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English

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Word
Definition
Abhorrent   utterly opposed  
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Acrophobia   fear of being at a great height  
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Admonish   caution  
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Agoraphobia   fear of open spaces  
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Ambrosial   delicious  
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Ameliorate   become better; make better; improve, enhance  
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Amoral   not moral  
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Amorphous   without definite form or shape  
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Anomaly   not normal  
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Atheism   godlessness; no belief in god  
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Atrophy   lack of growth, as from disuse or disease  
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Baffle   bewilder  
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Detriment   injury, damage, disadvantage  
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Dichotomy   cutting or division into two  
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Dystopia   imaginary place where living conditions are dreadful  
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Ebullient   overflowing with enthusiasm  
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Effrontery   nerve; boldness  
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Empathy   complete understanding of another’s feelings  
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Endogenous   produced from within, due to internal causes  
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Ephemeral   short  
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Esoteric   not easily understandable  
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Euphemism   good expression for a bad one  
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Exhort   advise strongly  
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Exogenous   produced from without, due to external causes  
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Exoteric   known externally, readily understandable  
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Forbearance   leniency; patience  
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Gall   irritate mentally; annoy  
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Gullible   easily deceived or cheated  
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Hamper   hinder, interfere with  
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Heterogeneous   differing in kind; dissimilar, varied  
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Homogeneous   of the same king; similar  
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Immerse   plunge or place into a liquid; absorb  
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Inane   lacking significance or sense; silly  
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Indemnify   compensate for loss; reimburse  
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Indolent   lazy; lethargic  
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Intact   untouched by anything that damages or diminishes, complete  
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Macrocosm   great world, universe  
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Microcosm   little world  
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Misanthropy   hatred of humanity  
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Misogamy   hatred of marriage  
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Misogyny   hatred of women  
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Nettlesome   literally full of nettles, irritating, annoying  
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Oblivious   not aware  
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Parsimonious   sparing in the spending on money; stingy  
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Peripheral   away from the central part; only slightly connected with what is essential  
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Prodigious   extraordinary in amount or size; enormous  
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Raze   demolish, destroy  
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Render   hand down officially  
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Reticent   inclined to be silent or secretive  
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Salutary   healthful  
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Scrutinize   examine very closely; inspect  
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Snub   insult  
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Spurn   reject  
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Subvert   overturn or overthrow from the foundation  
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Symbiosis   living together in mutually with two different organisms  
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Tepid   moderately warm; lukewarm  
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Tractable   easily led, taught, or controlled  
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Unwieldy   hard to handle because of size or weight, unmanageable  
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Unwittingly   unknowingly  
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Wane   decline  
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