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Abate
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To reduce in amount, degree, or severity
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As the hurricane's force ABATED, the winds dropped and the sea became calm.
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Abscond
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To leave secretly
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Brad and Alex ABSCONDED from the house party, while also taking bottles of liquor when the cops came.
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Abstain
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To choose not to do something
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I ABSTAINED from having sex with Jade to avoid a baby.
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Abyss
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An extremely deep hole
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Andrew, in Garden State, yelled at the infinite abyss.
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Adulterate
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To make impure
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Often girls adulterate their vodka shots with chasers because they can't take the taste of it.
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Advocate
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To speak in favor of
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My dad always advocates U2's talent.
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Aesthetic
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Concerning the Appreciation of Beauty
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It is important to notice nature's aesthetics once in a while.
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Aggrandize
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To increase in power, influence, and reputation
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Often great scientists' work goes unappreciated, until over time their work aggrandizes to make them stars.
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Alleviate
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To make more bearable
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I often get drunk to ALLEVIATE the pressures of the party night.
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Amalgamate
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To combine, to mix together
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I hope one day my close friends get AMALGAMATED with my girlfriend on friday nights.
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Ambiguous
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Unclear, uncertain
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It is very ambiguous as to what college I am going to go to for graduate school.
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Ameliorate
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To make better, to improve
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I do a lot of push-ups in order to ameliorate the look of my chest.
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Anachronism
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Something out of place in a sequence of time
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Some people laugh when i say I " dig something" because it is so anachronistic.
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Analogous
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Similar to, equivalent to
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Cognitive psychologists often said the computer was ANALOGOUS to the brain in terms of how it processed information.
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Anomaly
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Not Normal
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James' social skills is an ANOMALY to girls because he is so forward.
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Antagonize
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To annoy or provoke to anger
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Alaska would intentionally ANTAGONIZE me on the boat because he thought it win approval from the other guys.
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Antipathy
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Extreme Dislike
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After Marie said she was going out with that douche, great ANTIPATHY was created for her, but eventually dissipated as time progressed.
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Apathy
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Lack of interest or emotion, indifference
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It was hard to get motivated to finish my Research Methods paper because of my growing APATHY for metacognition.
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Arbitrate
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To judge a dispute between to parties
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Alaska attempted to arbitrate between rachel, brad, and I.
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Archaic
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Ancient, old-fashioned
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I hope to see a lot of archaic looking architecture in Boston.
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Ardor
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Intense and Passionate feeling
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I can only hope my wife has an ardor for me, life, and music.
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Articulate
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Ability to speak clearly
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As a researcher and a professor, it is essential that I become articulate in my thoughts and logic.
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Assuage
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To make something unpleasant, less severe
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Before you go to sleep after a night of drinking, it is a good idea to drink a lot of water to assuage the severity of the hangover.
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Attenuate
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To reduce in degree, to weaken, abate
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My love attenuated for Becka as I realized we didn't have sexual chemistry.
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Audacious
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Fearless and Daring
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Even though the singer sucked, it is audacity of the singer that I respected for going up on stage.
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Austere
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Severe of stern in appearance, undecorated
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It was weird that I lived in a such an austere dorm room, when posters and pictures are very important to me.
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Banal
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Boring, predictable
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Often people think going to a movie on a friday night is banal, but i think it is fun.
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Bolster
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To support; to prop up
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Having a strong teacher recommendation bolsters your application to schools.
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Bombastic
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Pompous in speech and manner
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The bombastic bro was trying to show off for a girl by talking about drunk he got friday night.
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Cacophony
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Harsh, jarring noise
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The cacophony coming from the beginner guitarist was too much for the teacher to handle.
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Candid
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Impartial and Honest in speech
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It is said that as you get more drunk, your speech becomes more and more candid.
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Capricious
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Changing one's mind quickly and often
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Rachel is very capricious in her feelings for me it seemed like.
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Castigate
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To punish or criticize harshly
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After I got back from the hospital, i castigated brad and alaska about how they didn't go with me to help kdog.
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Catalyst
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Something that brings about a change in something else
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Often women think that having a baby will act as a catalyst for their distant husbands to change.
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Caustic
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Biting in wit, sarcastic
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Jill sometimes will randomly fire off caustic remarks which catch me by an unpleasant surprise.
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Chaos
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Great disorder
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After the aliens starting attacking the new york buildings, there was complete chaos on the streets.
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Chauvinist
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someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which they belong
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The greek chauvinists often proclaim that greek life is the only way to go.
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Chicanery
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Deception by means of craft or guile
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Guitar salesmen use chicanery to sucker people to buy peaveys.
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Condone
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To overlook, pardon, or disregard
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Often teachers condone inappropriate behavior of football teachers because they have a lot of popularity for being successful.
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Cogent
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Convincing and well reasoned
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Your statement of purpose to grad schools need be cogent in that they should convince the profs that you are dedicated.
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Convoluted
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Intricate and complicated
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The brain is a convoluted and complex network of brain cells.
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Corroborate
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To provide supporting evidence
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For a cognitive abstract construct to be seen as credible, it needs corroborating evidence from a neuroscientific or biological perspective.
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Credulous
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Too-trusting, gullible
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When little kids hear an obviously impossible story and believe it, they are credulous.
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Crescendo
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Steadily increasing volume or force
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The best part of a song is after a slow part in the song, the whole band started a crescendo that reached a final climax.
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Decorum
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Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
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As a young kid, establishing appropriate decorum was very easy for me for some reason.
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Deference
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Respect, courtesy
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It seems as if couples in the 21st century have lost the classic deference that previous social norms established.
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Deride
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To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
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One of the sure signs of a broken marriage is when one of the members derides the other one with insults and comments.
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Desiccate
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To dry out thoroughly
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I never use a face towel until it is completely desiccated.
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Desultory
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Jumping from one thing to another, disconnected
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Bob Dylan had a very desultory lifestyle in which he would travel town to town constantly.
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Diatribe
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An abusive, condemnatory speech
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After I came back from ruining the truck, the parents gave an unexpected diatribe.
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Diffident
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Lacking self-confidence
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Jacque is very beautiful and smart, but for some reason her diffidence ruled her life.
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Dilate
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TO make larger, to expand
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As the balloon was filled up, it became dilated.
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Dilatory
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Intended to Delay
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As a waiter, if the cook was taking too long, I had to think of some dilatory actions for the customers.
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Dilettante
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Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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Alaska was a big dilettante when he gave up playing the guitar after two days.
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Dirge
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A funeral hymn or mournful speech
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Both Sam and Andrew gave dirges in Garden State after the hamster dies.
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Disabuse
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To set right, free from error
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Hopefully, one day I can disabuse the conflicts brad and I have by being honest with him.
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Discern
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To perceive, recognize
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I can easily discern stevie ray vaughan from eric clapton anyday.
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Disparate
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Fundamentally different, entirely unlike
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It probable that the biological make up of aliens will be disparate from humans.
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Dissemble
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To present a false appearance, to disguise one's real intentions or character
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Often what annoyed me the most was that jacque often dissembled to not only family friends but to me.
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Dissonance
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A harsh and disagreeable combination, often sounds
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It was the dissonance between the vocal harmonies in which made the audience clench.
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Dogma
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A firmly held belief
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The world held the dogma that world was flat even after empirical evidence from the greeks centuries ago.
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Dogmatic
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Holding a belief, even after competing evidence
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Religuous beings are the most dogmatic people on the planet being that as science has constantly disproved things.
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Dupe
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To deceive
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A car salesmen are often seen as douchebags because the dupe not knowledgeable car buyers into bad deals.
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Eclectic
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Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
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Jimi Hendrix had an eclectic style because it blended blues, jazz, rock, acid rock, and r&b.
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Efficacy
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Effectiveness
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Antidepressant drugs lack the total efficacy that they are perceived as having.
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Elegy
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A sorrowful poem or speech
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After the man was dropped into the ground within his casket, the priest gave a very moving elegy.
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Eloquent
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Persuasive and moving
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The violinist gave an eloquent performance which really moved the audience and the performance.
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Emulate
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To copy, to try to equal
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It is my goal to emulate Charles Darwin and Newton in the quest to find answers and underlying principles.
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Enervate
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To reduce in strength
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While knockdowns and pushes after the throw don't make any game changes directly, the physicality enervates the quarterback over time.
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Engender
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To produce, cause, or bring about
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I am quiet unsure as to what actually engendered my love of the brain, but it certainly developed while on the boat.
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Enigma
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A puzzle, mystery
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Girls will forever by an enigma to the male psyche.
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Enumerate
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To count, list, or itemize
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Marie loved to enumerate her many daily activities to a detail.
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Ephemeral
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Lasting a short time
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It seemed as if the autumn season was ephemeral this year.
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Equivocate
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To be deliberately ambiguous to mislead or deceive
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Teenagers equivocate when telling about their night to their parents when they do something bad.
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Erratic
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Wandering and Unpredictable
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Allison was very erratic when she came home drunk so I had to be on my toes.
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Erudite
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Learned, scholarly, bookish
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It is expected that after I get my phD i will be an erudite individual.
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Esoteric
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Known or understood by only a few
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While talking to Allison, it became very clear that I am a very esoteric person to other people.
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Estimable
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Admirable
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It was very estimable of my dad to give up drinking when he had jacque.
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Eulogy
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Speech in praise of someone
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When I receive my nobel piece prize I hope someone gives a grand eulogy of me.
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Euphemism
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Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one.
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Usually people use euphemisms of their children when talking about them to peers.
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Exacerbate
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To make worse
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Drugs really just exacerbate a person's troubles, not solve them.
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Exculpate
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To clear from blame, prove innocent
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DNA technology exculpated thousands of prisoners after being wrongfully accused.
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Exigent
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Urgent, requiring immediate action
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After someone has a stroke, it is exigent that you get them to the hospital to help the odds of recovery.
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Exonerate
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To clear of blame
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Harrison Ford in the fugitive wanted nothing more than to exonerate himself.
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Explicit
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Clearly stated or shown
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It is important to be explicit in your rules for kids because if it is open to interpretation they will abuse them.
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Fanatical
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Acting excessively enthusiastic
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Fanatical antiabortion people yell, kill, and cause unneeded conflicts because of their views.
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Fawn
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To flatter someone
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The student fawned to the professor in the hopes to get a good grade.
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Fervid
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Intensely emotional
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The cowboys fans were fervid in the stadium after they won the superbowl.
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Florid
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Excessively decorated or embellished
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Often in classical music, the style was very florid by way of excessive speeds and trills.
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Foment
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To arouse or incite
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Dr. King's speech fomented dreams and possibilities within Americans all over the country.
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Frugality
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Tendency to be thrifty or cheap
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The frugal nature of George Castanza made him relatable to my dad in some ways.
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Garrulous
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Tendency to talk a lot
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I have always managed to date garrulous girls who love to talk a lot.
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Gregarious
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outgoing, sociable
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Dylan is one of the most gregarious people i have ever met.
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Guile
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Deceit or trickery
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Brad probably has negative feelings for me because of the guile that was uncovered.
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Gullible
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Easily deceived
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There is a thin line between having faith in people's honesty and being gullible.
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Homogeneous
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Of similar kind
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The homogeneity of the colorado state undergrad ethnicity is unfortunate.
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Iconoclast
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One who opposes established beliefs, customs, institutions
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To be an iconoclast is not only audacious, but dangerous.
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Imperturbable
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Not capable of being disturbed
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To be a scientist and have the belief that your theory is imperturbable is what corrodes the very fabric of science.
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