SSAT Vocabulary Flashcards
(158 cards)
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Abdicate
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to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, especially in a formal manner: The aging founder of the firm decided to abdicate.
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Abhor
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to regard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.
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Adamant
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too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
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Adept
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very skilled; proficient; expert: an adept juggler.
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Admonish
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to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
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Adversary
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a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.
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Aggrandize
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to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend.
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Akin
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of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively): cousins who were too closely akin for marriage.
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Altruism
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the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others
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Ambivalent
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having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action: The whole family was ambivalent about the move to the suburbs. She is regarded as a morally ambivalent character in the play.
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Ameliorate
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to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve; meliorate.
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Androgynous
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being both male and female; hermaphroditic.
having both masculine and feminine characteristics.
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Animosity
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a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action: a deep-seated animosity between two sisters; animosity against one’s neighbor.
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Annex
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to attach, append, or add, especially to something larger or more important.
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Antipathy
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a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion.
an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling.
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Arbitrary
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decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.
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Assail
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to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
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Austere
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severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: an austere teacher.
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Auspicious
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promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.
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Banal
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devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite: a banal and sophomoric treatment of courage on the frontier.
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Barrage
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Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one’s own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.
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Bastion
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Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
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Belligerent
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of warlike character; aggressively hostile; bellicose: a belligerent tone.
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Bemoan
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to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one’s fate.
to regard with regret or disapproval.
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Benevolent
characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings: a benevolent attitude; her benevolent smile.
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Benign
having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king.
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capricious
subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
Obsolete . fanciful or witty.
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Chagrin
a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
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Coalesce
to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
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Coerce
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition: They coerced him into signing the document.
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Commodities
an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.
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Confer
to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation.
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Congenial
agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character: congenial surroundings
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Contrite
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
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Cordial
courteous and gracious; friendly; warm: a cordial reception.
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Corpulent
large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat.
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Decree
a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law: a presidential decree.
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Desolate
barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
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Deviate
to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
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Disavow
to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate: He disavowed the remark that had been attributed to him.
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Dispel
to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate: to dispel the dense fog.
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Disparage
to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
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Dubious
doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply.
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Egotist
a conceited, boastful person.
| a selfish person; egoist.
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Egress
the act or an instance of going, especially from an enclosed place.
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Elegy
a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
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Embodiment
the act of embodying.
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Embryonic
pertaining to or in the state of an embryo.
| rudimentary; undeveloped.
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Enigma
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation: His disappearance is an enigma that has given rise to much speculation.
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Ephemeral
lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood
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Epitome
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class: He is the epitome of goodness.
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Equity
a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class: He is the epitome of goodness.
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Eradicate
to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate: to eradicate smallpox throughout the world.
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Esoteric
belonging to the select few.
| private; secret; confidential.
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Exalt
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate
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Evade
to get around by trickery
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Excavate
to make hollow by removing the inner part
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Exemplify
to show or illustrate by example.
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Feasible
capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
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Feign
to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.
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Flaccid
soft and limp; not firm; flabby: flaccid biceps.
| lacking force; weak: flaccid prose.
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Flotsam
material or refuse floating on water.
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Genial
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial: a genial disposition; a genial host.
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Germane
closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent: Please keep your statements germane to the issue.
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Glean
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
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Extol
to praise highly; laud; eulogize
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Facet
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
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Fallacy
a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc
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Fallow
Plowed and left unseeded for a season
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Fathom
a unit of length equal to six feet
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Hasten
to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
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Ignoble
of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes.
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Immaculate
free from spot or stain
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Impasse
a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.
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Inane
Lacking sense,significance or ideas
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Incisive
penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice
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Indignant
feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base
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Infiltrate
Enter or gain access to gradually
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Innocuous
not harmful or injurious; harmless: an innocuous home remedy.
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Insinuate
to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
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Insipid
without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid: an insipid personality
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Insolent
boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.
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Inundate
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
| to overwhelm: inundated with letters of protest.
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Irate
Angry
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Jeer
to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
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Laudatory
containing or expressing praise
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Limber
Fkexible
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Lucrative
profitable; moneymaking;
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Morose
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
| characterized by or expressing gloom.
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Mundane
of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly;
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Negate
Nullify,make ineffective
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Noxious
Harmful poisonous or very unpleasant
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Obstinate
firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
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Opulent
Ostentatiously Rich luxury or lavish
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Ostentatious
characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
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Overt
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret: overt hostility.
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Palpable
readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident: a palpable lie; palpable absurdity.
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Parsimonious
extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
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Permeate
to pass into or through every part of: Bright sunshine permeated the room.
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Perpetuate
to preserve from extinction or oblivion: to perpetuate one's name.
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Pragmatic
of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
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Predicament
an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
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Prevalent
widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
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Ratify
to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
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Recalcitrant
resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
hard to deal with, manage, or operate.
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Refute
To prove a person incorrect
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Rendezvous
an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
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Pervasive
spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
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Pilfer
to steal, especially in small quantities.
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Pious
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
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Placate
to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
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Plunder
to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
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Pompous
characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.
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Replete
stuffed or gorged with food and drink.
Full
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Reprehensible
deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
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Repress
to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
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Repudiate
to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
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Repugnant
distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
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Reticent
reluctant or restrained.
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Rue
to wish that (something) had never been done, taken place, etc.: I rue the day he was born.
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Ruminate
to meditate or muse; ponder.
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Ruse
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
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Satire
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
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Seclude
to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity,
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Stagnate
to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
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Stringent
rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws.
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Succinct
expressed in few words; concise; terse.
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Sullied
to soil, stain, or tarnish.
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Superfluous
being more than is sufficient or required; excessive
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Surrogate
a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
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Toil
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
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Trifle
Of very little value
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Trite
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition
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Utilitarian
pertaining to or consisting in utility.
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Veneration
to regard or treat with reverence.
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Voracious
craving or consuming large quantities of food
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Wane
to decrease in strength, intensity, etc
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Zany
ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish.
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Ruse
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
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Satire
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
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Seclude
to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity,
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Stagnate
to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
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Stringent
rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws.
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Succinct
expressed in few words; concise; terse.
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Sullied
to soil, stain, or tarnish.
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Superfluous
being more than is sufficient or required; excessive
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Surrogate
a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
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Toil
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
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Trifle
Of very little value
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Trite
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition
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Utilitarian
pertaining to or consisting in utility.
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Veneration
to regard or treat with reverence.
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Voracious
craving or consuming large quantities of food
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Wane
to decrease in strength, intensity, etc
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Zany
ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish.
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Insecticide
A substance used to kill insects
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Trifle
An article of very little value ;small quantity
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Repugnant
Distasteful, objectionable, offensive
