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Advance Word List Flashcards

1
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Abate

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reduce intensity

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abjure

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renounce, swear to refrain from something

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blandishment

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words used to coax of flatter

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boor

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ill mannered person

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cardinal

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highranking church official

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equivocation

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speaking ambiguously

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feckless

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feeble, helpless, lacing in initaitive

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imperturbability

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quality of being calm and not easily disturbed

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meretricious

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falsely attractive, tawdry

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augury

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prediction, looking for omens

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glib

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slick, superficial esp in speech

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incise

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cut into

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moralistic

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concerned with morals

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14
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ostracism

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shunning

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penchant

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inclination, leaning, tendency, predilection

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rarefy

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make less dense

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repine

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fret, be discontented

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18
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stipulate

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specify

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diaphanous

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transparent, thin and delicate

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feint

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pretended attack, a move intended to deceive

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21
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inured

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hardened, habituated

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mettlesome

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spirited

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puissance

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power

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24
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recondite

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obscure

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25
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stygian

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very dark

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touting

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advertising, supporting

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virtuosity

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skill, expertise

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28
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volubility

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excessive talkativeness

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29
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caret

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punctuation mark signifying omission

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contiguous

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adjacent, touching, abutting

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31
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damp

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reduce in extent

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32
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ellipsis

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ommission of essential words

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33
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extirpation

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wiping out, complete destruction

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34
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foppish

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behaving or dressing like a dandy, excessively concerned with fashion

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gaffe

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blunder, social mistake

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36
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horatory

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encouraging, exhorting

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opprobrious

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expressing great scorn

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recumbent

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reclining, lying down

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39
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culpability

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guild

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40
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encomium

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praise

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41
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inveigle

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coax, cajole, wheedle, entice

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42
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minatory

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threatening

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43
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ossified

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turned to bone

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44
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plumb

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measure depth, exact

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45
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quintessential

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most typical, the perfect example of

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46
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runic

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mysterious, magical

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47
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accretion

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accumulation of matter, growth produced by adding from the outside

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48
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anachrosonistic

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occurring in the worng time period

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49
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chronic

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long lasting

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churlishness

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rudeness, ill mannered behavior

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demagogue

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mob leader

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effrontery

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daring, audacity

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idyll

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story or incident in peaceful or ideal setting

54
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interregnum

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interval between reigns or governments

55
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nugatory

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or minor significance, futile

56
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sinecure

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job which pays salary but requiring little effort

57
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anodized

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electroplated, coated with a thin layer of metal

58
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aphoristic

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expressed tersely

59
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canonical

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orthodox

60
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commensurate

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equal in significance

61
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extant

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still in existence

62
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impugned

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challenged, called into question

63
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probity

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uprightness, honesty

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reaconteur

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person who relates a story

65
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solicitous

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kindly, expressing care and concern

66
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amalgamate

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join, consolidate

67
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baleful

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evil

68
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inchoate

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undeveloped, nascent

69
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iniquitous

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evil, unjust

70
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libertine

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dissolute person, prodigal

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mllinery

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hats and hat making

72
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natty

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neat, dapper, smart

73
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occluded

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obscured, blocked

74
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sidereal

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of or related to stars

75
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avaricious

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greedy for money

76
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extirpate

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wipe out totally

77
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halcyon

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peaceful and happy, calm

78
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list

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to lean to one side

79
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mauldin

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sad, sentimental, inclined to weep

80
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refulgent

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glowing, radiant

81
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subliminal

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below the threshold of consciousness

82
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testiness

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irritablility,

83
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vituperate

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attack bitterly

84
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whittle

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carve with a knife, reduce step by step

85
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diaphanous

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transparent, thin and delicate

86
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epistemology

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theory of knowledge

87
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froward

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stubborn, wayward, disobedient

88
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supine

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lying flat on ones back

89
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throwback

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exhibiting primitive, or ancestral, traits

90
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untoward

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unexpected

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verisimilar

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true to life, giving the appearance of reality

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abysmal

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very deep very bad

93
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approbation

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approval

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bent

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inclination, aptitude

95
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cadge

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get by begging

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debacle

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disatster

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extemporiz3e

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speak without prepareation or rehearsal

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incumbents

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occupiers of a job or position

99
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lambaste

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attack verbally

100
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noisome

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disgusting

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pastiche

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work, usually artistic, which imitates, or is composed of parts taken from varied sorues

102
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aboreal

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living in the trees, concerned with trees

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clositered

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isolated

104
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disabuse

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make someone aware of an error in thinking

105
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engendering

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causing, bringing into being

106
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interperate

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excessive

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lugubrious

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sad, gloomy

108
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nonplussed

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confused

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pedagogy

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science of education, teaching

110
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satieate

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satsify, fill completely

111
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slake

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quench, satisfy

112
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artless

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without effort, without tricker, simple

113
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comeliness

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beauty, prettiness

114
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doff

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take off, (esp of a hat)

115
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don

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put on (esp of lothes)

116
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erudition

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learnign, scholarly knowledge

117
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plaintive,

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sad, mournful

118
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suborn

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bribe

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tendentious

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dogmatic, biased

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tortuous

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indirect, winding

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verbiage

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excessive or meaningless workiness

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