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WORDSV

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perennial   lasting for an indefinitely long time, continuing regularly  
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permeate   to penetrate through spaces, to spread throughout  
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persevere   to hold fast to a task or purpose  
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defer   to postpone, delay  
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dilatory   tending to delay, postpone  
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elation   excited feelings of pride, triumph, happiness  
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contend   to engage in a quarrel, struggle, or rivalry  
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subvert   to upset, overthrow, to ruin  
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subservient   excessively yielding to others  
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distort   to change something, make it false  
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retort   to reply quickly and sharply, a quick, witty, sometimes biting remark  
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adversity   hardship, misfortune  
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avert   to turn away ones eyes  
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prose   ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or rhythm  
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excerpt   a passage from a book, play, piece of music, etc.  
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exonerate   to free from blame  
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exorbitant   excessive  
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exposition   a precise statement or explanation  
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expound   to set forth an explanation or view of something in detail  
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impose   to set up, or to force something on oneself or others  
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proponent   one who argues in support of something  
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extraneous   coming from the outside, foreign, not essential or vital  
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mediocrity   the condition of being in the commonplace or ordinary  
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mediate   to act as negotiator between opposing sides  
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medium   a substance or element through which something is transmitted, a person thought to have communication with spirits of the dead  
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obsequious   excessively willing to yield to others  
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subsequent   coming after or later  
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sequester   to isolate, to go into hiding  
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coherent   showing orderly relation of parts  
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colloquial   characteristic of ordinary speech rather than formal speech or writing  
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commiserate   to feel or express sorrow or pity  
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commodious   spacious, roomy as in a house  
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contrite   thoroughly remorseful of ones sins  
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abstain   to refrain from something by ones choice  
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impertinent   impudent, rude  
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tenacity   hanging on to something persistently or stubbornly  
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aptitude   a natural talent or ability  
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inept   without skill  
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adjunct   an added part not essential to the whole  
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injunction   an authoritative command or order  
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juncture   a serious state of affairs  
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subjugate   to conquer, dominate completely  
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strait   a difficulty or bad position, a narrow passage of water  
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stringent   severy, constricted, tight  
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