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| abate | v. subside; decrease, lessen
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| abridge | v. condense or shorten
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| abstemious | adj. sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
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| abstract | adj. theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
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| abstruse | adj. obscure; profound; difficult to understand
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| accessible | adj. easy to approach; obtainable
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| acclaim | v. applaud; announce with great approval
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| accolade | n. award of merit
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| acknowledge | v. recognize; admit
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| acquiesce | v. assent; agree without protesting
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| acrid | adj. sharp; bitterly pungent
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| acrimonious | adj. bitter in words or manner
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| adulation | n. flattery; admiration
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| adversary | n. opponent
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| adversity | n. unfavorable fortune; hardship; a calamitous event
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| advocate | v. urge; plead for
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| aesthetic | adj. artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful
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| affable | adj. easily approachable; warmly friendly
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| affirmation | n. positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
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| aggregate | v.gather; accumulate
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| alleviate | v. relieve
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| aloof | adj. apart; reserved
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| altruistic | adj. unselfishly generous; concerned for others
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| ambiguous | adj. unclear or doubtful in meaning
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| ambivalence | n. state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
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| amorphous | adj. formless; lacking shape or definition
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| anachronistic | adj. having an error involving time in a story
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| analogous | adj. comparable
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| anarchist | n. person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority
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| anecdote | n. short account of an amusing or interesting event
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| animosity | n. active enmity
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| anomaly | n. irregularity
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| antagonism | n. hostility; active resistance
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| antediluvian | adj. antiquated; extremely ancient
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| antidote | n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease
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| antipathy | n. aversion; dislike
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| antiquated | adj. old-fashioned; obsolete
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| apathy | n. lack of caring; indifference
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| apocryphal | adj. untrue; made up
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| appease | v. pacify or soothe; relieve
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| apprehension | n. fear
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| arable | adj. fit for growing crops
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| arbitrary | adj. capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical
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| archaic | adj. antiquated
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| ardent | adj. intense; passionate; zealous
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| authoritarian | adj. subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will
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| autonomous | adj. self-governing
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| avarice | n. greediness for wealth
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| aversion | n. firm dislike
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| avert | v. prevent; turn away
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| beguile | v. mislead or delude; pass time
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| belie | v. contradict; give a false impression
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| benevolent | adj. generous; charitable
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| bequeath | v. leave to someone by a will; hand down
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| bleak | adj. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
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| blighted | adj. suffering from a disease; destroyed
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| bolster | v. support; reinforce
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| braggart | n. boaster
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| brevity | n. conciseness
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| buttress | v. support; prop up
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| cacophonous | adj. discordant; inharmonious
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| cajole | v. coax; wheedle
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| calculated | adj. deliberately planned; likely
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| candor | n. frankness; open honesty
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| capricious | adj. unpredictable; fickle; fanciful
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| carping | adj. finding fault
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| censorious | adj. critical
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| censure | v. blame; criticize
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| certitude | n. certainty
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| charlatan | n. quack; pretender to knowledge
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| circumlocution | n. indirect or roundabout expression
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| cliche | n. phrase dulled in meaning by repetition
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| coalesce | v. combine; fuse
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| coercion | n. use of force to get someone to obey
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| colloquial | adj. pertaining to conversational or common speech
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| combustible | adj. easily burned
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| commemorate | v. honor the memory of
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| compile | v. assemble; gather; accumulate
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| complacency | n. self-satisfaction; smugness
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| complementary | adj. serving to complete something
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| compliance | n. readiness to yield; conformity in fulfilling requirements
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| composure | n. mental calmness
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| comprehensive | adj. thorough; inclusive
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| concede | v. admit; yield
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| conciliatory | adj. reconciling; soothing
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| concise | adj. brief and compact
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| concur | v. agree
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| condone | v. overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
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| conflagration | n. great fire
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| confluence | n. flowing together; crowd
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| confound | v. confuse; puzzle
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| conjecture | v. surmise; guess
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| consensus | n. general agreement
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| constraint | n. compulsion; repression of feelings
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| contend | v. struggle; compete; assert earnestly
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| contentious | adj. quarrelsome
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| contract | v. compress or shrink; make a pledge; catch a disease
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| converge | v. approach; tend to meet; come together
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| conviction | n. judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
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| cordial | adj. gracious; heartfelt
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| corroborate | v. confirm; support
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| corrode | v. destroy by chemical action
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| corrugated | adj. wrinkled; ridged
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| credulity | n. belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete
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| criterion | n. standard used in judging
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| cryptic | adj. mysterious; hidden; secret
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| culpable | adj. deserving blame
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| cursory | adj. casual; hastily done
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| curtail | v. shorten; reduce
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| debilitate | v. weaken; enfeeble
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| debunk | v. expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc; ridicule
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| decorum | n. propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
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| deference | n. courteous regard for another's wish
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| degradation | n. humiliation; debasement; degeneration
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| dehydrate | v. remove water from; dry out
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| deleterious | adj. harmful
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| delineate | v. portray; depict; sketch
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| denounce | v. condemn; criticize
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| deplore | v. regret; disapprove of
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| depose | v. dethrone; remove from office
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| depravity | n. extreme corruption; wickedness
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| deprecate | v. express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
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| deride | v. ridicule; make fun of
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| derivative | adj. unoriginal; derived from another source
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| desiccate | v. dry up
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| despondent | adj. depressed; gloomy
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| detached | adj. emotionally removed; calm and objective; physically unconnected
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| deterrent | n. something that discourages; hindrance
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| detrimental | adj. harmful; damaging
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| devious | adj. roundabout; erratic; not straightforward
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| devise | v. think up; invent; plan
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| diffidence | n. shyness
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| diffuse | adj. wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
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| digression | n. wandering away from the subject
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| dilatory | adj. delaying
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| diligence | n. steadiness of effort; persistent hard work
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| diminution | n. lessening; reduction in size
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| discerning | adj. mentally quick and observant; having insight
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| disclose | v. reveal
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| discordant | adj. not harmonious; conflicting
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| discount | v. disregard; dismiss
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| discourse | n. formal discussion; conversation
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| discrepancy | n. lack of consistency; difference
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| discriminating | adj. able to see differences; prejudiced
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| disdain | v. view with scorn or contempt
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| disinclination | n. unwillingness
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| dismiss | v. put away from consideration; reject
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| disparage | v. belittle
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| disparity | n. difference; condition of inequality
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| disperse | v. scatter
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| disputatious | adj. argumentative
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| disseminate | v. distribute; spread; scatter(like seeds)
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| dissent | v. disagree
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| distend | v. expand; swell out
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| divergent | adj. differing; deviating
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| doctrine | n. teachings, in general; particular principle
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| document | v. provide written evidence
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| dogmatic | adj. opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
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| dubious | adj. questionable; filled with doubt
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| dupe | n. someone easily fooled
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| duplicity | n. double-dealing; hypocrisy
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| ebullient | adj. showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
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| eclectic | adj. composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
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| edify | v. instruct; correct morally
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| efface | v. rub out
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| effervescence | n. inner excitement or exuberance; bubbling from fermentation or carbonation
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| egotistical | adj. excessively self-centered; self-important; conceited
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| elated | adj. overjoyed; in high spirits
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| elegy | n. poem or song expressing lamentation
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| elicit | v. draw out by discussion
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| eloquence | n. expressiveness; persuasive speech
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| elucidate | v. explain; enlighten
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| emaciated | adj. thin and wasted
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| embellish | v. adorn; ornament
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| emend | v. correct; correct by a critic
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| emulate | v. imitate; rival
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| endorse | v. approve; support
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| enhance | v. increase; improve
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| enigma | n. puzzle; mystery
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| enmity | n. ill will; hatred
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| ephemeral | adj. short-lived; fleeting
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| equanimity | n. calmness of temperament; composure
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| equitable | adj. fair; impartial
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| equivocal | adj. ambiguous; intentionally misleading
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| erroneous | adj. mistaken; wrong
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| erudite | adj. learned; scholarly
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| esoteric | adj. hard to understand; known only to the chosen few
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| eulogy | n. expression of praise, often of the occasion of someone's death
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| euphemism | n. mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
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| evanescent | adj. fleeting; vanishing
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| exacerbate | v. worsen; embitter
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| exalt | v. raise in rank or dignity; praise
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| excerpt | n. selected passage (written or musical)
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| execute | v. put into effect; carry out
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| exemplary | adj. serving as a model; outstanding
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| exemplify | v. serve as an example of; embody
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| exhaustive | adj. thorough; comprehensive
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| exhilarating | adj. invigorating and refreshing; cheering
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| exonerate | v. acquit; exculpate
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| expedient | adj. suitable; practical; politic
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| expedite | v. hasten
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| explicit | adj. totally clear; definite; outspoken
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| exploit | v. make use of, sometimes unjustly
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| extol | v. praise; glorify
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| extraneous | adj. not essential; superfluous
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| extricate | v. free; disentangle
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| exuberance | n. overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm
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| facilitate | v. help bring about; make less difficult
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| fallacious | adj. false; misleading
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| fallow | adj. plowed but not sowed; uncultivated
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| falter | v. hesitate
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| fanaticism | n. excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
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| fastidious | adj. difficult to please; squeamish
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| fitful | adj. spasmodic; intermittent
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| flagrant | adj. conspicuously wicked; blatant; outrageous
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| florid | adj. ruddy; reddish; flowery
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| foolhardy | adj. rash
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| frivolous | adj. lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree; relatively unimportant
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| frugality | n. thrift; economy
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| furtive | adj. stealthy; sneaky
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| garrulous | adj. loquacious; wordy; talkative
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| glacial | adj. like a glacier; extremely cold
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| glutton | n. someone who eats too much
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| gratify | v. please
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| gratuitous | adj. given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for
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| gravity | n. seriousness
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| gregarious | adj. sociable
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| guile | n. deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning
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| gullible | adj. easily deceived
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| hackneyed | adj. commonplace; trite
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| hamper | v. obstruct
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| hardy | adj. sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather
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| haughtiness | n. pride; arrogance
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| hedonist | n. one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
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| heresy | n. opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
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| hierarchy | n. arrangement by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks
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| homogeneous | adj. of the same kind
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| hypocritical | adj. pretending to be virtuous; deceiving
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| hypothetical | adj. based on assumptions or hypotheses; supposed
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| iconoclastic | adj. attacking cherished traditions
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| idiosyncrasy | n. individual trait, usually odd in nature; eccentricity
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| ignominy | n. deep disgrace; shame or dishonor
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| illicit | adj. illegal
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| illusory | adj. deceptive; not real
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| immutable | adj. unchangeable
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| impair | v. injure; hurt
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| impeccable | adj. faultless
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| impecunious | adj. without money
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| impede | v. hinder; block; delay
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| implausible | adj. unlikely; unbelievable
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| implement | v. put into effect; supply with tools
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| impregnable | adj. invulnerable
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| impudence | n. impertinence; insolence
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| inadvertently | adv. unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly
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| inane | adj. silly; senseless
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| incidental | adj. not essential; minor
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| incisive | adj. cutting; sharp
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| incite | v. arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist
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| inclusive | adj. tending to include all
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| incongruous | adj. not fitting; absurd
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| inconsequential | adj. insignificant; unimportant
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| incontrovertible | adj. indisputable; not open to question
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| incorrigible | adj. not correctable
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| indefatigable | adj. tireless
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| indict | v. charge
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| indifferent | adj. unmoved or unconcerned; mediocre
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| indiscriminate | adj. choosing at random; confused
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| indolent | adj. lazy
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| induce | v. persuade; bring about
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| ineffable | adj. unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech
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| inert | adj. inactive; lacking power to move
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| inexorable | adj. relentless; unyielding; implacable
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| ingenious | adj. clever; resourceful
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| inherent | adj. firmly established by nature or habit
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| innate | adj. inborn
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| innocuous | adj. harmless
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| innovation | n. change; introduction of something new
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| insipid | adj. lacking in flavor; dull
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| insolvent | adj. bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts
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| instigate | v. urge; start; provoke
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| insularity | n. narrow-mindedness; isolation
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| insuperable | adj. insurmountable; unbeatable
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| integrity | n. uprightness; wholeness
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| intervene | v. come between
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| intimidate | v. frighten
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| intractable | adj. unruly; stubborn; unyielding
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| intrepid | adj. fearless
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| inundate | v. overwhelm; flood; submerge
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| invert | v. turn upside down or inside out
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| ironic | adj. resulting in an unexpected and contrary outcome
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| irreproachable | adj. blameless; impeccable
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| jocular | adj. said or done in jest
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| labyrinth | n. maze
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| laconic | adj. brief and to the point
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| laggard | adj. slow; sluggish
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| lament | v. grieve; express sorrow
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| lampoon | v. ridicule
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| lassitude | n. languor; weariness
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| laud | v. praise
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| lavish | adj. generous; openhanded; extravagant; wasteful
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| lethargic | adj. drowsy; dull
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| levity | n. lack of seriousness; lightness
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| linger | v. loiter or dawdle; continue or persist
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| listless | adj. lacking in spirit or energy
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| lithe | adj. flexible; supple
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| lofty | adj. very high
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| lurid | adj. wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome
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| luxuriant | adj. abundant; rich and splendid; fertile
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| malicious | adj. hateful; spiteful
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| marred | adj. damaged; disfigured
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| materialism | n. preoccupation with physical comforts and things
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| meander | v. wind or turn in its course
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| mercenary | adj. interested in money or gain
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| mercurial | adj. capricious; changing; fickle
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| methodical | adj. systematic
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| meticulous | adj. excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous
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| mirth | n. merriment; laughter
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| misanthrope | n. one who hates mankind
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| miserly | adj. stingy; mean
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| misnomer | n. wrong name; incorrect designation
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| mitigate | v. appease; moderate
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| mollify | v. soothe
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| morose | adj. ill-humored; sullen; melancholy
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| mosaic | n. picture made of colorful small inlaid tiles
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| mundane | adj. worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
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| munificent | adj. very generous
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| nefarious | adj. very wicked
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| negate | v. cancel out; nullify; deny
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| nonchalance | n. indifference; lack of concern; composure
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| notoriety | n. disrepute; ill fame
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| novelty | n. something new; newness
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| nuance | n. shade of difference in meaning or color; subtle distinction
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| nurture | v. nourish; educate; foster
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| obdurate | adj. stubborn
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| obliterate | v. destroy completely
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| oblivion | n. obscurity; forgetfulness
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| obscure | v. darken; make unclear
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| obstinate | adj. stubborn; hard to control or treat
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| odious | adj. hateful; vile
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| ominous | adj. threatening
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| opaque | adj. dark; not transparent
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| opportunist | n. individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances
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| optimist | n. person who looks on the good side
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| opulence | n. extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
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| orator | n. public speaker
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| ornate | adj. excessively or elaborately decorated
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| ostentatious | adj. showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention
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| pacifist | n. one opposed to force; antimilitarist
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| pariah | n. social outcast
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| parody | n. humorous imitation; spoof; takeoff; travesty
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| parsimony | n. stinginess; excessive frugality
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| partisan | adj. one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
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| paucity | n. scarcity
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| penury | n. severe poverty; stinginess
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| perfunctory | adj. superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm
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| peripheral | adj. marginal; outer
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| pernicious | adj. very destructive
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| perpetuate | v. make something last; preserve from extinction
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| pervasive | adj. pervading; spread throughout every part
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| pessimism | n. belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess
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| phenomena | n. observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation
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| philanthropist | n. lover of mankind; doer of good
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| piety | n. religious devotion; godliness
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| pitfall | n. hidden danger; concealed trap
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| pithy | adj. concise; meaningful; substantial; meaty
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| placate | v. pacify; conciliate
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| polemical | adj. aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious
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| ponderous | adj. weighty; unwieldy
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| pragmatic | adj. practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something
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| prattle | v. babble
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| precarious | adj. uncertain; risky
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| preclude | v. make impossible; eliminate
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| precocious | adj. advanced in development
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| predator | n. creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who robs or exploits others
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| predecessor | n. former occupant of a post
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| presumptuous | adj. overconfident; impertinently bold; taking liberties
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| pretentious | adj. ostentatious; pompous; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
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| prevalent | adj. widespread; generally accepted
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| prodigal | adj. wasteful; reckless with money
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| profane | v. violate; desecrate; treat unworthily
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| profligate | adj. dissipated; wasteful; wildly immoral
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| profound | adj. deep; not superficial; complete
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| profusion | n. overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess
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| proliferation | n. rapid growth; spread; multiplication
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| prolific | adj. abundantly fruitful
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| provincial | adj. pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
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| proximity | n. nearness
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| prudent | adj. cautious; careful
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| quagmire | n. soft, wet, boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself
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| qualified | adj. limited; restricted
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| quandary | n. dilemma
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| quell | v. extinguish; put down; quiet
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| querulous | adj. fretful; whining
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| quiescent | adj. at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
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| ramble | v. wander aimlessly (physically or mentally)
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| rancor | n. bitterness; hatred
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| rant | v. rave; talk excitedly; scold; make a grandiloquent speech
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| ratify | v. approve formally; confirm; verify
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| raucous | adj. harsh and shrill; disorderly and boisterous
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| ravenous | adj. extremely hungry
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| raze | v. destroy completely
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| rebuttal | n. refutation; response with contrary evidence
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| recant | v. disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error
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| recluse | n. hermit; loner
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| recount | v. narrate or tell; count over again
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| rectify | v. set right; correct
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| redundant | adj. superfluous; repetitious; excessively wordy
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| refute | v. disprove
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| relegate | v. banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
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| remission | n. temporary moderation of disease symptoms; cancellation of a debt; forgiveness or pardon
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| remorse | n. guilt; self-reproach
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| renounce | v. abandon; disown; repudiate
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| repel | v. drive away; disgust
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| replete | adj. filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied
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| reprehensible | adj. deserving blame
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| reprimand | v. reprove severely; rebuke
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| reprove | v. censure; rebuke
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| repudiate | v. disown; disavow
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| repugnant | adj. loathsome; hateful
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| rescind | v. cancel
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| reserve | n. self-control; formal but distant manner
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| resigned | adj. accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive
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| resolution | n. determination; resolve
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| resolve | n. determination; firmness of purpose
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| respite | n. interval of relief; time for rest; delay in punishment
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| resplendent | adj. dazzling; glorious; brilliant
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| restraint | n. moderation or self-control; controlling force; restriction
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| reticence | n. reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to silence
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| retract | v. withdraw; take back
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| reverent | adj. respectful; worshipful
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| rhetorical | adj. pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language
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| rigor | n. severity
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| robust | adj. vigorous; strong
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| sage | n. person celebrated for wisdom
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| sanction | v. approve; ratify
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| satirical | adj. mocking
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| saturate | v. soak thoroughly
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| savory | adj. tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable
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| scanty | adj. meager; insufficient
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| scrupulous | adj. conscientious; extremely thorough
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| scrutinize | v. examine closely and critically
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| seclusion | n. isolation; solitude
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| sedentary | adj. requiring sitting
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| servile | adj. slavish; cringing
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| skeptic | n. doubter; person who suspends judgment until the evidence supporting a point of view has been examined
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| sluggish | adj. slow; lazy; lethargic
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| somber | adj. gloomy; depressing; dark; drab
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| soporific | adj. sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
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| sporadic | adj. occurring irregularly
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| spurious | adj. false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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| spurn | v. reject; scorn
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| squander | v. waste
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| stagnant | adj. motionless; stale; dull
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| static | adj. unchanging; lacking development
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| steadfast | adj. loyal; unswerving
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| stolid | adj. unruffled; impassive; dull
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| strident | adj. loud and harsh; insistent
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| stupefy | v. make numb; stun; amaze
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| submissive | adj. yielding; timid
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| subordinate | adj. occupying a lower rank; inferior; submissive
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| subside | v. settle down; descend; grow quiet
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| substantiate | v. establish by evidence; verify; support
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| succinct | adj. brief; terse; compact
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| superficial | adj. trivial; shallow
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| superfluous | adj. unnecessary; excessive; overabundant
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| supplant | v. replace; usurp
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| surfeit | v. satiate; stuff; indulge to excess in anything
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| surpass | v. exceed
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| surreptitious | adj. secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden
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| susceptible | adj. impressionable; easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
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| sustain | v. experience; support; nourish
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| sycophant | n. servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man
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| taciturn | adj. habitually silent; talking little
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| tantamount | adj. equivalent in effect or value
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| temper | v. moderate; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel)
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| tenacity | n. firmness; persistence
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| tentative | adj. hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
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| terrestrial | adj. earthly (as opposed to celestial); pertaining to the land
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| terse | adj. concise; abrupt; pithy
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| threadbare | adj. worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor
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| thrive | v. prosper; flourish
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| tirade | n. extended scolding; denunciation; harangue
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| torpor | n. lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy
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| tranquility | n. calmness; peace
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| transient | adj. momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
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| trepidation | n. fear; nervous apprehension
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| trifling | adj. trivial; unimportant
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| trite | adj. hackneyed; commonplace
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| truncate | v. cut the top off
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| turbulence | n. state of violent agitation
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| turmoil | n. great commotion and confusion
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| undermine | v. weaken; sap
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| uniformity | n. sameness; monotony
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| unkempt | adj. disheveled; uncared for in appearance
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| unprecedented | adj. novel; unparalleled
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| usurp | v. seize another's power or rank
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| vacillate | v. waver; fluctuate
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| vaporize | v. turn into vapor (steam, gas, fog, etc.)
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| venerate | v. revere
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| verbose | adj. wordy
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| viable | adj. practical or workable; capable of maintaining life
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| vigor | n. active strength
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| vilify | v. slander
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| vindicate | v. clear from blame; exonerate; justify or support
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| virtuoso | n. highly skilled artist
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| virulent | adj. extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter
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| volatile | adj. changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly
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| voluble | adj. fluent; glib; talkative
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| whimsical | adj. capricious; fanciful
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| witticism | n. witty saying; wisecrack
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| zealot | n. fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal
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| arrogance | n. pride; haughtiness
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| articulate | adj. effective; distinct
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| artifact | n. object made by human beings, either handmade or mass-produced
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| artisan | n. manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist
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| ascendancy | n. controlling influence; domination
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| ascetic | adj. practicing self-denial; austere
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| arrogance | n. pride; haughtiness
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| articulate | adj. effective; distinct
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| artifact | n. object made by human beings, either handmade or mass-produced
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| artisan | n. manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist
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| ascendancy | n. controlling influence; domination
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| ascetic | adj. practicing self-denial; austere
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| aspire | v. seek to attain; long for
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| assiduous | adj. diligent
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| augment | v. increase; add to
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| assuage | v. ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe(anger)
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| austere | adj. forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
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| astute | adj. wise; shrewd; keen
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| atrophy | v. waste away
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| attribute | v. ascribe; explain
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| audacious | adj. daring; bold
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| augment | v. increase; add to
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| elusive | adj. evasive; baffling; hard to grasp
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| fathom | v. comprehend; investigate
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| feasible | adj. practical
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| fell | v. cut or knock down
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| fervor | n. glowing ardor
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| unwarranted | adj. unjustified; groundless; undeserved
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