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Euphemism

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Expressing something in less severe terms “he passed away” rather than “he died”

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Endemic

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A british accent is endemic to the British population - something that is very restricted to a geopgraphical location

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Dessicate

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Dry out

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idiosyncracy

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specific behaviour associated with a person

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vim

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energyvand enthusiasm

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kindle

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to fire up

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molt

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to skin an animal

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antipathy

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aversion towards

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Ossify

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To turn into bone, to turn old

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Potentate

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A powerful person

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Solecism

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usage of language that isnt correct

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attenuate

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to weaken

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Aggregate

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One turn into many

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Abstemious

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To be moserate in eating or drinking

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Castogation

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To reprimand harshly

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Paradoxical

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“to be kind you have to be harsh” an opposing statement with some kind of truth in it

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Intrepid

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Fearless

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Implacable

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A person that cannot be appeased

also means uns stoppable

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Inert

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If a person is inert, they have no power to action, they cannot make any change

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sully

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To soil or tarnish the quality of something

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Mar

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To damage or to spoil, similar to sully

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multifarious

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having many different parts or forms

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flout

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to go against “the rules” for example

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Lumbar

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to move clumsily

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Demur

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to make an objection

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debutante

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an upper class woman making her first appearance at an societal event

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Propitiate

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To win the favour of a god

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toady

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a person who flatters another person unstoppably

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bombastic

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for example a speech that sounds very pompous but actually has little content

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impermeable

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cannot pass

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jargon

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specialised language

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sardonic

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your lamguage is characterised by being mockful

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monastic

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living like a monk, in austerity, ascetic terms,

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pervade

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to soread through all parts of

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dyspeptic

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being moody due tonindigestion

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assuage

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make milder or less severe

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coagulate

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to thicken

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vernal

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connected to soring time - youthfulness

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recondite

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knowledge relating to something deeper or to even something esoteric

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quiescent

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being at rest

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archaic

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very old

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innocuous

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not harmful

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subpoena

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legal way to attend someone to attend court

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quibble

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slight objection

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parley

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peace negotiation

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decorum

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behaviour in keeping woth good taste; etoquette

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gouge

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to dig or force out

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lucid

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it’s plain, obvious, understandable

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derivative

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imitative of something else; uniriginal

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solicitous

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showing interest or concern

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to husband

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to be frugal

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placate

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to calm someone down

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confound

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to cause surprise or confusion

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peripatetic

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to travel from place to place

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obstinate

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stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinions

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diaphonous

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light delicate usually for fabric

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puerile

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childish

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précis

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short text summary

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venerable

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lerson to be rspected

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dilatory

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slow to act

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admonish

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to reprimand but not as strong as castigate

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ingratiate

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to put yourself into someone’s favour by pleasing them

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euphony

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being pleasing to listen to

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larceny

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wrongful taking of other peoples goods

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obdurate

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unmoved by persuasion

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panegyric

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a public piece of text praising someone

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rococo

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ornamental design style

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sublime

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elevated or lofty in throughts or lamguage

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apostate

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who renoumces a belief

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pithy

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to be concise with words

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dilettante

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someone who has an interest in an area but lacks the commitment to it

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abscond

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leavjng in a hurry

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delineate

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trace the outline of

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felicitous

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well chosen to the circumstances

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livid

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super angry

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axiom

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a self evident truth that requires no proof

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discerning

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having good judgement

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striated

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striped or streaked

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latent

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dormant

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listless

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lerhargic

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circumsprect

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to be cautious

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inundate

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overwhelm

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precipitate

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to cause it

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aerie

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large birds nest

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ambivalence

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state of having mixed feelings about something

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gambol

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run or jump about playfully

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nell

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bell

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palatial

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like a palace

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ardour

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great warmth of feeling

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rustic

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relating to counteyside

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irassible

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easily angered

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parry

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to ward an attack off

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pungent

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sharply affects your smell organs

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upbraid

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to find fault with/to reprimand

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surly

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bad tempered

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whimsical

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overimaginative notions

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feted

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extremely bad smell

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deference

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respectful submission to someone else

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wham

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unnatural, suckly pallor / ill/exhaustr

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to lord

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to sing praises

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exonerate

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free of blame

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eficious

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someone who is authoritative on unnecessary matters

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cloying

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sickening with excessive sweetness

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rarify

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to make thin/rare/less dense

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pulcritude

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physical beauty

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conundrum

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confusin, difgicult oroblem

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taciturn

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untalkative

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advocate

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public supporter of…

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missif

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a long official ketter

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neologism

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new word

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imperturbable

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unable to excite someone

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magnanimous

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very generous or forgiving

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adulterate

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make something poorer in quality

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emulate

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match or surpass an achievement

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polemic

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strong attack

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fertive

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try to avoid notice or attention

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sintilla

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a tiny trace of something

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esoteric

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intended for only a small amount of people with specialised knowledge

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to enervate

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to drain of energy

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xenophobia

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fear of people from other places

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precarious

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uncertain unsafe

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largesse

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generosity in bestiwing money

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inequity

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immiral or grossky unfair

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analogous

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comparable in certain respects

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ingrate

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ungrateful person

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harangue

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lemgthy aggressive speech

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caustic

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able to corrode tissue

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empirical

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based on onservations and experience

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opaque

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not transparent

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lament

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a passionate expression of grief

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consiliatory

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intended to placate/call down

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ephemeral

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short lived

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solubcisim

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Only the self can be known to exists

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philistine

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a person who is indifferent to culture and arts

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legidomaine

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useful ise of your hands

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indolent

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to be lazy

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transgression

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act that goes against a law or a rule

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fasicious

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to treat serious issues with inappropriate humour

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juncture

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a particular point in events or time

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tenuous

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very weak or slight

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contrite

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feeling or expressing remorse

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inter

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to place a corpse into a grave

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sacrosanct

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sacred

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hegemony

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leadership or dominance

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salient

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most moticeable or important thing

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intractable

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hard to control

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metamorphosis’s

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the process of transformations from one to another form

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elicit

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to draw out

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maverick

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unorthodox or independent minded person

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cacophonous

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ear splitting noises

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gileless

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innocent

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anadine

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something that releived pain or distress

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pariah

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outcast, persona non grata

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ford

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a shallow place in a river that you can drive across

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commensurate

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corresponding in proportional

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imprication

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a curse

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eclectic

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ideas from a diverse range of sourcses

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disjointed

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lacking commection

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legubrious

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looking sad

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coder

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concluding passage of a piece or movement

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phlagmatic

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unemotional disposition

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discrete

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individually separate

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maladiction

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magical word or phrase to bring about some evi

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philanthropy

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the desire to promote the welfare of others

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complacent

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to be obliging

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yoke

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a way of fastening animals together; something oppressive

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lavish

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rich

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abyss

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deep hole

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cupidity

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greed for money

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digression

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temporary departure from main subject

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opine

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to state your opinion

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segaceous

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good judgement

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eulogy

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praising someone highly

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libertine

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a person who behaves without moral principles

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pare

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to trim something

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marose

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to be ill tempered

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mandatious

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not telling the truth

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fractious

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to be irritable

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lassitude

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a lack of energy

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zephir

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soft breeze

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artless

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to be naive

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insipid

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lacking flavour

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garner

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to gather or collect

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enigma

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mysterious thing

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mitigate

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to make less severe

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coffer

A

small chest for holding valuables

187
Q

antagonise

A

to cause someone to become hostile

188
Q

garrulous

A

excessively talkative

189
Q

implode

A

to collapse

190
Q

strutt

A

bar forming part of a framework; verb: stiff, erect, arrogant gate

191
Q

pragmatic

A

dealing with things practically

192
Q

contentious

A

likely to cause an argument

193
Q

loquacious

A

to be talkative

194
Q

prudence

A

to be cautious

195
Q

replete

A

to be well stocked

196
Q

impede

A

to delay something

197
Q

doctrineur

A

to impose a doctrine without regard to practicality

198
Q

distill

A

to purify something,

199
Q

pedant

A

a person who is excessively concerned with minor detail

200
Q

invidious

A

likely to arouse anger in others

201
Q

arbitrate

A

to reach an authoritative judgement

202
Q

mundane

A

lacking interest

203
Q

propriety

A

conforming to conventionality

204
Q

shard

A

broken glass piece

205
Q

arbitrary

A

based on random choice

206
Q

efficacy

A

ability to produce desired result

207
Q

trussulent

A

eager to fight

208
Q

pecadillo

A

a small offence

209
Q

spartan

A

indifference to comfort or luxury

210
Q

impecunious

A

having little or no money

211
Q

amalgamate

A

to combine or unit

212
Q

rave

A

ghost like image of someone

213
Q

neophyte

A

a person new to a subject or skill

214
Q

impetuous

A

acting quickly

215
Q

partisan

A

strong supporter of a party

216
Q

negate

A

to nullify or make ineffective

217
Q

gyle

A

sly intelligence

218
Q

skeptic

A

inclined to doubt

219
Q

insularity

A

cultures ideas or people

220
Q

onerous

A

a large amount of effort

221
Q

reproach

A

to express disapproval

222
Q

prattle

A

to talk foolishly

223
Q

appropriate

A

to take smth for your own use

224
Q

strategem

A

plan or scheme to outwit opponent

225
Q

grovel

A

to lie with face downwars

226
Q

tawdry

A

flashy

227
Q

torper

A

state of physical inactivity

228
Q

sportive

A

playful

229
Q

ingenuous

A

innocent and unsuspecting

230
Q

plethora

A

large amount

231
Q

causality

A

cause and effect

232
Q

sage

A

a profoundly wise man

233
Q

erudite

A

showing great knowledge

234
Q

perfunctory

A

minimum of effort

235
Q

sinicure

A

little or now work required but gives money

236
Q

declivity

A

downward slope

237
Q

veracious

A

speaking the truth

238
Q

iconoclast

A

person who attacks cherished beliefs

239
Q

penchant

A

stron liking for something

240
Q

contumatious

A

stubborn

241
Q

expergate

A

remove matter

242
Q

redress

A

remidying a situation

243
Q

itinerant

A

person who travels from place to place

244
Q

assail

A

attack

245
Q

emconium

A

writing that praises someone

246
Q

borr

A

ill refined prson

247
Q

paragon

A

perfect example of a quality person

248
Q

lionise

A

to give a lot of pubic attention to someone

249
Q

obsequious

A

to be extremely servile

250
Q

tiro

A

beginner

251
Q

verdant

A

green countryside

252
Q

abate

A

become less intense

253
Q

platitude

A

remark that is used so often it becomes uninteresting

254
Q

plummet

A

to fall or drop

255
Q

levity

A

frivolity

256
Q

lampoon

A

to publicly cirticise someone using satire

257
Q

irresolut

A

shwoing hesitancy

258
Q

umbridge

A

taking offence

259
Q

pervasive

A

spreading widely throughout an area

260
Q

plebian

A

commoner

261
Q

inurd

A

to become hardened

262
Q

embellish

A

to make something more attractive

263
Q

fawn

A

to affection

264
Q

amortise

A

paying off the cost of an asset

265
Q

beneficent

A

generous

266
Q

restive

A

unable to rest

267
Q

deface

A

spoi appearance of smth

268
Q

bellfry

A

where bells are house

269
Q

substantiate

A

to provide support to

270
Q

eschew

A

to abstain from smth

271
Q

welter

A

to move in a turbuluent fashion

272
Q

calumny

A

false statements about someone

273
Q

to flag

A

to become weaker

274
Q

surfate

A

excessive amount of smth

275
Q

leary

A

cautious or wary

276
Q

anachronism

A

belonging to a different time period

277
Q

abdure

A

renounce a belief

278
Q

cartography

A

science of drawing maps

279
Q

divine

A

like a god

280
Q

deride

A

to mock someone

281
Q

droll

A

comical in some way

282
Q

veracity

A

accuracy

283
Q

refractory

A

stubborn, unmanagemable

284
Q

terrestrial

A

earthly

285
Q

canard

A

unfounded rumour

286
Q

amulate

A

ornament

287
Q

rejoindre

A

sharp reply

288
Q

panoply

A

impressive collection of thigns

289
Q

exigency

A

urgent need

290
Q

verigated

A

exhibiting different colours

291
Q

diffidence

A

modesty

292
Q

inquest

A

judicial inquiry about incident

293
Q

arrogate

A

take or claim something without justification

294
Q

impious

A

not showing respect to god

295
Q

secrete

A

to discharge

296
Q

plucky

A

having courage in face of difficulty

297
Q

autonomous

A

self government

298
Q

condone

A

accepting something

299
Q

hapless

A

unfortunate person

300
Q

oblique

A

slanting line / oblique statement

301
Q

contention

A

assertion maintained in an argument

302
Q

dichotomy

A

contrast between two things

303
Q

aberrant

A

declutting from an accepted standard

304
Q

inexorable

A

impossible to stop

305
Q

vestage

A

tiniest amount

306
Q

distend

A

to swell

307
Q

buttress

A

some projecting support from the wall

308
Q

repudiate

A

refuse to accet

309
Q

waiver

A

to become unreliable

310
Q

profligate

A

recklessly extravagant

311
Q

nettle

A

to irritate

312
Q

soporific

A

tends to induce sleep

313
Q

querulous

A

to be irritable

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