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1
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Reconcile

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Friends / make amends
- Arm wrestle picture

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Equivocate

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Vage / ambiguous
- Wormtongue

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Waffle

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Ramble on something irrelevant
- Kendall with waffles coming out of mouth

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Orate

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Speech
- MLK “I have a dream”

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Corroborate

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Provide support
- Mom

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Belligerent

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Hostile / aggressive
- Bully picture

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Eccentric

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Strange
- Luna Lovegood

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Stodgy

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Dull / uninspired
- ME!

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Unconventional

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Non-traditional
- Walt Whitman - Road Less Traveled

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Stately

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Alpha, not rushed, confident
- Tarzan

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Impugned

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Dispute a statement as not truth
- Sheldon from Big Bang Theory

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Inept

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No skill
- Ed from Ed, Edd, n Eddy

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Facetious

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Inappropriate humor
- Clarke

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Eloquence

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Persuasive speaking/writing
- Wolf of Wall St

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Convention

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Tradition
- Utaru tribe / Banuk

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Cynicism

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Skeptics who believe people are motivated by own self-interest
- Pessimists

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Convoluted

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Complex / difficult to follow
- Bazzi

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Melodramatic

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Exaggerated / excited
- Char Nachazel

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Frenetic

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Fast / energetic in a wild / uncontrolled way
- Donny - the Wild Thornberries

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Forego

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Omit or decline to take
- DARE

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Tome

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A very large, scholarly book
- LOTR on bookshelf

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Axiom

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Statement that is self-evidently true
- Sky is blue

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Inclination

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A tendency or urge
- Addiction

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Astringent

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Contraction of skin cells
- Blight, water absorbing into something

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Astute

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Accurately assess situations and use to one’s advantage
- John Merit

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Intransigent

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Unwilling to change one’s point of view
- Uncle Kyle

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Conciliatory

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Likely to make less angry or hostile
- Compromise

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Recondite

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Not well known
- Aliens –> confusion in humans

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29
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Espouse

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Adopt or support
- Like Mike / Lil Bow Wow. McGrady’s big mansion

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Abate

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Cause to be smaller or less intense
- Shrinking Tomas Abrate

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Forbear

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Politely refrain from doing something
- bear politely declining

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Expound

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Present a theory/idea eloquently
- Stanford professor giving talk on YouTube

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Remuneration

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Money paid for work or service
- Paying construction workers

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Levity

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Light humor
- Alex Sulek globe joke

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Respite

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A short period of rest
- Billy taking a break on a hike

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Opprobrium

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Harsh criticism
- Zach / Kendall argument

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Anacrhonism

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Attributing a custom, event, or object to a different time period
- Spider living in 1920s

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Affront

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Offense
- NY fight taking offense at front of subway

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Testament

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Something that serves as evidence to a fact, event, or quality

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Credulous

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Naive
- Spongebob, Krusty Krab pizza

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Incorrigible

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A person who is not able to be reformed
- Christian O’Dowd

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Puerile

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Childishly silly
- Decker

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Fractious

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Irritable / quarrelsome
- Stormbird is angry (fractal bird)

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Heretical

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Belief contrary to orthodox religion
- Jesus hanging on cross

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45
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Mendicant

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Begging
- Japanese man with hat begging image. RDR2 old blind man

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Minatory

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Express/convey a threat
- A mini bully. The dwarf in Witcher 3, Zoltan

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47
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Apocryphal

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Of doubtful authenticity, even though regarded as true
- Bible

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48
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Cull

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Select from a large quantity (verb)
- Family taking candy in Halloween video

A slaughter of animals (noun)
- Sheep picture

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49
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Countenance

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Support; admit as possible
- sith to anakin “not from a Jedi”

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50
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Eschew

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Deliberately avoid using
- Ewwwwww don’t use that

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51
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Coveal

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Same age / date of origin
- Twins in Houston

52
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Primeval

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Resembling earliest stages of history
- Fish coming out of water

53
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Ossified

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Turning bone into bony tissue

Rigid or fixed in position
- Ovechkin robot celebration

54
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Verdant

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Bright, green color
- Grass, verde

55
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Aggrandize

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Increase in power, status, or wealth
- Carja sun king avad

56
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Essay

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Attempt or effort
- Aloy giving effort

57
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Consecrate

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Make or declare sacred
- Matriarchs declaring concrete sacred

58
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Bestow

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To present a gift
- Carja bestowing gifts to Tenakth

59
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Avocations

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A hobby or minor occupation
- Making avocados

60
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Sinecure

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Requiring little work and lots of pay
- A sine wave printing millions of dollars

61
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Paeans

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A song or praise
- Pecan pie singing a song

62
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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand
- French teacher at Berklee drinking absinth

63
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valiant

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Possessing or showing courage or determination.
- God of War - Valkyries

64
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Venerable

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Accorded a great deal of respect, especially due to age, wisdom, or character
- Yennefer of Vengerberg

65
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Intrepid

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Characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance

  • Iron clad, intrepid Kratos
  • fearless reptile, t-Rex
66
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Serpentine

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Subtly wily or tempting

Winding or turning one way and another
- Cobra (Slitherfang) in Horizon

67
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Disconsolate

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Without consolation or comfort, unhappy
- Kicking and Screaming soccer team, disconsolate Ditka coached the soccer team.

68
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Congenial

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Pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one’s own

Sentence: He went back to a climate more congenial to his cold stony soul

69
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Winsome

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Attractive or appealing in appearance or character

Sentence: His winsome smile woo’d all the ladies in the room

70
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Implacable

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Relentless; unstoppable

Sentence: the implacable advance of the enemy

  • Rocky Balboa, Mike Tyson
  • Lake Placid, miracle. USA unstoppable
71
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Rotund

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(of a person) Plump
Sentence: Her brother was slim where she was rotund

  • Augustus Gloop

Sentence: huge stoves held great rotund cauldrons

72
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Waning

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(especially of a conditino or feeling) decrease in vigor, power, or extent

Sentence: Confidence in the dollar waned
- wicked witch of the west melting (waning)

73
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Aggregate

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A whole formed by combining several elements

Sentence: The specimen is an aggregate of rock and mineral fragments

74
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Rampant

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(especially of something unwelcome) flourishing or spreading unchecked

Sentence: political violence was rampant in the reason due to a lack of attention to citizens’ needs

75
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Waxing

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To increase in size, numbers, strength, prosperity, or intensity

76
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Fervid

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Intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree

Sentence: He presented a letter of fervid thanks for granting him a $10,000 bonus

  • ferociously thankful
77
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Indefatigable

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(Of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly

Sentence: MLK was an indefatigable defender of human rights

78
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Jubilant

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Feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph

Sentence: the citizens were jubilant and jumping for joy when their candidate won the presidency

79
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Jaded

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Tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having too much of something

Sentence: The cook made meals for the works to temp even the most jaded appetite

80
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Lugubrious

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Looking or sounding sad and dismal

Sentence: his face looked even more lugubrious than usual

  • lugubrious Zoe the goober
81
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Despondent

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In low spirits from loss of hope or courage

Sentence: she grew more and more despondent when no one RSVP’d after she sent out birthday party invitations

82
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Insolent

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Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

Sentence: she hated the insolent tone in his voice

83
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Flippant

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Not showing a serious or respectful attitude

Sentence: the man made a flippant remark after they cut his hours at the coffee shop

84
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Deferential

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Showing respect

Sentence: people were always deferential to him because he was a kind, respected man

85
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Zealous

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Showing great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective

Sentence: he was a zealous supporter of political reform because he believed in doing the right thing

86
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Mellifluous

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(of a voice or words) sweet or musical; pleasant to hear

Sentence: the voice was mellifluous and smooth

87
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Quiescence

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Inactivity or dormancy

Sentence: this method has been shown to induce sleep-like quiescence in adult animals

88
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Repose

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A state of rest, sleep, or tranquility

Sentence: in repose her face looked relaxed

89
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Pandemonium

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Wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar

Sentence: Big scary Spongebob character showed a sense of pandemonium when she learned that they forgot the pickles

90
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Equanimity

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Mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation

Sentence: the Navy Seals showed a sense of equanimity when they were submerged in freezing waters

91
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Exhilaration

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A feeling of excitement, happiness, or elation

Sentence: they felt the exhilaration of victory

92
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judicious

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having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense.
Sentence: “the efficient and judicious use of pesticides”

  • Judge Judy
93
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discursive

A

digressing from subject to subject.
“students often write dull, secondhand, discursive prose”

94
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arbitrary

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based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
“his mealtimes were entirely arbitrary”

95
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approbatory

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expressing or manifesting praise or approval.

96
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pragmatic

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dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
“a pragmatic approach to business ethics”

97
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inequitable

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unfair; unjust.
“the present taxes are inequitable”

98
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alacrity

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brisk and cheerful readiness.
“she accepted the invitation with alacrity”

99
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hubris

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excessive pride or self-confidence.
“the self-assured hubris among economists was shaken in the late 1980s”

100
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sagacity

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the quality of being sagacious.
“a man of great political sagacity”

101
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loquaciousness

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the quality of being very chatty or talkative

102
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quiescence

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inactivity or dormancy.
“this method has been shown to induce sleep-like quiescence in adult animals”

103
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torpidity

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sluggish in functioning or acting
“a torpid mind”

104
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mendacity

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untruthfulness; lying.
“people publicly castigated for past mendacity”

105
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privation

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a state in which things that are essential for human well-being such as food and warmth are scarce or lacking.
“years of rationing and privation”

106
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prevarication

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the act of not giving a direct answer to a question in order to hide the truth.

107
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foreshadowing

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be a warning or indication of (a future event).
“it foreshadowed my preoccupation with jazz”

108
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denouement

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the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
“the film’s denouement was unsatisfying and ambiguous”

109
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intimation

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an indication or hint.
“the first intimations of trouble”

110
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generosity

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the quality of being kind and generous.
“I was overwhelmed by the generosity of friends and neighbors”

111
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calumny

A

the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander.
“a bitter struggle marked by calumny and litigation”

112
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defamation

A

the action of damaging the good reputation of someone; slander or libel.
“she sued him for defamation”

113
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veneration

A

great respect; reverence.
“the traditional veneration of saints”

114
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diversion

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an instance of turning something aside from its course.
“a diversion of resources from defense to civil research”

115
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lauded

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highly praised or admired.
“a lauded author”

116
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bygone

A

belonging to an earlier time.
“relics of a bygone society”

117
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familial

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all things relating to family

118
Q

laconic

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(of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.
“his laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic”

119
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taciturn

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(of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
“after such gatherings she would be taciturn and morose”

120
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archaic

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very old or old-fashioned.
“prisons are run on archaic methods”

121
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hedonistic

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engaged in the pursuit of pleasure; sensually self-indulgent.
“a hedonistic existence of drink, drugs, and parties”

122
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decorous

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in keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained.
“dancing with decorous space between partners”

123
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urbane

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courteous and refined in manner (typically used of a man).
“the supposedly urbane, restrained English gentleman”

124
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partisan

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a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person.
“partisans of the exiled Stuarts”

125
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grandiose

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impressive and imposing in appearance or style, especially pretentiously so.
“the court’s grandiose facade”

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