Vocabulary Words Flashcards
(270 cards)
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Assent
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In agreement with
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Debilitate
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To weaken, or to remove the strength from something
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Exonerate
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To clear from blame
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Augur
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To predict the future
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Anodyne
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To bring relief
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Soporific
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To bring sleep
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Rapt
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Someone who is extremely attentive
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Derisive
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Someone who is extremely critical
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Troupe
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Full of performers
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Callous
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Lack compassion, insensitive, arrogant or haughty
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Expurgate
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To remove/purge obscenity in written material before publication
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Seam
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A layer of rock or coal
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Intractable
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Does not like to obey
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Miserly
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Does not like to spend money
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Implode
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When too much pressure is applied to something
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Explode
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When something combusts
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Boorish
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A person with no manners
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Intransigent
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Unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something. Posses no moderation
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Proffer
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Impose, hold out (something) to someone for acceptance; offer.
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Virile
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Having strength, energy, and a strong sex drive.
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Impuissant
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Unable to take effective action; powerless.
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Sweltering
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Hot
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Elucidate
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To give understanding
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Belie
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To contradict
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Emendations
Amendments or add-ons
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Zenith
High Point
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Populist
One who appeals to the mass of common people, in art or politics
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Parvenu
A person of obscure origin who has gained wealth, influence, or celebrity (Gatsby)
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Fop
A man who is vain about his dress
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Dandy
Looked good
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Dilettante
A jack-of-all-trades, lacked focus in his career choices, and remains an amateur at everything
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Prolix
Person is wordy, one who talks a lot; a prolix speech is long and drawn out.
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Magnanimity
Generosity and nobility in spirit
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Concupiscence
Strong sexual desire
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Perversity
Corruption, deviance from the normal or moral
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Churlishness
Stubborn behavior
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Undermine
Damage or weaken (someone or something), esp. gradually or insidiously. Erode the base or foundation of (a rock formation)
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Brusqueness
Abrupt, impolite treatment
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Vindicate
To confirm or justify
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Bravado
Boastfulness, based on false courage
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Adumbrates
To foreshadow, to sketch out in advance
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Cloying
Too sweet or excessively flattering
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Acerbic
Sour or bitter in taste or manner
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Banality
Trite and or unoriginal , no intellectual intensity
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Emaciated
Extremely lean, starving
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Euphony
Pleasing combination or sounds
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Cacophony
Mixture of harsh and discordant sounds
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Ephemeral
Short-lived or transitory
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Perennial
Reappearing each year
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Ascetic
One who abstains to a high degree
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Libertine
One who is highly unrestrained sexually or morally
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Laconic
Person is one of few words and therefore does not prate (babble)
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Sagacious
A wise person
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Cogent
Clear and to the point
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Abstruse
Hard to understand
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Dearth
Lack of something
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Cornucopia
Endless supply
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Inerrant
Without error
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Pedagogical
Scholarly and boring
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Culpable
A guilty person deserving to be punished
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Censure
Punishment, condemnation
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Meritorious
Something that merits some sort of reward
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Contumacious
Stubbornly rebellious or disobedient
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Obdurate
Stubborn and unbending
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Malleable
Easy to bend or shape
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Loquacious
Excessively talking
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Encomium
Expression or high praise
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Euphemism
A nice way of saying something thats not so nice
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Epitaph
A statement about a deceased person which epitomizes his or her life
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Aphorism
A terse statement of a general truth
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Diatribe
Bitter and harsh criticism
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Allusion
A reference
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Conglomeration
Gathering together
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Ennui
Boredom
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Stupendous
Astonishingly impressive
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Heinous
Implies flagrant conspicuousness that excites hatred or horror
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Astound
Shock and surprise
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Avocation
A hobby, an interest in which one gives spare time
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Respite
Putting off, postpone or delay a form of punishment
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Profession
Occupation
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Adulterated
Corrupted or impure
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Ribald
Irreverent or vulgar
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Chaste
Pure
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Cataclysm
Deluge or flood
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Debacle
A humiliating rout (a defeat resulting in a retreat)
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Augmentation
Expansion, enlargement, dialation
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Taciturn
Silent and uncommunicative
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Reticent
Habitually silent
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Reserved
Restrained, in control, and silent
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Effusive
Overly demonstrative, gushing and unrestrained
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Tautologous
Redundant
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Incongruous
Contradictory
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Melange
A mixture of elements
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Effuvium
An offensive odor
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Ignominious
Meaning dishonorable
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Magnanimous
Nobility of spirit
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Adventitious
Not innate
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Facile
Easy
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Onerous
Difficult or heavy, oppressive and burdensome
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Asinine
Stupid
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Fatuous
Foolish
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Idiosyncratic
Following of ones own peculiar temperament. A structural or behavioral characteristic peculiar to an individual or group
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Nadir
Low point
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Zephyr
A breeze
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Fealty
Loyalty that one pledges to a lord through a vow or oath
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Fidelity
Faithfulness one pledges to one's spouse through a marriage vow
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Beatific
Manifesting bliss and joy
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Melancholy
Sad
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Turgid
Swollen and distended or congested (in the air)
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Bilious
Ill-tempered and suffering (as from too much bile)
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Deflated
Reduce the amount of, to let air out
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Lexicographer
One who works with words, one who writes a dictionary
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Nepotism
Favoritism granted in politics or business to relatives
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Canaille
A mob, a pack of the lowest class of people (the rabble)
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Fulgurant
Resembling lightning
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Fulminant
Attacking suddenly
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Paucity
The lack of
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Sanative
Curative and healing
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Edifice
A building
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Facade
The front part of a building or any part that fces a street or other open area
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Dorsal
On, of, or near the back
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Ventral
Having to do with the belly
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Anachronism
The act of putting some thing, person, or event where it does not belong
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Peculation
The act of embezzling
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Consonance
In agreement, harmony, accordance
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Coalesce
Blend, mixing
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Unctuous
Fawning or ingratiating - excessive flattery
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Brusque
Rude or abrupt
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Gauche
Lacking social grace or awkward
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Suave
Well-mannered and smooth
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Bumptious
Self assertive or proud to an irritating degree. Impertinent - not showing proper respect, rude
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Deleterious
Harmful
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Venial
Forgivanle
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Hedonic
Pertaining to pleasure
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Ineffable
Difficult to describe, to put into words
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Peccadillo
Small offense
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Heinous
Abominable, outrageous and unforgivable behavior
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Prodigal
Extravagant expenditures (spending a lot of money)
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Tarrying
Staying
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Frugal
The habit of saving money
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Viable
Capable of life
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Moribund
Dying or in the process of dying
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Viands
Food or provisions
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Convey
To carry or transfer
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Benevolence
The will to do good
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Philanthropy
The act of giving, specifically money, on a large scale
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Lenity
Idulgence
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Virulence
Extreme Bitterness
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Haunt
Appearing continuously
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Penurious
Suggests extreme frugality resulting in hoarding. Extremely poor, poverty stricken
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Recumbent
Lying down
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Volatile
Explosive, impulsive and mercurial
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Propensity
Irresistible attachment to a thing
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Supineness
Apathetic passivity
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Avidity
Consuming greed
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Factious
Inclined to dispute
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Bellicose
Aggressive
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Desultory
Without a plan
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Fortuitous
Happening by accident or chance
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Probity
Tried and proven honesty
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Perfidy
Faithfulness
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Abeyance
Act of suspending
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Predilection
Act of having positive feelings toward something
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Factitious
Artificial
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Pedantic
Manner that makes a display of learning
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Mordant
Biting or stinging
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Proclivity
A strong inclination towards a particular thing
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Tweeter
A small loud speaker for reproducing high frequency sounds
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Woofer
A large loudspeaker for reproducing low frequency sounds
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Trepidation
Fear
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Sagacity
The mental capacity to discern character
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Corpulent
Solid, dense, fleshy, or fat
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Vociferate
Cry out loudly
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Abject
Miserable or wretched
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Fervor
A degree of warmth
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Modicum
A small portion
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Caloric
Refers to heat
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Frigidity
Refers to coldness
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Invidious
Likely to give offense, tending to excite ill will
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Repugnant
Means distasteful, repellent, hostile
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Obscure
Not clearly understood
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Randsomed
Redeemed, delivered
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Reconcilable
Capable of being brought into harmony
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Exalted
Noble or elevated
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Espouse
To support and promote a theory
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Exude
To ooze or to radiate
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Tractable
Obedient (Biddable)
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Torpid
Lazy
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Truculent
Eager or quick to argue
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Contrite
Feeling or expressing remorse (sorry)
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Repudiate
To deny something that is untrue
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Passel
A fairly large group
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Frailty
Any type of imperfection
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Vice
A serious imperfection
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Pernicious
Having a harmful effect, esp. in a gradual or subtle way.
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Epicure
Connoisseur of fine foods
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Carouse
Merry individuals carouse, engaging in revelry
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Pensive
Individuals that contemplate or engage in deep thought
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Neophyte
A beginner or novice
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Bungler
Someone who lacks adeptness and is inept or insufficient in performing a task
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Stasis (Evolutionary)
Long period of morphological stability in species
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Arbitrator
Settles or mediates a dispute
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Nebulous
In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
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Relegate
Assign, consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position
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Apothegm
To instruct, a maxim of instructive saying
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Conscript
To select for some purpose, a draft
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Osteopathy
Focuses on the disorders of the muscoskeletal system
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Avarice
The aggressive desire to do something
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Epistemology
The study of the nature of knowledge. A sub-specialty of the general field of philosophy
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Caterwaul
A type of noise that is shrill or unpleasent
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Crescendo
A type of musical technique, a gradual increase in musical intensity
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Philatist
Someone that collects stamps
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Numismatist
Someone that collects coins
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Oenophilia
Someone that collects wine
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Enigmatic
Something that cannot be easily explained, mysterious
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Candid
Free of bias or malice, frank and informal
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Cornerstone
A fundamental characteristic
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Imperative
Essential, of vital importance
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Superflous
Unnecessary
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Mitigate
To make less severe, serious, or painful
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Unadorned
With no added academic analyses, simplifications, or idealized elements. Just plain
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Querolous
Complaining in a childish, skulky bad-tempered or whining manner
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Sanguine
Optimistic or positive, esp. in an apparently bad or difficult situation.
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Facetious
Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
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Neurotic
Someone characterized by irrational mental or emotional disturbances such as anxiety or obsessive thoughts
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Treason
A crime classified as a felony
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Urbanite
Someone who does not live in a rural area, or in the "country"
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Strategem
A maneuver or scheme
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Ploy
A maneuver or scheme designed to decieve
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Terrace
Raised bank of earth that is constructed for agriculture
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Sparse
Bare or minimal
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Nonpartisanship
Not favoring any particular side or party on an issue
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Gustatory
Something related to or associated with the sense of taste
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Olfactory
Something related to or associated with the sense of smell
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Corporeal
Of or relating to a person's body, bodily senses
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Lighting
It produces thunder
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Hyancith
A plant that produces a fragrance
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Mars
Conditions that worsen, impaired
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Eschew
Deliberately avoiding, to abstain from
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Janus
A word that has two opposite meanings
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Sanction
A janus word that can mean to either approve or forbid something
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Scrutinize
To examine carefully
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Surmised
Not 100% sure but inferred or conjectured
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Germinated
Slowly began to take shape
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Languished
(Of a person or other living thing) lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble, suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.
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Burgeoned
Begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
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Subjective
Existing within a person's mind
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Bastion
A stronghold or place of sanctuary
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Ameliorate
To make something that is bad or unsatisfactory better
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Rectify
To put something right, correct. To cure completely
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Congenital
A disease that is present from birth
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Insinuate
To hint at in a indirect or devious way
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Testament
Something that serves as a sign or evidence of a specified fact, event, or quality.
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Eradicate
To remove something completely despite resistance
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Disavow
To deny knowledge or responsibility for something
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Caricature
A deliberately exaggerated representation
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Paradigm
A theoretical model or framework
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Allocate
To designate or distribute (resources or duties) to specific locations
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Disclose
To reveal or make known
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Apathetic/Apathy
Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
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Languor
Lack of energy
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Veracity
Truthfulness
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Admonition
A mild warning or bit of cautionary advice
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Equivocation
The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
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Proponent
A person who advocates a theory, proposal, or project
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Articulate
1. Express (an idea or feeling) fluently and coherently
| 2. (of a person or a person's words) having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently..
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Embellish
Make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features
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Accountable
(of a person, organization, or institution) required or expected to justify actions or decisions; responsible. Explicable and understandable
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Chagrin
Feeling of unease from disappointment or failure
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Err
Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.
