Words Flashcards
(178 cards)
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Allusion
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Indirect reference
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Accolade
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Praise
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Ambivalence
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Uncertainty; having mixed feelings
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Ambivalent
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Unable to decide
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Analogy
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Comparison
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Anecdote
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Short account of something interesting; story
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Anomalous
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Odd; not fitting pattern
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Apparition
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Ghost; something that appears
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Aspersion
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Negative feeling; damaging remark
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Belligerence
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Aggression
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Bombastic
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Too elaborate; exaggerated
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Candid
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Truthful
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Capricious
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Changeable; fickle
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Cherished
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Cared for; firmly held
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Cliche
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Over used expression
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Conception
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- Idea; view
2. Beginning of pregnancy
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Convoluted
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Complicated or long winded
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Credence
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Belief
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Cryptic
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Hidden
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Currency
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- Widespread acceptance
2. Money
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Decorous
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Good and correct (used of behavior)
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Denunciation
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Act of speaking out against
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Derailed
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Thrown off course
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Derivative
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Unoriginal
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Despotic
Acting like a tyrant
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Detritus
Rubbish
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Diaphanous
Very thin and transparent
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Dictum
Often used saying
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Dilettante
Person who dabbles in the arts
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Disdained
Showed contempt for
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Dispassionate
Unbiased; fair
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Dowager
An elderly women of elevate social status
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Dubious
Doubtful
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Egalitarian
Equal; believer in equality
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Elicit
Draw out (used mainly for information or feelings)
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Elliptical
1. Shaped like an ellipse
| 2. Indirect
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Epitomizes
Acts as a typical example of
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Equivocate
Speak ambiguously/vaguely
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Evasiveness
Trying to avoid something
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Explicitly
Very clear; nothing hidden
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Foraging
Searching for food
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Hypothetical
Based of guesswork; not proven
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Iconoclast
Person who goes against accepted authority
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Idiosyncratic
Quirky; unique to an individual
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Imponderable
Cannot be understood
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Indecorous
Not well behaved; lacking in dignity
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Indigence
Extreme poverty
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Inept
Clumsy
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Inherent
Inbuilt; genetic
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Intricate
Complicated
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Irrefutable
Cannot be proven wrong
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Jingoism
Using words to stir up exaggerated patriotism
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Jubilant
Joyful
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Judicious
Fair and equal
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Lament
Express regret over something
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Loquacious
Talkative; using too many words
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Mendicancy
Begging
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Metaphorical
Not literal; figurative
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Milieu
Environment; surroundings
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Mitigated
Made less severe
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Nascent
Just begun; in an early stage of development
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Nostalgia
Longing for the past
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Obtrusive
Easily seen
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Orthographical
Concerned with writing and spelling
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Ossified
Become fixed and rigid
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Ostentatious
Showy
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Palpable
Can be felt
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Pastoral
1. Concerned with the countryside
| 2. Concerned with the care a pastor gives to someone
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Pedestrian
1. Boring (adj)
| 2. Person who walks (n)
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Perfidy
Treachery; betrayal
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Profligacy
Wasteful and immoral behavior
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Prohibitive
Very expensive
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Prudence
Wisdom; caution
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Pugnacious
Aggressive
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Purveyor
One who sells something or caused something to spread
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Resonance
Echo
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Respite
Break (from work etc.)
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Resurgence
Revival
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Sparse
Thin; not thick
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Stringent
Strict
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Succumbing
Giving in to; falling under the influence of
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Supercilious
Arrogant
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Tenacity
Firmness of purpose
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Transcend
Go beyond a limit
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Variegated
Multicolored
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Venerable
Worthy of respect
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Viable
Workable; able to live or grow
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Visceral
Concerned with the 'guts'; physical rather than mental
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Apathy
Lack of energy or interest
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Autonomy
Self-government
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Benevolent
Kindly
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Blanched
Turned pale
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Bolster
Give support to
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Bucolic
Concerned with the countryside and farming
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Callous
Cruel and unfeeling
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Cantankerous
Bad tempered
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Chicanery
Trickery; attempt to deceive
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Churlish
Ill-mannered
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Cohesive
Forming a whole; 'sticking' together
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Concur
Agree
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Cryptic
Hidden; obscure
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Decimation
Extensive destruction
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Deft
Skillful
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Delinquency
Wrong-doing
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Depravity
Moral corruption
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Desolate
Lonely; devoid of life; feeling very sad and hopeful
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Devoid of
Empty of
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Didactic
Intending to teach or give instructions
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Disingenuous
Not candid or sincere
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Disposition
Tendency; personality
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Dissent
Disagreement
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Effusive
Overly expressive of emotions; 'gushing'
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Endorse
Support
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Enigma
Puzzle
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Enumerate
Count out; list
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Ephemeral
Short-lived
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Erroneous
Wrong
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Erudition
Great knowledge or learning
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Esoteric
Obscure
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Fabrication
Something made up; untrue
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Facetious
Cheeky; not to be taken seriously
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Factions
Sides in a dispute; groups with common interests
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Flotsam
Floating rubbish
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Fostered
Encouraged
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Hackneyed
Stale and over-used
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Harbored
Held (as in 'harbored an idea')
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Hodgepodge
Strange mixture
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Impetuous
Impulsive
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Implacable
Cannot be appeased; relentless
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Impugned
Challenged; attacked in words
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Incorrigible
Cannot be corrected (of behavior)
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Indigenous
Native to a particular place
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Ineffable
Cannot be expressed in words
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Irascible
Easily angered
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Ironic
Unexpected
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Languid
Having no energy or interest
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Lassitude
Lack of energy
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Lugubrious
Mournful; very sad
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Mercurial
Rapidly changing
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Misnomer
Wrong name for something
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Mollified
Calmed; pacified
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Multifaceted
Having many aspects
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Mundane
Dull; ordinary
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Omnipotent
All powerful
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Pedagogy
Science of teaching
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Phlegmatic
Calm
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Plausible
Believable
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Precursor
Fore-runner; earlier version
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Preeminence
Fame; top position
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Pretentious
Putting on an act
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Prognosis
Outlook
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Prolific
Producing a lot
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Provocative
Provoking
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Raiment
Clothes; garments
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Reciprocate
Pay back
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Reconcile
Bring disputing side together again
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Remiss
Wrong
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Remonstrance
Criticism
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Resilient
Able to something spring back; strong
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Retrenchment
Reducing staff or forces; conserving resources
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Robust
Firm and strong
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Skeptical
Doubtful
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Skewed
Distorted; bent
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Subtle
Not obvious
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Succinct
Clear, short and well-expressed
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Sundry
Miscellaneous
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Sustenance
Support; food
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Tenable
Can be held (of an opinion, for example)
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Tenuous
Shaky; not firm
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Torrid
Hot and steamy
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Undermine
Attempt to overthrow; weaken
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Underscore
Emphasize
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Unequivocal
Clear; cannot be misunderstood
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Vector
Carrier (of disease, for example)
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Verbose
Wordy
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Whimsical
Fickle; changeable
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Wistful
Full of sadness and longing
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Cognizant
To be informed or aware of something.
