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Aberration

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A departure from what is usual or normal. This word typically has a negative connotation and implies that the departure is unwelcome

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Abscond

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To leave quickly and secretly, to hide, typically to avoid detection for something illegal
“She absconded with the remaining one thousand dollars”

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Alacrity

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness
“She accepted the invitation with alacrity”

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Anomaly

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Deviation from the normal order or rule, abnormality

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Approbation

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An expression of approval or praise
“the opera met with high approbation”

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Arduous

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Strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort

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Assuage

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To ease or lessen
“the letter assuaged the fears of most members”

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Audacious

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Daring and fearless, recklessly bold

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Austere

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Without adornment, bare, very simple, severe or strict in manner or appearance
“Conditions in the prison could hardly be more austere”
“An austere man with a rigidly puritanical outlook”

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Axiomatic

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Taken as a given, self evident, unquestionable
“It is axiomatic that good athletes have a strong mental attitude”

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Canonical

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Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards

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Canon

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A general law, rule, or principle, often religious in nature
“the appointment violated the canons of fair play and equal opportunity”

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Capricious

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Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively, erratic, unpredictable

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Censure

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To criticize severely, to officially rebuke
“a judge was censured for a variety of types of injudicious conduct”

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Chicanery

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The use of trickery to achieve a political, legal, or financial purpose
“the candidate only won the election through chicanery”

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Connoisseur

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An informed and astute judge in matters of taste, an expert

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Convoluted

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Complex or complicated

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Disabuse

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To undeceive, to set right, to persuade someone that an idea or belief is mistaken

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Discordant

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Conflicting, dissonant or harsh in sound

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Disparate

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Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Effrontery

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Extreme boldness, presumptuousness, insolence
“She had the effrontery to ask for two free samples”

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Eloquent

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Well spoken, expressive, articulate

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Enervate

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To weaken, to reduce in vitality
“the heat enervated us all”

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Ennui

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Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy, a feeling of listlessness
“The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui”

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Equivocate
To use ambiguous language with deceptive intent When asked directly for his position on the issue, the candidate only equivocated
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Equivocal
Open to more than one interpretation, ambiguous
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Erudite
Very learned, scholarly
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Exculpate
To exonerate, to clear of blame "The court exculpated him after a thorough investigation"
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Exigent
Urgent, pressing, requiring immediate action or attention
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Extemporaneous
Improvised, done without preparation "Caught by surprise, I had to make an extemporaneous speech at the awards banquet"
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Filibuster
Intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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Fulminate
To loudly attack or denounce, to express vehement protest "he fulminated against the evils of his time"
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Ingenuous
Artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication, innocent and unsuspecting "Her ingenuous nature made her an easy target for the con man"
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Inured
Accustomed to accepting something undesirable "these children have been inured to violence"
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Irascible
Easily angered, prone to temperamental outbursts
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Laud
To praise highly "the obituary lauded him a great statesman"
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Lucid
Clear, easily understood
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Magnanimity
The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving "He had the magnanimity to forgive her for lying about him"
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Martial
Associated with war and the armed forces
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Mundane
Typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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Nascent
Coming into being, in early developmental stages "The nascent republic is holding its first election this month"
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Nebulous
Vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form "a nebulous recollection of the meeting"
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Neologism
A new word, expression, or usage, the creation of new words or sentences
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Noxious
Harmful, injurious
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Obtuse
Lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear or precise in thought or expression, not sharp, blunt
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Obviate
To anticipate and make unnecessary "to obviate the risk for serious injury"
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Onerous
Troubling, burdensome
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Paean
A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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Parody
A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art
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Perennial
Recurrent through the year or many years, happening repeatedly "Classical literature remains a perennial in liberal arts classrooms"
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Perfidy
Intentional breach of faith, treachery
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Perfunctory
Cursory, done without care or interest
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Perspicacious
Acutely perceptive, having keen discernment "It offers quite a few facts to the perspicacious reporter"
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Prattle
To babble meaninglessly, to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Precipitate
Verb- to cause or happen before anticipated or required Adjective- acting with excessive haste or impulse
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Predilection
A preference, a disposition in favor of something
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Prescience
Foreknowledge of events, knowing of events before they happen
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Prevaricate
To deliberately avoid the truth, to mislead "He seemed to prevaricate when the journalists asked pointed questions"
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Qualms
Misgivings, reservations, causes for hesitancy
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Recant
To retract, especially a previously held belief
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Refute
To disprove, to successfully argue against
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Relegate
To forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position
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Reticent
Quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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Solicitous
Concerned and attentive, eager "She was always solicitous about the welfare of her students"
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Sordid
Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor, foul
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Sporadic
Occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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Squander
To waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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Static
Not moving, active, or in motion, at rest
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Stupefy
To stun, baffle, or amaze
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Stymie
To block, to thwart
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Synthesis
The combination of parts to make a whole
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Torque
A force that causes rotation
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Tortuous
Winding, twisting, excessively complicated "The route is remote and tortuous"
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Truculent
Fierce and cruel, eager to fight "his days of truculent defiance were over"
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Veracity
Truthfulness, honesty
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Virulent
Extremely harmful or poisonous, bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Voracious
Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit, ravenous
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Waver
To move to and fro, to sway, to be unsettled in opinion

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