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Aberrant (adj.)
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Deviating from normal or correct
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Absocnd (v.)
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to leave secretly and hide, often to avoid the law
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Advocate (v., n.)
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to speak, plead, or argue for a cause, or in another's behalf
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Aggrandize (v.)
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to make greater, to increase, thus, to exaggerate
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Amalgamate (v.)
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to unite or mix
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Ambiguous (adj.)
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vague: subject to more than one interpretation
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Ambrosial (adj.)
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extremely pleasing to senses, divine or delicious
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Anachronism (n.)
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a person or artifact appearing after its own time or out of chronological order
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Anomalous (adj.)
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peculiar; unique, contrary to the norm
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Antediluvian (adj.)
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ancient; outmoded
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Antipathy (n.)
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hostility toward, objection, or aversion to
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Arbitrate (v.)
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to settle a dispute by impulse
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Assuage (v.)
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to make less severe, to appease or satisfy
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Attenuate (v.)
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weaken
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Audacious (adj.)
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extremely bold; fearless, especially said of human behavior
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Aver (v.)
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to declare
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Banal (adj.)
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commonplace or trite
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Barefaced (adj.)
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unconcealed, shameless, or brazen
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Blandishment (n.)
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speech or action intneded to coax someone into doing something
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Bombast (n.)
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pompous speech
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Breach (n., v.)
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a lapse, gap, or break, as in a fortress wall
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Burgeon (v., n.)
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to grow or flourish, a bud or new growth
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Buttress (v., n. )
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to support, a support
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Cadge (v.)
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to get something by taking advantage of someone
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Caprice (n.)
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impulse
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Castigate (v.)
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to chastise or criticize severely
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Catalyst (n.)
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an agent of change
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Caustic (adj.)
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capable of dissolving by chemical action; high critical
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Chicanery (n.)
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deception by trickery
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Complaisant (adj.)
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willingly complaint or accepting of th e status quo
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Conflagration (n.)
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a great fire
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Corporeal (adj.)
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of or having to do without material, as opposed to spiritual, tangible
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Corroborate (v.)
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to strengthen or support
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Craven (adj., n.)
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cowardly; a coward
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Culpable (adj.)
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deservign of blame
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Dearth (n.)
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lack, scarcity
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Deference (n.)
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submission or courteous yeilding
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Depict (v.)
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to show, create a picture of
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Deprecation (n.)
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belittlement
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Depredation (n.)
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the act of preying upon or plundering
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Descry (v.)
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to make clear, to say
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Desiccate (v.)
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to dry out thoroughly
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Diatribe (n.)
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a bitter abusive denunciation
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Diffident (adj.)
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lacking self -confidence, modest
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Disabuse (adj.)
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to free a person from falsehood or error
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Disparaging (adj.)
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belittling
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Dispassionate (adj.)
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calm; objective; unbiased
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Dissemble (v.)
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to conceal one's real motive, to feign
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Dogged (adj.)
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stubborn or determined
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Dogmatic (adj.)
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relying upon doctrine or dogma, as opposed to evidence
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Eclectic (adj.)
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selecting or employing inidividual elements from a variety of sources
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Efficacy (n.)
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effectiveness, capability to produce a desired effect
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Effluent (adj., n.)
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the quality of flowing out. something that flows out, such a stream from a river
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Emollient (adj., n.)
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softening; something that softens
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Emulate (v.)
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to strive to equal or excel
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Encomium (n.)
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a formal eulogy or speec of praise
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Endemic (adj.)
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prevalent in or native to a certain region, locality, or people
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Enervate (v.)
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to weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of
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Engender (v.)
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to give rise to, to propagate, to cause
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Engima (n.)
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puzzle; mystery
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Ephemeral (adj.)
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lasting for only a brief time, fleeting
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Equivocal (adj.)
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ambigous; unclear; subject to more than one interpretation
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Erudite (adj.)
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scholarly; displaying deep intensive learning
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Esoteric (adj.)
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intended for or understood by only a few
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Eulogy (n.)
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a spoken or written tribute to the deceased
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Exacerbate (v.)
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to increase the bitterness or violence of; to aggravate
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Exculpate (v.)
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to demonstrate or prove to be blameless
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Exorbitant (adj.)
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exceeding customary or normal limits, esp. in quantity or price
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Explicit (adj.)
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fully and clearly expressed
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Extant (adj.)
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in existence, still existing
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Fathom (n., v.)
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a measure of length used in nautical setting. to penetrate to the depths of something in order to understand it
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Fawn (v.)
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to seek favor or attention; to act subserviantly
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Feign (v.)
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to give false appearance or impression
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Fervid, Fervent (adj.)
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highly emotional; hot
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Fledgling (n., adj.)
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a baby bird; an inexperienced person; inexperienced
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Florid (adj.)
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flushed with rosy color, as in complexion; very ornate and flowery
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Floundering (adj.)
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struggling
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Garrulous (adj.)
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verbose; talkative; rambling
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Gossamer (n., adj.)
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fine cobweb on foliage; fine gauzy fabric; very fine
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Guile (n.)
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skillful deceit
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Guileless (adj.)
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honest; straightforward
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Hapless (adj.)
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unfortunate
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Headlong (adj., adv.)
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headfirst; impulsive; hasty; without forethought
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Homogenous (adj.)
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similar in nature or kind; uniform
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Iconoclast (n.)
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one who attacks traditional ideas or institutions or one who destroys scared images
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Impercunious (adj.)
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penniless, poor
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Imperious (adj.)
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commanding
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Implication (n.)
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insinuation or connotation
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Imply (v.)
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to suggest indirectly; to entail
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Improvidence (n.)
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an abscence of foresight; a failure to provide for future needs or events
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Inchoate (adj.)
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in an initial or early stage; incomplete; disorganized
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Incorrigible (adj.)
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not capable of being correct
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Indelible (adj.)
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permanent; unerasble; strong
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Ineffable (adj.)
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undescribable; inexpressible in words; unspeakable
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Infer (v.)
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to deduce
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Ingenious (adj.)
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clever
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Ingenuous (adj.)
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unsophisticated; artless; straighforward; candid
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Inhibit (v.)
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to hold back, prohibit, forbid, or restrain
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Innocuous (adj.)
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harmless; having no adverse affect; not likely to provoke strong emotion
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Insensible (adj.)
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numb; unconscious
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Insipid (adj.)
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lacking zest or excitement; dull
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Insular (adj.)
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of or pertaining to an island, thus excessively exculsive
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Intransigent (adj.)
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stubborn; immovable; unwilling to change
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Irascibe (adj.)
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prone to outburst of temper, easily angered
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Laconic (adj.)
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using few words; terse
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Latent (adj.)
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present or potential but not evident or active
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Laudable (adj.)
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praiseworthy; commendable
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Leviathan (n.)
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giant whale, therefore something very large
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Loquacious (adj.)
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talkative
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Lucid (adj.)
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clear, translucent
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Lugubrious (adj.)
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weighty, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an excessive degree
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Magnanimity (n.)
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generosity and nobility
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Malevolent (adj.)
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malicious; evil; having or showing ill will
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Misanthrope (n.)
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one who hates people
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Misnomer (n.)
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incorrect name or word for something
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Misogynist (n.)
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one who hates women
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Mitigate (v.)
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to make less forceful; to become more moderate; to make less harsh or undesirable
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Nefarious (adj.)
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wicked; evil
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Noisome (adj.)
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harmful, offensive, destructive
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Obdurate (adj.)
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hardened against influence or feeling; intractable
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Obviate (v.)
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to prevent by anticipatory measures; to make unnecessary
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Occlude (v.)
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to close or shut off; to obstruct
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Opaque (adj.)
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not transparent or transluscent; dense; difficult to comprehend
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Ossified (adj.)
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tunred to done; hardened like bone; inflexible
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Panegyric (n.)
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a writing or speech in praise of a person or thing
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Peccadillo (n.)
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a small sin or fault
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Pedantic (adj)
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showing a narrow concern for rules or formal book learning; make an excessive display of one's own learning
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Perfidious (adj.)
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deliberately treacherous; dishonest
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Petulant (adj.)
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easily or frequently annoyed; childish irritable
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Philanthropy (n.)
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thendency or action for the benefit of others
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Phlegmatic (adj.)
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not easily excited; cool; sluggish
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Placate (v.)
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to calm or reduce anger by making concessions
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Plastic (adj.)
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related to being shaped or molded; capable of being molded
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Plethora (n.)
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excessively large quantity; onerabundance
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Ponderous (adj.)
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heavy; massive; awkward; dull
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Pragmatic (adj.)
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concerned with facts; practical, as opposed to highly principled or traditional
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Precipice (n.)
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cliff with a vertical or nearly vertical face; a dangerous place from which one is likely to fall; metaphorically, a very risky circumstance
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Precipitate (v., n.)
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to fall; to fall downward suddenly
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Percursor (n.)
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something that precedes another
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Prevaricate (v.)
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to stray away from or evade the truth
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Prodigal (adj.)
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rashly wasteful
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Propitiate (v.)
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to conciliate; to appease
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Pulchritudinous (adj.)
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beautiful
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Pusillanimous (adj.)
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cowardly, timid, or irreselute; petty
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Quiescence (n.)
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inactivity; stillness; dormancy
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Rarefy (v.)
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to make or become thi; to purify or refine
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Reproof (n.)
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the act of censuring, scolding, or rebuking
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Sagacious (adj)
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having a sharp or powerful intellect or discernment
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Sanguine (adj.)
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cheerful; confident
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Sate (v.)
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to satisfy fully or to excess
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Saturnine (adj.)
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having a gloomy or morose temperament
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Savant (n.)
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a very knowledge person, a genious
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Sedulous (adj.)
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diligent; persevering, persistent
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Specious (adj.)
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seemingly true but really false; deceptively convincing or attractive
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Superficial (adj.)
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only covering the surface
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Tacit (adj.)
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unspoken
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Taciturn (adj.)
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habitually untalkative or silent
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Temperate (adj.)
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exercising moderation and self-denial; calm or mild
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Tirade [Diatribe] (n.)
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an angry speech
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Tortuous (adj.)
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twisted; excessively complicated
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Tractable (adj.)
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ability to be easily managed or controlled
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Turpitude (n.)
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depravity; baseness
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Tyro (n.)
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beginner; person lacking experience in a specific endeavor
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Vacuous (adj.)
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empty; without contents; without ideas or intelligence
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Venerate (v.)
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great respect or reverence
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Verbose (adj.)
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wordy
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Vex (v.)
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to annoy; to bother; to perplex; to puzzle; to debate at length
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Viscous (adj.)
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slow moving; highly resistant to flow
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Volatile (adj.)
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explosive; fickle
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Voracious (adj.)
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craving or devouring large quantities of food, drink, or other things
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Waver (v.)
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to hesitate or to tremble
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Wretched (adj.)
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extremely pitiful or unfortunate
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Zeal (n.)
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enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal
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