Word List#2 Flashcards
(215 cards)
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Abrasive
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Rough
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Accelerate
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To speed up
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Accord
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Agreement
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Adjacent
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Next to
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Adverse
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Opposing
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Agenda
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A list of things to do
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Agony
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Extreme pain
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Akin
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Similar to
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Allot
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To give out
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Ambiguous
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Having more than one meaning
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Ample
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Plentiful. Enough
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Anesthetic
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Painkiller
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Anticipate
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To expect
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Appeal
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Attractiveness. To request
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Aappropriate
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Proper. To seize
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Arbitrary
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Random
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Ascertain
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To find out for making inquiries
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Atheist
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One who does not believe in God
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Audible
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Able to be heard
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Baffle
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To fool. To confuse
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Barren
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Not capable of producing vegetation
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Benchmark
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A standard for measuring something
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Bizarre
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Strange
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Blueprint
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Plan. Design for a building
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Bonanza
Huge. Unexpected profit
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Braggart
One who brags a lot
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Brittle
Easy to break
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Burly
Muscular
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Calamity
Disaster
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Capacity
Available space
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Cease
To stop
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Census
An official population count
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Chronicle
Story
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Cliche
Overused phrase
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Colleague
Co-worker
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Compatible
Able to get along well together
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Complementary
Completing. Going well together
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Composite
Made up of separate parts
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Compromise
Settlement in which each party surrenders something they want
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Concussion
Head injury
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Confinement
Imprisonment
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Conscientious
Careful. Ethical
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Conservative
Traditional
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Constituents
1: parts of a whole. 2: voters
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Contemporary
Of the same time. Present
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Contract
To shorten. To shrink
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Conversion
Change
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Correspondence
Similarity. Communication
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Counterfeiter
One who makes fake money
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Creases
Lines. Wrinkles
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Critic
One who makes unfavorable comments. Reviewer
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Cunning
Sly. Devious
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Decelerate
To slow down
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Decomposition
Process of falling apart. Disintegration
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Deflect
To block. To push of to the side
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Deliberate
Carefully considered and planned. Intentional
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Deplete
To use up. To exhaust the supply of
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Desertion
Abondonment
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Diction
Choice of words
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Diligent
Hard working
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Disbar
To expel a lawyer from law practice
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Disclosure
Something released
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Discredit
To disbelieve
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Disengagement
Separation
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Disinclination
Unwillingness
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Dismiss
To send away
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Disrobe
To take off ones clothes
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Distasteful
Unlike able
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Divergence
Separation
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Downheartedness
Sadness
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Dubious
Doubtful
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Dutiful
Obidient
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Economize
To save
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Elongate
To make longer
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Embroidery
Needlework decoration
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Empathy
Sympathy
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Endure
To tolerate.
| To last
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Enmesh
To catch. To untangle
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Entrepreneur
Independent businessmen
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Eradicate
To get rid of
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Essence
Basic nature. Most important part of something
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Explicit
Clear obvious
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Extroverted
Outgoing, friendly
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Facilitate
To make easier
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Feasible
Possible
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Flower
To blossom
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Forge
To move steadily
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Fragrant
Pleasant smelling
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Frenzy
Temporary madness
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Garland
Circle of leaves or flowers
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Gibberish
Nonsense
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Goal
Score in soccer
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Grant
Gift, to give
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Grim
Terrible
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Gulf
Huge gap
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Haggard
Looking tired
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Harbor
Place where the ships dock
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Headstrong
Determined, stubborn
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Hemorrhage
Heavy or uncontrollable bleeding
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High-minded
Showing high morals or feelings
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Homogeneous
The same throughout
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Hybrid
A blend of two things
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Hypothetical
Theoretical
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Abhor
To hate
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Idiom
An expression of language
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Immaculate
Clean, pure
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Impartial
Neutral, objective
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Imperious
Bossy, acting like a king
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Imposition
Inconvenience, burden
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Inaccessible
Not able to be reached or entered
| Not understandable
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Incarcerate
To improsin
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Inconclusive
Without final results
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Incurious
Not caring
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Indigenous
Native
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Induced
Persuaded
| Brought about
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Inevitable
Unavoidable
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Inhabit
To live in
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Innumerable
Countless
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Insistent
Demanding
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Instigate
To provoke
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Integrity
Honesty
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Intimate
Close
To imply
Thorough
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Inventory
A list of the goods a business owners
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Irretrievable
Impossible to bring back
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Jeopardy
Danger, risk
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Junction
Where to things meet
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Kindle
To start a fire
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Landslide
Rocks and earth suddenly fall down a mountain
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Lax
Careless
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Linger
To hang around
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Loiterer
One who hangs around
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Luminous
Full of light
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Mandatory
Required
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Meager
Thin
| Not enough
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Megaphone
Device used to make ones voice louder
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Metaphor
Literary comparison
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Migrant
One who often changes his or her place of living
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Minnow
Small fish
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Mishap
Accident
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Monotony
Single, unchanging tone
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Mutability
Change ability
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Nick
To cut slightly
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Novel
New, unusual
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Oblige
To do a favor
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Oceanographer
One who studies the ocean
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Optimism
Positive attitude
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Outcast
Someone not accepted by society
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Paradox
An apparent contradiction
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Passable
Able to be traveled through,
| Barely satisfactory
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Peer
Companion
| To look curiously
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Perplex
To confuse
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Phenomenon
Occurrence
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Pittance
Small amount
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Polarize
To divide into opposing groups
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Postscript
A note added at the end of a letter
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Precursor
One who comes before someone else
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Preeminent
Superior
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Prescribe
To lay down as a rule
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Pretentious
Pretending to be someone your not
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Probing
Exploring
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Prominent
Standing out
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Prose
Ordinary language
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Pseudonym
A fake name
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Qualitative
Relating to quality
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Radical
Extremist
| Extreme
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Rational
Logical, reasonable
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Recital
Musical performance
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Recoil
To draw back in alarm or horror
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Red tape
Official routines that delay action
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Refugee
One who needs protection
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Regressive
Going backward
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Rejuvenate
To bring back the youthful strength or appearance
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Remorse
Regret, sorrow for having done wrong
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Repel
To force back
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Resent
To feel angry or bitter toward
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Resolution
Purpose
| Settlement of a problem
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Restrain
To hold back
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Rift
Crack or fracture
| To divide
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Robust
Strong
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Ruthless
Cruel
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Sage
Wise
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Seasonal
Once each season
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Serene
Calm, peaceful
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Severity
Harshness
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Shunned
Rejected
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Smirk
To smile in a self-satisfied way
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Solitude
Isolation
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Span
The distance between two items
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Spouse
Husband or wife
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Stale
Tasteless
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Stereotype
Oversimplified opinion
| Generalization based on perceived pattern
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Stubble
Short stalks of grain
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Suburbanite
One who lives outside the city
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Surge
To increase suddenly
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Sycophant
Asskisser
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Synthetic
Man-made, artificial
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Taint
Trace of something bad
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Tangible
Clear and certain
| Touchable
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Tenacious
Persisting
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Terse
Short and to the point
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Toxic
Poisonous
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Treachery
Deceitfulness
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Turbulence
Storylines
| Sudden movements
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Ultramodern
Very new
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Unconditional
Without conditions
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Unfashionable
Not stylish
| Unpopular
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Unmask
To reveal
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Uproarious
Extremely funny
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Vaccinate
To give a shot that protects against disease
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Veil
Cloth used to cover the face
| To hide
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Verify
To prove
| To confirm
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Vibrant
Lively
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Weld
To join metals or plastics by beating
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Yielding
Giving in
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Zeal
Enthusiasm
