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Accost   V- To approach or confront boldly  
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Acquiescence   N- Acceptance of something without protest  
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Ambiguity   N- Doubtfulness, Uncertainty  
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Ambivalent   Adj- Having mixed feelings or conflicting ideas about something or someone  
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Ardent   Adj- Enthusiastic, devoted, eager  
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Asinine   Adj- Extremely stupid or foolish  
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Apathy   N-Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern  
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Audacity   N- Boldness, daring, fearlessness  
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Aural   Adj- Pertaining to the sense of hearing  
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Barren   Adj- Depleted, desolate, empty  
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Beguile   V- To influence in a deceptive way  
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Bemuse   V- To confuse  
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Benevolent   Adj- Kind, goodwill, helping others  
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Bequeath   V- To leave to a person or beneficiary by a will, pass something on  
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Brevity   N- Concise and exact use of words, shortness of time  
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Brood   V- To persistently worry  
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Calamity   N- An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress: a disaster  
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Candid   Adj- Truthful, straightforward, frank, informal  
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Conciliate   V- To win or gain favor, to overcome the distrust  
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Conspicuous   Adj- Standing out, to be clearly visible  
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Contemptuous   Adj- Temperamental, insulting, disrespectful  
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Convoluted   Adj- Extremely complex, difficult to follow, tangled  
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Deprecate   V- To express earnest disapproval of  
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Desolate   Adj- Deserted of people, bleak and dismal emptiness  
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Despotic   Adj- In control or complete authority, authoritarian, oppressive  
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Didatic   Adj- Teaching or intending to teach  
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Divisive   Adj- Disruptive, hostile, creating dissension  
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Dogmatic   Adj- Inclined to lay down principles in an opinionated way, assertive  
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Eccentric   Adj- Unconventional and slightly strange  
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Egregious   Adj- Shocking, appalling, bad  
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Emergence   N- The act of appearing, development  
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Enervate   V- To weaken or deprive of force or strength  
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Euphoric   Adj- Intense excitement and happiness  
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Exasperate   V- Irritate intensely  
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Fanatical   Adj- Enthusiastic, devoted  
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Fastidious   Adj- Very attentive and concerned about accuracy and detail  
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Fatalism   N-The belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable  
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Fickle   Adj- Changing frequently, especially in regards to one's loyalties, interests, or affection  
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Futile   Adj- Useless, ineffective, pointless  
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Gait   N- A person's manner of walking  
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Garish   Adj- Excessively bright and showy  
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Grandeur   N- The state of being impressive or awesome, especially of appearance or style  
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Gregarious   Adj- Sociable, outgoing  
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Hiatus   N- A pause, a gap, a break or time off  
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Homage   N- Special honor or respect shown publicly  
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Ideology   N- A system of ideas, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political policy  
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Impede   V- Delay or prevent someone or something by obstructing them; to hinder  
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Imperialism   N- A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force  
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Impertinent   Adj- Not relevant, obsolete  
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Incarnate   Adj- Embodied in flesh; in human form  
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Incongruous   Adj- Not in harmony or keeping with the surrounding, out of place  
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Incorrigible   Adj- Bad beyond correction, not easily changed  
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Indignant   Adj- Feeling or showing anger or annoyance, resentful  
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Ineradicable   Adj- Unable to be destroyed or removed  
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Ingenuity   N- The quality of being clever, original, and inventive  
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Innumerable   Adj- Too many to be counted  
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Inordinate   Adj- Unusually or disproportionately large  
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Irreparable   Adj- Unfixable, beyond repair  
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Jocund   Adj- Cheerful, merry  
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Jovial   Adj- Cheerful and friendly  
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Judicious   Adj- Exercising good judgement  
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Kinetic   Adj- Pertaining to motion  
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Knave   N- A dishonest person  
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Laconic   Adj- Using very few words  
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Lament   N- Expression of grief or sorrow, (V) to mourn  
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Lascivious   Adj- Feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire  
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Magnanimous   Adj- Generous in forgiving an insult or injury, charitable  
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Manifest   Adj- Clear or obvious to the eye or mind, (V) to display, show, or reveal  
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Mendacious   Adj- Habitually telling lies, dishonest  
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Misogyny   N- Dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women  
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Nebulous   Adj- Cloudy, hazy, unclear, vague  
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Nihilism   N- The rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless  
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Obsequious   Adj- Obedient or attentive to an excessive degree  
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Olfactory   Adj- Relating to the sense of smell  
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Ominous   Adj- The impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen  
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Pacifism   N- The belief that any violence, is unjustifiable under any circumstances, all disputes should be settled by peaceful means  
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Pensive   Adj- Deep in thought, reflective  
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Perfunctory   Adj- Done with little interest or thought  
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Pernicious   Adj- Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way  
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Pragmatic   Adj- Practical, reasonable and logical  
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Precarious   Adj- Not securely held or in position; dependent on chance; uncertain  
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Prodigious   Adj- Great in extent, size, or degree, huge  
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Proletariat   N- Workers or working- class people  
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Promulgate   V- To publicize, promote or make widely known an idea or cause  
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Remonstrate   V- To say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval  
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Repudiate   V- To reject with denial, to refuse to acknowledge  
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Rhetoric   N- The use of language, the art of speaking  
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Sententious   Adj- Judgmental, self-righteous, in a pompous manner  
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Spurious   Adj- Bogus, fake ,false  
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Squalid   Adj- Extremely dirty and unpleasant  
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Stoic   N- A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings  
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Supplant   V- Supersede and replace  
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Sycophantic   Adj- Behaving or done in a compliant way in order to gain advantage, obsequious  
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Tactile   Adj- Pertaining to touch, tangible  
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Tangible   Adj- Touchable, physical, real, solid, concrete  
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Ubiquitous   Adj- Present, appearing, or found everywhere  
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Vehement   Adj- Showing strong feeling; forceful passionate, or intense  
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Verbose   Adj- Using or expressed in more words than are needed  
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Vexation   N- Something that causes annoyance, frustration, or worry  
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Voluble   Adj- Talkative, loquacious, verbose  
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