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abate

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to reduce in amount, degree or severity

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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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adjoin

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to be close or in contact with

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adulterate

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to make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

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anachronism

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something or someone misplaced in time; an obsolete or archaic form

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antipathy

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aversion; dislike

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apathy

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lack of interest or emotion; uncaring; indifference

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apostasy

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renunciation of one’s previous loyalty; a total desertion of one’s religion, principles, cause, etc.

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approbation

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approval; praise, consideration

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assiduous

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diligent, persistent, hardworking

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austere

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forbiddingly stern in appearance; severely simple and unornamented

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autonomous

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self-governing; independent

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aver

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assert

confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact

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bombastic

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pompous in speech and manner ; using inflated language

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capricious

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unpredictable; fickle; changing one’s mind quickly and often

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castigate

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to punish or criticize harshly

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chicanery

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trickery; deception by means of craft or guile

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cogent

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convincing and well reasoned

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complaisant

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trying to please; overly polite; obliging

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convoluted

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intricate and complicated

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credulous

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too trusting; gullible

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deference

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respect; courteous regard for another’s wishes

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desiccate

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to dry out thoroughly

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desultory
aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
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dichotomy
split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)
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diffident
lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
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diffuse
to spread widely or thinly
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dilatory
inclined to delay or procrastinate
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disabuse
correct a false impression; to set right; to free from error
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dissemble
disguise; pretend; to disguise one’s real intentions or character
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disseminate
distribute; spread widely; scatter (like seeds)
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dogmatic
opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
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dupe
to deceive; a person who is easily deceived
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eclectic
selective; composed of elements from a variety of sources
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efficacy
effectiveness; power to produce desired effect
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elegy
a sorrowful poem or speech
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enervate
weaken; to reduce in strength
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engender
to produce, cause or bring about
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ephemeral
short-lived; fleeting
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equivocate
lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
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erudite
learned, scholarly, bookish
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esoteric
hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
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eulogy
expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone’s death
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exacerbate
worsen; to increase bitterness or violence
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exculpate
to clear from blame; prove innocent
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fawning
trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, or cringing
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foment
to arouse or incite
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forestall
prevent by taking action in advance
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grandiloquent
pompous or inflated in language; bombastic; using high sounding language
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iconoclast
one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions
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impassive
without feeling; imperturbable; showing or feeling no emotion
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impervious
impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed
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impetuous
quick to act without thinking
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inchoate
not fully formed; disorganized; rudimentary; elementary
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indolence
state of being lazy or slothful
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ingenuous
naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated
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insipid
lacking in interest or flavor; dull
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intransigent
refusing to agree or compromise
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invective
of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse
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irascible
irritable; easily angered
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misanthrope
one who hates mankind
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mitigate
to soften, to lessen
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mollify
to calm or make less severe; soothe
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neophyte
recent convert; beginner
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obsequious
overly submissive and eager to please; servile; sycophantic
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onerous
troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
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opprobrium
public disgrace; infamy; vilification
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paragon
model of excellence or perfection
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paucity
smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness
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perfidious
treacherous; disloyal; willing to betray one’s trust
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perfunctory
superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; done in a routine way;
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plethora
excess; overabundance
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prevaricate
to lie or deviate from the truth
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probity
honesty; uprightness; incorruptibility
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prodigal
lavish; wasteful; reckless with money
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proliferate
grow rapidly; spread; multiply
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propitiate
to conciliate; to appease
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propriety
correct behavior or conduct, obedience to rules and customs
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proscribe
to condemn as harmful or odious; ostracize; banish; outlaw
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quiescent
adj. at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive; motionless
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refractory
stubborn; unmanageable; rebellious
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reprobate
person hardened in sin; wicked person; devoid of a sense of decency
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repudiate
disown; disavow; to reject the validity of
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reticent
silent; reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence
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soporific
sleep-causing; lethargy; marked by sleepiness
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specious
superficially plausible, but actually wrong
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stigma
a mark of shame or discredit
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stolid
dull; impassive; unemotional; lacking sensitivity
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torpor
lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
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tractable
docile; easily managed or controlled
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veracious
truthful

High Frequency Vocabulary (1 decks)

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