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Traipse

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to walk around casually or without a specific destination

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Acumen

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the ability to make quick accurate intelligent judgments about people or situations

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Effulgence

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brightness or a brilliant light radiating from something

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Fealty

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loyalty or allegiance shown to anyone

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Perambulation

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to walk about a place

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Congeries

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a collection or assortment of things

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Chrism

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anointing with holy oil

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Nadir

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the lowest possible point

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Obfuscate

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to make something obscure or unclear

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Adjure

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to order somebody to do something, especially under oath

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Ken

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somebody’s knowledge or understanding

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Benumb

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to remove the sense of feeling from a faculty or part of the body, especially by exposure to extreme cold

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Leitmotiv

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a recurring theme or thematic passage of music

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Prolixity

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tiresomely wordy

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Equable

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calm and not easily disturbed

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Extirpate

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to completely get rid of, kill off, or destroy somebody or something considered undesirable

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Tumult

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1) noisy commotion; 2) an emotional upheaval

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Garrulous

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1) excessively talkative; 2) wordy

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Bellwether

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1) an indicator of future developments or trends; 2) a leader

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Chirrup

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1) to chirp; 2) to speak in a cheerful, lively, and high-pitched voice

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Belabor

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to subject somebody to a sustained verbal or literary attack

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Prostrate

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to lie prone or stretched out with the face downward or bow very low

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Resplendent

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having a dazzlingly impressive appearance

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Loquacious

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talkative

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Lucubrate
a written work resulting from prolonged study, often having a scholarly or pedantic style (often used in the plural)
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Chicane
to cheat somebody
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Gallant
1) courteous and thoughtful, especially toward women; 2) brave, spirited, and honorable
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Florid
1) having an unhealthily glowing pink or red complexion; 2) ornate and wordy in style
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Impudent
showing a lack of respect and excessive boldness
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Abase
to degrade or belittle somebody
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Vaticinate
to predict future events
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Tallow
a hard fatty substance
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Incorrigible
impossible or very difficult to correct or reform
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Remonstrance
a formal, forceful argument
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Physiognomy
the feature’s of somebody’s face that are used to judge their character
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Lassitude
a state of weariness accompanied by listlessness or apathy
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Intrepid
courageous and bold
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Banal
dull and unoriginal
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Purloin
insulting language or treatment
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Leaven
something that lightens the weight or mood of something
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Fixity
something that is unchanging
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Cabalistic
mysterious or esoteric
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Lofty
1) very high; 2) exalted; 3) high-ranking; 4) haughty
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Stucco
wall plaster
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Sybarite
somebody devoted to luxury and the gratification of sensual desires (from the ancient Greek city Sybaris)
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Abnegate
to renounce something
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Gesticulate
to express something with movements of the arms or hands, often when speaking
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Alight
(adj.) filled with energy, excitement, interest, or pleasure
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Bedizen
to dress or decorate somebody in a vulgar or exaggerated way
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Staid
sober and steady in temperament; dull
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Vouchsafe
to promise, give, or allow
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Brusque
abrupt, blunt, or curt in manner or speech
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Gait
a manner of walking
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Sally
1) a witty remark; 2) sudden action or expression
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Grate
make noise from rubbing things together
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Asperity
harshness or severity of manner or tone
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Distend
to swell as if by pressure from within
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Vertiginous
dizzying
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Promontory
projecting part of bodily organ or point of land
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Oleograph
an oil-color lithograph
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Asperse
to harshly criticize something or somebody
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Compunction
feelings of shame about something wrong
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Doleful
sad and mournful
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Penurious
having little money
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Samovar
Russian tea urn
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Tremulous
shaking or trembling from fear or nervousness
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Harridan
an offensive term for a woman that deliberately insults her age as advanced and her temperament as assertive
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Carmine
deep red color
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Repose
rest; tranquility; peace of mind; composure
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Inimical
1) not favorable; 2) hostile
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Epigram
a witty saying or short poem
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Chit
1) a slip of paper; 2) an impertinent girl
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Impenitent
showing no regret or sorrow for misbehavior
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Contumely
1) contempt; 2) a derisive remark
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Inequity
1) lack of fairness or justice; 2) an unfair situation or action
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Histrionic
overdramatic in reaction or behavior
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Prefatory
serving to introduce something such as a main body of text or a speech
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Punctilious
very careful about the conventions of correct behavior and etiquette
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Accost
to approach and stop somebody in order to speak to that person, especially in an aggressive, insistent, or suggestive way
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Immure
to confine somebody in prison
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Morose
having a withdrawn gloomy personality
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Ingratiate
seeking to please somebody
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Peregrination
a journey
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Ignominy
a total loss of dignity and self-respect, or an incurring of public disgrace
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Perdition
everlasting punishment in hell
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Aleatory
depending on chance or contingency
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Educe
to elicit or derive something
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Dispositive
deciding the final outcome of a court case
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Indubitable
obvious or definitely true, and not to be doubted
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Accede
1) to give consent or agreement to something; 2) to come to power
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Redact
to edit something
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Recursive
self-repeating
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Felicitous
1) appropriate or suitable; 2) pleasant
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Laconic
using few words
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Colloquy
a formal discussion
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Adamantine
extremely hard and unyielding
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Expiate
atone for wrongdoing
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Glen
a long, narrow valley
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Unbridled
free and openly expressed
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Wile
a cunning strategy

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