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Abscond

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(verb)

to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

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Aberrant

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(adj.)

deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration)

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Alacrity

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(noun)

eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Anomaly

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(noun)

deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous)

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Approbation

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(noun)

an expression of approval or praise

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Arduous

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(adj.)

strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

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Assuage

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(verb)

to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

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Audacious

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(adj.)

daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity)

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Austere

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(adj.)

without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity)

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Axiomatic

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(adj.)

taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)

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Canonical

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(adj.)

following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun form: canon)

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Capricious

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(adj.)

inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

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Censure

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(verb)

to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

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Chicanery

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(noun)

trickery or subterfuge

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Connoisseur

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(noun)

an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

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Convoluted

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(adj.)

complex or complicated

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Disabuse

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(verb)

to undeceive; to set right

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Discordant

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(adj.)

conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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Disparate

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(adj.)

fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Effrontery

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(noun)

extreme boldness; presumptuousness

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Eloquent

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(adj.)

well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence)

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Enervate

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(verb)

to weaken; to reduce in vitality

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Ennui

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(noun)

dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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Equivocate

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(verb)

to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj. form: equivocal)

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Erudite
(adj.) | very learned; scholarly (noun form: erudition)
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Exculpate
(verb) | exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exigent
(adj.) | urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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Extemporaneous
(adj.) | improvised; done without preparation
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Filibuster
(noun) | intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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Fulminate
(verb) | to loudly attack or denounce
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Ingenuous
(adj.) | artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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Inured
(adj.) | accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Irascible
(adj.) | easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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Laud
(verb) | to praise highly (adj. form: laudatory)
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Lucid
(adj.) | clear; easily understood
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Magnanimity
(noun) | the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (adj. form: magnanimous)
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Martial
(adj.) | associated with war and the armed forces
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Mundane
(adj.) | of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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Nascent
(adj.) | coming into being; in early developmental stages
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Nebulous
(adj.) | vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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Neologism
(noun) | a new word, expression, or usage; the creating or use of new words or senses
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Noxious
(adj.) | harmful, injurious
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Obtuse
(adj.) | lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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Obviate
(verb) | to anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous
(adj.) | troubling; burdensome
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Paean
(noun) | a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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Parody
(noun) | a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art
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Perennial
(adj.) | recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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Perfidy
(noun) | intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj. form: perfidious)
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Perfunctory
(adj.) | cursory; done without care or interest
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Perspicacious
(adj.) | acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)
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Prattle
(verb) | to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Precipitate (adj.)
(adj.) | acting with excessive haste or impulse
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Precipitate (verb)
(verb) | to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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Predilection
(noun) | a disposition in favor of something; preference
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Prescience
(noun) | foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj. form: prescient)
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Prevaricate
(verb) | to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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Qualms
(noun) | misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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Recant
(verb) | to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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Refute
(verb) | to disprove; to successfully argue against
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Relegate
(verb) | to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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Reticent
(adj.) | quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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Solicitous
(adj.) | concerned and attentive; eager
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Sordid
(adj.) | characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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Sporadic
(adj.) | Occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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Squander
(verb) | to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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Static
(adj.) | not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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Stupefy
(verb) | to stun, baffle, or amaze
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Stymie
(verb) | to block; to thwart
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Synthesis
(noun) | the combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)
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Torque
(noun) | a force that causes rotation
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Tortuous
(adj.) | winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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Truculent
(adj.) | fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Veracity
(noun) | truthfulness, honesty
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Virulent
(adj.) | extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Voracious
(adj.) | having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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Waver
(verb) | to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

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