Barron’s Flashcards
(211 cards)
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Abeyance
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Temporary suspension/suppression
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Abjure
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To reject formally
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Aberrant
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Deviating from what’s normal
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Accretion
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Growth in size of increase in amount
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Admonish
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To caution or reprimand
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Affected
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Pretentious, phony
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Allay
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To lessen; ease; smooth
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Alloy
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A combination; mixture of 2 or more metals
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Amalgamate
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To combine into a unified whole
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Ambrosia
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Something delicious; food for gods
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Ameliorate
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To improve
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Anachronism
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Something out of the proper time
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Anodyne
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Something that calms or soothes pain
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Anomalous
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Irregular; deviating from the norm
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Antipathy
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Dislike, hostility
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Apathy
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Indifference
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Apothegm
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Terse/witty saying
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Appease
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To calm, pacify, please
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Apropos
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Relevant
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Ardor
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Great emotion or passion
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Apprise
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To inform
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Ascetic
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One who practices self-denial
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Asperity
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Severity, harshness, irritability
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Aspersion
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Slander; false rumor
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Astringent
Harsh, severe
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Asylum
Place of refuge or shelter
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Attenuate
To weaken
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Aver
To affirm, declare to be true
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Avuncular
Like an uncle; benevolent and tolerant
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Bawdy
Obscene
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Beatify
To sanctify, to bless, to ascribe a virtue to
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Bedizen
To dress in a vulgar, showy manner
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Blasé
Bored because of frequent indulgence; unconcerned
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Boorish
Rude, insensitive
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Broach
To bring up for the first time
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Burgeon
To flourish
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Buttress
To reinforce; support
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Cadge
To beg; sponge
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Calumny
False and malicious accusation; slander
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Canard
False, deliberately misleading story
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Capricious
Fickle
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Carnal
Of the flesh or body; related to physical appetites
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Carping
To find fault; complain
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Castigation
Punishment; chastisement; criticism
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Caustic
Sarcastically biting; burning
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Champion
To defend or support
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Chasten
To correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue
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Churlish
Rude; boorish
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Chicanery
Trickery; fraud
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Clairvoyant
One who can predict the future; psychic
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Cloister
To confine; seclude
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Coda
Something that summarizes or concludes; musical term
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Commensurate
Proportional
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Compendium
Brief, comprehensive summary
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Complaisant
Overly polite; willing to please; obliging
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Compunction
Uneasiness caused by guilt
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Conciliatory
Overcoming distrust or hostility
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Concoct
To invent
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Concomitant
Existing concurrently
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Conjugal
Pertaining to marriage agreement
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Congenial
Similar in tastes and habits; friendly; suited to
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Consecrate
To declare sacred
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Contend
To assert
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Contentious
Quarrelsome; causing quarrels
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Continence
Self-control; abstention from sexual activity
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Contrite
Very sorrowful for a wrong
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Conundrum
Riddle; puzzle with no solution
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Contimacious
Disobedient; rebellious
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Convoluted
Twisted; complicated
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Copious
Abundant; plentiful
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Coquette
Woman who flirts
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Cornucopia
Horn overflowing with fruit and grain; state of abundance
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Covert
Hidden; secret
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Covetous
Desiring something owned by another
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Cozen
To mislead by trick or fraud; deceive
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Craven
Cowardly
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Credo
Statement of belief or principle; creed
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Dearth
Scarcity
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Decorum
Proper behavior
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Default
To fail to act
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Deference
Respect; regard for another’s wish
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Defunct
No longer existing
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Delineate
To represent or depict
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Demotic
Pertaining to people
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Demur
To express doubt
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Denigrate
To slur someone’s reputation
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Denouement
Outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature
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Deride
To mock
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Derivative
Something derived; unoriginal
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Desiccate
To dry completely
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Desuetude
State of disuse
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Desultory
Random; disconnected; rambling
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Deterrent
Something that discourages or hinders
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Detraction
The act of taking away; derogatory comment on a person’s character
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Diaphanous
Transparent; fine-textured; insubstantial; vague
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Diatribe
Bitter verbal attack
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Diffidence
Shyness; lack of confidence
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Digression
Act of straying from the main point
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Dirge
Funeral hymn
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Disabuse
To free from misconception
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Discerning
Perceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgment
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Discomfit
To make uneasy; disconcert
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Discordant
Not in tune
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Discrete
Constituting a separate thing; distinct
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Disingenuous
Not candid; crafty
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Disparage
To belittle
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Disparate
Dissimilar
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Dissemble
To pretend; disguise one’s motices
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Disseminate
To spread; scatter; disperse
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Dissident
Person who disagrees about beliefs, etc.
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Dissolution
Disintegration; debauchery
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Distend
To expand; swell out
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Distill
Extract the essential elements
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Distrait
Inattentive; preoccupied
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Divest
To strip; deprive; rid
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Divulge
To make known something that is secret
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Doctrinaire
Relating to a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory or doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding
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Doggerel
Poor verse
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Dogmatic
Stating opinions without proof
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Dross
Waste; worthless matter; trivial matter
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Dupe
To deceive; trick
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Ebullient
Exhilarated; enthusiastic
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Eclectic
Selecting from various sources
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Effervescence
State of high spirits or liveliness; the process of bubbling as gas escapes
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Effete
Depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent
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Efficacy
Efficiency; effectiveness
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Effrontery
Shameless boldness; presumptuous ness
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Elixir
A substance believed to have the power to cure ills
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Elysian
Blissful; delightful
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Emaciated
Thin and wasted
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Embellish
To adorn; decorate; enhance; make more attractive by adding details
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Emollient
Soothing; mollifying
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Emulate
To imitate; copy
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Encomium
A formal expression of praise
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Endemic
Inherent; belonging to an area
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Enervate
To weaken
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Engender
To cause; provoke
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Ephemeral
Short-lived; fleeting
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Epistemology
Branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge
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Equable
Steady; unvarying; serene
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Equanimity
Composure; calmness
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Equivocate
To intentionally use vague language
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Errant
Mistaken; straying from the proper course
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Erudite
Learned; scholarly
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Esoteric
Hard to understand; known only to a few
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Essay
To make an attempt; subject to a test
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Estimable
Admirable; possible to estimate
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Etiology
Causes or origins
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Etymology
Origin and history of a word
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Eugenics
Study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race and ways to improve these qualities
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Eulogy
High praise, especially of a person who has recently died
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Euphemism
Use of agreeable of inoffensive language in place of unpleasant or offensive language
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Euthanasia
Mercy killing
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Evince
To show plainly; be an indication of
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Abate
To decrease; reduce
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Abject
Miserable; pitiful
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Abscond
To depart secretly
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Abstemious
Moderate in appetite
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Abysmal
Very baf
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Adjunct
Something added, attached, or joined
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Exacerbate
To aggravate; make worse
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Exact
To force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority
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Exculpate
To clear of blame; vindicate
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Execrable
Detestable; abhorrent
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Exhort
To urge by strong appeals
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Exigency
Crisis; urgent requirements
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Existential
Based on experience; having to do with existence
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Exorcise
To expel evil spirits; free from bad influences
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Expatiate
To speak or write at length
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Expatriate
To send into exile
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Expiate
To atone for
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Explicate
To explain; interpret; clarify
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Expository
Explanatory
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Extant
In existence; not lost
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Extemporaneous
Unrehearsed
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Extirpate
To root up; to destroy
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Extraneous
Not essential
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Extrapolation
The act of estimation by projecting known information
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Extrinsic
Not inherent or essential
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Facetious
Humorous
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Factotum
A person who does all sorts of work; a handyman
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Fallacious
Based on a false idea or fact; misleading
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Fallow
Plowed but not sowed; uncultivated
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Fatuous
Foolishly self-satisfied
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Fawning
Seeking favor by flattering
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Felicitous
Suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen
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Feral
Existing in a wild or untamed state
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Fervor
Warmth and intensity of emotion
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Fetid
Having a bad smell
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Fetter
To bind; confine
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Fiat
Arbitrary order; authorization
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Fidelity
Loyalty; exact correspondence
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Fissure
Crevice
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Flag
To droop; grow weak
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Florid
Ruddy; reddish; flowery
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Flout
To treat scornfully
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Foment
To incite; arouse
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Forbearance
Patience
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Forestall
To prevent; delay
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Formidable
Menacing; threatening
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Forswear
Renounce; repudiate
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Founder
To sink; fail; collapse
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Fracas
A loud quarrel; brawl
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Fractious
Quarrelsome; unruly; rebellioi
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Fresco
A painting done on plaster
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Frieze
Ornamental band on a wall
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Froward
Stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient
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Frugality
Thrift
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Fulminate
To attack loudly; denounce
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Fulsome
So excessive as to be disgusting
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Futile
Ineffective; useless; fruitless
