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Acerbic

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adj.
having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting

Latin
acerbus: sour-tasting; unripe

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Aggrandize

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v.
to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige

Latin
grandis: large

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Amenable

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adj.
agreeable; responsive to suggestion

Latin
ad-: to
minare: to drive (cattle) with shouts

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Anachronism

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n.
something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

Greek
ana-: backwards
khronos: time

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Astringent

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adj.
having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue

Latin
ad-: to
stringere: draw tight

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Contiguous

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adj.
sharing a border; touching; adjacent

Latin
contingere: be in contact, befall

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Credulous

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adj.
tending to believe too readily; gullible

n. credulity

Latin
credere: believe

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Cynicism

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n.
an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness

adj. cynical

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Decorum

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n.
polite or appropriate conduct or behavior

adj. decorous

Latin
decorus: seemly

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Derision

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n.
scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment

adj. derisive | v. deride

Latin
de-:down
ridere: to laugh

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Desiccate

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v.
to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull

Latin
de-: thoroughly
siccare: dry

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Dilettante

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n.

one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

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Disparage

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v.
to slight or belittle

Latin
par: equal
French
desparagier: marry someone of unequal rank

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Divulge

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v.
to disclose something secret

Latin
di-: widely
vulgare: publish

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Fawn

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v.
to flatter or praise excessively

Old English
faegen: glad

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Flout

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v.
to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention

Dutch
fluiten: whistle, play the flute, hiss
(flute = jeer)

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Garrulous

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adj.
pointlessly talkative; talking too much

Latin
garrire: to chatter, prattle

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Glib

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adj.
marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial

German
glibberig: slimy

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Hubris

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n.

overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance

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Immutable

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adj.

not capable of change

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Impetuous

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adj.
hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

Latin
impetere: to attack

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Inimical

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adj.
damaging; harmful; injurious

Latin
inimicus: unfriendly, enemy

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Intractable

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adj.
not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate

Latin:
in-: not
tractabilis: to handle, manage

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Intrepid

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adj.
steadfast and courageous

Latin
in-: not
trepidus: alarmed

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Laconic
adj. using few words; terse Latin Lakon: Laconia, Sparta
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Maverick
n. an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party History Maverick: "a calf found without a owner's brand"
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Mercurial
characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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Mollify
v. to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity Latin mollis: soft
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Neophyte
n. a recent convert; a beginner; novice Greek neos: new phuton: plant
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Obfuscate
v. to deliberately obscure; to make confusing Latin fuscus: dark
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Ostentatious
adj. | characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy
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Pervade
v. to permeate throughout adj. pervasive Latin per-: throughout vadere: go
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Phlegmatic
adj. | calm; sluggish; unemotional
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Plethora
n. an overabundance; a surplus Greek plethein: be full
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Pragmatic
adj. practical rather than idealistic Greek prattein: do
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Presumptuous
adj. | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties
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Pristine
adj. pure; uncorrupted; clean Latin pristinus: former
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Probity
n. adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness Latin probus: good
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Proclivity
n. a natural predisposition or inclination Latin pro-: forward, down clivus: slope
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Profligate
adj. excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant n. profligacy Latin pro-: forward, down fligere: strike down
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Propensity
n. a natural inclination or tendency; penchant Latin pro: forward, down pendere: hang
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Prosaic
adj. dull; lacking in spirit or imagination Latin prosa: straightforward (discourse)
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Pungent
adj. | characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste
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Quixotic
adj. foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals english Don Quixote: romantic, impractical hero
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Quotidian
adj. occurring or recurring daily; commonplace Latin cotidie: daily quotus dies (LT): What + day
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Rarefy
v. to make or become thin, less dense; to refine Latin rarus: thin, rare facere: make
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Recondite
adj. hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure Latin re-: back condere: put together, secrete
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Refulgent
adj. radiant; shiny; brilliant Latin re-: back fulgere: to shine
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Renege
v. to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise Latin re-: back negare: deny
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Sedulous
adj. diligent; persistent; hard-working Latin sedulus: zealous
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Soporific
adj. causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep Latin sopor: sleep
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Spendthrift
n. | one who spends money wastefully
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Tacit
adj. implied; not explicitly stated Latin tacere: be silent
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Terse
adj. brief and concise in wording Latin tergere: to rub, polish, wipe
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Tout
v. | to publicly praise or promote
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Trenchant
adj. sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating French trenchant: cutting
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Unfeigned
adj. | genuine; not false or hypocritical
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Untenable
adj. | indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
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Vacillate
v. to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another Latin vacillat-: swayed
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Variegated
adj. multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color Latin varius: diverse
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Vexation
n. annoyance; irritation v. vex
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Vituperate
v. to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate Latin vituperat-: censured, disparaged
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Volatile
adj. readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive n. volatility Latin volare: to fly
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Alloy
v. to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior ant. unalloyed (pure)
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Appropriate
v. | to take for one's own use; to confiscate
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Arrest
v. | to suspend; to engage; holding one's attention, as in arrested adolescence, an arresting portrait
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August
adj. | majestic, venerable
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Ben
n. | leaning, inclination, proclivity, tendency
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Broach
v. | to bring up; to announce; to begin to talk about
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Brook
v. | to tolerate; to endure; to counterance
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Cardinal
adj. | major, as in cardinal sin
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Chauvinist
n. | a blindly devoted patriot
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Color
v. | to change as if by dyeing, i.e., to distort, gloss, or affect
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Consequential
adj. | pompous, self-important
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Damp
v. | to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
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Die
n. | a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop
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Essay
v. | to test or try; to attempt; to experiment
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Fell
v. to cause to fall by striking adj. inhumanly cruel
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Flag
v. | to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline
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Flip
adj. | sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant; a flip remark
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Ford
v. | to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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Grouse
v. | to complain or grumble
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Guy
n. | a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide; to steady or reinforce using a guy; Think guide
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Intimate
v. | to immply, suggest, or insinuate
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List
v. | to tilt or lean to one side
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Lumber
v. | to move heavily and clumsily
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Meet
adj. | fitting, proper
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Milk
v. | to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of
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Mince
v. | to pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize, to speak too carefully; to take tiny steps; to tiptoe
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Nice
adj. | exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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Occult
adj. | hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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Pedestrian
adj. | commonplace, trite, unremarkable, quotidian
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Pied
adj. | multicolored, usually in blotches
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Pine
v. | to lose vigor (as through grief); to yearn
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Plastic
adj. | moldable, pliable, not rigid
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Pluck
n. | courage, spunk, fortitude
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Prize
v. | to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils
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Rail
v. | to complain about bitterly
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Rent
v. | torn; an opening or tear caused by such
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Quail
v. | to lose courage; to turn frightened

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