All Flashcards
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Impetuous
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Quick to act without thinking
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Insipid
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Lacking interest or flavour
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Pungent
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Sharp and irritating to the senses
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Prevaricate
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To lie or deviate from the truth
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Stolid
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Unemotional; lacking sensitivity
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Antipathy
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Extreme dislike
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Foment
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To arouse or incite
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Capricious
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Changing one’s mind quickly and often
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Dissemble
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To present a false appearance; to disguise one’s real intentions or character
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Sublime
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Lofty or grand
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Plethora
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Excess
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Dilate
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To make larger; to expand
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Propitiate
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To conciliate; to appease
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Candid
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Impartial and honest in speech
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Iconoclast
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One who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions
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Rarefy
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To make thinner or sparser
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Discern
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To perceive; to recognize
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Efficacy
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Effectiveness
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Imperturbable
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Not capable of being disturbed
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Obdurate
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Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
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Malinger
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To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
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Plastic
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Able to be moulded, altered, or bent
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Florid
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Excessively decorated or embellished
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Meticulous
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Extremely careful about details
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Dilatory
Intended to delay
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Anachronism
Something out of place in time
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Anomaly
Deviation from what is normal
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Arbitrate
To judge a dispute between 2 opposing parties
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Onerous
Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
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Rhetoric
Effective writing or speaking
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Implacable
Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
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Inimical
Hostile, unfriendly
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Naive
Lacking sophistication or experience
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Proliferate
To increase in number quickly
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Permeate
To penetrate
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Abate
To reduce in amount, degree, or severity
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Emulate
To copy; to try to equal or excel
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Philanthropy
Charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness
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Engender
To produce, cause, or bring about
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Aesthetic
Concerning the appreciation of beauty
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Dissonance
A harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds
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Chicanery
Deception by means of craft or guile
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Assuage
To make something unpleasant less severe
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Dogma
A firmly held opinion, often a religious belief
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Transitory
Temporary, lasting a brief time
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Pragmatic
Practical as opposed to idealistic
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Bombastic
Pompous in speech and manner
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Perfidious
Willing to betray one's trust
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Frugality
A tendency to be thrifty or cheap
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Exigent
Urgent; requiring immediate action
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Vex
To annoy
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Propriety
Correct behaviour; obedience to rules and customs
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Antagonize
To annoy or provoke to anger
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Mollify
To calm or make less severe
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Eclectic
Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
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Exonerate
To clear from blame
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Tacit
Done without using words
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Lavish
To give unsparingly; extremely generous or extravagant
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Elegy
A sorrowful poem or speech
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Paradox
A contradiction or dilemma
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Venerate
To respect deeply
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Veracity
Filled with truth and accuracy
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Quiescent
Motionless
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Vacillate
To sway physically; to be indecisive
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Euphemism
Use of an inoffensive word it phrase in place if a more distasteful one
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Exculpatory
To clear from blame; prove innocent
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Inundate
To overwhelm; to cover with water
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Inchoate
Not fully formed;disorganized
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Advocate
To speak in favour of
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Audacious
Fearless and daring
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Placate
To soothe or pacify
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Paragon
Model of excellence or perfection
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Ingenious
Showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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Obstinate
Stubborn, unyielding
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Perfunctory
Done in a routine way; indifferent
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Obsequious
Overly submissive and eager to please
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Torpor
Extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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Specious
Deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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Metaphor
A figure of speech comparing 2 different things; a symbol
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Explicit
Clearly stayed or shown; forthright in expression
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Articulate
Able to speak clearly and expressively
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Lucid
Clear and easily understood
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Pristine
Fresh and clean; I corrupted
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Dogmatic
A dictatorial in one's opinions
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Volatile
Easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
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Ameliorate
To make better; to improve
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Repudiate
To reject the validity of
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Garrulous
Tending to talk a lot
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Enigma
A puzzle; a mystery
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Intransigent
Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
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Eloquent
Persuasive and moving, especially in speech
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Loquacious
Talkative
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Dupe
To deceive; a person who is easily deceived
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Impervious
Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
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Mitigate
To soften; to lessen
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Obviate
To prevent; to make unnecessary
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Luminous
Bright, brilliant, glowing
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Abstain
To choose not to do something
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Zeal
Passion, excitement
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Banal
Predictable, cliched, boring
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Gullible
Easily deceived
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Tirade
Long, harsh speech or verbal attack
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Estimable
Admirable
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Esoteric
Known or understood by only a few
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Ambiguous
Doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted several ways
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Laconic
Using few words
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Eulogy
Speech in praise of someone
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Innocuous
Harmless
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Taciturn
Silent, not talkative
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Dirge
A funeral hymn or mournful speech
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Gregarious
Outgoing, sociable
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Verbose
Wordy
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Ostentation
Excessive showiness
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Austere
Severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
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Dilettante
Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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Precipitate
To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
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Apathy
Lack of interest or emotion
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Enervate
To reduce in strength
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Impetuous
Quick to act without thinking
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Adulterate
To make impure
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Fanatical
Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
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Ephermal
Lasting a short time
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Archaic
Ancient, old fashioned
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Equivocate
To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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Waver
To fluctuate between choices
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Fawn
To grovel
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Abyss
An extremely deep hole
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Guile
Deceit or trickery
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Cacophony
Harsh, jarring noise
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Prodigal
Lavish, wasteful
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Satiate
To satisfy fully or overindulge
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Castigate
To punish or criticize harshly
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Malleable
Capable of being shaped
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Erudite
Learned, scholarly, bookish
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Stigma
A mark of shame or discredit
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Aggrandize
To increase in power, influence and reputation
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Whimsical
Acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
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Catalyst
Something that brings about a change in something else
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Disparate
Fundamentally different; entirely unlike
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Ardor
Intense and passionate feeling
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Attenuate
To reduce in force or degree; to weaken
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Irascible
Easily made angry
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Misanthrope
A person who dislikes others
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Analogous
Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to
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Disabuse
To set right; to free from error
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Lament
To express sorrow; to grieve
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Laud
To praise; to glorify
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Erratic
Wandering and unpredictable
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Monotony
Lack of variation
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Abscond
To leave secretly
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Prudence
Wisdom, caution or restraint
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Fervid
Intensely emotional; feverish
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Lethargic
Acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner
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Misanthrope
A person who dislikes others
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Amalgamate
To combine; to mix together
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Soporific
Causing sleep or lethargy
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Pedant
Someone who shows off learning
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Homogenous
Of a similar kind
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Bolster
To support; prop up
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Opprobrium
Public disgrace
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Alleviate
To make more bearable
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Enumerate
To count, list, or itemize
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Occlude
To stop up; to prevent the passage of
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Apathy
Lack of interest or emotion
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Exacerbate
To make worse
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Reticent
Silent, reserved
