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Aberrant (adj)

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Deviating from the norm (noun: aberration)

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Abscond (verb)

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To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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Alacrity (noun)

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly (noun)

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Rule; abnormality (adj form: anomalous)

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Approbation (noun)

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An expression of approval or praise

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Arduous (adj)

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Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

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Assuage (verb)

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To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

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Audacious (adj)

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

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Austere (adj)

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Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity)

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Axiomatic (adj)

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Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)

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Canonical (adj)

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Following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards (noun form: canon)

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Capricious (adj)

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

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Censure (verb)

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To criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Chicanery (noun)

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Trickery or subterfuge

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Connoisseur (noun)

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An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

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Convoluted (adj)

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Complex or complicated

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Disabuse (verb)

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To undeceive; to set right

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Discordant (adj)

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Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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Disparate (adj)

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Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Effrontery (noun)

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Extreme boldness; presumtuousness

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Eloquent (adj)

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Well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence)

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Enervate (verb)

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To weaken; to reduce in vitality

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Ennui (noun)

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Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate (verb)

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To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj form: equivocal)

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Erudite (adj)
Very learned; scholarly (noun form: erudition)
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Exculpate (verb)
Exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exigent (adj)
Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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Extemporaneous (adj)
Improvised; done without preparation
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Filibuster (noun)
Intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speech making to delay legislative action
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Fulminate (verb)
To loudly attack or denounce
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Ingenuous (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, especially in forgiving (adj form: magnanimous)
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Martial (adj)
Associated with war and the armed forces
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Mundane (adj)
Of the world; typical 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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Neologism (noun)
A new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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Noxious (adj)
Harmful, injurious
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Obtuse (adj)
Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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Obviate (verb)
To anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous (adj)
Troubling; burdensome
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Paean (noun)
A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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Parody (noun)
A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art
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Perennial (adj)
Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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Perfidy (noun)
Intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj form: perfidious)
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Perfunctory (adj)
Cursory; done without care or interest
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Perspicacious (adj)
Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)
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Prattle (verb)
To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Precipitate (verb)
To cause or happen before anticipated or required
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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 occurring (adj form: prescient)
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Prevaricate (verb)
To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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Qualms (noun)
Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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Recant (verb)
To retract, especially a previously held belief
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Refute (verb)
To disprove; to successfully argue against
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Relegate (verb)
To forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position
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Reticent (adj)
Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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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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Sporadic (adj)
Occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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Squander (verb)
To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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Static (adj)
Not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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Stupefying (verb)
To stun, baffle, or amaze
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Stymie (verb)
To block; to thwart
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Synthesis (noun)
The combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)
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Torque (noun)
A force that causes rotation
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Tortuous (adj)
Winding, twisting, excessively complicated
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Truculent (adj)
Fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Veracity (noun)
Truthfulness, honestly
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Virulent (adj)
Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Voracious (adj)
Having and insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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Waver (verb)
To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

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