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| ABATE | to reduce in amount, degree, or severity
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| ABSCOND | to leave secretly
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| ABSTAIN | to choose not to do something
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| ABYSS | an extremely deep hole
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| ADULTERATE | to make impure
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| ADVOCATE | to speak in favor of
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| AESTHETIC | concerning the appreciation of beauty
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| AGGRANDIZE | to increase in power, influence, and reputation
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| ALLEVIATE | to make more bearable
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| AMALGAMATE | to combine; to mix together
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| AMBIGUOUS | doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted in several ways
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| AMELIORATE | to make better, to improve
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| ANACHRONISM | something of out of place in time
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| ANALOGOUS | similar or alike in some way; equivalent to
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| ANOMALY | deviation from what is normal
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| ANTAGONIZE | to annoy or provoke to anger
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| ANTIPATHY | extreme dislike
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| APATHY | lack of interest or emotion
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| ARBITRATE | to judge a dispute between two opposing parties
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| ARCHAIC | ancient, old fashioned
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| ARDOR | intense and passionate feeling
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| ARTICULATE | able to speak clearly and expressively
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| ASSUAGE | to make something unpleasant less severe
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| ATTENUATE | to reduce in force or degree; to weaken
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| AUDACIOUS | fearless and daring
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| AUSTERE | severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
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| BANAL | predictable, boring
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| BOLSTER | to support; to prop up
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| BOMBASTIC | a pompous speech and manner
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| CACOPHONY | harsh, jarring noise
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| CANDID | impartial and honest in speech
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| CAPRICIOUS | changing one's mind quickly and often
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| CASTIGATE | to punish or criticize harshly
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| CATALYST | something that brings about a change in something else
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| CAUSTIC | biting in wit
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| CHAOS | great disorder or confusion
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| CHAUVINIST | someone prejudiced in favor of a group in which he or she belongs
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| CHICANERY | deception by means of craft or guile
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| COGENT | convincing and well reasoned
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| CONDONE | to overlook, pardon, or disregard
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| CONVOLUTED | intricate and complicated
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| CORROBORATE | to provide supporting evidence
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| CREDULOUS | too trusting; gullible
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| CRESCENDO | steadily increasing in volume or force
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| DECORUM | appropriateness
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| DEFERENCE | respect, courtesy
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| DERIDE | to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
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| DESICCATE | to dry out thoroughly
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| DESULTORY | jumping from on thing to another; disconnected
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| DIATRIBE | an abusive, condemnatory speech
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| DIFFIDENT | lacking self-confidence
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| DILATE | to make larger; to expand
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| DILATORY | intended to delay
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| DILETTANTE | someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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| DIRGE | a funeral hymn or mournful speech
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| DISABUSE | to set right; to free from error
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| DISCERN | to perceive; to recognize
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| DISPARATE | fundamentally different; entirely unlike
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| DISSEMBLE | to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character
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| DISSONANCE | a harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds
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| DOGMA | a firmly held opinion, often a religious belief
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| DOGMATIC | dictatorial in one's opinions
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| DUPE | to deceive; a person who is easily deceived
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| ECLECTIC | selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
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| EFFICACY | effectiveness
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| ELEGY | a sorrowful poem or speech
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| ELOQUENT | persuasive and moving, especially in speech
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| ENGENDER | to produce, cause, or bring about
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| ENIGMA | a puzzle; a mystery
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| ENUMERATE | to count, list, or itemize
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| EPHEMERAL | lasting a short time
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| EQUIVOCATE | to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead
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| ERRATIC | wandering and unpredictable
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| ERUDITE | learned, scholarly, bookish
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| ESOTERIC | known or understood by only a few
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| ESTIMABLE | admirable
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| EULOGY | speech in praise of someone
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| EUPHEMISM | use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
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| EXACERBATE | to make worse
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| EXCULPATE | to clear from blame; to prove innocent
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| EXIGENT | urgent; requiring immediate action
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| EXONERATE | to clear from blame
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| EXPLICIT | clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
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| FANATICAL | acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
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| FAWN | to grovel
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| FERVID | intensely emotional; feverish
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| FLORID | excessively decorated or embellished
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| FOMENT | to arouse or incite
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| FRUGALITY | a tendency to be thrifty or cheap
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| GARRULOUS | tending to talk a lot
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| GREGARIOUS | outgoing, sociable
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| GUILE | deceit or trickery
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| GULLIBLE | easily deceived
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| HOMOGENOUS | of a similar kind
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| ICONOCLAST | one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
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| IMPERTURBABLE | not capable of being disturbed
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| IMPERVIOUS | impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
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| IMPETUOUS | quick to act without thinking
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| IMPLACABLE | unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
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| INCHOATE | not fully formed; disorganized
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| PREVARICATE | to lie or deviate from the truth
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| PRISTINE | fresh and clean; uncorrupted
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| PRODIGAL | lavish; wasteful
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| PROLIFERATE | to increase in number quickly
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| PROPITIATE | to conciliate; to appease
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| PROPRIETY | correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs
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| PRUDENCE | wisdom, caution or restraint
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| PUNGENT | sharp and irritating to the senses
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| QUIESCENT | motionless
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| RAREFY | to make thinner or sparser
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| REPUDIATE | to reject the validity of
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| RETICENT | silent, reserved
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| RHETORIC | effective writing or speaking
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| SATIATE | to satisfy fully or overindulge
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| SOPORIFIC | causing to sleep or lethargy
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| SPECIOUS | deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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| STIGMA | a mark of shame or discredit
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| STOLID | unemotional; lacking sensitivity
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| SUBLIM | lofty or grand
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| TACIT | done with using words
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| TACITURN | silent; not talkative
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| TIRADE | long, harsh speech or verbal attack
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| TORPOR | extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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| TRANSITORY | temporary, lasting a brief time
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| VACILLATE | to sway physically; to be indecisive
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| VENERATE | to respect deeply
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| VERACITY | filled with truth and accuracy
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| VERBOSE | wordy
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| VEX | to annoy
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| VOLATILE | easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
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| WAVER | to fluctuate between choices
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| WHIMSICAL | acting in fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
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| ZEAL | passion, excitement
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| PARADOX | a contradiction or dilemma
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| PARAGON | model of excellence or perfection
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| PEDANT | someone who shows of learning
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| PERFIDIOUS | willing to betray one's trust
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| PERFUNCTORY | done in a routine way; indifferent
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| PERMEATE | to penetrate
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| PHILANTHROPY | charity; a desire or effort to promote goodness
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| PLACATE | to soothe or pacify
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| PLASTIC | able to be molded, altered or bent
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| PLETHORA | excess
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| PRAGMATIC | practical as opposed to idealistic
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| PRECIPITATE | to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
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| PREVARICATE | to lie or deviate from the truth
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| PRISTINE | fresh and clean; uncorrupted
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| PRODIGAL | lavish; wasteful
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| PROLIFERATE | to increase in number quickly
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| PROPITIATE | to conciliate; to appease
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| PROPRIETY | correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs
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| PRUDENCE | wisdom, caution or restraint
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| PUNGENT | sharp and irritating to the senses
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| QUIESCENT | motionless
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| RAREFY | to make thinner or sparser
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| REPUDIATE | to reject the validity of
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| RETICENT | silent, reserved
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| RHETORIC | effective writing or speaking
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| SATIATE | to satisfy fully or overindulge
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| SOPORIFIC | causing to sleep or lethargy
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| SPECIOUS | deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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| STIGMA | a mark of shame or discredit
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| STOLID | unemotional; lacking sensitivity
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| SUBLIME | lofty or grand
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| TACIT | done without using words
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| TACITURN | silent; not talkative
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| TIRADE | long, harsh speech or verbal attack
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| TORPOR | extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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| TRANSITORY | temporary, lasting a brief time
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| VACILLATE | to sway physically; to be indecisive
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| VENERATE | to respect deeply
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| VERACITY | filled with truth and accuracy
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| VERBOSE | wordy
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| VEX | to annoy
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| VOLATILE | easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
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| WAVER | to fluctuate between choices
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| WHIMSICAL | acting in fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
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| ZEAL | passion, excitement
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