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| Impunity | freedom from punishment or pain.
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| Implacable | characterized by a relentless hatred that cannot be appeased; merciless and unforgiving.
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| Impugn | to attack or assail with words; to verbally challenge something as false or wrong.
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| Polemic | a controversial argument often published as an essay or pamphlet attacking a specific opinion or doctrine.
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| Perfidious | characterized by treacherous and deceitful behavior; traitorous.
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| Cursory | performed in a hasty and superficial manner without attention to detail.
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| Galvanize | to energize and stir into action; to arouse.
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| Extempory | to perform without preparation; improvise.
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| Taciturn | reserved and not talkative; laconic.
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| Unambiguous | clear and precise; exhibiting no uncertainty; categorial.
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| Consternation | a sudden and alarming amazement that results in confusion and dismay.
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| Portend | to serve as an omen or warning; to foreshadow danger.
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| Inscrutable | very hard to figure out; incomprehensive.
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| Crystalize | to take a definite form or shape.
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| Puerile | childish and immature.
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| Profligate | characterized by squandering time and money.
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| Foreboding | a strong inner feeling or premonition of future misfortune.
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| Irascible | easily angered; prone to outbursts of temper.
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| Indulgent | characterized by excessive generosity; overly lenient and tolerant.
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| Pedantic | characterized by being showy in displaying one's knowledge; bookish.
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| Officious | describes someone who acts more official than the actually are; annoingly meddlesome.
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| Bohemian | describes a person who is known for unconventional behavior; a nonconformist
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| Proscribe | to forbid or prohibit an activity.
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| Facetious (1 of 2 words that contain all vowels lined up in order) | cleverly amusing in tone; not meant to be taken seriously
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| Punctilious | strictly attentive to minute details of conduct; very precise and meticulous.
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| Auspicious | favorable and promising accompanied by good omens and therefore propitious.
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| Evocative | characterized by using the power of IMAGINATION to call forth a memory.
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| Enigma | a riddle shrouded in mystery and thus something that is puzzling
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| Superficial | shallow; lacking intellectual or emotional depth.
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| Precocious | characterized by the exception the exception early development or maturely of a talent.
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| Stigmatize | to brand or mark as inferior
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| Exhort | to spur on
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| Mendacity | a trait of being deliberately untruthful
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| Proscribe | to forbid an activity
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| Resplendent | characterized by great beauty and dazzling diamond like colors
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| Vitriolic | characterized by a harsh and nasty tone
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| Proliferate | to grow rapidly
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| Fortuitous | filled with good fortune
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| Infinitesimal | incalculably small
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| Compunction | a feeling of deep regret caused by a sense of guilt
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| Ameliorate | to improve; to make better
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| Week 3 | BEGONE THOT!
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