to someone; appoint or instruct (someone) to perform a task for which one is responsible

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DETERRENT

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Means something immaterial that interferes with action or progress (for example: The stop sign on the corner is supposed to be a deterrent that discourages speeding)

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DEVIANT

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(from the Latin word ‘deviare’ (meaning ‘‘to turn out of the way’’)) is a term used to describe a person or behaviour that is not usual and is generally considered to be different and unacceptable

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DIGRESSION

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The act of turning aside, staying from the main point, esp, in a speech or argument

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DILIGENT

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Having or showing care and integrity in one’s work or duties

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DISCLOSE

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Expose to view as by removing a cover; to make something known publicly, or to show something that was hidden

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DISCONSOLATE

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Sad; cheerless; gloomy; hopeless or not expecting

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DISCORDANT

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Not in agreement or harmony

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DISDAIN

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Means to regard with scorn or contempt. if you disdain to do something, you do not do it, because you feel that you are too important to do it

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DISPERAGE

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Express a negative opinion of (for example: He never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors)

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DOUR

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Mean hard; inflexible; obstinate; gloomy in manner or appearance

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DUALISM

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(for the Latin word duo (meaning ‘‘two’’)) is the belief that things are divided into two often very different or opposing parts

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EBULLIENT

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Overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited

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ECLECTIC

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Means something that is made up of various sources or styles; combination of the best or most useful things from many different areas or systems, rather than following a single system

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EFFRONTERY

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Audacious behaviour that you have no right to

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EGREGIOUS

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Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

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ELUCIDATE

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Means to explain something or make something clear

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EMANCIPATION

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Means any effort to procure economic and social rights, political rights or equality, often for a specially disenfranchised group, or many generally, in the discussion of such matters

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EMBELLISH

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To decorate, to add details to, enhance

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EMPIRICAL

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Means something that is based on investigation, observation, experimentation, or experience. If knowledge is empirical, it’s based on observation rather theory.

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ENERVATE

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Cause (someone or something) to feel drained of energy; weaken

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ENIGMA

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Means a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand

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EPITOME

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Is the typical or highest example of a stated quality. If you say that a person or thing is the epitome of something, you are emphasising that they are the best possible example of a particular type of person pr thing (‘‘This hotel was the epitome of British colonial elegance in Jamaica’’ ; ‘‘Maureen was the epitome of sophistication’’)

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EPHEMERAL

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Means momentary, transient, fleeting; lasting for a very short time

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EQUANIMITY

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A calm mental state; steadiness of mind under stress

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EVANESCENT

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Quickly fading, short-lived, especially an image. The evanescent night sky of Berlin was stunning.

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EXAGGERATION

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Is a representation of something in an excessive manner. People exaggerate things because they have strong feelings about something. People may exaggerate to make people listen to what they say. They may do it to emphasise something. They may also exaggerate just to sound funny.

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EXEMPLIFY

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Means to clarify by giving an illustration of

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EXTEMPORIZE

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Perform or speak without preparation

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FACETIOUS

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Treating serious issues with intentionally inappropriate humour; flippant

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FALLACIOUS

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Containing or based on incorrect reasoning; not incorrect

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FOIBLE

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Means a slight weakness in someone’s character (for example; The minor foible in the woman’s character made her unsuitable for the career she really wanted)

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FRENZY

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Is a state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behaviour. Frenzy is often used when talking about a group of people (or animals) who get worked up at the same time about the same thing.

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FRET

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Be constantly or visible anxious; to be nervous or worried

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FRUGAL

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Means thrifty, cheap; simple and plain and costing little

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GALVANIZE

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Means to shock or affect someone enough to produce a strong and immediate reaction, typically into taking action

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GRANDILOQUENT

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Style or way of using language in very complex way, in order to attract admiration and attention; big words used in a overly self-assured way

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GULLIBLE

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Easily persuaded to believe something

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HACKNEYED

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Means something cliché that has been overused or done too much

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HARANGUE

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Is a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion

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HAUGHTY

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Means arrogant and condescending. When you’re haughty, you have a big attitude and you behave as if you are better than others

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HITHERTO

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Means up to this point; until the present time

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IGNOMINIOUS

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Deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

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IMPETUOUS

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Means rash, impulsive, acting without thinking

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IMPREGNABLE

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Resistant to capture or penetration; strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force. If you describe a building or other place as impregnable, you mean that it cannot be broken into or captured

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INAUGURATION

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Is the act of putting a service, system, etc. into action, or an occasion when this happens

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INCESED

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Angered at something unjust or wrong (for example: Teacher was incensed at his lack of concentration)

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INCHOATE

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Not completely developed or clear. If something is inchoate, it is new or not yet properly developed

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INCONSEQUENTIAL

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Unimportant, trivial (for example: His work seems trivial and inconsequential)

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INDELIBLE

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Not able to be removed or
erased. An example of indelible
is ink that cannot be washed out
of a shirt.

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INEXORABLE

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Incapable of being persuaded or
placated; continuing without
any possibility of being stopped.
Inevitable

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INEVITABLE

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Certain to happen and unable to

be avoided or prevented.

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INFATUATION

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A foolish and usually

extravagant passion or love.

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INFUSE

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Means to instill a quality of; to
 fill someone or something with
 an emotion or quality; add scent
 or flavor by steeping ingredients
 in it.
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INJUCTION

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Is a judicial remedy to prohibit a

party from doing something.

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INSINUATE

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Means to say something which
 seems to mean something
 unpleasant without saying it
 openly; to suggest indirectly or
 subtly.
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INSURGENT

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A rebel or revolutionary; in
opposition to a civil authority or
government.

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INTERPOLATION

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Is an interruption or an addition inserted into something spoken or written. If you tell a story and then add some new parts, those are interpolation

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INTRANSIGENT

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Refusing to compromise, often on an exprime opinion (for example: The company is intransigent and rejects any notion of a settlement)

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INTREPID

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Extremely brave and showing no fear of dangerous situations; fearless; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect)

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INVETERATE

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Habitual; someone who does something very often.

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JUBILATION

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Is a feeling of great happiness, triumph or joy

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JUXSTAPOSITION

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Means two things placed beside each other for the sake of implicit comparison.

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LAUDABLE

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Deserving praise and commendation. Laudable refers to something or someone who does the right thing or the morally proper action

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LOQUACIOUS

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Talking or tending to talk a great deal or freely; talkative; garrulous

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LUDICROUS

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So foolish, stupid, unreasonable, or inappropriate as to be amusing; ridiculous

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LUCID

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Very clear and easy to understand.

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MADDENING

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Means extremely annoying or displeasing.

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MERCURIAL

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Characterised by rapid change or temperament; sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind

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MISALLIANCE

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Is an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage)

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MISANTHROPY

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Is a general hatred, dislike, distrust or contempt of the human species or human nature.

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MODICUM

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A small quantity of a particular thing (for example: I was pleased with the overall response and I think we collectively felt a modicum of relief)

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MORATORIUM

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Is a period of time when there is a suspension of a specific activity until future events warrant a removal of the suspension, or issues regarding the activity have been resolved

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MUNDANE

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Means ordinary, commonplace. Something that is mundane is very ordinary and not at all interesting or unusual. In subcultural and fictional uses, it is a person who does not belong to a particular group, according to the members of the group

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MUTTER

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Means to talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice

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NONCHALANT

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Calm, casual, unexcited; behaving in a calm manner, often in a way that suggests you are not interested and do not care

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NOVICE

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A beginner, someone without training or experience

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NUGATORY

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Worth nothing or of little value/ importance

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OBFUSCATION

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Is the act or an instance of making something obscure, dark, or difficult to understand; the obscuring of the intended meaning of a communication by making the message difficult to understand usually with confusing and ambiguous language

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OBLOQUY

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Is a censure, blame or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, especially by numerous persons of the society

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OBSEQUIOUS

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Means attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

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OBSTREPEROUS

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Noisy, aggressive, and difficult to control

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ODIOUS

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Means an extremely unpleasant and causing or deserving hate

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OPAQUE

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Not able to be seen through; not easily understood. Use the adjective opaque for something that doesn’t allow light to pass through (like a heavy curtain) or for something difficult to understand

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OSTENTATION

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Is a show of something such as money, power, or skill that is intended to impress people

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OUTLIER

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Means an extreme deviation from the mean, a person, thing, or fact that is so different that can’t be used for general conclusions.

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OXYMORON

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Is a combination of 2 words used together that have, or seem to have opposite meanings. Some examples of an oxymoron:
Great Depression; cruel to be kind; painfully beautiful; alone together; alone together; wise fool; true myth, etc.

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PARADIGM

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Is a model of something, or a very clear and typical example of something; a distinct set of concepts or thought patterns, including theories, research methods, postulates, and standards for what constitutes legitimate contributions to a field

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PARALOGISM

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This means a piece of illogical or fallacious reasoning, especially one with appears superficially logical or which the reasoner believes to be logical; reasoning which is false in point of form, that is, which is contrary to logical rules.

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PARCHED

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Shriveled; dried out because of too much heat and not enough rain

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PAROCHIAL

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Relating to or supported by or located in a parish

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PARSIMONIOUS

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Excessively unwilling to spend money or use resources

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PERFIDIOUS

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Faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy. If you describe someone as perfidious, you mean that they have betrayed someone or cannot be trusted

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PLACATE

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Means to make (someone) less angry or hostile; to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures

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PLETHORA

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Means a very large amount of something, especially a larger amount than you need, want, or can deal with

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POLEMIC

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An aggressive argument against a specific opinion, doctrine, etc.

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POSTULATE

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Means something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument; a fundamental element; a basic principle. Sometimes postulates are not obviously correct but are required for their consequences.

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PRAGMATIC

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Dealing with the problems that exist in a reasonable and logical way instead of depending on theories

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PRATTLE

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Means to talk in a silly way for a long time about things that are not important or without saying anything important

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PRECIPITATE

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Means to make something happen quickly, suddenly or sooner than expected

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PREPONDERANCE

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Exceeding in heaviness; the largest part or greatest amount. If there’s a preponderance of something, there is a lot of it

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PRESUMPTION

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Is the act of believing that something is true without any proof. In the law of evidence, a presumption of a particular fact can be made without the aid of proof in some situations.

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PREVARICATE

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Means to avoid telling the truth by not directly answering a question

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PROLIFERATION

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Is a rapid increase in the number or amount of something

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PROSAIC

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Dull, commonplace; without interest, imagination, and excitement

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PROTRACT

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Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer. If you have a disagreement with a friend that you continue for days, you are protracting the argument

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QUAFF

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Means to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught.

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QUANDARY

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State of certainty in a choice between unfavorable options or in a difficult situation

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QUERULOUS

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Often complaining; irritable

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QUINTESSENCE

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Is the most typical example of something. For example, the Parthenon in Greece was considered the quintessence of the perfectly proportioned building.

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RANCOROUS

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Means hateful. A rancorous argument or person is full of bitterness and anger.

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RATIFICATION

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Is the act of voting on a decision or signing a written agreement to make it official.

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RECLUSIVE

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Preferring to live in isolation; avoiding the company of other people.

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RECONDITE

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Means something that is difficult or impossible for most to understand, or that most people don’t know about.

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RENOVATION

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Repair, making something new

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RESILIENT

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Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions; bounce back

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RUBICON

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Is a point of no return; to cross/pass the Rubicon means to take a decisive, irrevocable step

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SACROSANCT

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Holy, something that should not be criticized

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SANCTUM

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Means a sacred place, especially a shrine within a temple or church

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SARDONIC

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Means a disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful, cynical, and mocking

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SCHISM

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Division of a group into opposing factions. When there is a schism, a group or organization divides into 2 groups as a result of differences in thinking and beliefs.

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SCRUTINIZE

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To look at something very carefully

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SPURIOUS

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Means plausible but false; not being what is purports to be; fake.

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STAGNATION

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Is the state of lack of activity, growth, or development.

188
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STRIDENT

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Means unpleasantly loud and harsh

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SUPERFICIAL

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Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely

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SUPERFLUOUS

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Extra, more than enough, redundant

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SURREPTITIOUS

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Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

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TAUTOLOGY

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Is the use of different words to say the same thing twice in the same statement. For example, They spoke in turn, one after the other is considered a tautology because ‘‘in turn’’ and ‘‘one after the other’’ mean the same thing.

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TEEMING

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Abundantly filled or swarming with something, as with people.

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TERRESTRIAL

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Of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants. An example of the terrestrial is a person who lives on the planet.

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UNCANNY

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Surpassing the ordinary or normal

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UNKEPT

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Not properly maintained or cared for (for example His hair was unkempt and dirty)

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VACILLATE

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Means to waver between different opinions or actions

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VENERABLE

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Respected because of age.

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VERISIMILITUDE

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Being believable, or having the appearance of being true. For example, you can improve your game by using the real sounds of the ocean, to create verisimilitude

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VICARIOUS

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Experienced as a result of watching, listening to, or reading about the activities of other people, rather than by doing the activities yourself. For example, lots of people use television as their vicarious form of social life.

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VICISSITUDE

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Is a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwanted or unpleasant.

202
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VILIFY

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Spread negative information about something or someone.

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VINDICATE

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To clear from blame or suspicion; to prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was wrong

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VITRIOLIC

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Harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone. Vitriolic language or behavior is cruel and full of hate.

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VOCIFEROUS

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Crying out noisily; clamorous

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VOLATILE

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Likely to change rapidly and unpredictably (for example A volatile person can suddenly become angry or violent)

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WAIL

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Means a prolonged high-pitched cry of sorrow, pain, grief, or anger

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WATERSHED

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Literally means a region of land within which water flows down into a specified body; but also describes a critical point that marks a division or a charge of course; a turning point

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