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Ingratiate

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(with)
To make people like you by doing things to please them

Jarod tried ingratiating his way with Saatchi

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Subvert

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To overthrow; to cause the downfall, ruin, destruction of

Sunnis are trying to subvert the Alawite regime

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Wistful

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Sad, gloomy, melancholy;
Yearning, longing;
Pensive in a gloomy way

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Debunk

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To expose a claim as false

He tried to debunk dubious advertising campaigns

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Descry / des cry

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To catch sight of; discover

Christopher Columbus thought he descried India. Fool.

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Effluvium (s) / Effluvia (p)

Effluviate (v)

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An unpleasant/harmful odor or secretion

To give forth a mephitic odor

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Embitter

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To make bitter

Failure has embittered her.

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Contravene

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To come or be in conflict with; go against; deny; oppose

He contravened the president’s statement.

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Avuncular

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Pertaining to, or characteristic of an uncle

Avuncular affection

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Premature

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Done too soon, before appropriate time; precipitate

A premature announcement

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Mawkish

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Weakly emotional; maudlin

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Maudlin

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Foolishly sentimental, like a holocaust/jew story meant to evoke crocodile tears

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Sanguine / san gwin

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Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, confident

Sanguine disposition

Ruddy, reddish (complexion)

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Brusque / brusk

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Abrupt in manner, blunt, rough, perhaps rude

The waitress this evening was very brusque so we only tipped her 12%

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Assimilate

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Take in information and understand fully

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Timorous

Timorousness

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Fearful

Thunder makes little children timorous.

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Slake

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To allay (thirst, desire, wrath) by satisfying; quench

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Whet

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Stimulate

Maysa was wrong. Whet does not mean “tide you over.” It means to stimulate, as an appetizer would.

Whet curiosity

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Sate

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To satisfy (appetite, desire) fully; satiate; surfeit

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Surfeit

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N - excess, excessive amount OR overindulgence in eating/drinking

V - to stuff yourself to a state of surfeit; to glut

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Toady

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An obsequious flatterer

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Sycophant / sik o phant

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Self-seeking servile flatterer

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Servile

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Slavishly submissive

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Billow

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A large undulating mass of something

Billows of smoke, billows of people…

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Undulate / un djulate
To move with wave-like motion The flag undulates in the breeze.
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Jounce
To move joltingly or roughly up and down; JOUNCE IS TO BOUNCE
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Slipshod
Careless, untidy, sloppy
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Protean
Extremely variable
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Espouse / es powz
To adapt, make one's own, adopt or embrace
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Uncanny
Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way She had an uncanny feeling that she was being watched by Mohamed Dagher
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Occult
Pertaining to magic, astrology, supernatural powers A little esoteric and arcane
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Ruminate
(over) to mediate, ponder
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Salient | Salience
Prominent or conspicuous; protruding, prominent Salient traits
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Truncate | Truncated
To shorten by cutting off a part; cut short; abridge He truncated the detailed explanation
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Sententious / sen ten shus
Someone or something that moralizes (in a pompous, affected way) Self righteous; abounding in pithy, apothegms
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Moralize
Comment on issues of right and wrong with an unfounded air of superiority
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Brood
(on/over) To think about something that makes one unhappy 'Till this day, he continues to brood over his wife's death.
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Trenchant
Incisive, as language or person; caustic (trenchant wit) Vigorous, effective, energetic (President's trenchant policy)
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Blithe / bl eye th
Showing a casual and cheerful indifference; HAPPY
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Fleet Fleetly Fleeting
To move swiftly Swiftly Ephemeral
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Fitful | Fitfully
Active or occurring intermittently, sporadic, intermittent Intermittently, sporadically
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Inviolable
Incapable of being violated; prohibiting violation Inviolable sanctuary; inviolable promise
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Corrigible | Incorrigible
Capable of being corrected Bad beyond correction or reform Incorrigible behavior, incorrigible liar
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Sallow
Sickly yellow in color; jaundiced
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Rubicund, sanguine, ruddy, flushed
Red in complexion
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Repose
N - peace, tranquility, calmness
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Deign
To do something that you think you shouldn't do because you're too cool The king deigned to speak to the peasant
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Sedulous | Sedulity
Diligent, assiduous
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Multifarious
Having many different parts, elements; | Greatly diverse, numerous and varied
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Confluence
Flowing together of two or more streams The confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers Place of convergence To converge
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Volatile | Volatility
Evaporating quickly Ready to erupt into violence Mercurial
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Begrudge
To envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of someone | Rana begrudged Maysa her acceptance into a MD program
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Expediate = Expedite
To hasten, speed up To precipitate
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Iterate Iteration Iterative
To repeat Repetition Repetitive
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Cost overrun
The amount of money over the allocated budget
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Tandem In tandem
One following or behind the other In single file - They swam in tandem In association or partnership
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Repugnate = repugn / rep yoon
To oppose, to fight against, refute
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Reprobate / rep ro bait
(N) Depraved, unprincipled, wicked person - drunken reprobate Person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation
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Bromide
Flat, dull person; platitudinous
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Vassal
Subordinate, subject, servant, slave
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Rogue
Dishonest, scoundrel, unprincipled
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Gentry
Well-born, well-bred, patricians/aristocrats
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Tenebrous
Dark, gloomy, obscure Nancy opened the shades to let light into the tenebrous room
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Macabre / mac ab ra
Gruesome, horrifying, horrible The museum holds macabre memorabilia remnant of WWII
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Vapid | Vapidity
Lacking or having lost life, flavor; insipid THE ENGLISH DRINK VAPID TEA. Dull - vapid conversation; vapid party
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Mirthful | Mirth
Joyous, jolly - Santa Claus has a mirthful laugh Jollity, laughter... Excitement and mirth of the holiday seasons!
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Replete
Filled, abundantly supplied; surfeit (WITH) | His speech was replete with run on sentences.
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Proscribe
To ban, denounce, condemn (as dangerous or harmful) After the accident, the principal decided to proscribe bikes on school. To banish, to exile
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Mote
Small particle or speck (mote of dust)
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Breadth
Wide range, extent
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Plutonian
"Lower world," infernal; underworld
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Saturnine
Sluggish, gloomy, taciturn Suffering from lead poison
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Ape (v)
To imitate, mimic
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Compunction | Compunctious
Feeling of anxiety due to regret for doing wrong Feeling compunction
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Deft
Nimble, skillful, clever - deft hands, deft mechanic
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Vitriolic | Vitriol
Cruel and caustic - vitriolic criticism Something highly caustic and cruel
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Categorical
Without exception, absolute, unambiguous
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Diametrical
Being at opposite extremes Although identical twins, they're really diametrical opposites
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Petulant | Petulance
Showing sudden impatient irritation | Irritability
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Tetchy
Irritable, touchy
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Impertinent | Impertinence
Rude - brash, impertinent youth; insolent not relevant/germane
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Acuity
NOUN OF ACUTE Sharpness, acuteness
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Oviparous
Egg-laying animal - birds, reptiles, etc
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Bijoux
Jewels
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Deprecate / dep rek ate
To disapprove
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Cryptic
Mysterious, ambiguous, secretive
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Cleave
(to) - to adhere closely to Stick, remain faithful to Shia cleave to their principles in spite of persecution
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Tenable
Able to me maintained or defended against attack or objection Gravity is a tenable theory, don't you agree?!
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Procure / pro cyoore | Procurement
To obtain or get, especially with great effort and care I would procure food for the Free Syrian Army <3 Dr. Roth did not appreciate the procurement I went through finding him that souvenir.
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Compendious | Compendium
Brief, concise, succinct Brief account, summary
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Otiose / o she uhs | Otiosity
Being at leisure, idle, indolent OR feckless, useless and unnecessary
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Curio / k yoo rio
Rare, unusual intriguing object
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Paragon
Person or thing regarded as prefect example
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Paradigm
Typical example
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Plumage
Bird feathers
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Imbue
To impregnate/inspire with feelings or opinions New president was imbued with teachings of Gandhi. Hanan thinks she imbued me with feelings of love.
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Elucidate
To make lucid or clear; explain
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Regale
To entertain lavishly; delight Khawla Matter regaled her guests at her lavish penthouse along the Nile.
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Ululate / ol you late
To howl as a dog, moan
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Construe
To interpret, analyze, explain
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Preponderant | Preponderance
Prevailing - superior in weight, force, influence; predominate The preponderant misconception!
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Bonanza
Situation that creates sudden increase in wealth and profit
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Fiasco
Complete failure in humiliating way Christina Aguilera's Bionic album was a sheer fiasco.
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Regnant
Reigning, ruling Queen regnant (noun first, then adjective) ALSO WIDESPREAD
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Fugacious / f you gay shus
Transitory, ephemeral "Gay girl in Damascus" had a fugacious hold of the public
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Spendthrift
Prodigal, spends money lavishly
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Obtuse
Slow to understand, unintelligent
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Execrate
To abhor utterly
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Repugnant | Repugnance
Distasteful, objectionable, offensive Repugnant smell
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Intrepid, intrepidity
Resolutely fearless, dauntless Columbus thought he was an intrepid explorer

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