Vocabulary Flashcards
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Aesthetic
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pertaining to beauty
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Apathy
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lack of interest or caring
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Comprehensive
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including everything, complete
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Condemn
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to express strong disapproval of
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Conflagration
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A widespread fire
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Conformity
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the act of becoming similar or identical to
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Cynicism
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the belief that all human action is motivated by selfishness
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Debunk
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to expose the falseness
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Defendant
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someone who has been accused of committing a crime
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Dupe
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a person easily deceived
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Erratic
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unpredictably eccentric
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Exacerbate
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to make worse
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Exemplary
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serving as an example, commendable
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Extraneous
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not pertinent or relevant
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Hiatus
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to break or lapse in continuity
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Impudence
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bold disrespect or rudeness
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Incorrigible
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Not capable of being reformed
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Indelible
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incapable of being erased
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Indifference
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lack of interest, feeling or opinion
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Infallible
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unable to be proven wrong
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Innate
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existing in a person since birth
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Jargon
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words used by people in a particular field of work
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Lampoon
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sharp satire
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Levity
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lightness; lacking seriousness
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Lurid
gruesome, melodramatic, shocking
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Magnate
a person of great influence in a particular field
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Marred
impaired the perfection of
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Mitigate
to make less severe
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Morose
Gloomy; Ill-tempered
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Negate
to destroy the validity of something
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Obscure
not known
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Objective
not affected by personal feelings
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Obsolete
outdated
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Ominous
signaling something evil is abiut to happen
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Omniscient
having complete knowledge
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Parochial
having a narrow scope
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Pastiche
piece of music, writing, or art combining several different sources or styles
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Patent
obvious, readily visible
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Penchant
a strong liking or taste
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Persecution
tormenting a person because of his or her beliefs
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Pious
having reverence for a god
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Plagiarist
a person who presents someone else's work as his own
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Preclude
to make impossible
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Premonition
a feeling that something is about to happen
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Presumptuous
bold to the point of rudeness
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Prodigal
Wasteful
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Provincial
Having a narrow scope
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Purgation
the process of getting rid if impurities
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Quarry
a large open pit from which stone is cut
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Quibble
to make a minor objection
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Raconteur
skilled storyteller
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Rebuttal
reply to criticism or challenge
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Recant
to take back
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Recluse
someone who lives in seclusion
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Reconcile
to settle a problem
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Reminiscence
a story of past experiences
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Reiteration
saying or doing something repeatedly
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Renounce
to give up or put aside
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Repeal
to take back a law or other decision
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Repertoire
supply is songs, stories, skills, or devices
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Replete
Gorged with food, sated
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Resourceful
able to find solutions
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Reticent
talkative, shy, reluctant to speak
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Sanction
a coercive measure designed to make a person comply
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Sentinel
a guard, a watchman
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Sect
religious subgroup or faction
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Slander
untruthful spoken attack in someone's reputation
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Solidarity
fellowship between members of a group
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Soporific
causing sleep
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Strident
harsh, grating
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Ingratiate
to establish oneself on the favor or good graces of others, especially by deliberate effort
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Stupefying
to make less alert
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Sullen
sad, sulky
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Succinct
brief, concise
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Surfeit
Excess, overindulgence
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Suppleness
ability to bend easily, linverness
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Swindle
to cheat out if money or property
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Synthesis
The combining of sepsrate parts to form a whole
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Tacit
implied, not stated outright
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Taciturn
being if few words
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Tantamount
Equivalent in effect or meaning
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Tenet
idea or belief
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Theologian
one who studies religion
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Tirade
a long, hard, often abusive speech
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Torpid
without energy, sluggish
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Trite
overused, lacking freshness
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Truant
someone who cuts school or neglects his duties
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Truncate
shorten by cutting off
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Tumultuous
characterized by noisy uproar
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Ubiquitous
being everywhere at the same time
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Usurp
to seize power by force
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Vacillation
wavering; going back and forth
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Vagary
inconsistent or unpredictable action
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Vane
a device that measures wind direction
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Vivid
sharp, intense, making and impression on the senses
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Vociferous
loud
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Wallow
to indulge in a particular stay of mind
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Wharf
a structure built to extend from the land out over the water
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Wily
artful, cunning, deceitful, sky
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Wrought
produced or shaped
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Algid
cold, chilly
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Pragmatic
1. of or pertaining to a practical point of view or consideration. 2. of or pertaining to the affairs of state or community
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Virulent
Intensely bitter, spiteful, actively poisonous
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Imperiling
to put in peril or danger
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Paradigm
an example serving as a model, pattern
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Pertinent
relevant
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Convoluted
twisted, complicated, intricately involved
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Germane
closely related
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Abstruse
hard to understand
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Solicitousness
anxious or concerned, careful or particular
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Acumen
keen insight, shrewdness
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Erudite
characterized by great knowledge
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Assiduously
Constant in application or effort
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Contrite
caused by or showing sincere remorse; guilty
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Cerebral
betraying or characterized by the use of intellect rather than intuition or instinct
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Stoic
of or pertaining to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno, who taught that people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit to complain without unavoidable necessity
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Lackadaisical
without interest, vigor, or determination
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Precociousness
prematurely developed
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Obsequiousness
obedient, dutiful
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Servile
being in slavery; oppressed
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Deference
respectful submission or courteous regard
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Insularity
detached; standing alone or isolated; dwelling or situated on an island
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Insinuation
An indirect or covert suggestion or hint, especially of a derogatory nature; subtle or artful instillment into the mind
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Immaculate
free from moral blemish or impurity; free from errors; spotlessly clean
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Incubus
something that weighs upon or oppresses one like a nightmare
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Filial
If, or pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter
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Ameliorate
to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory
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Exculpate
free from blame; vindicate
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Enervate
to deprive of force or strength; weaken; debilitate
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Candor
open and sincere in speech or expression; impartial
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Dissuade
persuade not to do something
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Frivolous
characterized by lack of seriousness or sense
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Ratified
to confirm by expressing consent
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Supplanted
to replace by something else
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Pilfer
to steal, especially in small quantities
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Idiosyncrasy
a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual
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Impediment
obstruction, hinderance
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Impetus
a moving force; stimulus
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Pugnacious
inclined to quarrel
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Recalcitrant
resisting authority or control; hard to deal with
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Cacophony
a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds
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Scourge
a cause of affliction or calamity
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Irascible
easily provoked to anger
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Rapacious
inordinately greedy; predatory
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Improvident
lacking foresight; unwary; not provident
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Copious
large in quantity or number
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Ostentatious
intended to attract notice
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Clairvoyance
the supernatural ability of seeing objects or actions removed in space or time from natural viewing; quick, intuitive knowledge of things and people
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Matriculated
to enroll in a college or Univ as a candidate for a degree; to register
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Scrupulous
punctiliously or minutely careful; principled
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Venal
open to bribery
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Blatant
brazenly obvious; offensively loud or noisy
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Egregious
extraordinarily in some bad way; glaring; flagrant
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Nautical
of or pertaining to sailors
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Gratuity
a gift of money, over and above payment due for service
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Dormancy
state of rest it inactivity
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Charlatan
a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack
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Prerequisite
required beforehand
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Nihilist
total rejection of established laws and institutions; anarch, terrorism or other revolutionary activity
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Despot
a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat
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Culpable
deserving Blane or censure
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Laconic
expressing much in few words
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Sardonic
characterized by bitter or scornful derision
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Tidings
news, information or intelligence
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Zest
Hearty enjoyment
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Zephyr
a gentle, mild breeze
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Zenith
highest point
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Zealot
fanatic, a person with uncontrolled enthusiasm
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Zany
comical
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Yoke
to join together
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Yen
an intense desire, a longing
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Cycloid
pertaining to wood
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Xenophobia
fear of foreigners or strangers
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Wry
produced by distorting the face; ironic
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Wroth
angry
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Wrest
to take away by force
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Wrench
to twist or pull
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Wrath
anger; rage
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Wrangle
to quarrel
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Wraith
a ghost; an apparition
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Workaday
everyday; ordinary
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Wont
one's normal behavior
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Wolfish
ferocious
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Wow
sorrow; grief
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Wizened
withered; shriveled
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Withal
in spite of all
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Winsome
pleasing; charming
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Windfall
unexpected good fortune
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Willful
contrary; stubborn
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Wield
to handle; exercise control over
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Whimsical
unpredictable
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Whet
to stimulate; to make sharp
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Wheedle
to persuade or coaxe
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Wend
to direct one's way
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Weighty
of utmost importance
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Wastrel
a spendthrift; one who wastes
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Warp
to bend out of shape; to pervert
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Warble
to sing melodiously
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Wanton
reckless; immoral
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Wangle
to manipulate
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Wan
pale; weak
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Waif
homeless person
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Waive
to give up
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Vulpine
like a fix; clever
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Vagabond
wanderer
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Vagrant
a homeless person; a wanderer
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Vain
conceited
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Vainglorious
boastfully proud
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Valedictory
saying farewell
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Valiant
courageous; brave
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Validate
To approve or confirm
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Valor
Courage or bravery
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Vanguard
The front part
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Vanity
Excessive pride; conceit
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Vapid
Uninteresting; tasteless; tedious
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Vaunt
To brag or boast
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Veer
To change direction
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Vegetate
Lead a dull, inactive life
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Vehement
Forceful; furious
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Vendetta
Bitter quarrel or feud
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Veneer
An outward show that misrepresents
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Venial
Excusable; minor
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Venturesome
Daring; adventurous; risky
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Veracious
Truthful or honest
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Verbatim
Word for word
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Verbiage
Overabundance of words
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Verdant
Green; flourishing
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Verisimilitude
the appearance of truth
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Verity
Truth
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Vernal
Pertaining to spring
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Vertiginous
Whirling; dizzy; unstable
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Verve
Energy; enthusiasm
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Viable
Capable of living; practicable
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Viaduct
A bridge
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Viands
Various foods
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Vicarious
Substitute
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Viceroy
A representative; a deputy appointed by a sovereign to rule a province
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Vicissitude
Unpredictable changes; ups and downs
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Victuals
Food
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Vigilant
Watchful
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Vie
Compete
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Vignette
Decorative design; a short literary sketch
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Vilify
Speak evil of
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Vintage
Representative of the best ESP wine
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Viper
Malignant or spiteful person
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Virago
A loud, bad tempered woman; a shrew
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Virile
Masculine
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Virtuous
An expert or a skilled person
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Virulent
Deadly; poisonous; harmful
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Vista
A distant view
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Vitiate
To weaken; to impair
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Vitreous
Of or like glass
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Vitriolic
Biting; sharp
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Vituperate
Scold or criticize
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Vivify
To enliven
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Vogue
Fashion; style
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Volant
Capable of flying
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Volition
Free will
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Voluble
Talkative or fluent
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Votary
Loyal follower
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Vouchsafe
To grant; to allow
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Ulcerous
Infected
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Ulterior
Lying beyond; hidden
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Umbrage
Feeling of resentment
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Uncanny
Weird or strange
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Unconscionable
Unreasonable; excessive
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Uncouth
Crude or clumsy
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Unctuous
Oily; excessively polite
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Undue
Inappropriate
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Undulation
A wave
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Exordium
The beginning of anything
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Coherent
Logically connected, consistent
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Colloquial
Involving or using conversation, informal
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Reassertion
To state as having existed, affirm; postulate
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Incongruous
Inconsistent; inappropriate; out of keeping or place
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Prehensile
Adapted for seizing, grasping, or taking hold of something
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Entail
To cause or involve as a necessity or burden; to limit the passage if a land estate to a specified line of heirs, do that it cannot be alienated, devised or bequeathed
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Bequeath
To hand down or pass on
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Pedantic
Overly concerned with minute details or formalisms
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Evanescence
To disappear gradually
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Deprecation
To express earnest disapproval of
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Prudence
Caution with regard to practical matters; regard for one's own interest
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Activism
A theory that the essence of reality is pure activity, ESP spiritual activity or process
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Intractable
Not easily controlled or manageable, not docile
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Diffident
Lacking confidence in ones own ability
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Holism
The theory that parts of the whole are intricately connected
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Catharsis
Elimination of repressed emotions
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Effervescent
Vivacious; lively
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Flimsy
Weak; inadequate; not effective or convincing
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Desolate
Solitary lonely
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Repudiate
To reject with denial; to refuse to acknowledge and pay
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Nadir
The lowest point; point of greatest despair
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Perverse
Persistent or obstinate in what is wrong; wayward or cantankerous
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Salutary
Favorable to or promoting health or a beneficial purpose
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Polymath
A person of great learning in several fields
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Dilettante
A person who takes up an art, activity or subject merely for amusement
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Poignant
Keen or strong in mental appeal
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Parsimony
Extreme or excessive economy or frugality; prudent
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Querulous
Full of complaints
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Inundate
To flood; cover; deluge
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Histrionic
Deliberately affected or self consciously emotional; overly dramatic
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Lugubrious
Mournful; dismal or gloomy
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Streamlined
Designed or organized to give maximum efficiency
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Partisanship
A supporter of a person, party or a cause, ESP a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance
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Attenuated
To weaken or reduce in force
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Conflated
To fuse into one entity; merge
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Ardor
Great warmth or feeling; passion; burning heat
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Mendacity
An instance lying
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Buttress
Any prop or support
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Intrepid
Courageous, brave
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Sporadic
Appearing in scattered or isolated instances
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Munificent
Extremely liberal in giving
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Bucolic
Of or pertains to an idyllic rural life
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Hackneyed
Overused; commonplace
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Doleful
Sorrowful
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Inchoate
Not yet completely developed; just begun; rudimentary
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Palliate
To relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; to try to mitigate the gravity of an offense by excuses, apologies, etc
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Paucity
Scarcity
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Contentious
Tending to argument or strife
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Capitulate
To surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms
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Sycophantic
A self seeking, servile flatterer
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Castigate
To criticize or reprimand
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Gluttonous
Greedy; insatiable
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Belabor
To explain, worry about or work at something repeatedly or more than is necessary
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Malevolent
Wishing evil or harm to others
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Scapegoat
A person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place
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Corroborate
To support
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Ebb
To weaker
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Masticate
To chew
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Banal
Boringo
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Eclectic
Of a wide variety
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Placate
To calm
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Riled
Upset
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Equanimous
Even tempered
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Euphoric
Full of joy
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Choleric
Easily angered
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Assuaged
Soothed
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Perspicacity
The ability to sense what others are feeling
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Delirium
A state of mental confusion
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Pertinacity
Determination
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Impugn
To attack as false
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Trepidation
Tremulous fear, alarm or agitation
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Unequivocal
Clear; definite
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Unfledged
Not feathered; immature
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Unilateral
One sided
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Unimpeachable
Above suspicion; unquestionable
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Unseemly
Not in good taste
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Untenable
Unable to be defended or upheldef
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Unwieldy
Hard to manage because of size or weight
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Upbraid
To scold; to find fault with
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Ursine
Like a bear
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Usury
Excessive amount of money charged as interest
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Uxorious
Overly fond if one's wife
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Tableau
Dramatic scene or pic
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Tabulation
Systematic listing by columns and rows
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Tactile
Pertaining to sense of touch
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Tally
To count, make record of
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Tantalize
To tease or torment
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Tarn
Small lake or pool
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Tarry
To linger or delay
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Taurine
Like a bull
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Tawdry
Cheap
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Temperate
Moderate
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Temporal
Pertaining to time
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Temporized
To be indecisive; to delay an action
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Tendentious
Biased
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Tenuous
Without substance; flimsy; slim
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Tepid
Lukewarmp
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Terpischorean
Pertaining to dance
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Terse
Brief
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Testy
Irritable
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Thanatology
The study of death and dying
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Theocracy
Government by religious leaders
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Thespian
An actor
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Thrall
A slave
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Threnody
A funeral song
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Throes
A violent struggle; pain
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Throng
A crowd
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Timorous
Fearful; cowardly
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Titillate
To excite agreeably
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Titter
To laugh in a self conscious or nervous way
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Tome
Large, heavy book
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Toothsome
Tasty
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Traduce
To speak badly of
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Transgression
Violation of a rule or law
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Transcient
Temporary, passing
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Transitory
Brief, lasting a short time
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Trappings
Articles of dress; equipment
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Travail
Very hard work; intense pain
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Travesty
An absurd or inadequate imitation
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Treble
3 times as much
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Trenchant
Keen or incisive; effective
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Truckle
To submit to; yield
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Truculent
Savage; brutal
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Truism
A self evident, obvious truth
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Truncheon
A club
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Tumid
Swollen; bulging; turgid
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Turpitude
Baseness; shameful behavior
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Tutelage
Instruction
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Twain
Two
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Tyro
Beginner
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Tawny
Yellowish brown
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Traduce
To slander
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Saccharin
Overly sweet
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Sacrilege
The violation of anything sacred
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Sacrosanct
Extremely holy
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Salacious
Obscene; lusty
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Sallow
Sickly pale
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Salubrious
Healthful
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Sanctimonious
Hypocritical in regard to religious belief
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Sangfroid
Calmness; composure
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Sanguinary
Bloody
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Sanguine
Cheerful; optimistic
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Sapient
Wise
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Saturnine
Gloomy; sluggish
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Savant
A person of extensive learning
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Savior faire
Knowledge if just what to do in any situation
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Schism
A split or break
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Scintilla
A tiny amount
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Scintillator
To twinkle or sparkle
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Scion
An offspring; descendant
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Scurrilous
Coarsely abusive; vulgar
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Scuttle
To sink; to abandon
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Sebaceous
Fatty
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Sedition
Rebellion
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Sedulous
Hardworking; diligent
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Seedy
Run down
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Semblance
Outward appearance
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Senile
Pertaining to mental weakness due to old age
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Sensate
Pertaining to feeling
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Sententious
Concise; including proverbs and brief remarks
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Sentient
Conscious; capable of feeling
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Sepulcher
Tomb; burial vault
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Sequester
To seperate or to set aside
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Seraphic
Angelic; pure
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Serendipity
A talent for making desirable discoveries by accident
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Serpentine
Winding
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Serrated
Having tooth like edges
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Shackle
To restrain
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Shambles
A slaughter house; great disorder
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Shibboleth
A slogan; a password
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Shiftless
Lazy
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Shoal
A shallow place in the water; a reef
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Sibilant
Hissing
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Simian
Pertaining to an ape or monkey
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Simony
The son if buying or selling church benefits
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Simper
To smile in a silly way
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Simulacrum
An image, a likeness
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Simulate
To pretend; to imitate
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Sinecure
A job with no responsibility
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Sinuous
Curving; winding
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Skinflint
Stingy person
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Skittish
Restless; nervous; excitable
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Skulduggery
Trickery
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Skulk
To sneak around; to lie in hiding
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Slattern
An untidy woman
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Sleazy
Cheap; flimsy
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Sleek
Smooth and shiny
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Slough
(off) to discard
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Slovenly
Untidy, dirty, careless
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Smite
To strike forcefully
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Smolder
To keep feelings concealed
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Sneer
To look at with contempt
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Snicker
To laugh in a half suppressed way
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Deleterious
Injurious to health; harmful
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Despoiled
To strip of possessions; rob; plunder
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Exultant
Highly elated; jubilant; triumphant
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Ruinous
Consisting of ruins; bringing or tending to bring ruin
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Wretched
Very unfortunate in circumstances or condition; contemptible
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Overt
Open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret
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Disconcerting
Confusing, usually in the face of something totally unexpected; perplexing
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Upbraid
To find fault or reproach severely
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Reprehensible
Deserving of reproof, rebuke; blameworthy
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Fractious
Readily angered; refractory or unruly
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Indolent
Having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful; causing little or no pain; inactive or relatively benign
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Debonair
Courteous; carefree; sprightly; gracious
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Mercurial
Changeable; volatile; fickle
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Corporeal
Material; tangible; bodily
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Lyrical
Characterized by or expressing spontaneous, direct feeling
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Cognitive
Mental process of perception, memory, reasoning and judgement as contracted with emotional and volitional processes
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Exhumed
To dig something out of the earth; to revive or restore after a period of neglect; bring to light
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Quash
To put down or suppress completely; to make void or set aside
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Repudiate
To reject as having no authority or force; to reject with disapproval
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Stevedore
To load or unload a vessel
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Quartermaster
An officer charged with providing quarters, clothing, fuel, etc., for a body of troops
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Apothecary
A druggist; a pharmacist; a drug store
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Nomad
Any wanderer; itinerant
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Inducement
Something that induces, or persuades; incentive
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Overthrow
To despise; overcome, defeat, vanquish
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Duplicity
Being twofold or double; deceit; hypocrisy
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Rescind
Revoke; repeal; annul; abrogate
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Foolhardy
Recklessly or thoughtlessly bold
493
Dullard
A stupid, insensitive person
494
Excoriate
To denounce or berate severely; to strip off or remove the skin from
495
Obfuscate
To confuse; bewilder
496
Cogent
To the point; convincing or believable
497
Ensconced
To settle securely or snuggle; to cover or shelter
498
Beguile
To influence by trickery; to pass ( time) pleasantly
499
Profligate
Recklessly prodigal; dissolute; shamelessly immoral
500
Unequivocal
Unambiguous, clear; not subject to conditions or exceptions
501
Facetious
Lacking serious intent; humorous
502
Asinine
Foolish; of or like an ass
503
Prepossess
To prejudice or bias; to possess or dominate mentally beforehand
504
Consummate
To bring to a state of perfection; fulfill
505
Pallid
Pale; deficient; lacking in vitality or interest in color
506
Didactic
Instructive; teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson
507
Anba
Father: a title of a clergyman or saint in the Coptic church
508
Lambast
To beat or whip severely
509
Admonish
To caution, advise, or counsel against something; to reprove or scold
510
Despondent
Feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection
511
Quaint
Having an old fashioned attractiveness or charm; strange it peculiar or unusual in an interesting way; cleverly made
512
Redolent
Having a pleasing odor; suggestive
513
Resplendent
Shinning brilliantly; splendid
514
Feral
Existing on a natural state; of it characteristic to wild animals
515
Effusive
Lacking reserve; pouring out; overflowing; unduly demonstrative
516
Appearing or active in the twilight; dim; indistinct
Crepuscular
517
Ponderous
Of great weight; dull and labored; awkward or unwieldy
518
Quintessential
The pure essence of something
519
Promulgate
To make known by open declaration; to set forth or teach publicly
520
Cogitate
To think hard; ponder
521
Pervasive
Spread thoroughly
522
Ingenuous
Free from reserve; candid; sincere
523
Indubitable
That cannot be doubted; certain
524
Specious
Pleasing to the eye but deceptive
525
Exposition
The act of presenting to view; setting forth or explaining; large scale public show or exhibition
526
Patron
A person who is a regular customer; supports with money, gifts, or endorsement
527
Disparage
Belittle; depreciate
528
Fortuitous
Happened or produced by chance
529
Inadvertent
Unintentional; not attentive; heedless
530
Brusque
Abrupt in a blunt manner; rough
531
Nebulous
Cloudy; indistinct; vague
532
Eloquent
Except using the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech
533
Pander
A person who caters to or profits from the weaknesses or vices of others
534
Speechify
To make a speech; harangue: a scolding it intense verbal attack, diatribe
535
Impervious
Incapable of being persuaded, influenced, injured
536
Blithely
Without though or regard; carefree; joyous
537
Elliptical
Tending to be ambiguous; cryptic
