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Abscond (verb)
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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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Aberrant (adj.)
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deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration)
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Alacrity (noun)
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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Anomaly (noun)
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deviation from the normal order, dorm, or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous)
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Approbation (noun)
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an expression of approval or praise
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Arduous (adj.)
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strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort
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Assuage (verb)
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to ease or lesson; to appease or pacify
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Audacious (adj.)
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daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity)
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Austere (adj.)
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without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity)
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Axiomatic (adj.)
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taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)
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Canonical (adj.)
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following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun form: canon)
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Capricious (adj.)
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inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable
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Censure (verb)
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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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Chicanery (noun)
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trickery or subterfuge
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Connoisseur (noun)
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an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
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Convoluted (adj.)
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complex or complicated
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Disabuse (verb)
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to undeceive; to set right
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Effrontery (noun)
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extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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Eloquent (adj.)
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well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence)
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Enervate (verb)
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to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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Ennui (noun)
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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Equivocate (verb)
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj. form: equivocal)
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Erudite (adj.)
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very learned; scholarly (noun form: erudition)
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Exculpate (verb)
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exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exigent (adj.)
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urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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Extemporaneous (adj.)
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improvised; done without preparation
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Filibuster (verb)
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intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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Fulminate (verb)
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to loudly attack or denounce
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Ingenuous (adj.)
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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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Inured (adj.)
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Irascible (adj.)
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easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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Laud (verb)
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to praise highly (adj. form: laudatory)
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Lucid (adj.)
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clear; easily understood
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Magnanimity (noun)
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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (adj. form: magnanimous)
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Martial (adj.)
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associated with war and the armed forces
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Mundane (adj.)
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of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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Nascent (adj.)
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coming into being; in early developmental stages
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Nebulous (adj.)
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vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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Neologism (noun)
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a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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Noxious (adj.)
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harmful, injurious
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Obtuse (adj.)
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lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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Obviate (verb)
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous (adj.)
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troubling; burdensome
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Paean (noun)
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a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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Parody (noun)
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a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature or art
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Perennial (adj.)
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recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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Perfidy (noun)
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intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj. form: perfidious)
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Perfunctory (adj.)
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cursory; done without care or interest
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Perspicacious (adj.)
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)
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Prattle (verb)
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to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Precipitate (adj.)
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acting with excessive haste or impulse
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Precipitate (verb)
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to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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Predilection (noun)
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a disposition in favor of something; preference
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Prescience (noun)
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foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj. form: prescient)
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Prevaricate (verb)
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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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Qualms (noun)
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misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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Recant (verb)
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to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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Refute (verb)
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to disprove; to successfully argue against
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Relegate (verb)
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to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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Reticent (adj.)
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quite; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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Solicitous (adj.)
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concerned and attentive; eager
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Sordid (adj.)
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characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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Sporadic (adj.)
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occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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Squander (verb)
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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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Static (adj.)
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not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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Stupefy (verb)
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to stun, baffle, or amaze
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Stymie (verb)
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to block; to thwart
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Synthesis (noun)
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the combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize)
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Torque (noun)
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a force that causes rotation
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Tortuous (adj.)
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winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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Truculent (adj.)
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Veracity (noun)
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truthfulness, honesty
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Virulent (adj.)
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extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Voracious (adj.)
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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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Waver (verb)
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to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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