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Nebulous

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adj.

vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form

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Neologism

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n.

a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

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Obtuse

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adj.
lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

Latin
obtundere: beat against

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Obviate

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v.
to anticipate and make unnecessary

Latin
via: way
obviat-: prevented

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Onerous

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adj.
troubling; burdensome

onus, oner-: burden

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Paean

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n.

a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

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Perennial

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adj.
recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

perennis: lasting the year through

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Perfidy

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n.
deceitfulness; untrustworthiness

adj. perfidious

Latin
per-: to ill effect
fides: faith

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Perfunctory

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adj.

cursory; done without care or interest (desultory, hasty)

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Perspicacious

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adj.
acutely perceptive; having keen discernment

n. perspicacity

Latin
perspicax: seeing clearly

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Prattle

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v.

to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner

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Precipitate

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adj.
acting with excessive haste or impulse

v.
to cause or happen before anticipated or required

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Prescience

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n.
foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring

adj. prescient

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Prevaricate

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v.
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

Latin

prae: before
varicari: straddle

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Qualms

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n.
misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy

Old English
cwealm: pain

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Recant

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v.
to retract, especially a previously held belief

Latin
re-
cantare: sing, chant
recantare: revoke

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Reticent

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adj.

quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

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Solicitous

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adj.

concerned and attentive; eager

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Sordid

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adj.
characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

Latin
sordere: be dirty

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Squander

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v.

to waste by spending or using irresponsibly

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Stupefy

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v.
to stun, baffle, or amaze

stupere: be struck senseless

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Torque

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n.

a force that causes rotation

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Tortuous

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adj.
winding, twisting; excessively complicated

torquere: to twist

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Truculent

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adj.
fierce and cruel; eager to fight

trux, truc-: fierce

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Veracity
n. truthfulness, honesty verax: speaking truly
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Virulent
adj. extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic virus: poison
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Voracious
adj. having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous vorare: devour
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Abscond
v. to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide Latin ab-: away, from condere: stow
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Abberrant
adj. deviating from the norm n. abberation Latin ab-: away, from errare: to stray
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Alacrity
n. eager and enthusiastic willingness Latin alacer: brisk
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Anomaly
n. deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality adj. anomalous
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Approbation
n. | an expression of approval or praise
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Arduous
adj. strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort Latin arduus: steep, difficult
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Assuage
v. to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify Latin ad: to suavis: sweet
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Audacious
adj. daring and fearless; recklessly bold n. audacity Latin audere: dare
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Austere
adj. without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic n. austerity
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Axiomatic
adj. taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth n. axiom
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Canonical
adj. following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards n. canon
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Capricious
adj. | inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable
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Censure
v. | to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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Chicanery
n. | trickery or subterfuge
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Connoisseur
n. | an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
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Convoluted
adj. | complex or complicated
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Disabuse
v. | to undeceive; to set right
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Discordant
adj. | conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
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Disparate
adj. | fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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Effrontery
n. | extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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Eloquent
adj. well-spoken, expressive, articulate n. eloquence
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Enervate
v. | to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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Ennui
n. | dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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Equivocate
v. to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent adj. equivocal
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Erudite
adj. very learned; scholarly n. erudition
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Exculpate
v. | exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exigent
adj. | urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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Extemporaneous
adj. | improvised; done without preparation
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Filibuster
n. | intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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Fulminate
v. | to loudly attack or denounce
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Ingenuous
adj. | artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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Inured
adj. | accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Irascible
adj. | easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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Laud
v. to praise highly adj. laudatory
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Lucid
adj. | clear; easily understood
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Magnanimity
n. the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving adj. magnanimous
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Martial
adj. | associated with war and the armed forces
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Mundane
adj. | of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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Nascent
adj. | coming into being; in early developmental stages
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Abate
v. to lessen in intensity or degree Latin ad: to, at battere: to beat
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Accolade
n. an expression of praise ``` Latin ad: to, at collum: neck Provencal acolada: embrace around the neck (when bestowing knighthood) ```
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Adulation
n. excessive praise; intense adoration Latin adulari: fawn on
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Ameliorate
v. to make better or more tolerable French meilleur: better
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Ascetic
n. one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion Greek askein: to exercise
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Avarice
n. greed, esp. for wealth adj. avaricious Latin avarius: greedy
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Axiom
n. a universally recognized principle adj. axiomatic Greek axioma: what is thought fitting
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Burgeon
v. to grow rapidly or flourish Latin burra: wool
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Bucolic
adj. rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants Greek bous: ox boukolos: herdsman
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Cacophony
n. harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance adj. cacophonous Greek kakos: bad phone: sound
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Canon
n. an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature adj. canonical
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Castigation
n. severe criticism or punishment v. castigate Latin castus: pure, chaste
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Caustic
adj. burning or stinging; causing corrosion Greek kaiein: to burn
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Chary
adj. | wary; cautious; sparing
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Cogent
adj. appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing Latin co-: together agere: drive
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Complaisance
n. the willingness to comply with the wishes of others adj. complaisant
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Contrite
adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement Latin co-: together terere: rub
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Culpable
adj. deserving blame n. culpability Latin culpa: fault, blame
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Dearth
n. | smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
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Demur
v. to question or oppose Latin de-: away, completely morari: delay
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Didactic
adj. intended to teach or instruct Greek didaskein: teach
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Discretion
n. cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions adj. discreet Latin discretio: separation
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Disinterested
adj. | free of bias or self-interest; impartial
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Dogmatic
adj. expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles n. dogma Greek dogma: that which one thinks is true
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Ebullience
n. the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings adj. ebullient Latin ex-: out, out of bullire: to bubble
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Eclectic
adj. composed of elements drawn from various sources Greek ek: out legein: choose
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Emollient
adj. n. soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smooths the skin Latin ex-: out mollire: soften
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Empirical
adj. | based on observation or experiment
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Enigmatic
adj. mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand n. enigma Greek ainigma: riddle
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Ephemeral
adj. brief; fleeting Latin/Greek epi: on hemerai: day
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Esoteric
adj. intended for or understood by a small, specific group Greek es: into
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Exonerate
v. to remove blame Latin ex-: from oner-: a burden
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Facetious
adj. playful; humorous Latin facetus: witty
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Fallacy
n. an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief adj. fallacious Latin fallere: deceive

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