Essential GRE Words Flashcards
(520 cards)
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Megalomania
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Delusions of power or importance
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Euthanasia
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Mercy killing
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Dormant
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Inactive
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Raiment
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Clothing
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Impinge
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To strike; encroach
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Preternatural
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Beyond the normal course of nature; supernatural
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Plumb
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To determine the depth; to examine deeply
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Argot
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Specialized vocabulary used by a group
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Quibble
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To argue over insignificant and irrelevant details
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Quail
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To cower; lose heart
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Compliant
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Yielding
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Piquant
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Appealingly stimulating; pleasantly pungent; attractive
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Presage
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To foretell; indicate in advance
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Abscission
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The act of cutting; the natural separation of a leaf or other part of a plant
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Punctilious
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Careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony
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Fetid
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Having a bad smell
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Fissure
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Crevice
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Clamor
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Noisy outcry
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Cardinal
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Of foremost importance
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Sardonic
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Cynical; scornfully mocking
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Appellation
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Name
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Odyssey
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A long, adventurous voyage; a quest
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Atavism
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In biology, the reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; individual or a part that exhibits atavism; return or a trait after a period of absence
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Factotum
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A person who does all sorts of work; a handyman
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Arabesque
Ornate design featuring intertwined curves; a ballet position in which one leg is extended in back while the other supports the weight of the body
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Extrinsic
Not inherent or essential
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Hirsute
Covered with hair
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Errant
Mistaken; straying from the proper course
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Fallow
Plowed but not sowed; uncultivated
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Egotistical
Excessively self-centered; conceited
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Grouse
To complain
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Machinations
Plots or schemes
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Impecunious
Poor; having no money
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Oligarchy
Form of government in which power belongs to only a few leaders
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Plummet
To fall; plunge
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Clique
A small, exclusive group
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Abject
Miserable; pitiful
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Negate
To cancel out; nulify
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Primordial
Original; Existing from the beginning
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Occult
Relating to practices connected with supernatural phenomena
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Debauchery
Corruption
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Premonition
Forewarning; presentiment
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Denizen
An inhabitant; a regular visitor
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Glib
Fluent in a insincere way; offhand
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Minatory
Threatening; menacing
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Affected
Pretentious, phony
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Essay
To make an attempt; subject to a test
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Covetous
Desiring something owned by another
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Machiavellian
Crafty; double-dealing
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Analgesic
Medication that reduces or eliminates pain
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Peregrination
A wandering from place to place
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Banter
Playful converstation
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Dirge
Funeral hymn
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Bard
Poet
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Insuperable
Insurmountable; unconquerable
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Minuscule
Very small
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Fulsome
So excessive as to be disgusting
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Exact
To force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority
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Bacchanalian
Pertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelry
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Invidious
Likely to provide ill will; offensive
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Savor
To enjoy; have a distinctive flavor or smell
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Covert
Hidden; secret
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Abstinence
The giving up of certain pleasures
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Distrait
Inattentive; preoccupied
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Incorporate
Introduce something into another thing already in existence; combine
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Apex
The highest point
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Exorcise
To expel evil spirits; free from bad influences
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Abysmal
Very bad
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Nugatory
Trifling; invalid
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Discredit
To dishonor; disgrace; cause to be doubted
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Amulet
Ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits
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Militate
To work against
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Flora
Plants of a region or era
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Clairvoyant
One who can predict the future; psychic
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Daunt
To discourage; intimidate; dishearten
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Renege
To go back on one’s word
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Goad
To prod; urge on
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Bifurcate
To divide into two parts
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Bovine
Cowlike
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Plutocracy
Society ruled by the wealthy
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Libido
Sexual desire
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Encomium
A formal expression of praise
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Mendicant
Beggar
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Fidelity
Loyalty; exact correspondence
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Nostalgia
Sentimental longing for a past time
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Copious
Abundant; plentiful
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Assuage
To make less severe
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Antecedent
Something that comes before
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Pallid
Lacking color or liveliness
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Redoubtable
Formidable; arousing fear; worthy of respect
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Explicate
To explain; interpret; clarify
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Levee
An embankment that prevents a river from overflowing
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Rail
To scold with bitter or abusive language
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Distend
To expand; swell out
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Brazen
Bold; shameless
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Juggernaut
Huge force destroying everything in its path
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Antediluvian
Prehistoric
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Repine
Fret; complain
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Credo
Statement of belief or principle; creed
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Sextant
Navigation tool that determines latitude and longitude
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Servile
Submissive; obedient
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Itinerant
Wandering from place to place; unsettled
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Jibe
To be in agreement
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Dissident
A person who disagrees about beliefs, etc.
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Prattle
Meaningless, foolish talk
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Cadge
To beg; sponge
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Ambrosia
Something delicious; the food of the gods
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Luminous
Bright; brilliant; glowing
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Latent
Present but hidden; potential
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Categorical
Absolute; without exception
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Impede
To hinder; block
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Incarnate
Having bodily form
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Maelstrom
Whirlpool; turmoil
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Apogee
The point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited; the highest point
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Blandishment
Flattery
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Introspective
Contemplating one’s own thoughts and feelings
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Apothegm
A terse, witty saying
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Preamble
Preliminary statement
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Modicum
Limited quantity
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Abdicate
To give up a position, right or power
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Punctilious
Careful in observing rules of behavior or ceremony
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Lilliputian
Extremely small
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Appease
To calm; pacify; placate
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Plaintive
Melancholy; mournful
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Centrifugal
Moving away from a center
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Poseur
Person who affects an attitude or identity to impress others
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Discomfit
To make uneasy; disconcert
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Porous
Full of holes; permeable to liquids
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Froward
Stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient
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Distill
Extract the essential elements
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Forbearance
Patience
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Qualm
Sudden feeling of faintness or nausea; uneasy feeling about the rightness of actions
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Physiognomy
Facial features
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Cantankerous
Irritable; ill-humored
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Avuncular
Like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant
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Lustrous
Shining
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Deterrent
Something that discourages or hinders
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Quagmire
Marsh; difficult situation
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Axiomatic
Taken for granted
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Gouge
To tear out; scoop out; overcharge
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Satyr
A creature that is half-man, half-beast with the horns and legs of a goat; it is a follower of Dionysos; a lecher
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Apposite
Strikingly appropriate and relevant
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Bucolic
Characteristic of the countryside; rustic; pastoral
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Placid
Calm
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Celestial
Concerning the sky or heavens; sublime
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Saturate
To soak thoroughly; imbue throughout
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Diverge
To vary; go in different directions from the same point
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Junta
Group of people united in political intrigue
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Dupe
To deceive; trick
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Blase
Bored because of frequent indulgence; unconcerned
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Seismic
Relating to earthquakes; earthshaking
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Default
To fail to act
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Liberal
Tolerant; broad-minded; generous; lavish
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Saturnine
Gloomy
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Defunct
No longer existing
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Pungent
Strong or sharp in smell or taste; penetrating; caustic; to the point
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Riposte
A retaliatory action or report
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Patois
A regional dialect; nonstandard speech; jargon
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Coalesce
To cause to become one
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Convention
Practice widely observed in a group; custom; accepted technique or device
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Complement
Something that completes or makes up a whole
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Broach
To mention for the first time
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Frieze
Ornamental band on a wall
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Behemoth
Huge creature; anything very large and powerful
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Concave
Curving inward
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Regale
To entertain
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Beatify
To sanctify; to bless; to ascribe a virtue to
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Expiate
To atone for
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Amendable
Agreeable; cooperative; suited
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Avarice
Greed
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Purport
To profess; suppose; claim
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Compunction
Uneasiness caused by guilt
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Pusillanimous
Cowardly
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Artifact
Item made by human craft
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Captious
Faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument
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Discretion
Quality of showing self-restraint in speech or actions; circumspection; freedom to act on one’s own
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Divest
To strip; deprive; rid
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Nonplussed
Bewildered
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Allure
The power to entice by charm
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Onomatopoeia
Formation or use of words that imitate sounds of the actions they refer to
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Hieroglyphics
A system of writing in which pictorial symbols represent meaning or sounds; writing or symbols that are difficult to decipher; the symbols used in advanced mathematics
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Petulant
Rude; peevish
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Literati
Scholarly or learned persons
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Quail
To cower; lose heart
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Insouciant
Indifferent; lacking concern or care
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Cloister
To confine; seclude
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Adamant
Uncompromising; unyielding
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Equable
Steady; unvarying; serene
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Malign
To speak evil of
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Concoct
To invent
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Discerning
Perceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgment
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Collage
Artistic composition of materials pasted over a surface; an assemblage of diverse elements
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Egoism
The tendency to see things in relation to oneself; self-centeredness
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Founder
To sink; fail; collapse
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Connoisseur
A person possessing expert knowledge or training; a person of informed and discriminating taste
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Primordial
Original; existing from the beginning
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Perturb
To disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; cause a body to deviate from its regular orbit
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Evince
To show plainly; be an indication of
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Litany
Lengthy recitation; repetitive chant
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Autonomous
Self-governing; independent
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Contiguous
Touching; neighboring; connecting without a break
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Guise
Outward appearance; false appearance; pretense
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Avocation
Secondary occupation
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Sedition
Behavior prompting rebellion
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Ornithologist
Scientist who studies birds
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Pusillanimous
Cowardly
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Alchemy
Medieval chemical philosophy based on changing metal into gold; a seemingly magical power or process of transmutation
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Centripetal
Moving or directed toward a center
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Prohibitive
So high as to prevent the purchase or use of; preventing; forbidding
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Coquette
Woman who flirts
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Callous
Thick-skinned; insensitive
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Purport
To profess; suppose; claim
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Monolithic
Solid and uniform; constituting a single, unified whole
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Digression
Act of straying from the main point
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Itinerary
Route of a traveler’s journey
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Inveigh
To disapprove; protest vehemently
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Aggrandize
To make larger or greater
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Cognizant
Informed; conscious; aware
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Puissant
Powerful
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Archeology
The study of material evidence of past human life
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Contend
To assert
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Qualm
Sudden feeling or faintness or nausea; uneasy feeling about the rightness of actions
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Conscript
Person compulsorily enrolled for military service
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Adulterate
To corrupt or make impure
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Expatriate
To send into exile
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Caste
Any of the hereditary social classes of Hindu society; social stratification
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Causal
Involving a cause
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Codify
To systematize
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Disjointed
Lacking order or coherence; dislocated
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Premonition
Forewarning; presentiment
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Carnal
Of the flesh or body; related to physical appetites
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Contrite
Very sorrowful for a wrong
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Hallowed
Holy; sacred
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Reprise
Repetition; especially of a piece of music
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Preternatural
Beyond the normal course of nature; supernatural
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Incursion
Sudden invasion
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Phoenix
Mythical, immortal bird that lives for 500 years, burns itself to death, and rises from its ashes; anything that is restored after suffering great destruction
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Gustatory
Affecting the sense of taste
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Prate
To talk idly; chatter
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Mettle
Courage; endurance
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Fracas
A loud quarrel; brawl
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Abjure
To reject; abandon formally
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Harrowing
Extremely distressing; terrifying
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Provident
Providing for future needs; frugal
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Interdict
To forbid; prohibit; to confront and halt the activities advance, or entry of
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Implode
Collapse inward violently
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Litigation
Legal proceedings
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Implausible
Unlikely; unbelievable
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Fusion
Union; synthesis
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Shard
A piece of broken glass or pottery
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Remonstrate
To object or protest
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Futile
Ineffective; useless; fruitless
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Allay
To lessen; ease; soothe
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Calumny
False and malicious accusation; slander
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Ethnocentric
Based on the attitude that one’s group is superior
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Dearth
Scarcity
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Exhort
To urge by strong appeals
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Fresco
A painting done on plaster
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Coda
Concluding part of a literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or concludes
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Lascivious
Lustful
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Perigee
Point in an orbit that is closest to the Earth
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Amenity
Something that increases comfort
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Astringent
Harsh; severe
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Paean
Song of joy or triumph; a fervent expression of joy
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Presage
To foretell; indicate in advance
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Ameliorate
To improve
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Adjunct
Something added, attached, or joined
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Bawdy
Obscene
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Approbation
Praise; approval
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Convivial
Sociable
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Asperity
Severity; harshness; irritability
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Doggerel
Poor verse
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Rococo
Excessively ornate; highly decorated; style of architecture in eighteenth-century Europe
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Perennial
Present throughout the years; persistent
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Prehensile
Capable of grasping
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Filibuster
Use of obstructive tactics in a legislature to block passage of a law
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Finesse
To handle with a deceptive or evasive strategy; to use finesse, that is, refinement in performance
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Convex
Curved outward
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Extirpate
To root up; to destroy
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Imbroglio
Complicated situation; an entanglement
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Estimable
Admirable; possible to estimate
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Ardor
Great emotion or passion
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Florid
Ruddy; reddish; flowery
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Effervescence
State of high spirits or liveliness; the process of bubbling as gas escapes
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Accrue
To accumulate; grow by additions
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Intimate
Marked by close acquaintence
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Pungent
Strong or sharp in smell or taste; penetrating; caustic; to the point
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Feral
Existing in a wild or untamed state
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Churlish
Rude; boorish
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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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Reverent
Expressing deep respect; worshipful
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Secrete
Produce and release substance into organism
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Quorum
Number of members necessary to conduct a meeting
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Entomology
The scientific study of insects
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Halcyon
Calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous
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Abate
To decrease; reduce
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Enhance
To increase; improve
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Inveigle
To win over by flattery or coaxing
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Gambol
To frolic; leap playfully
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Canon
An established principle; a basis or standard for judgment; a group of literary works
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Reparation
Amends; compensation
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Accretion
Growth in size or increase in amount
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Canard
False, deliberately misleading story
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Conjugal
Pertaining to marriage agreement
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Nostrum
Medicine or remedy of doubtful effectiveness; supposed cure
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Bolster
To give a boost to; prop up; support
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Preempt
To supersede; appropriate for oneself
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Homeostasis
Automatic maintenance by an organism of normal temperature, chemical balance, etc. within itself
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Caucus
Smaller group within an organization
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Complacent
Self-satisfied
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Herbivorous
Relating to a herbivore, an animal that feeds mainly on plants
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Eulogy
High praise, especially of a person who has recently died
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Impute
To relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault to; assign as a characteristic
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Continence
Self-control; abstention from sexual activity
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Cornucopia
Horn overflowing with fruit and grain; state of abundance
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Cozen
To mislead by trick or fraud; deceive
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Neologism
New word or expression
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Abscond
To depart secretly
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Caustic
Sarcastically biting; burning
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Fetter
To bind; confine
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Rebus
Puzzle to which pictures or symbols represent words
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Gauche
Coarse and uncouth; clumsy
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Inveterate
Confirmed; long-standing; deeply rooted
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Paleontology
Study of past geological eras through fossil remains
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Facilitate
To make less difficult
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Internecine
Deadly to both sides
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Euphoria
A feeling of extreme happiness
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Flout
To treat scornfully
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Fawning
Seeking favor by flattering
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Inconsequential
Insignificant; unimportant
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Champion
To defend or support
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Geniality
Cheerfulness; kindliness; sociability
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Congenial
Similar in tastes and habits; friendly; suited to
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Rue
To regret
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Forswear
Renounce; repudiate
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Deride
To work
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Chivalry
The qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry toward women
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Fiat
Arbitrary order; authorization
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Metaphysics
A branch of philosophy that investigates the ultimate nature of reality
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Admonish
To caution or reprimand
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Expatiate
To speak or write at length
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Asylum
Place of refuge or shelter
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Refulgent
Brightly shining; resplendent
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Quagmire
Marsh; difficult situation
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Raconteur
Witty; skillful storyteller
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Puissant
Powerful
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Labile
Likely to change
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Arrest
To stop; to seize
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Bedizen
To dress in a vulgar, showy manner
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Sedulous
Diligent
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Desuetude
State of disuse
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Libertine
One without moral restraint
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Flourish
An embellishment or ornamentation
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Elixir
A substance believed to have the power to cure ills
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Condone
To overlook voluntarily; forgive
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Enunciate
To pronounce clearly
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Etymology
Origin and history of a word
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Defame
To malign; harm someone’s reputation
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Kudos
Fame; glory; honor
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Pique
Fleeting feeling of hurt pride
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Jocose
Fond of joking; jocular; playful
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Carping
To find fault; complain
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Cataclysm
A violent upheaval that causes great destruction and change
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Motley
Many colored; made up of many parts
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Converge
To approach; come together; tend to meet
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Salacious
Lascivious; lustful
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Hermetic
Tightly sealed; magical
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Minutia
Petty details
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Flux
Flowing; a continuous moving
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Lambaste
To thrash verbally or physically
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Fervor
Warmth and intensity of emotion
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Menagerie
Variety of animals kept together
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Mettlesome
Full of courage and fortitude; spirited
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Engender
To cause; produce
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Expository
Explanatory
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Flag
To droop; grow weak
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Mesmerize
To hypnotize
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Document
To provide with written evidence to support
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Emollient
Soothing; mollifying
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Microcosm
A small system having analogies to a larger system; small world
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Necromancy
Black magic
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Demographic
Related to population balance
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Apropos
Relevant
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Extemporaneous
Unrehearsed
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Formidable
Menacing; threatening
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Intangible
Not material
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Etiology
Causes or origins
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Imprecation
Curse
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Log
Record of a voyage; record of daily activities
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Olfactory
Concerning the sense of smell
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Sidereal
Relating to the stars
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Alloy
A combination; a mixture of two or more metals
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Aggregate
Amounting to a whole; total
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Gossamer
Sheer; light and delicate; like cobwebs
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Interregnum
Interval between reigns; gap in continuity
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Affinity
Fondness; liking; similarity
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Epistemology
Branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge
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Prohibitive
So high as to prevent the purchase or use of; preventing; forbidding
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Query
To question
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Dross
Waste; worthless matter; trivial matter
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Jaundiced
Having a yellowish discoloration of the skin; affected by envy; resentment, or hostility
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Lucre
Money or profits
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Limn
To draw; describe
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Panegyric
Elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise
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Ruse
Trick; crafty stratagem; subterfuge
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Fauna
Animals of a period or region
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Obsequy
Funeral ceremony (often used in the plural, obsequies)
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Evocative
Tending to call to mind or produce a reaction
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Linguistic
Pertaining to language
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Ramification
Implication; outgrowth; consequence
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Schematic
Relating to or in the form of an outline or diagram
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Chasten
To correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue
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Diaphanous
Transparent; fine-textured; insubstantial; vague
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Anodyne
Something that calms or soothes pain
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Emaciated
Thin and wasted
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Multifarious
Diverse
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Nexus
A means of connection; a connected group or series; a center
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Cartography
Science of making maps
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Consecrate
To declare sacred
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Divulge
To make known something that is secret
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Elysian
Blissful; delightful
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Interpolate
To insert; change by adding new words or material
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Meteorological
Concerned with the weather
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Mnemonic
Related to memory; assisting memory
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Platonic
Spiritual; without sensual desire; theoretical
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Provident
Providing for future needs; frugal
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Detraction
The act of taking away; derogatory comment on a person’s character
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Miscellany
Mixture of writings on various subjects
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Overweening
Presumptuous; arrogant; overbearing
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Rubric
Title or heading; category; established mode of procedure or conduct; protocol
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Rationale
Fundamental reason
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Gerrymander
To divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party
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Circuitous
Roundabout
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Contumacious
Disobedient; rebellious
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Miscreant
Villain; criminal
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Precept
Principle; law
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Recluse
Person who lives in seclusion and often in solitude
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Simian
Apelike; relating to apes
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Simile
Comparison of one thing with another using “like or “as”
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Sinecure
Well-paying job or office that requires little or no work
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Singular
Unique; extraordinary; odd
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Sinuous
Winding; intricate; complex
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Sobriety
Seriousness
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Sodden
Thoroughly soaked; saturated
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Soliloquy
Literary or dramatic speech by one character, not addressed to others
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Solvent
Able to meet financial obligations
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Somatic
Relating to or affecting the body; corporeal
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Sordid
Filthy; contemptible and corrupt
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Spectrum
Band of colors produced when sunlight passes through a prism; a broad range of related ideas or objects
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Spendthrift
Person who spends money recklessly
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Squalor
Filthy, wretched condition
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Staccato
Marked by abrupt, clear-cut sounds
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Stanch
To stop or check the flow of
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Stentorian
Extremely loud
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Stint
To be sparing; (noun) a period of time spent doing something
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Stratified
Arranged in layers
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Stricture
Something that restrains; negative criticism
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Strident
Loud; harsh; unpleasantly noisy
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Strut
To swagger; display to impress others
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Stultify
To impair or reduce to uselessness
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Stupefy
To dull the senses of; stun; astonish
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Stygian
Dark and gloomy; hellish
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Subpoena
Notice ordering someone to appear in court
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Subside
To settle down; grow quiet
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Substantive
Essential; pertaining to the substance
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Subversive
Intended to undermine or overthrow, especially an established government
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Succor
Relief; help in time of distress or want
468
Suffrage
The right to vote
469
Sundry
Various
470
Supine
Lying on the back; marked by lethargy
471
Supplant
To replace; substitute
472
Suppliant
Beseeching
473
Supplicant
One who asks humbly and earnestly
474
Syllogism
A form of deductive reasoning that has a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion
475
Sylvan
Related to the woods or forest
476
Talisman
Charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune
477
Tautology
Unnecessary repetition
478
Taxonomy
Science of classification; in biology, the process of classifying organisms in categories
479
Tenet
Belief; doctrine
480
Theocracy
Government by priests representing a god
481
Thespian
An actor or actress
482
Timbre
The characteristic quality of sound produced by a particular instrument or voice; tone color
483
Toady
Flatterer; hanger-on; yes-man
484
Tome
Book, usually large and academic
485
Torque
A turning or twisting force; the moment of a force; the measure of a force’s tendency to produce twisting or turning and rotation around an axis
486
Tout
To promote or praise energetically
487
Transient
Temporary; short-lived; fleeting
488
Translucent
Partially transparent
489
Travail
Work, especially arduous work; tribulation; anguish
490
Travesty
Parody; exaggerated imitation; caricature
491
Treatise
Article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly
492
Tremulous
Trembling; quivering; frugal; timid
493
Trepidation
Fear and anxiety
494
Tryst
Agreement between lovers to meet; rendezvous
495
Tumid
Swollen; distended
496
Turbid
Muddy; opaque; in a state of great confusion
497
Tutelary
Serving as a guardian or protector
498
Uncanny
Mysterious; strange
499
Undulating
Moving in waves
500
Unfeigned
Not false; not made up; genuine
501
Untoward
Not favorable; troublesome; adverse; unruly
502
Usury
Practice of lending money at exorbitant rates
503
Vacuous
Empty; void; lacking intelligence; purposeless
504
Valedictory
Pertaining to a farewell
505
Variegated
Varied; marked with different colors
506
Vaunt
To boast; brag
507
Venal
Bribable; mercenary; corruptible
508
Vendetta
Prolonged feud marked by bitter hostility
509
Vertigo
Dizziness
510
Vexation
Irritation; annoyance; confusion; puzzlement
511
Vindictive
Spiteful; vengeful; unforgiving
512
Virtuoso
Someone with masterly skills; expert musician
513
Visage
Countenance; appearance; aspect
514
Vivisection
Dissection, surgery, or painful experiments performed on a living animal for the purpose of scientific research
515
Vogue
Prevailing fashion or practice
516
Vortex
Whirlpool; whirlwind; center or turbulence
517
Warranted
Justified
518
Wary
Careful; cautious
519
Welter
To wallow or roll; toss about; be in turmoil
520
Wistful
Vaguely longing; sadly thoughtful
