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Barron's Essential Words 3
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07/23/2012
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Abjure
 Definition
to formally reject or abandon
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Apothegm
 Definition
a terse, witty syaing
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Blunt
 Definition
to weaken; to dull
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Bumptious
 Definition
Pushy or overly-assertive; conceited
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Cadge
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to beg
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Cant
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insincere talk; language of a particular group
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Carping
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to find fault or complain
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Contumacious
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disobedient or rebellious
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Cozen
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to deceive by trick or fraud
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Distrait
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inattentive or preoccupied
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Effete
 Definition
depleted of vitality; overrefined or decadent
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Evince
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to show plainly
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Expatiate
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to speak or write at length
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Expiate
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to atone for
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Factotum
 Definition
handyman; person who does many types of work
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Felicitous
 Definition
appropriate or well-chosen
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Fetid
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possessing a bad smell
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Flourish
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an embellishment or ornamentation
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Froward
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stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient
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Gauche
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coarse and uncouth; clumsy
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Grouse
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to complain
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Homily
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sermon or moralizing lecture; platitude
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Impute
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to attribute to a particular cause
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Interpolate
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to insert or change by adding new words or materials
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Invidious
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offensive or likely to provoke ill-will
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Jibe
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to be in agreement
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Limpid
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clear or transparent
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Limpid
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lucid or clear
("limpid pond")
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Munificent
 Definition
generous
("munificent gift")
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Nostrum
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medicine of doubtful effectiveness
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Obsequy
 Definition
funeral ceremony
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Patois
 Definition
regional dialect
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Peremptory
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imperative; leaving no choice
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Plume
 Definition
to congratulate oneself in a self-satisfied way
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Preempt
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to supersede; to appropriate for oneself
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Propitiate
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to appease or win over
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Quail
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to cower or lose courage
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Rebus
 Definition
puzzle with pictures that represent words
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Repine
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to fret or complain
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Riposte
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a retaliatory action
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Sextant
 Definition
navigation tool
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Simian
 Definition
apelike
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Sodden
 Definition
thoroughly soaked
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Stint
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to be sparing
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Stolid
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showing little emotion
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Stygian
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dark and gloomy
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Suppliant
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beseeching
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Travesty
 Definition
parody or exaggerated imitation; caricature
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Tumid
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swollen or distended
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Turgid
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swollen or bloated; pompous
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Untoward
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unfavorable; troublesome; unruly
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Vapid
 Definition
tasteless or dull
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Vaunt
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to boast or brag
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Venal
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bribable; mercenary; corruptible
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Visage
 Definition
countenance or appearance
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Vitiate
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to impair the quality of something or make inoperative; to corrupt morally
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Volubility
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talkative
("voluble spokesman")
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Welter
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to wallow or roll; to be in turmoil
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Whet
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to stimulate; to sharpen
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