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| Insipid (Adj) | Lacking in flavor; Dull
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| Zealot (N) | Fanatic; Person who shows excessive zeal
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| Whimsical (N) | Capricious; Fanciful
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| Welter (N) | Turmoil; Bewildering jumble
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| Wary (Adj) | Very Cautious
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| Warranted (Adj) | Justified; Authorized
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| Volatile (Adj) | Changeable; Explosive; Evaporating rapidly
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| Vituperative (Adj) | Abusive; Scolding
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| Viscous (Adj) | Sticky; Gluey
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| Viable (Adj) | Practical or Workable; Capable of maintaining
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| Verbose (adj) | Wordy
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| Veracious (V) | Revere
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| Vacillate (V) | Waver; Fluctuate
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| Truculence (N) | Aggressiveness; ferocity
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| Transgression (N) | Violation of a Law; Sin
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| Tractable (Adj) | Docile; Easily managed
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| Tortuous (Adj) | Winding; full of curves
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| Torpor (N) | Lethargy; Sluggishness; Dormant
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| Tirade (N) | Extended scolding; Denunciation; Harangue
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| Tenuous (Adj) | Thin; Rare; Slim
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| Tangential (Adj) | Peripheral; only slightly connected; Digressing
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| Tacit (Adj) | Understood; not put into word
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| Supposition (N) | Hypothesis; Surmise
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| Supersede (V) | Cause to Beset aside; Replace; Make obsolete
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| Substantiate (V) | Establish by Evidence; Verify; support
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| Subside (V) | Settle down; descend; grow quite
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| subpoena (N) | Writ Summoning a witness to appear
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| Strut (N) | Pompous walk; supporting bar
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| Striated (N) | marked with parallel bands; grooved
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| Stolid (Adj) | Dull; impassive
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| Stipulated (V) | Make express conditions; specify
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| Stint (V) | Be thrift; set limits
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| Stigma (N) | Token of disgrace; Brand;
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| Sporadic | Occurring irregularly
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| Spectrum (N) | Colored band produced when a bean of light passed through a prism
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| Specious (Adj) | Seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)
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| Soporific (Adj) | Sleep-Causing; marked by sleepiness
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| Solicitous (Adj) | Worried; Concerned
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| Skeptic (N) | Doubter; Person who suspends judgement until having examined the evidence supporting a point of view
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| Shard (N) | Fragment; Generally of pottery
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| Secrete (V) | Hide Away/ cache; produce and release a substance
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| Savor (V) | Enjoy; Have a distinctive flavor; smell/quality
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| Saturate (V) | Satisfy fully
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| sanction (v) | approve; ratify
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| Salubrious (adj) | Healthful
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| Sage (N) | Person celebrated for wisdom
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| Reverent (Adj) | Respectful; Worshipful
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| Reticent (Adj) | Reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence
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| Resolve (N) | Determination; Firmness of purpose
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| Resolution (N) | Determination
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| Rescind (V) | Cancel
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| Repudiate (v) | disown; disavow
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| Reprobate (N) | Person hardened in sin; devoid of a sense of decency
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| Reproach (v) | express disapproval or disappointment
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| Relegate (v) | Banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
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| Refute (v); | Disapprove
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| Refractory (adj) | stubborn; unmanageable
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| recondite (adj) | abstruse; profound; secret
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| recluse (n) | hermit; loner
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| recant (v) | disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement
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| Recalcitrant (adj) | obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly
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| rarefied (adj) | made less dense (of gas)
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| Quiescent (adj) | at rest; dormant; temporarily
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| Quibble (N) | Minor objection or complaint
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| Qualified (adj) | limited; restricted
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| pungent (adj) | stinging; sharp in taste or smell
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| proscribe (V) | ostracize; banish; outlaw; prohibit; forbid; disallow; interdict; nix; veto
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| Propriety (N) | Fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper
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| Propitiate (v) | Appease; Conciliate; Make peaceful
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| Propensity (N) | Natural inclination; penchant
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| Proliferate (V) | grow rapidly; spread; multiply
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| Prohibitive (adj) | Tending to prevent the purchase or use something; inclined to prevent/ forbid
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| Profound (adj) | Deep; not superficial, complete
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| Problematic (adj) | Doubtful; Unsettled; Questionable perplexing
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| Probity (n) | Uprightness; incorruptibility; honesty
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| Pristine (adj) | Characteristic of earlier times; primitive unspoiled
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| Prevaricate (v) | Lie; Hide the truth bu equivocating; beat around the bush; belie
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| Presumptuous (adj) | arrogant; taking liberties
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| precursor (n) | forerunner; predecessor
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| Precipitate (adj) | rash; premature; hasty; sudden
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| precarious (adj) | uncertain; risky; unsafe; lacking in stability
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| preamble (n) | introductory statement; preface; prelude
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| Pragmatic (adj) | practical (as opposed to idealistic) concerned with the practical worth or impact of something
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| Porous (adj) | full of pores; like a sieve; permeable
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| Plummet (v) | fall sharply; fall straight down; collapse
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| plethora (n) | excess; overabundance
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| platitude (n) | trite remark; commonplace statement
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| plasticity (n) | ability to be molded; elasticity; flexibility; malleability; mobility
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| placate (V) | pacify; conciliate
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| piety (n) | devoutness; reverence for god
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| phlegmatic (adj) | calm; not easily disturbed; unemotional
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| pervasive (adj) | spread throughout; universal; wide spread
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| perfunctory (adj) | superficial; not through; lacking interest; care or enthusiasm
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| perfidious (adj) | Treacherous; disloyal
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| perennial (n) | something long-lasting; recurrent; repeated
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| penury (n) | sever poverty; stinginess; very poor
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| penchant (n) | strong inclination; liking
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| pedantic (adj) | showing off learning; bookish; academic
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| paucity (n) | scarcity; dearth; smallness of quantity; insufficient quantity or number
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| pathological (adj) | pertaining to disease
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| partisan (adj) | one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
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| paragon (n) | model of perfection
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| ostentatious (adj) | showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
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| oscillate (v) | vibrate pendulum-like; waver
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| opprobrium (n) | infamy; vilification (slander); disgrace arising from shameful conduct; shameful; infamous
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| onerous (adj) | burdensome; difficult; arduous; not easily borne; taxing
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| officious (adj) | meddlesome excessively pushy in offering one's service
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| occlude (adj) | shut; close; obstruct
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| obviate (v) | make unnecessary; get rid of; avert; avoid eliminate; ward off
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| obsequious (adj) | slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic; boot-licking; fawning; toadyism
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| obdurate (adj) | stubborn; refusing to change one's belief
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| neophyte (n) | recent convert; beginner; new member of a religious group; fledgling; freshman; newbie; newcomer; starter
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| negate (N) | cancel out; nullify; deny; cause to have no effect; neutralize; belie
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| mundane (adj) | worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday; of the ordinary; routine; unremarkable; workday
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| morose (adj) | ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
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| mollify(v) | soothe an angry person; make less rigid; softer; appease; assuage; conciliate; gentle; placate; pacify
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| mitigate(v) | lessen in intensity; moderate; appease; extenuate; palliate
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| Misanthrope (n) | one who hates mankind
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| meticulous (adj) | excessively careful; painstaking
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| metamorphosis (n) | change of form; ex: metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly
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| mendacious (adj) | lying; habitually dishonest; naturally untrue
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| maverick (n) | rebel; nonconformist; irregular; unorthodox; someone exhibiting great independence; independent in behavior/ thought
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| malleable (adj) | capable of being shaped by pounding impressionable; pliable; easily controlled; tractable
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| malingerer (n) | one who finds illness to escape duty.
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| magnanimity (n) | generosity; magnanimous; generous; largess; open handedness
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| luminous (adj) | shining; issuing light; aglow; lambent; lucent
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| lucid (adj) | easily understood; clear; intelligible; transparently clear; crystal clear; limpid
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| loquacious (adj) | talkative; chatty; gabby; garrulous; talkative; talky
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| log (n) | record of voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activity
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| Levity (n) | lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner; silliness; funniness; facetiousness
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| levee (n) | Earthen or stone embankment to prevent river from overflow pier providing landing place on river
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| lethargic (adj) | drowsy; dull; lazy; sluggishness
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| Laud (v) | praise; extol; glorify or honor
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| Latent (adj) | potential but underdeveloped; dormant; hidden
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| lassitude (n) | languor; weariness; listlessness
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| laconic (adj) | brief and to the point; using few words; concise; expressing much in few words
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| itinerary (n) | plan of trip; record of trip; a proposed route of travel; a guidebook for travelers
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| irresolute (adj) | uncertain how to act; weak; doubtful
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| irascible (adj) | irritable; easily angered; hot-tempered; hot-headed;
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| invective (n) | abuse; vehement/ violent denunciation; insulting/ abusive word/ expression
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| inured(adj) | accustomed; hardened
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| inundate (v) | overwhelm; flood; cover; complete; submerge
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| intransigence (n) | refusal of any compromise; stubbornness;
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| intractable (adj) | unruly; stubborn; unyielding; difficult to manage
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| insularity - n | narrow-mindedness; isolation; detached
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| insinuate - v | hint; imply; creep in; introduce/ insert oneself by artful means
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| insensible - adj | unconscious; unresponsive; insensitive; unaware; imperceptible
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| innocuous - adj | harmless
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| inherent - adj | firmly established by nature or habit; intrinsic; always present in here; inherent; characters; basic
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| ingenuous - adj | naive & trusting; young; unsophisticated
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| inert - adj | inactive; lacking power to move
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| indolent - adj | lazy
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| indigence - n | poverty; a state of extreme poverty
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| indeterminate - adj | uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite; not clear; vague
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| incorporate - v | introduce into a larger whole; combine; unite; embody; form a corporation
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| inconsequential - adj | insignificant; unimportant; casual; of little or no importance
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| incongruity - n | lack of harmony; absurdity; inappropriate; discrepancy; inconsistency; mismatch; difference;
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| inchoate - adj | recently begun; rudimentary; elementary
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| inadvertently - adv | unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly; unknowingly
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| implode - v | burst inward
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| implicit - adj | implied; unquestioning & complete; understood but not stated; tacit
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| implacable - adj | incapable of being pacified merciless; cruel
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| impervious - adj | impenetrable; incapable of being damaged; distressed; unable to penetrate; immune
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| imperturbable - adj | unshakably calm; placid;
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| impermeable - adj | impervious; not permitting passage though it's substance; impossible to permeate
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| impede - v | hide; retard or obstruct the progress of; block
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| impassive - adj | without feeling; expressionless; imperturbable; poker-faced; inexpressive; apathy; apathetic
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| impair - v | injure; hurt; damage; make worse or less effective
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| immutable - adj | unchangeable; changeless; abiding; constant; fixed; immovable; inflexible
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| idolatry - n | worship of idols; excessive admiration or devotion
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| iconoclastic - adj | attacking cherished traditions; one who attacks traditional ideas
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| hyperbole - n | exaggeration; overstatement; extravagant
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| homogeneous - adj | of the same kind; uniform composition through out
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| harangue - n | long; passionate and vehement speech
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| gullible - adj | easily deceived or cheated; naive and easily deceived or tricked
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| guileless - adj | without deceit; sincere; honest; straight forward; frank
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| gregarious - adj | sociable (of an animal); tending to form a group; living in flocks or herds
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| grandiloquent - adj | pompous; bombastic; using high sounding language
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| Gouge - v | overcharge
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| Goad - v | Urge on; cause to do something by continued annoyance; bully
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| garrulous - adj | loquacious; wordy talkative;full of trivial conversation
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| gainsay - v | deny; dispute or contradict; to speak or act against
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| Futile - adj | useless; hopeless; ineffectual; in-vain
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| Frugality - n | thrift; economy; carefulness; conservation
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| forestall - v | prevent by taking action in advance; anticipate
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| Foment - v | stir-up; instigate; abet; incite; agitate; promote the growth of (something evil/unpleasant)
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| Flout - v | reject; mock; disregards; violates
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| fledgling - adj | inexperienced; young; new; tyro; beginner; freshman
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| flag - v | droop; grow feeble; to sag; bend; hang down; as from weakness; exhaustion; lack of support; fail; lose spirit or courage; sink
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| Fervor - n | glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
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| Felicitous - adj | suitably expressed; well chosen
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| fawning - adj | courting favor by cringing & flattering; attempting to win favor by flattery
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| fatuous - adj | foolish; inane; unreal; illusory; silly; idiotic; absurd; stupid
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| fallacious - adj | false; misleading; wrong
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| facilitate - v | help bring about; makes less difficult; make easier; alleviate
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| facetious - adj | joking; humorous
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| extrapolation - n | projection; conjecture; assumption; calculation of the value of a function; out side of the range
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| exigency - n | urgent situation; emergency
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| exculpate - v | clear from blame; forgive; pardon; condone
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| exacerbate - v | worsen; embitter
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| euphemism - n | mild expression in place of an unpleasant one; pomposity; grandiloquence
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| eulogy - n | expression of praise; often on the occasion of someone's death
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| esoteric - adj | hard to understand; known only to chosen few; mysterious
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| erudite - adj | learned; scholarly; well-educated; cultured
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| equivocate - v | lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
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| equanimity - n | calmness of temperament; composure; coolness
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| ephemeral - adj | short-lived; fleeting; momentary; passing
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| enhance - v | increase; improve; add to; adorn; amplify; reinforce; raise
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| engender - v | cause; produce
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| enervate - v | weaken; tire; wear out
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| endemic - adj | prevailing among a specific group of people or in specific area or country; native; local; regional
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| emulate - v | imitate; rival; try to excel; make like; compete
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| empirical - adj | based on experience; practical
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| embellish - v | adorn; ornament; enhance as a story; make beautiful
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| elicit - v | draw out by discussion; delineate
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| elegy - n | poem or song expressing lamentation; dirge
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| effrontery - n | shameless; boldness; barefaced; audacity
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| efficacy - n | power to produce desired effect; efficiency; productiveness
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| eclectic - adj | selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
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| ebullient - adj | showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
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| dupe - n | someone easily fooled
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| dormant - adj | sleeping; lethargic; latent
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| dogmatic - adj | opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal; bullheaded
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| Document - v | provide written evidence; archive; record
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| divest - v | strip; deprive; remove
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| diverge - v | vary; go in different direction from the same point; branch; branch off; depart; deviate; split
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| distill - v | pure; concentrate
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| distend - v | expand; swell out; bulge;
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| dissonance - n | discord; unharmonious; cacophony
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| dissolution - n | disintegration; looseness in morals
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| disseminate - v | distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)
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| dissemble - v | disguise; pretend; hide from natural
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| disparate - adj | basically different; unrelated
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| disparage - v | belittle; express negative opinion
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| dismiss - v | eliminate from consideration; reject
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| disjointed - adj | disconnected; lacking orderly continuity
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| disinterested - adj | unprejudiced; free from bias; not interested; free from self interest
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| disingenuous - adj | not naive; sophisticated; wordy wise
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| discrete - adj | separate; unconnected; distinct
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| discrepancy - n | lack of consistency; difference
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| discredit - v | defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve
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| discordant - adj | not harmonious; conflicting
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| discerning - adj | mentally quick & observant; having insight; perceptive; able to make good judgement; discriminating
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| disabuse - v | correct a false impression; undeceive
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| dirge - n | lament with music; funeral song
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| Digression - n | wandering away from the subject
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| Diffuse - adj | wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas); verbose; disperse
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| Diffidence - n | shyness; lack of self-confidence; timidity
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| Dichotomy - N | split; branching into two parts
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| Diatribe - n | bitter scolding; invective; denunciation; abuse
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| Deterrent - n | something that discourages; hindrance
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| Desultory - adj | aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
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| Desiccate - v | Dry up; lose water/ moisture; dehydrated
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| Connoisseur - n | Person competent to act as a judge of art; a lover of an art
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| Derivative | Unoriginal; banal; obtained from another source
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| Deride - v | Ridicule; make fun of; treat with contempt
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| Contempt | Dishonor; Worthless
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| Denigrate - v | Blacken; defame; slander; malign
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| Delineate - v | Portray; depict; Sketch; describe; outline
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| Deference - N | Courteous regard for another's wish; Respect
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| Default | Failure to act
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| Decorum | Propriety; Appropriateness; Orderliness & good taste in manners
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| Daunt (v) | Intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten
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| Craven - n | Cowardly; Fearful
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| Convoluted - adj | Coiled around; involved; intricate; complicate; complex
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| Converge | Approach; Tend to meet; come together
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| Conundrum - n | Riddle; Difficult problem
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| Contentious - adj | Quarrelsome; Controversial; Likely to cause arguments
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| Contention - N | Claim; Thesis; Struggling; Competition; Assertion
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| Confound - v | Confuse; Puzzle
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| Condone | Overlook; Forgive; Give tacit approval; excuse; condone; pardon
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| Conciliatory - adj | Reconciling; Soothing; Win the friendly feeling; placate
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| Compliant | Yielding; conforming to requirements
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| Complaisant | Trying to Please; Obliging; willing to please others
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| Compendium | Brief; Comprehensive summary
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| Commensurate | Equal in extent; of the same size
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| Cogent | Convincing
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| Coda | Concluding section of a musical/ literary composition; finale
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| Coagulate | Thicken; congeal; clot
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| Chicanery | Trickery; Deception
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| Caustic | Burning; Sarcastically biting
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| Catalyst | Agent that brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected & unchanged
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| Castigation | Punishment; Severe criticism; Sensitive even to mild criticism
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| Capricious - adj | Unpredictable; Fickle
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| Cacophonous | Discordant; Inharmonious
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| Buttress | Support; Prop up
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| Burnish | Make shiny by rubbing; polish
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| Burgeon | Grow forth; send out buds
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| Boorish | Rude; Insensitive; Ill mannered
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| Bombastic | Pompous; using inflated language; Puffer up with conceit; big-talking
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| Bolster | Support; Reinforce; Long pillow; Strengthen
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| Beneficent - adj | Kindly; Doing good
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| Belie | Contradict; Give a false impression
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| Banal | Unoriginal; Hackneyed; Commonplaces; Trite
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| Aver | State confidently; Affirm; say; verify
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| Autonomous | Self-governing
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| Austere | Forbidding stern; severely simple & UN-ornamented
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| Audacious | Daring; Bold
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| Attenuate | Make thin; weaken; faded
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| Assuage | Ease/ Lessen (pain); Satisfy (hunger); Sooth(anger); Abate
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| Assiduous | Diligent; Cause to become homogeneous; hard-working
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| Ascetic | Practicing self-denial; Austere; avoiding physical pleasure & comforts
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| Artless | without guile; open & honest
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| Arduous | Hard Strenuous
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| Appropriate | Acquire; Allocate
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| Approbation | Approval
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| Apprise | Inform; Increase the value of appreciate; notify; give notice
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| Appease | Pacify soothe; relieve; gentle; placate
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| Apathy | Lack of caring; Indifference
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| Antipathy | Aversion; Dislike
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| Anomalous | Abnormal; Irregular
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| Anarchy | Absence of governing body, State of disorder
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| Analogous | Comparable; Similar; Correspondent
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| Anachronism | Misplaced in time
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| Ameliorate | Improve; Get Better
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| Ambivalence | Contradictory/ Conflicting emotional attitudes
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| Ambiguous | Unclear or doubtful in meaning having more than one interpretation
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| Amalgamate | Combine; Unite in one body
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| Alleviate | Relieve; Ease; Facilitate
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| Alacrity | Cheerful promptness; eagerness smartness
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| Aggregate | Gather; Accumulate; sum; total; the whole amount
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| Aesthetic | Artistic; Beautiful
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| Adulterate | Corrupt; Debase; Make impure by adding a inferior substance
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| Admonish | Warn or speak with gentle disapproval/ discourage
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| Abstemious | Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate; a light eater
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| Abscond | Depart secretly & hide; run away; usually includes taking something or somebody with
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| Abeyance | Temporary suspensions
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| Aberrant | Different; abnormal; deviant
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| Abate | To reduce in amount; subside or moderate; put to an end
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| Prodigal | Wasteful; Reckless with money; profuse
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| Contrite | Penitent; Repentant
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
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