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Abate

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(verb) to lessen in intensity or degree

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Accolade

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(noun) an expression of praise

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Adulation

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(noun) excessive praise; intense adoration

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Aesthetic

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(adj.) dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful

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Ameliorate

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(verb) to make better or more tolerable

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Ascetic

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(noun) one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion

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Avarice (adj. form: avaricious)

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(noun) greed, esp. for wealth

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Axiom (adj. form: axiomatic)

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(noun) a universally recognized principle

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Burgeon

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(verb) to grow rapidly or flourish

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Bucolic

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(adj.) rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants

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Cacophony (adj. form: cacophonous)

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(noun) harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance

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Canon (adj. form: canonical)

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(noun) an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature

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Castigation (verb form: castigate)

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(noun) severe criticism or punishment

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Catalyst

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(noun) a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change

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Caustic

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(adj.) burning or stinging; causing corrosion

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Chary

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(adj.) wary; cautious; sparing

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Cogent

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(adj.) appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing

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Complaisance (adj. form: complaisant)

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(noun) the willingness to comply with the wishes of others

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Contentious

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(adj.) argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement

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Contrite (noun form: contrition)

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(adj.) regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness

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Culpable (noun form: culpability)

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(adj.) deserving blame

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Dearth

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(noun) smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack

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Demur

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(verb) to question or oppose

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Dyadic

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(adj.) intended to teach or instruct

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Discretion (adj. form: discreet)
(noun) cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
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Disinterested
(adj.) free of bias or self-interest; impartial
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Dogmatic (noun form: dogma)
(adj.) expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles
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Ebullience (adj. form: ebullient)
(noun) the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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Eclectic
(adj.) composed of elements drawn from various sources
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Elegy (adj. form: elegiac)
(noun) a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead
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Emollient
(adj.)/(noun) soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smooths the skin
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Empirical
(adj.) based on observation
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Enigmatic (noun form: enigma)
(adj.) mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
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Ephemeral
(adj.) brief; fleeting
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Esoteric
(adj.) intended for or understood by a small, specific group
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Eulogy (verb form: eulogize)
(noun) a speech honoring the dead
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Exonerate
(verb) to remove blame
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Facetious
(adj.) playful; humorous
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Fallacy (adj. form: fallacious)
(noun) an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
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Furtive
(adj.) marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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Gregarious
(adj.) sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
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Harangue
(verb)/(noun) to deliver a forceful or angry speech; ranting speech or writing
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Heretical (noun form: heresy)
(adj.) violating accepted dogma or convention
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Hyperbole (adj. form: hyperbolic)
(noun) an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech
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Impecunious
(adj.) lacking funds; without money
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Incipient
(adj.) beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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Inert
(adj.) unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
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Innocuous
(adj.) harmless; causing no damage
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Intransigent (noun form: intransigence)
(adj.) refusing to compromise
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Inveigle
(verb) to obtain by deception or flattery
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Morose
(adj.) sad; sullen; melancholy
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Odious
(adj.) evoking intense aversion or dislike
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Opaque
(adj.) impenetrable by light; not reflecting light
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Oscillation (verb form: oscillate)
(noun) the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm
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Penurious
(adj.) penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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Pernicious
(adj.) extremely harmful in a way that is not easily seen or noticed
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Peruse (verb form: perusal)
(verb) to examine with great care
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Pious (noun form: piety)
(adj.) extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion
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Precursor
(noun) one that precedes and indicates or announces another
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Preen
(verb) to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
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Prodigious
(adj.) abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
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Prolific
(adj.) producing large volumes or amounts; productive
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Putrefy (adj. form: putrid)
(verb) to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor
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Quaff
(verb) to drink deeply
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Quiescence (adj. form: quiescent)
(noun) stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
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Redoubtable
(adj.) awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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Sanction
(noun)/(verb) authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority
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Satire (adj. form: satirical)
(noun) a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
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Squalid (noun form: squalor)
(adj.) sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
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Stoic (noun form: stoicism)
(adj.) indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
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Supplant
(verb) to take the place of; to supersede
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Torpid (noun form: torpor)
(adj.) lethargic; sluggishly dormant (noun form: torpor)
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Ubiquitous
(adj.) existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
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Urbane (noun form: urbanity)
(adj.) sophisticated; refined; elegant
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Vilify
(verb) to defame; to characterize harshly
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Viscous (noun form: viscosity)
(adj.) thick; sticky

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