Baron's 333 Flashcards
(216 cards)
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Aberrant
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Abnormal or deviant
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Abeyance
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Suspend action
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Abscond
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Depart secretly and hide
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Abstemious
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Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
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Admonish
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Warn or reprove
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Adulterate
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Make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
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Aesthetic
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Artistic; dealing with are capable of appreciating the beautiful
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Aggregate
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Gather; accumulate
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Alacrity
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Cheerful promptness; eagerness
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Alleviate
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Relieve
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Amalgamate
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Combine or unite in one body
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Abate
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Subside or moderate
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Ambiguous
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Unclear or doubtful in meaning
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Ambivalence
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The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
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Ameliorate
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improve
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Anachronism
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Something or someone misplaced in time
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Analogous
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Comparable
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Anarchy
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Absence of governing body; state of disorder
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Anomalous
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Abnormal; Ireegular
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Antipathy
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Aversion; dilike
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Apathy
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Lack of caring; indifference
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Appease
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Pacify or soothe; relieve
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Apprise
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Inform
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Approbation
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Approval
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Appropriate (verb)
Acquire; take possession of for one's own use
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Arduous
Hard; strenuous
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Artless
without guile; open and honest
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Ascetic
Practicing self-denial; austere
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Assiduous
Diligent
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Assuage (verb)
Ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
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Attenuate
Make thinner
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Audacious
Daring or bold
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Austere
forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
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Autonomous
Self-governing; independent
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Aver
Assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as fact
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Banal
hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; over-familiar from overuse
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Belie
contradict; give a false impression; misrepresent
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Beneficent
Kindly; doing good
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Bolster
Support; reinforce
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Bombastic
Pompous; using inflated language
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Boorish
Rude; intensive
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Burgeon
Grow forth; send out buds
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Burnish
Make shiny by rubbing; polish
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Buttress (verb)
support or prop up
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Capricious
Unpredictable; fickle
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Castigation
Punishment; severe reprimand or criticism
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Catalyst
Agent that increases the pace of a chemical reaction
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Caustic
Burning; sarcastically biting
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Chicanery
trickery or deception
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Coagulate
thicken; congeal; clot
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Coda
Concluding section of a musical or literary composition; Summarizes or concludes
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Cogent
Convincing or pursuasive
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Commensurate (adj.)
Corresponding in extent, degree, etc.; proportionate
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Compendium
Brief, comprehensive summary
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Complaisant
Trying to please; overly polite;obliging
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Compliant
Yielding; conforming to requirements
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Conciliatory
Reconciling; soothing
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Condone
Overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
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Confound
Confuse; puzzle
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Connoisseur
Person competent to act as a judge of art; a lover of art
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Contention
Claim; thesis
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Contentious
Quarrelsome
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Contrite
Penitent
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Conundrum
Riddle; difficult problem
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Converge
Approach; tend to meet; come together
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Convoluted
Coiled around; involved; intricate; confusing
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Craven
Cowardly
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Daunt
Intimidate; Frighten
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Decorum
Propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
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Default
Failure to act
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Deference
showing respect and humility towards
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Delineate
portray; depict; sketch
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Denigrate
Blacken; disparage; or speak damagingly of
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Deride
Ridicule; make fun of
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Derivative
Unoriginal; obtained from another source
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Desiccate
dry up
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Desultory
aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
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Deterrent
Something that discourages; hindrance
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Diatribe (noun)
Bitter scolding; invective
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Dichotomy
Split; Branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)
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Diffidence
Shyness
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Diffuse (adj.)
Wordy, rambling, spread out
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Digression
Wandering away from the subject
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Dirge
Lament with music
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Disabuse
Correct a false impression; undeceive; make correct
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Discerning
Mentally quick and observant; having insight
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Discordant
Not harmonious; conflicting
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Discredit
Defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve
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Discrepancy
Lack of consistency; difference
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Discrete (adj.)
Separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
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Disingenuous
lacking genuine candor; insincere
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Disinterested
unprejudiced; unbiased; neutral
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Disjointed
Lacking coherence; separated at the joints
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Dismiss
Eliminate from consideration; reject
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Disparage
Belittle
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Disparate (adj.)
basically different; unrelated
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Dissemble (verb)
Disguise; pretend
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Disseminate
distribute; spread; scatter
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Dissolution
Disintegration; looseness in morals
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Dissonance
Discord; opposite of harmony
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Distend
Expand; swell out
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Distill
Purify, refine, concentrate
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Diverge
Vary; go in different directions from the same point
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Divest
Strip; deprive
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Document
Provide written evidence
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Dogmatic
Opinionated, arbitrary, doctrinal
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Dormant
Sleeping; lethargic; latent
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Dupe
Someone easily fooled
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Ebullient
Showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
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Eclectic
Selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
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Efficacy
Power to produce desired effect
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Effrontery
Impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness
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Elegy
Poem or song expressing lamentation
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Elicit
Draw out by discussion
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Embellish
Adorn; ornament; enhance
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Empirical
Based on experience
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Emulate
Imitate; rival
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Endemic
Prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
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Enervate
Weaken
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Engender
Cause; produce
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Enhance
Increase; improve
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Ephemeral
Short-lived; fleeting
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Equanimity
Calmness of temperament; composure
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Equivocate
Lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
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Erudite
Learned; scholarly
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Esoteric
Hard to understand; known only to a chosen few
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Eulogy
Expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death.
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Euphemism
Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
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Exacerbate
Worsen; embitter
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Exculpate
Clear from blame
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Exigency
Urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state of requiring immediate attention
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Extrapolation
Projection; conjecture
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Facetious
Joking (often inappropriately); humorous
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Facilitate
Help bring about; make less difficult
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Fallacious
False; misleading
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Fatuous
Brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug
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Fawning
Trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or cringing
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Felicitous
Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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Fervor
Glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
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Flag
Droop; grow feeble
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Fledgling
Inexperienced
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Flout
Reject; mock; show contempt for
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Foment
Stir up; instigate
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Forestall
Prevent something by taking action in advance
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Frugality
Thrift; economy
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Futile
Useless; hopeless; ineffectual
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Gainsay
Deny
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Garrulous
Loquacious; talkative; wordy
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Goad
Urge on
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Gouge
Overcharge
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Grandiloquent
Pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language
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Gregarious
Sociable
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Guileless
Without deceit
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Gullible
Easily deceived
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Harangue
Long, passionate, and vehement speech
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Homogenous
Of the same kind
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Hyperbole
Exaggeration; overstatement
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Iconoclastic
Attacking cherished traditions
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Idolatry
Worship of idols; excessive admiration
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Immutable
Unchangeable
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Impair
Injure; hurt
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Impassive
Without feeling; imperturbable; passive
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Impede
Hinder; block
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Impermeable
Impervious; not permitting passage through its substance
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Imperturbable
Calm; placid
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Impervious
Impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
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Implacable
Incapable of being pacified
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Implicit
Understood but not stated
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Implode
Burst inward
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Inadvertently
Unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly
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Inchoate (adj.)
Recently begun; rudimentary; elementary
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Incongruity
Lack of harmony; absurdity
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Inconsequential
Insignificant; unimportant
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Incorporate
Introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite
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Indeterminate
Uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite
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Indigence
Poverty
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Indolent
Lazy
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Inert
Inactive; lacking power to move
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Ingenuous
Naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
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Inherent
Firmly established by nature or habit
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Innocuous
Harmless
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Insensible
Unconscious; unresponsive
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Insinuate
Hint; imply; creep in
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Insipid
Lacking in flavor; dull
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Insularity
Narrow-mindedness; isolation
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Intractable
Unruly; stubborn; unyielding
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Intransigence (noun)
Refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
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Inundate
Overwhelm; flood; submerge
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Inured (adj)
Accustomed; hardened
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Invective (noun)
Abuse language; vituperate
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Irascible
Irritable; easily angered
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Irresolute
Uncertain how to act; weak
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Itinerary
Plan of a trip
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Laconic
Brief and to the point
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Lassitude
Languor; weariness
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Latent
Potential but undeveloped; hidden; dormant
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Laud
Praise
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Lethargic
Drowsy; dull
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Levee
Stone embankment to prevent flooding
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Levity
Lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity
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Log
Record of voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities
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Loquacious
Talkative
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Lucid
Easily understood; clear; intelligible
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Luminous
Shining; issuing light
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Magnanimity
Generosity
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Malingerer
One who feigns illness to escape duty
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Malleable
Capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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Maverick
Rebel; nonconformist
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Mendacious
Lying; habitually dishonest
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Metamorphosis
Change of form
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Meticulous
Excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
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Misanthrope
One who hates mankind
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Mitigate
Appease; moderate
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Mollify
Soothe
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Morose
Sullen; melancholy
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Mundane
Worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
