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Aberrant

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Deviating from the norm

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Abscond

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To steal off and hide

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Alacrity

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n. Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly

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n. Deviation from normal order, form, or rule; abnormality

Adj. is anomalous

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Approbation

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n. An expression of approval or praise

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Arduous

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Adj. strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort.

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Audacious

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Adj. daring and fearless; recklessly bold

n. Audacity

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Austere

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Adj. without adornment, bear; severely simple

N. Austerity

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Axiomatic

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Adj. taken as a given; posing self-evident truth

N. Axiom

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Canonical

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Adj. following or in agreement with excepted traditional standards.

N. Canon

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Capricious

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Adj. inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable

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Censure

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V. To criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Chicanery

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N. Trickery or subterfuge

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Connoisseur

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N. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

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Convoluted

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Adj. complex or complicated

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Disabuse

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V. To undeceive; to set right

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Discordant

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Adj. conflicting; dissonant or harsh and sound

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Disparate

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Adj. fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Effrontery

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N. Extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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Eloquent

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Adj. well spoken; expressive; articulate

N. Eloquence

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Enervate

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V. To weekend; to reduce in vitality

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Ennui

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N. Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate

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V. To use ambiguous language with deceptive intent

Adj. equivocal

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Erudite

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Adj. very learned; scholarly

N. Erudition

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Exculpate
V. 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
N. Intentional obstruction especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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Fulminate
V. To loudly attack or denounce
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Ingenuous
Adj. artless; frank and candid; lacking and sophistication
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Inured
Adj. Accustomed to excepting something undesirable
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Irascible
Adj. easily angered and prone to temperamental outbursts
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Laud
V. To praise highly Adj. laudatory
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Lucid
Adj. clear; easily understood
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Magnanimy
N. The quality of being generously Noble in mind and heart especially in forgiving Adj. magnanimous
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Martial
Adj. associated with war and the 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 in clearly defined form
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Neologism
N. A new word, expression, or usage; the creation 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
V. To anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous
Adj. troubling; burdensome
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Paean
N. A song or hymn of praise or Thanksgiving
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Parody
N. A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect especially literature and art
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Perennial
Adj. recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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Perfidy
N. Intentional breach of faith; treachery Adj. perfidious
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Perfunctory
Adj. Done without care or interest
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Perspicacious
Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment N. Perspicacity
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Prattle
N. To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and Idle matter
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Precipitate
Adj Acting with excessive haste or impulse
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Precipitate (v)
V. To cause to happen before anticipated or required
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Predilection
N. Preference
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Prescience
N. For knowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring Adj. Prescient
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Prevaricate
V. To mislead
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Qualms
N. Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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Recant
V. To retract, especially a previously held belief
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Refute
V. To disapprove; to successfully argue against
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Relegate
V. To forcibly a sign, 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, crime, or squalor; foul
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Sporadic
Adj. Occurring only occasionally or in scattered instances
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Squander
V. 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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Stupefy
V. To Stun, baffle, or amaze
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Stymie
V. To block; to thwart
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Synthesis
N. The combination of parts to make a whole. V. Synthesize
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Torque
N. A force that causes rotation
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Tortuous
Adj. Winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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Truculent
Adj. Pierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Veracity
N. Truthfulness, honesty
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Virulent
Adj. Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Voracious
Adj. Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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Waver
V. To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

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