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abated   verb: to lessen  
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aberration   noun: a deviation  
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abeyance   noun: the condition of being temporally suspended  
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abjure   verb: to give up or abstain from, often under oath  
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abraded   verb: to wear down  
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abrogate   verb: to do away with  
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abscond   verb: to sneak off and hide away  
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abstemious   adjective: to eat or drink moderately  
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accretion   noun: the act of increasing in growth or size  
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acrimonious   adjective: bitter or harsh  
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acquisitiveness   adjective: having a strong desire to own  
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admonish   verb: to scold  
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adroit   adjective: skillful  
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aesthete   noun: a person who is highly sensitive to beauty  
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affability   noun: the quality of being friendly  
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aggrandized   verb: to make greater, especially in wealth or power  
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ail   verb: to feel sick  
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amalgamate   verb: to mix or combine  
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ambivalent   adjective: indifferent or having mixed feelings  
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amelioration   noun: the act of making better or improving  
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amenable   adjective: obedient and responsive to authority  
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anodized   verb: to cover metal with an oxide  
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anomaly   noun: something unusual or differing from the norm  
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antiquated   adjective: old or useless  
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apathy   noun: indifference or lack of interest  
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arabesque   noun: a complex pattern or design  
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arboreal   adjective: relating to trees  
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ardor   noun: intense emotion, usually of enthusiasm or love  
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ascribe   verb: to attribute to a source or a cause  
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asperity   noun: condition of being rough or harsh  
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assuage   verb: to relieve  
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atonement   noun: to make amends  
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audacious   adjective: bold and daring  
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austere   adjective: simple, spare, unadorned  
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avarice   noun: greed  
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aver   verb: to affirm or prove  
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avow   verb: to declare openly  
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belligerent   adjective: hostile and difficult  
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beseech   verb: to urgently request  
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bombast   noun: pretentious words  
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boor   noun: a crude person lacking culture and refinement  
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bourgeois   noun: people of the middle class  
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brevity   noun: condition of being brief in duration  
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buoyant   adjective: tending to float OR being light-hearted and merry  
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burgeon   verb: to grow or blossom  
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burnish   noun: to make smooth and bright by polishing  
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cacophony   noun: a harsh sound or sounds  
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cadge   verb: to beg  
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capricious   adjective: unpredictable and uncertain  
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castigate   verb: to punish severely  
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caustic   adjective: corrosive OR sharp and biting  
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cavern   noun: a cave  
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centrifuge   noun: a device used to simulate conditions in space  
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chary   adjective: cautious  
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churlish   adjective: vulgar and ungracious  
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coagulant   noun: something that causes a liquid to solidify  
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coalesce   verb: to come together as one  
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cogent   adjective: valid or convincing  
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cognizance   noun: awareness  
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cohort   noun: a group of people or friends  
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complaisance   noun: the act of obliging to pleasing others  
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consternation   noun: the state of being paralyzed with fear  
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contentiously   adjective: provoking debate or quarrels  
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conviviality   adjective: enjoying social interaction  
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convoluted   adjective: coiled together OR complicated  
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cordon   noun: a line of people or objects around a specific area  
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corona   noun: a ring around a celestial body, especially the sun and moon  
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corpuscle   noun: a microscopic particle, most often a cell  
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corroborative   adjective: tending to confirm with evidence  
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covert   adjective: secret  
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covet   verb: to want or desire  
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covetous   adjective: having a strong desire to own  
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cower   adjective: to curl up in fear  
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craven   adjective: cowardly  
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credence   noun: acceptance of a belief as truth  
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credulous   adjective: gullible; willing to believe  
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culpability   adjective: worthy of blame  
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curmudgeon   noun: an ill-tempered person, often penny-pinching and stubborn  
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decimation   noun: the act of destroying or killing a large population  
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deference   noun: yielding to the wishes or opinions of others  
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demagogue   noun: a leader who uses the emotions of the people to achieve power  
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dereliction   noun: abandonment or neglect  
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deride   verb: to mock or ridicule  
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derision   noun: ridicule  
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desiccant   noun: a medicine used fro drying up a sore  
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desiccate   verb: to dry out  
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despotic   adjective: characteristic of a ruler with absolute power  
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destitute   adjective: lacking, especially regarding money  
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desultory   adjective: moving or skipping from one thing to another  
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diction   noun: word choice in writing  
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diffidence   noun: the state of being shy and untrusting  
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dilate   verb: to expand  
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diminutive   adjective: extremely small  
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dirge   noun: a mournful song  
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discern   verb: to understand the difference  
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discordant   adjective: conflicting  
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disingenuous   adjective: insincere  
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disinter   verb: to exhume a grave  
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disparage   verb: to belittle and dishonor  
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disparate   adjective: completely different  
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disputatious   adjective: inclined to dispute or disagree  
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dissemble   verb: to hide or conceal using a false appearance  
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dissipation   noun: the act of breaking up and scattering  
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dissonance   noun: sound that lacks of harmony  
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distillate   noun: a liquid produced by evaporation during distillation  
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divestiture   noun: the act of stripping or selling off  
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dolt   noun: an idiot  
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dross   noun: waste or refuse  
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dubious   adjective: doubtful  
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efficacy   noun: effectiveness  
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effrontery   adjective: offensively bold  
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elegy   adjective: a poem of mourning  
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elucidating   verb: explaining or clarifying  
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emit   verb: to give off  
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emollient   noun: something that softens the skin  
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emulate   verb: to imitate  
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encapsulate   noun: to put in a capsule  
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encomium   noun: praise  
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enervate   verb: to remove courage or nerve  
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engender   noun: to create or procreate  
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ennui   noun: boredom  
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enigmatic   adjective: like a puzzle  
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entreat   verb: to ask for with sincerity  
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ephemeral   adjective: very brief in duration, usually only one day  
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epithet   noun: a descriptive word or phrase  
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equivocal   adjective: possible meaning two different things; vague or doubtful  
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erudition   noun: extensive knowledge  
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esoteric   adjective: known by only a few  
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ethos   noun: the spirit and character of a community  
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excoriation   noun: the act of chafing the skin  
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exculpate   verb: to acquit or clear of blame  
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exigent   adjective: needing necessary, immediate action  
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extant   adjective: the opposite of extinct; still existing  
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extol   verb: to praise  
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extrapolate   verb: to use past knowledge to hypothesize or estimate  
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extricable   adjective: able to be freed from entanglement or trouble  
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fallacious   adjective: false  
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fatuous   adjective: foolish  
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feckless   adjective: irresponsible  
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feint   noun: a false ploy meant to draw attention away from the real purpose  
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fervent   adjective: passionate  
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fissure   noun: a crack  
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floridness   adjective: flushed  
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flustered   adjective: to be in a state of confusion or uncertainty  
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foibles   noun: a flaw in character  
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foment   verb: to excite  
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foolhardy   adjective: careless  
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fortuitous   adjective: happening by chance  
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fracas   noun: a noisy disturbance  
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frieze   noun: a decorative piece in architecture  
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gainsay   noun: to deny  
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garrulous   adjective: extremely talkative  
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gaseous   adjective: relating to a gas  
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glib   adjective: done with ease  
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gossamer   adjective: gauzy, light  
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gregariousness   adjective: social  
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grievous   adjective: causing grief or anguish  
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gristle   noun: tough cartilage in meat  
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guile   noun: deceit and treachery  
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gullible   adjective: easily tricked  
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hackneyed   adjective: predictable and overused  
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hapless   adjective: unlucky  
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harbinger   noun: something that foreshadows the future  
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harrow   noun: a farming tool verb: to bother or torment  
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heckle   verb: to badger and annoy  
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herbaceous   adjective: relating to a herb  
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hew   verb: to cut using an ax  
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hone   verb: to sharpen  
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hoodwink   verb: to deceive  
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iconoclast   noun: one who seeks to overthrow tradition or authority  
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idiosyncrasy   noun: a peculiarity  
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idolatry   noun: worship of idols  
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idyll   noun: a romantic poem  
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imbroglio   noun: a disagreement  
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imperceptibly   adjective: difficult to perceive  
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imperiousness   noun: the condition of being overbearing  
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imperturbability   noun: self-assured calm and collectiveness  
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impetuosity   noun: the condition of being impulsive  
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implacable   adjective: impossible to satisfy  
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implosion   noun: an inward collapse  
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inadvertent   adjective: careless  
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incense   verb: to make angry OR noun: a substance burned to make an aroma  
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inchoate   adjective: just started  
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incongruous   adjective: incompatible  
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incorrigible   adjective: impossible to control or reform  
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incursion   noun: the act of entering foreign territory  
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indefatigability   noun: the state of never growing tired  
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indeterminate   adjective: unable to determine  
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inimitable   adjective: no capable of being copied or imitated; unique  
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inscrutability   noun: the state of being hard to understand or investigate  
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insipid   adjective: boring, tasteless  
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insolence   noun: the quality of being rude or arrogant  
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insularity   noun: the state of being isolated like an island  
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interpolate   verb: to insert, as in text. Often implies corruption  
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intractable   adjective: difficult and stubborn  
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intransigence   noun: the condition of being stubborn and uncompromising  
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intrinsically   adv: naturally inherent  
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inundate   verb: to flood, or to overwhelm with an overabundance  
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invective   noun: insulting language  
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irascible   adjective: easily angered  
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irresolute   adjective: undecided  
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jocular   adjective: often joking  
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labyrinthine   adjective: relating to a maze  
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laconic   adjective: using few words; concise  
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lambaste   verb: to scold or beat  
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laud   verb: to praise  
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lethargy   noun: a state of great fatigue  
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levee   noun: a dam  
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limn   verb: to describe, especially with an illustration  
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lofty   adjective: elevated in importance; grand  
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loquacious   adjective: extremely talkative  
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lucid   adjective: clearly understandable; sane; transparent  
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lugubrious   adjective: extremely depressed  
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magnanimous   adjective: generous and noble; kind-hearted  
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maladroit   adjective: inept; incapable  
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malinger   verb: to act sick to avoid work  
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malleable   adjective: capable of being shaped  
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mar   verb: to damage  
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mercenary   noun: a hired killer  
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mercurial   adjective: relating to mercury OR quick tempered  
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metamorphose   verb: to transform  
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meticulous   adjective: detailed and precise  
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milieu   noun: environment  
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mimicry   noun: the act of mimicking; mocking  
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misanthrope   noun: person who hates mankind  
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miscreant   noun: a villain  
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miser   noun: a person who hoards money; penny-pincher  
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mitigate   verb: to alleviate  
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morose   adjective: sad  
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multifarious   adjective: great variety  
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myopic   adjective: short-sighted  
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nadir   noun: lowest point  
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narcissist   noun: a person who loves themselves  
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nascent   adjective: beginning to exist  
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nave   noun: central part of the church or the center of a wheel  
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nib   noun: the tip  
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noisome   adjective: offensive odor; toxic  
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obdurate   adjective: hardened emotionally  
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obviate   verb: to prevent through anticipation  
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occult   adjective: relating to the supernatural  
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odium   noun: the state of being strongly dislike or dishonored  
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opprobrium   noun: disgrace  
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ossified   verb: to harden or become bone  
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ostentatious   adjective: pretentious and boastful  
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ostracism   noun: the act of excluding  
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outmoded   adjective: out of fashion  
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overtly   adv: out in the open  
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paean   noun: a song of praise  
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palpable   adjective: touchable or evident  
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parse   verb: to break a sentence into parts of speech  
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parsimonious   adjective: miserly and frugal  
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peccadillo   noun: a small misdeed  
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pedantic   adjective: having a obsessive focus on book-learning and small details  
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perfidious   adjective: relating to treachery  
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peripatetic   adjective: traveling by foot noun: someone who is walking  
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perpetuating   verb: to cause to continue forever  
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persevere   verb: to not give up  
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pervasive   adjective: the quality of invading or permeating'  
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philistine   noun: one who is ignorant in certain areas like art  
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pirate   noun: one who robs at sea verb: to steal  
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pith   noun: the center; the significant part of something  
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placate   noun: to calm or appease someone who is angry  
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plasticity   noun: the quality of being like plastic  
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platitudinous   adjective: dull and unoriginal; clichéd  
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plausible   adjective: believable  
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polemic   adjective: relating to controversy  
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poseur   noun: someone who pretends to be something they're not to impress others  
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precursor   noun: something that comes before  
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preempt   verb: to take the place of  
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preponderate   verb: to be heavier in weight  
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prevarication   noun: the act of avoiding the truth  
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primacy   noun: the condition of being first  
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prodigal   adjective: extremely wasteful  
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prodigy   noun: person with great talent  
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profundity   noun: great wisdom and depth  
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proliferate   verb: to reproduce at a rapid rate  
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prolixity   noun: the state of being too wordy, as in writing  
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propagate   verb: to reproduce  
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propitiatory   adjective: offered as a way of seeking forgiveness  
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prudery   noun: the state of being excessively modest  
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puerile   adjective: childish  
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pundit   noun: a critic or learned source of opinion  
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pungency   noun: quality of being sharp or biting, especially to the taste or smell  
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pusillanimous   adjective: cowardly  
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quaff   verb: to drink quickly  
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quagmire   noun: an uncertain situation or predicament  
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quiescent   adjective: quiet; at rest  
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quixotic   adjective: romantically unrealistic or impulsive  
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quotidian   adjective: common  
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raconteur   noun: a skilled storyteller  
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rancorous   adjective: showing resentment  
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rarefy   verb: to make thin  
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raucous   adjective: loud and harsh  
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recluse   noun: a hermit; a person who hides from the world  
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recompense   verb: to compensate; to pay  
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recondite   adjective: ambiguous  
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refractory   adjective: difficult to work with; unmanageable  
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regale   verb: to entertain  
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relegated   verb: to demote or assign to an inferior position  
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repentant   adjective: showing remorse for sins  
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reproach   verb: to scold or shame  
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reproof   verb: to scold or rebuke  
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repudiate   verb: to reject as untrue  
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repugnant   adjective: repulsive  
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requiem   noun: church service for a deceased person  
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resplendent   adjective: beautiful and often shining brilliance  
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reverie   noun: a daydream  
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rogue   noun: a scoundrel  
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ruffian   noun: a thug; a tough person  
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rumination   noun: the act of thinking deeply OR the process of chewing cud  
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sagacity   noun: intelligence and wisdom  
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sage   noun: one admired for wisdom noun: a herb  
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salacious   adjective: stimulating, sexy but trashy  
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salutary   adjective: promoting improvement  
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sap   noun: liquid from a tree noun: a covered trench dug for war  
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satirize   noun: to ridicule with sarcasm  
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scrupulous   adjective: conscientious and detailed  
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scurvy   noun: a disease caused by the lack of Vitamin C  
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sedulous   adjective: diligent effort; constant pursuit  
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sextant   noun: a device used by sailors to navigate  
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sidereal   adjective: concerning stars or constellations  
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sinuous   adjective: having curves  
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sodden   adjective: soaked with water  
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sordid   adjective: dirty  
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specious   adjective: something that seems believable but is false  
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spendthrift   noun: person who wastes money  
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spurious   adjective: illegitimate; false  
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squelch   verb: to squash  
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stanch   verb: to stop the flow of fluids  
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stolid   adjective: emotionless  
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subjugate   verb: to conquer  
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subsume   verb: to classify in a more complete category  
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subtlety   noun: the quality of being subtle or sly  
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supercilious   adjective: proud, haughty  
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supine   adjective: lying on the back, face upward OR adjective: indifferent  
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synapse   noun: space between 2 nerve endings  
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tangential   adjective: barely touching  
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tedium   noun: the condition of being tedious; boring  
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tenuous   adjective: slender  
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thwart   verb: to prevent  
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timorous   adjective: timid  
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titillate   verb: to excite or stimulate  
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torpor   noun: state of inactivity  
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touting   verb: to obtain votes or customers in a shameless manner  
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tractable   adjective: easily managed  
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transitory   adjective: short-lived  
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transmuted   verb: to transform  
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turmoil   noun: commotion  
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turpitude   noun: corruption  
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tyro   noun: a novice  
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underling   noun: a person with lower rank and power  
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unfeigned   adjective: genuine; not pretended or feigned  
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unequivocal   adjective: clear and certain  
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univocal   noun: a word with only one definition  
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usury   noun: an incredible large interest rate, often illegal  
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vacillation   noun: the act of moving from side to side  
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venal   adjective: corruptible for a price; open to bribery  
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veneer   noun: a decorative layer  
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veneration   noun: the act of idolizing  
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veracious   adjective: honest  
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verbosity   noun: the state of being too wordy  
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veritable   adjective: genuine; not pretended or feigned  
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vilify   verb: to make into a villain  
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viscid   adjective: covered with a sticky substance  
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viscous   adjective: sticky  
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vituperative   adjective: harsh criticism or censure  
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volubility   noun: the condition of using fluent speech  
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voracious   adjective: having a tremendous appetite  
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waft   verb: to float  
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wheedle   verb: to use flattery as a means of persuasion  
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whet   verb: to sharpen verb: to stimulate  
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xenophobe   noun: a person afraid of anything foreign, especially foreign people  
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zealous   adjective: enthusiastic, passionate, fervent  
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zenith   noun: the peak  
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