Vocab Flashcards
(180 cards)
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To leave secretly
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Abscond
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To choose not to do something
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Abstain
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An extremely deep hole
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Abyss
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To make impure
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Adulterate
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To speak in favor of
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Advocate
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Concerning the appreciation of beauty
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Aesthetic
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To increase in power, influence, and reputation
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Aggrandize
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To make more bearable
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Alleviate
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To combine; to mix together
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Amalgamate
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Doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted several ways
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Ambiguous
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To reduce in amount, degree, or severity
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Abate
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to make make better; to improve
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ameliorate
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something out of place in time
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anachronism
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similar or alike in some way; equivalent to
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analogous
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deviation from what is normal
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anomaly
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to annoy or provoke to anger
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antagonize
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extreme dislike
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antipathy
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lack of interest or emotion
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apathy
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to judge dispute between two opposing parties
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arbitrate
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ancient, old fashioned
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archaic
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intense and passionate feeling
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ardor
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able to speak clearly and expressively
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articulate
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to make something unpleasant less severe
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assuage
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to reduce in force or degree; to weaken
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attenuate
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fearless and daring
audacious
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severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
austere
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predictable, cliched, boring
banal
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to support; to prop up
bolster
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pompous in speech and manner
bombastic
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harsh, jarring noise
cacophony
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impartial and honest in speech
candid
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changing one's mind quickly and often
capricious
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to punish or criticize harshly
castigate
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something that brings about a change in something else
catalyst
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biting in wit
caustic
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great disorder or confusion
chaos
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someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
chauvinist
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deception by means of craft or guile
chicanery
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convincing and well reasoned
cogent
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to overlook, pardon, or disregard
condone
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intricate and complicated
convuluted
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to provide supporting evidence
corroborate
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too trusting; gullible
credulous
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steadily increasing volume or force
crescendo
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appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
decorum
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respect, courtesy
deference
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to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
deride
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to dry out throughly
desiccate
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jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
desultory
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an abusive, condemnatory speech
diatribe
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lacking self confidence
diffident
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to make larger; to expand
dilate
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intended to delay
dilatory
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someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
dilettante
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a funeral hymn or mournful speech
dirge
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to set right; to free from error
disabuse
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to perceive; to recognize
discern
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fundamentally different; entirely unlike
disparate
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to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character
dissemble
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a harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds
dissonance
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a firmly held opinion, often a religious belief
dogma
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dictatorial in one's opinion
dogmatic
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to deceive; a person who is easily deceived
dupe
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selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
eclectic
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effectiveness
efficacy
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a sorrowful poem or speech
elegy
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persuasive and moving, especially in speech
eloquent
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to copy; to try to equal or excel
emulate
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to reduce in strength
enervate
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to produce, cause, or bring about
engender
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a puzzle; a mystery
enigma
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to count, list, or itemize
enumerate
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lasting a short time
ephemeral
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to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
equivocate
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wandering and unpredictable
erratic
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learned, scholarly, bookish
erudite
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known or understood by only a few
esoteric
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admirable
estimable
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speech in praise of someone
eulogy
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use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
euphemism
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to make worse
exacerbate
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to clear from blame; prove innocent
exculpate
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urgent; requiring immediate action
exigent
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to clear of blame
exonerate
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clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
explicit
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acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
fanatical
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to grovel
fawn
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intensely emotional; feverishly
fervid
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excessively decorated or embellished
florid
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to arouse or incite
foment
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a tendency to be thrifty or cheap
frugality
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tending to talk a lot
garrulous
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outgoing. sociable
gregarious
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deceit or trickery
guile
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easily deceived
gullible
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of a similar kind
homogenous
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one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
iconoclast
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not capable of being disturbed
imperturbable
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impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
impervious
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quick to act without thinking
impetuous
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unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
implacable
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not fully formed; disorganized
inchoate
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showing innocence or childlike simplicity
ingenous
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hostile, unfriendly
inimical
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harmless
innoculous
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lacking interest or flavor
insipid
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uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
intransigent
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to overwhlem; to cover with water
inundate
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easily made angry
irascible
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using few words
laconic
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to express sorrow; to grieve
lament
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to give praise; to glorify
laud
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to give unsparingly
extremely generous or extravagant
lavish
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acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner
lethargic
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talkative
loquacious
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clear and easily understood
lucid
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bright, brilliant, glowing
luminous
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to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
malinger
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capable of being shaped
malleable
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a figure of speech comparing two different things; a symbol
metaphor
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extremely careful about details
meticulous
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a person who dislikes others
misanthrope
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to soften; to lessen
mitigate
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to calm or make less severe
mollify
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lack of variation
monotony
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lacking sophistication or experience
naive
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hardened in feeling; resistant to pesuasion
obdurate
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overly submissive and eager to please
obsequious
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stubborn, unyielding
obstinate
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to prevent; to make unnecessary
obviate
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to stop up; to prevent the passage of
occlude
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troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
onerous
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impossible to see through; preventing the passage of light
opaque
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public disgrace
opprobrium
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excessive showiness
ostentation
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a contradiction or dilemma
paradox
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model of excellence or perfection
paragon
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someone who shows off learning
pedant
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willing to betray one's trust
perfidious
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done in a routine way; indifferent
perfunctory
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to penetrate
permeate
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charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness
philanthropy
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to soother or pacify
placate
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able to be molded, altered, or bent
plastic
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excess
plethora
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practical as opposed to idealistic
pragmatic
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
precipitate
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to lie or deviate from the truth
prevaricate
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fresh and clean; uncorrupted
pristine
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lavish, wasteful
prodigal
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to increase in number quickly
proliferate
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to conciliate; to appease
propitiate
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correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs
propriety
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wisdom, caution, or restraint
prudence
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sharp and irritating to the sense
pungent
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motionless
quiescent
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to make thinner or sparser
rarefy
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to reject the validity of
repudiate
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silent, reserved
reticent
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effective writing or speaking
rhetoric
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to satisfy fully or overindulge
satiate
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causing sleep or lethargy
soporific
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deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
specious
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a mark of shame or discredit
stigma
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unemotional; lacking sensitivity
stolid
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lofty or grand
sublime
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done without using words
tacit
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silent, not talkative
taciturn
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long, harsh speech or verbal attack
tirade
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extreme mental and physical sluggishness
torpor
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temporary, lasting a brief time
transitory
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to sway physically; to be indecisive
vacillate
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to respect deeply
venerate
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filled with truth and accuracy
veracity
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wordy
verbose
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to annoy
vex
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easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
volatile
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to fluctuate between choices
waver
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acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
whimsical
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passion, excitement
zeal
