List1 Flashcards
(313 cards)
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tinnitus
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ringing, buzzing
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Vagary
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unpredictable action
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Extemporaneous
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not prepared in advance
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Hapless
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unfortunate
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dilatory
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delaying
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deference
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regard an opinion over your own
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saturnine
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disinclined to talk, slow, gloomy
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desultory
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lacking in a purpose
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stolid
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unemotional
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whimsical
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fanciful
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pedantic
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someone who shows off their learning
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obviate
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prevent
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reclamated
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reformation
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paltry
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worthless
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fecundity
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fertility
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appelation
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nickname
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aphorism
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pithy remark
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calorific
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producing heat
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flouted
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disregarded
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spurned
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reject with disdain
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contrived
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devised, planned
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zealous
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passion, energy, enthusiasm
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expound
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explain
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conjure
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image, make up
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somnolent
sleepy
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sagacious
wise
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inured
accustomed (to something bad)
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neologism
new terms
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imperitnent
rude, not showing proper respect
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cossetted
pampered
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dandled
pampered, baby
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indelible
permanent
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belie
contradict
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wizened
shrivel, wrinkle with old age
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expurging
censoring
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edifying
moraly instructing
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borne
carried, put up with
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parochial
provincial, local, narrow
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pertinacious
holding firm
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indolent
lazy
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insolent
rude
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indigent
poor
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abase
degrade
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venerate
hold in high regard
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expatiate
speak about at length
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specious
plausible, but wrong
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myopic
stubborn, near sighted
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truculent
cruel
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abberant
diverging from accepted standards
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esurient
hungry, greedy
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latent
hidden from view
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inscrutability
unable to understand
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elucidation
clarification
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metonymy
substituting for a name
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abjure
reject
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ascetic
purposefully abstain, self restraint
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ineluctible
unavoidable
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intractible
stubborn, hard to control
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cant
hypocrticical, insincere
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plaintive
sad
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arresting
attracting attention
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condign
fitting, deserved
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meet
suitable, proper
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clement
merciful
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piquant
spicy, provocative
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descry
discover
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contravene
contradict
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mawkish
sentimental, sweet
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blithe
cheerful
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tremulous
fearful
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tortuous
twisted
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sate
satisfy
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surfeit
overindulge, glutton
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whet
sharpen, stimulate
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harbinger
announcer of upcoming thing
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herald
official messenger
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syncophants
flatterers
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puerile
immature, juvenile
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guileless
straightforward
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bungling
clumsy
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exhort
strongly urge
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temporal
lasting a short time
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propitious
favorable
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fulsome
insincere
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droll
curious and dryly amusing
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venal
greedy, open to bribes
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insipid
boring
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torpid
lazy
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vitriolic
cruel, hurtful, corrosive
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ascertain
determine
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lugubrious
sorrowful
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sinuous
wandering
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stultify
weaken, hinder
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recompense
compensate
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chagrin
distress, embarrassment, humiliation
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meliorate
improve
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cretaceous
chalky, rock like
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diaphanous
delicate, translucent
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ingenuous
innocent, unsuspecting
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ubiquitious
constantly present
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chicanery
deception
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cabal
secret group, faction
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plucky
courageous
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ribald
sexual, rude, irreverent
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promulgate
make known
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foment
incite
107
obloquy
public criticism
108
irresolute
unpredictable
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contumacious
rebellious, disobedient to authority
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seditious
rebellious, disobedient to authority
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trepidation
fear of anticipation
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abetted
strengthened
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lowed
moo
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forestalled
prevent, obstruct, restricted, slowed
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celerity
speed
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seduously
diligently
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assidious
persevering
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inimical
hostile
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flint
hard, unyeilding
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nepotism
favoring family members
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munificent
generous, bountiful
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perfidious
disloyal, faithless
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fastidious
detail oriented
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superannuate
given a pension
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farce
ludacris, bafoonery
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imperturable
cant be disturbed
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ablution
cleansing
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abstemiuous
not self indulgent with food
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precipitate
cause smething negative to happen suddenly, prematurely
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inpecunious
poor
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mordant
biting
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irascible
hostile, argumentative, easily angered
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stultified
prevented, hindered
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jocund
cheerful, lighthearter, joking
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fleetly
fast, nimble
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fitfully
unpredictably
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atrophy
withered
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brood
think deeply about something that makes you unhappy
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ruminate
think deeply
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trenchant
vigorous, incisive
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sententious
self righteous, pithy, concise, wise
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errant
wandering, incorrect
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cannonical
accepting doctrine
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sacrosanct
involable, too important to interfere
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apocryphal
doubtful, inauthentic
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ruddy
red
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aside
statement heard by the audience but not other actors
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soliloquoy
speaking one thoughts aloud
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recreant
abandoning allegiances
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insurrection
rebellion, uprising
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chimerical
fancilful, something out of reach
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artless
open, honest
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affected
artificial, deceptive
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garish
tasteless, gawdy
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rococo
highly ornamented
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winsome
charming, appealing
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homeliness
common, unattractive
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comeliness
beauty, pleasant to look at
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paucity
lack, poor
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bravado
exagerated courage, to intimidate
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bravura
piece requiring great talent
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rapacious
very greedy
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torpid
lazy
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acrimonious
biting, angry, bitter
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pernicious
harmful
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credulous
innocent, gullible
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penurious
very poor, or mean, parsimonious
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parsimonious
unwilling to spend money
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strident
harsh, loud sounding, shrill
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jocular
funny
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hackneyed
boring, overused
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limpid
clear
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perspicatious
smart, erudite
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churlish
rude, hostile
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respite
opening
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dour
severe, stern, gloomy
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libidous
carousal, lustful, following libido
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ersatz
falsehood
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sentescence
growing old, deteriorating
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obfuscate
obscure
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emendation
improvement, correcting a text
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doughty
brave, persistent, resolute
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beguiling
charming, often in a deceptive way
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odious
unpleasant, repulsive, offensive
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jujunely
childishly
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attenuate
reduce
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extort
take by force
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ignominuous
deserving shame, discraceful
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obsequious
obedient, servile, fawning
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paean
praise, homage
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avaricious
greedy
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surly
bad tempered, irritable
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taciturn
reserved
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scourge
epidemic, plague
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espouse
supported
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pusillanimous
cowardly, timid
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allay
relieve
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moniker
name
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indemified
compensate/secure against loss
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diluvial
floodlike
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behest
strongly urge
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captious
easily displeased, easily finding faults
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dissolute
morally corrupt
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profligate
recklessly extravagent, wasteful, deviant
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nettlesome
annoying
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grovel
humble, awe struck
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interdiction
prohibit by authority
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saccharine
excessively sweet
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supercilious
acting superior to others
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maladroit
awkward, clumsy, unskillful
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piddling
trivial
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impecunious
impoverished
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dissembling
conceal true motives
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staid
calm, sedated, prim to the point of being boring
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demured
raise an objection
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acceded
agreed
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inveighed
speak or write about with hostility
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spry
active, lively, nimble
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hoary
gray with age
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unctuous
excessively smug, oily
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effugent
radiant
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equanimity
calm
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vociferously
forceful, intense, clamorously
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caustic
sarcastic, biting
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conjecture
unproven opinion
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sobrequiet
nickname
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machinate
scheme, plot
228
polemocal
controversial, argumentative
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sophism
masking falsehood
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pugnacious
stubborn, determined
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valediction
speech about someones worth, as a farewell
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breviloquent
brief
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celerity
briekness, swiftness
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cautery
burning, scarring
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rapture
extreme joy
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incertitude
uncertainty
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galvanizing
exciting, stimulating
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buoyancy
quick to recover
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insouciant
light hearted
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vilipend
regard as worthless
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predillection
strong attraction
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acquiesce
passive acceptance
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asinine
silly, stupid, foolish
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shrewd
having sharp powers of judgement
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froward
stubborn, not easily controlled or dealt with
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earthy
crude
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gadfly
irritating person
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sybarite
person devoted to luxury
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wanton
those who live in luxury or sexually unrestrained
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execrable
bad, unpleasant
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ebullient
high spirited
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opine
hold or state one's opinion
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palaver
prolonged idle discussion
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Turbid
cloudy, opaque, thick, obscure
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Sentry
Soldier stationed to keep guard
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foreboding
fearful apprehention
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resolute
admirably determined, unwavering
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repair
to go to (with company)
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Nihilism
belief that life is meaningless, rejecting moral principles
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sentient
able to perceive, feel things
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avuncular
uncle like
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tawny
orange brown
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chairoscuro
light and dark in painting and shadow
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Jettison
to throw or drop, abandon, discard
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defamatory
damaging someone's good reputation
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Injudicious
showing poor judgement, unwise
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recrudesce
recur
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solicitous
showing interest or concern
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laconic
using few words
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prevaricate
speak or act evasively
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baseness
lack of moral principles
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precarious
uncertain
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Pejorative
expressing disapproval
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aplomb
self confidence, assurance
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deft
neatfully skillful and quick
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entreaty
earnest, humble request
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liminal
relating to a transition
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terroir
the environment a wine is made in
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welter
move in unpredictable fashion, general disorder
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ascot
type of neck tie
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spectral
ghost like
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feckless
lacking initiative or strength of character
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cagey
cautious, suspicious
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warren
a labryinthine area
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resplendent
attractive, colorful, expensive looking
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dimorphic
occuring in two separate forms
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waif
homeless, neglected person or child
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kismet
destiny, fate
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fussbudget
someone who is fussy, and needlesly points out faults
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commodious
expansive, capacious
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churl
boor, impolite, meanspirited person
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clod
stupid person
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wastrel
wasteful good for nothing person
294
quiescient
inactive
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prodigious
phenomenal, exceptional, remarkable in size or degree
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effect
cause
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bastion
a fortified place, place upholding principles
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semblance
appearance, often false
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husbanded
conserve, take care of
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analeptic
restorative drug
301
barrister
lawyer, advocate
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impunity
exemption from punishment, or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.
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pecuniary
related to money
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invective
abusive, insulting speech
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diatribe
forceful, bitter attack
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calcitrix
scar
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plodding
slow moving, unexciting
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blandishing
cajoling
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panegyric
full of praise
310
oblique
indirect, roundabout
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tumid
bloated
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prosaic
commonplace
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inadvertent
not deliberate