1500 Essential (600-900) Flashcards
(300 cards)
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intransigence
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unwillingness to compromise stubbornness intractability
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intransigent
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uncompromising
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intrepid
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fearless brave undaunted
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introspection
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examining one’s own thoughts and feelings
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inundate
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flood cover by overflowing
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inured
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accustomed to adapted
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invective
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abusive language curses
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inveigh
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to attack verbally denounce deprecate
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inveterate
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deep-rooted. long-established
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invincible
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too strong to be defeated
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involute
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complex
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irascible
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irritable easily angered
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irate
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angry
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ire
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anger
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irksome
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tiresome
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irresolute
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hesitating undecided
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irrevocable
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final and unalterable
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itinerate
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to travel from place to place to peregrinate
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jabber
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talk excitedly utter rapidly
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jibe
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gibe make fun of
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jocular
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meant as a joke
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judicious
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sound in judgment wise
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knit
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draw together unite firmly
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labyrinthine
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to entangle the state of affairs
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lachrymose
causing tears tearful
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lackluster
(of eyes) dull
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lament
show feel great sorrow
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lassitude
weariness tiredness
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latent
present but not yet active developed or visible
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laudatory
expressing or giving praise
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lavish
giving or producing freely liberally or generously
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legacy
smth handed down from ancestors
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levee
formal reception/embankment
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levity
lack of seriousness
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libel
statement that damages reputation
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liberality
free giving generosity
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libertine
immoral person
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lien
legal claim until a debt on it is repaid
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limn
paint portray
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limp
lacking strength walking unevenly
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lionize
treat as a famous person
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lithe
bending twisting
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loll
rest to sit or stand in a lazy way hang (dog's tongue)
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lope
move along with long strides
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loquacious
talkative garrulous
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lucubrate
write in scholarly fashion
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luculent
easily understood lucid clear
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lugubrious
mournful excessively sad
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lull
become quiet or less active
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lumber
move in a clumsy/noisy way
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luminary
star light-giving body
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lurk
be out of view ready to attack
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lustrous
being bright polished
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macabre
gruesome suggesting death
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macerate
make or become soft by soaking in water
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machination
plot scheme (esp. evil)
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maladroit
tactless clumsy
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malapropism
misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)
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malevolence
wishing to do evil
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malign
injurious speak ill of smb tell lie
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malinger
to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty
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malleable
yielding easily shaped moldable adapting
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manacle
chains for the hands or feet
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massacre
cruel killing of a large number of people
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matriculation
be admitted enter a university as a student
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maudlin
sentimental in a silly or tearful way
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maul
hurt by rough handling
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maverick
rebel nonconformist
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mellifluous
sweetly flowing
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mendacity
dishonesty
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mendicant
a beggar
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mercurial
quick changeable in character fleeting
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meretricious
attractive on the surface but of little value
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mesmerize
hypnotize
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meticulous
giving great attention to details
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mettle
quality of endurance or courage
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mettlesome
courageous high-spirited
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middling
fairly good but not very good
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minatory
menacing threatening
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mince
pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
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misanthrope
person who hates mankind
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mischievous
harmful causing mischief
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miser
person who loves wealth and spends little
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misogynist
one who hates women/females
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moderation
quality of being limited not extreme
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mollify
make calmer or quieter
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molt
moult lose hair feathers before new growing
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morbid
diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)
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morose
ill-tempered unsocial
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muffler
cloth worn round the neck/silencer
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multifarious
varied motley greatly diversified
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mundane
worldly as opposed to spiritual commonplace everyday
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myriad
very great number
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nadir
lowest weakest point
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nascent
coming into existence emerging
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nebulous
cloud-like hazy vague indistinct
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negligent
taking too little care
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neophyte
person who has been converted to a belief
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nexus
a connection tie or link
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nibble
show some inclination to accept (an offer)
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noisome
offensive disgusting (smell)
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nonchalant
not having interest
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nonplused
greatly surprised
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nostrum
a quack remedy an untested cure
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noxious
harmful
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nugatory
trifling/worthless
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obdurate
hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible
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obfuscate
to darken make obscure muddle
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oblivious
unaware having no memory
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obloquy
abusively detractive language sharp criticism vituperation
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obsequious
too eager to obey or serve
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obstreperous
noisy loud
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obtain
to be established accepted or customary
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obtrusive
projecting prominent undesirably noticeable
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obtuse
blunt/stupid
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obviate
to make unnecessary get rid of
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occluded
blocked up
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odious
repulsive hateful
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odium
contempt dislike aversion
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odor
smell favor reputation
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officious
too eager or ready to help offer advice
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ominous
threatening
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onerous
needing effort burdensome
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opaqueness
dullness/not allowing light to pass through
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opprobrious
showing scorn or reproach
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ossify
to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea
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ostensible
seeming appearing as such professed
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ostentation
display to obtain admiration or envy
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ostracism
shut out from society refuse to meet talk
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overhaul
examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
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overweening
presumptuously arrogant overbearing immoderate being a jerk
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paean
song of praise or triumph
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palate
roof of the mouth sense of taste
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palatial
magnificent
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palliate
lessen the severity of
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palpability
can be felt touched understood
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palpitate
tremble beat rapidly and irregularly
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panegyric
formal praise eulogy
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paradigm
a model example or pattern
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parenthesis
sentence within another one smth separated
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pariah
an outcast a rejected and despised person
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parsimonious
too economical miserly
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partisan
one-sided committed to a party biased or prejudiced
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patron
regular customer person who gives support
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paucity
scarcity a lacking of
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peccadillo
small sin small weakness in one's character
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pedantic
bookish showing off learning
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pedestrian
commonplace trite unremarkable
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pellucid
transparent easy to understand
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penchant
strong inclination a liking
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penitent
feeling or showing regret
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penurious
poor/stingy
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penury
extreme poverty
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peregrination
traveling about wandering
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peremptory
urgent imperative unchallengeable ending debate
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perfidious
treacherous faithless
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perfidy
treachery breaking of faith
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perfunctory
done as a duty without care
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perilous
dangerous
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peripatetic
wandering
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perish
be destroyed decay
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perjury
willful FALSE statement unlawful act
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permeate
spread into every part of
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pernicious
harmful injurious
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perpetrate
be guilty commit (a crime)
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personable
pleasing in appearance attractive
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perspicacity
quick judging and understanding
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pertain
belong as a part have reference
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pest
destructive thing or a person who is nuisance
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petrified
taken away power (to think feel act)
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petrify
to make hard rocklike
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petrous
like a rock hard stony
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petulant
unreasonably impatient
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philistine
a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge
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phlegmatic
calm sluggish temperament unemotional
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picaresque
involving clever rogues or adventurers
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pied
of mixed colors
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pinch
be too tight take between the thumb and finger
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pine
waste away through sorrow or illness
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pious
dutiful to parents devoted to religion
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piquant
agreeably pungent stimulating
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pique
hurt the pride or self-respect stir (curiosity)
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pitfall
covered hole as a trap unsuspected danger
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pith
essential part force soft liquid substance
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pivotal
of great importance (others depend on it)
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placate
soothe pacify calm
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plaintive
mournful melancholy sorrowful
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plaque
flat metal on a wall as a memorial
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platitude
a trite or banal statement unoriginality
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plea
request
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plead
address a court of law as an advocate
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plethora
glut
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pliant
pliable easily bent shaped or twisted
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plod
continue doing smth without resting
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pluck
pull the feathers off pick (e.g.. flowers)
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plumb
get to the root of
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plummet
fall plunge steeply
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plunge
move quickly suddenly and with force
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poignant
deeply moving keen
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poncho
large piece of cloth
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ponderous
heavy bulky dull
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portent
omen marvelous threatening
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precarious
uncertain risky dangerous
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precepts
rules establishing standards of conduct
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preclude
prevent make impossible
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precursory
preliminary anticipating
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predilection
special liking mental preference
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predominate
have more power than others
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preen
tidy/show self-satisfaction
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premature
doing or happening smth before the right time
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preponderance
greatness in number strength weight
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presage
warning sign
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presumption
arrogance
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preternatural
not normal or usual
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prevalent
common
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prevaricate
to equivocate to stray from the truth
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prim
neat formal
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pristine
primitive unspoiled pure as in earlier times unadulterated
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probity
uprightness incorruptibility principle
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proclivity
inclination
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procrastination
keeping on putting off
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prodigal
wasteful reckless with money
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prodigious
enormous wonderful
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profane
worldly having contempt for God
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profligacy
shameless immorality
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profligate
wasteful prodigal licentious extravagant
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profundity
depth
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profuse
abundant/lavish
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proliferate
grow reproduce by rapid multification
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prolix
tiring because too long
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prone
prostrate inclined to (undesirable things)
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propagation
increasing the number spreading extending
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propinquity
nearness in time or place affinity of nature
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propitiatory
conciliatory appeasing mitigating
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propitious
auspicious presenting favorable circumstances
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prosaic
everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian
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proscribe
denounce as dangerous
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protracted
prolonged
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provident
frugal looking to the future
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provisional
of the present time only
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provoke
make angry vax
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prudence
careful forethought
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prudish
easily shocked excessively modest
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prune
dried plum silly person
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pry
get smth inquire too curiously
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pucker
wrinkle
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pugnacious
fond of in the habit of fighting
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puissance
strength
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punctilious
precise paying attention to trivialities
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pundit
pedant authority on a subject
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pungency
sharpness stinging quality
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purvey
provide supply
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pusillanimous
cowardly craven
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putrefaction
becoming rotten
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pyre
large pile of wood for burning
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quack
person dishonestly claiming to smth
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quaff
drink deeply
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quail
lose courage turn frightened
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qualm
feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness
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quandary
state of doubt or perplexity
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quell
suppress subdue
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quibble
try to avoid by sophistication
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quiescence
state of being passive/motionless
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quiescent
at rest dormant torpid
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quirk
habit or action peculiar to smb or smth
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quixotic
generous unselfish
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quotidian
banal everyday
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rabble
mob crowd the lower classes of populace
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raconteur
person who tells anecdotes
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raffish
low vulgar base tawdry
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ramify
to be divided or subdivided to branch out
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rancorous
feeling bitterness spitefulness
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rant
use extravagant language
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rapacious
greedy (esp for money)
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rarefy
to make thin to make less dense to purify or refine
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rave
act with excessive enthusiasm
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reactionary
opposing progress
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rebuff
snub
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recalcitrant
disobedient
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recant
take back as being FALSE give up
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recast
cast or fashion anew
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recidivism
relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
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reciprocity
granting of privileges in return for similar
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recitals
a number of performance of music
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recluse
person who lives alone and avoids people
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recompense
make payment to reward punish
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reconcile
settle a quarrel restore peace
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recondite
little known abstruse
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recreancy
cowardice a cowardly giving up
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recuperate
become strong after illness loss exhaustion
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redeem
get back by payment compensate
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redoubtable
formidable causing fear
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refine
make or become pure cultural
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refractory
stubborn unmanageable untractable
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refulgent
shining brilliant
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regale
to delight or entertain to feast
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regicide
crime of killing a king
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reiterate
say or do again several times
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rejuvenation
becoming young in nature or appearance
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relapse
fall back again
