Untitled Deck Flashcards
(220 cards)
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Egalitarianism
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Belief in equality for all people.
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Alacrity
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Cheerful readiness or eagerness.
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Aplomb
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Self-confidence or assurance, especially in a demanding situation.
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Truculence
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Aggressiveness or eagerness to fight.
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Equanimity
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Calmness and composure, especially under stress.
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Sagacity
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Wisdom or sound judgment.
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Mellifluousness
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Sweet or musical; pleasant to hear.
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Cupidity
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Greed, especially for money.
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Lucid
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Clear and easy to understand; mentally sound.
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Austerity
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Sternness or simplicity in style or manner.
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Blandishments
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Flattering or pleasing statements to persuade.
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Concomitant
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Accompanying, often in a subordinate way.
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Labyrinthine
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Complicated or intricate.
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Ascetic
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Practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal or spiritual discipline.
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Intransigence
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Refusal to change one’s views or compromise.
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Indigence
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Extreme poverty.
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Laconic
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Using very few words.
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Maudlin
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Overly sentimental.
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Panache
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Flamboyant confidence or style.
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Lassitude
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State of physical or mental weariness.
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Approbation
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Approval or praise.
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Rectitude
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Moral integrity or righteousness.
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Contravene
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To go against or violate.
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Eschewed
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Deliberately avoided or shunned.
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Enervated
Drained of energy or vitality.
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Elucidate
To make clear or explain.
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Protracted
Extended in time.
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Sidereal
Relating to the stars.
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Fractious
Irritable or quarrelsome.
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Basal
Forming a base or foundation.
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Nugatory
Worthless or insignificant.
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Officious
Assertively offering unwanted help.
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Nicety
Fine detail or subtle distinction.
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Maladroit
Clumsy or awkward.
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Rhapsodized
Spoke or wrote with enthusiasm.
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Artifice
Deception or clever trick.
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Quixotic
Unrealistically idealistic.
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Discomfits
Makes uneasy or confused.
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Propitiate
To appease or pacify.
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Decry
To criticize openly.
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Feckless
Lacking strength or effectiveness.
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Auguring
Predicting or foretelling.
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Salubrious
Health-giving; healthy.
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Adventitious
Accidental or not inherent.
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Screed
Long, often tedious piece of writing or speech.
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Chicanery
Deception or trickery.
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Diffidence
Shyness or lack of confidence.
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Circumspect
Cautious and careful.
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Averred
Declared to be true.
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Quagmire
A difficult or messy situation.
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Craven
Cowardly.
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Reprobate
Morally unprincipled person.
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Covetous
Enviously desirous.
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Lambasted
Criticized harshly.
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Jocosely
Jokingly or humorously.
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Imperious
Arrogantly domineering.
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Fawning
Seeking favor by flattering.
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Dilatory
Tending to delay or procrastinate.
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Perversity
Deliberate desire to behave unreasonably.
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Deigning
Condescendingly agreeing to do something.
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Explicate
To explain in detail.
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Prevarication
Evasion of the truth.
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Puerility
Childishness or immaturity.
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Insouciance
Casual lack of concern.
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Momentous
Of great importance.
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Flippant
Not showing serious or respectful attitude.
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Hilarity
Great merriment.
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Insolence
Rude or disrespectful behavior.
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Taciturnity
Silence or uncommunicativeness.
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Emaciated
Abnormally thin or weak.
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Prodigious
Remarkably large or impressive.
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Stentorian
Loud and powerful (voice).
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Vociferous
Loud and forceful.
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Expository
Intended to explain or describe.
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Felicitous
Well-chosen or pleasing.
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Garrulous
Excessively talkative.
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Esoteric
Understood by a select few.
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Quittance
Release from a debt or obligation.
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Scintillation
Sparkling or shining brightly; brilliance.
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Capricious
Impulsive or unpredictable.
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Surreptitiously
Secretively or stealthily.
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Elemental
Fundamental or basic.
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Consummate
Perfect or complete.
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Abstemious
Sparing in consumption, especially of food or drink.
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Efficacious
Effective; producing results.
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Perfunctory
Done with minimal effort or reflection.
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Piquant
Spicy or interestingly stimulating.
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Querulous
Complaining or whining.
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Recreant
Cowardly or unfaithful.
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Astringent
Sharp or severe in manner.
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Enervate
To weaken or drain of energy.
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Conformable
Compliant or in agreement.
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Rapturous
Full of joy or ecstasy.
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Decorous
Proper and dignified.
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Punctilious
Meticulous about detail or etiquette.
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Judicious
Showing good judgment.
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Prosaic
Dull or unimaginative.
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Aggrandize
To increase power or wealth.
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Vituperating
Verbally abusing or blaming.
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Buffeting
Striking repeatedly or forcefully.
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Abiding
Lasting a long time.
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Insurgent
Rising in active revolt.
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Impecunious
Lacking money; poor.
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Erudite
Scholarly or well-educated.
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Noisome
Offensive or harmful.
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Trite
Overused and unoriginal.
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Indomitable
Impossible to defeat.
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Castigate
To severely criticize or punish.
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Credulous
Gullible or too trusting.
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Hallowed
Holy or sacred.
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Sumptuousness
Lavishness or richness.
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Magnanimity
Generosity or nobility of spirit.
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Liberality
Openhandedness or generosity.
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Antediluvian
Extremely old-fashioned.
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Compendious
Brief yet comprehensive.
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Bucolic
Relating to the countryside; rustic.
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Pastoral
Related to rural life or shepherds.
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Lugubrious
Mournful or gloomy.
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Sojourning
Staying temporarily.
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Polity
A form or process of civil government or constitution.
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Spurious
False or fake; not genuine.
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Blithe
Cheerful and carefree; sometimes improperly so.
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Bellicose
Aggressive and warlike.
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Militate
To work against or have a substantial effect.
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Desultory
Lacking a clear plan or purpose; random.
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Parsimonious
Extremely frugal or stingy.
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Truculent
Fierce, aggressively defiant.
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Pestilential
Harmful or deadly, often like a plague.
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Enmity
Hostility or deep-seated hatred.
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Approbation
Approval or praise.
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Largess
Generous giving (as of money or gifts).
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Ebullience
Overflowing enthusiasm or excitement.
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Draconian
Excessively harsh or severe.
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Prolocutor
A spokesperson or presiding officer.
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Phlegmatic
Calm, unemotional, or sluggish.
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Legitimate
Lawful or in accordance with rules.
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Insolent
Rude or disrespectful.
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Indigent
Poor or needy.
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Indolent
Lazy or avoiding activity.
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Esurient
Hungry or greedy.
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Panacea
A cure-all solution.
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Enmity
Hostility or hatred.
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Ennui
Boredom or listlessness.
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Forbearance
Patience and restraint.
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Ochlocracy
Mob rule.
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Preclude
To prevent from happening.
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Inculcate
To instill by persistent instruction.
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Inveighed
Spoke out with hostility.
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Pharmacopoeia
Official list of medicinal drugs.
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Assiduity
Diligence and perseverance.
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Redounding
Contributing greatly (to a result).
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Macerating
Softening by soaking.
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Peripatetic
Traveling from place to place.
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Gratuitous
Unnecessary or uncalled for.
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Obsequious
Excessively obedient or servile.
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Scurrilous
Abusive or slanderous.
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Vagaries
Unpredictable changes or whims.
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Picayune
Petty or trivial.
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Supercilious
Arrogant or disdainful.
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Perfunctory
Done with minimal effort.
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Prolix
Wordy or long-winded.
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Abstruse
Difficult to understand.
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Intransigent
Uncompromising or stubborn.
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Noisome
Offensive or disgusting.
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Scanty
Insufficient or meager.
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Prosaic
Dull or unimaginative.
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Extirpate
To destroy or root out.
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Recondite
Little known or obscure.
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Detritus
Debris or waste.
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Punctilious
Attentive to detail or etiquette.
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Vociferous
Loud and insistent.
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Scathing
Harshly critical.
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Portentous
Ominous or prophetic.
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Denunciate
To condemn publicly.
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Deleterious
Harmful or damaging.
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Elucidated
Explained or clarified.
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Dilettante
Dabbler, especially in the arts.
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Efficaciously
Effectively.
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Fastidiously
Very attentively; with great care.
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Demagogues
Leaders who exploit emotions/prejudices.
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Abecedarians
Beginners or novices.
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Ersatz
Fake or substitute.
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Regnant
Reigning or dominant.
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Fugacious
Fleeting or short-lived.
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Plebeian
Common or lower-class.
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Temporal
Relating to time or worldly matters.
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Pusillanimous
Cowardly or timid.
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Poltroon
A thorough coward.
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Doughty
Brave and persistent.
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Impassive
Emotionless or unfeeling.
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Timorousness
Fearfulness or shyness.
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Anodyne
Soothing or harmless.
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Parlous
Dangerous or risky.
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Pertinacious
Persistent and determined.
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Scatological
Relating to excrement or obscenity.
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Blasphemous
Disrespectful toward religion.
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Fastidious
Very attentive to detail; hard to please.
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Assiduous
Diligent and hardworking.
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Chary
Cautious or wary.
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Venerated
Respected or revered.
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Protean
Versatile or adaptable.
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Providential
Fortunate or divinely guided.
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Encomium
A speech or text of high praise.
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Perspicacity
Sharp insight or understanding.
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Obloquy
Public disgrace or criticism.
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Pastiche
An artistic work imitating others.
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Panegyric
A formal expression of praise.
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Vertiginous
Causing dizziness or spinning.
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Soporific
Sleep-inducing.
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Placid
Calm and peaceful.
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Excruciating
Intensely painful.
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Nauseating
Causing disgust or nausea.
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Unremitting
Never relaxing or slackening.
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Impregnable
Unable to be defeated or penetrated.
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Opprobrium
Public disgrace or harsh criticism.
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Ephemeral
Lasting a short time.
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Evanescent
Quickly fading or disappearing.
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Supposition
Assumption without proof.
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Remediations
Corrections or fixes.
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Incandescent
Glowing or passionate.
