SAT Words II Flashcards
(500 cards)
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Antiquated
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outdated; old fashioned
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Choleric
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easily angered
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Diorama
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model of a scene
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Fecund
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fertile
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Inebriation
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drunkenness; intoxication
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Marshal
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to gather together
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Parity
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equality
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Profound
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having deep meaning
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Servile
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overly submissive; groveling
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Usurp
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take someone’s position (usually by force)
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Apathetic
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indifferent; uninterested; lethargic
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Chronicler
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person who records historical information
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Dirge
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mournful song
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Felicitous
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apt
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Ineffable
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cannot be expressed in words
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Marsupial
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pouched mammal (like a kangaroo)
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Parochial
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narrow-minded; concerned only with local matters
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Profundity
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depth
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Skeptical
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doubting; not gullible
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Utilitarian
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useful
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Apathy
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lack of interest or emotion
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Circuitous
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indirect
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Disapprobation
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disapproval
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Fervor
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passion; enthusiasm
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Inept
incompetent; unskilled; useless
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Martinet
person who believes in strict discipline
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Parody
a mockery; imitation for ridicule; spoof
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Proletarian
member of the working class
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Skirmish
minor battle
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Utopian
a believer in an ideal world
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Apocryphal
of doubtful origin
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Circumlocution
using too many words; long-windedness
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Discern
to distinguish one thing from another
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Fickle
unpredictable; whimsical; easily swayed
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Inertia
inactivity; lethargy
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Masochist
person who intentionally inflicts pain on himself
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Parry
ward off; avoid
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Prolific
producing a lot
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Sluggard
slow-moving; lethargic person
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Vacillate
waver; hesitate
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Appease
pacify; soothe; calm down; make peace with
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Circumscribe
limit
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Discord
disagreement
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Finesse
skill
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Inevitable
cannot be avoided
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Matriarchy
society governed by women
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Parsimonious
economical; frugal; thrifty
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Proponents
promoters; supporters
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Smelt
refine an ore
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Vacuous
empty; silly; meaningless
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Apprehensive
worried; fearful
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Circumspect
cautious; considering all sides
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Discordancy
cacophony; harshness; jarring
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Fitful
not continuous; stopping and starting
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Inexorable
relentless
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Maverick
a loner
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Parsimony
stinginess; frugality; cost-cutting
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Prosaic
dull; boring; ordinary
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Smorgasbord
a Swedish buffet of cold dishes
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Vagrant
person wandering without a home
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Arable
can be cultivated
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Circumvent
avoid
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Discrepancy
something which does not match up; inconsistency
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Flagrant
clearly wrong
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Inexpedient
not advisable
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Meager
in short supply
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Partisan
biased; one-sided; committed to one group
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Proscribe
forbid
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Solace
comfort for grief
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Vapid
dull; uninspiring
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Arbitrary
random; for no definite reason
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Clairvoyant
psychic; mystic
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Discriminate
to make a clear distinction; see the difference
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Flamboyant
showy; ornate
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Infallible
perfect; flawless; cannot make mistakes
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Meander
wander from side to side
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Pathos
evoking sadness or pity
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Prosody
study of versification
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Solicit
to ask for; seek
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Variegated
multicolored; speckled
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Arcane
obscure; known only to a few people
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Clamor
shout; scream
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Discursiveness
long windedness; indirectness
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Flaunt
show off; display in a showy manner
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Infamous
famous for something bad
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Mellow
soft; melodious; ripe
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Patron
one who give support (usually financial)
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Prostration
1. lying face down; 2. be overcome with extreme weakness
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Somnambulist
sleepwalker
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Vehemence
violence; fervor; forcefulness
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Archaic
ancient; outdated; old fashioned
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Clandestine
secret; covert; stealthy
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Disdain
contempt; strong dislike
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Flippant
making jokes about serious matters
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Infer
deduce; conclude
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Menagerie
collection of animals
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Patronize
condescend to; behave in an arrogant manner towards
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Protagonist
main character in film, book, play etc.
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Soothsayer
fortuneteller
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Vehement
forceful
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Archetype
classic example of
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Clemency
mercy
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Disinterested
unbiased
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Flout
defy; reject
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Ingénue
naïve, unsophisticated person
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Mendacious
given to lying
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Paucity
shortage
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Protean
changeable
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Sophomoric
juvenile; immature
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Venal
corrupt; can be bribed
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Archives
collections of old records; place of storage of old documents
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Cliché
overused expression; something unoriginal
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Disparage
criticize; belittle
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Flustered
worked-up; not calm
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Ingrate
ungrateful person
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Mercenary
concerned only with money
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Peccadillo
minor weakness; trivial offence
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Protégé
person under protection of, or guided by another
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Soporific
inducing sleep
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Veneer
surface coating
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Articulate
clear; lucid; eloquent
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Clientele
customers
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Disparity
an inequality
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Fly-by-night
unreliable; disreputable
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Inimical
hostile
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Mercurial
volatile; changeable
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Pedant
person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning
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Protocol
procedure; code of behavior
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Sparse
spare; bare; meager
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Venerate
revere; worship
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Artifice
deception; trickery
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Coalesce
come together; merge
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Dispassionate
neutral; objective
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Forensic
concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence)
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Innate
inherited; inborn
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Merge
come together
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Pedestrian
common; mundane; banal
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Provincial
unsophisticated; narrow-minded
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Specious
false
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Venial
minor; unimportant
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Artisan
craftsman
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Coddle
pamper; fuss over; indulge
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Disseminating
circulating; broadcasting; spreading (information)
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Fortitude
bravery
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Innocuous
harmless; inoffensive
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Metaphorically
symbolically; figuratively
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Peerless
without equal
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Prudent
cautious; wise
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Speckled
spotted; freckled; dotted
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Veracity
truthfulness
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Ascetic
without luxuries; severely simple
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Coercion
force
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Diurnal
active in daytime
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Fortuitous
happening by chance
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Innovate
create; introduce something new
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Meticulous
very careful; painstaking
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Pejorative
derogatory
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Puerile
childish
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Sporadic
not continuous; intermittent
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Verbose
talkative; long-winded; rambling
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Assiduous
thorough; diligent
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Cogent
lucid; well argued
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Divert
1. entertain; 2. distract; 3. cause a detour
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Fractious
irritable; difficult to control
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Inscrutable
mysterious; impenetrable
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Mettle
courage; bravery; valor
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Pellucid
transparently clear
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Punctilious
paying attention to small details
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Spurious
false
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Verbosity
using too many words
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Assuage
to calm
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Cogitate
think over something; ponder
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Docile
gentle and easily lead
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Fraudulent
fake; false
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Insentient
unfeeling
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Milieu
environment
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Pensive
in a thoughtful mood; thinking deeply
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Purloin
steal
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Stagnant
still; not moving
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Vertigo
dizziness
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Astute
perceptive; sharp-witted
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Collage
picture made from fragments of other pictures
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Dogmatic
having stubbornly held opinions
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Frivolous
not serious
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Insipid
dull; bland; boring
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Mire
swamp; muddy ground
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Penury
poverty
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Pusillanimous
cowardly
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Staid
dull; sober; serious
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Vestigial
not developed
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Asylum
place of refuge or safety
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Collate
arrange in order
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Dolt
stupid person
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Frugal
economical; not wasting anything
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Instigate
to start; provoke
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Misanthrope
hater of the rest of mankind
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Perceptive
observant
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Pyromania
compulsion to start fires
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Stanza
section of a poem
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Vignette
small sketch
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Atheist
person who does not believe in God
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Colloquial
local and informal (used of language)
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Dotard
foolish old man
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Furrow
groove
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Instigator
troublemaker; person who entices others to do something
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Misnomer
wrong name
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Percipient
perceptive; insightful
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Quaff
drink down quickly
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Staunch
loyal; faithful; dependable
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Vilification
blackening someone's name
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Atrophy
waste away from lack of use
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Collusion
plotting and planning
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Drawl
speak slowly with words running together
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Furtive
hidden and secret
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Insurgent
a rebel
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Misogynist
hater of women
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Perdition
damnation
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Quagmire
marsh; bog
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Stereotype
fixed image
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Vindicate
prove right; remove blame
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Attenuate
weaken
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Commandeer
take possession of
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Drivel
nonsense
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Futile
useless; hopeless
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Interminable
never-ending
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Misrepresentation
deliberately deceiving
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Peremptory
in a commanding manner
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Quaint
picturesque
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Stevedore
dockworker
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Virtuoso
an accomplished musician
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Augment
increase; make bigger
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Complacent
self-satisfied; smug
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Droll
dryly amusing
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Galleon
ancient type of sailing ship
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Intermittent
sporadic; irregular
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Mitigate
lessen; make less severe
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Perfidy
treachery
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Quandary
dilemma; puzzle
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Stifle
suppress
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Virulent
dangerous; harmful
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Auspicious
favorable; promising to turn out well
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Compliant
easy to control; submissive
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Drone
1. monotonous noise (n); 2. to speak with no emotion (v); 3.male bee
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Gambol
frolic; leap; bound
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Intransigence
stubbornness
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Modicum
small amount
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Perfunctory
superficial; cursory
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Quarantine
isolation to prevent the spread of disease
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Stoic
known for fortitude; indifferent to pleasure or pain
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Vital
essential; alive; important
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Austere
severely plain
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Concatenate
link together
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Dubious
doubtful
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Garble
distort; confuse; muddle
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Intransigent
stubborn; unyielding
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Momentous
very important
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Peripatetic
nomadic; moving from place to place
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Quarry
1. something that is hunted; 2. mine for stone
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Stoke
add fuel to; strengthen
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Vitriolic
corrosive; strongly attacking
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Aversion
a dislike of
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Concatenation
linking into chains
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Dupe
to fool someone
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Garish
gaudy
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Intrepid
brave
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Monotonous
dull; unvarying
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Peripheral
on the edge; not important
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Querulous
always complaining
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Stolid
impassive; dull; indifferent
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Vivacity
liveliness; animation
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Balk
hinder and prevent; hesitate over
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Conciliate
to bring together; end a dispute
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Dynamic
lively; vibrant; energetic
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Garner
gather; collect
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Inveterate
habitual
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Moratorium
temporary prohibition or halt to activity
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Perjury
telling lies under oath
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Quirk
oddity
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Stratagem
plot; plan; trick
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Vivify
enliven
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Banal
common; dull
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Concise
stated in few words
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Ebullient
very lively; cheerful; jovial; happy
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Garrulous
talkative
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Invidious
arousing envy
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Moribund
on the point of death
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Pernicious
destructive; harmful
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Ramble
wander aimlessly
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Strident
loud and harsh
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Vociferous
noisy; loud in speech
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Banality
ordinariness; dullness
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Condescend
talk down to
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Eccentric
unusual; quirky; odd
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Gaunt
emaciated; bony and angular
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Inviolable
cannot be invaded
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Morose
gloomy; bad tempered
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Persnickety
fastidious; fussy
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Ramifications
branches; subdivisions of a complex system; outcomes
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Stringent
strict or severe
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Volatile
dangerously unstable; evaporates easily
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Bane
troublesome influence
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Condone
tacitly support; overlook
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Eclectic
taking things from different sources
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Genre
a category; type
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Irascible
easily angered
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Mundane
ordinary; worldly
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Perpetuated
caused to continue
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Rancor
resentment; animosity; bad feeling
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Strut
swagger; show off
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Voluble
talkative
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Bard
poet
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Condoning
overlooking; disregarding; ignoring
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Edifice
building; structure; construction
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Germane
relevant
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Ire
anger [irate (a) = very angry]
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Munificent
generous; charitable
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Perpetuity
eternity
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Rant
use bombastic language
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Stupefying
astonishing; shocking; stunning into silence
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Voluminous
very large; spacious
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Bastion
fortress; stronghold
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Conflagration
big fire
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Efface
wipe out; remove all trace of
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Germinal
just growing; not developed; immature
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Irksome
annoying; infuriating
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Mutinous
very rebellious
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Personable
attractive
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Ratify
approve; consent
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Subpoena
summons to court
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Voracious
ravenous
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Befuddle
confuse
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Confound
confuse
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Effigy
a model of a person
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Gibbering
making meaningless noises
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Ironic
satiric; unexpected
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Myriad
in large numbers
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Perspicacious
insightful; sharp; wise
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Raucous
rough and unpleasant (of sounds)
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Substantiate
give supporting evidence
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Waive
surrender; give up
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Begrudge
resent
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Congeal
to solidify
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Effusive
gushing; demonstrative
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Glacial
hostile; unfriendly; cold; icy
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Irrational
unreasonable; absurd
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Navigable
suitable for sailing
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Perspicacity
insight
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Raze
destroy; demolish; tear down
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Subterfuge
a trick
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Wane
grow less
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Beguile
mislead; lure
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Congenital
present from birth
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Egalitarianism
belief in equality
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Goad
prod; urge
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Irreproachable
cannot be criticized; perfect
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Nebulous
vague
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Pertinent
relevant
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Rebuttal
denial
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Subtle
not obvious
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Wary
hesitant; cautious
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Belabor
explain in unnecessary detail
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Connoisseur
person with refined taste and good judgment
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Egregious
outstandingly, obviously bad
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Grate (v)
1. to annoy; aggravate; vex; 2. shred
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Irrevocable
cannot be cancelled; unchangeable
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Nefarious
wicked; immoral; disreputable
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Peruse
read carefully
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Recant
disclaim; retract statement
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Subversive
rebellious; revolutionary
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Wax
to increase; to grow
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Beleaguer
besiege; attack
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Consecrate
dedicate
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Egress
exit
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Gratis
free of charge; without payment
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Itinerant
nomadic; wandering from place to place
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Negate
cancel; deny
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Pervasive
spreading everywhere
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Recapitulate
summarize
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Succinct
concise
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Waylay
accost; stop; approach; hinder
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Belie
contradict
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Consensus
general agreement
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Eloquent
fluent and persuasive in speech
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Gratuitous
unwarranted
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Jaded
tired; bored; worn out
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Negligence
carelessness
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Petrify
1. terrify; 2. turn to stone
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Receptacle
container; vessel; holder
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Suffragist
someone who campaigns for voting rights
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Weighty
serious
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Belittle
to demean
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Conspicuous
easily seen; prominent
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Elucidate
make clear
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Gravity
seriousness
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Jargon
specialized language used by experts
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Neologism
newly coined word
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Petulant
sulky; peevish
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Recluse
someone who cuts himself off from life
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Supercilious
proud and haughty
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Whelp
young dog
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Bellicose
war-like; aggressive
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Consummate
complete; total; supremely good
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Elusive
hard to pin down
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Gregarious
extroverted; sociable; outgoing
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Jaundiced
cynical; pessimistic
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Nettle
annoy
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Phenomenon
an event or happening (plural: phenomena)
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Recuperate
get better after illness
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Superlative
extremely good; the best
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Whet
sharpen
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Belligerent
aggressive; ready to fight
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Contemporary
living or happening at the same time
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Emaciated
very thin; withered
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Gritty
coarse; granular
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Jaunt
short pleasure trip
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Niggardly
miserly; stingy
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Philanthropy
charity; love of mankind
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Red tape
formalities; paperwork; official procedure
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Surly
grumpy; rude
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Whimsical
capricious; changeable
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Bemoan
complain about
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Contrite
sorry
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Emancipate
set free
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Guffaw
sudden loud laughter
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Jeopardize
put at risk; endanger
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Nomadic
wandering from place to place
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Philistine
uncultured person
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Redolent
smelling of; giving off odors
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Surreptitious
secret; sneaky; stealthy
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Willful
stubborn
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Benevolent
kindly
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Contrition
sorrow and repentance
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Embezzle
defraud; steal
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Guile
cunning; craftiness
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Jingoistic
extremely patriotic; nationalistic
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Nonchalance
an appearance of indifference; calm and composed
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Phlegmatic
calm; imperturbable
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Redress
put right something that was wrong
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Surreptitiously
secretly; furtively; stealthily
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Wily
cunning
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Benign
kindly; harmless
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Contumacious
stubborn
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Embroil
involve in hostility or argument
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Guileless
frank; straightforward; honest
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Jocular
in a joking manner
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Nondescript
having no special features; dull and ordinary
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Pillage
plunder
448
Redundant
unnecessary; superfluous
449
Susceptible
vulnerable
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Wispy
flimsy; frail; delicate
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Benignity
compassion; gentleness; fondness
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Contusion
a bruise
453
Emerge
come out; appear
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Gullibility
unwariness; trustfulness; being easily fooled
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Jollity
gaiety; happiness
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Nonentity
a person of no importance; not famous
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Pinnacle
topmost point
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Referendum
public vote
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Suspect
doubtful
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Wistful
melancholy; pensive; expressing a longing for
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Bequeath
leave something in one's will to be given after one's death
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Conundrum
a puzzle
463
Emulate
to imitate something admired
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Gullible
easily fooled
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Jubilant
ecstatic; delighted; rejoicing
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Nostalgia
longing for the past
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Pious
very religious
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Refute
disprove
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Sybarite
lover of luxury
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Zany
crazy; wacky
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Berate
scold; criticize
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Conventional
usual; customary; common
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Endorse
give support or approval to
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Gustatory
concerned with the sense of taste
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Judicious
correct in judgment; wise
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Notoriety
infamy; known for wrong doing
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Pivotal
of central importance
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Regale
entertain
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Sycophant
bootlicker; flatterer
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Zeal
enthusiasm
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Beret
type of cap
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Corpulent
fat
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Endurance
staying power; patience; stamina
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Hackneyed
common and over-used
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Jurisprudence
science or study of law
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Novel
new; unusual
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Placate
pacify; soothe; calm
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Relegate
dismiss to a lower position
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Taciturn
quiet; saying little
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Zealot
fanatic
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Bestial
behaving like a beast; brutal
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Corrugated
highly folded
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Enduring
lasting
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Hallowed
worshipped; consecrated
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Juxtapose
place next to
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Novice
a beginner; tyro
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Placebo
harmless medicine with no effect; dummy medicine
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Remorse
regret; sorrow; contrition
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Tactile
concerned with the sense of touch
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Zenith
summit
