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LIST 6A Flashcards

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Abolitionist

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One who opposes slavery

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Abase

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To lower; to humble

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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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Adjunct

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Something attached to a main body

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Aesthetic

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Having to do with art or beauty

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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 straightforward

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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

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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;

Object

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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

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Dormant

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  1. Asleep

2. Inactive

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Drape

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To cover loosely

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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 fascinate

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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 from his/her homeland

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Extemporize

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To preform 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. 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

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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’a 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 standard
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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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Intransigent

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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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