Words Flashcards
(342 cards)
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Abate
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To lessen, subside
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Aberration
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Stray away from what is normal
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Abet
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To encourage somebody […in doing wrong…]
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Abeyance
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Suspended action
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Abhor
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To hate
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Abide
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To be faithful, to endure
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Abjure
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Promise or swear to give up
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Ablution
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Cleansing, washing
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Abraded
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Worn away by friction, rubbed off
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Abrogate
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To repeal
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Abstruse
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Difficult to comprehend, obscure
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Acclamation
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Public approval, often given loudly
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Acquiese
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Agree, accept
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Adamant
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Unyielding
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Advent
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Arrival, coming
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Affidavit
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A written statement given under oath
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Agowilt
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Sickening terror, Sudden unnecessary fear The passage of the heart past the epiglottis
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Alacrity
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Readiness, eagerness
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Allibosh
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A glaringly obvious falsehood
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Ambiance
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Atmosphere, character
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Amoretto
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Cupid
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Anathema
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Something highly distasteful
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Anecdote
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Brief story of an amusing or interesting incident
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Antipodean
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Direct opposite
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Apposite
Appropriate
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Ardour
Passion
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Attaccabottoni
A bore who corners people with sad, pointless tales
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Baleful
Harmful, ominous, causing evil
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Balk
Refuse to proceed
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Baneful
Causing pain or ruin, pernicious, destructive
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Barbiturate
Sedative, hypnotic drug
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Barrage
An artificial obstacle built over a river
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Bastion
Strong defense, projecting part of a fort
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Beatify
To bless, make happy, ascribe a virtue to
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Bedizen
To adorn, especially in a cheap showy manner
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Belabor
To beat hard
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Ben
A hog-like mammal from New Guinea
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Benevolence
wish, activity in doing good
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Benign
Kind and gentle
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Berate
Scold sharp
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Betrothal
Engagement to marry
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Bey
Prince, nobleman
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Billet-Doux
Love letter
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Bimp
A disappointment, a futile rage,v. to cut,neglect or forsake
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Blatant
Noisy and rough
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Blaze
Mark by cutting a piece of bark from a tree, intense fire
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Bleesh
An unpleasant picture,vulgar or obscene artwork
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Blithely
Cheerfully, in a light-hearted, care-free way
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Bloom
Youthful glow, Algae growth
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Borborygmite
filth-talker
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Buckle
To crumple, to fasten
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Cadge
To beg, or get by begging
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Cajole
Coax, persude by flattery or deceit
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Calumny
Slander, aspersion
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Candidate
seeker of office
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Canoodle
To cuddle and kiss amorously
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Cant
Jargon, insincere talk
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Canvass
To request votes from electors
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Capital
Involving death
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Capricious
Guided by whim, inconstant
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Carapace
Shell, protective layer or attitude
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Cardsharp
Professional cheater at cards
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Caress
To stroke gently
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Castigation
Severe punishment
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Caustic
Sarcastic, biting
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Censure
Expression of blame, a rebuke
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Chary
Cautious, wary
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Chastisement
Punishment
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Chauvanist
a blindly devoted patriot
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Chivalrous
Courteous
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Churl
a bad-tempered person
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Close
Intimate, confining
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Coalescing
To come together, uniting a substance as one
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Cog
a tooth on a gear wheel, one who plays a vital but minor role
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Cohere
To hold together
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Coif
Tight fitting cap, hairstyle
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Col
short ridge connecting 2 mountains
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Collusion
have an alliance
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Compact
Formal agreement, a small case for carrying cosmetics
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Complacent
Self-satisfied
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Concierge
A hotel service person who assists people with special arrangements
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Confound
Bewilder, confuse
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Conjugal
Marital
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Contemporaries
Alive at the same time
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Contritely
Humbly, with remorse, regret
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Corollary
Direct result, consiquence
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Cos
Lettuce with large dark green leaves
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Digmix
An unpleasant, uncomfortable, or dire occupation unwelcome duty
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Kex
Dried hemlock
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Kheda
An enclosure for capturing wild elephants
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Mansuetude
Tameness; sweetness of temper
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Meniscus
The curved upper surface of liquid in a tube
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Mesothesis
That which is put in the middle to serve as a balance
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Mulm
The organic sediment that settles at the bottom of an aquarium
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Musnud
The cushioned throne of an Indian prince
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Myocide
An agent that kills mould
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Nigroglobulate
To blackball
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Noria
An apparatus for raising water, made up of buckets attached to a wheel
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Nummamorous
Money loving
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Ogygian
Incomparably ancient,antediluvian
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Antediluvian
Relating to the period before the biblical flood extremely old
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Ormolu
Bronze or brass that has been gilded
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Podsnappery
Self-satisfied philistinism
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Philistinism
A desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
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Ptarmic
That which causes sneezing
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Cowcat
A person whose main function is to occupy space
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Craven
Defeatist, Cowardly
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Culpable
Blameworthy
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Cynic
A person who thinks other people's motives are usually bad or selfish
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Dainty
Pretty, delicate
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Daunt
Intimidate, make fearful
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Dawdler
A waste of time, a slow person
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Dearth
Shortage
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Debacle
To break up, overthrow, sudden disaster
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Decorously
Politely, with proper manners
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Defalcation
Misuse, misappropriation
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Delude
Mislead, decieve
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Deluge
A heavy rush of water, great flood
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Demagogue
Rabble rouser, agitator
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Denigrate
Blacken, sully, belittle, defame
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Denoument
The outcome or solution, the unraveling of a plot
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Deprave
To corrupt or make morally bad
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Deprecate
Disapprove, belittle
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Dereliction
Leaving to fall to ruin, deserting
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Derisive
Expressing mockery or ridicule
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Desultory
Random, disconnected
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Diabob
An object of amateur art
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Dilate
To make wider, expand
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Diplomatically
Tactfully, cautiously
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Disenfranchise
To deprive or deny a right of
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Dissension
Dissagreement in opinion, discord
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Dissuade
To advice or persuade against
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Divulge
To reveal
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Dor
A large European scaraboid beetle
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Ecumenical
related to christian church as a whole
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Egregiously
Extremely, in a notorious or glaring fashion
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Eminently
Very, to a high extent
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Emperical
Based on the results of experience/experiment
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Endorse
To support, approve
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Endow
To provide financial support
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Enmity
Deep hatred, ill will
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Ephemeral
Lasting a very short time
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Epicure
A person who enjoys fine food and drink
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Equitable
Just to all
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Esoteric
Secret, Mysterious
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Euphony
A pleasing sound
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Euphoric
Elated, having a sense of well-being
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Exacerbate
Increase the violence of
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Exacuoacumenist
One who sharpens wit
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Exasperate
Irritate strongly
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Excerpt
small selection from a book or document
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Exhumed
Dug from the grave
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Exigency
Urgent need
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Expeditiously
In an efficient way, speedily
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Extempore
On the spur of the moment
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Fastidious
Pernickety
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Fatuous
silly, idiotic
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Fickle
Changeable
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Flaccid
Fond of showing off
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Flinch
To wince, to draw back
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Fortuitous
Happening by lucky accident or chance
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Founder
Stumber, fail utterly, to fill with water and sink
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Frantic
Wildly excited, agitated
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Frenetic
Frantic, frenzied
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Gab
Chattering or meaningless talk
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Gad
A sharp pointed rod
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Gar
Any slender fish
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Garnish
To sieze by legal authority
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Gelasin
A dimple occuring when you smile
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Gerrymander
To manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency to favour a particular party
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Gesticulate
Make lively gestures, moves hands about
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Gripe
To grumble or complain
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Guileless
Sincere, without deception
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Hail
To aclaim, call out
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Halcyon
Ideallicaly happy, peaceful
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Harp
To persist or dwell tediously on a subject
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Hirci
Armpit hair
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Hirsute
Hairy
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Hone
To sharpen, improve, perfect
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Honorary
One for which no salary is paid
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Horde
A large group of people, crowd
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Ignominiously
With disgrace, dishonourably
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Impeccable
such that no fault could be found
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Implore
To ask someone to do or not do something in a very sincere way
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Importune
To plead annoyingly
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Inception
Beginning
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Incessant
Never-stopping in an annoying, unpleasant way
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Inclement
Severe, stormy or cold, merciless
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Incoherent
Hard to understand
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Incorrigible
Incapable of being corrected
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Incumbent
Office holder
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Indefatigable
Tireless
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Indelible
Unable to be forgotten
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Indubitably
Without Question or doubt
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Infatuation
Romantic attachment, attraction
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Ingenuous
Candid, open, without guile
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Innocuous
Harmless
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Inscrutably
Mysteriously, in an incomprehensible way
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Insular
Overly meticulous, sourounded by sea
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Intermittently
Every now and then
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Intimate
To hint, imply
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Irascible
Prone to anger
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Irritainment
Irritating television programmes you can't stop watching
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Itenerant
Travelling, moving from place to place
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Jauntily
In a lively manner, lightly
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Jingoism
The extreme belief that one's belief is always best
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Judicial
Pertaining to the court of the law
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Ken
To know, understand
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Lambaste
Scold, beat or whip soundly
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Languid
Sluggish, without vigour, weak
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Liable
legally obliged, responsible
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Liase
To speak to people in order to exchange information with them
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Litter
A stretcher for carrying a sick or injured person
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Livid
Eraged, furious
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Lobbyist
Advocate
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Loquacious
Very talkative
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Malinger
To pretend illness to escape duty
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Manifestly
Plainly, in a way that is easily understood
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Maverick
An unbranded or stray calf
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Melanotrichous
Hairy black hair
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Meritriciously
Deceptively, in an insincere, vulgar way
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Miniature
Reduced to a small scale
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Misanthropic
Distrustful of everyone, cynical
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Mitigated
Made less severe
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Moot
Open for discussion, debatable
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Moribund
About to die
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Mos
Custom, habit
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Nee
Born as
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Noop
Tip of elbow
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Nuance
Fine distinction, subtelty
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Nubile
Young and Attractive
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Obsequiously
Like a servant, obediently
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Odious
Repulsive, hateful
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Orient
To adjust to one's circumstances or surroundings
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Orutund
Bombastic, pompous
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Pallid
pale, wan
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Pandemonium
A wild uproar, tumult
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Paradigm
A model of something, a very clear, typical example of something
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Paramour
Lover
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Parry
to ward off, to avert an attack
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Pedantic
Overly meticulous, narrow minded
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Peremptory
Final, leaving no opportunity for debate or denial
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Pernicious
Exeedingly harmful
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Pernickety
Fussy, hard to please, meticulous
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Persistance
Perseverance
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Petulant
Impatient, irritable
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Plenary
Compulsory full attendance
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Poky
Cramped, small, confined
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Predicate
To assert or affirm as true
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Prepossessing
Appealing, charming
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Preposterously
Ridiculously, absurdly
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Prerogative
Privelage or right by virtue of position or rank
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Presentiment
Premonition
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Profound
Intense, needing or showing great insight
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Profusely
Extravagantly, without limitation
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Prowess
Outstanding skill, courage
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Pusillanimously
Timidly, in a faint-hearted way
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Pyre
A pile of wood
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Qua
In so far as, in the character of, as
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Quicksilver
Unpredictable, changeable
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Quintessential
Highly typical
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Rakish
Appearing fast
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Rectify
To correct
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Recur
To happen again, return to mind
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Redoubtable
Formiddable, commanding respect
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Relevent
Relating to the matter at hand
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Repeal
To cancel, withdraw
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Ret
Prepare for use
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Retrograde
Tending to revert or backwards
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Roseate
Rose coloured
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Rue
Bitterness, Disappointment
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Ruminating
Thinking deeply about something
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Rut
Sexual desire of other various mammals
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Sanguine
Confident, hopeful, optimistic
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Scorned
Rejected, ignored with contempt
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Sear
Scar, burn mark
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Sedentary
Sitting, Seated... for a period of time
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Seriatim
One after the other
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Shibui
Restrained elegance
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Sojourn
Temporary residence or stay, a visit
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Sop
To dip in any liquid
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Spurious
Not genuine
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Squire
to escort, accompany
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Swain
Suitor
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Swoon
To faint from emotion
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Synoptic
Pertaining to an overall view
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Tat
Pony
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Tenterhooks
Hooks or bent nails or a framework that hold cloth taut for drying
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Terse
Concise
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Tod
A bush
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Traipse
Wearily wander, trudge, walk aimlessly
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Transient
Temporary
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Truculent
Agressive, bellicose, fierce
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Turista
Gastro-intestinal illness afflicting travelling people
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Tête-â-Tête
A private talk
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Umfriend
a person with whom one has had a brief sexual encounter
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Uncanny
Inexplicable, beyond the normal, expected
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Unequivocally
Conclusively, without conditions
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Urchin
A young child who is playful or mischevious
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Usurp
Taking over one's position/power without having the right to do so
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Utterly
Fully, to a totaly extent
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Uxorious
Excessively fond of wife
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Vacillate
To waver
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Vale
Earthly life, world
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Vat
A large vessel
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Venality
openess to corruption, bribery
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Vicariously
By substitute, through the experience of another
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Visceral
Pertaining to the viscera,Instinctive, profound
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Vitiate
Weaken, make ineffective
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Vivacious
Lively, spirited, outgoing
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Volatile
Explosive, unstable
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Wabi
The beauty of simplicity
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Wantoly
Unjustifiably, recklessly
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Winsome
Charming, attractive, engagement
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Zwischenraum
Literally the space between 2 objects
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Pushkin
A strainer hung on a barrel tap to catch and strain cider, of vinegar
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Quisquillous
Made of rubbish
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Rammish
Strongly scented
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Roorback
False report circulated to damage the reputation of a political candidate
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Rundle
Ladder rung
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Sanguisugent
Bloodsucking
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Saponify
To convert to soap
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Scissel
The strip of metal from which the the blanks for coins are made
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Eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious
Very good
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Eriff
A two year old canary
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Errhine
Made to be snuffed into the nose
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Exigent
Urgent,needing immediate attention
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Fenks
Whale blubber refuse; rotten blubber
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Fescue
A small stick used by teachers to point at letters of numbers
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Ganch
To execute by impaling on hooks
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Gelogenic
Tending to produce laughter
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Helminthous
Infested with worms
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Hippocaust
The burning of a horse in sacrifice
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Ichor
In mythology, the fluid that ran instead of blood in the veins of the gods
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Ignivomous
Vomiting fire
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Impavid
Without fear
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Izzard
Ancient term for the letter z
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Jargoon
A second-rate zircon
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Keckle
To preserve from chafing by covering with powder
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Tacenda
Things that should not be mentioned
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Thunk
A very light verse that plays with syntax
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Xenoglossia
Understanding a language that one has never learned
