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aberrant
sate
anomaly
approbation
assuage
audacious
capricious
censure
shicanery
connoisseur
discordant
eloquent
cenervate
ennui
equivocate
exculpate
exigent
filibuster
Ingenuous
inured
irascible
faud
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deviating from the norm
eager and enthusiastic willingness
deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality
‘an expression of approval or praise
to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
daring and fearless; recklessly bold
inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
trickery or subterfuge
‘an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
well-spoken; expressive; articulate
to weaken; to reduce in vitality
dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
‘exonerate; to clear of blame
urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
accustomed to accepting something undesirable
easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
to praise highly
the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving
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mundane
gee nebulous
neologism
obtuse
obviate /
onerous
sporadic
static
stupefy »
associated with war and the armed forces
of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
‘coming into being; in early developmental stages
vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
‘a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
harmful; injurious
lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
to anticipate and make unnecessary
troubling
jurdensome
a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art
recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
‘cursory; done without care or interest ‘
to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
to disprove; to successfully argue against
to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
concerned and attentive; eager
‘occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
‘not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
tostun fatie)oramaze :
‘winding; twisting; excessively complicated
fierce and cruel; eager to fight
having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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ameliorate
arduous
ascetic
austere
axiom
axiomatic,
bucolic
canonical
contentious
convoluted
culpable
disabuse
eclectic
effrontery
ephemeral
erudite
eulogy
‘extemporaneous
facetious
fulminate
hyperbole
lucid
oscillation
Paean
enurious
Group 2
to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
‘to make better or more tolerable
strenuous; taxing; requiring significant effort
‘one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion
without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
a universally recognized principle
taken asa given; possessing self-evident truth
rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
‘complex or complicated
deserving blame
to undeceive; to set right
composed of elements drawn from various sources
extreme boldness; presumptuousness
brief fleeting
very learned; scholarly
a speech honoring the dead
improvised; done without preparation
playful; humorous
to loudly attack
an exaggerated statement, often used asa figure of speech
clear; easily understood
the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm
2 song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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pious
precipitate
precipitate
Precursor
predilection
prolific
qualms.
ju
Gulescence_
satire “av
‘sordid
squalid
squander
stole
stymie
supplant
synthesis
torpid
torque
ubiquitous
veracity
vilify
any fous
Teta
intentional breach of faith; treachery
extremely harmful; potentially causing death
acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion
acting with excessive haste or impulse
to cause or happen before anticipated or required
one that precedes and indicates or advances another
a disposition in favor of something; preference
producing large volumes or amounts; productive
misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
stillness; mot
lessness; quality of being at rest
to retract, esp. a previously held belief
awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
Gy
sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
characterized by filth
squalor; foul
‘to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
to block; thwart
to take the place of; supersede
the combination of parts to make a whole
lethargic; sluggish; dormant
a force that causes rotation
existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
truthfulness; honesty
to defame; to characterize harshly;
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abate
accolade
adulation
aesthetic
avarice
bburgeon
cacophony
canon
catalyst
catalyst
caustic
chary
cogent
complaisance
contrite
dearth
domur
didactic
retion
disinterested
dogmatic
ebullience
elegy
emollient
empirical
mecito vam
\2aguo
Reet = Cae pend
Fest pul
Group 3 pau = hentag fete
to lessen in intensity or degree = stones fee
feud
an expression of praise Neal ben
hua!
dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
greed, esp. for wealth
an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature
‘a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing
a person or thing that causes change
appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
stubbornly opinionated
the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
a mournful poern, esp. one lamenting the dead
soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh
based on observation or experiment
‘ t wel gaeivile
- dob gy vorgusel aun Pestaacerbic
amalgamate
amenable
bolster
bombast
bombastic
credulous
diatribe
fawn
fervent
flout
fortuitous
garrulous
germane
lib
halcyon
hubris
idolatrous
imminent
imperturbable
impetuous .
Ne
implacable
indifferent
Cntrepia
laconic
malleable
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having a sour or bitter taste or character AU wi.pl'!
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to combine several elements into awhole -}Uys vs Nor ths
agreeable; responsive to suggestion mpmanle oy eee FO Dea
to provide support or reinforcement apart Date OE
faane) ire
selfimportant or pompous writing or speech ~
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pompous; grandiloquent ‘
fe foe deed
tending to believe too readily; gullible °
Faye Le °
a harsh denunciation
to flatter or praise excessively
greatly emotional or zealous
‘to demonstrate contempt for, as in a rule or convention
happening by fortunate accident or chance
pointlessly talkative; talking too much
relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superfici
‘calm and peaceful
arrogant presumption or pride
given to intense or excessive devotion to something,
about to happen; impending.
marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness
hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
steadfast and courageous
using few words terse
‘capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable
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meray"
‘mercurial’
meticulous
mollify
obdurate
obfuscate
‘obsequious
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‘obstinate a
pprobrium
ostentatious
pedantic
pervade
pervasive
Phlegmatic
Pirate
plethora
pofemical
pragmatic
randorous
rhetoric
salubrious
sedulous
solvent
dissolve
an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
characterized by ra
and unpredictable change in mood
characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail
to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity
unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
to deliberately obscure; to make confusing
exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
stubborn; hard-headed; uncompromising
disgrace; contempt; scorn 4
characterized by or given to pretentiousness ¢
‘the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
to permeate throughout
having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
calm; sluggish; unemotional
to illegally use or reproduce
an overabundance; a surplus
controversial; argumentative
Practical rather than idealistic
characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
‘he ator study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
Promoting health or well-being
diligent; persistent; hard-working
able to meet financial obligations; able to
another substance
Causing drowsiness; tending to induce sieep
extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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to increase in intensity, power, or prestige
‘a medieval science aimed at the transmutation
of metals, esp. base metals into gold
something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe
contiguous.“ sharing a border; touching; adjacent
a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
polite or appropriate conduct or behavior d\
treet
=~, a _ ot
Corn patee ontemptuous treatment, (2 ‘
to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
‘one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
toslght or belittle vy ey
to disclose something secret
not capable of change suk othe Poe
damaging: harmful injurious
not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
a recent convert; a beginner; novice
Prefumptuious “ _overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties
pure; uncorrupted; clean
adherence to highest principles; uprightness
a natural predisposition or inclination
profligate excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
properly ‘a natural inclination or tendency; penchant °
prosaic // dull; unimaginative
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quixotic .
quotittian
wordy
rarefy
“seni a
refulgent’”
renege
shard
sparse
spendtritt
subtle / 7
tacit
‘terse
untenable
vacillate
variegated
vexation
vigilant
vituperate
characterized by a ‘strong, sharp smell or taste
foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
‘occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
radiant; shiny; brilliant
apiece of broken pottery or glass
thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
brief and concise in wording
to publicly praise or promote
sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating.
‘genuine; not false or hypocritical
uninhabitable
indefensible; not viab
to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; to waver
multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of diferent color
annoyance; irritation ‘
alertly watchful
0 use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate
‘readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
foud , eetted
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acdc oon
nase
- ‘quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight
saute to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
archaic ‘outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time
to state as a fact; to confirm or support
seme to disguise or conceal; to mislead
eccentric departing from norms or conventions
endemic characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
(cones > tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
exacerbate to make worse or more severe
grandioquence pompous speech or expression 7
haciheved rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
hedonism devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses
hegemony the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
iconoclast cone who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
Impassive revealing no emotion
impunity immunity from punishment or penalty
inchoate in an initial stage; not fully formed
infelictous unfortunate; inappropriate
oni without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
loquacious extremely talkative
luminous characterized by brightness and the emission of light
‘malevolent having or showing often vicious il-will, spite, or hatred
misanthrope cone who hates all other humans
mitigate to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate
occlude to obstruct or block
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placate
platitude:
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prodigal
due”
proliferate
queries
uerutous
“recalcitrant
cepudate
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reverent
specious
spurious
subpoena
suecinet
superfluous
‘the art of profession of training, teaching, or instructing
Poverty; destitution
recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations
to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown
to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive
lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
2 court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
brief; concise
exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
‘excess; overindulgence
the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued
hhaving little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
fleeting; passing quickly; brief
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the Beyond the Hit Parade list starts with a set of words whose secondary meanings are frequently tested on the
ine. ater that, you'l find six groups of advanced vocabulary words. Work with these after you have mastered all of
the words in each week's Hit Parade
Secondary Meanings
Here are some less common meanings of common words that ETS frequently tests.
alloy to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior ,
appropriate to take for one’s own use; confiscate
arrest to suspend; to engage; to hold one’s attention
august majestic; venerable
bent leaning; inclination; proclivity; tendency ‘
broach to bring up or ance; to begin to talk about
brook to tolerate, endure, or countenance
cardinal of great importance
color to change as if by dyeing, ie, to distort, gloss, or affect
damp to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound, ete.
die ‘part of a machine that punches shaped holes or cuts
essay to test or try; to attempt or experiment
exact to demand, call for, equire or take
flag 10 sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline
flip sarcastic, impertinent
ford to wade across the shallow part ofa river or stream
grouse to complain or grumble
ey a cord or cable used to steady or guide something
intimate toimply, suggest, or insmuate
list to tilt or lean to one side
* rageslumber
milk
mince
nice
obtain
sap
scurey
singular
steep
strut
table
tender
waffle
wag
to move heavily and clumsily
to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of
to proce or speak affectedly; to speak too carefully; also, to take tiny steps or tiptoe
‘exacting; fastidious; extremely, even excessively, precise
to be established, accepted, or customary
hidden; concealed; beyond comprehension
commonplace; trite; unremarkable; quotidian
‘multicolored, usualy in blotches or patches
to lose vigor (as through grief}; to yearn
moldable; pliable; not right
to pry; to press or force with a lever; something taken by force; spoils
to complain about bitterly ‘
torn, past of rend; an opening or tear caused by such
to lose courage; to become frightened
tolimit
to enervate or weaken the vitality of
contemptible; despicable
exceptional; unusual; odd
to saturate or completely soak
the supporting structural cross-part of a wing
to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration
to proffer or offer; to give
to equivocate; to change one’s postion
wit; joker
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abjure
abrogate
abscission
acarpous
accretion
admonish
adroit
adumbrate
anathema
‘anodyne/
antipathy
antithetical
apocryphal
apogee
apostate
apotheosis
apposite
apprise
arabesque
arcane
arrant
artless
ascetic/
asperity
aspersion
assay/
at.
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to reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
‘to abolish or annul by authority; to put down
the act of cutting off or removing
effete; no longer fertile; worn out.
growth; increase by successive addition; building up
to reprove; to express warning o approval
adept; dexterous
to foreshadow or intimate; to suggest sketchily; to obscure
a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
soothing: Something that assuagesor allay pain or comforts
aversion dsike
diametrically opposed; as in antithesis
of dubious authenictyor origin spurious
farthest or highest paint; culmination; zenith (antonym:perigee)
one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
deifeain: lotation to godiness
appropiate; perdnent relevant: apropos
to aie notice toto inform
a complex, ornate design; also to a dance position
mysterious; abstruse; esoteric; knowable only to. ‘initiates
impudent
completely without guile; natural; without artificiality
someone proctcigem ena: austere; stark
severty; gor ruhpes; harshness; aerimony;itability
an act of defamation or maging: animadvesion
{an analysis; examination; test; to put to a test
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wwe mee Pagesasseverate
assiduous
attenuate
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allspice
auspicious
3 Ata
bane
beatity
bedizen
belie
beliitose
vige
biananW)
blithe
ra.
4°” boisterous
boor
burnish
byzantine”
cabal
cachinnate
cadge
cajole
calumniate
zalumny
caparison
to aver; to allege; to assert
diligent; hard-working; sedulous_
to rarefy; to weaken or make thinner /
omen; portent
broteton or suppor tronage)
favorable; propitious; successful; prosperous.
to affirm; to assert; to prove; to justify; to asseverate
sinister; pernicious ominous
cause of injury; poison; source of harm
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to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; to regardas saintly
‘to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner; to festoon ‘
to give a false impression of; to misrepresent
bulge; the protuberance of a cask
to Gad) or fawn.”
carefree; merry
——
loud; noisy; rough; lacking restraint
isy; rough; e
srodeor sense peso)
to polish; to rub toa shine
labyrinthine; complex
a scheme or plot; a group of plotters
to laugh loudly
to sponge or mooch
to inveigle, coax, or wheedle
to Gedht0 make a false accusation
to (hor bedizen ,~
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cchauvinist
«ehfrera
temmardatter
ehustish
coalfsce
coda
caval,
commensurate
contema
contumacious
corrgible
‘countenance/
coven
craven
curmudgeon
aunt
debacle
decorous
denigrate
calculated to confuse or entrap in argument; hypercritical; caving
an insertion mark (*) used by editors and proofreaders
to find fault without good reason
speed; alacrity
to chastise or correct
a blindly devoted patriot
an illusion; originally, an imaginary fire-breathing she-monster
pase
Group 2
to come together; to fuse or unite
concluding section of a musical or literary piece
of the same period; coexisting
‘matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree, size, or amount
tefscdinyor despise
insubordinate; rebellious
capable of being set right; correctable; reparable
to approve of or tolerate; face; composure
to deceive, beguile, or hoodwink
contemptibly fainthearted; lacking any courage
a crusty, ill-tempered coot; a misanthrope
to cow or dismay
rout; fiasco; complete failure
correct; formal; marked by decorum
(Wenvetdpr msappraprate
to blacken; to belittle; to sully; to defame; to disparage
* Page#37denouement
deposition
deprecate’
depredate
derivative
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deseant
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degigtude
desultory °°"
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sp oe detraction 2°"
we dlaptnous
discomfit na
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discursive
dissolution ~
dross"
dulfet
dynamo
eclectic
an outcome or solution;
the unraveling of a plot
accretion; depositing; building up layer by layer; official testimony
to disparage or belittle; to put down
to plunder, pillage, ravage, or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner,
unoriginal; obtained from another source
to comment at length
to discriminate or discern
disuse
random; thoughtless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose
slandering; attack; aspersion
transparent; gauzy
reserved, shy, or unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
to stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
causing delay; procrastinating
loud, sustained noise
‘a song of grief or lamentation
to estrange or alienate the affection of
to defeat; to put down
digressive; passing from one topic to another
disintegration; looseness in morals
the state or act of extgnding or being swollen out of shape
distracted; absent-minded, especially due to anxiety
trivial, poorly constructed verse
slag, waste, or foreign matter; impurity; surface scum
melodious; harmonious; melifluous
generator; forceful, energetic person
culled from many sources
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eaying
effuvia
effrontery
effusive
encomium
endemic
engender
enopmnity
ephemeral
epidure
episodic
epithet
epitome
equanimity
equipoise
orrant
eschew
estimable
evince
epporate
exegesis
exemplar
voracious; devouring
enlightening
outflow in a stream of particles; a noxious odor or vapor
boldness; impudence; arrogance
‘Bushing; excessively demonstrative
exit
‘glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric; tribute; eulogy
restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous
to cause; to produce; to give rise to
excessive wickedness; evilness
(Don’t confuse with “enormousness,” which means great size.)
evanescent; fleeting; short-lived ‘
one devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in food and drink; gourmand; sybarite
loosely connected; not flowing logically
disparaging word or phrase
‘embodiment; quintessence
composure; self-possession
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equal distribution of weight; equilibrium
traveling; itinerant; peripatetic
to shun or avoid
worthy; formidable
to show clearly; to indicate
to censure scathingly; to upbraid
critial examination; explication
typical or standard specimen; paradigm; mode!
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expurgate >)
exscind: a
extant
ofiate
fallow
fatuous
to descant; to discourse; to discuss or write about at length
to atdne or make amends for
to argue earnestly in order to dissuade, correct, or protest
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to removebscenity)to purify; to censor
toccut outfor extirpate
existing; not destroyed or lost
to destroy; to exterminate; to cut out; to exscind
untilled; inactive; dormant
silly; inanely foolish Oly
ineffectual; irresponsible
apt; suitably expressed; well-chosen; apropos i"
stinking; smelly; malodorous \
to shackle;
to putin chains,
an ornamental work, especialy of delicate lacelike patterns
flowery; ruddy; ornate *. 5 05° +
to incite; to rouse
patience; willingness to wait
to actin a way to hinder; to exclude or prevent an action; to avert
to disallow; to repudiate
noisy quarrel; imbroglio; braw!
‘quarrelsome; rebellious; unruly; refractory; irritable
4 semi-sculptural, raised-surface ornamental facade to a building
intractable; not willing to yield or comply; recalcitrant
to deny, dispute, contradict, to oppose
to skip about playfully
to gather and save; tostore up
crude; awkward; tasteless
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puile
hallow
harrow
reretical
hermetic
heterodox
hirsute
homiletics
homily
iconoclastic
yi
ignominious
imbrostio
impassive
imperious
importune
impugn
impute
indefatigable
indotent
ineluctable
ingenuous
inherent
delicate; insubstantial or tenuous;
to distress; to create stress; to torment
unorthodox; heretical; iconoclastic
a sermon or morally instructive lecture
difficult or embarrassing situation
to attack or assail ally; to censure; to execrate
doggedness; tirelessness 5 Ne " “et
lazy; listless; torpid
hostile; adverse; unfriendly
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inimitable one ofa kind; peerless
iniquity
»" innervate to supply with nerves; to embolden; to energize
inscrutable incapable of being discovered or understood
Insensible unconscious; unresponsive; unaffected; numb
Seas /
nsouclant: unconcerned; carefres:heedless
insular Eee oarom mind
zope inteddiet to prohibit; to forbid; to ban; to halt
to attack ally; to dece; to deprecate
deep-rooted; ingrained; habitual
intricate; complex; convoluted
itinerate to travel from place to place; to peregrinate
idune uninteresting; immature; puerta 4?"
Ibe to agree; to be in accord
Jocose, jocular humorous: gay; blithe
labile readily open to change; unstable
* fadhrymose ‘causing tears; tearful
lambaste to censure; to excoriate; to berate
lassifude listlessness,(Gogubr, weariness
libertine = someone unrestrained by morality or convention
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lim to draw; to outline in detail; to delineate; to describe
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limpid as Serene) clear; untroubled; pellucid
lubricious lewd; wanton; greasy; slippery
luculent easily understood; lucid; clear
macerpte to waste away; to soften or wear away by excessive fasting or by excessive steeping
= Pagenazsossamer
guile
hallow
harrow
heretical
hermetic
heterodox
hirsute
homiletics,
homily
iconoclastic
vay
ignominious
imbroglio
impassive
imperious
importune
impugn
impute
indefatigable
indotent
ineluctable
ingenuous
inherent
imical
delicate; insubstantial or tenuous; insincere
artfulness; trickery; chicanery; duplicity
to make holy; to consecrate
to distress; to create stress; to torment
unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma
sealed by fusion; airtight
unorthodox; heretical iconoclastic
hairy; shaggy
the art of preaching
a sermon or morally instructive lecture
attacking cherished beliefs; heretical; heterodox
a carefree, light hearted pastoral or romantic episode; ‘
a literary or musical plece describing such
shameful; dishonorable; ignoble; undignified
difficult or embarrassing situation
expressionless; stoic; stolid; unsusceptible to emotion; apathetic; phlegmatic
commanding; masterful arrogant; domineering; haughty
to-ask incessantly; to beg; to nag,
to attack or asail ally; to censure; to execrate
to attribute to a cause or source; to ascribe
doggedness; tirelessness has
tary; ists; torpid
certain; inevitable
uileless; trusting; naive; credulous
ingrained within one’s nature; intrinsic; innate; firmly established
hostile; adverse; unfriendly
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philistine
plearesque
pillory
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formal praise; eulogy; encomium
a mode example or pate exempt
(poste rected ands a0)
to block; to evade or ward off, as a blow
cheap; miserly
committed to a party; biased or prejudiced; supporter; adherent
scarcity; a lacking of
a slight offense; literally, a minor sin
Group 5
transparent; easy to understand; limpid
strong inclination; a liking
traveling about; wandering
admitting of no contradiction; haughty; imperious
Closest or lowest point in an orbit; nadir
itinerant; traveling; nomadic
the concluding part of a speech; grandiloquent speech
pleasing in appearance; attractive
like a rock; hard; stony
impatient; irritable
‘crass individual guided by material rather than by intellectual or artistic values
impassive; stoical; lethargic; sluggish
involving clever rogues or adventurers
to punish; to hold up to public scorn
agreeably pungent; stimulating
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marked with spots or blotches; besmirched; impure
to feign illness so as to avoid work; to avold work
to, Reese meander; to stray from the topic or path
sweetly flowing, usually used to describe use of words
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trimly neat and tidy; smart (
a connection, tie, or link
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cure-all; placebo; questionable remedy; palliative Gon: acbabersy
‘abusively detractive language; sharp criticism; vituperation; calumny
nolsy; loud
meddlesome; pushy in one’s services
‘tending to become more rigid conventional;
sterile and reactionary with age; literally, turned into bone
‘seeming; appearing as: as professed
presumptuously arrogant; supercilious; overbearing
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placebo
plangent
plump
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postr
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precarious
precept j
precis
preempt
profigate
propltiate
proscribe
provident,
puerile
ughacious
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pundit
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querulous
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amity
resentment; to annoy, iritate, or offend; to excite, provoke, or arouse
inactive pill prescribed for mental relief rather than
for physical effect; something tending to soothe
pounding; thundering; resounding
to measure the depth; to examine critically
distressing; pertinent; touching; stimulating; emotional
Gffected or insincere personaliterally, a poser
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to chatter; to babble, as in prattle
uncertain; risky; dangerous
rule establishing standards of conduct
concise summary of essential points
to replace; to supersede; to appropriate r
spendthrift; prodigal; wildly extravagant
long-winded ,
nearness in time or place; affinity of nature
to appease; to conciliate
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frugal; looking to the future
childish; immature
contentious; quarrelsome; contumacious; given to fighting; belligerent
power; strength
brecise; paying attention to trivaities, especially in regard tg etiquette P
an authority on a subject; one who gives opinions
cowardly; craven
habitually complaining: whining
tawdry; flashy; meretricious; low; vulgar; base
to be divided or subdivided; to branch out
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recumbent
“remonstrate
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resolute
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salient
salutary [‘0""®
sanctimony
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voracious; greedy; plundering
riddle; a representation of words by pictures or symbols
relapse int gntisocial or criminal behaviol
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preliminary survey to gain information, especially of an enemy
to engage in reconriaissance
coward; cowardly; craven; pusillanimous
leaning; resting; prone
fragrant; suggestive or evocative
stubborn; unmanageable; intractable; unruly; fractious
to delight or entertain; to feast
to protest to objet \
to feet or express dejection or discontent; to long for
to disown; to disavow;
adamant; steadfast}
heading, ttle, or category
to regret; to feel remorse or sorrow
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mysterious; magical
having sound judgment; perceptive; wise
whcene
prominent; protruding; conspicuous; relevant
wholesome; causing improvement; favorable to health
self-righteousness
cheerful; confident; optimistic
to surfeit; to overindulge
Pagena6gloomy; dark; sullen; morose
a large net dragged to catch fish
like a seed; constituting a source; originative
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aphoristic or moralistic; epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively Tut
astral; relating to stars or constellations
one
Position requiring little or no work and usually providing an income
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winding; undulating; serpentine
to satisfy or quench
soaked or drenched; unimaginative; dull
to weld, fuse, or join
fallacious reasoning; faulty logic \youee 7 2A
self-assured though immature; éffected) bombastic; lacking maturity
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to stop the flow of a fiuid
extremely loud and powerful
to restrain; to be sparing or rugal
striped; grooved; banded
gloomy; dark
assistance; relief in time of distress
various; miscellaneous; separate
disdainful; arrogant; haughty
‘mentally or morally slack; literally, lying on one’s back; prone
supplicant; asking humbly; beseeching
beggar; mendicant
to plug; to drive in or down by a series of blows
a repetition; a redundancy
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tendentious
timorous
toady
torrid
tractable
travesty
Prumid
turbid
“turgid
turpitude \
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umblage
undulate
untoward
vrbraa
usury
venal
venerate
verisimiltude
veritable
virago
vitiate
volubility
watt
welter
wend
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cheap; gaudy; showy; tacky; meretrcious
biased; showing marked tendencies
timid; fearful; difident
syeephant flatterer
scorching; ardent; passionate
docile; obedient: easily ted
fi ne cy
mockery{ caricature; parody
swollen
roiled; muck
fouded to the point of being opaque
‘swollen; tumid; thick; pompous; bombastic .
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offense; resentment; pique
to move in wavelike fashion; to fluctuate
perverse; unruly; unseemly
to scold; to censure; to rebuke; to chastise
tthe practice of charging an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest to brag or boast
capable of being bought or bribed; mercenary; purchasable
to revere; to worship
appearance of truth or reality
authentic; honest-to-goodness
a loud, domineering woman; a scold or nag
copie o dates; to soi o mate ntfective
fluency; verbosity; easy use of spoken language
to cause to move as ifby a light breeze
to writhe; to toss about; to be in turmoil’
to g0; to proceed; to walk
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