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ANARCHY

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(n) A state of lawlessness, without government oversight or authority

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INDETERMINATE

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(adj.) Vague or uncertain; not precisely fixed or established (adj.) Having an infinite number of solutions

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ALACRITY

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(n) Cheerful willingness or promptness

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VAUNT

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(v) Brag about

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EXTENUATING

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(adj.) Lessening or mitigating the seriousness (or blameworthyness) or extent of something

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ANOMALY

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(n) Deviation from the norm; irregularity (n) Something irregular, peculiar, abnormal, or deviating from the norm

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SOPHOMORIC

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(adj.) Immature, showing lack of judgment (adj.) Pretentious and immature at the same time

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INGRATE

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(n) An ungrateful person

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FALLACIOUS

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(adj.) Built on unsound logic; containing a fallacy (fallacy means logical mistake) (adj.) Misleading or delusive

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CONFABULATE

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(v) Chat, talk casually (v) To make things up; in psychology, to fill in gaps in ones memory with fabulous stories

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INVEIGLE

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(v) To lure, induce, or win over by using flattery (v) To obtain by flattery or coaxing

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JOCULAR

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(adj.) Characterized by or given to playful jesting; jolly

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BASE

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(adj.) Mean spirited, contemptible, or selfish (adj.) Showing a lack of values or ethics (adj.) Of inferior value or quality

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CRYPTIC

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(adj.) Having or seeming to have hidden meaning; mysterious or mystifying (adj.) Secret or occult; employing or using code or a cipher

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TIRADE

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(n) An angry, protracted, harshly censorious speech or rant

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JIBE

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(v) To be in harmony, agree

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UNSEEMLY

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(adj.) Not in accordance with standards of good behavior or taste

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INUNDATE

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(v) To cover in water, as in a flood or torrential rain (v) To overwhelm

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PETTIFOGGER

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(n) A shifty or unethical lawyer (n) A person who bickers or quibbles over trivial matters

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AGGREGATE

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(v) To gather together (n) Formed by the collection of smaller parts

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FETTER

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(v) Shackle, put in chains, restrict the freedom of

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INCIPIENT

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(adj.) Coming into existence or beginning to appear

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CHICANERY

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(n) Deception through subterfuge or trickery

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INCURSION

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(n) An invasion, raid, or hostile entrance of anothers territory (n) The act of entering

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JABBER
(v) To talk rapidly, incoherently, or nonsensically
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COALESCE
(v) To grow or unite into one mass or body; to fuse
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INDIGENCE
(n) Utter poverty, without comfort
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FERMENT
(v) 1. To undergo or cause fermentation (such as yogurt or other such foods) 2. To excite or agitate; to foment (n) A state of agitation, unrest, or tumult (the political ferment may lead to revolt)
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LABILE
(adj.) Apt or likely to change
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INSULARITY
(n) The state or quality of being insular, especially the narrow point of view resulting from life in a closed, isolated community
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ABERRANT
(adj.) Deviating from the usual or proper course, especially in behavior. (adj.) Deviating from the normal or expected type, atypical
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ESTIMABLE
(adj.) Worthy of esteem or admiration (adj.) Capable of being estimated
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CRAVEN
(adj.) Cowardly or contemptibly fearful
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TRIBUTE
(n) A gift, service, or other demonstration of gratitude, admiration, or affection (n) Evidence or something indicating a praiseworthy quality or characteristic (n) Payment given or extracted as a sign of submission or in exchange for protection
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TOUT
(v) To solicit business, votes, etc., in a persistent or annoying way (v) To describe or advertise boastfully; promote or praise excessively
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ENGENDER
(v) To give rise to, create, or cause (v) To beget or propagate
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FETID
adj.) Offensive smelling
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CRASS
(adj.) Crude, gross, and unrefined, lacking in discrimination (adj.) Excessively materialistic or base
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SUMMARILY
(adv) immediately, in a prompt or direct manner; without prior notice
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INDIGENOUS
(adj.) Native to or naturally occurring in a region or environment (adj.) Innate or natural
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DAMP
(dampen, damp down) (v) To deaden; hold back or retard the energy of; stifle, suffocate, restrain
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DIDACTIC
(adj.) Designed to teach or instruct (adj.) Intended for moral education (adj.) Excessively given to lecturing or moralizing
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TURBULENCE
(n) Violent commotion or disorder
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CENSURE
(v) to criticize or express disapproval, often formally
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VITUPERATIVE
(adj.) Characterized by tendency to censure, condemn, or verbally abuse
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DEBACLE
(n) An utter disaster, collapse, or failure (n) A rout or violent downfall
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GIBE
(v) To jeer, taunt, deride; (n) a mocking or sarcastic remark
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PRAGMATIC
(adj.) Practical; dealing in facts or real world occurrences rather than theory or ideals
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EQUANIMITY
(n) Calmness; mental or emotional stability under stress; balance or equilibrium
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SENTIENT
(adj.) Conscious, experiencing feeling or sensation
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CORRUGATED
(adj.) Drawn or bent into folds or furrows (as in corrugated cardboard) (adj.) Wrinkled, as in the skin or face
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ESOTERIC
(adj.) Understood by or intended for only a select group, often of people with specialized knowledge (adj.) Confidential
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AUTONOMOUS
(adj.) Independent, self governing (adj.) Existing or capable of functioning independently, without reliance on others
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DECOROUS
(adj.) Dignified, correct, or proper in manner or conduct
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AVID
(adj.) Urgently, keenly desirous, the point of greed (adj.) Marked by enthusiasm or voracious interest

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