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adj. deviating from what is

aberrant
normal

n. temporary suppression or
abeyance
suspension

abscond v. to depart secretly

abstemious adj. moderate in appetite

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admonish v. to caution or reprimand

aesthetic adj. relating to beauty or art

adj. amounting to a whole;

aggregate
total

n. cheerful willingness;
alacrity
eagerness; speed

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v. to combine into a unified

amalgamate
whole

adj. unclear or doubtful in

ambiguous
meaning

n. the state of having

ambivalence
conflicting emotional attitudes

ameliorate v. improve

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n. something out of proper

anachronism
time

analogous adj. comparable

adj. irregular; deviating from

anomalous
the norm

antipathy n. dislike; hostility

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apprise v. to inform

approbation n. praise; approval

v. to take possession for ones

appropriate
own use; confiscate

artless adj. guileless; natural

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n. one who practices self

ascetic
denial

assiduous adj. diligent; hardworking

assuage v. to make less sever

attenuate v. to weaken

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audacious adj. bold; daring

austere adj. stern; unadorned

adj. self-governing;
autonomous
independent

aver v. to affirm; declare to be true

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*banal adj. commonplace; trite

v. to contradict; misrepresent;
belie
give a false impression

beneficent adj. kindly; doing good

adj. pompous; using inflated

bombastic
language

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boorish adj. rude; insensitive

burgeon v. to flourish

burnish v. to polish

buttress v. to reinforce; support

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cacophonous
sounding

capricious adj. fickle

n. punishment; chastisement;
castigation
criticism

catalyst n. something causing change

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causality adj. involving a cause

chicanery n. trickery; fraud

coagulate v. thicken; congeal

n. concluding part of a literary

or musical composition;
coda
something that summarizes or
concludes

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commensurate adj. proportional

n. brief, comprehensive
compendium
summary

adj. overly polite; willing to

complaisant
please; obliging

adj. overcoming distrust or

conciliatory
hostility

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confound v. to baffle; perplex; mix-up

n. a person possessing expert

knowledge or training; a
connoisseur
person of informed or
discriminating taste

contention n. assertion

adj. quarrelsome; causing

contentious
quarrels

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n. riddle; puzzle with no

conundrum
solution

conventional adj. customary; commonplace

convoluted adj. twisted; complicated

craven adj. cowardly

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decorum n. proper behavior

n. respect; regard for another's

deference
wish

delineate v. to represent or depict

denigrate v. to slur someones reputation

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n. something derived;
derivative
unoriginal

desiccate v. to dry completely

adj. random; disconnected;

desultory
rambling

diatribe n. bitter verbal attack

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n. division into two usually

dichotomy
contradictory parts

diffidence n. shyness; lack of confidence

diffuse v. to spread out

n. act of straying from the

digression
main point

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dirge n. funeral hymn

v. to free from a
disabuse
misconception

adj. perceptive; exhibiting

discerning keen insight and good
judgement

discordant adj. not in tune

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v. to dishonor; disgrace; cause

discredit
to be doubted

discrepancy n. difference between

adj. constituting a separate

discrete
thing; distinct

disingenuous adj. not candid; crafty

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disinterested adj. unprejudiced; objective

adj. lacking order or

disjointed
coherence; dislocated

v. put away from

dismiss
consideration; reject

disparage v. to belittle

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disparate adj. dissimilar

v.to pretend; disguise ones

dissemble
motive

disseminate v. to spread; scatter; disperse

dissolution n. disintegration; debauchery

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dissonance n. discord; lack of harmony

distend v. to expand; swell out

v. extract the essential

distill
elements

adj. relating to a person who

cannot compromise about
doctrinaire
points of a theory or doctrine;
dogmatic; unyielding

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adj. stating opinions without

dogmatic
proof

dupe v. to deceive; trick

ebullient adj. exhilarated; enthusiastic

adj. selecting from various

eclectic
sources

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efficacy n. efficiency; effectiveness

n. shameless boldness;
effrontery
presumptuousness

n. a poem or song expressing

elegy
lamentation

elicit v. to provoke; draw out

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v. to adorn; decorate;
embellish enhance; make more attractive
by adding details

adj. derived from observation

empirical
or experiment

emulate v. to imitate; copy

adj. inherent; belonging to an

endemic
area

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enervate v. to weaken

engender v. to cause; produce

ephemeral adj. short-lived; fleeting

equanimity n. composure; calmness

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v. to intentionally use vague

equivocate
language

erudite adj. learned; scholarly

adj. hard to understand;

esoteric
known only to a few

n. a high praise, especially of a

eulogy
person who has recently died

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n. use of agreeable or
inoffensive language in place
euphemism
of unpleasant or offensive
language

exacerbate v. to aggravate; make worse

exculpate v. to clear of blame; vindicate

exigency n. crisis; urgent requirements

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extraneous adj. not essential

facetious adj. humorous

facilitate v. to make less difficult

adj. based on a false idea or

fallacious
fact; misleading

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fatuous adj. foolishly self-satisfied

fawning adj. seeking favor by flattery

adj. suitably expressed;

felicitous
appropriate; well-chosen

flag v. to droop; grow weak

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fledgling n. beginner; novice

flout v. to treat scornfully

foment v. to incite; arouse

forestall v. to prevent; delay

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frugality n. thrift

*gainsay v. to deny; dispute; oppose

garrulous adj. very talkative; wordy

goad v. to prod; urge on

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v. to tear out; scoop out;

gouge
overcharge

grandiloquent adj. pompous; bombastic

gregarious adj. sociable

adj. free of cunning or deceit;

guileless
artless

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n. long pompous speech;

harangue
tirade

adj. composed of identical

homogeneous
parts; uniform in composition

n. purposeful exaggeration for

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adj. attacking cherished

iconoclastic
traditions

n. idol worship; blind or

idolatry
excessive devotion

immutable adj. unchangeable

impair v. to damage; injure

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impassive adj. showing no emotion

impede v. to hinder; block

impermeable adj. impossible to penetrate

imperturbable adj. not easily disturbed

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adj. impossible to penetrate;

impervious
incapable of being affected

adj. inflexible; incapable of

implacable
being pleased

adj. implied; understood but

implicit
not stated

implode v. to collapse inward violenty

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adv. carelessly;
inadvertently
unintentionally

adj. imperfectly formed or

inchoate
formulated

incongruity n. state of not fitting

inconsequential adj. insignificant; unimportant

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incorporate another thing already in
existence; combine

indeterminate adj, uncertain; indefinite

indigence n. poverty

indolent adj. habitually lazy; idle

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inert adj. unable to move; sluggish

adj. naive and trusting; lacking

ingenuous
sophistication

adj. firmly established by

inherent
nature or habit

innocuous adj. harmless

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adj. unconscious;
insensible
unresponsive

v. to suggest; say indirectly;

insinuate
imply

insipid adj. lacking in flavor; dull

n. narrow-mindedness;
insularity
isolation

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intractable adj. not easily managed

n. stubbornness; refusal to
intransigence
compromise

v. to cover with water; to

inundate
overwhelm

v. hardened; accustomed; used

inured
to

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invective n. verbal abuse

irascible adj. easily angered

adj. unsure of how to act;

irresolute
weak

laconic adj. using few words

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lassitude n. lethargy; sluggishness

laud v. to praise

lethargic adj. inactive

n. an embankment that
levee prevents a river from
overflowing

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levity n. light manner or attitude

n. record of a voyage or daily

log
activities

loquacious adj. talkative

lucid adj. bright; clear; intelligible

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magnanimity n. generosity; nobility

v. to feign illness to escape

malinger
duty

adj. capable of being shaped

malleable
by pounding; impressionable

maverick n. dissenter

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mendacious adj. dishonest

metamorphosis n. change; transformation

meticulous adj. very careful; fastidious

misanthrope n. one who hates humanity

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v. to cause to become less

mitigate harsh, severe, or painful;
alleviate

mollify v. soothe

adj. worldly as opposed to

mundane spiritual; concerned with the
ordinary

morose adj. ill-humored; sullen

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negate v. to cancel out; nullify

neophyte n. novice; beginner

obdurate adj. stubborn

obsequious adj. overly submissive

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v. to make unnecessary; to
obviate
anticipate and prevent

occlude v. to shut; block

officious adj. too helpful; meddlesome

onerous adj. burdensome

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opprobrium n. disgrace; contempt

oscillate v. to move back and forth

adj. showy; trying to attract

ostentatious
attention; pretentious

n. model of excellence or
paragon
perfection

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adj. one-sided;committed to a
partisan party, group, or cause;
prejudiced

adj. departing from normal

pathological
condition

paucity n. scarcity

pedantic adj. showing off learning

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penchant n. inclination

penury n. extreme poverty

adj. present throughout the

perennial
years; persistent

adj. faithless; disloyal;

perfidious
untrustworthy

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adj. superficial; not thorough;

perfunctory
performed really as a duty

permeable adj. penetrable

adj. spread throughout every

pervasive
part

phlegmatic calm in temperament; sluggish

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piety n. devoutness

v. to lessen another's anger; to

placate
pacify

n. condition of being able to

plasticity
be shaped or formed; pliability

platitude n. stale, overused expression

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plethora n. excess; overabundance

plummet v. to fall; plunge

pragmatic adj. practical

precarious adj. uncertain

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v. to cause to happen; to
precipitate throw down from a height
adj. rash; hasty; sudden

precursor n. forerunner; predecessor

presumptuous adj. rude; improperly bold

prevaricate v. to quibble, evade the truth

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pristine adj. untouched; uncorrupted

probity n. honesty; high-mindedness

adj. posing a problem;

problematic
doubtful; unsettled

adj. wasteful; extravagant;

prodigal
lavish

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proliferate v. to increase rapidly

propensity n. inclination; tendency

propitiate v. to win over; appease

propriety n. correct conduct; fitness

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proscribe v. to condemn; forbid; outlaw

adj. strong or sharp in smell

pungent
and taste; penetrating; caustic

qualified adj. limited; restricted

v. to argue over insignificant

quibble
and irrelevant details

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quiescent adj. inactive; still

rarefied adj. refined

adj. resisting authority or

recalcitrant
control

v. to retract a statement or
recant
opinion

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recondite adj. abstruse; profound

adj. stubborn;
refractory unmanageable;resisting
ordinary methods of treatment

refute v. to contradict; to disprove

v. to confine to an inferior
relegate
position

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reproach v. to find fault with; to blame

reprobate n. morally unprincipled person

repudiate v. reject as having no authority

rescind v. to cancel

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resolution n. determination; resolve

adj. not speaking freely;

reticent
reserved; reluctant

adj. expressing deep respect;

reverent
worshipful

sage adj. wise

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salubrious adj. healthful

sanction v. to approve; ratify; permit

satiate v. to satisfy

v. to soak thoroughly; imbue

saturate
throughout

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secrete
substance into organism

n. a piece of broken glass or

shard
pottery

skeptic n. one who doubts

adj. attentive; eager;

solicitous
concerned
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soporific adj. sleep producing

adj. seeming to be logical and

specious
sound, but not really so

n. band of colors produced

when sunlight passes through a
spectrum
prism; a broad range of related
ideas or objects

sporadic adj. irregular

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n. mark of disgrace or
stigma
inferiority

v. to be sparing
stint n. period of time spent doing
something

v. to specify as an essential
stipulate
condition

adj. having or showing little

stolid
emotion

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adj. marked with thin narrow

striated
grooves or channels

v. to swagger; display to
strut
impress others

n. notice ordering someone to

subpoena
appear in court

v. to support with proof or

substantiate
evidence

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v. to replace, especially to
supersede displace as inferior or
antiquated

n. the act of assuming to be

supposition
true or real

adj. silently understood;

tacit
implied

tangential adj. peripheral; digressing

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tenuous adj. weak; insubstantial

n. long, violent speech, verbal

tirade
assualt

n. lethargy; dormancy;
torpor
sluggishness

adj. having many twists and

tortuous
turns; highly complex

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tractable adj. obedient; yielding

n. act of of trespassing or
transgression
violating a law or rule

truculence n. aggressiveness; ferocity

vacillate v. to waver; oscillate

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venerate v. to adore; honor; respect

veracious adj. truthful; accurate

verbose adj. wordy

adj. practicable; capable of

viable
developing

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viscous adj. thick, syrupy, and sticky

adj. using or containing harsh,

vituperative abusive censure
v. vituberate

adj. tending to vary

volatile
frequently; fickle

warranted adj. justified

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wary adj. careful; cautious

v. to wallow or roll; toss

welter
about; be in turmoil

whimsical adj. fanciful; unpredictable

n. one who is fanatically

zealot
devoted to a cause

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