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frozen, cold, icy

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gelid
sent: the gelid drink was perfect fo such a hot day

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to gesture, signal

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gesticulate
sent: don’t just gesticulate wildl; use your words

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to encircle, surround, enclose

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gird
sent: silver belts grid the waist of those models

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smooth, persuasive, offhand

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glib
sent: his glib answer sounded good despite its lack of meaning

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slope, incline, hill

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gradient
sent: the road had a shallow gradient in front of their house

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pompous, ostentatious, flamboyant

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grandiose
sent: don’t make grandiose statements about your skills

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pretentious, pompous, overbearing

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grandiloquent
sent: the actor’s grandiloquent entrance showed her vanity

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free, unnecessary, superfluous

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gratuitous
sent: we found his advice gratuitous and inappropriate

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deception, trickery, cunning

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guile
sent: it will take all of her guile to escape this messy situation

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naive, trusting, credulous

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gullible
sent: she was gullible and believed his flattering words

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overused, trite, clinched

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hackneyed
sent: replace that hakneyed slogan with something fresher

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peaceful, tranquil, quiet

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halcyon
sent: the halcyon days of childhood linger in out minds

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unlucky, unfortunate, wretched

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hapless
sent: the hapless fellow seems to live under his own cloud

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tirade, rant, lecture

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harangue
sent: some parents harangue thier children for poor grades

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omen, forerunner, portent

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harbinger
sent: is a raven considered to be a harbinger of trouble?

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arrogance, self-importance, haughtiness

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hauteur
sent: her hauteur makes her look snobbish, not distinguished

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odious, shicking, monstrous

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heinous
sent: ot was heinous crime that people still dicuss years later

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unorthodoxy, sacrilege, deviation

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heresy
sent: his refusal to wear a suit is considered heresy at the firm

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break, pause, interval

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hiatus
sent: the class took a short hiatus before resuming the discussion

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deference, worship, respect

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homage
sent: that statue pays homage to the soldiers who fought in iraq

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hut, slum, shack

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hovel
sent: their home was little more than a hovel made of scrap wood

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pride, arroggance, audacity

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hubris
sent: excessive hubris does not endear you to others

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hypocrisy, duplicity, insincerity

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humbug
sent: her analysis reeked of humbug and double standards

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dissident, rebel, radical

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iconoclast
sent: he is an iconoclast who rejects the usual party line

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tranquil, relaxing, carefree
idyllic sent: they spent an idyllic weekend enjoying the quiet cabin
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reprehensible, dastardly, shameful
ignoble sent: she was ashamed of her ignoble feelings of envy
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disgrace, humiliation, shame
ignominy sent: the discredited CEO ended his career in ignominy
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illegal, illegitimate, criminal
illicit sent: their illicit activities are bound to land them in jail
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entanglement, embarrassment, fix
imbroglio sent: caught up in the imbroglio she hored a PR firm to guide her
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irrelevant, unimportant, insignificant
immaterial sent: whether he started the fight is immaterial to thus case
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destitute, poor, penniless
impecunious sent: despite a few land holdings, the family is impecunious
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ruthless, relentless, merciless
implacable sent: gunfire marked the implacable advance of the union army
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to beg, beset, pester
importune sent: the children importune their grandparents for sweets
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to curse, hex
impercate sent: the criminals imprecate the snitch for turning them in
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to accuse, challenge, attack
impugn sent: why did she impugn your motives at the board meeting
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unformed, undeloped, incomplete
inchoate sent: the structures of the new nation were still inchoate
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unquestionable, indisputable, irrefutable
incontrovertible sent: it is incontrovertible that last winter was unusually warm
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to instill, indoctrinate, instruct
inculcate sent: parents hope to inculcate their children with their values
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poor, impoverished, needy
indigent sent: indigent families are welcome at the food bank
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unconquerable, invincible, strong
indomitable sent: her indomitable optimism inspired her team members
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inexpressible, indescribable, indefinable
ineffable sent: the ineffable grandeur of hte canyon took our breath away
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disgrace, notoriety, disrepute
infamy sent: the mayor's infamy ruined the name of his home town
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unsophisticated, naive, candid
ingenuous sent: her ingenuous character led her to trust the wrong people
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detrimental, injurious, unfavorable
inimical sent: salty foods may be inimical to one's health
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wickedness, evil, injustice
iniquity sent: in the scarlet letter, the heroine is charged with iniquity
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impenetrable, enigmatic, mysterious
inscrutable sent: his face was incrutable, so no one knew what to expect
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trite, dull, colorless
insipid sent: beacause the songs were insipid, the crowd lost interest
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bold, resolute, valiant
intrepid sent: lewis and clark were interpid explorers of the west
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offensive, unpleasant, undesirable
invidious sent: that invidious comparison will just annoy both writers
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short-tempered, irritabelm cranky
irascible sent: she was irascible when attacked but kind to her defenders
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world-weary, cynical, blase
jaded sent: a youth with too much freedom and money soon grows jaded
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immature, unsophisticated, sophomoric
jejune sent: your jejune behavior proves that you are not ready
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to throw away, discard, dump
jettison sent: lets jettison all of the unused junk in the garage
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force, deity
juggernaut sent: her company was a juggernaut in the city's economy
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to lament, bemoan, wail
keen sent: aunts and cousins keen behind the casket in the procession
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knowledge, understanding, comprehension
ken sent; adavanced calculus is far beyond my ken
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villian, crininial, scoundreal
knave sent: that knave conned his clients out of their hard-earned cash
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to conform, fawn, grovel
kowtow sent: you need not kowtow to your boss's every command
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tearful, weepy, sentimental
lachrymose sent: she grew lachrymose when we mentioned her late husband
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minion, assistant, servant
lackey sent: a lackey took our coats at the door of the mansion
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straggler, idler, slacker
laggard sent: we do not have time to wait any laggard
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to beat, berate, scold
lambaste sent: i had to lambaste him for his poorly written report
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leisurely. lethargic, unhurried
languid sent: she raised one languid arm to signal the waiter
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to praise, glorify, acclaim
laud sent: my speech will laud the senator for her support of state colleges
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frivolity, wit, flippancy
levity sent: a little levity can brighten a stressful day
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supple, lissome, graceful
lithe sent: nimbly, the dancer stretched her lithe limbs along the barre
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talkative, garrulous, wordy
loquacious sent: is he usually this loquacious or does he ever pause to think?
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mournful, doleful, melancholy
lugubrious sent: a heavy, lugubrious ,elody emerged from the pipe organ
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shocking, explicit, vivid
lurid sent: all of the lurid details of the crime were in the newspaper
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to soak, steep, pulp
macerate sent: let the fruit macerate in a sweet sugar syrup
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expressive, poetic, emotional
lyrical sent: she uses alyrical style to describe even ordinary scenes
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gruesome, ghoulish, horrid
macabre sent: the macabre mask will scare away trick-or-treaters
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to plot, conspire, scheme
machinate sent: the group will machinate to rid the town of its supervisor
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whirlpool, vortex, turbulence
maelstrom sent: trash whirled in the maelstrom after the flood
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gawky, awkward, inept
maladroit sent: teenager may be malafroit as they grow into their bodies
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scounrel, criminial, evildor
malefactor sent: we hope that the malefactor recieves ample punishment
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spite, hatred, wickedness
malice sent: she criticized them out of malice, not out of concern
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to smear, slander, disparage
malign sent: don't malign the police chief for doing his job

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