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Vocabulary2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| fetid* | nasty/disgusting/offensive |
| noisome* | nasty/disgusting/offensive |
| noxious | nasty |
| askance | not a straight line |
| awry | not a straight line |
| careen | not a straight line |
| carom | not a straight line |
| circuitous | not a straight line |
| circumvent | not a straight line |
| gyrate | not a straight line |
| labyrinth | not a straight line |
| meander | not a straight line |
| oblique | not a straight line |
| serrated | not a straight line |
| sidle | not a straight line |
| sinuous | not a straight line |
| undulating | not a straight line |
| vortex | not a straight line |
| bombastic | overblown/wordy |
| circumlocution | overblown/wordy |
| garrulous | overblown/wordy |
| grandiloquent | overblown/wordy |
| loquacious | overblown/wordy |
| periphrastic | overblown/wordy |
| prolix | overblown/wordy |
| rheutoric | overblown/wordy |
| turgid | overblown/wordy |
| verbose | overblown/wordy |
| ameliorate | pacify/satisfy |
| appease | pacify/satisfy |
| assuage | pacify/satisfy |
| defer | pacify/satisfy |
| mitigate | pacify/satisfy |
| mollify | pacify/satisfy |
| placate | pacify/satisfy |
| propitiate | pacify/satisfy |
| satiate | pacify/satisfy |
| slake | pacify/satisfy |
| soothe | pacify/satisfy |
| euphonious | pleasant-sounding |
| harmonious | pleasant-sounding |
| melodious | pleasant-sounding |
| sonorous | pleasant-sounding |
| destitute | poor |
| esurient | poor |
| impecunious | poor |
| indigent | poor |
| acclaim | praise |
| accolade | praise |
| aggrandize | praise |
| encomium | praise |
| eulogize | praise |
| extol | praise |
| fawn | praise |
| laud/laudatory | praise |
| venerate/veneration | praise |
| augur | predict |
| auspice | predict |
| fey | predict |
| harbinger | predict |
| portentous | predict |
| presage | predict |
| prescient | predict |
| prognosticate | predict |
| discomfort | prevent/obstruct |
| encumber | prevent/obstruct |
| fetter | prevent/obstruct |
| forfend | prevent/obstruct |
| hinder | prevent/obstruct |
| impede | prevent/obstruct |
| inhibit | prevent/obstruct |
| occlude | prevent/obstruct |
| astute | smart/learned |
| canny | smart/learned |
| erudite | smart/learned |
| perspicacious | smart/learned |
| disconsolate | sorrow |
| doleful | sorrow |
| dolor | sorrow |
| elegiac | sorrow |
| forlorn | sorrow |
| lament | sorrow |
| lugubrious | sorrow |
| melancholy | sorrow |
| morose | sorrow |
| plaintive | sorrow |
| threnody | sorrow |
| implacable | stubborn |
| inexorable | stubborn |
| intractable | stubborn |
| intransigent | stubborn |
| obdurate | stubborn |
| obstinate | stubborn |
| recalcitrant | stubborn |
| refractory | stubborn |
| renitent | stubborn |
| untoward | stubborn |
| vexing | stubborn |
| compendious | terse |
| curt | terse |
| laconic | terse |
| pithy | terse |
| succinct | terse |
| taciturn | terse |
| anachronism | time/order/duration |
| antecede | time/order/duration |
| antedate | time/order/duration |
| anterior | time/order/duration |
| archaic | time/order/duration |
| diurnal | time/order/duration |
| eon | time/order/duration |
| ephemeral | time/order/duration |
| epoch | time/order/duration |
| fortnight | time/order/duration |
| millennium | time/order/duration |
| penultimate | time/order/duration |
| synchronous | time/order/duration |
| temporal | time/order/duration |
| craven | timid/timidity |
| diffident | timid/timidity |
| pusillanimous | timid/timidity |
| recreant | timid/timidity |
| timorous | timid/timidity |
| trepidation | timid/timidity |
| candor/candid | truth |
| fealty | truth |
| frankness | truth |
| indisputable | truth |
| indubitable | truth |
| legitimate | truth |
| probity | truth |
| sincere | truth |
| veracious | truth |
| verity | truth |
| aberration | unusual |
| anomaly | unusual |
| iconoclast | unusual |
| idiosyncrasy | unusual |
| ambulatory | walking about |
| itinerant | walking about |
| peripatetic | walking about |
| discursive | wandering |
| expatiate | wandering |
| forage | wandering |
| itinerate | wandering |
| peregrination | wandering |
| peripatetic | wandering |
| sojourn | wandering |
| adulterate | weaken |
| enervate | weaken |
| exacerbate | weaken |
| inhibit | weaken |
| obviate | weaken |
| stultify | weaken |
| undermine | weaken |
| vitiate | weaken |
| adage | wisdom |
| aphorism | wisdom |
| apothegm | wisdom |
| axiom | wisdom |
| bromide | wisdom |
| dictum | wisdom |
| epigram | wisdom |
| platitude | wisdom |
| sententious | wisdom |
| truism | wisdom |
| abeyance | withdrawal/retreat |
| abjure | withdrawal/retreat |
| abnegation | withdrawal/retreat |
| abortive | withdrawal/retreat |
| abrogate | withdrawal/retreat |
| decamp | withdrawal/retreat |
| demur | withdrawal/retreat |
| recant | withdrawal/retreat |
| recidivism | withdrawal/retreat |
| remission | withdrawal/retreat |
| renege | withdrawal/retreat |
| rescind | withdrawal/retreat |
| retrograde | withdrawal/retreat |
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