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MASTER MAGOOSH ADVANCED Flashcards

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BILIOUS

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peevish or irritable; sickeningly unpleasant

BILE JUICE USED FOR IRRITABLE STOMACH

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BLINKERED

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to have a limited outlook or understanding

BLINKING LEADS TO MISUNDERSTANDING

(3) Haig was limited by his blinkered approach to strategy and tactics. (4) But not, as the blinkered writer of that article implied, necessarily her own independent choice.

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HISTRIONIC

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overly dramatic, theatrical

HISTORY PLAYS AT THE THEATER

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CUPIDITY

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greed; strong desire

CUPID DESIRES WEALTH

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VENIAL

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easily excused or forgiven

MENIAL MISTAKE = FORGIVABLE

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PROTEAN

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able to change shape; displaying great variety

TEANAGERS ARE FLEXIBLE

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MALAPROPISM

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ludicrous misuse of a word

MAL PROPER USAGE OF WORD

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ARRIVISTE

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a person who has recently reached a position of power; a social climber

RECENTLY ARRIVED AT POWER

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MULCT

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defraud

MAL + ACT

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BENIGHTED

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being in a state of intellectual darkness; ignorant; unenlightened

BE KNIGHTED = DARK AGES = IGNORANCE

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ARCH

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to be deliberately teasing

“The baroness was arch, making playful asides to the townspeople; yet because they couldn’t pick up on her dry humor, they thought her supercilious”

ARCH TEASES THE SHAPE OF A CIRCLE

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SARTORIAL

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related to fashion or clothes

YOUR SARI TORE = CLOTHING TAILORING

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SANGFROID

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composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances

SIGMON FREUD WAS CALM

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TENDENTIOUS

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likely to lean towards a controversial view

TENDING TOWARD CONTROVERSY

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PEREMPTORY

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bossy and domineering

PREEMPTIVE STRIKES ARE DOMINEERING

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PICAYUNE

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trifling or petty (a person)

PICKY OR PETTY

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JAUNDICED

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to be biased against due to envy or prejudice

JAUNDICED RHYMES WITH PREJUDICED

JOHN DISSED THE PREJUDICED

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REMONSTRATE

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to make objections while pleading

when WOMEN MENSTRUATE they often REMONSTRATE or plead and object

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PARVENU

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person suddenly risen to wealth or power who lacks the proper social qualifications; upstart

NEWLY UP TO PAR (WEALTH STATUS)

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METTLESOME

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full of courage and fortitude

FULL OF METALS = COURAGIOUS

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PALIMPSEST

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something that has been changed numerous times but on which traces of former iterations can still be seen

WRITING ON PALM DISAPPEARS AFTER MANY ITERATIONS

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EXECRATE

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to curse and hiss at

EX + SECRATE SPIT AT SOMEONE

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PYRRHIC

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ruinous; gained at too great a cost

A PYRRHIC VICTORY GOES UP IN FLAMES

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LIMPID

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clear, transparent; readily understood

LIMPID LUCID LIQUID = CLEAR TRANSPARENT

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DISABUSE

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to persuade somebody that his/her belief is not valid

‘DIS A BUS’ NOT A CAR

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FELL

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evil, wicked

FELL-HELL- EVIL

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SENTENTIOUS

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Self-righteous, pious

POMPOUS SENTAMENT

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BEG

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to doge a question, avoid answering, or beg a question that redirects

BEGGING NOT TO ANSWER

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UNTOWARD

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unfavorable or inconvenient

TOWED CAR IS UNFAVORABLE

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UMBRAGE

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offense; resentment

ITS OFFENSIVE TO BE UNDER A BRIDGE

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PROVIDENT

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preparing for the future; providing for the future; frugal

PROVIDE FOR SELF FIRST

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EFFRONTERY

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shameless boldness

sass, backtalk, cheek

PUTTING ON E FRONT YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO

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PROBITY

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honesty, integrity

PROBE TO PROVE INTEGRITY

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GAFFE

a clumsy social error; a faux pas

GARAFFE IS SOCIALLY AWKWARD

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IMPORTUNE

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to ask persistently; to beg

ITS IMPORTANT SO YOU BEG

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ENJOIN

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instruct or urge (someone) to do something

I DONT ENJOY INSTRUCTIONS

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IMPUTE

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to attribute to someone

imPUTe = PUT THE BLAME ON SOMEONE

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PROLIXITY

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boring verbosity

PRO+LEXICON=USE MANY WORDS

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REDOUBTABLE

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inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

DON’T DOUBT THE FEAR

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PLUCKY

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courageous; spunky

PLUCKED WITH COURAGE

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MORDANT

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(adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh

MORTAL ANT BITING

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SOLECISM

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GAFFE
social plunder/mistake

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INSOUCIANCE

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casual lack of concern; indifference

INSURANCE NOT NEEDED FOR THOSE WITH INSOUCIANCE

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PORTENTOUS

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ominously prophetic; cautioning the future

Pompously Portent an Ominous Future

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ANODYNE

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something that calms or soothes pain, inoffensive

ANN WILL NOT DIE FROM PAIN

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QUAIL

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to draw back in fear

QUAIL, JAIL, BAIL = FEAR

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RECRIMINATION

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mutual accusations

INCRIMINATE EACHOTHER

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INURE

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become accustomed to something unpleasant or unwelcome

ACCUSTOMED TO INJURY

INURED TO NOISE = USED TO NOISE

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DISPENSATION

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exemption from a rule or usual requirement

DISPENSED FROM THE RULES

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INVIDIOUS

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causing envy

INVIOUS = INVIDIOUS

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PRESENTIMENT

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a vague sense of approaching misfortune

SENTIMENT OF PENDING EVIL

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DENOUEMENT

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an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot

DEN ouement = END

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INTIMATION

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a hint, indirect suggestion

HINTIMATION = INTIMATION

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SUBTERFUGE

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something intended to misrepresent the nature of an activity

SUBVERT THE TRUTH = SUBTERFUGE

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COSSET

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to pamper; treat with great care

COSSET = CODDLE THE DICK WITH CARE

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APPOSITE

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appropriate; fitting

APPOSITE = APPROPRIATE

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OBSTREPEROUS

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noisy; unruly, disorderly

STREP THROAT = NOISY COUGH

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UNPROPITIOUS

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(of a circumstance) with little chance of success

UN PROPAGATING (SUCCESS)

UNPREPARED FOR SUCCESS

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MAGISTERIAL

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offensively self-assured or given to exercising unwarranted power

MAGISTRATES SHOW UNWARRANTED POWER

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DOVETAIL

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fit together tightly, as if by means of an interlocking joint

DOVETAIL JOINT = FITS TOGETHER

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FLIPPANT

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(adj.) lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy

FLIPPING PAGES OF BOOK = NOT SERIOUS

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MACHINATE

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engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

MACHINES MACHINATE A PLOT

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IMMURE

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to imprison, to enclose, usually around walls

IMPRISON THE MURAL

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UPROARIOUS

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hilarious; hysterical; very funny

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DIFFIDENCE

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lack of self-confidence, mistrust

INDIFFERENT TO = MISTRUST

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BOORISHNESS

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rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

RUDE BOOR

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INEFFABLE

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indescribable

INEXPRESSABLE

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BROADSIDE

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a strong verbal attack

THAT BROAD ATTACKS VERBALLY

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DEIGN

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do something that one considers to be below one’s dignity

BELOW DIGNITY

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OBJURGATE

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criticize/criticism

Synonyms: castigate, upbraid, reprobate

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UNTRAMMELED

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not confined or limited

UN CRAM MALED

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INEFFABLE

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inexpressible

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CHAGRIN

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embarrassment

GRIN IN EMBARRASSMENT

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PHILISTINE

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one who lacks culture or taste

LACK AWARENESS OF PHILISTINE CULTURE

PHIL IS TEEN = IMMATURE = LACK CULTURE

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ARROGATE

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to claim or take without right

ARROWS POINTED AT GATE TO TAKE POWER

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ARTIFICE

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deception; trickery

ARTIFICIAL TRICK

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APPURTENANT

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adjective: supply added support

APPLY SUPPORT

PURTAIN TO SUPPLY

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ATAVISM

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a reappearance of an earlier characteristic; throwback

A(gain)T(hat earlier)AV(ision)ISM

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UNPREPOSSESSING

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creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression

DIDNT PRE POSSESS A GOOD IMPRESSION

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SOLICITUDE

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a feeling of excessive concern

SOLICIT CONCERN

All the horrors of the reign of terror were based only on solicitude for public tranquillity. Anne herself had a natural feeling for her brother, and had shown great solicitude concerning his treatment when a price had been set on his head at the time of the Scottish expedition in 1708.

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RECRUDESCE

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to break out or happen again

RECREATE + ESSENCE

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INCHOATE

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not fully formed; disorganized; attempted crime

INCOMPLETE

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BESOTTED

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very drunk, strongly affectionate towards

SODDEN WITH BEER

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FECUND

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fertile; intellectually productive

FECAL MATTER = FERTILE FOR PLANTS

Synonyms: Prolific

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COTERMINOUS

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being of equal extent or scope or duration

Synonyms : coextensive

CO+TERMinous = EQUAL EXTENT OR TERM

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ENORMITY

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great wickedness; an evil act

ENORMOUS EVIL

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PROSCRIBE

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to prohibit

a doctor PRESCRIBES meds and TO PROHIBIT junk food

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ASSIDUOUSLY

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with care and persistence

DILIGENTLY

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COMPLAISANT

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showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others

COMPLIANT TO OTHERS WISHES

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MALINGERER

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person who deliberately tries to avoid work

LINGERER TO AVOID WORK

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UNASSAILABLE

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unable to be attacked, questioned, or defeated

UN+ASSAILANTS = UNATTACKABLE

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FACILE

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Too simplistic or easy

FACE+EASILY

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APLOMB

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coolness under strain
self-confidence

APL+OM = “OM” MEDITATE UNDER STRESS

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CONFLAGRATION

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a large destructive fire

conFLAREgration= fire

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MENDICANT

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(n.) beggar; (adj.) depending on begging for a living

MEND+I+CANT = SPEND+I+CANT = SO YOU BEG

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DESICCATED

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uninteresting, lacking vitality

“I DISSECTED IT ALREADY SO ITS UNINTERESTING”

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CONCOMITANT

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accompanying, associated with

CON(together) + COMITANT(commit) = Commit together = accompanying eachother

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GRAFT

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corruption, usually through bribery

GRAFTING MONEY ONTO SOMEONE FOR PERSONAL GAIN = BRIBERY

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DISSIPATE

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squander; spend money foolishly; scatter

DISSIPATE THE $$ AWAY

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EXIGUITY

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the quality of being meager, cheap, limited supply

EXCESSIVE GUILT for SPENDING $$ = CHEAP

Synonyms : leanness , meagerness , meagreness , poorness , scantiness , scantness

After two months at sea, the EXIGUITY of the ship’s supplies forced them to search for fresh water and food.

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CANARD

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a deliberately misleading fabrication

CAN+HARDLY BELIEVE THAT RUMOR

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DISSOLUTION

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a living full of debauchery and indulgence in sensual pleasure

DISSOLVING INTO DEBAUCHERY AND SENSUAL PLEASURE

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DEMONSTRATIVE

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openly expressive of emotions

dEMO(tion)strative

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SIMULACRUM

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a bad imitation or sculpture respresentation

CRUMMY SIMULATION

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SPLENETIC

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bad-tempered, irritable

IRRITABLE SPLEEN = SPLENETIC

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PALAVER

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speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

WAVERING PALate = TALK INCESSANTLY

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PANACEA

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universal cure, easy solution

PANDEMIC NEEDS A PANACEA (universal cure)

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LOATH

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unwilling, reluctant

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BEREFT

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deprived of; made unhappy through a loss

thEFT of happiness

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ROW

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an angry dispute

IF YOU SIT IN A ROW WITH YOUR ENEMIES THERE WILL BE ROW WITH YOUR ENEMIES

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VERISIMILITUDE

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the appearance of being true or real

VER+SIMILAR+TUDE = SEEMINGLY TRUE

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INELUCTABLE

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not escapable; unavoidable

IN-NEGLECTABLE = UNABLE TO NEGLECT OR AVOID

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FLAG

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to decline in vigor, strength, or interest

FLAG = SAG = DROOP AND GROW FEEBLE

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INFELICITOUS

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inappropriate

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OBTAIN

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be valid, applicable, or true

OBTAINED THE TRUTH

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PILLORY

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ridicule or expose to public scorn

PILLAR OF SOCIETY RECEIVES PUBLIC SCORN

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EQUIVOCATE

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to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

EQUAL EXPRESSIONS = DOUBLE MEANING = MISLEAD

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OVERWEENING

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presumptuous; arrogant

A PERSON WHO “OVER WINS” IS ARROGANT

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DEFRAY

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to pay for

DEFRAY rhymes with PAY

Defray the cost of

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ANATHEMA

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a hated person

opposite of ANTHEM (praise something) = ANATHEM

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NADIR

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lowest point

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ALACRITY

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brisk and cheerful readiness

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HECTOR

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to bully; to pester

HECTOR = THE MOLESTER = THE PESTER

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COW

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to intimidate

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UNTOWARD

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not favorable, troublesome, unruly

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VICISSITUDE

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change in one’s circumstances, usually for the worse

VISCUS LIFE = CHANGING FOR BETTER OR WORSE

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APOSTATE

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one who renounces a religious faith

OPPOSITE OF APOSTLE

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PROSAIC

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dull and lacking imagination

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CHARY

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(adj.) extremely cautious, hesitant, or slow (to); reserved, diffident

CHARY = WARY = CAUTIOUS

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TURPITUDE

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depravity; a depraved act

TURD+ PIT = DEPRAVED ACT

During his reign, Caligula indulged in unspeakable sexual practices, so it is not surprising that he will forever be remembered for his turpitude.

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SEDULOUS

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done diligently and carefully

SEDUCTION must be done CAREFULLY OR SEDULOUSly

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FECKLESS

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careless or irresponsible

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EXEGESIS

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critical interpretation

CRITIQUE from OUTSIDE = EXEgesis

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SATURNINE

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gloomy and remote

SATURN IS GLOOMY = SATURNINE

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FRACTIOUS

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irritable and is likely to cause disruption

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EXPANSIVE

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communicative, and prone to talking in a sociable manner

EXPANDING SOCIAL CIRCLE

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CATHOLIC

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universal; wide-ranging

CATHOLicism is WIDE-RANGING on every continent

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