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hackneyed

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(adj) repeated too often; over familiar through overuse

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hail

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(v) to come from

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hapless

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(adj) unlucky

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harbinger

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(n) an indication of the approach of something or someone

(v) foreshadow or presage

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harmony

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(n) agreement, often of sound

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harrowing

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(adj) agonizing, distressing

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haughty

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(adj) blatantly and disdainfully proud

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hedonist

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(n) one whose primary pursuit is pleasure

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hefty

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(adj) of considerable weight and size; large in amount or extent or degree; rugged and powerful

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henchman

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(n) a trusted follower, goon

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hiatus

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(n) a missing piece; an interruption in time

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hideous

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(adj) so extremely ugly as to be terrifying; grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

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hiemal

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(adj) wintry, relating to winter

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hierarchy

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(n) a ranking system of groups or individuals

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hilarity

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(n) great merriment or enjoyment

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hinder

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(v) excessively dramatic or emotional

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hone

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(v) make perfect or complete

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humane

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(adj) marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering

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husbandry

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(n) the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

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hybrid

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(n) mixed offspring; produced by cross-breeding; mixture of words

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hyperbole

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(n) extravagant exaggeration

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hypocritical

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(adj) professing feelings or virtues one does not have

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gape

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(v) to open the mouth and stare stupidly

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garner

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(v) store grain; assemble or get together; acquire or deserve by one’s efforts or actions
(n) a storehouse for the threshed grain or animal feed

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gaudy
(adj) marked by conspicuous display; tastelessly showy
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gay
(adj) happy, cheery, or homosexual
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generic
(n) any product that can be sold without a brand name | (adj) applicable to an entire class or group
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genre
(n) a class of art having a characteristic form or technique; a kind of literary or artistic work
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germane
(adj) relevant or appropriate
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glean
(v) gather,as of natural products; to pick over in search of relevant materials
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glib
(adj) artfully persuasive in speech; having only superficial plausibility; marked by lack of intellectual depth
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gluttonous
(adj) insatiable in appetite
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gluttony
(n) eating to excess; habitual to excess
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goad
(v) to urge, to provoke into action
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gourmand
(n) one who likes eating and drinking
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grandiose
(adj) impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval
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gratuitous
(adj) without cause; unnecessary and unwarranted; costing nothing
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gregarious
(adj) enjoying of other peoples' company or discourse
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grotto
(n) a small cave
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guile
(n) the use of tricks to deceive someone; the quality of being deceitful
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gullible
(adj) easily tricked because of being too trusting; naive and easily deceived or tricked
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gusto
(n) vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
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iconoclast
(n) someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions; a destroyer of images used in religious worship
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idiosyncratic
(adj) peculiar to the individual
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idolatrous
(adj)worshiping excessively an object or person
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illusory
(adj) deceptive, produced by an illusion
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immaculate
(adj) impeccably clean, spotless, pure
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immutable
(adj) not susceptible to change
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impecunious
(adj) excessively poor
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imperial
(adj) belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress
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impervious
(adj) unable to be penetrated, unaffected
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impudent
(adj) marked by casual disrespect; improperly forward or bold; rude
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incessant
(adj) without interruption
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inchoate
(adj) only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
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incisive
(adj) clear, sharp, direct
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incite
(v) to provoke
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inclement
(adj) stormy, bad, severe
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inclination
(n) a tendency, propensity
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inconspicuous
(adj) not prominent or readily noticeable
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incorrigible
(asdj) impervious to correction by punishment
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indictment
(n) accusation of wrongdoing
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indignant
(adj)_ angered at something unjust or wrong
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indolent
(adj) slow to heal or develop and usually painless; disinclined to wok or exertion; lazy
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ineffable
(adj) too scared to be uttered; defying expression or description
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inextricable
(adj) hopelessly confused or tangled
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infuse
(v) to inject
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ingenious
(adj) marked by special intelligence
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inimical
(adj) hostile, threatening
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iniquity
(n) a wicked act, a sin
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innate
(adj) inborn, native, inherent
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innocuous
(adj) producing no injury; harmless
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inquisitor
(n) someone who asks questions or makes an inquiry
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insolent
(adj) unrestrained by convention or propriety; marked by causal disrespect
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intuition
(n) instinctive knowing
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inundate
(n) to flood
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invariable
(adj) not susceptible to change
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invective
(n) a verbal attack
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inveterate
(adj) habitual, natural
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invocation
(n) the act of appealing for help; an incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil; a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service; calling up a spirit or devil
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irascible
(adj) characterized by anger; quickly aroused to anger
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ironic(
(adj) characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; humorously sarcastic or mocking
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irrefutable
(adj) impossible to deny or disprove

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