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Cario 8th SAT Words Flashcards

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TENACIOUS

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tough; stubborn

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COPIOUS

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abundant; plentiful

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SURREPTITIOUS

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acting in secret; sly manner

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VORACIOUS

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eager to consume great amounts of food

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OFFICIOUS

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interfering; offering unwanted advice

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SPURIOUS

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not genuine; false

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ONEROUS

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troublesome or burdensome

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GREGARIOUS

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sociable

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PIOUS

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devout or virtuous; holy

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SCRUPULOUS

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careful of small details, honest

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ATTRITION

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a gradual reduction or weakening

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EDIFICATION

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enlighten; instruct

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ABLUTION

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a cleansing with water

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ELOCUTION

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the art of public speaking

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WRITHE

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to twist or bending in pain

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PEDESTRIAN

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ordinary; moving on feet

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CARRION

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dead and rotting flesh

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PINION

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to bind the wings; to confine

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AMBIVALENCE

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indecision

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KISMET

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fate

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DEPLOY

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to arrange strategically

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CAVALIER

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carefree and nonchalant

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EGG

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to encourage or incite to action

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METE

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to distribute by measure; to allot

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NULLIFY

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to make useless; cancel

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EMBROIL

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to involve in argument or hostile action

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WAFFLE

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to speak or write evasively

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ASCRIBE

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to attribute to a specific cause

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ENHANCE

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to improve; to intensify

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IMPAIR

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to diminish, as in strength

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TERSE

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to the point; concise

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COERCE

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to force someone by threatening

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DIVERSE

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different; varied

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ABATE

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to reduce

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ABIDE

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to remain; continue; stay; endure

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GAMBIT

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to take a risk for some advantage

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JAUNT

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a short pleasure trip

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FRANK

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marked by free and sincere expression

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LITHE

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bending easily and gracefully

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AESTHETIC

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having to do with artistic beauty

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GULLIBLE

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easily cheated or fooled

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MAWKISH

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excessively sentimental

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RAFFISH

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cheaply vulgar in appearance; disreputable

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CONTINUUM

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a continuous whole

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TRAVAIL

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strenuous labor or effort

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INTREPID

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fearless; bold

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LANGUID

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lacking energy; weak

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EXODUS

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a mass departure

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INFLUX

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a mass arrival or incoming

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ABASH

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to make ashamed or uneasy

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INCESSANT

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nonstop

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LATENT

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laying hidden; potential

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ELOQUENT

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extremely expressive in speech

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DIFFIDENT

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lacking self-confidence; timid

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MALCONTENT

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dissatisfied; unhappy person

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EMINENT

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standing out, renowned

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WINCE

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to flinch; to shrink back

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PRUDENT

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cautious; good judgment

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AUGMENT

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to make or become greater

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EBULLIENCE

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enthusiastic

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RHETORIC

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over elaborate language or speech

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DOGMATIC

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an arrogant assertion of opinions

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PHILIPPIC

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insulting language; a tirade

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PANDEMIC

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widespread; general

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IDYLLIC

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something naturally peaceful

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CRYPTIC

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having a hidden meaning

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CHOLERIC

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hot-tempered; quick to anger

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PECCADILLO

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a minor offense

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EMPHATIC

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forcibly expressive

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LOGISTICS

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managing the details of an operation

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CIRCUMSPECT

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cautious

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ABSTRACT

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difficult to understand

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DEFUNCT

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dead or inactive

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SUCCINCT

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brief and to the point

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PALPABLE

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capable of being touched or felt

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ACCOUNTABLE

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responsible

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OSTENSIBLE

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offered as genuine or real

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PLIABLE

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receptive to change; easily bent

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ADROIT

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skillful; deft

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BAUBLE

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a small, inexpensive trinket

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SKULLDUGGERY

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trickery

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ANCILLARY

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providing assistance

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SEDENTARY

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characterized by sitting; little exercise

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CURSORY

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rapid and superficial

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PREDATORY

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victimizing or destroying others

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SYMMETRY

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exact form of sides of a line

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TAWDRY

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gaudy and cheap in appearance

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AMBULATORY

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capable of walking

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IDOLATRY

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excessive devotion to something

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PECUNIARY

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consisting of or relating to money

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PANORAMA

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unbroken view of a wide area

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SAGA

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long story

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PLETHORA

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superabundance

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GRADIENT

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a rate of inclination; a slope

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ADHERENT

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a follower of a leader; supporter

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VENT

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outlet; to release

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PRESENTIMENT

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premonition; a sense that something is going to occur

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ARMAMENT

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military supplies and weapons

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CORPULENT

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fat; obese

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CIRCUMVENT

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to surround; enclose

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ATONE

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to make amends

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DEVOID

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entirely without

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REPLETE

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full to the utmost; gorged

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MAMMOTH

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huge; gigantic

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BALEFUL

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threatening; hurtful

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DIMINUTION

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the act or process of diminishing

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ETHEREAL

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very light, airy; heavenly

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PURBLIND

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having poor vision; nearly blind

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LACKADAISICAL

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showing lack of interest

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BLAND

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lacking flavor or zest; dull

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CASCADE

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a waterfall

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PALISADE

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fortification in the ground; extended cliff

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FUSILLADE

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a rapid outburst or barrage

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PARABLE

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a simple story illustrating a lesson

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PARADIGM

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a pattern that serves as a model

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PATRIARCH

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the leader of a family

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MALADROIT

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clumsy; inept

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MALAISE

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bodily discomfort; beginning of an illness

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MALICE

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intention to harm others

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MALODOR

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a bad odor

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PARAGON

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a model of excellence

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STRIFE

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bitter conflict; fight

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APPEASE

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to soothe; to pacify

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LAMPOON

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light, good humored satire

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BOON

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a timely benefit; a blessing

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POLTROON

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a coward

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BRAZEN

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bold, shameless

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CONUNDRUM

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a dilemma

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COVERT

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secret; hidden; concealed

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BOOTLEG

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to smuggle

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DIATRIBE

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a bitter verbal attack

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OFFAL

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waste parts; rubbish

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PARLEY

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a conference, especially between enemies

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FRAY

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fight or scuffle; brawl

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LAMBASTE

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to assault violently

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CATACLYSM

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a violent upheaval

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ESCAPADE

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an adventurous unconventional act

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ESCHEW

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to avoid or shun

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RANSACK

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to search thoroughly; pillage

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CAMARADERIE

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comradeship; friendship

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ICONOCLAST

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one who attacks popular ideas

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SAGE

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a person of wisdom

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NEMESIS

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an opponent that cannot be beaten

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DOLT

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a stupid person

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CLONE

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an exact duplicate

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CARNIVORE

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a flesh-eating animal

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DESPOT

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an absolute ruler

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COURIER

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a messenger

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SPECTER

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a ghost

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MOGUL

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a very rich and powerful person

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PRODIGIOUS

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enormous in size, quantity, degree; marvelous, amazing

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BOOR

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a rude person; someone that is unrefined

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PANACHE

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dashing elegance of manner or style

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FORBEARANCE

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Patience

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AGOG

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highly excited by eagerness

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FORTHRIGHT

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frank; going straight to the point

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PROFOUND

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intellectually deep or penetrating; reaching to, rising from, or effecting the depth’s of one’s nature

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FIASCO

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a complete or humiliating failure

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DOLEFUL

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sorrowful; melancholy

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OPAQUE

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Impervious to light; dull; hard to understand

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BOVINE

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relating to or resembling a cow

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SUPINE

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laying on back facing upward

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ASININE

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silly; stupid

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MARITIME

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near the sea

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SUBLIME

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impressive; inspiring awe; majestic

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SERENE

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clear; calm; tranquil

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FOREBODE

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to predict or foretell

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BOMBASTIC

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high sounding

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WINNOW

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to get rid of undesirable parts

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SPAWN

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to produce

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ANNALS

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descriptive record; history

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TOME

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a large book

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CATARACT

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a large waterfall; a flood; an eye abnormality

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BOOTY

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loot; the spoils of war; goods or property seized by force; a valuable prize

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ANIMATED

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having life; alive; filled with activity, vigor, or spirit

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JETSAM

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cargo or equipment thrown overboard to lighten an imperiled vessel; discarded odds and ends

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PORTAL

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an entrance, door or gate

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THRONG

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a large group of people gathered closely together

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BARRAGE

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a curtain of artillery fire; any overwhelming attack, as of words or blows

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ELITE

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the best or most skilled members of a group

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FETTER

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to restrain; to hamper; a shackle

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TORPID

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dormant; inactive; lethargic

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TORRID

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intensely hot; burning; passionate; rapid

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PINGUID

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Fat

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DISHEVEL

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to make untidy; to disarrange the hair or clothing of

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NETTLE

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to irritate; vex

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MOTTLE

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to mark with spots or blotches of different shades or colors

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PRATTLE

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to babble; to talk meaninglessly

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BALK

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to stop short and refuse to proceed

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CURB

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to control or check

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ASSAIL

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to attack violently

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QUAIL

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to shrink with fear; to cower; to lose heart and courage

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DWELL

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to remain for a time; to reside; to focus attention on; to speak or write about at length

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QUELL

A

to extinguish; to put down or suppress by force

194
Q

QUAFF

A

to drink heartily

195
Q

ESTRANGE

A

to alienate; to treat as a stranger; to turn an affectionate attitude into an indifferent or unfriendly one

196
Q

DISCONCERT

A

to disturb the composure of; upset; to frustrate (as a plan) by throwing into disorder

197
Q

ANNEX

A

to add or attach

198
Q

ESPOUSE

A

to adopt; to support

199
Q

REPROACH

A

to express disapproval of

200
Q

PACIFIST

A

one who is in opposition of war or violence

201
Q

BEQUEST

A

something left to someone in a will

202
Q

MANIFEST

A

clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious

203
Q

ROTE

A

a memorizing process using routine or repetition, often without comprehension

204
Q

MORASS

A

anything that hinders, traps or overwhelms; low-lying, soggy ground

205
Q

REIGN

A

the exercise or possession of supreme power

206
Q

BROUHAHA

A

an uproar; hubbub

207
Q

WRATH

A

extreme or violent rage

208
Q

ZENITH

A

the peak; the highest point

209
Q

SLAKE

A

to quench; to satisfy a craving

210
Q

BEDLAM

A

a place or scene of noisy uproar and confusion

211
Q

PREHENSILE

A

adapted for grasping or holding

212
Q

DOUR

A

severe; gloomy; stern

213
Q

TAUT

A

stretched tight; tidy

214
Q

RIFE

A

abundant; great in number or amount

215
Q

INDOLENCE

A

inclination to laziness

216
Q

INCONTROVERTIBLE

A

not able to be “turned against” or disputed; certain; indisputable

217
Q

BENIGHTED

A

being in a state of intellectual darkness; ignorant; unenlightened

218
Q

REQUISITE

A

essential; necessary

219
Q

SHUNT

A

to move or turn aside; to evade by putting aside or ignoring

220
Q

RESPITE

A

delay; postpone; a brief interval of rest

221
Q

PERSONIFY

A

to think of or represent as having human qualities; to typify

222
Q

FORTE

A

something in which a person excels

223
Q

ENMITY

A

hostility; deep-seated hatred

224
Q

CRONY

A

a close friend or companion

225
Q

BEVY

A

a group of animals; an assemblage

226
Q

BATTERY

A

the unlawful beating of a person; act of beating or pounding; any large group of related things

227
Q

ACME

A

the highest point

228
Q

PSYCHE

A

the human soul; the mind

229
Q

BANDY

A

to trade; to give back and forth; to bat to and fro

230
Q

CHASTISE

A

to discipline; to criticize severely

231
Q

POLARIZE

A

to break up into opposing factions or groups

232
Q

TANTALIZE

A

to excite by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach

233
Q

SYNCHRONIZE

A

to occur at the same time; simultaneous

234
Q

SURMISE

A

to guess; to infer (something) without sufficient evidence

235
Q

DEMISE

A

death; the end

236
Q

HIATUS

A

a gap or an interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break

237
Q

EVINCE

A

to show or demonstrate clearly

238
Q

CRUX

A

main point; the heart of the matter

239
Q

APEX

A

the highest point; peak

240
Q

QUIETUDE

A

calm; tranquility; peacefulness

241
Q

EXTRUDE

A

to force out, as through a small opening

242
Q

OBTRUDE

A

to impose oneself or one’s ideas on others; to stick out

243
Q

ADDICT

A

to devote (oneself) habitually or compulsively; one who is addicted

244
Q

BRINK

A

Edge

245
Q

EXALT

A

to raise high; glorify

246
Q

HEARTEN

A

to give strength, courage, or hope; to encourage

247
Q

KINDLE

A

to cause to burn or ignite; to arouse or inspire

248
Q

PORTEND

A

to warn of as an omen; forecast

249
Q

SEETHE

A

to be agitated, as by rage; to churn and foam as if boiling

250
Q

GASTRONOMY

A

the art of good eating

251
Q

PROPINQUITY

A

proximity, nearness; kinship

252
Q

ANIMOSITY

A

having a feeling of ill-will; bitter hostility

253
Q

CUPIDITY

A

excessive greed, especially for money

254
Q

DEPRAVITY

A

extreme wickedness

255
Q

HIERARCHY

A

categorization of a group according to ability or status

256
Q

PLUCKY

A

brave and spirited; courageous

257
Q

GRAVITY

A

seriousness or importance

258
Q

PATRIMONY

A

an inheritance from a father or an ancestor; anything inherited

259
Q

CANOPY

A

a covering

260
Q

ACCRUE

A

to accumulate over time

261
Q

PERPENDICULAR

A

upright or vertical; being at right angles to the plane of the horizon

262
Q

EXEMPLAR

A

a model or original; an example

263
Q

DIRE

A

disastrous; desperate

264
Q

GARNER

A

to gather or store

265
Q

DETER

A

to discourage; to keep someone from doing something

266
Q

INURE

A

to get used to something undesirable; harden

267
Q

NURTURE

A

to nourish, to feed; to educate; to train; to foster

268
Q

BOLSTER

A

to support, as in a group; to give a boost; a large pillow

269
Q

HAMPER

A

to prevent the free movement, action, or progress of; to hinder or impede

270
Q

DOFF

A

to take off; to remove; to put aside

271
Q

DON

A

to put on

272
Q

SVELTE

A

slim, slender

273
Q

OBESE

A

extremely fat; grossly overweight

274
Q

STALACTITE

A

a tapering formation hanging from the ceiling of a cave, produced by the dripping of mineral-rich water

275
Q

STALAGMITE

A

a conical mineral deposit formed on the floor of a cave by the dripping of mineral-rich water

276
Q

DIURNAL

A

occurring every day; occurring during the daytime

277
Q

NOCTURNAL

A

of or occurring at night

278
Q

PRISTINE

A

extremely pure; untouched

279
Q

SQUALID

A

dirty and wretched, as from poverty or lack of care

280
Q

CAPITULATE

A

to surrender under certain conditions; to give in

281
Q

VALIDATE

A

to declare legally valid; legalize

282
Q

EXONERATE

A

to free from accusation or blame; to free from a responsibility or task

283
Q

EXPATRIATE

A

to exile, banish; leave one’s country (either by force or by desire

284
Q

PALLIATE

A

to make seem less serious; to mitigate

285
Q

CONFISCATE

A

to seize

286
Q

ELUCIDATE

A

to make clear and explain fully

287
Q

INUNDATE

A

to overwhelm with abundance or excess; flood

288
Q

DEPRECATE

A

to express disapproval of

289
Q

RUMINATE

A

to ponder; to reflect upon

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