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squalid

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dirty

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trepidation

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fear

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consonant

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to be in agreement

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voracious

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having a large appetite for something

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comely

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attractive

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affable

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friendly

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consummate

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skilled or accomplished

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prosaic

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trite

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consonance

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agreement

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espouse; espousal

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adopting or embracing a way of life

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tome

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a large book

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axiom

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a true statement

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astringent

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constricting; severe

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recondite

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obscure

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forbear

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to grudgingly tolerate

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expound

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to set forth

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remuneration

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compensation

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levity

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humor or frivolity

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respite

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rest

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opprobrium

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disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct

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affront

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an intentional insult

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corrigible

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capable of being corrected

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frenetic

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frantic

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forestall

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prevent or obstruct

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primeval

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beloning to the first age of the world

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verdant

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green with plant life

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aggrandize

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increase in size

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avocation

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something done for pleasure (a hobby)

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paean

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a song of joy

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billet

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a job or position

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unctuous

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falsely pious

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cull

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select

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countenance

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permit or tolerate

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staunch

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steadfast

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consecrate

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make sacred

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bestow

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to grant or give

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gawky; gawkiness

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awkward

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sordid

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sleazy actions

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nominal

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in name only

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stymie

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hindered

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supplanted

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to take the place of

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rancor

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ill will

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disparagement

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contemptuous or disrespectful speech

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adulation

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sycophantic

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bowdlerized

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expurgate

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oeuvre

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the body of artwork

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dearth

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scarcity

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panacea

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a cure-all

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patrimony

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heritage from one’s father’s line

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archly; arch

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deliberate playfulness or teasing

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diminutive

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tiny

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confound; confounded

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amaze OR confuse

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confute

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disprove

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resplendent

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sumptuous

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sumptuous

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resplendent

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bade

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offer; command

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modicum

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little bit

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proffered

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held out (like a hand)

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bore

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drill a hole in something; push thru a crowd

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jaundiced

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bitter

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twaddle

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nonsense

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menagerie

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a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for entertainment

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denizen

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inhabitant

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craggy

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rocky

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prostrate

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prone (lying flat face down); overwhelmed

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profane

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secular

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traverse

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travel across

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repudiate

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reject or renounce

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wieldy

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easily controlled or handled

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sundry

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miscellaneous

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transgression

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an offense

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forbearance

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patient self-control

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avarice

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greed

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adulation

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sycophantic

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indulgence

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tolerance

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stricture

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a restriction on a person or an activity; a sternly critical remark

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providence

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fate by God; timely preparation for future events

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gravitas

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dignity, solemnity, or seriousness of a matter

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provenance

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origin or earliest known history of something

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reactionary

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opposing political or social reform

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mirthless

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humorless

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salubrious

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healthy

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corrugated

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rigid

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clarion

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a trumpet (instrument)

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impervious

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unaffected by; impermeable

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extricate

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extract

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ingot

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a block of metal

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deluge

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a severe flood

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repudiate

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refuse or deny something (like an accusation)

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paltry

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small or worthless degree

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recriminations

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accusations

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dossier

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a collection of documents on a particular person or event

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hovel

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a small, squalid building (like a shack)

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adulatory; adulation

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sycophantic

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alacrity

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brisk and cheerful readiness; enthusiasm

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anodyne

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soothing; assuaging

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arrant

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utter (as in “what utter nonsense)

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ascetic

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austere abstinence

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aspersion

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defamation

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asservate

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to aver or allege

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augury

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omen

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aver

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to state as a fact; to confirm or support

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baleful

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malevolent

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bilge

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nonsense

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boor

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a rude or insensitive person; lout

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bulwark

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a defensive wall

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cajole

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to inveigle, coax, or wheedle

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caparison

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to bedizen

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churlish

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rude

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corpulent

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fat; paunchy

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cozen

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beguile, chicancery

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dearth

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a scarcity

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deride

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scorn

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descant

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to comment at length

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descry

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to discriminate or discern

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desultory

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casual; lacking a plan

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dilatory

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causing delay

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disabuse

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persuade (someone) that an idea or belief is mistaken

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disparate

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diverse

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doggerel

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trivial

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dross

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rubbish

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effluvia

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noxious odor or vapor

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effusive

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expressing gushing feelings of gratitude

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sybarite

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epicure

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errant

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peripatetic

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etiolated

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pale due to lack of light

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execrable

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appalling

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exegesis

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critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture

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exigent

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pressing or demanding

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expatiate

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to descant

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expiate, expiation

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to atone

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expostulate

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express strong disapproval or disagreement

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exscind

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to cut out or extirpate

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extirpate

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cut out completely

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extrapolation

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the action of estimating or concluding something by assuming that existing trends will continue or a current method will remain applicable

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fallow

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(of a period of time) characterized by inaction; dormant

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feckless

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ineffectual; irresponsible

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filigree

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an ornamental work, especially of delicate lacelike patterns

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ostentatious

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flamboyant

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forbearance

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patience

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froward

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intractable; recalcitrant

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grouse

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to complain

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hirsute

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hairy

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illusory

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deceptive; based on a false belief

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tacit

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understood without being stated

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importune

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harass persistently

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impudent

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impertinent; bold and disrespectful

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impertinent

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rude

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indecent

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indecorous

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indefatigable

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persisting tirelessly

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insouciant

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nonchalant

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parochial

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insular

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intransigent

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refusing to compromise

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inured

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accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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inveterate

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long-established and unlikely to change

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involute

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intricate and complex

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jocose

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blithe

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laconic

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using few words; terse

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languid

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not interested in fighting

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limn

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depict in an artform

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limpid

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lucid

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maunder

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to digress or stray

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mendacity

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lying

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meretricious

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attractive but having no actual value

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mettle, mettlesome

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spirit and resilience

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militate

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be a powerful factor in preventing something

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minatory

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menacing; threatening

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nascent

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inchoate

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nexus

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a connection, tie, or link

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obloquy

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vituperation; calumny

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obsequious

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obedient or attentive to a sycophantic degree

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officious

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meddlesome

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opprobrium

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harsh criticism or censure

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ostensible

A

stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so

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overweening

A

presumptuous, supercilious

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pedestrian

A

trite

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trite

A

lacking originality; banal

181
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peremptory

A

brusque; imperious

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Q

brusque

A

abrupt

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germane

A

pertinent

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picaresque

A

relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero.

185
Q

pillory

A

attack or scorn publically

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poseur

A

a poser or insincere person

187
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prevaricate

A

to speak or act in an evasive way; equivocate

188
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propinquity

A

nearness in time or space

189
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ramify

A

to be divided or subdivided; to branch out

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Q

rapacious

A

greedy

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rarefy, rarefied

A

esoteric OR thin air

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Q

raucous

A

making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise

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Q

recidivate; recidivism

A

relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior

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Q

recondite

A

abstruse or arcane

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recreant

A

pusillanimous

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refractory

A

obdurate or intractable

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remonstrate

A

to protest

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reproach

A

disapprove

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salient

A

conspicuous

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salubrious

A

healthy OR pleasant

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Q

salutary

A

wholesome

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scurvy

A

despicable

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simper

A

to smirk

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slake

A

to satisfy or quench

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sodden

A

soaked or drenched; unimaginative; dull

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splenetic

A

irascible

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spurious

A

lacking validity; false

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stanch

A

stop the flow of a fluid

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stentorian

A

extremely loud and powerful

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Q

stint

A

to restrain

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Q

stygian

A

gloomy;dark

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Q

sundry

A

miscellaneous

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mendicant

A

begging

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tacit

A

implied

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taciturn

A

not talkative

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tact

A

discerning and sensitive use of speech

217
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tawdry

A

cheap; tacky

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tendentious

A

biased

219
Q

torpor

A

lethargic

220
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tortuous

A

serpentine

221
Q

truculent

A

quick to argue or fight

222
Q

turpitude

A

malevolence

223
Q

umbrage

A

chagrin

224
Q

upbraid

A

to censure

225
Q

valiant; valor

A

possessing or showing courage or determination

226
Q

variegation

A

make more diverse

227
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venal

A

capable of being bought or bribed; mercenary; purchasable

228
Q

mercenary

A

making money at the expense of ethics

229
Q

veritable

A

authentic

230
Q

vestige

A

a trace; a remnant

231
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viscous

A

thick; sticky

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Q

vitality

A

vigor; ability to live or grow

233
Q

vitiate

A

to pervert

234
Q

wend

A

to walk

235
Q

writhe

A

make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body

236
Q

wry

A

dry humor

237
Q

sardonic

A

mocking or cynical

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Q

insolent

A

rude

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epoch

A

era

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conflagration

A

fire

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pernicious

A

deleterious

242
Q

depravity

A

corruption

243
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pulchirtude

A

beauty

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indigence

A

penury

245
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complacent; complacency

A

smugness

246
Q

precocious; precocity

A

(of a child) having developed skills or abilities earlier than expected

247
Q

preposessing

A

pulchritude

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pedestrian

A

ordinary

249
Q

odium

A

disgust

250
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maladroit

A

inept

251
Q

choleric

A

bad-tempered

252
Q

physiognomy

A

facial features

253
Q

caustic

A

corrosive OR sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way

254
Q

cavil

A

make petty or unnecessary objections

255
Q

celerity

A

moving swiftly

256
Q

circumscribe

A

to put limits on something

257
Q

coeval

A

existing at the same time

258
Q

vituperate; vituperative

A

bitter

259
Q

pecuniary

A

financial

260
Q

summation

A

adding things up

261
Q

recompense

A

compensation

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A
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A
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A
265
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ablated

A

remove

266
Q

fulmination

A

violent explosion

267
Q

indignation

A

vexation; chagrin; umbrage; affront

268
Q

impugn

A

to insult

269
Q

inopportune

A

untimely

270
Q

incommensurate

A

inadequate

271
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fallacies

A

falsehoods

272
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polemical

A

relating to controversy, argument, or refutation

273
Q

disparate

A

diverse

274
Q

facile

A

easy; arrived at without due care or examination

275
Q

averse

A

opposed or disinclined

276
Q

foment

A

incite or promote the growth of something

277
Q

affront

A

insult intentionally

278
Q

replete

A

filled with (something)

279
Q

caustic

A

severely critical

280
Q

antipathetic

A

opposed to (something)

281
Q

indolent

A

lazy

282
Q

expurgate

A

remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a text or account)

283
Q

amorphous

A

without a clearly defined shape or form; lacking a clear structure or focus

284
Q

congenial

A

like-minded; pleasent

285
Q

obsequious

A

sycophantic

286
Q

proclivity

A

tendency

287
Q

quixotic

A

impractically idealistic

288
Q

adulterate

A

make something poorer in quality by adding another substance

289
Q

ambivalent

A

having mixed feelings; equivocal

290
Q

equivocal

A

ambiguous

291
Q

ameliorate

A

make (something bad) better

292
Q

construe

A

interpret (words or actions) in a particular way

293
Q

contrite; contrition

A

feeling of remorse or guilt

294
Q

craven

A

cowardly

295
Q

deft

A

skillful and clever in one’s work

296
Q

demur

A

raise doubts or objections

297
Q

desiccate

A

dehydrate

298
Q

supplicated

A

begged earnestly

299
Q

enjoining

A

urging

300
Q

entreaties

A

pleas

301
Q

arresting

A

striking, conspicuous

302
Q

expound

A

present; explain

303
Q

manifest

A

clear or obvious (to the mind)

304
Q

proscription

A

prohibition

305
Q

wiles

A

chicaneries

306
Q

providential

A

opportune; divine

307
Q

exhort; exhortation

A

enjoining

308
Q

stalwart

A

staunch

309
Q

formidable

A

intimidating; onerous

310
Q

glean

A

obtain (information)

311
Q

aphorism

A

a saying

312
Q

stature

A

a person’s natural height; reputation proceeded by accomplishments

313
Q

preclude

A

prevent from happening

314
Q

sequestered; sequestration

A

isolated; confiscation

315
Q

disquieted

A

a feeling of anxiety or worry

316
Q

vexed

A

difficult and debated

317
Q

exonerate; exonerated

A

absolve (someone)

318
Q

perturbe; perturbation

A

uneasiness or anxiety

319
Q

assignation

A

an appointment made in secret; an allocation of something to someone

320
Q

accord

A

grant someone power; agreement

321
Q

ravage

A

damage

322
Q

abate

A

become less intense

323
Q

founder

A

fill with water and sink; very cold; establish (something)

324
Q

extoll

A

praise

325
Q

pedant; pedantic

A

excessively concerned with details

326
Q

redactor

A

edit (text) for a publication

327
Q

savant

A

talented and learned person

328
Q

substantiate

A

provide evidence to support the truth of

329
Q

abrogate; abrogated

A

repeal or do away with

330
Q

preempt

A

forestall

331
Q

predisposed

A

inclined or tendency

332
Q

disburse

A

pay out (from a fund)

333
Q

circumvent

A

avoid (an obstacle)

334
Q

betray; betrayed

A

disloyal; unintentionally disclose

335
Q

vanquish; vanquished

A

defeat thoroughly

336
Q

piquant

A

intriguing

337
Q

histrionic

A

melodramatic

338
Q

ostentation

A

showiness

339
Q

judicious

A

good judgement or sense, wise

340
Q

nonplussed

A

confused; perturbed

341
Q

clairvoyant

A

a psychic

342
Q

galvanize

A

shock someone into taking actions

343
Q

lambaste

A

criticize

344
Q

inane

A

lacking meaning; silly

345
Q

scrupulous

A

careful; honest

346
Q

unscrupulous

A

having no morals

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