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Aberrant
Definition
Abnormal, different from the accepted norm
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Abeyance
Definition
State of suspension, temporary inaction
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Abstemious
Definition
Characterized by a state of self-denial, particularly in the area of food or drink
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Acrid
Definition
Bitter, harsh
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Acumen
Definition
Keen, quickness of intellectual insight
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Admonition
Definition
A gentle reproof
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Amalgamate
Definition
To mix or blend together in a homogenous body
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Ameliorate
Definition
To relieve, as from pain or hardship
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Assiduous
Definition
Persistent, unceasing
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Astute
Definition
Keen, wise
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Audacious
Definition
Fearless
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Austere
Definition
Unadorned, severely simple
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Aver
Definition
To avouch, justify, or prove
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Blatant
Definition
Offensively loud
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Bolster
Definition
To support, to reinforce
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Bombastic
Definition
Using inflated language, pompous
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Burgeon
Definition
To grow forth, to send out buds
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Chicanery
Definition
Use of trickery to deceive
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Coda
Definition
Concluding section of a musical or literary piece, something that summarizes
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Cognizant
Definition
Aware, taking notice
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Colloquial
Definition
Pertaining to common speech
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Consternation
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Panic
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Contentious
Definition
Quarrelsome
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Contrite
Definition
Penitent
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Contumacious
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Rebellious
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Craven
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Cowardly
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Decorum
Definition
Orderliness and good taste in manners
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Deleterious
Definition
Hurtful, morally or physically
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Delineate
Definition
To represent by sketch or diagram
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Deride
Definition
To ridicule, to make fun of
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Derision
Definition
Ridicule
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Desultory
Definition
Aimless, haphazard
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Diatribe
Definition
Bitter or malicious criticism
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Dilatory
Definition
Causing delay
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Disconcert
Definition
To disturb the composure of
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Dissemble
Definition
To disguise or pretend
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Dissolution
Definition
Breaking up of a union of persons
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Divest
Definition
To strip, to deprive
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Divulge
Definition
To tell or make known, generally of something secret or private
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Dubious
Definition
Doubtful
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Dupe
Definition
Someone easily fooled
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Ebullient
Definition
Showing great enthusiasm or exhilaration
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Egress
Definition
Exit
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Elegy
Definition
A poem lamenting the dead
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Elicit
Definition
To extract without violence, to learn through discussion
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Embellish
Definition
To add attractive and ornamental features
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Engender
Definition
To produce
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Enervate
Definition
To weaken
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Ennui
Definition
Boredom
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Equanimity
Definition
Evenness of mind or temper
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Equivocal
Definition
Ambiguous
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Eschew
Definition
To keep clear of
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Exacerbate
Definition
To make more sharp or severe, to make worse
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Exculpate
Definition
To free from blame
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Exigency
Definition
Urgent situation
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Expatiate
Definition
To speak or write at some length
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Extirpate
Definition
To root out, to eradicate
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Facetious
Definition
Amusing
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Fallacious
Definition
Illogical
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Fatuous
Definition
Idiotic
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Fervor
Definition
Ardor or intensity of feeling
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Fledgling
Definition
Inexperienced
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Foment
Definition
To nurse to life, to encourage
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Forestall
Definition
To prevent by taking action in advance
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Frugal
Definition
Economical
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Fulminate
Definition
To cause to explode
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Gainsay
Definition
To contradict, to deny
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Garrulous
Definition
Trivial talking
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Germane
Definition
Relevant
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Goad
Definition
To urge on
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Grandiloquent
Definition
Pompous, bombastic
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Guileless
Definition
Without deceit
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Gullible
Definition
Easily deceived
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Halcyon
Definition
Calm
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Harangue
Definition
A tirade
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Iconoclast
Definition
An image-breaker
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Ignominious
Definition
Shameful
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Impecunious
Definition
Having no money, broke
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Impede
Definition
To hinder, to block
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Imperious
Definition
Insisting on obedience
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Imperturbable
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Calm
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Impervious
Definition
Impenetrable
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Importune
Definition
To harass with persistent demands
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Impugn
Definition
To assail with arguments or accusations
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Inadvertently
Definition
Unintentionally
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Inane
Definition
Silly
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Inchoate
Definition
Recently begun
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Indolence
Definition
Laziness
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Ineffable
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Unutterable
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Inert
Definition
Inactive, lacking power to move
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Inexorable
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Unrelenting
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Innocuous
Definition
Harmless
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Insouciant
Definition
Nonchalant
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Intrepid
Definition
Fearless and bold
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Inure
Definition
To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure
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Invidious
Definition
Showing or feeling envy
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Irascible
Definition
Easily angered
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Itinerant
Definition
Wandering
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Laconic
Definition
Brief and to the point
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Latent
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Dormant
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Laudable
Definition
Praiseworthy
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Licentious
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Wanton
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Loquacious
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Talkative
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Lucid
Definition
Easily understood, clear
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Magnanimity
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Generosity
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Malingerer
Definition
One who feigns illness to escape duty
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Malleable
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Pliant
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Maverick
Definition
Rebel, nonconformist
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Mendacious
Definition
Untrue
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Metamorphosis
Definition
Change of form
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Meticulous
Definition
Overcautious
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Misanthrope
Definition
One who hates mankind
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Mitigate
Definition
To lessen in intensity, to appease
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Modicum
Definition
A small amount
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Mollify
Definition
To soothe
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Mordant
Definition
Biting
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Morose
Definition
Ill-humored, sullen
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Mundane
Definition
Worldly
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Nefarious
Definition
Extremely wicked
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Negate
Definition
To cancel out, to nullify
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Neophyte
Definition
Beginner
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Obdurate
Definition
Stubborn
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Obfuscate
Definition
To darken
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Obsequious
Definition
Servile, ready to serve
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Obviate
Definition
To make unnecessary
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Odious
Definition
Hateful
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Officious
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Meddlesome
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Onus
Definition
Burden
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Opprobrium
Definition
Infamy, vilification
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Oscillate
Definition
To waver
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Ostentation
Definition
A display of vanity, showy
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Palpable
Definition
Perceptible by feeling or touch
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Paragon
Definition
Model of perfection
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Parsimonious
Definition
Sparing in spending of money
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Partisan
Definition
One-sided, committed to one party
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Pathos
Definition
Having a quality that rouses emotion or sympathy
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Paucity
Definition
Few
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Penchant
Definition
Strong inclination
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Penurious
Definition
Excessively sparing in the use of money, frugal
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Perennial
Definition
Something long-lasting
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Perfidy
Definition
Treachery
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Permeable
Definition
Penetrable, porous
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Pernicious
Definition
Tending to kill or hurt
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Pervasive
Definition
Spread throughout
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Phlegmatic
Definition
Not easily roused to feeling or emotion
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Pious
Definition
Religious
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Placate
Definition
To soothe, to bring from a hostile state to a calm one
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Platitude
Definition
Trite or commonplace statement
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Plethora
Definition
Excess, superabundance
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Porous
Definition
Full of pores
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Portend
Definition
Foretell
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Pragmatic
Definition
Practical
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Precarious
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Perilous
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Precipitate
Definition
Rash, premature
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Precocious
Definition
Mature at a young age
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Prescience
Definition
Knowledge of events before they happen
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Prevaricate
Definition
To use ambiguous language for the purpose of deceiving
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Proclivity
Definition
Natural inclination
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Prodigious
Definition
Immense
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Profound
Definition
Deep, not superficial
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Proliferate
Definition
To grow rapidly
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Propensity
Definition
Natural inclination
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Prudence
Definition
Caution
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Puerile
Definition
Childish
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Pugnacious
Definition
Quarrelsome
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Pungent
Definition
Stinging, sharp in taste or smell
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Pusillanimous
Definition
Cowardly, fainthearted
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Qualm
Definition
Misgivings, uneasy fears
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Quibble
Definition
Minor objection or complaint
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Quiescence
Definition
Being quiet or still, inactive
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Quixotic
Definition
Idealistic, romantic to a ridiculous degree
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Recant
Definition
To formally withdraw one’s belief
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Recondite
Definition
Incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding, profound
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Redress
Definition
To set right by compensation or punishment
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Reprobate
Definition
A sinful and depraved person
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Repudiate
Definition
To refuse to have anything to do with
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Rescind
Definition
To void by enacting authority
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Respite
Definition
Interval of rest
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Reticent
Definition
Reserved, inclined to silence
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Reverent
Definition
Respectful
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Rhetoric
Definition
The art of effective communication
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Rout
Definition
To drive out, to stampede
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Ruminate
Definition
To chew over again, to think over
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Sagacious
Definition
Wise
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Salacious
Definition
Having strong sexual desires
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Salubrious
Definition
Healthful
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Sanction
Definition
To approve
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Sanguine
Definition
Cheerfully confident, optimistic
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Satiate
Definition
To satisfy or fulfill the appetite or desire of
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Savor
Definition
To satisfy fully
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Secrete
Definition
To hide away
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Sedulous
Definition
Persevering in effort or endeavor
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Seethe
Definition
To be disturbed
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Seminal
Definition
Influencing future developments
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Shard
Definition
Fragment
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Shirk
Definition
To avoid
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Shoddy
Definition
Not genuine, inferior
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Sinuous
Definition
Curving in and out
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Skeptic
Definition
Doubter
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Skittish
Definition
Lively, frisky
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Slander
Definition
Defamation
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Sloth
Definition
Slow-moving
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Solicitous
Definition
Worried, concerned
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Sonorous
Definition
Resonant
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Soporific
Definition
Causing sleep
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Specious
Definition
Seemingly reasonable but incorrect
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Spendthrift
Definition
Someone who wastes money
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Spurious
Definition
Not genuine
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Stentorian
Definition
Extremely loud
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Stigma
Definition
A token of disgrace
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Stint
Definition
To be thrifty
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Stipulate
Definition
To make express conditions
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Stolid
Definition
Dull, impassive
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Striated
Definition
Marked with parallel bands
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Strut
Definition
A pompous walk
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Subterfuge
Definition
Evasion
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Supercilious
Definition
Careless contempt
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Superfluous
Definition
More than what is needed
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Supersede
Definition
To cause to be set back
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Supine
Definition
Lying on the back
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Tacit
Definition
Understood
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Taciturn
Definition
Stern, silent
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Tangential
Definition
Digressing
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Tantamount
Definition
Equivalent in effect or value
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Tawdry
Definition
Cheap
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Temerity
Definition
A foolish disregard of danger
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Tempestuous
Definition
Stormy, impassioned
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Tenacious
Definition
Holding fast
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Tenuous
Definition
Thin, slim
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Tepid
Definition
Lukewarm
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Thrall
Definition
Slave, bondage
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Thwart
Definition
To frustrate
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Titillate
Definition
To tickle
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Torpid
Definition
Dull, sluggish, inactive
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Tortuous
Definition
Abounding in irregular bends or turns
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Tractable
Definition
Docile
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Transgression
Definition
Violation, sin
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Transmute
Definition
To change
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Transparent
Definition
Easily detected
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Transpire
Definition
To happen, to be revealed
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Trepidation
Definition
Nervous feeling, fear
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Truculence
Definition
Ferocity
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Tutelage
Definition
The act of training or being under instruction
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Tyro
Definition
Beginner
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Ubiquitous
Definition
Being present everywhere
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Umbrage
Definition
Sense of injury
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Unassuaged
Definition
Unsatisfied, not soothed
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Uncouth
Definition
Clumsy, dumb
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Undermine
Definition
To weaken, to sap
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Unerringly
Definition
Infallibility
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Ungainly
Definition
Awkward, clumsy
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Unison
Definition
Complete accord
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Unruly
Definition
Disobedient
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Untenable
Definition
Indefensible
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Upbraid
Definition
To reproach as deserving blame
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Vacillate
Definition
To waver, to fluctuate
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Vagabond
Definition
Wanderer
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Vainglory
Definition
Excessive, pretentious
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Valorous
Definition
Courageous
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Vapid
Definition
Having lost quality and flavor, dull, lifeless
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Variegated
Definition
Many colored
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Vehement
Definition
Forceful
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Venerate
Definition
To look upon with deep respect
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Veracious
Definition
Truthful
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Verbiage
Definition
Use of many words
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Vicissitude
Definition
Change of condition or circumstances, generally of fortune
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Viscous
Definition
Sticky, gluey
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Vituperate
Definition
Overwhelm with wordy abuse
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Vociferous
Definition
Making a loud outcry
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Volatile
Definition
Changeable
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Warranted
Definition
Justified
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Wary
Definition
Very cautious
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Welter
Definition
Turmoil
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Whimsical
Definition
Fanciful
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Whorl
Definition
Ring
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Winsome
Definition
Attractive
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Wreak
Definition
Inflict
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Writhe
Definition
Twist in coils
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Yore
Definition
Time past
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