English Exam Review
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| Moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking) | Abstemious
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| An object of intense dislike; a curse | Anathema
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| To affirm, declare confidently | Aver
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| A warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior | Caveat
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| Fat; having a large, bulky body | Corpulent
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| Tending to delay or procrastinate | Dilatory
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| Impartial; calm, free from emotion | Dispassionate
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| To expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely | Expatiate
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| Relating to Hercules; characterized by great strength | Herculean
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| Unquestionable, beyond dispute | Incontrovertible
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| Incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically | Inscrutable
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| Lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance | Jejune
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| Mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from viewTo hide, conceal | Occult
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| Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset | Petulant
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| Tending to produce a strong feeling or response | Provocative
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| Extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush | Redundant
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| Able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly | Resilient
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| Sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant | Scintillating
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| Inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset | Squeamish
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| Thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness | Tenuous
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| Stinging, bitter in temper or tone | Abstemious
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| Relating to or typical of ancient times | Antediluvian
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| Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse | Cadaverous
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| Easily made angry, bad-tempered | Choleric
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| Harmful, injurious | Deleterious
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| To deny responsibility for or connection with | Disavow
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| A summary, condensed account | Epitome
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| Coming from the outside, foreign; irrelevent | Extraneous
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| Based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation | Hypothetical
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| Unfriendly, hostile, harmful, unfavorable | Inimical
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| To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement | Intercede
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| Weariness of body or mind; lack of energy | Lassitude
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| Capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, hear, or recognized | Palpable
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| Prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful | Politic
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| Very careful and exact; attentive to fine points of etiquette or propriety | Punctilious
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| A reply to a reply, especially from the defendent in a legal suit | Rejoinder
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| Beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome | Salutary
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| A position requiring little or no work; an easy job | Sinecure
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| Expressed briefly and clearly | Succinct
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| To change from one nature, substance, or form to another | Transmute
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| An addition or supplement designed to increase correctness, completeness, or currency | Addendum
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| Shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom | Astute
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| Without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking in sophistication | Callow
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| Likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditionsA representative group forming part of a larger body | Contingent
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| To cease doing something | Desist
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| Deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope | Disconsolate
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| Scholarly, learned, bookish | Erudite
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| Tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable | Fractious
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| Sharp, keen, penetrating | Incisive
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| A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference | Innuendo
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| To make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval | Inveigh
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| Cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent | Nebulous
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| Faithlessness, treachery | Perfidy
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| Showing unusally early development | Precocious
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| Inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent | Redoubtable
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| To disown, reject, or deny the validity of | Repudiate
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| Making s show of virue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous | Santimonious
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| Deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit | Specious
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| Open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance | Susceptible
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| Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power | Umbrage
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