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GRE Vocab
Vocab for GRE
201
English
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11/09/2011
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alacrity
 Definition
eager and enthusiastic willingness
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approbation
 Definition
an expression of approval or praise
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effrontery
 Definition
extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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enervate
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to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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ennui
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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equivocate
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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exculpate
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exonerate; to clear of blame
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exigent
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urgen; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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fulminate
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to loudly attack or denounce
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ingenuous
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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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irascible
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easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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nebulous
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vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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noxious
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harmful; injurious
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obtuse
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lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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onerous
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troubling; burdensome
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paean
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a song or hymn or praise and thanksgiving
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perfidy
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intentional breach of faith; treachery
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perfunctory
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cursory; done without care or interest
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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prattle
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to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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precipitate (adj)
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acting with excessive haste or impulse
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prescience
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foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
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prevaricate
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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive; eager
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sordid
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characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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truculent
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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veracity
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truthfulness; honesty
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virulent
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extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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avarice
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greed
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burgeon
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to grow rapidly
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bucolic
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rustic and pastoral; rural
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caustic
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burning or stinging
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chary
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wary; cautious
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cogent
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appealing to reason
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complaisance
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willingness to comply
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contrite
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penitent
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dearth
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scarcity
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demur
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to question or oppose
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disinterested
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free of bias
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ebullience
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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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emollient
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soothing
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furtive
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covert
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gregarious
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outgoing
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harangue
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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade
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impecunious
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lacking funds; without money
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incipient
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beginning to come into being
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise
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inveigle
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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morose
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sad
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odious
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invoking dislike
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penurious
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penny-pinching
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pernicious
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extremely harmful
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preen
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to dress up
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prodigious
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extraordinary
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quaff
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to drink deeply
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quiescence
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stillness
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redoubtable
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awe-inspiring
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squalid
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wretched and dirty
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torpid
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lethargic
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urbane
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sophisticated
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viscous
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thick
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aver
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to state as a fact
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evanescent
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tending to disappear like a vapor
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germane
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relevant to the subject at hand
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grandiloquence
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pompous speech
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hackneyed
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rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
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halcyon
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calm and peaceful
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impassive
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revealing no emotion
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implacable
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not capable of being appeased
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impunity
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immunity from punishment
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inchoate
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in an initial stage
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infelicitous
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unfortunate
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insipid
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without taste or flavor
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mendacity
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untruthfulness
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mitigate
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to make or become less severe or intense
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obdurate
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unyielding
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obsequious
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excessive attentiveness
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occlude
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to obstruct or block
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opprobrium
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disgrace
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penury
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poverty
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pith
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the essential or central part
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pithy
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precise or brief
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platitude
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a superficial remark
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querulous
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prone to complaining or grumbling
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recalcitrant
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defiant of authority
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salubrious
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promoting health or well-being
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specious
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seeming true but fallacious
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spurious
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lacking authenticity
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surfeit
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excess
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acerbic
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having a sour or bitter taste
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aggrandize
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to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige
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astringent
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having a tightening effect, harsh, severe
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credulous
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gullible
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desiccate
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to dry out
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garrulous
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pointlessly talkative
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glib
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marked by easy or informality, nonchalance
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immutable
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not changing
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inimical
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damaging, harmful
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intractable
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not easily managed
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intrepid
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steadfast and courageous
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laconic
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using few words
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mercurial
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rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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mollify
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to calm or soothe
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obfuscate
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to deliberately obscure
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pervade
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to permeate throughout
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phlegmatic
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calm; sluggish; unemotional
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probity
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adherence to highest principles
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proclivity
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a natural predisposition or inclination
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profligate
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excessively wasteful
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prosaic
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dull, lacking in spirit or imaginatino
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quixotic
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foolishy impractical
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quotidian
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occuring or recurring daily
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rarefy
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to make or become thin, less dense, to refine
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recondite
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hidden, concealed, difficult to understand
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refulgent
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radiant; shiny; brilliant
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sedulous
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diligent; persistent
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soporific
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causing drowsiness
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spendthrift
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one who spends money wastefully
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terse
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brief and concise
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trenchant
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sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
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unfeigned
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genuine
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vituperate
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to use harsh condemnatory language
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august (adj)
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majestic
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brook
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to tolerate, to endure
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fell (adj)
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inhumanly cruel
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grouse
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to complain and crumble
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guy
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a rope or cord
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mince (verb)
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to speak too carefully
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pied (adj)
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multicolored, usually in blotches
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pluck (noun)
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courage, spunk, fortitude
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quail (verb)
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to lose courage
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stand (noun)
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a group of trees
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steep (verb)
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to saturate or completely soak
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strut (noun)
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the supporting structural cross-part of a wing
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table (verb)
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to remove from consideration
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wag (noun)
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wit, joker
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abjure
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to renounce or reject solemnly, to avoid
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adumbrate
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to foreshadow vaguely or intimate
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anodyne
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soothing
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apotheosis
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deification, glorification
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asperity
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severity, rigor
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asseverate
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to allege, assert
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assiduous
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diligent
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bellicose
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belligerent
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calumniate
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to slander
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captious
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pointing out trivial faults
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cavil (verb)
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to find fault without good reason
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celerity
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speed
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chimera
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an illusion
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contumacious
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rebellious
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descry
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to discriminate or discern
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desuetude
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disuse
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desultory
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random, aimless
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diaphanous
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transparent
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diffident
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reserved, shy
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encomium
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glowing and enthusiastic praise
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excoriate
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to censure scathingly
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execrate
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to denounce
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expiate
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to atone or make amends
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extirpate
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to destroy
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fatuous
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silly
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gainsay
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to deny, to dispute
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imbroglio
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difficult or embarrassing situation
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ineluctable
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certain, inevitable
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insouciant (adj)
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unconcerned, carefree, heedless
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inveterate
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deep-rooted, ingrained, habitual
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jejune
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vapid, uninteresting
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lubricious
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lewd, wanton
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meretricious
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cheap, gaudy, flashy
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miniatory
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menacing, threatening
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nadir
 Definition
low point
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nonplussed
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baffled
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obstreperous
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noisily and stubbornly defiant
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ossified
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tending to become more rigid
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panegyric
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formal praise
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parsimonious
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cheap, miserly
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pellucid
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transparent
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peroration
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concluding part of a speech
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plangent
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pounding, thundering
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prolix (adj)
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long-winded
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propitiate
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to appease
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puerile
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childish
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puissance
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power, strength
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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remonstrate
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to protest, to object
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sagacious
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having sound judgment
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salacious
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lustful, lascivious, bawdy
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sanguine
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cheerful, confident
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saturnine
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gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
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sententious
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tending to moralize excessively
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stentorian
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extremely loud and powerful
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stygian
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gloomy, dark
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sycophant
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self-seeking flatterer
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tendentious
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biased
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timorous
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timid
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tyro
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novice
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vitiate
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to corrupt
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voluble
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fluent, verbal
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