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10th Grade
06/02/2009
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labile
 Definition
open to change
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myopic
 Definition
lacking tolerance or understanding; narrow minded
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militate
 Definition
to have substantial effect
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mirth
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amusement or laughter
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obdurate
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stubborn; persistently impenitent
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mores
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customs
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martinet
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a strict disciplinarian
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mien
 Definition
shwoing character
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pedant
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a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning
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maudlin
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tearfully or weakly emotional
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saturnine
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gloomy sluggish and dull
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satiate
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satisfy to the full
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adjured
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to command or enjoin solemnly as under oath
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precis
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abstract summary, exact
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numismatics
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study of coins
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sardonic
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mocking
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salient
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conspicuous; pointing outward
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malinger
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pretend illness
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salubrious
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favorable to health
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obsequious
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obedient
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oblique
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not straight forward
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nadir
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the lowest point
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knell
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a bell struck slowly and solemnly
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provincial
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belonging or peculiar to some particular province
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lachrymose
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cause tears
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epicure
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a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment
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noisome
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nauseating
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sanguine
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confidently optimistic and cheerful
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enervate
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weaken mentally or morally
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neologism
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a newly created term or word
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levity
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feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
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parley
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a negotiation between enemies
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magnate
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a very wealthy or powerful business man
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malediction
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calling down a curse that invokes evil
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legerdemain
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magical manipulation
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meretricious
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alluring by a show of flashy actions
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ingenuous
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free from reserve; candid; sincere
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mercurial
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changeable; lively; containing
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mannered
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full of manners
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libertine
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a free thinker in religious matters
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cabal
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a group of schemers and plotters
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mendicant
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begging
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ecomium
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high praise
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calumny
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slander
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canard
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rumor
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ascetic
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denier of material satisfaction
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privation
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lack of basic necessities
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ostentation
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display to impress
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hegemony
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leadership of one nation over others
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largess
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bestowal of gifts
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ingrate
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ungrateful person
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paean
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any song of praise or joy or triumph
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ostensible
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pretended
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paroxysm
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sudden violent outburst
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indolent
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slothful
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ingratiate
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gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
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prurient
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having an excessive interest in sexual matters
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febrile
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elevated body temp
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philistine
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relating to ancient phistia or its culture
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diffident
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timid or shy
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lapidary
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out of cutting, shaping...jewelry
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abjure
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formally reject a formally held belief
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precipitate
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bring about abruptly
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zealot
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a member of an ancient Jewish sect...
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adumbrate
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to outline in a shadowy way
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abstruse
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hard to understand
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palatial
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resembling a palace
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zaftig
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well-proportioned; full bodied
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presage
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foreboding; foreshadows future events prediction
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abdicate
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renounce a throne, right, power, ect; to give up
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probity
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honesty; integrity
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affected
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influenced, artificial
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laud
 Definition
to praise
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opprobrium
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a cause or object of such disgrace; infamy
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potentate
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a person who passes great power
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vitriolic
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very caustic
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propitiate
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to make favorable inclined
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pariah
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an outcast
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lissome
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active; flexible; agile
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limpid
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clear; calm
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proclivity
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naturla inclination
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mendacious
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telling lies
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voluble
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fluent
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assignation
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act of assigning
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opine
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to hold or express an opinion
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machination
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plots, frafty schemes
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enigma
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hidden meaning
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antipathy
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habitual dislike
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abnegate
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to give up
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aegis
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protection/support
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prevaricate
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speak falsly or misleadingly; lie
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aggrieve
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afflict with pain or anxiety
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abscond
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depart in secret matter
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licentious
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sexually unrestrained; lawless; no boundaries
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pragmatic
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practical point of view
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peccadillo
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minor sin or offense
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parry
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evade or dodge
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diurnal
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daily
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dither
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vibration; trembling
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dissonance
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harsh sound; cacophony
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bolster
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long cushion or pillow for bed
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candid
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outspoken
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blight
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discoloration; death of plant tissues
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cacophony
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dissonance; harsh sound
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distaff
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something about women right?
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compunction
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uneasiness caused by regret
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inter
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to place in tomb
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compendium
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summary
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insurrection
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act of rising in revolt
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conflagration
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destructive fire
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contrite
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filled with guilt
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intractable
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not easable controlled
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condone
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overlook
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effrontery
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boldness
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internecine
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mutually destructive
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intransigent
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uncompromising
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efficacy
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effectiveness
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gestation
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pregnancy
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glib
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fluent; thoughtless
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eclectic
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selecting or choosing rom various sources
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glower
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look or stare with sullen dislike
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interregnum
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an interval of time between reign and next person
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elegy
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plaintive poem
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impasse
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no escape
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gregarious
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company
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edify
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uplift/benefit
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gradation
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grades and such and such
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impecunious
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poor
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grievous
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causing grief or great sorrow
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impious
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inreligious; unGodly
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euphemism
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expression substituted "to pass away" in trade of "to die"
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gauche
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lacking social grace
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bivouac
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encamp, military encampment
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invective
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railing accusation; reproach insulting or abusive word
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obviate
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anticipate and prevent or eliminate
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bifurcate
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divide into two branches
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effigy
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bad rep of someone disliked
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imperturbable
 Definition
incapable of being upset or agitated; calm
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impervious
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incapable of being injured or impaired
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impetuous

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moving with great force
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draconian
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exceedingly harsh
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surreptitious
 Definition
secret or unauthorized
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surly
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unfriendly or hostile
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tawdy
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cheap; gawdy; or showy
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temerity
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reckless boldness
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sybarite
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a person devoted to luxery and pleasure
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dyspeptic
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gloomy, pessimistic and irritable
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droll
 Definition
amusing in an odd way
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tautological
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repetition
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tacit
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understood without being openly expressed; implied
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investiture
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act of investing
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eulogy
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speech or writing of a person or thing
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offal
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parts of a butchered animal that are considered inedible by humans
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inveterate
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settled in a habit
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officious
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meddlesome
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syncopation
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a shift of accent in a passage or composition that occurs when a normally weak beat is stressed
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dupe
 Definition
easily deceived person
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symbiosis
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prolonged between 2 or more different something of different species that may benefit each other
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dulcet
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pleased to the ear; melodious
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sycophant
 Definition
servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattening influential people
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talon
 Definition
claw of bird of prey
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tangential
 Definition
merely touching or slightly connected
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coalesce
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to grow together; fuse
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cloying
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to cause distaste or disgust by supplying with too much of something originally pleasant especially something rich or sweet
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taciturn
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habitually untalkative
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articulate
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endowed with the power of speech
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enunciate
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to pronounce
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pacify
 Definition
to ease the agitation or anger of
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forebearance
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forebearing
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embroil
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to involve in argument, contention or hostile actions
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purloin
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to steal
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rapacious
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taking by force
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raconteur
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one that tells stories with something and whit
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quixotic
 Definition
Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals
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quotidian
 Definition
common place
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perfidious
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treacherous
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reticent
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Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself
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specious
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Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious:
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soporific
 Definition
Inducing or tending to induce sleep.
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torpor
 Definition
A state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility.
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