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Princeton Review-2008 ed. #2

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abate   to lessen in intensity or degree  
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accolade   an expression of praise  
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adulation   excessive praise; intense adoration  
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aesthetic   dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful  
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ameliorate   to make better or more tolerable  
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ascetic   one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion  
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avarice   greed, esp. for wealth  
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axiom   a universally recognized principle  
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burgeon   to grow rapidly  
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bucolic   rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants  
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cacophony   harsh, jarring, discodant sound; dissonance  
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canon   an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature  
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castigation   severe criticism or punishment  
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catalyst   a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change  
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caustic   burning or stinging; causing corrosion  
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chary   wary; cautious; sparing  
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cogent   appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing  
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complaisance   the willingness to comply with the wishes of others  
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contentious   argumentative; quarrelsom; causing controversy or disagreement  
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contrite   regretful; penitent; seeking forgivenes  
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culpable   deserving blame  
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dearth   smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack  
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demur   to question or oppose  
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didactic   intended to teach or instruct  
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discretion   cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions  
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disinterested   free of bias or self-interest; impartial  
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dogmatic   expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles.  
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ebullience   the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings  
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eclectic   composed of elements drawn from various sources  
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elegy   a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead  
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emollient   soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin  
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empirical   based on observation or experiment  
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enigmatic   mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand  
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ephemeral   brief; fleeting  
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esoteric   intended for or understood by a small, specific group  
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eulogy   a speech honoring the dead  
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exonerate   to remove blame  
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facetious   playful; humorous  
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fallacy   an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief  
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furtive   marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious  
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gregarious   sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people  
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harangue   to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech  
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heretical   violating accepted dogma or convention  
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hyperbole   an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech  
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impecunious   lacking funds; without money  
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incipient   beginning to come into being or to become apparent  
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inert   unmoving; lethargic; slugish  
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innocuous   harmless; causing no damage  
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intransigent   refusing to compromise  
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inveigle   to obtain by deception or flattery  
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morose   sad; sullen; melancholy  
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odious   evoking intense aversion or dislike  
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opaque   impenetrable by light; not reflecting light  
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oscillation   the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm  
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penurious   penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous  
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pernicious   extremely harmful; potentially causing death  
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peruse   to examine with great care  
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pious   extremely reverent or decout; showing strong religious devotion  
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precursor   one that precedes and indicates or announces another  
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preen   to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care  
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prodigious   abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary  
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prolific   producing large columes or amounts; productive  
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putrefy   to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor  
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quaff   to drink deeply  
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quiescence   stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest  
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redoubtable   awe-inspiring; worthy of honor  
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sanction   authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to  
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satire   a literary work that ridicules or criticizes human vice through humor or derision  
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squalid   sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect  
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stoic   indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast  
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supplant   to take the place of; supersede  
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torpid   lethargic; sluggish; dormant  
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ubiquitous   existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; wide-spread  
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urbane   sophisticated; refined; elegant  
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vilify   to defame; to characterize harshly  
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viscous   thick; sticky  
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