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1
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Abate

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To reduce in amount, degree, or severity

2
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Abscond

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To leave secretly

3
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Abstain

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To choose not to do something

4
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Adulterate

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To make impure

5
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Aggrandize

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To increase in power, influence, and reputation

6
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Ambiguous

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Doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted several ways

7
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Ameliorate

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To make better or improve

8
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Anachronism

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Something out of place in time

9
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Analogous

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Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to

10
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Anomaly

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Deviation from what is normal

11
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Antagonize

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To annoy or provoke to anger

12
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Antipathy

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Extreme dislike

13
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Apathy

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Lack of interest or emotion

14
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Arbitrate

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To judge a dispute between two opposing parties

15
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Archaic

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Ancient, old fashioned

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Ardor

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Intense and passionate feeling

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Articulate

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Able to speak clearly and expressively

18
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Assuage

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To make something unpleasant less severe

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Attenuate

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To reduce in force or degree; to weaken

20
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Audacious

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Fearless and daring

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Austere

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Severe or stern in appearance; in decorated

22
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Banal

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Predictable; cliched, boring

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Bolster

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To support; to prop up

24
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Bombastic

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Pompous in speech and manner

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Cacophony

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Harsh, jarring noise

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Candid

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Impartial and honest in speech

27
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Capricious

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Changing ones mind quickly and often

28
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Castigate

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To punish or criticize harshly

29
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Catalyst

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Something that brings about a change in something else

30
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Caustic

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Biting in wit

31
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Chauvinist

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Someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs

32
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Chicanery

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Deception by means of craft or guile

33
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Cogent

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Convincing and well reasoned

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Condone

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To overlook, pardon, or disregard

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Convoluted

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Intricate and complicated

36
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Corroborate

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To provide supporting evidence

37
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Credulous

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Too trusting; gullible

38
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Crescendo

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Steadily increasing volume or force

39
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Decorum

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Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety

40
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Deference

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Respect, courtesy

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Deride

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To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock

42
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Desiccate

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To dry out thoroughly

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Dogma

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A firmly held opinion, often a religious belief

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Dogmatic

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Dictatorial in one’s opinion

45
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Dupe

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To deceive; a person who is easily deceived

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Eclectic

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Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources

47
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Efficacy

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Effectiveness

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Elegy

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A sorrowful poem or speech

49
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Eloquent

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Persuasive and moving, especially in speech

50
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Emulate

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To copy; to try to equal or excel

51
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Enervate

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To reduce in strength

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Engender

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To produce, cause, or bring about

53
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Enigma

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A puzzle; a mystery

54
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Enumerate

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To count, list, or itemize

55
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Ephemeral

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Lasting a short time

56
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Equivocate

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To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

57
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Erratic

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Wandering and unpredictable

58
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Erudite

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Learned, scholarly, bookish

59
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Esoteric

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Known or understood by only a few

60
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Eulogy

A

Speech in praise of someone

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Euphemism

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Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one

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Exacerbate

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To make worse

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Exculpate

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To clear from blame; prove innocent

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Exigent

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Urgent; requiring immediate action

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Exonerate

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To clear of blame

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Explicit

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Clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression

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Fanatical

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Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion

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Fawn

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To grovel

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Fervid

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Intensely emotional; feverish

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Florid

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Excessively decorated or embellished

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Foment

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To arouse or incite

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Frugality

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A tendency to be thrifty or cheap

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Desultory

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Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

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Diatribe

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An abusive, condemnatory speech

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Diffident

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Lacking self-confidence

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Dilatory

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Intended to delay

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Dilettante

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Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

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Dirge

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A funeral hymn or mournful speech

79
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Disabuse

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To set right; to free from error

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Discern

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To perceive; to recognize

81
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Disparate

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Fundamentally different; entirely unlike

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Dissemble

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To present a false appearance; to disguise one’s real intentions or character

83
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Dissonance

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A harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds