High Frequency Words Flashcards
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Grandiloquent
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Pompous; bombastic; speaking or expressed in a lofty style
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Plethora
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Excess; overabundance
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Gregarious
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Sociable
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Commensurate
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Proportional
Example: In the U.S., malpractice suits have raise the cost of medicine because doctors must pay more for insurance, and thus increase their fees commensurately.
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Histrionic
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Relating to exaggerated emotional behavior calculated for effect; theatrical arts or performances
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Partisan
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One-sided; committed to a party, group, or cause; prejudiced
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Recant
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To retract and statement or opinion
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Transgression
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Act of trespassing or violating a law or rule
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Morose
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Ill-humored; sullen
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Existential
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Having to do with existence; based on experience; having to do with the philosophy of existentialism
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Appropriate
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To take possession for one’s own use; confiscate
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Approbation
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Praise; approval
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Effrontery
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Shameless boldness; presumptuousness
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Exigency
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Crisis; urgent requirements
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Pedantic
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Showing off learning
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Metaphysical
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Branch of philosophy that investigates the ultimate nature of reality
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Pellucid
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Transparent; translucent; easily understood
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Fallacious
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Based on a false idea or fact; misleading
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Reprobate
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Morally unprincipled person
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Diffuse
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To spread out
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Emulate
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To imitate; copy
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Penury
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Extreme poverty
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Austere
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Stern; unadorned
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Enervate
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To weaken
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Capricious
Fickle; likely to change
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Misanthrope
One who hates humanity
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Tangential
Peripheral; digressing
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Ebullient
Exhilarated; enthusiastic
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Viscous
Thick, syrupy, and sticky
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Impervious
Impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
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Impassive
Showing no emotion
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Disinterested
Unprejudiced; objective
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Mollify
To soothe
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Solicitous
Concerned; attentive; eager
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Verbose
Wordy
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Inured
Hardened; accustomed; used to
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Whimsical
Fanciful; unpredictable
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Precarious
Uncertain
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Disabuse
To free from a misconception
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Perfunctory
Superficial; not thorough; performed really as a duty
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Sanction
To approve; ratify; permit
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Paucity
Scarcity
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Truculence
Aggressiveness; ferocity
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Harangue
Long, pompous speech; tirade
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Abeyance
Temporary suppression or suspension
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Propitiate
To win over; appease
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Recondite
Abstruse; profound
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Platitude
Stale; overused expression
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Refute
To contradict; disprove
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Sage
Wise
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Onerous
Burdensome
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Veracious
Truthful; accurate
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Exacting
To force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority
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Recalcitrant
Resisting authority or control
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Metamorphosis
Change; transformation
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Stigma
Mark of disgrace or inferiority
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Deference
Respect; regard for another's wish
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Lassitude
Lethargy; sluggishness
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Dichotomy
Division into two usually contradictory parts
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Fractious
Quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious
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Untenable
Indefensible
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Resolved
Determination; firmness of purpose
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Prodigal
Wasteful; extravagant; lavish
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Cacophonous
Unpleasant or harsh-sounding
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Propriety
Correct conduct; fitness
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Craven
Cowardly
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Obsequious
Overly submissive
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Extrapolation
The act of estimation by projecting known information
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Diffidence
Shyness; lack of confidence
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Proliferate
To increase rapidly
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Paragon
Model of excellence or perfection
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Endemic
inherent; belonging to an area
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Resolute
Determination; resolve
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Beneficent
Kindly; doing good
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Belie
To contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression
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Burnish
To polish
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Turgid
Swollen; bloated; pompous
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Inert
Unable to move; sluggish
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Incongruity
State of not fitting
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Alleviate
To relieve; improve partially
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Conundrum
Riddle; puzzle with no solution
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Laconic
Using few words
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Eclectic
Selecting from various sources
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Discrete
Constituting a separate thing; distinct
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Contentious
Quarrelsome; causing quarrels
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Mendacious
Dishonest
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Fledgling
Beginner; novice
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Indeterminate
Uncertain; indefinite
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Assiduous
Diligent; hard-working
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Audacious
Bold; daring
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Iconoclastic
Attacking cherished traditions
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Homily
Sermon; tedious moralizing lecture; platitude
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Anarchy
Absence of government; state of disorder
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Penchant
Inclination
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Laud
To praise
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Apathy
Indifference
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Precipitate
Rash; hasty; sudden
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Ameliorate
To improve
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Magnanimity
Generosity; nobility
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Meretricious
Gaudy; plausible but false; specious; apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity
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Disingenuous
Not candid; crafty
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Gullible
Easily deceived
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Rarefied
Refined
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Desiccate
To dry completely
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Apprise
To inform
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Pathological
Departing from normal condition
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Homogeneous
Composed of identical parts; uniform in composition
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Tirade
Long, violent speech; verbal assault
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Inadvertently
Carelessly; unintentionally
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Malleable
Capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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Maverick
Dissenter; a person pursuing rebellious, even potentially disruptive, policies or ideas
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Supersede
To replace, especially to displace as inferior or antiquated
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Ascetic
One who practices self-denial
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Vacillate
To waver; oscillate
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Aver
To affirm; declare to be true; to assert with confidence
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Meticulous
Very careful; fastidious
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Piety
Devoutness
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Skeptic
One who doubts
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Problematic
Posing a problem; doubtful; unsettled
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Banal
Commonplace; trite; devoid of freshness or originality
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Cosmology
Study of the universe as a totality; theory of the origin and structure of the universe
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Diatribe
Bitter verbal attack
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Insinuate
To suggest; say indirectly; imply
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Coagulate
Thicken; congeal
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Alacrity
Cheerful willingness; eagerness; speed
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Esoteric
Hard to understand; known only to a few
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Ideological
Relating to ideology; the set of ideas that form the basis of a political or economic system
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Sporadic
Irregular
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Immutable
Unchangable
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Perfidious
Faithless; disloyal; untrustworthy
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Euphemism
Use of agreeable or inoffensive language in place of unpleasant or offensive language
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Proscribe
To condemn; forbid; outlaw
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Insensible
Unconscious; unresponsive
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Dissemble
To pretend; disguise one's motives
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Impermeable
Impossible to penetrate
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Disseminate
To spread; scatter; disperse
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Soporific
Sleep producing
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Tortuous
Having many twists and turns; highly complex
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Refractory
Stubborn; unmanageable; resisting ordinary methods of treatment
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Dismiss
Put away from consideration; reject
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Insipid
Lacking in flavor; dull
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Opprobrium
Disgrace; contempt
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Supposition
The act of assuming to be true or real
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Elegy
Poem or song expressing lamentation
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Placate
To lessen another’s anger; to pacify
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Catalyst
Something causing change
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Intractable
Not easily managed
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Extant
In existence; not lost
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Analogous
Comparable
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Ambivalence
The state of having conflicting emotional attitudes
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Repudiate
To reject as having no authority
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Felicitous
Suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen
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Anomalous
Irregular; deviating from the norm
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Qualified
Limited; restricted
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Tenuous
Weak; insubstantial
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Profound
Deep; not superficial
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Facetious
Humorous
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Boorish
Rude; insensitive
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Limpid
Clear; transparent
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Reproach
To find fault with; blame
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Dissolution
Disintegration; debauchery
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Salutary
Expecting an improvement; favorable to health
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Imperturbable
Not easily disturbed
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Demotic
Pertaining to people
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Insularity
Narrow-mindedness; isolation
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Artless
Guileless; natural
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Anachronism
Something out of the proper time
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Abstemious
Moderate in appetite
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Equivocate
To intentionally use vague language
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Tacit
Silently understood; implied
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Inherent
Firmly established by nature or habit
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Extraneous
Not essential
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Ephemeral
Short-lived; fleeting
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Attenuate
To weaken
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Intransigence
Stubbornness; refusal to compromise
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Guileless
Free of cunning or deceit; artless
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Denigrate
To slur someone’s reputation
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Execrable
Detestable; abhorrent
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Idolatry
Idol worship; blind or excessive devotion
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Stolid
Having or showing little emotion
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Convoluted
Twisted; complicated
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Viable
Practicable; capable of developing
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Garrulous
Very talkative; wordy
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Irascible
Easily annoyed
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Pristine
Untouched; uncorrupted
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Propensity
Inclination; tendency
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Pervasive
Spread throughout every part
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Effete
Depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent
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Sentient
Aware; conscious; able to perceive
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Stipulate
To specify as an essential condition
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Vapid
Tasteless; dull
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Officious
Too helpful; meddlesome
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Invective
Verbal abuse
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Causality
Involving a cause
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Probity
Honesty; high-mindedness; integrity and uprightness
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Ineluctable
Not to be avoided or escape; inevitable
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Torpor
Lethargy; dormancy; sluggishness
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Innocuous
Harmless
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Loquacious
Talkative
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Obdurate
Stubborn
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Aesthetic
Relating to beauty or art
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Heterodox
Unorthodox; not widely accepted
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Plasticity
Condition of being able to be shaped or formed; pliability
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Inchoate
Imperfectly formed or formulated
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Antipathy
Dislike; hostility
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Discordant
Not in tune
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Credence
Acceptance of something as true
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Permeable
Penetrable
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Frugality
Thrift
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Discrepancy
Difference between
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Oscillate
To move back and forth
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Concilatory
Overcoming distrust or hostility
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Implicit
Implied; understood but not stated
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Cant
Insincere talk; language of a particular group
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Tractable
Obedient; yielding
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Bombastic
Pompous; using inflated language
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Irresolute
Unsure of how to act; weak
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Mitigate
To cause to become less harsh; severe, or painful; alleviate
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Ingenous
Naive and trusting; lacking sophistication
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Obviate
To make unnecessary; to anticipate and prevent
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Delineate
To represent or depict
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Hyperbole
Purposeful exaggeration for effect
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Substantiate
To support with proof or evidence
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Volatile
Tending to vary frequently; fickle
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Arcane
Known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric
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Disparage
To belittle
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Zealot
One who is fanatically devoted to a cause
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Specious
Seeming to be logical and sound, but not really so
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Mundane
Worldly as opposed to spiritual; concerned with the ordinary
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Sensual
Relating to the senses; gratifying the physical senses; especially sexual appetites
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Neophyte
Novice; beginner
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Satiate
To satisfy
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Occlude
To shut; block
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Aberrant
Deviating from what is normal
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Reverence
Expressing deep respect; worshipful
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Misogynist
One who hates women
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Elicit
To provoke; draw out
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Derivative
Something derived; unoriginal
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Desultory
Random; disconnected; rambling
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Presumptuous
Rude; improperly bold; readiness to presume
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Fulminate
To attack loudly; denounce
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Igneous
Produced by fire; volcanic
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Exulpate
To clear of blame; vindicate
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Salubrious
Healthful
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Conventional
Practice widely observed in a group; custom; accepted technique or device
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Gainsay
To deny; dispute; oppose
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Doctrinaire
Relating to a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory or doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding
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Indolent
Habitually lazy; idle
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Striated
Marked with thin, narrow grooves or channels
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Reticent
Not speaking freely; reserved; reluctant
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Phlegmatic
Calm in temperament; sluggish
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Relegate
To consign to an inferior position
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Vitiate
To impair the quality of; corrupt morally; make inoperative
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Sensuous
Relating to the senses; operating through the senses
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Ambiguous
Unclear or doubtful in meaning
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Amalgamate
To combine into a unified whole
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Equanimity
Mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness
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Chicanery
Trickery; fraud
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Arduous
Extremely difficult; laborious
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Inundate
To cover with water; overwhelm
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Vituperative
Using or containing harsh, abusive censure
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Taciturn
Habitually untalkative
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Empirical
Derived from observation or experiment
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Dissonance
Discord; lack of harmony
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Castigation
Punishment; chastisement; criticism
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Prevaricate
To quibble; evade the truth
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Juxtapose
Place side by side
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Forestall
To prevent; delay
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Pragmatic
Practical
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Decorum
Proper behavior
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Aspersion
Slander; false rumor
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Burgeon
To flourish
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Levity
Light manner or attitude
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Complaisant
Overly polite; willing to please; obliging
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Quiescent
Inactive; still; being at rest
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Precursor
Forerunner; predecessor
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Demur
To express doubt
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Venerate
To adore; honor; respect
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Dogmatic
Stating opinions without proof
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Ostentatious
Showy; trying to attract attention; pretentious
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Confound
To baffle; perplex; mix up
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Exacerbate
To aggravate; make worse
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Erudite
Learned; scholarly
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Sartorial
Pertaining to tailors
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Embellish
To adorn; decorate; enhance; make more attractive by adding details
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Rescind
To cancel
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Malinger
To feign illness or escape duty
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Lethargic
Inactive
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Concomitant
Existing concurrently
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Subsume
To include; incorporate
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Implacable
Inflexible; incapable of being pleased
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Disparate
Dissimiliar
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Compendium
Brief; comprehensive summary
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Denouement
Outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature
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Buttress
To reinforce; support
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Indigence
Poverty
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Efficacy
Efficiency; effectiveness
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Forment
To incite; arouse
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Fatuous
Foolishly self-satisfied
