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aberrant

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deviating from normal or correct

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abscond

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to leave secretly and hide, often to avoid the law

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aggrandize

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tomake greater, to increase, to exaggerate

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amalgamate

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to unite or mix (n. amalgamation)

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ambrosial

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extremely pleasing to the senses, divine (as related to the gods) or delicious (n. ambrosia)

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anachronism

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a person or artifact appearing after its own time or out of chronological order (adj. anachronistic)

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anomalous

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peculiar, unique, contrary to the norma (n. anomaly)

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antediluvian

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ancient, outmoded, (literally before the flood)

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antipathy

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hostility toward, objection, or aversion to

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arbitrate

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to settle a dispute (n. arbitration)

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assuage

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to make less severe, to appease or satisfy

ex. the letter assuaged their fears
(ex. studying assuaged her desire for vocab words)

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audacious

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extremely bold, fearless (n. audacity)

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aver

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to declare

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banal

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commonplace or trite, lacking originality (n. banality)

ex. songs with banal lyrics

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barefaced

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unconcealed, shameless, or brazen

ex. you didn’t need to see look very hard to know the truth – it was a barefaced lie

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blandishment

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speech or action intended to coax someone into doing something (ex: the son’s speech was full of blandishments as he tried to coax her into letting him go to the party)

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bombast

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pompous speech, high sounding language with little meaning (adj. bombastic)

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burgeon

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to grow or flourish, a bud of new growth (adj. burgeoning)

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buttress

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to support, a support

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cadge

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to get something by taking advantage of someone (especially one’s friendships), to beg
(ex. she cadged money from her sister)

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caprice

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impulse, sudden change in mood (adj. capricious)

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castigate

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reprimand, chastise severely

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caustic

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capable of dissolving by chemical action, highly critical

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chicanery

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deception by trickery

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conflageration
a great fire
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corporeal
of or having to do with material, as opposed to spiritual, tangible
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corporal
of the body (corporal punishment), a commissioned officer
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corroborate
to strengthen or support (ex: the witness corroborated his story) (n. corroboration)
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craven
cowardly, a coward
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culpable
deserving of blame (n. culpability)
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dearth
lack, scarcity
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deference
submission or courteous yielding (ex. he held his tongue in deference to his father)
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deprecation
belittlement (v. deprecate)
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depredation
act of preying upon or plundering
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descry
to make clear, to say
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desiccate
to dry out thoroughly (adj. desiccated)
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diatribe
forceful and bitter abusive denunciation
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diffident
lacking self-confidence, modest
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disabuse
to free a person from falsehood or error (ex: we had to disabuse her of the notion that she was invited)
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disparaging
belittling (v. disparage, n. disparagement)
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dispassionate
calm, unbiased, objective
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dissemble
to conceal one's real motive, to feign
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dogged
stubborn or determined
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efficacy
effectiveness, capability to produce a desired effect
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effluent
quality of flowing out, something that flows out (n. effluence) (ex. the stream is an effluence from the river)
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emollient
softening, something that softens (ex. the cream is full of emollients)
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encomium
a formal eulogy or speech of praise
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enervate
to weaken or destroy the strength of (ex. the heat enervated everyone)
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engender
to give rise to, to propagate (ex. his slip engendered much laughter)
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enigma
puzzle, mystery
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ephemeral
lasting only a brief time, fleeting
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equivocal
ambiguous, unclear, open to more than one interpretation
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erudite
scholarly, displaying deep intensive learning
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exculpate
to demonstrate or prove to be blameless (ex. the evidence exculpated the defendant)
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exorbitant
exceeding customary or normal limits particularly in quantity or price (ex. the cab fare was exorbitant)
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extant
in existence, still existing
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fathom
a measure of length (6 feet) used in nautical settings
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fawn
to seek favor or attention, to act subserviently (adj. fawning)
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feign
to give false appearance or impression, to fake
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fervid, fervent
highly emotional, burning hot or glowing
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fledgling
a baby bird, an inexperienced person (novice), inexperienced
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florid
flushed with rosy color in complexion, ornate and flowery
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floundering
struggling (ex. the floundering business)
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garrulous
verbose, talkative, rambling (ex. we tried to avoid our garrulous neighbor)
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guile
skillful deceit
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guileless
honest, straightforward
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hapless
unfortunate
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headlong
headfirst, impulsive, hasty, hastily (ex. they rushed headlong into marriage)
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iconoclast
one who attacks traditional ideas or institutions
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impecunious
penniless, poor
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imperious
commanding
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improvidence
an absence of foresight, failure to provide for future needs or events
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inchoate
just begun, in initial or early stages, incomplete, disorganized
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incorrigible
not capable of being corrected
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indelible
permanent, not erasable, strong (ex. he made an indelible impression when he saved the girl's dog)
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ineffable
inexpressible in words, unspeakable
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ingenious
clever
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ingenuous
naive, unsophisticated, artless
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innocuous
harmless, having no adverse affect
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insensible
numb, unconscious
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insipid
lacking zest or excitement
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insular
of or pertaining to an island, lacking contact with others, uninterested in culture/people/things outside your life
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intransigent
stubborn and immovable, unwilling to change (n. intransigence)
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irascible
prone to outbursts of temper, easily angered
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laconic
using few words, terse
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latent
present or potential but not evident of active (ex. he discovered he had a latent talent for music)
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laudable
praiseworthy, commendable (v. laud)
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leviathan
giant whale, something very large
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loquacious
talkative
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lugubrious
weighty, mournful, especially gloomy
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magnanimity
generosity and nobility (adj. magnanimous)
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malevolent
malicious, evil, having ill will
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misanthrope
one who hates people
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misnomer
incorrect name or word for something
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nefarious
wicked, evil
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noisome
harmful, offensive, destructive
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obdurate
hardened against influence or feeling, intractable
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occlude
to close or shut off, to obstruct (n. occlusion)
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ossified
turned to bone, hardened like bones, inflexible (ex. the ossified culture failed to adapt to new economic conditions)
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panegyric
a writing or speech in praise of a person or thing
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peccadillo
a small sin or fault
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pedantic
showing narrow concern for rules or formal book learning
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perfidious
deliberately treacherous, dishonest
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petulant
easily or frequently annoyed especially over trivial matters, childishly irritable
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phlegmatic
not easily excited, calm, sluggish
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placate
to calm or reduce anger by making concessions (ex. he tried to placate his mom by saying he would do the dishes)
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plastic
related to being shaped or molded
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plethora
overabundance, excessively large quantity
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ponderous
heavy, massive, awkward, dull
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precipice
cliff with vertical face, metaphorically a very risky circumstance
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precipitate
to fall, to fall downward suddenly and dramatically, to bring something about or hasten the occurrence of something
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prevaricate
to stray away from or evade the truth
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prodigal
rashly wasteful
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propitiate
to conciliate, to appease
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pulchritudinous
beautiful
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pusillanimous
cowardly or timid, petter
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quiescence
inactivity, stillness, dormancy
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rarefy
to make or become thin, to purify or refine
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reproof
the act of censuring or reprimanding
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sagacious
having sharp or powerful intellect or discernment
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sanguine
cheerful, confident
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sate
to satisfy fully or to excess
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saturnine
having a gloomy or morose temperment
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savant
very knowledgeable person, genius
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sedulous
diligent, persevering, persistent
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specious
seemingly true but really false, deceptively attractive
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tacit
unspoken
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taciturn
habitually not talkative silent
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tirade
an angry speech
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turpitude
depravity, baseness
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tyro
beginner, person lacking experience in a specific endeavor
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venerate
great respect or reverence
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vex
to annoy, to perplex, to puzzle
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zeal
enthusiastic devotion

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