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PR Hit List 2
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General Vocab
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06/16/2011
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Abate
 Definition
To less in intensity
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Accolade
 Definition
An expression of praise
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Adulation
 Definition
Excessive praise
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Aesthetic
 Definition
Dealing with art or the beautiful
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Ameliorate
 Definition
To make better or more tolerable
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Ascetic
 Definition
One who practices rigid self-denial
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Avarice
 Definition
Greed
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Axiom
 Definition
A universally recognize principle
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Burgeon
 Definition
To grow rapidly or flourish
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Bucolic
 Definition
Rustic and pastoral
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Cacophony
 Definition
Harsh, jarring sound
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Canon
 Definition
An established set of principles or laws
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Castigation
 Definition
Severe criticism or punishment
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Catalyst
 Definition
A substance that accelerates a reaction
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Caustic
 Definition
Burning or stinging
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Chary
 Definition
Wary, cautious
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Cogent
 Definition
Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason
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Complaisance
 Definition
The willing to comply with the wishes of others
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Contentious
 Definition
Argumentative, quarrelsome
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Contrite
 Definition
Regretful, penitent
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Culpable
 Definition
Deserving blame
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Dearth
 Definition
Smallness in quantity or number
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Demur
 Definition
To question or oppose
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Didactic
 Definition
Intended to teach or instruct
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Discretion
 Definition
Cautious reserve in speech
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Disinterested
 Definition
Free of bias or self-interest
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Dogmatic
 Definition
Expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles
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Ebullience
 Definition
The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts
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Eclectic
 Definition
Composed of elements drawn from various sources
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Elegy
 Definition
A mournful poem
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Emollient
 Definition
Soothing to skin
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Empirical
 Definition
Based on observations or experiments
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Enigmatic
 Definition
Mysterious; obscure
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Ephemeral
 Definition
Brief; fleeting
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Esoteric
 Definition
Intended for or understood by a small group
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Eulogy
 Definition
A speech honoring the dead
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Exonerate
 Definition
To remove blame
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Facetious
 Definition
Playful
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Fallacy
 Definition
An invalid or incorrect notion
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Furtive
 Definition
Marked by stealth; covert
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Gregarious
 Definition
Sociable; outgoing
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Harangue
 Definition
To deliver a pompous speech or tirade
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Heretical
 Definition
Violating accepted dogma or convention
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Hyperbole
 Definition
An exaggerated statement
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Impecunious
 Definition
Lacking funds
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Incipient
 Definition
Beginning to become apparent
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Inert
 Definition
Unmoving, lethargic
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Innocuous
 Definition
Harmless, causing no damage
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Intransigent
 Definition
Refusing to compromise
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Inveigle
 Definition
To obtain by deception or flattery
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Morose
 Definition
Sad; sullen
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Odious
 Definition
Evoking intense aversion
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Opaque
 Definition
Impenetrable by light
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Oscillation
 Definition
The act of swinging back and forth
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Penurious
 Definition
Excessively thrifty
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Pernicious
 Definition
Extremely harmful
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Peruse
 Definition
To examine with great care
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Pious
 Definition
Extremely reverent or devout
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Precursor
 Definition
One that precedes
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Preen
 Definition
To dress up
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Prodigious
 Definition
Abundant in size, force or extent
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Prolific
 Definition
Producing large volumes or amounts
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Putrefy
 Definition
To rot, decay
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Quaff
 Definition
To drink deeply
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Quiescence
 Definition
Stillness; motionlessness
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Redoubtable
 Definition
Awe-inspiring, worthy of honor
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Sanction
 Definition
Authoritative permission or approval, a penalty intended to enforce compliance
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Satire
 Definition
A literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice
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Squalid
 Definition
Sordid, wretched and dirty
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Stoic
 Definition
Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain
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Supplant
 Definition
To take place of
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Torpid
 Definition
Lethargic; sluggish
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Ubiquitous
 Definition
Existing everywhere at the same time; widespread
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Urbane
 Definition
Sophisticated; refined
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Vilify
 Definition
To defame
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Viscous
 Definition
Thick; sticky
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