sadlier-oxford vocab words unit 10 - unit 15
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| to clear from blame,responsibility, or guilt | absolve
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| a representation (especially in a drawing) in which the subject's characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated | caricature
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| a loud ringing sound | clangor
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| side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time | contiguous
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| an eager desire for something; greed | cupidity
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| harmful, injurious | deleterious
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| to raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of | enhance
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| to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result | accrue
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| a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work | annotation
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| implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning | implicit
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| sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness) | incisive
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| a state or scene of uproar and confusion | bedlam
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| hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered, secluded | covert
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| to restate in other words | paraphrase
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| prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient | politic
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| pleasant, couteous, lighthearted; smoothand polished in manner and appearance | debonair
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| extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive | redundant
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| making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic, self-righteous | sanctimonious
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| sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities) | scintillating
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| charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence) | winsome
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| to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy) | abet
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| to demand insistently, especially in payment of a debt | dun
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| noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous especially in an unfavorable sense | blatant
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| to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject); to announce, introduce; to break the surface of the water | broach
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| to support, prop up, strengthen | buttress
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| effective, producing results | efficacious
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| to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities, ect.; to arrange in order for some specific purpose | collate
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| an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgments, especially in one of the fine arts | connoisseur
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| deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation | disconsolate
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| to weigh down or burden; to fill up, block up, hinder | encumber
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| to promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to | foment
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| frightful, horrible, ghastly | grisly
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| (H) relating to Hercules; (h) characterized by great strength | herculean
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| calmness, composure, refusal to panic | equanimity
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| accidental, occurring by a happy chance | fortuitous
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| unquestionable, beyond dispute | incontrovertible
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| puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss | nonplussed
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| suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; occurring at an appropriate time | opportune
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| abundantly productive; abundant, profuse | prolific
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| the essential part, main point, or essence | gist
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| willing to follow advice or authority, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible | amenable
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| to scold sharply | berate
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| large-scale slaughter or loss of life | carnage
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| too ready to believe, easily deceived | credulous
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| a rule, test; a standard for judgement or evaluation | criterion
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| to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly | deplete
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| to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely | expatiate
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| coming from the outside,foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant | extraneous
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| the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process | inception
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| a weakness or ailment | infirmity
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| lacking in nutritive value; lackingin interest or substance; immature, juvenile | jejune
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| stubborn, unyielding | obdurate
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| a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for sent | potpourri
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| showing a unusually early development (especially in talants and mental capacity) | precocious
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| delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel | sadistic
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| self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; saying much in few words | sententious
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| to beg earnestly and humbly | supplicate
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| an excessor overindulgence, as in eating and drinking, cause disgust | surfeit
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| winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious | tortuous
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| swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language | turgid
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| firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible | adamant
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| a confused hodgepodge of sound, hubbub; an uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified | brouhaha
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| a strong defense or prootection, a solid wall-like structurefor defense | bulwark
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| easily made angry, bad-tempered | choleric
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| to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things | cloy
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| to cut short, bring to a halt or end sooner than expected; to reduce | curtail
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| courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person | deference
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| conclusive, fail,representing the limit of what can be done | definitive
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| the way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, manner | demeanor
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| puzzling, perplexing, inexlicable, not easily understood | enigmatic
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| without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily | impromptu
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| excessively and objectionably sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor | mawkish
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| to soften, make gentle, pacify; to calm, to reduce in intensity | mollify
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| something that is heavy or burdensome | onus
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| a vague sense of approaching misfortune | presentiment
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| given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral; recklessly extravagant | profligate
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| to send or hand in (money); forgive, pardon; to lessen, diminish | remit
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| needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensable | requisite
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| of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress (especially men's) | sartorial
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| to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate | thwart
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| showing great variety; composed of different elements or many colors | montley
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| extremely generous, lavish | munificent
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| to delay, put off until later | procrastinate
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| a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel | reprobate
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| characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place | sedentary
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| moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline | abstemious
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| deserving of blame or correction | censurable
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| likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance | contingent
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| an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents | denizen
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| passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic | discursive
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| poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste | dowdy
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| to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty | foist
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| awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy | gauche
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| an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred | heresy
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| to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly | inculcate
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| capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized | palpable
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| having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation | perceptive
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| extremely harmful; deadly, fatal | pernicious
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| to satisfy completely; to fill to excess | satiate
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| to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling | sear
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