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bluster, pomposity, bravado

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bombast
sent: the boy’s bombast and swagger covered up his insecurity

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to reject, abstain from

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boycott
sent: we will boycott that store until they pay a living wage

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salty, briny

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brackish
sent: brackish water filled the small inlet

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curt, abupt, brisk

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brusque
sent: she acts brusque when she is under stress or in a hurry

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fortification, rampart, embankment

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bulwark
sent: before the battle, soldiers lines up along the bulwark

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to sprout, proliferate, multiply

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burgeon
sent: mini-marts and fast-food sites burgeon along the highway

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faction, conspiracy, plot

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cabal
sent: the rebels formed a cabol that met twice a week

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hiding place, hoard, store

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cache
sent: they found a cache of old films in the basement of the library

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inharmonious, dissonant, jarring

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cacophonous
sent: the cacophonous din is his attempt to play the trombone

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rhythm, pace, lilt

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cadence
sent: the train’s gentle cadence soon lulled us to sleep

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to coax, persuade, entice

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cajole
sent: canwe cajole you into spending the day with us?

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slander, defamation, slur

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calumny
sent: his vile calumny against her may lead to a lawsuit

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rule, law, tenet

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canon
sent: the canon of the council of nicaea advises fasting for lent

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roomy, voluminous, sizeable

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capacious
sent: she fits her laptop and books into that capitulate carpetbag

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to yield, surrender, submit

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capitulate
sent: their army will soon capitulate to our demands

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impulsive, whimsical, variable

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capricious
sent: her capricious nature keeps us guessing what she’ll do next

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caution, warning, stipulation

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caveat
sent: the doctor’s only caveat was to avoid fried foods

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swiftness, speed haste

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celerity
sent: with incredible celerity, the pit crew replaced all four times

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embarrassment, mortification, disappointment

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chagrin
sent: her chagrin at losing the game was visble on her face

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cahrm. magnetism, appeal

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charisma
sent: a politician’s charisme can help her to attract supporters

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wary, cautious, suspicios

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chary
sent: after losing money, she is chary is using that stockbroker again

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trickery, deception, fraud

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chicanery
sent: the con men used chicanery to learn about their victims

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to scold, rebuke, reprimand

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chide
sent: both nannies chide their chargers after the sandbox battle

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gallant, well-mannered, courteous

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chivalrous
sent: his chivalrous manners seem to come from an earlier age

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bad-tempered, irritable, belligerent
choleric sent: a choleric disposition rarely leads to successful friendships
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rude, coarse, boorish
churlish sent: it would be churlish to refuse his kind hospitality
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to restrict, limit, encircle
circumscribe sent: barbed-wire fences circumscribe the ranchland
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to demand, exclaim, shout
clamor sent: excited children clamor for the pitcher's autograph
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to split, slice-chop
cleave sent: use the sharpened axe to cleave the firewood easily
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mercy, leniency. compassion
clemency sent: the judge may grant clemency if she finds his remorse sincere
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syrupy, sugary, nauseating
cloying sent: the overly sweet sauce tasted unpleasently cloying
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logical, convincing, coherent
cogent sent: your argument is bith cogent and well-reasoned
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coal miner
collier sent: the collier descended into the shaft on a rickety elevator
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conspiracy, scheme, complicity
collusion sent: their whispered conversations seemed to imply a collusion
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edible, safe to eat
comestible sent: do you know which of the wild mushrooms are comestible?
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proportionate, corresponding, matching
commensurate sent: we expect a salary commesurate with our skills
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to emphasize, sympathzise, show compassion
commiserate sent: i commiserate with the workers who lost their jobs this week
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ample, spacious, roomy
commodious sent: one commodious handbag can hold everything you need
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summary, abstract, list
compendium sent: the appendix includes a compendium of early works
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contended, self-statisfied, unconcerned
complacent sent: knowing that she has tenure gives her a complacent air
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regret, qualm, uneasiness
compunction sent: he had no compunction about firing the sloppy painter
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to pacify, appease, mollify
conciliate sent: the boss made some changed to conciliate upset worker
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to pardon, overlook, forgive
condone sent: i could never condone their crude behavior
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fire, inferno, blaze
conflagration sent: by the time firetrucks arrived, a conflagration had erupted
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guess, speculation, theory
conjecture sent: my conjecture about his motives proved to be incorrect
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to interpret, analyze, decipher
consture sent: were you able to construe the meaning of this old text?
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controversial, argumentative, debatable
contentious sent: her contentious remarks led to a forceful and heatd discussion
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adjacent, abutting, boarding
contiguous sent: the famers fields are contiguous with state land
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repentance, penitence, remorse
contrition sent: the burglar;s obvious contrition may earn hom a short sentence
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riddle, puzzle, mystery
conundrum sent: that geometric proof is a complete conundrum to me
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hospitable, cordial, sociable
convivial sent: our hosts were convivial and made our trip delightful
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flirt, tease
coquette sent: she is shy in real life but plays a coquette on television
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sophisticated, international, multi-ethnic
cosmopolitan sent: toronto is a cosmopolitan city with foods from every land
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ball, dance, prom
cotillion sent: our club hold a formal cotillion once a year
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appearance, face, expression
countenance sent: the child's countenance mixed excitement with fear
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agreement, pledge, contract
covenant sent: the classmates made a covenant to meet again in 20 years
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believable, plausible, probable
credible sent: is that theory credible, or does it lack substance?
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puzzling, mysterious, secret
cryptic sent: did you recieve a cryptic message from your father?
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club, stick, truncheon
cudgel sent: he used a cudgel to beat away the thorn bushes
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drain, sewer, channal
culvert sent: ducks were swimming in the culvert after the rainstorm
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clergyman, cleric
curate sent: a curate greeted us at the door of the church
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superficial hasty, perfunctory
cursory sent: i only had time to give your essay a cursory look
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ire, temper, anger
dander sent: don't get your danger up just because he behaves rudely
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to smear, spread, paint
daub sent: to clown daub their cheeks with red face paint
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refine, sauve, elegant
debonair sent: james bond is a character known for debonair good looks
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obsequious, respectful, reverant
deferential sent: the young priest are deferential toward the bishop
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harmful, injurious, damaging
deleterious sent: caffeine may have a deleterious effect on blood pressure
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bearing, behavior, conduct
demeanor sent: a subdued demeanor is appropriate at a funeral
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to object, protest, balk
demur sent: i must demur at your description of her presentation
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to belittle, vilify, disparage
denigrate sent: try not denigrate people whom you do not understand
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resident, citizen, native
denizen sent: she is a denizen of Chicago having lived there for decades
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to condemn, denounce, criticize
deprecate sent: some students deprecate the value of writing seminars
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abandonment, denounce, criticize
deprecate sent: some students deprecate the value of writing seminars
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abandonment, neglect, desertion
dereliction sent: parts of the city were marked by dereliction and ruin
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to ruin, plunder, damage
despoil sent: did the vikings despoil these coastal towns?
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haphazard, aimless, random
desultory sent: our conversation become desultory and finally died out
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debris, remains, fragments
detritus sent: a storm shells and other detritus along the sand
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to delegate, entrust, transfer
devolve sent: slowly, the king will devolve power to hid ministers

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