Vocab

Question 1

gripes

Answer 1

verb: complain about something in a persistent and irritating way
noun: a minor complaint

example: An unbearable workplace environment goes beyond normal gripes about tough bosses

Question 2

welch

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to avoid doing something you have promised to do, especially not to pay a debt: He’s never welched on a debt - he always pays up. Avoiding action. abrogate. abrogation.

Question 3

nix

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put an end to; cancel.
“he nixed the deal just before it was to be signed”

Question 4

shrewish

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bad-tempered or aggressively assertive (typically used of a woman).
“his shrewish wife”

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edict

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noun
an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.
“Clovis issued an edict protecting Church property”

Question 6

behest

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request, instruction, command

nounLITERARY
a person’s orders or command.
“they had assembled at his behest”

Question 7

entrapment

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noun
the state of being caught in or as in a trap.
“the feeling of entrapment grows as the roads close and the power goes out”
the action of tricking someone into committing a crime in order to secure their prosecution.
“his style of investigation constitutes entrapment”

Question 8

fracas

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noun
a noisy disturbance or quarrel.
“the fracas was broken up by stewards”

Question 9

rankle

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verb
1.
(of a comment or fact) cause continuing annoyance or resentment.
“the casual manner of his dismissal still rankles”

Question 10

headlong

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head first, rash, precipitate

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deadpan

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expressionless, poker faced

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virtuosity

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great artistic skill

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revulsion

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extreme hatred

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discretion

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speak in a way to not reveal something

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malodorous

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smelling unpleasant

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erudition

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quality of showing great knowledge

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nigh

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almost there

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ornery

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bad tempered and difficult to deal with

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squirrel

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verb : to store away for future use

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stanch

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stop blood flow eg. wound

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endow

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supply, estow

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moot

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subject to debate

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sordid

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morally degraded, base

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esteem

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cherish

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do in

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enervate

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touch off

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engender

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dress down

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admonish

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culpability

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liability, guilt, blame

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reproof

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blame, disapproval

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univocal

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having one meaning

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epitomized

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be a perfect example for

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incumbent

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responsibility, necessary - jury realised it was incumbent for them to act

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facility

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skill, ease

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cavalier

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blithe, apathetic

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philistine

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somebody who hates art

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poise

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calm, composure

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detente

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easing strained relations between countriee

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espoused

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adopted

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vox

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voice, vocals

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exodus

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mass departure

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saunter

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walk in a slow manner

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gaunt

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lean because of suffering or age

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sinister

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evil, seeming dangerous, something bad will happen

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farbissiner

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sourpuss

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discombobulated

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disconcert or confuse someone

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lob a platitude

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throw something cliché

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devolve

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transfer or delete power to a lower level

Question 49

apotheosis

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culmination; highest point On Monday night, the string of identity groups backing Ms. Harris reached its bizarre, and perhaps inevitable, apotheosis with the inaugural meeting of the aptly named “White Dudes for Harris.”

Question 50

apotheosis

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culmination; highest point On Monday night, the string of identity groups backing Ms. Harris reached its bizarre, and perhaps inevitable, apotheosis with the inaugural meeting of the aptly named “White Dudes for Harris.”

Question 51

cudgel

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weapon the right-wing policy blueprint and personnel project prepared for the next Republican president that became a political cudgel used by Democrats, is departing

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callous

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Emotionally hardened

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sordid

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immoral

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blustering

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self important, overbearing, bombastic

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jaded

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Bored or lacking enthusiasm

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hulking

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powerfully built

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chaperon

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a person who looks after

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incensed

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exasperated

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credo

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doctrine

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certitude

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conviction

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impel

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galvanise

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bashful

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diffident

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rancorous

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carried by bitterness

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temperance

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abstinence

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gainsay

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contradict

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anchorite

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ascetic

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myopic

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uncreative

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prurient

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salacious, having or conveying inappropriate interest in sexual matters

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incadescent

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full of emotion

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fetter

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manacle

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toady

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Grovel

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blathering

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verbosity

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gumption

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spirited initiative and resourcefulness

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tenor

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male singer - singing in a high voice

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pitfall

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likely mistake, hidden one

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purportedly

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allegedly

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steamroll

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defeat easily

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pulchritude

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beautiful

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exhume

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dig out

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listless

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lacking energy

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brio

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vigour

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rails against

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strongly protest at

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cloistered

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separated from; away

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swath

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wrap I’m swathed in invisible cloak

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anachronism

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old fashioned thing

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reticulated

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constructed simply for lacking the steroidal reticulated torso of a Marvel superhero,

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mores

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social norms

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mores

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social norms

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emboldened

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given courage AFTER STONEWALL, WHEN young gay men in large cities became more emboldened, that costume became more overt and provocative

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rueful

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sorrowful

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rueful

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sorrowful

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unqualified

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complete, 100 percent

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abeyance

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suspension, stop something

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fraught

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situtation- full of peril or danger

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fraught

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situtation- full of peril or danger

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parlous

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bad; precarious

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finagle

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obtain by devious and dishonest means Ted attended all the football games he could finagle tickets for

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finagle

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obtain by devious and dishonest means Ted attended all the football games he could finagle tickets for

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brandish

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wave, shake, in anger or threat, flaunt, display in an aggressive manner

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atonement

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making amends, reconciliation

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trample

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crush

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eulogise

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praise

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impugn

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contest, take issue with, censure

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impugn

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contest, take issue with, censure

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feted

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celebrated, lauded

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glowering

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Scowling, angry Mr. Trump at debate

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glowering

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Scowling, angry Mr. Trump at debate

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effervescent

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For a person it means full of energy, giving gas bubbles and foaming up

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strenuous

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demanding, exacting, requiring effort

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confabulate

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chat

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gull

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to fool a person, delude

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protracted

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verbose, long winded

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apprehend

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understand or perceive

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gentrify

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change character, improving …

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visceral

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instinctive

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humanitarianism

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human welfare concerned

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gouging

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cheating, charging someone too much money

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promiscuous

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casual relationship sexually, but also dissipated

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promiscuous

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casual relationship sexually, but also dissipated

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dissipated

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wasted

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accost

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approach aggressively

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clamp down

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stop/limit

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risible

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funny; absurd

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cronyism

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hired through personal contact, not as qualified

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mulish

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stubborn

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litigious

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too ready to take legal action

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deigned

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stooped to

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scruples

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doubt or hesitate eg. John never scrupled to ignore the standards of decent conduct if literal compliance enabled him to do so, whatever effects on his subordinates.

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profane

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not religious

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wistful

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regretful, nostalgic

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obtuseness

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lacking sharpness

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raffish/louche

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direputable in an attractive way

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rectitude

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righteousness

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disarming

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having personality that allays fear, suspicion through charm

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decrepitude

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feebleness

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insurmountable

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too great to overcome

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elliptical

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using or involving ellipsis, especially so as to be difficult to understand.

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jaded

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fatigued

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outmaneuver

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circumvent, bypass

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spurring

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encouraging, stimulating

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hamstring

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to weaken, impair

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unqualified

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absolute - unalloyed - pure

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decrepitude

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weakness

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senescence

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deterioration with age

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privation

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poverty

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obtuse

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unintelligent - Billy obtuse

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sapiential

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relating to wisdom

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belabor

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attack verbally

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reprehensible

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deserve censure

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purveyor

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seller

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capacious

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spacious

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elusive

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difficult to catch find/slippery

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proleteriat

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working class people

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incisive

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quick and direct

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potent

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powerful

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bulwark against

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defense against

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extirpate

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eliminate

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waxed or waned

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grew larger or smaller

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adduce

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to cite, mention as evidence

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smattering

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little, modicum

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befit

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suitable

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to founder

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to fail