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Contravene

A

to go against

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Copious

A

plentiful

3
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Cosmographer

A

one who studies the order of the universe

4
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Creed

A

a system of beliefs

5
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Culinary

A

relating to cookies

6
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Curtail

A

to shorten

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Dearth

A

a shortage; an absence

8
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Debunk

A

to expose an untruth

9
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Deed

A

act

10
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Deftly

A

skillfully

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Deleterious

A

harmful

12
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Depose

A

to remove from office

13
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Desiccate

A

to dry out

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Desultory

A

aimless

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Devoid

A

missing

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Diatribe

A

angry speech attacking someone

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Digress

A

to wander away

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Din

A

loud, continuous noise

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Disband

A

to separate

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Discursive

A

wandering from one topic to another

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Disparate

A

different

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Disseminate

A

to spread widely

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Dissuade

A

to persuade someone not to do something

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Divest

A

to take something away from someone else

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Dolt

A

stupid person

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Dour

A

silent and gloomy

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Drone

A

one who talks constantly and monotonously

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Duplicity

A

hypocrisy

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Edict

A

a command by an authority

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Effigy

A

a statue or image of a person

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Elegiac

A

sad

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Elucidate

A

to make clear

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Embellish

A

to decorate

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Emphysema

A

lung disease

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Encipher

A

to put into code

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Ensconce

A

to settle comfortably or smugly

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entrenched

A

held tightly stuck

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Ephemeral

A

short-lived

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Equivocate

A

to keep changing one’s mind

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Estrange

A

to keep at a distance or to stop caring for someone

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Euphony

A

harmony

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Excursion

A

trip

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Exorcism

A

removing evil spirits

44
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Exposition

A

explanation

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Extraneous

A

extra; unnecessary

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Eyesore

A

ugly thing

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Facsimile

A

exact copy

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Fatuous

A

silly, foolish

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Fervor

A

intensity

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Fiendish

A

evil

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Flaunt

A

to show off

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Flout

A

to reject openly

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Forensics

A

the study or argumentation

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Fountainhead

A

beginning

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Frugal

A

careful not to spend a lot of money

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Fussbudget

A

fussy person

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Galleon

A

large ship

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Gamut

A

entire range of something

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Garrulous

A

overly talkative`

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Genre

A

type

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Geyser

A

spring that shoots up hot water and steam