PART B VOCAB Flashcards
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Absorbent
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able to absorb liquid (not repellent); open to arguments, ideas, or change; ready or willing to receive favorably; of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
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Acquisitive
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eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
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Acute
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Present or experienced to a severe or intense degree
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Affectation
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Behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress
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Allusive
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characterized by or containing allusion : making implied or indirect references
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Aloof
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Not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant
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Altruistic
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Showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish
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Ambivalence
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The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
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Ambivalent
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uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
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Anguished
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experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
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Apathetic
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marked by a lack of interest; showing little or no emotion or animation
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Apoplectic
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Overcome with anger; extremely indignant
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Ardent
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glowing or shining like fire; characterized by strong enthusiasm; characterized by intense emotion
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Arrogant
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having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride
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Ascetic
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Characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons
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Assiduously
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With care and persistence
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Assuage
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Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
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Atrophy
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Waste away, typically due to the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution
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Auspicious
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Conducive to success; favorable
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Avarice
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excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain. excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness, cupidity.
taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit; noun a person who places expediency above principle
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Aversion
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A strong dislike or disinclination
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Bantering
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cleverly amusing in tone
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Belligerent
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engaged in war; characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; noun someone who fights (or is fighting)
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Benevolent
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generous in providing aid to others; intending or showing kindness; generous in assistance to the poor; showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
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Burlesque
relating to or characteristic of a burlesque; a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease); a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
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Candid
openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared; characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
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Characterized
characterized by romantic imagery; characteristic of or befitting poetry; of or relating to poetry; of or relating to poets
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Checkered
having a checkered or mottled appearance; decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together
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Circumlocution
The use of many words where fewer would do, esp.
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Circumspect
Wary and unwilling to take risks
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Clinical
scientifically detached; unemotional; relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients
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Colloquial
characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
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Commensurate
Corresponding in size or degree; in proportion
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Compassionate
showing or having compassion; showing merciful compassion
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Compassionate
showing or having compassion; showing merciful compassion; share the suffering of
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Complacency
A feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements
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Complimentary
conveying or resembling a compliment; costing nothing
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Conceit (n.)
Excessive pride in oneself
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Concessions
intended or likely to overcome animosity or hostility; making or willing to make concessions
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Conciliatory
Intended or likely to placate or pacify
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Condescending
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
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Condescending
Acting in a way that betrays a feeling of patronizing superiority
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Conflagration
An extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property
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Congenial
Pleasant because of a personality, qualities, or interests that are similar to one's own
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Constancy
The quality of being faithful and dependable
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Consternation
Feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected
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Contemptuous
expressing extreme contempt
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Contentious
involving or likely to cause controversy; inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in lawsuits
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Cynical
believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
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Cynicism
An inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism
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Debilitate
Make (someone) weak and infirm
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Deleterious
Causing harm or damage
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Deprecating
tending to diminish or disparage
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Despair
the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well; a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly; verb abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
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Despondency
A state of low spirits caused by loss of hope or courage
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Detached
used of buildings; standing apart from others; no longer connected or joined; not fixed in position; being or feeling set or kept apart from others; showing lack of emotional involvement
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Determined by chance or impulse
Rather than by necessity or reason
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Didactic
instructive (especially excessively)
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Diffident
lacking self-confidence; showing modest reserve
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Dilapidated
in deplorable condition
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Diminution
the act of decreasing or reducing something
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Dingy
depressing in character or appearance
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Disconsolate
causing dejection
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Discourse
extended verbal expression in speech or writing
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Disdainful
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; expressing extreme contempt
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Domineer
rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
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Dramatic
suitable to or characteristic of drama; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style; pertaining to or characteristic of drama
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Effusive
extravagantly demonstrative
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Effusive
extravagantly demonstrative; uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
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Elegiac
expressing sorrow often for something past; resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy
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Elicit
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
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Emaciated
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
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Emancipated
free from traditional social restraints
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Epithet
a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
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Ethereal
characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
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Expedient
a means to an end
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Expedite
process fast and efficiently
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Expunge
remove by erasing or crossing out
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Extol
praise, glorify, or honor
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Extricate
release from entanglement of difficulty
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Exuberant
produced or growing in extreme abundance; unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; joyously unrestrained
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Facetious
cleverly amusing in tone
treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.
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Factual
characterized by fact; of or relating to or characterized by facts; existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; existing in act or fact
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Fallacious
based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information
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Fastidious
giving and careful attention to detail
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Fawn (v.)
to flatter excessively, seek the favor of
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Flagrant
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
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Flamboyant
richly and brilliantly colorful; elaborately or excessively ornamented; noun showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
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Flippant
showing inappropriate levity
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Forbearing
showing patient and unruffled self-control and restraint under adversity
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Free Radical
an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule
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Frivolous
not serious in content or attitude or behavior
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Fruitless
unproductive of success
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Furtive
secret and sly or sordid
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Gaudy (-iness)
Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless
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Genteel
marked by refinement in taste and manners
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Gracious
disposed to bestow favors; characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit; exhibiting courtesy and politeness; characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects
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Gullible
easily tricked because of being too trusting; naive and easily deceived or tricked
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Haughtiness
overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
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Heedlessness
the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
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Hypocritical
acting in a way that goes against your stated beliefs
professing feelings or virtues one does not have
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IDIOTS INCREASES
A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual
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Immoderate
not within reasonable limits
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Impartial
showing lack of favoritism; free from undue bias or preconceived opinions
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Implausible
having a quality that provokes disbelief
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Incisive
suitable for cutting or piercing; having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
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Incongruity
the quality of disagreeing
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Indefatigable
showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality
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Indifferent
showing no care or concern in attitude or action; neither too great nor too little; being neither good nor bad; characterized by a lack of partiality; marked by no especial liking or dislike or preference for one thing over another; fairly poor to not very good; (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed; (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other; marked by a lack of interest; having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
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Indignant
angered at something unjust or wrong
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Indignation
a feeling of righteous anger
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Indolence
inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
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Indulgent
easy tolerant and kind in the judgment of and expectations for others
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Infallibility
the quality of never making an error
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Inflammatory
characterized or caused by inflammation; arousing to action or rebellion
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Informative
providing or conveying information; serving to instruct or enlighten or inform; tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
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Inhibited
held back or restrained or prevented
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Innocuous
unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
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Inquisitive
showing curiosity; inquiring or appearing to inquire
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Inscrutable
of an obscure nature
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Insipid
not pleasing to the sense of taste
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Insipid
not pleasing to the sense of taste; lacking interest or significance; lacking significance or impact; lacking taste or flavor or tang
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Insolent
unrestrained by convention or propriety; marked by casual disrespect
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Insolvency
the lack of financial resources
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Intercede
act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
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Intimidating
discouraging through fear
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Intractable
stubborn
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Ironic
characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; humorously sarcastic or mocking
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Irrational
not consistent with or using reason; real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers; noun a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number
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Irrelevant
having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
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Irreverence
a disrespectful act
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Justice
the administration of law; the act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments; the quality of being just or fair; the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870; a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
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Languid
lacking spirit or liveliness
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Learned
acquired by learning; highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; established by conditioning or learning; having or showing profound knowledge
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Levity
lightness of manner
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Linguistic Root
the form of a word after all affixes are removed
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Litany
a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
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Logogram
a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
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Loll
be lazy or idle
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Malicious
having the nature of or resulting from malice
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Malign
speak unfavorably about
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Manipulate
treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposes; hold something in one's hands and move it; control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; influence or control shrewdly or deviously; manipulate in a fraudulent manner; fake or falsify
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Marvel
something that causes feelings of wonder; express astonishment or surprise about something; be amazed at
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Maxim
a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits; English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)
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Maxim
a saying that widely accepted on its own merits
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Mediocre
poor to middling in quality; moderate to inferior in quality; lacking exceptional quality or ability
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Melancholy
a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
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Mercurial
liable to sudden unpredictable change
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Mercurial
relating to or containing or caused by mercury; relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; liable to sudden unpredictable change
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Metamorphoses
great changes
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Metamorphosis
a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft; the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals; a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
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Metaphor
a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
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Metrical
the rhythmic arrangement of syllables; based on the meter as a standard of measurement
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Metronome
clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music
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Milieu
the environmental condition
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Mimic
constituting an imitation; someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress); imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect
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Misgivings
doubts
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Mock-heroic
a satirical imitation of heroic verse
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Modesty
formality and propriety of manner; freedom from vanity or conceit
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Molecule
two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
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Monstrous
abnormally large; distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; shockingly brutal or cruel
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Moral
concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect; arising from the sense of right and wrong; relating to principles of right and wrong; i.e. to morals or ethics; adhering to ethical and moral principles; the significance of a story or event
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Moralistic
narrowly and conventionally moral
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Mores (n.)
moral attitudes
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Mortal
unrelenting and deadly; subject to death; causing or capable of causing death; involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; a human being
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Motif
a design that consists of recurring shapes or colors; a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music; a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
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Mundane
belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with the world or worldly matters; found in the ordinary course of events
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Muse
the source of an artist's inspiration; in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science; reflect deeply on a subject
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Mythic
relating to or having the nature of myth; based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity
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Narcissism
an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself
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Nemesis
(Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance; something causes misery or death
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Nostalgic
unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons
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Notion
(usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items; a general inclusive concept; an odd or fanciful or capricious idea; a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
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Objective
belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events; undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation; serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; noun the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed; the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
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Objectivity
judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices
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Obstinate
persist stubbornly
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Obstinate
resistant to guidance or discipline; stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield; persist stubbornly
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Omnipotent
having unlimited power
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Optimism
noun a general disposition to expect the best in all things; the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well
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Oration
a public speech for a formal occasion
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Oration
noun an instance of oratory
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Orthodox
adj. adhering to what is commonly accepted; of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism; of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church
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Pacify
verb fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location); cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the goodwill of
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Pageant
noun an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes; a rich and spectacular ceremony
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Pallor
noun unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
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Paradox
noun (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
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Paramount
adj. having superior power and influence
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Parenthetical
adj. qualifying or explaining; placed or as if placed in parentheses; noun an expression in parentheses
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Passivity
noun the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative; submission to others or to outside influences
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Pastoral
adj. of or relating to a pastor; suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; used of idealized country life; relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; noun a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds); a letter from a pastor to the congregation; a musical composition that evokes rural life
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Pathos
a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
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Pathos
noun a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); a style that has the power to evoke feelings; a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
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Patronizing
(used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
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Patronizing
adj. (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
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Pedant
noun a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
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Pedantic
marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
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Pensive
showing pensive sadness; persistently or morbidly thoughtful
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Perception
noun the process of perceiving; knowledge gained by perceiving; a way of conceiving something; becoming aware of something via the senses; the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
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Peril
noun a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; a state of danger involving risk; verb put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position; pose a threat to; present a danger to
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Perplex
verb be a mystery or bewildering to; make more complicated
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Persistence
noun the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; persistent determination; the property of a continuous and connected period of time
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Persistent
never-ceasing; retained; not shed; continually recurring to the mind
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Personification
noun the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.; representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature; a person who represents an abstract quality
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Pessimistic
expecting the worst in this worst of all possible worlds
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Petty
contemptibly narrow in outlook; (informal) small and of little importance; inferior in rank or status; noun larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
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Petulance
noun an irritable petulant feeling
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Petulant
easily irritated or annoyed
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Physicality
noun preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites
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Piety
noun righteousness by virtue of being pious
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Pinnacle
noun (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower; a lofty peak; the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; verb raise on or as if on a pinnacle; surmount with a pinnacle
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Pious
having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; devoutly religious
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Placidity
a feeling of calmness
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Plenitude
noun a full supply
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Plight
noun a solemn pledge of fidelity; a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; verb promise solemnly and formally; give to in marriage
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Poetic
adj.
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Poetry
literature in metrical form; any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling
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Pomposity
lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
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Portentous
of momentous or ominous significance; puffed up with vanity; ominously prophetic
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Pragmatic
of or concerning the theory of pragmatism; concerned with practical matters; guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; noun an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land
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Prattle
idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
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Precede
furnish with a preface or introduction; move ahead (of others) in time or space; be the predecessor of; come before; be earlier in time; go back further
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Precedent
preceding in time, order, or significance; noun an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time; a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time); (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions; a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
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Precocious
appearing or developing early
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Precocious
appearing or developing early; characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)
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Pretence
the act of giving a false appearance; an artful or simulated semblance; a false or unsupportable quality; imaginative intellectual play; pretending with intention to deceive
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Pretentious
making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; intended to attract notice and impress others; of a display that is tawdry or vulgar
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Prevalent
encountered generally especially at the present time
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Pristine
immaculately clean and unused; completely free from dirt or contamination
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Profuse
produced or growing in extreme abundance
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Profusion
the property of being extremely abundant
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Progressive
advancing in severity; favoring or promoting reform (often by government action); favoring or promoting progress; (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases; gradually advancing in extent; noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going; a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
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Prolific
intellectually productive
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Promontory
a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
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Proverb
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
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Provocative
serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; exciting sexual desire
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Prowess
a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
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Prudent
careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment
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Pummel
strike, usually with the fist
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Pun
a humorous play on words; verb make a play on words
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Punitive
inflicting punishment
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Quandary
state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options; a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
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Radical
especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem; arising from or going to the root; of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root; (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; markedly new or introducing radical change; noun a sign placed in front of an expression to denote that a root is to be extracted; a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram; a person who has radical ideas or opinions; (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule; an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule
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Radical
far beyond the norm; markedly new or introducing radical change
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Ramble
an aimless amble on a winding course; verb move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; continue talking or writing in a desultory manner
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Ratify
approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
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Recalcitrant
marked by stubborn resistance to authority
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Recluse
one who lives in solitude
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Reflective
devoted to matters of the mind; capable of physically reflecting light or sound; persistently or morbidly thoughtful
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Refrain
the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers; resist doing something; choose not to consume
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Regress
the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence; returning to a former state; get worse or fall back to a previous condition; go back to a statistical means; go back to bad behavior; go back to a previous state
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Regressive
opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state; (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases
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Relinquish
to the power of another; yield to the control of another; release, as from one's grip; turn away from; give up; part with a possession or right; do without or cease to hold or adhere to
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Remorse
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
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Rend (v.)
split; tear apart
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Repugnant
offensive to the mind
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Resentment
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
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Resignation
a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign; the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.); acceptance of despair
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Resigned
having come to accept; showing utter resignation or hopelessness
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Resonant
inducing resonance; characterized by reverberation
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Resonate
be received or understood; sound with resonance
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Resourceful
having inner resources; adroit or imaginative
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Respite
a pause from doing something (as work)
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Resplendent
having great beauty and splendor
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Restrained
under restraint; prudent; cool and formal in manner; free from ostentation or pretension; not showy or obtrusive; marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
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Retribution
the act of correcting for your wrongdoing; a justly deserved penalty; the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
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Retrospect
contemplation of things past; look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
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Revelation
an enlightening or astonishing disclosure; the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the apostle; communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency; the speech act of making something evident
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Reverie
an abstracted state of absorption; absentminded dreaming while awake
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Revulsion
intense aversion
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Rhetoric
study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking); using language effectively to please or persuade; loud and confused and empty talk; high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
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Ridicule
language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate; the act of deriding or treating with contempt; subject to laughter or ridicule
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Ripe
at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; fully prepared or eager; far along in time; most suitable or right for a particular purpose
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Roiled
(of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; aroused to impatience or anger
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Root
a sign placed in front of an expression to denote that a root is to be extracted
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Rotundity
the roundness of a 3-dimensional object
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Ruthless
without mercy or pity
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Salve (v.)
to soothe
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Sarcasm
witty language used to convey insults or scorn
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Sardonic
disdainfully or ironically humorous
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Sardonic
disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
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Satiric
exposing human folly to ridicule
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Savour
the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth; derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; taste appreciatively; give taste to; have flavor; taste of something
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Sceptic
someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
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Scintillating
brilliantly clever; having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; marked by high spirits or excitement
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Scornful
expressing extreme contempt
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Seduction
enticing someone astray from right behavior; an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
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Self
(used as a combining form) relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self; your consciousness of your own identity; a person considered as a unique individual
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Selfless
showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
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Sensation
involving or derived from the senses; of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; relating to or concerned in sensation
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Sentimental
given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality; effusively or insincerely emotional
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Sentimentality
noun extravagant or affected feeling or emotion; falsely emotional in a maudlin way
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Servile
adj. submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; relating to or involving slaves
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Servile
submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
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Sestet
a rhythmic group of six lines of verse
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Shrewd
used of persons
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Simile
noun a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
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Skittish
unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
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Slipshod
marked by great carelessness
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Smug
adj. marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction
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Sombre
grave or even gloomy in character; lacking brightness or color; dull
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Squalid
foul and run-down and repulsive
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Squelch
noun an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise; a crushing remark; verb suppress or crush completely; walk through mud or mire; make a sucking sound; to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
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Stalwart
a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
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Starkness
noun the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation
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Steadfast
marked by firm determination or resolution
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Stigmatize
verb mark with a stigma or stigmata; to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
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Strewn
(used with 'with' or in combination) covered by or as if by something scattered over or on
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Sublime
adj. lifted up or set high; inspiring awe; of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; worthy of adoration or reverence; verb vaporize and then condense right back again; change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
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Submissive
adj. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
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Subservient
abjectly submissive
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Subtle
adj. faint and difficult to analyze; able to make fine distinctions; working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
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Sullen
darkened by clouds; showing a brooding ill humor
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Superficial
adj. being or affecting or concerned with a surface; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; of little substance or significance; relating to a surface; involving a surface only
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Superlative
adj. highest in quality; noun the superlative form of an adjective; an exaggerated expression (usually of praise); the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
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Superfluous
unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.
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Surmount
verb be on top of; be or do something to a greater degree; get on top of; deal with successfully; reach the highest point of
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Sustenance
noun the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; a source of materials to nourish the body; the financial means whereby one lives
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Sympathetic
expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system; having similar disposition and tastes; relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
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Synchronous
adj. occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase; (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions
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Synecdoche
noun substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa
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Synod
noun a council convened to discuss ecclesiastical business
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Taciturn
habitually reserved and uncommunicative
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Tactful
showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people
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Tangible
adj. perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value; capable of being treated as fact; capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
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Tantalize
harass with persistent criticism or carping
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Taunting
abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; noun aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
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Teeming
adj. abundantly filled with especially living things
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Temperament
noun an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys; excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly); your usual mood
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Tenuous
adj. very thin in gauge or diameter; having thin consistency; having little substance or significance
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Terse
brief and to the point
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Tessellated
adj.
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Tolerance
the act of tolerating something; the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions; willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others; a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior; a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
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Tranquility
a disposition free from stress or emotion; a state of peace and quiet; an untroubled state; free from disturbances
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Transcend
go beyond
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Transformation
the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA; a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure; a qualitative change; (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
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Transience
the attribute of being brief or fleeting
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Transitory
enduring a very short time
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Tread
structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step; the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground; the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire; a step in walking or running
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Treason
a crime that undermines the offender's government; disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior; an act of deliberate betrayal
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Trite
repeated too often
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Tumultuous
characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
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Turgid
abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; ostentatiously lofty in style
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Unattainable
impossible to achieve
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Undulate
having a wavy margin and rippled surface; increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; stir up (water) so as to form ripples; occur in soft rounded shapes
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Unity
the quality of being united into one; an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
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Unprecedented
having no precedent; novel
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Urgent
compelling immediate action
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Vain
unproductive of success; characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
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Venerate
regard with feelings of respect and reverence
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Verbose
using or containing too many words
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Verdict
(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment
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Vibrant
of colors that are bright and striking; of sounds that are strong and resonating; vigorous and animated
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Vigorous
characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity; strong and active physically or mentally
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Vigour
an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); active strength of body or mind; forceful exertion
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Vilify
spread negative information about
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Vindictive
showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt
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Virtue
the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong; a particular moral excellence; morality with respect to sexual relations; any admirable quality or attribute
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Vivid
having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience; (of color) having the highest saturation; having striking color; evoking lifelike images within the mind
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Voraciously
Wanting or devouring great quantities of food
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Vulnerable
capable of being wounded or hurt; susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation; susceptible to attack
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Wanton
Deliberate and unprovoked
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Whimsical
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
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Zest
a tart spicy quality; vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment; add herbs or spices to
