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1
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Consternation

A

Feeling of worry, shock or confusion

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2
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Solipsism

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Belief only your own experiences and existence can be known

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3
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Fortitude

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Courage over a long period

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4
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Lionization of

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Act of making someone famous

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5
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Austerity

A

Condition of living without unnecessary things or without comfort

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6
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Archaism

A

Word or expression that is not generally used anymore

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7
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Avarice

A

Extremely strong wish to keep money or possessions

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8
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Volition

A

Power to make own decisions

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9
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Mollify

A

Make someone less upset or angry

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10
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Delineate

A

Explain

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11
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Impertinent

A

Rude, especially to authority figure

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12
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Consilience

A

Linking together of principles from different disciplines, forming a comprehensive theory

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13
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Scorn

A

Open dislike

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14
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Venal

A

Capable of being bought or bribed

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15
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Profligate

A

Extremely extravagant, shamelessly immoral

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16
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Felonious

A

Very evil

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17
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Impetuous

A

Impulsive action, forceful action

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18
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Miserliness

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Grasping meanness

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19
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Penurious

A

Extreme poverty or frugality

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20
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Denigrate

A

Attack reputation

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21
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Indolence

A

Inclination to laziness

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22
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Lackadaisical

A

Lacking life or spirit

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23
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Listless

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Lack of energy

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24
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Interminable

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Seemingly having no end

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25
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Anachronistic

A

Error in chronology

26
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Incongruous

A

Non-conforming or non harmonious

27
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Reprieve

A

Delft punishment or given relief for some time

28
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Hackneyed

A

Lacking in freshness or originality

29
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Feckless

A

Weak

30
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Pugnacious

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Combative nature

31
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Truculent

A

Agressively self-assertive, harsh

32
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Belligerent

A

Exhibiting assertiveness, waging war

33
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Vitriolic

A

Bitterly harsh

34
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Felicitous

A

Well suited

35
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Malingering

A

Pretend illness

36
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Equivocation

A

Deliberate evasiveness

37
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Rectitude

A

Moral integrity

38
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Dissembling

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To hide under a false appearance

39
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Fastidiousness

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Extreme attention to detail

40
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Ephemeral

A

Lasting a short time

41
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Quiescent

A

Inactivity, no trouble

42
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Solicitousness

A

Expressing fear or concern

43
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Irksome

A

Annoying

44
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Enervating

A

Lacking physical, mental or moral vigor

45
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Stolidity

A

Unemotional

46
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Subterfuge

A

Deception or deceptive trick

47
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Venality

A

Able to be bought or bribed

48
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Acuity

A

Clarity

49
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Eclectic

A

Composed of elements drawn from many different sources

50
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Mercurial

A

Quickly changable mood, having qualities of eloquence or ingenuity

51
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Vexation

A

State of being irritated

52
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Bellicose

A

Showing willingness to fight

53
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Elision

A

Omission

54
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Perspicacious

A

Keen, acute mental vision

55
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Bifurcation

A

Poitn where something divides into two branches

56
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Temerity

A

Audacity

57
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Sinecure

A

Pisition requiring no work but gives status and financial benefit

58
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Shirk

A

Avoid or neglect

59
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Morass

A

Complicated or confusing situation

60
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Inoculate

A

Immunize

61
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Scion

A

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