fileword-2 Flashcards
(289 cards)
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untoward
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unfortunate inconvenient
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countervail
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counterbalance
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ascribe
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consider to be the origin of or belonging to
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forswear
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renounce disallow repudiate
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insularity
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narrow-mindedness isolated
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drowsiness
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feeling sleepy half asleep
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synopsis
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summary or outline
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sophistry
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fallacious reasoning faulty logic
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terse
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brief and to the point
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dynamo
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a generator something that produces electric current
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pucker
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wrinkle
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latent
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present but not yet active developed or visible
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extempore
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without previous thought or preparation
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perfunctory
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done as a duty without care
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cantankerous
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bad-tempered/quarrelsome
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evince
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to show clearly to indicate
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abate
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to lessen to subside
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abide
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be faithful to endure
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snub
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treat with contempt
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correlate
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have a mutual relation
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ramify
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to be divided or subdivided to branch out
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dogmatic
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positive certain arbitrary without room for discussion
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agile
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active quick-moving
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pernicious
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harmful injurious
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arrant
in the highest degree
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transitory
brief
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complaisance
tending to comply obliging willingness to please
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vindictive
having a desire to revenge
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redoubtable
formidable causing fear
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baleful
harmful ominous causing evil
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repulsive
causing a feeling of disgust
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expedient
likely to be useful for a purpose
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aversion
strong dislike
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stentorian
extremely loud and powerful
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thwart
obstruct/frustrate
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sordid
wretched comfortless contemptible
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uncouth
rough awkward
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satiate
satisfy fully
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plummet
fall plunge steeply
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flout
reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition)
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suborn
induce by bribery or smth to commit perjury
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articulate
speak distinctly connect by joints
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effrontery
boldness impudence arrogance
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prodigious
enormous wonderful
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curriculum
course of study
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malign
injurious speak ill of smb tell lie
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inscrutable
incapable of being discovered or understood
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dubious
feeling doubt
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engulf
swallow up
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cognizant
being fully aware of
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succor
assistance relief in time of distress
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daunt
intimidate make fearful
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impiety
lack of reverence or dutifulness
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petrify
to make hard rocklike
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divergence
getting farther apart from a point
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impute
to attribute to a cause or source ascribe
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implacable
incapable of being placated unpleasable
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disinter
dig up from the earth
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audacious
daring foolishly bold impudent
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dislodge
move force from the place occupied
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burnish
to polish rub to a shine
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regale
to delight or entertain to feast
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tadpole
form of a frog when it leaves the egg
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virago
a loud domineering woman a scold or nag
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renovate
restore smth to better condition
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combustion
process of burning
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credulity
too great a readiness to believe things
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imperious
commanding haughty arrogant
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crass
very great (es. stupidity)
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berate
scold sharply
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disingenuous
sophisticated artful trying to deceive cunning
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rant
use extravagant language
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fidget
move restlessly make nervous
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elegy
a lament a melancholy composition
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frenetic
frantic frenzied
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coax
get smb to do smth by kindness
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resigned
unresisting submissive
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panegyric
formal praise eulogy
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ebullient
overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement
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loquacious
talkative garrulous
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savant
person of great learning
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feint
pretend
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bewilder
puzzle confuse
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covert
disguised
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asterisk
the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
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shrewd
astute showing sound judgement
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corroboration
additional strengthening evidence
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waffle
talk vaguely and without much result
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felicitous
apt suitably expressed well chosen apropos
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alcove
recess/partially enclosed place
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matriculation
be admitted enter a university as a student
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relapse
fall back again
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shallow
little depth not earnest
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recluse
person who lives alone and avoids people
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hollow
not soled with hole
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bellicose
belligerent pugnacious warlike
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epicurean
devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)
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agog
eager/excited
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fervid
showing earnest feeling
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corporeal
physical of or for the body
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vigilant
member of a vigilance committee
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erratic
irregular in behaviour or opinion
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quell
suppress subdue
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stigmatize
describe smb scornfully
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detumescence
diminishing or lessening of swelling
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denigrate
blacken belittle sully defame
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guile
deceit cunning
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divestiture
taking off getting rid of giving up
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churl
bad-tempered person
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plea
request
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forgery
counterfeit
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equipoise
equal distribution of weight equilibrium
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trite
not new
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brook
to tolerate endure
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crush
press lose shape subdue overwhelm
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haughty
arrogant conceited
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malapropism
misuse of a word (for one that resembles it)
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expurgate
to remove obscenity purify censor
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tortuous
devious/not straightforward
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ignoble
dishonorable common undignified
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illicit
unlawful forbidden
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equivocate
try to deceive by equivocal language
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overhaul
examine thoroughly to learn about the condition
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plumb
get to the root of
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atonement
repayment death of Jesus
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remonstrate
to protest object
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incite
stir up rouse
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extinguish
end the existence of/wipe or put out
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rebuff
snub
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belligerent
(person nation) waging war
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coalescing
coming together and uniting into one substance
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sullied
to be stained or discredited
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petulant
unreasonably impatient
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aver
affirm assert prove justify
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brittle
easily broken
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implicate
show that smb has a share
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torque
twisting force causing rotation
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irksome
tiresome
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sycophant
person who flatter to the rich and powerful
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stipulate
state or put forward as a necessary condition
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resuscitation
coming back to consciousness
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requite
repay give in return
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cling
to resist separation
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adamant
kind of stone inflexible
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cornucopia
abundant supply
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auspicious
favorable successful prosperous
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placate
soothe pacify calm
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mercurial
quick changeable in character fleeting
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cogent
strong convincing
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divulge
make known smth secret
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avow
admit. Declare openly
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trenchant
forceful effective vigorous extremely perceptive incisive
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conjoin
to join together
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impetuous
having sudden energy impulsive thrusting ahead forceful
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incorrigibility
cannot be cured or corrected
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suppress
prevent from being known put an end to
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sere
make hard and without feeling
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pedestrian
commonplace trite unremarkable
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condone
forgive
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enervate
weaken deprive of strength attenuate
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consume
get to the end of
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apotheosis
deification glorification to godliness
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admonitory
containing warning
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ulterior
situated beyond
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nadir
lowest weakest point
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woo
try to win
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entangle
put into difficulties
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nonplused
greatly surprised
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timid
shy easily frightened
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rift
split crack dissension
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discountenance
refuse to approve of
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insinuate
suggest unpleasantly make a way for smth gently
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argot
jargon slang
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insensible
unconscious unresponsive unaffected
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impediment
smth that hinders (e.g. stammer)
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fracas
noisy quarrel
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refractory
stubborn unmanageable untractable
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curmudgeon
bad-tempered person
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regicide
crime of killing a king
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adorn
add beauty decorate
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encomium
warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric
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render
deliver provide represent
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enigma
smth that is puzzling
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mundane
worldly as opposed to spiritual commonplace everyday
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propitiatory
conciliatory appeasing mitigating
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epitome
brief summary representative example a typical model
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cajole
use flattery or deceit to persuade
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purvey
provide supply
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recast
cast or fashion anew
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bolster
give greatly needed support
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mendicant
a beggar
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approbation
approval
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impermeable
that cannot be permeated
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candid
frank straight-forward
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tautology
a repetition a redundancy
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gregarious
living in societies liking the company
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idiosyncrasy
personal mannerism
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goad
smth urging a person to action
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stanch
to stop the flow of a fluid
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luculent
easily understood lucid clear
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pungency
sharpness stinging quality
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itinerate
to travel from place to place to peregrinate
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recondite
little known abstruse
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mettlesome
courageous high-spirited
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sodden
soaked saturated
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occluded
blocked up
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froward
intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn
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topple
be unsteady and overturn
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constrict
make tight or smaller
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discourse
speech lecture
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myriad
very great number
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deprave
make morally bad corrupt
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dolt
stupid fellow
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minatory
menacing threatening
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ecumenical
representing the whole Christian world
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harbinger
smth or smb that foretells the coming of
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temperate
showing self-control
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broach
bring up announce begin to talk about
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putrefaction
becoming rotten
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innocuous
causing no harm
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raconteur
person who tells anecdotes
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ascetic
practicing self-denial austere stark
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shrill
sharp piercing
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indigence
poverty
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dilate
speak comprehensively become wider large
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engrave
impress deeply
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mince
pronounce or speak affectedly euphemize
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serrated
having a toothed edge
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odor
smell favor reputation
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incense
make angry
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superimpose
put smth on the top
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eulogy
formal praise panegyric
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dearth
shortage
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fulmination
bitter protest
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premature
doing or happening smth before the right time
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disparate
essentially different
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fluster
make nervous or confused
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alloy
to debase by mixing with something inferior
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prosaic
everyday mundane commonplace trite pedestrian
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hypocrisy
falsely making oneself appear to be good
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cursory
quick hurried
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quaff
drink deeply
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exorbitant
much too high or great
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garble
make unfair selection from facts
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reproach
scold upbraid
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disdain
look on with contempt
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aplomb
self-confidence
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squalid
foul filthy
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indolence
laziness
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veneration
regard with deep respect
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incursion
a raid a sudden attack
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turquoise
greenish-blue precious stone
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apartheid
brutal racial discrimination
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salutary
remedial wholesome causing improvement
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coda
passage that completes a piece of music
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ameliorate
improve make better
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rancorous
feeling bitterness spitefulness
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tyro
tiro beginner
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tangential
suddenly changeable
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diaphanous
transparent gauzy
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bigot
stubborn narrow-minded person
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saturnine
gloomy dark sullen morose
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pertain
belong as a part have reference
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toady
obsequious flatterer
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labyrinthine
to entangle the state of affairs
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lionize
treat as a famous person
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dexterity
skill (esp. in handling)
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procrastination
keeping on putting off
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garrulous
too talkative
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temerity
boldness brashness intrepidness
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coerce
compel to force to make obedient
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platitude
a trite or banal statement unoriginality
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ford
shallow place in a river (to cross)
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ingest
take in by swallowing
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desultory
aimless haphazard digressing at random
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stolid
showing no emotion impassive
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blandness
polite manner comforting uninteresting
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abysmal
bottomless extreme
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swerve
change direction suddenly
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interim
as an installment
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finical
too fussy about food clothing etc.
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restive
refusing to move reluctant to be controlled
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inimical
harmful or friendly
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slack
sluggish dull not tight
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suffice
be enough
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impede
hinder get in the way of
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coagulation
change to a thick and solid state
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ineptitude
quality of being unskillful
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sublime
extreme astounding
