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Assuage

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(verb)
To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

(E) To assuage her temper, they decided to give her food.

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Approbation

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(noun)
An expression of approval or praise

(E) They received her work with approbation and applause.

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Abscond

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(verb)
To depart clandestinely; to steal off & hide

(E) They decided to abscond from the party

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Convoluted

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(adj.)

Complex or complicated

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Arduous

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(adj.)
Strenuous, taxing, requrimg significant effort

(E) Migrating from one country to another is an arduous task.

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Alacrity

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(noun)
Eager & enthusiastic willingness

(E) They decided to face the feat of taking the board examinations with alacrity

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Eloquent

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(adj.)

Well-spoken, expressive, articulate

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Aberrant

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(adj.)
Deviating from the norm - noun form: aberration

(E) Not partaking in the Instagram culture is aberrant behavior

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Anomaly

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(noun)
Deviation from normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous)

(E) Tadao Ando’s concrete box house in the middle of a traditional village was seen as an anomaly.

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Censure

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(verb)

To criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Audacious

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(adj.)
Daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity)

(E) Audacious behavior would be needed for

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Effrontery

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(noun)

Extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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Enervate

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(verb)

To weaken, to reduce in vitality

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Capricious

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(adj.)

Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

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Chicanery

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(noun)

Trickery or subterfuge

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Ennui

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(noun)

Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate

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(verb)

To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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Erudite

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(adj.)

Very learned; scholarly (noun form: erudition)

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Exculpate

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(verb)

Exonerate; to clear of blame

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Exigent

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(adj.)

Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action and attention

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Extemporaneous

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(adj.)

Improvised; done without preparation

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Filibuster

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(noun)

Intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action

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Fulminate

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(verb)

To loudly attack or denounce

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Ingenuous

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(adj.)

Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication

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Inured
(adj.) | Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Irascible
(adj.) | Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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Laud
(verb) | To praise highly (adj. form: laudatory)
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Lucid
(adj.) | Clear; easily understood
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Magnanimity
(noun) | The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (adj. form: magnanimous)
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Martial
(adj.) | Associated with war and armed forces
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Mundane
(adj.) | Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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Nascent
(adj.) | Coming into being; in early developmental stages
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Nebulous
(adj.) | Vague, cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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Obtuse
(adj.) | Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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Perfunctory
(adj.) | Cursory; done without care or interest
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Discordant
(adj.) | Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
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Prattle
(verb) | To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an emlty and idle manner
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Precipitate
(adj.) Acting with excessive haste or impulse (verb) To cause or happen before anticipated or required
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Obviate
(verb) To anticipate and make unnecessary (E) Obviate the risk of serious injury
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Disparate
(adj.) | Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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Connoisseur
(noun) | An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
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Onerous
(adj.) | Troubling or burdensome
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Austere
(adj.) | Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
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Paean
(noun) | A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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Parody
(noun) | A humurous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art
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Perennial
(adj.) | Recurrent through the year or many years; occuring repeatedly
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Predilection
(noun) | A disposition in favor of something; preference
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Prescience
(noun) | Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occuring (adj. form: prescient)
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Prevaricate
(verb) | To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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Qualms
(noun) | Misgivings; resevations; causes for hesitancy
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Recant
(verb) | To retract a previously helf belief
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Refute
(verb) | To disprove; to successfully argue against
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Relegate
(verb) | To forcibly assign, esp. to lower place or position
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Reticent
(adj.) | Quiet, reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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Sporadic
(adj.) | Occurring only ocassionally, or in scattered instances
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Static
(adj.) | Not moving, not active or in motion; at rest
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Disabuse
(verb) | To undeceive; to set right
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Stymie
(verb) | To block; to thwart
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Tortuous
(adj.) | Winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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Voracious
(adj.) | Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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Squander
(verb) | To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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Perspicacious
(adj.) | Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)
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Perfidy
(noun) | Intentional breach of faith, treachery (adj. noun: perfidious)
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Synthesis
(noun) | The combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)
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Axiomatic
(adj.) | Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)
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Neologism
(noun) | A new word or expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or sense
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Truculent
(adj.) | Fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Virulent
(adj.) | Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Waver
(verb) | To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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Torque
(noun) | The force that causes rotation
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Veracity
(noun) | Truthfulness, honesty
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Canonical
(adj.) | Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
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Stupefy
(verb) | To stun, baffle or amaze
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Solicitous
(adj.) | Concerned and attentive; eager
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Sordid
(adj.) | Characterized by filth, grime or squalor; foul
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Noxious
(adj.) | Harmful, injurious

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