Vocab

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Abashed

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Made to feel uncomfortable, disconnected, or embarrassed by something that has happened or been done or said

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Admonish

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To say (something) as advice or obligations

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Aesthetic

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Pleasing in appearance, beautiful

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Aloof

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Removed or at a distance

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Analogous

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Similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail

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Antipathy

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A strong feeling of dislike

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Apprehensive

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Viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : showing fear or apprehension about the future

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Avant-garde

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An intelligentsia that develops new or experimental concepts especially in the arts

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Brusque

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Markedly short and abrupt

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Callous

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Being hardened and thickened; feeling no emotion

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Colloquial

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Used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation

Using conversational style

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Counterintuitive

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Contrary to what one would intuitively expect

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Deference

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Respect and esteem due to a superior or elder ; affected or ingratiating regard for another’s wishes

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Deplore

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To feel or express grief for

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Didactic

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Designed or intended to teach

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Disillusion

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The condition of being disenchanted : the condition of being dissatisfied or defeated in expectation or hope

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Disparage

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To belittle the importance or value of (someone or something) : to speak slightingly about

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Elusive

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Tending to elude such as : tending to evade grasp or pursuit; hard to comprehend or define; hard to isolate or identify

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Enigma

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Something hard to understand or explain; mysterious; an obscure piece or writing

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Incongruous

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Not harmonious, disagreement

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a very short time

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Evoke

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To call forth or up; to bring to mind such as recollection

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Exasperate

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To cause irritation or annoyance to

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Explicit

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To give a detailed explanation of

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Frivolous

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Of little weight or importance

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Idiosyncrasy

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A peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality

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Idyllic

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pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity

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Grandcur

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High rank or importance; impressive

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Gratuitous

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Not called for by the circumstances: not necessary, appropriate, or justified

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Gregarious

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Tending to associate with others of one’s kind

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Imply

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To express indirectly

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Infer

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To derive as a conclusion from facts of premises

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Invoke

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To appeal to or cite as authority To petition for help or support

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Lament

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To mourn; express sorrow; regret

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Manifest

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Easily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of right

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Melancholy

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A depression of spirits; by a pensive mood

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Obdurate

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Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

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Onerous

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Involving, imposing, or constituting a burden

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Prudent

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Arising from or showing prudence: such as marker by wisdom or judiciousness, shrewd in management of practical affairs

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Reciprocate

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To give and take mutually

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Reconcile

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To restore friendship or harmony

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Repent

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To turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one’s life

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Salutary

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Producing a beneficial effect

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Solicitude

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The state of being concerned or anxious

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Sublime

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To cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor stats and condense back to solid form

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Transgress

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To violate a command or law; to go beyond limits

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Vacillate

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To waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses

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Vindicate

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To free from allegation or Blame

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Wry

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Bent, twisted, or turned usually abnormally to one side

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Zealous

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Marked by fervent partisanship for a person, a cause, or an ideal : filled with or characterized by zeal