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abase

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to lower; to humble

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abolitionist

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one who opposes slavery

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acclimatization

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becoming used to something; getting comfortable

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acquiesce

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to agree; to give in

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air

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to bring out into the open

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allegory

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symbolic story

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altruism

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goodness; selflessness; generosity

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amorphous

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without shape

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anecdote

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a short and amusing story

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annulment

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cancellation

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anterior

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placed in front; earlier

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aperture

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opening; hole

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apprehensive

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worried

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arcane

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mysterious; secret

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aristocratic

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high-class, as in the qualities of nobility

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ascetic

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  1. a person who refuses bodily pleasures

2. without luxuries

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assuage

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to calm down; to soothe

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audacity

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nerve; boldness; gall

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autocratic

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favoring complete rule by one person

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avow

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to swear by

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balk

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to hesitate suddenly

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barracks

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housing for soldiers

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becalmed

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made peaceful or still

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bellicose

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warlike in manner

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berate

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to scold; to criticize

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bicker

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to argue about unimportant things

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bland

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without any taste

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blunderbuss

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old-fashioned shotgun

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bourgeois

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middle-class; conformist and materialistic

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browbeat

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to intimidate; to bully

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burnish

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to polish; to shine

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cacophonous

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harsh-sounding; not harmonious

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callow

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immature; inexperienced

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castigate

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to punish or criticize harshly

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catharsis

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sudden emotional relief

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caustic

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unkind; bitter; sarcastic

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ceremonious

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formal

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charted

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planned; plotted; mapped

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cherubic

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angelic; like a baby

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circuitous

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roundabout; not straightfoward

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cite

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to quote

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clemency

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mercy

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coerce

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to force someone to do something

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coherent

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logical; clear

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colloquial

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informal but common speech

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commend

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to praise

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compliant

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giving in to others; obedient

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condescend

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to talk down to; to patronize

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confiscate

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to take away; to seize

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congenial

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pleasant; friendly

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conscript

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to force into service (usually military)

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contentious

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argumentative

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contusion

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bruise

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corpulent

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fat

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cosmopolitan

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  1. sophisticated

2. from the city

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crest

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peak; top

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cupidity

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greed

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dart

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to move quickly

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debauchery

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corruption; physical self-indulgence

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decorum

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proper behavior

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defector

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one who leaves his or her side to join the enemy

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defy

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to resist openly

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demographer

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an expert on population statistics

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deprecate

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to criticize

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despise

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to hate

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determinate

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definite; limited

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dialect

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regional variety of a language

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didactic

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intended to teach; preachy

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dilapidated

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run-down; needing repairs

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dirge

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funeral song

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disbursement

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spending

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disenfranchise

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to take away someone’s right to vote

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dispassionate

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neutral; objective

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dissent

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disagreement; difference in opinion

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dither

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to be indecisive

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doctrine

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something taught (as in the principles of a religion)

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dormant

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  1. asleep

2. inactive

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drape

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to cover lossely

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drudgery

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boring work

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ebullient

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bubbly; high-spirited

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edifying

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enlightening; uplifting

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elicit

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to bring out

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emaciated

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very thin

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embody

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to express; to give concrete form to

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emulate

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to imitate someone who is admired

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endemic

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limited to; but widespread in, a particular place

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enthrall

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to facsinate

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enunciate

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to pronounce clearly

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equanimity

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calmness

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eschew

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to avoid

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ethos

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values of a culture

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exacerbate

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to make worse

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exemplary

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praiseworthy; serving as an excellent example

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expatriate

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to remove one from his/her homeland

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extemporize

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to perform without rehearsal

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extricate

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to remove

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facade

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  1. the front of a building

2. surface appearance

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fallow

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unplowed; not fertile

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feint

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an action intended to mislead an opponent

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fetter

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  1. a chain

2. to prevent from moving

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finesse

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skill; gracefulness

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flippant

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joking disrespectfully

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fluster

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to embarrass; to upset

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forswear

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to reject

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fraught

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filled with

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furrow

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  1. ditch or hole in the ground

2. to wrinkle (as in one’s brow)

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gag

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  1. joke

2. to prevent from speaking

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gambol

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to jump or dance playfully

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gargantuan

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huge

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gavel

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hammer-like instrument used by a judge to get attention

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gentry

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upper class

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gill

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a fish’s breathing organ

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glaring

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  1. obvious

2. staring angrily

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gouge

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to put holes in

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gratuitous

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uncalled for; unnecessary

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hack

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  1. a writer for hire; anyone with low professional standards

2. to cut; to chop

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hedonist

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one who loves physical pleasures

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heretofore

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until now

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iconoclast

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one who attacks established beliefs; rebel

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impalpable

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unable to be touched or understood

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implacable

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incapable of being soothed or changed

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impudence

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rudeness

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incantation

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magical chant or spell

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incisive

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sharp; cutting

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incorporeal

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without physical existence; not of the body

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indecorum

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lack of good manners; improper behavior

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indignant

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characterized by a sudden feeling of anger or shock

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ineffectual

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useless

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infinitesimal

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extremely small

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ingenious

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clever; resourceful

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inlet

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small bay; indentation in a shoreline

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insidious

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dangerous in a way that is difficult to see

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intemperate

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  1. extreme

2. violent

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intrasigent

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stubborn; refusing to compromise

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invective

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insult

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irate

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very angry

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jaded

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cynical; tired; bored

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juxtaposition

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the placing of two things side by side

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labyrinth

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maze

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lampoon

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to ridicule

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levity

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humor; lightheartedness

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lilting

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pleasantly rising and falling

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loquacious

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talkative

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maelstrom

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  1. giant whirlpool

2. violent storm

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malediction

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a curse

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manifest

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  1. obvious

2. to demonstrate

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martyr

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one who dies or suffers for a cause or a person

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meander

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to wander about without direction or purpose

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mirth

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happiness

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momentous

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very important

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morbidity

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unhealthiness; gloominess

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mundane

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common; ordinary; of this world; boring

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musty

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stale-smelling

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nebulous

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vague; unclear; cloudy

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nettle

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to annoy

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nocturnal

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relating to the night; active at night

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oaf

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a big, clumsy, stupid person

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obsequious

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overly submissive; asskissing

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officious

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pushy; offering unwanted help or advice

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opulence

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wealth; abundance

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ordination

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a ceremony for initiation or a priest

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outlandishness

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unconventional; absurd

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pacifist

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a person strongly opposed to war

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paltry

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unimportant; insignificant; trivial

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papryus

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paper made from the papyrus plant

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parochial

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  1. narrow-minded

2. relating to a church parish

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pathogenic

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capable of causing disease

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peccadillo

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small crime

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penitent

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sorry

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perdition

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hell; damnation

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perjure

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to lie under oath

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peruse

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to read carefully

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phoenix

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bird that symbolizes immortality

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pithy

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short and to the point; full of meaning

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platitude

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cliche; trite or hackneyed remark

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plight

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bad situation

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polemical

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deliberately controversial

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posterity

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future generations

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prattle

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foolish or meaningless talk; bable

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precis

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summary

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prestidigitation

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magic tricks

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prodigious

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very big; extraordinary in degree

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proliferation

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rapid growth in numbers

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propriety

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proper behavior

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protocol

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rules for proper behavior

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provisional

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temporary

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pulverize

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to crush

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purse

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to bring together

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quack

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one who pretends to be a doctor; a dishonest person

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quarantine

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strict isolation to prevent the spread of a disease

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quiescence

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state of inactivity; stillness

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rabid

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  1. furious or mad; irrationally extreme

2. infected by rabies

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ramshackle

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shaky; unstable; rickety

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ratify

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to approve; to pass into law

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rebut

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to oppose

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red herring

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misleading clue

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refute

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to reject; to disprove

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relinquish

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to give up

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repast

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meal

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repose

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rest; relaxation

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reproach

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to scold; to blame

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repulse

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to drive back; to repel

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resurgence

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rising up again

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retrogress

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to go back to an earlier or simpler condition

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revile

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to insult

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rider

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an addition to a document

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rogue

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one who cheats or plays tricks

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ruddiness

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reddish in complexion

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runt

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a weak, undersized animal

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saga

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long story of adventure

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salve

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  1. a soothing lotion

2. to soothe

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saunter

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to walk slowly

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scintillating

A

exciting; brilliant

214
Q

scrupulous

A

strictly honest; moral

215
Q

secede

A

to withdraw from an organization

216
Q

seditionist

A

revolutionary; rebel

217
Q

self-effacement

A

modesty; humility

218
Q

serrated

A

having sharp, notchlike edges, as on a saw or knife

219
Q

shortchange

A

to give less than the right amount

220
Q

skinflint

A

a cheap person

221
Q

slothfulness

A

laziness

222
Q

smear

A

to ruin the reputation of

223
Q

snarl

A

to tangle, as in string

224
Q

soliloquy

A

a speech given by one person (usually in a play)

225
Q

sophomoric

A

immature

226
Q

spangle

A

a small sparkling object

227
Q

sporadic

A

stopping and starting; irregular

228
Q

squander

A

to spend wastefully

229
Q

stasis

A

state of not moving

230
Q

stench

A

bad smell

231
Q

stoke

A

to stir up and feed fuel to (a fire); to kindle

232
Q

stratum

A

one of many layers (of a rock or social class)

233
Q

stupefaction

A

astonishment

234
Q

subjugate

A

to conquer or oppress

235
Q

subvert

A

to overthrow or ruin

236
Q

sullen

A

resentful; depressed

237
Q

superficial

A

shallow; on the surface

238
Q

supplement

A
  1. something added

2. to add

239
Q

surmount

A

to overcome

240
Q

swarthy

A

having a dark complexion or color

241
Q

table

A

to delay considering something

242
Q

tangential

A

off the topic

243
Q

tawdry

A

cheap; gaudy

244
Q

threadbare

A

worn out

245
Q

titter

A

short, nervous laugh; giggle

246
Q

torrid

A
  1. hot

2. passionate

247
Q

transient

A

short-lived

248
Q

trifle

A

to treat as unimportant

249
Q

truncate

A

to shorten by cutting off

250
Q

turpitude

A

wickedness

251
Q

ubiquitous

A

everywhere at the same time

252
Q

underplay

A

to play down

253
Q

unflappable

A

calm; having self control

254
Q

unnerve

A

to make nervous; to upset

255
Q

unquenchable

A

unable to be satisfied

256
Q

unsound

A
  1. not logical

2. unhealthy

257
Q

upbraid

A

to criticize harshly

258
Q

vacillate

A

to change back and forth

259
Q

vanity

A

excessive pride in one’s own appearance

260
Q

vendetta

A

plan for revenge

261
Q

veracity

A

truth; accuracy

262
Q

verve

A

enthusiasm or energy

263
Q

vignette

A
  1. small picture

2. short description or scene

264
Q

virtuoso

A

someone with a lot of talent

265
Q

vivid

A
  1. bright
  2. strong
  3. clear
266
Q

voluminious

A

big

267
Q

wail

A

to cry loudly

268
Q

warranted

A

justified; appropriate

269
Q

wheedle

A

to persuade by flattery

270
Q

wholesome

A

healthful

271
Q

winsome

A

winning; charming

272
Q

workaday

A

ordinary; common; boring

273
Q

yearning

A

a strong desire

274
Q

zenith

A

the highest point

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