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Abeyance
 Definition
state of being without owner or use
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Abnegation
 Definition
rejection; self-denial
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Abrogate
 Definition
repeal
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Abstruse
 Definition
obscure
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Adventitious
 Definition
according to chance, from outside
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Apothegm
 Definition
concise saying
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Asperity
 Definition
harshness
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Bilious
 Definition
sickly, nauseus
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Bumptious
 Definition
irritatingly proud
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Callow
 Definition
inexperienced
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Calumniate
 Definition
make defamatory statements about
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Carom
 Definition
rebound
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Carousal
 Definition
involving plenty of drink
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Carping
 Definition
complaining
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Cavil
 Definition
petty objection
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Caviler
 Definition
one raising petty objections
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Circumlocution
 Definition
indirect way of expression
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Compendious
 Definition
comprehensive and concise
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Consanguine
 Definition
related by blood
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Countenance
 Definition
admit as possible
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Descry
 Definition
catch sight of
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Desultory
 Definition
disconnected
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Diffident
 Definition
lacking self-confidence
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Dissemble
 Definition
conceal true motives
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Dissipated
 Definition
overindulging in sensual pleasures; waste away
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Dither
 Definition
be indecise
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Doleful
 Definition
mournful
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Dolor
 Definition
grief
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Dudgeon
 Definition
feeling of resentment
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Ebullient
 Definition
cheerful and full of energy
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Encomium
 Definition
praising speech
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Endogamous
 Definition
marriage within a specific social unit
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Enervate
 Definition
to reduce in strength
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Equivocal
 Definition
uncertain; open to interpretation
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Estimable
 Definition
admirable
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Esurient
 Definition
hungry and greedy
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Euphonious
 Definition
pleasing to the ear
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Excoriate
 Definition
criticize severely
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Exculpate
 Definition
prove innocent
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Fetter
 Definition
restrain
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Fey
 Definition
having clairvoyance
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Filial
 Definition
of or due of son or daughter
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Forfend
 Definition
protect; avert
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Fulsome
 Definition
overly flattering
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Gibe
 Definition
taunt
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Grandiloquent
 Definition
extravagant in language
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Harangue
 Definition
lecture critically
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Impecunious
 Definition
having no money
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Ingenuous
 Definition
naive; childlike
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Interstice
 Definition
intervening space
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Inveigh
 Definition
speak about something with hostility
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Invidious
 Definition
incurring resentment, envy in others
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Kismet
 Definition
destiny
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Loquacious
 Definition
talkative
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Lugubrious
 Definition
looking sad
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Malinger
 Definition
evading responsibility by faking illness
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Mollify
 Definition
appease
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Mordacious
 Definition
using biting sarcasm
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Mordant
 Definition
biting
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Moribund
 Definition
at the point of death
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Obdurate
 Definition
hardened; resistant to persuasion
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Objurgate
 Definition
scold
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Obloquy
 Definition
strong public criticism
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Obsequies
 Definition
funeral rites
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Obsequious
 Definition
excessively obedient; eager to please
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Obstinate
 Definition
stubborn
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Odium
 Definition
widespread hatred
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Opprobrium
 Definition
public disgrace
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Ostensible
 Definition
appearing to be true, but not so.
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Pellucid
 Definition
translucent
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Peremptory
 Definition
final; brusque
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Periphrastic
 Definition
indirect speech
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Peripatetic
 Definition
traveling from place to place
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Perfidious
 Definition
willing to betray one's trust
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Perfunctory
 Definition
indifferent, routine
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Ponderous
 Definition
slow and clumsy
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Prolix
 Definition
tediously lengthy speech
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Proselyte
 Definition
recent convert
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Propitiate
 Definition
appease, conciliate
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Pusillanimous
 Definition
timid
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Querulous
 Definition
complaining in petulant manner
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Quiescent
 Definition
motionless
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Quotidian
 Definition
mundane, ordinary
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Rapacious
 Definition
aggressively greedy
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Recapitulate
 Definition
repeat; resummarize
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Rebarbative
 Definition
unattractive; annoying
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Recidivism
 Definition
habitual re-offending
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Recreant
 Definition
coward
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Recondite
 Definition
little known
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Renitent
 Definition
unyielding
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Reprobate
 Definition
unprincipled
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Reticent
 Definition
silent; reserved
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Retrograde
 Definition
moving backwards
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Sagacious
 Definition
shrewd; wise
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Salacious
 Definition
lecherous
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Salubrious
 Definition
healthy
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Sententious
 Definition
prone to pompous moralizing
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Sepulchral
 Definition
gloomy; relating to internment
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Sidle
 Definition
sideways walking
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Simper
 Definition
coquettish smile
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Sonorous
 Definition
deep sound
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Soporific
 Definition
causing sleep
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Stolid
 Definition
unemotional
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Strident
 Definition
loud and harsh
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Stultify
 Definition
cause to lose initiative and enthusiasm
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Tendentious
 Definition
expressing particular controversial point of view
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Threnody
 Definition
lament
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Torpor
 Definition
extreme mental/physical sluggishness
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Turbid
 Definition
opaque
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Turgid
 Definition
congested; pompous
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Tyro
 Definition
novice
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Unctuous
 Definition
excessively flattering
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Venal
 Definition
susceptible to bribery
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Vitiate
 Definition
impair quality
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Vituperation
 Definition
bitter and abusive language
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