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Malleable

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(adj) able to be bent, shaped, or adapted

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Mitigate

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(v) make less severe; lessen or moderate (damage, grief, pain, etc.)

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Abate

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(v) reduce, diminish

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Resolve

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(v, n) find a solution to; firmly decide to do something; decide by formal vote (verb); firmness of purpose (noun)

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crafty

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(adj) cunning, skillful in deception or underhanded schemes

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dispassionate

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(adj) unbiased, not having a selfish or personal motivation; calm, lacking emotion

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Erratic

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(adj) inconsistent, wandering, having no fixed course

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Sanction

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(n, v) permission or approval, something that gives support or authority to something else (noun); to allow, confirm, ratify (verb); OR a legal action against another country to get it to comply (noun); to place sanctions or penalties on (verb)

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adhere

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(v) stick (to), such as with glue, or to a plan or belief

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Haven

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(adj) harbor or port; refuge, safe place

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Feasible

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(adj) possible; logical or likely; suitable

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Overshadow

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(v) cast a shadow over, darken; dominate, make to seem less important

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Rescind

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(v) annul, repeal, make void

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Speculate

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(v) contemplate; make a guess or educated guess about; engage in a risky business transaction, gamble

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Secular

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(adj) not religious or holy; pertaining to worldly things

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Prodigious

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(adj) extraordinarily large, impressive, etc.

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Tractable

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(adj) easily controlled or managed, docile; easily shaped or molded

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artifact

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(n) any object made by humans, especially those from an earlier time, such as those excavated by archaeologists

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Enervate

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(v) weaken, tire

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Spate

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(n) sudden outpouring or rush; flood

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Stolid

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(adj) unemotional, showing little emotion, not easily moved

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Venerate

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(v) revere, regard with deep respect and awe

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Preamble

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(n) introductory statement, preface

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Refute

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(v) prove to be false

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deem
(v) judge; consider
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Zeal
(n) great fervor or enthusiasm for a cause, person, etc.; tireless diligence in furthering that cause; passion, ardor
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copious
(adj) plentiful, bountiful
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Equitable
(adj) fair, equal, just
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Jocular
(adj) joking or given to joking all the time; jolly, playful
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Mendacious
(adj) lying, habitually dishonest
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alleviate
(v) lessen, make easier to endure
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Levy
(v, n) collect tax from, wage war on, or enlist for military service (verb); act of collecting tax or amount owed, or the drafting of troops into military service (noun)
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Obstinate
(adj) stubborn or hard to control
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Repudiate
(v) reject, cast off, deny that something has authority
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connoisseur
(n) expert, especially in the fine arts; person of educated, refined tastes
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Fleeting
(adj) passing quickly, transitory
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contentious
(adj) controversial; prone to causing arguments, especially gratuitous or petty ones
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didactic
(adj) intended to instruct; teaching, or teaching a moral lesson
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Simultaneous
(adj) at the same time
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distill
(v) purify; extract the essential elements of
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Subjective
(adj) existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings
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Outstrip
(v) surpass, exceed; be larger or better than; leave behind
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Viable
(adj) capable of living (or growing, developing, etc.); practical, workable
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Nascent
(adj) coming into existence, still developing
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anarchy
(n) absence of law or government; chaos, disorder
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Predisposed
(adj) having an inclination or tendency beforehand; susceptible
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Rudimentary
(adj) elementary, relating to the basics; undeveloped, primitive
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zenith
(n) high point, culmination
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default
(n, v) failure to act, neglect (noun); fail to fulfill an obligation, esp. a financial one (verb)
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arduous
(adj) very difficult, strenuous; severe, hard to endure
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Sound
(v) measure the depth of (usually water) as with a sounding line; penetrate and discover the meaning of, understand (usually as sound the depths)
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Gainsay
(v) declare false, deny; oppose
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Implode
(v) burst inward
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abridge
(v) reduce or lessen; shorten by omitting parts throughout while retaining the main idea
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base
(adj) morally low, mean, dishonorable; of little or no value; crude and unrefined; counterfeit
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Hierarchy
(n) a ranked series; a classification of people according to rank, ability, etc.; a ruling body
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Presumptuous
(adj) too bold or forward; going beyond that which is proper
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Hackneyed
(adj) so commonplace as to be stale; not fresh or original
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Metamorphosis
(n) a complete change or transformer (in biology, a change such as a caterpillar becoming a pupa and then a butterfly)
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Undermine
(v) weaken cause to collapse by digging away at the foundation (of a building or an argument); injure or attack in a secretive or underhanded way
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buffer
(n) something that shields, protects, absorbs shock, or cushions
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conundrum
(n) riddle, the answer to which involves a play on words; any mystery
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catalyst
(n) causer of change
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Tacit
(adj) understood without being said; implied, not stated directly; silent
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Transitory
(adj) temporary, short-lived, not lasting
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Soporific
(adj, n) causing sleep; sleepy, drowsy (adj); something that causes sleep (noun)
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credibility
(n) believability, trustworthiness
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Keen
(adj) sharp, piercing; very perceptive or mentally sharp; intense (of a feeling)
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bolster
(v) strengthen or support
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defamatory (adj.)
slanderous, injurious to someone's reputation
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Stark
(adj) complete, total, utter; harsh or grim; extremely simple, severe, blunt, or plain
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Requite
(v) reciprocate, repay, or revenge
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archaic
(adj) characteristic of an earlier period, ancient, primitive
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Incongruous
(adj) out of place, inappropriate, not harmonious
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Lull
(n, v) soothe or cause to fall asleep (as in a lullaby); quiet down; make to feel secure, sometimes falsely (verb); a period of calm or quiet (noun)
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Reverent
(adj) feeling or expressing very deep respect and awe
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Spectrum
(n) a broad range of nevertheless related qualities or ideas, esp. those that overlap to create a continuous series (as in a color spectrum, where each color blends into the next in a continuous way)
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Trite
(adj) lacking freshness or originality, lacking effectiveness due to overuse, cliche
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Profligate
(adj) completely and shamelessly immoral, or extremely wasteful
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Gist
(n) main idea, essence
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Vacillate
(v) waver in one's mind or opinions, be indecisive
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Divine
(v) discover through divination or supernatural means; perceive by insight
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Stoic or Stoical
(adj, n) indifferent to pleasure or pain, enduring without complaint (adj); person indifferent to pleasure or pain (noun)
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denigrate
(v) belittle, attack the reputation of
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Flag
(v) get tired, lose enthusiasm; hang limply or droop
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antagonize
(v) make hostile or unfriendly
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benign
(adj) harmless; favorable; kindly, gentle, or beneficial; not cancerous
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Liberal
(adj, n) favorable to progress or reform; believing in maximum possible individual freedom; tolerant, open-minded; generous (adj); a person with such beliefs or practices (noun)
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Fanatical
(adj) excessively devoted, enthusiastic, or zealous in an uncritical way
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Pedestrian
(adj) ordinary, dull, commonplace
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Resolution
(n) the quality of being firmly determined; resolving to do something; a formal judgment, esp. decided by a vote
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Indeterminate
(adj) not fixed or determined, indefinite; vague
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Maverick
(n) rebel, individualist, dissenter
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constrict
(v) squeeze, compress; restrict the freedom of
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Laconic
(adj) using few words, concise
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convoluted
(adj) twisted; very complicated
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deface
(v) vandalize, mar the appearance of
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disquieting
(adj) disturbing, causing anxiety
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Lassitude
(n) tiredness, weariness; lazy indifference
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assuage
(v) make milder, relieve; soothe, pacify, or calm

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