Real List Flashcards
(218 cards)
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Abhor
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To feel hatred for.
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Abjure
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To reject solemnly.
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Abortive
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rematurely born, fruitless, unsuccessful
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Abrogate
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Repeal or do away with, Avskaffa.
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Accost
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To approach and speak in an often challenging or aggressive way.
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Acme
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The highest point or stage.
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Acrimonious
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Angry and bitter, especially in feeling, language, or manner.
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Adroit
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Having or showing skill in handling situations.
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Alacrity
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Cheerful response.
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Altruistic
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Having or showing an unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
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Ameliorate
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To make better or more tolerable.
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Amicable
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Peaceable.
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Anathema
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Someone or something intensely disliked or loathed.
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Annals
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A record of events arranged I yearly sequence.
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Anomaly
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Something different or not easily classified.
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Appellation
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An identifying name or title. Like Dr.
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Ardent
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Very passionate and enthusiastic.
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Artifice
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An industry dominated by trickery.
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Artless
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Without guile or deception, eg. Natural, simple.
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Asperity
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Harshess of tone or manners.
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Assiduous
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Showing great care and perseverance.
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Audacity
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A willingness to take bold risks.
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Avarice
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Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
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Banal
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Often used and therefor boring.
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Belligerent
Hostile and aggressive.
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Benignity
Kindness or tolerance against others.
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Blatant
Obvious.
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Brash
Full of oneself
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Burgeon
Grow or increase rapidly
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Cabal
Group, set, party, camp
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Cache
A collection of the same type stored in a hidden place
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Cajole
Persuade someone to do something with flattery
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Callous
Showing or having an insensitive or cruel disregard forwards others
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Cant
Hypocrite you, humbug, empty talk
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Capricious
Variable, unstable
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Caustic
Able to burn or corrode tissue by chemical action.
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Celerity
Swiftness of movement
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Choleric
Bad tempered or irritable
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Clique
Inner circle, group
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Cogent
Convincing, compelling
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Complacent
Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction
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Complicity
Collusion, involvement, collaborations
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Conflagration
Fire
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Conjecture
Opinion based on inconclusive information
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Consternation
Feeling of anxiety
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Contort
To bend out of shape
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Culpable
Deserving blame
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Cursory
Uninterested, half hearted
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Dearth
Lack of something
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Debris
Scattered pieces of rubbish or remains
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Decadence
Moral or cultural decline characterised by indulgent interest in luxury
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Decrepit
Worn out our ruined by age or neglect
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Deleterious
Causing harm or damage
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Demur
Show reluctance
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Denouement
Final part where the plot is explained
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Derogatory
Showing a disrespectful attitude
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Desultory
Lacking a plan or purpose
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Detriment
State of being harmed
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Diatribe
Forceful and bitter verbal attack
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Dilatory
Slow to act
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Discern
Recognise or find out
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Disparate
Different in kind
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Disseminate
Spread
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Duress
Threats that force someone to do something
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Edifice
A large imposing building
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Efficacy
The ability to produce a desired result.
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Egregious
Outstandingly bad
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Elicit
Evoke or draw out something from someone.
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Eminent
Esteem, notable, great
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Encomium
A piece of writing or speech that praises someone highly.
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Enervated
Making someone feel drained of energy
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Ennui
A feeling of boredom.
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Epitome
Essence, model, classic example
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Eschew
Refrain from, avoid using.
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Euphemism
Polite term, indirect word or expression.
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Evanescent
Vanishing, fading.
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Exacerbate
Aggrivate, make worse.
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Excoriate
Remove pet of surface skin.
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Exculpatory
Declare that someone is not guilty
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Exonerate
Release someone from an obligation
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Expunge
Erased, removed, deleted
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Extentuate
Sträcka ut
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Extol
Praise entustiasticly
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Extortion
The practice of obtaining something.
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Facetious
Treating an inappropriately situation with deliberate humor.
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Factitious
Artificially created
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Fallacious
Based on a misstanken belief
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Fastidious
Perfectionist
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Fatuous
Silly, foolish, stupid
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Felicitous
Fortunate, advantageous
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Flagrant
Obvious
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Foist
Introduce
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Fortuitous
Lucky, fortunate
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Fraught
Anxious, worried
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Fulsome
Compelmentary to a unflattering degree
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Garrulous
Excessively talkative
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G
Relevant, applicable
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Gesticulate
Signal
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Gregarious
Social, friendly
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Guile
Willingness, intelligence
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Guise
Lioness, form, shape
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Gullible
Over trusting, easily persuaded
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Heinous
Wicked, evil
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Histrionics
Dramatics, theatrics
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Hyperbole
Exaggeration, overstatement
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Ignominious
Humiliating, embarrassing
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Impeccable
Flawless, spotless
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Importune
Harass someone to do something
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Impunity
Freedom of punshiment
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Inchoate
Just begun and not so developed
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Indict
Charged with, accused of
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Indigent
Poor, needy
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Indolent
Lazy
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Inebriated
Make some one drunk, intoxicated
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Inexorable
Impossible to stop or prevent
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Ingratiate
Bringing oneself to favour by flattering someone else
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Insatiable
Uncontrollable
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Internecine
Deathly, bloody, internal, family
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Intrepid
Fearless, adventurous
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Inundate
Swamped, overwhelmed
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Inveigh
Protest
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Itinerant
Travelling, roaming, touring
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Jaunty
Cheerful, happy
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Juxtapose
Compare, context
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Laconic
Brief, quiet
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Lassitude
Lack of energy
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Lethargic
Sluggish, lazy
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Lithe
Graceful, slender, slim
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Livid
Furiously angry, (dark in colour)
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Loathe
Hate
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Lugubrious
Sad, unhappy, gloomy
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Lurid
Brightly coloured, exaggerated
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Malevolent
Evil-minded
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Malleable
Soft, easily influenced
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Martinet
Disciplinarian, Slave-driver
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Maudlin
Over sentimental, emotional
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Mendacious
Dishonest, false
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Mien
Appearance, expression
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Miscreant
Criminal, offender
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Moribund
Dying, near death
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Munificent
Generous
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Myriad
A large/great number/quantity of, mass
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Nascent
Developing, growing
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Nefarious
Wicked, evil, criminal
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Noisome
Having an extremely offensive smell
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Nominal
Titular, formal
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Obliterate
Erased
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Obloquy
Shame, humiliation
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Obsequious
Greasy, submissive
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Obsolescence
The process of becoming outdated
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Obstreperous
Noisy and difficult to control.
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Ominous
Threatening, dark
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Opprobrium
Abuse, criticism, disgrace, shame, humiliation
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Ostentatious
Showy, extravagant, flashy
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Ostensible
Apparent, seeming, outward, surface
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Ostracize
Exclude, cold-shoulder
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Overt
Undisguised, unconceled, plain, clear, apparent
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Palliate
Ease, relieve
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Panacea
Universal remedy
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Paragon
Perfect example, model
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Pariah
An outcast.
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Paroxysm
Spasm, attack, fit, burst, seizure
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Parsimonious
Penny pinching, Scrooge- like, cheap
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Paucity
Small or insufficient quantities or amounts
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Penchant
Taste, liking
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Penury
Extreme poverty
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Peregrination
A journey
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Perfidious
Disloyal, unfaithful, false
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Perfunctory
Quick, brief, hasty
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Pernicious
Harmful, damaging
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Perspicacious
Having a ready insight into and understanding of things
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Peruse
Read (something)
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Pique
Irritation, annoyance
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Plaintiff
A person who brings a case against another in court of law
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Plethora
A large or excessive amount of something
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Poignant
Touching, moving, sad
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Precipitate
Bring about, lead on, through, lounge
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Prerogative
A right or privilege
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Prescient
Predictive, psychic
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Presentiment
Intuition, feeling, hunch, suspision
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Proffer
Offer, present, put-forward
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Profligate
Wasteful, irresponsible, shameless
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Promulgate
Make known, announce
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Propitious
Fortunate, lucky
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Puissant
Having great power or influence
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Qualm
Doubt, second-though
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Quip
Joke, witty remark
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Raconteur
Storyteller
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Rapacious
Grasping, greedy, money-grabbing
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Rebuke
Criticise, tell of
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Recondite
Little, difficult, complex
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Remuneration
Payment, salary
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Repertoire
Collection, store
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Repine
Be/feel upset
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Replete
Well feed, filled, full
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Reticent
Withdrawn, shy
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Retort
Answer, reply, respond
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Risible
Laughable, amusing
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Salubrious
Healthy, pleasant
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Sanguine
Optimistic, hopeful
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Satiety
Satisfaction, fullness
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Scion
Twig, child, offspring, descendant
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Scurrilous
Abusive, offensive
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Shibboleth
A belief distinguishing a particular class or group of people
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Sinecure
Easy job, easy money
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Succinct
Short, brief
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Sultry
Close, airless, suffocating
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Tortuous
Curvy, bendy
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Trenchant
Cutting, piercing, sharp
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Turpitude
Immorality, corruption, evil
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Ubiquitous
Present everywhere, worldwide, universal
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Umbrage
Offence or annoyance, shade or shadows
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Unconscionable
Unethical, immoral
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Unctuous
Smooth talking, ass-kissing
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Viscid
Sticky consistency
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Vitiate
Destroy or impair the legal validity
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Vituperation
Bitter and abusive language
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Voluble
Talkative, wordy, chatty
