fileword-3 Flashcards
(330 cards)
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fluke
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lucky stroke
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subpoena
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written order requiring a person to appear in a low court
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prevalent
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common
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ossify
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to turn to bone to settle rigidly into an idea
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perjury
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willful FALSE statement unlawful act
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bequest
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arrangement to give smth at death
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vivacious
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lively high-spirited
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ingenuous
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naive young artless frank honest sincere
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accretion
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the growing of separate things into one
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mellifluous
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sweetly flowing
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flinch
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draw move back wince
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steeply
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rising or falling sharply
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acclaimed
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welcomed with shouts and approval
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drone
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male bee person who isn’t self-employed
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voluble
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fluent
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piquant
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agreeably pungent stimulating
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stray
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wander lose one’s way
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predominate
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have more power than others
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supine
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lying on the back slow to act passive
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frugal
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careful economical
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susceptibility
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sensitiveness
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intersperse
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place here and there
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stigma
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mark of shame or disgrace
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quibble
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try to avoid by sophistication
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obstreperous
noisy loud
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disproof
proof to the contrary
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esoteric
abstruse intended only for a small circle of
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disencumber
free from encumbrance
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prevaricate
to equivocate to stray from the truth
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veracity
truth
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fetter
to shackle put in chains
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peripatetic
wandering
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warmonger
person who stirs up war
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trickle
flow in drops
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chauvinist
a blindly devoted patriot
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middling
fairly good but not very good
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inferno
hell
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aspersion
slander
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profundity
depth
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decorum
propriety properness
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upbraid
scold reproach
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obsequious
too eager to obey or serve
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incise
engrave make a cut in
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harangue
a long passionate speech
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expiation
ending expiring
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rotund
rich and deep plump and round
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exhaustive
complete thorough
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homiletics
act of preaching
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surcharge
additional load/charge
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blithe
cheerful casual carefree
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streak
long thin move very fast
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malinger
to fake illness or injury in order to shirk a duty
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lope
move along with long strides
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bask
in enjoy warmth and light
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tenuous
insubstantial flimsy weak
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castigate
to chastise correct by punishing
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balk
obstacle purposely to get on the way of
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veneer
surface appearance covering the TRUE nature
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gainsay
to deny to oppose
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glib
ready and smooth but not sincere
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debacle
a breakup overthrow sudden disaster
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serration
having a toothed edge
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obtuse
blunt/stupid
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fetid
stinking
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recreancy
cowardice a cowardly giving up
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officious
too eager or ready to help offer advice
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macerate
make or become soft by soaking in water
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allegiance
duty support loyalty
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invective
abusive language curses
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qualm
feeling of doubt temporary feeling of sickness
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cumbersome
burdensome heavy and awkward to carry
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judicious
sound in judgment wise
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effete
infertile worn out weak
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mesmerize
hypnotize
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commodious
having plenty of space for what is needed
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ostracism
shut out from society refuse to meet talk
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trudge
walk heavily
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writ
written order
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bogus
sham counterfeit not genuine
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splenetic
bad-tempered irritable
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extenuate
reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse
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manacle
chains for the hands or feet
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lament
show feel great sorrow
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predilection
special liking mental preference
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striated
striped grooved or banded
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burgeon
grow forth send out buds
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ebullience
exuberance outburst of feeling
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obdurate
hardened and unrepenting stubborn inflexible
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redeem
get back by payment compensate
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savor
taste flavor smth
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nostrum
a quack remedy an untested cure
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tonic
smth giving strength or energy
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cant
insincere talk/jargon
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vigilance
watchfulness self-appointed group who maintain order
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heterogeneous
made up of different kinds
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vex
annoy distress trouble
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forbear
refrain from be patient ancestor
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odious
repulsive hateful
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prolix
tiring because too long
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coy
shy/modest (esp of a girl)
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perish
be destroyed decay
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flamboyant
brightly colored florid
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nascent
coming into existence emerging
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quixotic
generous unselfish
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brazen
made of brass
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feckless
lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless
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extinct
no longer active
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dawdler
person who is slow waste of time
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nebulous
cloud-like hazy vague indistinct
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luminary
star light-giving body
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reticent
reserved untalkative silent taciturn
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counterfeit
forgery
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morbid
diseased unhealthy (e.g.. about ideas)
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fragile
easily injured broken or destroyed
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discrete
individually distinct
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recitals
a number of performance of music
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shunt
send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion
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diatribe
bitter and violent attack in words
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turbulence
being uncontrolled violent
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sanction
approval (by authority) penalty
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negligent
taking too little care
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fatuous
without sense foolish self-satisfaction
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levity
lack of seriousness
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doggerel
trivial poorly constructed verse
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turmoil
trouble disturbance
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thrift
care economy thriving prosperous
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obfuscate
to darken make obscure muddle
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blatant
noisy and rough
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sever
break off
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aberration
straying away from what is normal
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slake
to assuage to satisfy allay
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maul
hurt by rough handling
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rapacious
greedy (esp for money)
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quirk
habit or action peculiar to smb or smth
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aseptic
surgically clean
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retard
check hinder
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talon
claw of a bird of prey
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quack
person dishonestly claiming to smth
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consternation
surprise and fear dismay
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antithetical
direct opposing
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rabble
mob crowd the lower classes of populace
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waft
scent waving movement carry lightly through
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fret
worry irritation wear away
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equanimity
calmness of temperament
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ambiguous
doubtful uncertain
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sedulous
persevering
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pry
get smth inquire too curiously
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tenacity
firmness persistency adhesiveness tending to hang on
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apprehensive
grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future
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heinous
odious (of crime)
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expatiate
to roam wander freely
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condense
increase in density strength make laconic
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immaculate
pure faultless
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finesse
delicate way of dealing with a situation
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bereft
rob or dispossess of smth (material)
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affinity
close connection relationship
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flax
pale yellow (hair) a plant
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renowned
celebrated famous
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tassel
bunch of threads
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verdant
fresh and green
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lithe
bending twisting
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stride
walk with long steps
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duplicity
deliberate deception
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fragrant
sweet-smelling
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simper
(give a) silly/self-conscious smile
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dulcet
melodious harmonious
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ostensible
seeming appearing as such professed
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exoneration
set smb clear free (e.g.. from blame)
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wag
merry person
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skiff
small boat
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punctilious
precise paying attention to trivialities
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sting
smth sharp
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strut
a supporting bar
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auxiliary
helping supporting
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canvass
discuss thoroughly sort of touting
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spear
weapon with a metal point on a long shaft
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torment
severe pain or suffering
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equivocal
having a double or doubtful meaning suspicious
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personable
pleasing in appearance attractive
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enunciate
pronounce (words)/express a theory
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conspicuous
easily seen remarkable
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vacillation
being uncertain hesitating
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nugatory
trifling/worthless
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proliferate
grow reproduce by rapid multification
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legacy
smth handed down from ancestors
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libertine
immoral person
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arabesque
a complex ornate design
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imprecation
an invocation of evil a curse
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extirpate
to destroy exterminate cut out exscind
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lucubrate
write in scholarly fashion
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sequence
succession connected line of
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encapsulate
enclose in capsule
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indistinct
not easily heard seen clearly marked
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recalcitrant
disobedient
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visceral
of the internal organs of the body
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belabor
beat hard
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undulate
to move in wavelike fashion fluctuate
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forge
workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead
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disseminate
distribute (esp. ideas)
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emaciate
make thin and weak
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insipid
without taste or flavor
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ineluctable
certain inevitable
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pariah
an outcast a rejected and despised person
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brass
yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
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limp
lacking strength walking unevenly
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cloture
closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
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dissolution
disintegration looseness in morals
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preclude
prevent make impossible
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egress
way out exit
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avid
eager greedy
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inane
silly senseless
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peremptory
urgent imperative unchallengeable ending debate
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irrevocable
final and unalterable
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evoke
call up bring out
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holster
leather case for a pistol
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hospitable
liking to give hospitality
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grovel
crawl humble oneself
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plaque
flat metal on a wall as a memorial
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demur
to hesitate raise objections
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imperative
urgent essential
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abhor
to hate to detest
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nibble
show some inclination to accept (an offer)
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impervious
not allowing to pass through (of materials)
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superfluous
more then is needed or wanted
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aggravate
make worse irritate
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introspection
examining one's own thoughts and feelings
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drawl
slow way of speaking
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prone
prostrate inclined to (undesirable things)
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halcyon
calm and peaceful
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fecund
fertile
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reverent
feeling or showing deep respect
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intrepid
fearless brave undaunted
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timorous
fearful timid afraid
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assail
with attack violently
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consummate
perfect/make perfect/complete
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clientele
customers
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conciliatory
reconciling soothing comforting mollifying
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quandary
state of doubt or perplexity
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abraded
rubbed off worn away by friction
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poncho
large piece of cloth
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beatify
to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to
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apropos
appropriate to the situation apt
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repine
at be discontented with
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foil
prevent from carrying out contrast
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soporific
producing sleep
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indelible
that cannot be rubbed out
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palpability
can be felt touched understood
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crease
line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket
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muffler
cloth worn round the neck/silencer
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pellucid
transparent easy to understand
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resort
to frequently visit
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summarily
briefly without delay
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warrant
authority written order guarantee
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dud
no use person smth that fails
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protracted
prolonged
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underbid
make a lower bid then smb else
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gorge
eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream
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consequential
pompous self important
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flaunting
show off complacently
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imperturbable
calm not capable of being excited
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foment
put smth warm (to lessen the pain)
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sundry
various miscellaneous separate
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recant
take back as being FALSE give up
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fledged
able to fly trained experienced
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plunge
move quickly suddenly and with force
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discern
see with an effort but clearly
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servile
like a slave lacking independence
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skit
short piece of humorous writing
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exscind
to cut out cut away
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sophisticated
complex subtle refined
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austere
severely moral and strict simple and plain
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facile
easily done
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obviate
to make unnecessary get rid of
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eddy
circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind)
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collusion
secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
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indefatigability
not easily exhaustible tirelessness
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philistine
a smug ignorant person one who lacks knowledge
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imperviousness
haughty arrogant commanding
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indigenous
native
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repudiate
disown refuse to accept or pay
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truculence
aggressiveness ferocity
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lurk
be out of view ready to attack
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dismal
sad gloomy miserable
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splice
join (two ends)
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incumbents
official duties
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prim
neat formal
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iconoclast
person who attacks popular beliefs
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coddle
treat with care and tenderness
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gloat
over look at with selfish delight
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submerge
put under water liquid sink out of sight
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limn
paint portray
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animosity
strong dislike
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discomfit
confuse embarrass
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dupe
cheat make a fool of
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sanctimony
self-righteousness hypocritical with FALSE piety
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cravat
piece of linen worn as a necktie
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foppish
like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes
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rivet
fix take up secure metal pin
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extant
still in existence
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viscous
sticky/semi-fluid
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torpid
sleeping sluggish lethargic dormant
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transient
temporary fleeting
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inculcate
fix firmly by repetition
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provoke
make angry vax
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substantiation
giving facts to support (statement)
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slur
join sounds/words (indistinct)
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irate
angry
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perilous
dangerous
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prodigal
wasteful reckless with money
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taunt
contemptuous reproach hurtful remark
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pious
dutiful to parents devoted to religion
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sobriety
quality or condition of being sober
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deluge
great flood heavy rush of water
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tarnished
lost brightness
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mettle
quality of endurance or courage
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pied
of mixed colors
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paucity
scarcity a lacking of
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rescind
repeal/annul/cancel
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curtail
make shorter then was planned
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lackluster
(of eyes) dull
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scent
smell (esp pleasant)
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stint
to be thrifty to set limits
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suppliant
asking humbly beseeching
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inept
unskillful said or done at the wrong time
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forestall
prevent by taking action in advance preempt
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chisel
steel tool for shaping materials
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sagacious
having sound judgment perceptive wise like a sage
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endorse
write one's name on the back of
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embellish
make beautiful
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propagation
increasing the number spreading extending
