Vocab gre Flashcards

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Torpor

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State of low energy

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Arbitrary

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Based on a random choice rather than any reason or system

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Equivocal

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Open to more than one interpretation, ambiguous

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Ephemeral

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Temporary, short lived

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Malignity

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Desire to do evil

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Compunction

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Guilt

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Sedulity

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Diligence, hard work

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Inconspicuous

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Not readily noticeable

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Fetid

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Offensive odor

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Base

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Low, foundation

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Deft

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Quick and skillful

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Peeved

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Irritated

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Tacit

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Implied without direct expression

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Vitriolic

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Cruel

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Apocryphal

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Doubtful authenticity

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Calumnious

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False charges or misrepresentations, Slanderous

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Categorical

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Defined, absolute

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Lackadaisical

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Lacking in spirit, listless

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Petulant, Tetchy

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Irritable

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Deferential

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Respectful

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Sanguine

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Optimistic, reddish

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Enigmatic

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Puzzling

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Impertinence

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Rude, disrespectful

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Ingenuity

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Cleverness

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Acuity
Insight
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Acrimony
Hostility, animosity
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Futility
Pointless
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Feigning
To represent fictitiously
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Emulating
To try to equal or excel
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Beguiling
Deceptive or bewitching
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Oviparous
Egg laying
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Untoward
Inappropriate or unexpected
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Iconoclastic
Someone who attacks cherished beliefs
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Opprobrium
Disgrace
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Bijoux
Trinkets
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Vestments
Garments
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Zealots
People who are devoted
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Engender
To give rise to
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Suffuse
To spread throughout something
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Amenable
Cooperative
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Deprecating
Disapproving, belittle
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Vacillating
To waver between different opinions
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Precipitously
Change to a worse situation
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Pluralistic
Having multiple sources
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Heartened
Encouraged
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Abashed
Ashamed
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Cleaved
Adhered to
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Dungeon
Sullen mood
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Scion
Descendant
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Annexed
Add to
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Procured
Obtained for
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Tenable
Possible
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Bucolic, Pastoral
Rural country life
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Compendious, Laconic
Concise
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Lugubrious
Dismal
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Otiosity, Indolence
Laziness
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Efficacy
Effectiveness
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Obduracy
Stubbornness
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Puerility
Childishness
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Fanatical
Obsessive
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Recalcitrant
Stubbornly disobedient
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Prudent
Careful and wise
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Curio
A rare object
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Paragon
Perfect example
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Imbued
Invested with
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Inculcated
Implanted
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Elucidated
Clarify
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Regales
Entertains or delights
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Subverts
Undermine
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Gratuitous
Uncalled for
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Disparate
Different kinds of
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Dilettante
Amateur
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Ululate
Howl or moan
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Pathos
Feelings of pity
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Despondency
Despair
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Artifice
Clever trick or illusion
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Preponderance
Greater in number or quantity, prevalence
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Inimical
Harmful or unfavorable
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Portentous
Acting as an omen
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Furnish
Provide
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Abrogated
Formally revoke
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Espoused
Adopted or embraced
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Monolith
Massive uniform structure
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Enervated
Weaken
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Prevaricate equivocate
To avoid the truth
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Arbitrate mediate
Help settle a dispute
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Ubiquitous regnant
Turning up everywhere
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Myopic
Shortsighted or narrow minded
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Onerous
Burdensome
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Implacable
Refusing to be pacified
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Fugacious
Fleeting
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Miserly
Lacking generosity
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Disconcerting
Troubling
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Portentous
Momentous
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Abate
Lessen or lower
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Impute
Assign something to someone
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Vindicate
Justify
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Shortsighted
Lack of planning or foresight
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Pervasive
Spread throughout
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Frangible
Easy to break
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Gossamer
Thin or fine
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Tensile
Strength against tension
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Austere
Severe
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Convoluted
Complicated
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Primordial
Primitive
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Castigated
Criticized
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Abstruse
Difficult to understand
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Modish
Fashionable
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Philistine
Lacking in culture, low brow
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Specious
Misleading in appearance
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Conduit
Secret path to
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Enmity
Hostility
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Acrimony
Bitterness
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Quiescence
Being at rest
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Ennui
Boredom
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Indelible
Unable to be removed
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Transient
Lasting for a short time
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Negligible
Small or unimportant
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Fastidiously
Attention to detail
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Extant
In existance
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Recursive
Recurrence or repetition
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Amorphous
Vague unorganized
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Defubct
No longer in existence
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Fervid
Intensely enthusiastic
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Erudite
Showing great knowledge
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Assuage
Less intense
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Audacious
Take bold risks
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Desiccate
Lacking interest , remove moisture
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Laudable
Goal
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Capricious
Changes in mood or behavior
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Loquacious
Talkative
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Pragmatic
Practical
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Regress
To return to a lower developed state
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Impugn
Dispute truth
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Ostentatious
Showy, excessive
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Ebullience
Cheerful, full of energy
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Ignoble
Not honorable
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Precarious
Uncertain
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Dolorous
Sorrow
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Mellifluous, euphonic
Sweet or pleasing
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Strident
Loud and harsh
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Laconic
Using very few words
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Detritus, refuse
Waste or debris
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Bedlam
Scene of uproar and confusion
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Precarious
Not secure
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Dexterity
Skill in performing tasks, esp with hands
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Mien
A persons manner
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Repudiation
Rejection of an idea
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Attestation
Serve as evidence
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Coarsened
Become rough
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Evocative
Bringing strong images or memories
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Deplored
Express strong disapproval
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Catholic
A wide variety of things
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Encroachment
Intrusion
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Apogee, Apex
Pinnacle, highest point
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Histrionic
Overly dramatic or theatrical
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Assuage
Make less intense
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Prolific
Producing many works
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Abstruse
Difficult to understand
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Prosaic
Lacking poetic beauty, dull unimaginative.
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Spurned
Reject with disdain
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Scurrilous
Spreading scandalous claims
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Brusque
Abrupt in speech or manner
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Congenial
Pleasant
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Gregarious
Sociable
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Arcane
Mysterious, obscure
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Lauding
Praise
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Deriding
Ridicule
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Infallible
Incapable of making mistakes
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Abjured
To renounce
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Befuddle, Bemuse
To confuse
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Malfeasance
Wrongdoing
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Relativism
Truth is subjective
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Fatuous
Silly and pointless
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Ribald
Referring to sex in a funny way
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Acumen
Ability to make good judgements
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Acridity
Having an irritatingly strong smell or taste
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Trenchancy
Vigorous in expression, articulate
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Extirpate
Root out and destroy
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Recondite
Little known hard to understand
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Disquieted
Feeling of worry or anxiet
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Truculent
Quick to fight or argue
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Panegyrical
Public speech or text in praise of something
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Phlegmatic
Unemotional disposition
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Eschewed
Deliberately avoid using