Vocabulary Lessons 1-30 Flashcards
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Acronym (n.)/Acronymic (adj.)
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-A word formed from the first letter of each word in a series
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Affix (v.)
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-To attach something
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Coinage (n.)
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-The invention of new words
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Colloquial (adj.)/Colloquialism (n.)
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-Typical of informal language usage; conversational
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Diminutive (adj.)
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-Extremely small; tiny
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Metonymy (n.)/Metonymic (adj.)
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-A figure of speech that substitutes a word with a different but closely associated word
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Oxymoron (n.)/Oxymoronic (adj.)
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-An expression that contains contradictory terms
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Palindrome (n.)
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-A word or expression that is spelled the same backward and forward
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Portmanteau Word (n.)
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-A word formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two different words
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Spoonerism (n.)
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-An often comical switching of the first sounds to two or more words
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Apprehensive (adj.)/Apprehension (n.)
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-Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy
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Categorical (adj.)/Categorically (adv.)
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-Without exception or qualification; absolute
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Conclusive (adj.)
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-Decisive; putting an end to doubt, question, or uncertainty
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Dubious (adj.)
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-Doubtful; uncertain; questionable as to quality or validity
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Indeterminate (adj.)
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-Lacking clarity of precision; vague
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Precarious (adj.)
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-Dangerous; risky; lacking in security or stability
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Qualm (n.)
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-A sense of doubt or uneasiness about a course of action
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Tentative (adj.)
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-Uncertain; not fully worked out or agreed upon; provisional
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Unequivocal (adj.)
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-Perfectly clear; leaving no room for doubt or misunderstanding
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Vacillate (v.)/Vacillation (n.)
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- To swing indecisively from one opinion or action to another
- To sway or hesitate in choice of actions or opinions
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Beguile (v.)/Beguiling (adj.)
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- To charm; to delight
- To deceive skillfully
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Benevolent (adj.)/Benevolence (n.)
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- Wishing to do good; kindly; characterized by helpful intentions
- Concerned with, or for the benefit of charity
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Decorum (n.)/Decorous (adj.)
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-Appropriateness of behavior; propriety
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Demeanor (n.)
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-The way one behaves or presents oneself; one’s manner
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Feral (adj.)
- Wild and untamed; savage
| - Having returned to an untamed state from domestication
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Ignoble (adj.)
-Mean, unethical, or dishonorable; not noble in character
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Mores (n.)
-Accepted standards and customs of a social group
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Provincial (adj.)/Province (n.)/Provincialism (n.)
- Relating to areas that are far from large cities or capitals
- Not sophisticated, fashionable, or informed; culturally limited
- Limited or narrow in perspective
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Unseemly (adj.)
-Unfitting and inappropriate; grossly improper
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Wily (adj.)/Wiliness (n.)
-Cunning; full of trickery or intentions to decieve
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Aggrandize (v.)/Aggrandizement (n.)
- To make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
- To exaggerate, or make something seem greater than it is
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Exorbitance (n.)/Exorbitant (adj.)
-Extreme, unreasonable expense or price; being beyond reasonable or proper limits
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Grandiose (adj.)/Grandiosity (n.)
-Trying to seem important; characterized by pretended grandeur
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Gratuitous (adj.)
-Unnecessary; unjustified
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Intemperate (adj.)/Intemperance (n.)
-Excessive; lacking moderation
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Multifarious (adj.)
-Having great variety; diverse
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Opulence (n.)/Opulent (adj.)
- Wealth; affluence
| - Great abundance; often to excess; lavishness
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Profligate (adj.)/Profligacy (adj.)
-Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagent
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Satiate (v.)
-To fully satisfy an appetite or a desire
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Surfeit (n.)
-An excessive amount
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Assertive (adj.)/Assert (v.)
-Acting with confidence and force; sure of one's self
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Brazen (adj.)/Brazenness (n.)
-Extremely bold; shamelessly rude or defiant
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Complaisant (adj.)/Complaisance (n.)
-Wanting to please; willing to do what pleases others; cheerfully obliging
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Docile (adj.)
-Gentle; easily manageable or teachable; tame
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Flamboyant (adj.)/Flamboyance (n.)
-Showy, flashy, vivid or dramatic
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Intrepid (adj.)
-Fearless; having unwavering courage
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Mellow (adj. & v.)
- Relaxed and unhurried; easygoing
| - To become more relaxed or pleasant
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Pacific (adj.)/Pacify (v.)
-Of a peaceful nature; calm
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Strident (adj.(/Stridency (n.)
-Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill
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Unabashed (adj.)
-Not embarrassed; composed
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Affect (v. & n.)
- To influence; to change
- To put on a false show or display of
- Feeling or emotion, especially as shown in facial expressions or body language
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Effect (n. & v.)/Effective (adj.)
- A result
| - To bring about
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Depredation (n.)
- A predatory attack; a raid
| - Damage, destruction, or loss
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Deprivation (n.)/Deprive (v.)
-The state of lacking or doing without something; loss
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Disinterested (adj.)
-Impartial; free of bias or self-interest in an outcome
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Uninterested (adj.)
-Without interest; having no interest or concern in a matter
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Emigrate (v.)/Emigrant (n.)/Emigration (n.)
-To leave one country or region and settle in another
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Immigrate (v.)/Immigrant (n.)/Immigration (n.)
-To settle in a country or region where one is not a native
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Precede (v.)/Precedence (n.)
-To come before
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Proceed (v.)/Procession (n.)
-To go forward or onward
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Didactic (adj.)
- Intended to teach
| - Overly moralistic; preachy
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Edify (v.)/Edification (n.)
-To instruct for intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement
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Elucidate (v.)/Elucidation (n.)
-To explain or make clear
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Erudite (adj.)/Erudition (n.)
-Possessing great knowledge and scholarship
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Esoteric (adj.)/Esoterica (n.)
-Understood only by an elite, scholarly, or exclusive group; obscure
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Imbue (v.)
- To inspire or influence thoroughly
| - To stain or dye thoroughly
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Indoctrinate (v.)/Indoctrination (n.)
-To instruct or impart certain principles or ideaology
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Pedagogy (n.)/Pedagogical (adj.)/Pedagogue (n.)
-The art of profession of teaching
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Pedantic (adj.)/Pedantry (n.)
-Overly concerned with or narrowly focused on book learning or formal rules
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Pundit (n.)
- A person of great learning about a particular topic; an expert
- A source of opinion; a critic
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Aegis (n.)
-Protection; sponsorship; guidance
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Amends (n.)
-Something done to make up for a wrong, an injury, or a mistake; compensation
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Conciliatory (adj.)/Conciliate (v.)/Conciliator (n.)
-Peacemaking; appeasing; intended to overcome distrust, animosity, or conflict
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Conducive (adj.)
-Tending to cause or bring about; favorable to
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Extricate (v)/Extrication (n.)
-To free from difficulty or entanglement
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Importune (v.)/Importunate (adj.)
-To annoy with repeated and insistent requests; to ask for urgently or repeadedly
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Mediate (v.)/Mediator (n.)/Mediation (n.)
-To help opposing sides reach an agreement; to intervene in a conflict in order to improve the situation
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Mitigate (v.)/Mitigation (n.)
-To make less severe; to soften, lessen, or moderate
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Patronize (v.)/Patron (n.)/Patronage (n.)
- To support or sponsor
- To go as a customer; to shop at regularly
- To treat as inferior
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Renovate (v.)/Renovation (n.)
-To restore something to an earlier condition, by repairing or remodeling
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Austerity (n.)/Austere (adj.)
- Severe and rigid restrictions, especially those brought about by difficult economic times
- The quality of lacking luxury or ornamentation; bareness; simplicity
- The quality of being severe or stern in appearance or manner
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Depreciate (v.)/Deprecation (n.)
-To decrease or cause to decrease in value or price
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Equity (n.)/Equitable (adj.)
- Net value; the value of a business or property minus debt owed
- Fairness; justice
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Frugal (adj.)/Frugality (n.)
-Economical; thrifty; careful or strict in avoiding unnecessary spending
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Indigent (adj.)/Indigence (n.)
-Extremely poor; impoverished; lacking basic necessities
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Munificent (adj.)/Munificence (n.)
-Generous; liberal in giving
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Pecuniary (adj.)
-Having to do with money
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Recession (n.)/Recessional (n.)/Recede (v.)
- A general decline in business activity
| - The act of withdrawing or going back
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Remunerate (v.)/Remuneration (n.)
-To pay for goods provided, services rendered, or losses incurred; to compensate for
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Solvent (adj.)/Insolvent (adj.)/Solvency (n.)
- Capable of meeting financial obligations; able to pay debts
- (Antonym) Unable to pay debts
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Acrimonious (adj.)/Acrimony (n.)
-Bitter or sharp in language or tone
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Chastise (v.)/Chastisement (n.)
-To punish or criticize severely
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Debunk (v.)
-To expose or make fun of a false claim or an exaggeration
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Derogatory (adj.)
-Insulting; belittling
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Disparage (v.)/Disparaging (adj.)
-To speak of in a disrespectful or slighting way; to belittle
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Harass (v.)/Harassment (n.)
-To irritate or torment repeatedly
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Impugn (v.)
-To attack or challenge as false or questionable
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Innuendo (n.)
-An indirect or subtle expression of something, usually negative; a hint
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Invective (v.)
-Abusive or strongly critical language
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Vilify (v.)/Vilification (n.)
-To make vicious insulting comments about; to slander
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Banter (v. & n.)
- To converse in a playful or teasing way
| - An exchange of good-humored, playful remarks
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Caricature (n. & v.)/Caricaturist (n.)
- A representation in which distinctive traits are exaggerated or distorted for comedic effect
- To represent or imitate in an exaggerated or distorted manner
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Droll (adj.)
-Amusingly odd
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Facetious (adj.)
-Playfully joking; humorous; not meant to be taken seriously
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Flippant (adj.)
-Humorous in a disrespectful, casual way; rudely witty
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Hilarity (n.)/Hilarious (adj.)
-Great merriment; extreme amusement
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Ludicrous (adj.)/Ludicrousness (n.)
-Ridiculously, laughably absurd
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Mirth (n.)/Mirthful (adj.)
-Good spirits; happiness and merriment, especially as expressed by laughter
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Whimsical (adj.)/Whimsy (n.)
-Playful or unpredictable
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Witticism (n.)/Witty (adj.)
-A clever remark or saying
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Analogy (n.)/Analogous (adj.)
-A comparison highlighting a similarity between otherwise dissimilar things
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Antithesis (n.)/Antithetical (adj.)
- The direct or exact opposite
| - A figure of speech in which contrasting ideas are placed side by side in parallel phrases
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Commensurate (adj.)
-Corresponding in size or degree; proportionate
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Congruence (n.)/Congruent (adj.)
-Agreement, harmony, or correspondnece
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Deviate (v.)/Deviation (n.)
-To depart or turn aside from a path, direction, or course of action
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Disparity (n.)/Disparate (adj.)
-The condition or fact of being unequal or different; inequality
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Heterogeneous (adj.)/Heterogeneity (n.)
-Consisting of many different elements or types; varied
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Homogeneous (adj.)/Homogenize (v.)/Homogeneity (n.)
-Similar in kind or nature; uniform
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Nuance (n.)/Nuanced (adj.0
-A subtle or slight degree of difference
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Tantamount (adj.)
-Equivalent in significance, effect, or value
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Autocratic (adj.)/Autocrat (n.)/Autocracy (n.)
-Ruling with unlimited power or authority
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Autonomy (n)/Autonomous (adj.)
-Independence; self-determination or self-government
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Caste (n.)
-A social class separated from others by profession, wealth, or hereditary rank
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Despot (n.)/Despotic (adj.)
- A ruler with absolute power
| - A person who wields power oppressively; a tyrant
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Feudal (adj.)/Feudalism (n.)
-Relating to a system in which people (called "vassals") were given protection and use of land, in return for loyalty, payments, and sericves to a lord
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Hegemony (n.)
-Dominance, especially that of a country, region, or group over another
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Oligarchy (n.)/Oligarch (n.)
- Government by a few, especially by a small faction of people or families
- A state governed by a few people or families
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Sovereign (adj. & n.)
- Self-governing; independent
- Having supreme rank or power
- A king, queen, or other noble person who serves as head of state; a ruler or monarch
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Totalitarian (adj.)
-Relating to a form of government with absolute and centralized control over every aspect of people's lives
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Usurp (v.)/Usurper (n.)
-To take and hole power or rights by force and without legal authority
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Diligence (n.)/Diligent (adj.)
- Steady effort; persistent hard work
| - Attentive care; carefulness
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Fastidious (adj.)/Fastidiousness (n.)
- Possessing or displaying careful attention to detail
| - Picky; difficult to please
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Finicky (adj.)
-Difficult to please; insisting on getting exactly what one wants
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Imprudent (adj.)/Imprudence (n.)
-Unwise; doing things without careful thought or judgement
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Judicious (adj.)
-Having or exhibiting good, sounds judgement
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Meticulous (adj.)/Meticulousness (n.)
-Extremely careful and precise
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Minutia (n.)/Minute (adj.)
- A small, minor, or trivial detail
| - (Synonym) Extremely small; tiny
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Slovenly (adj.)
- Untidy; sloppy in dress or appearance
| - Marked by carelessness or negligence; shoddy
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Trepidation (n.)
-Anxiety; a state of alarm, dread, or fear
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Unmindful (adj.)
-Failing to give due care or attention; inattentive
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Condemn (v.)/Condemnation (n.)
- To express strong disapproval of
- To give a judgement against; to sentence
- To declare to be unfit for use, often by official order
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Culpable (adj.)/Culpability (n.)
-Deserving of blame or punishment for being wrong, evil, or harmful
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Exonerate (v.)/Exoneration (n.)
-To free from blame
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Extort (v.)/Extortion (n.)
-To obtain by force or threat
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Incorrigible (adj.)/Incorrigibility (n.)
-Incapable of being reformed
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Malfeasance (n.)
-Wrongdoing or misconduct, especially by a public official
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Misdemeanor (n.)
-A minor offense; a misdeed
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Purloin (v.)
-To steal, often in a violation of trust; to commit theft
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Ruffian (n.)
- A gangster or thug
| - A tough or rowdy person; a troublemaker
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Unscrupulous (adj.)/Scruple (n.)
- Lacking moral restraint; scornful of what is right or honorable
- (Antonym) An uneasy feeling about doing something that is wrong
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August (adj.)
-Majestic; inspiring awe or admiration
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Condescend (v.)/Condescention (n.)
- To lower oneself to the level of one considered inferior
| - To treat other as though they are inferior; to patronize
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Deference (n.)/Defer (v.)
-Respectful yielding to the opinion or wishes of another; courteous respect
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Grovel (v.)
- To behave so humbly that it is demeaning
| - To lie or creep face downward, as in humility
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Lackey (n.)
-One who does lowly jobs for another; one who followed all orders without questioning them
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Predominate (v.)/Predominant (adj.)
-To be greatest in number or importance
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Slavish (adj.)/Slavishness (n.)
-Acting completely under the will of another; like a slave; servile
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Subjugation (n.)/Subjugate (v.)
-The act of conquering or bringing under control; enslavement
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Supercilious (adj.)/Superciliousness (n.)
-Proudly scornful; disdainful
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Sycophant (n.)/Sycophantic (adj.)
-A person attempting to win favor by flattering important people
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Flagrant (adj.)/Flagrancy (n.)
-Noticeably bad; conspicuously offensive; glaring
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Furtive (adj.)/Furtiveness (n.)
-Sneaky and secretive; characterized by stealth; sly
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Latent (adj.)/Latency (n.)
-Present or capable of coming into existence, but not visible, evident, or active
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Ostensible (adj.)
-Apparent; represented as true; possibly or seemingly true on the surface
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Salient (adj.)
-Strikingly conspicuous; prominent or significant
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Sequester (v.)/Sequestration (n.)
-To isolate someone or something; to seclude
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Subterfuge (n.)
-A decpetive strategem or trick
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Surreptitious (adj.)
-Obtained, done, or made by secret or stealthy means
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Unobtrusively (adv.)/Unobtrusive (adj.(/Obtrusive (adj.)
- Acting in a manner that does not attract attention
| - (Antonym) Undesireably noticeable
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Vaunt (v.)
-To boast of; to brag about
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Adroit (adj.)/Adroitness (n.)
-Skillful and quick in the use of the hands or the mind
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Blase (adj.)
- Bored or unimpressed because of overexposure; jaded
| - Extremely sophisticated; wordly
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Cliche (n.)/Cliched (adj.)
-A trite or an overused expression, idea, or practice
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Clientele (n.)
-A group of customers or patrons
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Entrepreneur (n.)/Entrepreneurial (adj.)
-A person who founds, organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business
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Forte (n.)
-Something in which a person excels; a strong point
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Gauche (adj.)/Gaucheness (n.)
-Tactless; socially awkward
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Naive (adj.)/Naivete (n.)
-Trusting due to lack of experience or sophistication; innocently unaware or unrealistic
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Nonchalant (adj.)/Nonchalance (n.)
-Seeming to be coolly unconcered or indifferent
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Rendezvous (n. &v.)
- An arranged meeting
| - To meet at an agreed time and place
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Dilatory (adj.)/Dilatoriness (n.)
-Intended to delay; tending to postpone or delay
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Languid (adj.)/Languish (v.)/Languor (n.)
-Lacking energy, spirit, or force; slow
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Lethargy (n.)/Lethargic (adj.)
-A severe lack of energy and enthusiasm; apathy and inactivity
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Melancholy (n. & adj.)
- Deep sadness or depression; gloom
| - Sad and gloomy; pensive
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Quiescent (adj.)/Quiescence (n.)
-Being still, quiet, or inactive
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Repose (n. & v.)
- Rest; relaxation; peacefulness
| - To lie down; to rest
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Sloth (n.)/Slothful (adj.)
-Laziness; avoiding work or effort
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Somnambulate (v.)/Somnambular (adj.)/Somnambulism (n.)
-To sleepwalk
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Soporific (adj. & n.)
- Causing or tending to cause sleep
| - A medicine that causes sleep
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Stupor (n.)/Stupefy (v.)
-A confused condition of reduced consciousness, often brought on by shock or illness; a daze
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Abhor (v.)/Abhorrent (adj.)/Abhorrence (n.)
-To hate insensely; to detest; to reguard with horror or loathing
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Affinity (n.)
-A natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship
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Animosity (n.)
-Bitter hosility; open hatred
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Ardent (adj.)/Ardor (n.)
-Passionate; showing strong enthusiasm or devotion
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Disdain (v. & n.)/Disdainful (adj.)
- To regard or treat with contempt or scorn; to despise
| - Scorn; contempt and aloofness
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Enamor (v.)
-To inspire with love; to captivate
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Estrange (v.)/Estrangement (n.)
-To destroy affection or friendliness; to alienate to make hostile
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Kudos (n.)
-Praise for exceptional achievement
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Pejorative (adj.)
-Disrespectful; insulting; belittling
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Repugnance (n.)/Repugnant (adj.)
-Extreme dislike; disgust
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Assail (v.)/Assailant (n.)
-To attack; to assault
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Asylum (n.)
- A place offering protection and safety, often from persecution; a shelter
- An institution for the care of people who require organized supervision or assistance
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Bulwark (n.)
- A wall or an embankment used as protection
| - A strong defense of any type
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Citadel (n.)
-A fortress in a commanding position in or near a city
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Foritude (n.)
-Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage
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Invincible (adj.)/Invincibility (n.)
-Incapale of being overcome or defeated
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Mettle (n.)
- Courage and strength of mind; spirit
| - Innate or inherent quality of character and temperment
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Resilient (adj.)/Resilience (n.)
-Able to recover or spring back quickly
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Stalwart (adj. & n.)
- Strong and dependable
| - A person who is storng and dependable
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Stamina (n.)
-Endurance; ability to withstand prolonged physical or mental effort
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Abject (adj.)
- Of the most miserable kind; brought to a low state; wretched
- Of the most despicable kind; deserving of great scorn
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Conjecture (n. & v.)
- A judgement or statement based on little or no evidence; a guess
- To infer from insufficient evidence; to guess
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Dejected (adj.)/Deject (v.)/Dejection (n.)
-Depressed; in low spirits
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Interhect (v.)/Interjection (n.)
- To insert between other elements
| - (Synonym) A sudden, sort utterance, usually expressing emotion
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Jettison (v.)
-To cast overboard or off; to discard
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Jetty (n.)
-A structure that projects into the water and protects the shore
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Jut (v. & n.)
- To project out; to extend outward beyond a main part
| - Something that projects out
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Objectionable (adj.)/Object (v.)/Objection (n.)
-Offensive; arousing disapproval
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Projectile (n.)/Project (v.)
-An object that is fired, thrown, or self-propelled
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Trajectory (n.)
- The math of a moving object
| - A chosen or taken course
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Accredit (v.)/Accredited (adj.)
-To officially recognize or approve as having met certain standards
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Credence (n.)
-Acceptance as true or valid; belief
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Credential (n.)
-Something that gives one confidence or authority; evidence of one's qualification
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Credibility (n.)/Credible (adj.)
-Believeability; reliability; the power to inspire belief
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Creditable (adj.)
- Deserving o limited praise; sufficienty good
| - Worthy of belief
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Credulous (adj.)/Credulity (n.)/Credulousness (n.)
-Easily decieved; believeing too readilt; guillible
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Creed (n.)
-A sytem of beliefs, principles, or opinons
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Discredit (v. & n.)
- To damage in reputation; to disgrace
- To cause to be distrusted or doubted
- Lack of trust or belief; doubt
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Incredulous (adj.)/Incredulity (n.)
-Disbelieveing; showing disbelief; skeptical
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Miscreant (n.)
-An evildoer; a villan
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Aversion (n.)/Averse (adj.)
- An intense dislike
| - (Synonym) Having a strong dislike or opposition
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Avert (v.)
-To turn away
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Diversify (v.)/Diversity (n.)/Diverse (adj.)
-To give variety to; to vary
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Diversion (n.)/Divert (v.)/Diversionary (v.)
- An action or ploy that turns attention away
- Something that distracts the mind and relaxes or entertains
- The act or instance of turning aside
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Inadvertently (adv.)/Inadvertent (adj.)
-Accidentally; unintentionally
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Incontrovertible (adj.)/Incontrovertibly (n.)
-Unquestionable; impossible to dispute
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Invert (v.)/Inversion (n.)
-To turn upside down or inside out; to reverse the position or order of
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Irreversible (adj.)
-Impossible to reverse
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Revert (v.)/Reversion (n.)
-To return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief
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Vertigo (n.)
-The sensation of dizziness
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Cede (v.)
- To yield; to give up control over
| - To surrender possession of, especially by treaty
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Concede (v.)/Concession (n.)
- To admit, often reluctantly, that something is true or right
- To acknowledge defeat
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Deceased (adj. & n.)
- Dead; no longer living
| - A dead person
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Egress (n.)
-A path or an opening for going out; an exit
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Gradation (n.)
-A systmatic progression; a series of gradual changes
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Gradient (n.)
-A rate of inclination; a slope
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Predecessor (n.)
-Someone or something that comes before another
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Regress (v.)/Regression (n.)
-To go back to a previous, often worse or less developed, state; to revert
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Transgress (v.)/Transgression (n.0
-To go beyond a limit or boundary
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Unprecedented (adj.)
-Not done or known before; without previous example
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Concurrent (adj.)
-Happening at the same time; simultaneous
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Courier (n.)
-A messenger carrying information
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Cursory (adj.)
-Done quickly and not thoroughly; hasty
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Discursive (adj.)/Discursivness (n.)
- Moving from one topic to another without order; rambling
| - Coming to a conclusion by reasoning; analytical
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Incur (v.)
-To bring about something undesirable as a result of one's own actions
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Incursion (n.)
-An aggressive attack or invasion of territory
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Precursor (n.)
-Something or someone that comes before another; a forerunner or predecessor
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Recourse (n.)
- The act of turning to someone or something for help or security
- Someone or something that is turned to for help or security
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Recurrent (adj.)/Recur (v.)/Recurrence (n.)
-Happening repeatedly; occuring over and over again
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Succor (n.)
-Assistance in time of need; relief
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Apathy (n.)/Apathetic (adj.)
-Lack of feeling; lack of concern or interest
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Assent (v.)
-To agreeto something
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Empathy (n.)/Empathetic (adj.)/Empathize (v.)
-An identification with and understanding of other people's feelings and situations
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Pathetic (adj.)
-Arosing compassion or pity
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Pathology (n.)/Pathologist (n.)
- The scientific study of disease
| - An abnormal, usually negative, state
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Presentiment (n.)
-A sense that something is about to occur
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Sensational (adj.)/Sensationalism (n.)
-Causing strong feelings of curiosity or interest by giving exaggerated or shocking details
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Sensibility (n.)/Insensible
- Acute intellectual or emotional perception or feeling
- Awareness and responsiveness toward something; sensitivity
- The ability to feel or perceive
- (Antony) Not aware or sensitive to
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Sententious (adj.)/Sententiousness (n.)
- Energetic and concise in expression; saying meaningful things precisely
- Prone to pompous moralizing or giving advice in a self-righteous way
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Sentient (adj.)/Sentience (n.)
-Capable of percieving and feeling; conscious
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Ensue (v.)/Ensuing (adj.)
- To occur as a consequence or result of something else
| - To take place subsequently; to follow
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Ephemeral (adj.)
-Lasting for a verybrief time; fleeting; transitory
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Harbinger (n. & v.)
- A person or thing that signals or foreshadows what is to come
- To signal the approach of; to warn
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Imminent (adj.)/Imminence (n.)
-About to occur; impending
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Interim (n. & adj.)
- A period of time between two events
| - Temporary; not final
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Interminable (adj.)
-Being or seeming to be without end; endless; tiresomely long
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Perennial (adj.)
-Enduring; recurring or long-lasting
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Precipitate (v. & adj.)/Precipitation (n.)
- To cause to happen, epecially suddenly or prematurely
- To throw forcefully downward
- Sudden; unexpected
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Provisional (adj.)
-Serving only for the time being; temporary
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Retrospective (adj. & n.)/Retrospect (n.)/Retropect (v.)
- Looking back on, contemplating, or directed to the past
| - An exhibit or a performance of works produced by an artist over a considerable time period
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Alacrity (n.)
- Cheerful willingess; eagerness
| - Speed or quickness
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Composure (n.)/Compose (v.)
-Control over one's emotions; calmness; self-control
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Ennui (n.)
-Weary dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom
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Imperturbably (adj.)
-Unshakably calm
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Impetuous (adj.)
-Given to acting without thinking; impulsive; hasty
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Incite (v.)/Incitement (n.)
-To provoke to action; stir up; urge on
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Indolent (adj.)/Indolence (n.)
-Habitually lazy; lethargic
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Inertia (n.)/Inert (adj.)
-Resistance to motion, action, or change
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Pandemonium (n.)
-Wild, noisy uproar; chaos
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Serenity (n.)/Serene (adj.)
-Peacefullness; calmness
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Attenuate (v.)
- To make slender, fine, or small
| - To reduce in force, value, amount, or degree; to weaken
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Disphanous (adj.)
- Of such fine tecture as to be transparant
| - Vague; lacking substance
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Effulgent (adj.)/Effulgence (n.)
-Shining brilliantly; radiant; bright
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Encumber (v.)/Encumbrance (n.)
- To put a heavy load on; to burden or weigh down
| - To hinder; to impede
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Evanescent (adj.)/Evanescence (n.)
-Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor; fleeting
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Palpable (adj.)/palpability (n.)
- Capable of being handled, touched, or felt
| - Obvious; easily percieved; noticeable
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Permeate (v.)/Permeability (n.)/Permeable (adj.)
- To spread or flow throughout
| - To pass through the openings or spaces of
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Pliant (adj.)/Pliancy (n.)
- Easily bent or flexed
- Easily altered or modified; adaptable
- Yielding easily to influence or domination
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Ponderous (adj.
- Heavy; difficult to carry due to weight or bulk
| - Lacking grace and fluency
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Viscous (adj.)/Viscosity (n.)
-Sticky and thick; resistant to flow
