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06/15/2011
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Ligneous
 Definition
Made of wood
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Abase
 Definition
To belittle or betray
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Parley
 Definition
An official conversation
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Ablution
 Definition
The act of washing oneself
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Inter
 Definition
to bury
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Dolt
 Definition
Stupid person
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Accolade
 Definition
award of merit
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Carp
 Definition
to find fault with something continually, usually about trivial matters
Term
Sedate
 Definition
Calm, dignified
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Piebald
 Definition
having irregular patches of different colors
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Tenous
 Definition
thin, rare, slim
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Denizen
 Definition
inhabitant of
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Affable
 Definition
Courteous
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Afflatus
 Definition
divine creative impulse or inspiration
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Spate
 Definition
1. A large amount of something
2. A flood 
Term
Aperture
 Definition
opening, hole
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Decadance
 Definition
decay
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Ovoid
 Definition
egg shaped
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Conciliate
 Definition
pacify, win over
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Reputed
 Definition
supposed
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Denigrate
 Definition
criticize unfairly
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Hawser
 Definition
a thick rope
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Aghast
 Definition
horrified
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Fracticious
 Definition
unruly
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hereafter
 Definition
after death
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empyreal
 Definition
from heaven, fiery
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Consumate
 Definition
complete
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Prefatory
 Definition
introduction
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Imputation
 Definition
charge, reproach
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Fray
 Definition
Brawl
Term
Bolster
 Definition
support, prop up
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Sumptous
 Definition
splendid and expensive-looking
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Effigy
 Definition
A sculpture or model of a person
Term
Gloaming
 Definition
twilight, dusk
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Jocund
 Definition
cheerful, merry
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Berserked
 Definition
frenzied
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Nib
 Definition
beak, pen point
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Sleight
 Definition
dexterity
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upbraid
 Definition
scold
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Horde
 Definition
crowd, swarm
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Purloin
 Definition
steal
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Balk
 Definition
Foil
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Obtrusive
 Definition
pushing forward
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Append
 Definition
add as an attachment
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Apprise
 Definition
inform
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Apologue
 Definition
moral fable
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Yokel
 Definition
country bumpkin
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Lugubrious
 Definition
mournful
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lithe
 Definition
thin, supple, graceful
Term
Pandemonium 
 Definition
wild tumult
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Mitigate
 Definition
appease
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Gnarled
 Definition
twisted
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Attenuate
 Definition
make thin, weaken
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Mendicant
 Definition
beggar
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Fetid
 Definition
maloderous
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Incessant
 Definition
uninterrupted
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Filch
 Definition
steal
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Caprice
 Definition
whim
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Stentorian
 Definition
extremely loud
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Nettle
 Definition
annoy vex
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Desiccate
 Definition
dry up
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Lilliputian
 Definition
very small
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Coalesce
 Definition
combine, fuse
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Sublimate
 Definition
refine, purify
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Portentious
 Definition
ominous, serious
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Abrogate
 Definition
abolish
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Captious
 Definition
faultfinding
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unwonted
 Definition
unaccustomed or unusual
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Decrepit
 Definition
worn out with age
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eschew
 Definition
avoid
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Compuction
 Definition
remorse
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Cerebration
 Definition
thought
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Dank
 Definition
damp
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Bevy
 Definition
large group
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Sundry
 Definition
various
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Admonition
 Definition
warning
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Pinnace
 Definition
small boat
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Bootless
 Definition
useless
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Impetus
 Definition
moving force
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Depredation
 Definition
plundering
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Pallet
 Definition
small straw bed
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Plenary
 Definition
complete, full
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Accede
 Definition
agree
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Browbeat
 Definition
bully, intimidate
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rabble
 Definition
noisy crowd
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deletrious
 Definition
harmful
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importune
 Definition
bet earnestly
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Yore
 Definition
time long past
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Goad
 Definition
urge on
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Fell
 Definition
cruel, deadly
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Lucre
 Definition
money
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unguent
 Definition
ointment
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Exigious
 Definition
small, minute
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Diffidence
 Definition
shyness
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Slink
 Definition
move furtively
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Voluble
 Definition
fluent, glib
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Ribald
 Definition
wanton, profane
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Promontary
 Definition
headland
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Bilk
 Definition
Swindle, Cheat
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Advent
 Definition
Arrival
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Decorous
 Definition
Proper
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Indite
 Definition
Write, compose
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Rapprochement
 Definition
reconciliation
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Fleet
 Definition
fast, rapid
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Proboscis
 Definition
long snout or nose
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Inclement
 Definition
stormy, unkind
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Propitate
 Definition
appease
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Exigency
 Definition
urgent situation
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onerus
 Definition
burdensome
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shoal
 Definition
shallow place
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Crux
 Definition
crucial point
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stringent
 Definition
binding, rigid
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Tawny
 Definition
brownish yellow
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collation
 Definition
a light meal
Term
surreptitious
 Definition
secret
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perrenial
 Definition
lasting
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conclave
 Definition
private meeting
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imbibe
 Definition
drink in
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jettison
 Definition
throw overboard
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impolitic
 Definition
not wise
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bog
 Definition
soft wet land
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invective
 Definition
abuse
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spume
 Definition
froth, foam
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salver
 Definition
tray
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neap
 Definition
lowest
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indolence
 Definition
laziness
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tumbrel
 Definition
a farm tipcart
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sultry
 Definition
sweltering
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Apogee
 Definition
highest point
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interstices
 Definition
chinks; crevices
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accretion
 Definition
growth: increase
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whit
 Definition
smallest speck
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rescind
 Definition
cancel
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imbue
 Definition
saturate; fill
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gibbet
 Definition
gallows
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decant
 Definition
pour off gently
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balmy
 Definition
mild; fragrant
Term
simpering
 Definition
smirking
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eminent
 Definition
high; lofty
Term
lissome
 Definition
agile; lithe (able to move quickly and gracefully)
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demoniac
 Definition
fiendish
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lout
 Definition
clumsy person
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euphony
 Definition
sweet sound
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dilatory
 Definition
delaying
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scintillate
 Definition
sparkle, flash
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nugatory
 Definition
worthless, futile
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blight
 Definition
plant disease
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portly
 Definition
stately, stout
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bucolic
 Definition
rustic, pastoral
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descant
 Definition
discuss fully
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blithe
 Definition
gay, joyeus
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hoary
 Definition
white with age
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brackish
 Definition
somewhat saline
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kismet
 Definition
fate
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commensurate
 Definition
equal in extent
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perfidious
 Definition
barely false
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stolid
 Definition
dull, impassive
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hap
 Definition
chance, luck
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revile
 Definition
slander, villify
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bumptious
 Definition
self-assertive
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doff
 Definition
take off
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physiognomy
 Definition
face
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encumber
 Definition
burden
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prevaricate
 Definition
lie
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abettor
 Definition
encourager
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thrall
 Definition
slave; bondage
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limpid
 Definition
clear
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celerity
 Definition
speed; rapidity
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Diurnal
 Definition
daily
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Fraught
 Definition
filled
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Acrophobia
 Definition
Fear of heights
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Strategem
 Definition
deceptive scheme
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fracas
 Definition
brawl: melee
Term
Dissipate
 Definition
squander
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Invective
 Definition
abuse
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sojourn
 Definition
temporary stay
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obtuse
 Definition
blunt; stupid
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meretricious
 Definition
flashy; tawdry
Term
recrimination
 Definition
countercharges
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carousal
 Definition
drunken revel
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ewer
 Definition
water pitcher
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countermand
 Definition
cancel; revoke
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minatory
 Definition
threatening
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indomitable
 Definition
unconquerable
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traduce
 Definition
expose to slander
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egress
 Definition
exit
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perusal
 Definition
reading
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virago
 Definition
shrew
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indubitably
 Definition
beyond a doubt
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indigent
 Definition
poor
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jocose
 Definition
given to joking
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daunt
 Definition
intimidate
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macerate
 Definition
waste away
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effectual
 Definition
efficient
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welter
 Definition
wallo, move in a turbulent fashion
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magniloquent
 Definition
boastful, pompous
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puerile
 Definition
childish
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animadversion
 Definition
critical remark
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ignominous
 Definition
disgraceful
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variegated
 Definition
many-colored
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lope
 Definition
gallop slowly
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paucity
 Definition
scarcity
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unsullied
 Definition
untarnished
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foray
 Definition
raid
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besmirch
 Definition
soil; defile
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bedraggle
 Definition
wet thoroughly
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bellicose
 Definition
warlike
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descry
 Definition
catch sight of
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actuate
 Definition
motivate
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abeyance
 Definition
suspended action
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acephalous
 Definition
headless
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arroyo
 Definition
gully
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gainsay
 Definition
deny
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raucous
 Definition
harsh and shrill
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hortatory
 Definition
encouraging
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petulant
 Definition
touchy; peevish
Term
chaffing
 Definition
bantering, joking
Term
pithy
 Definition
conscise, meaty
Term
viscid
 Definition
gluey, adhesive
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tome
 Definition
large volume
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opprobious
 Definition
disgraceful
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fetter
 Definition
chain, shackle
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rood
 Definition
crucifix
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rivulet
 Definition
small stream
Term
aquiline
 Definition
curved, hooked
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peculate
 Definition
steal, embezzle
Term
Agog
 Definition
very eager
Term
Anathema
 Definition
curse
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Apostasy
 Definition
rejection of faith; defection
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aver
 Definition
to prove; to confirm
Term
Blandishment
 Definition
flattery
Term
Bruit
 Definition
to report, rumor
Term
carapace
 Definition
shell (as of a turtle)
Term
cloture
 Definition
to stop a debate by calling for a vote
Term
coda
 Definition
concluding part of a literary or musical work
Term
cogitate
 Definition
think about
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compendium
 Definition
brief summary, collection
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conifer
 Definition
type of tree with cones
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craven
 Definition
cowardly
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demur
 Definition
to object, hesitation/protest
Term
dichotomous
 Definition
dividing
Term
dissemble
 Definition
to fake, to disguise
Term
entreat
 Definition
to request earnestly
Term
flare
 Definition
to burn suddenly
Term
filigree
 Definition
ornamental design; especially in gold or silver
Term
flare
 Definition
to burn suddenly, to intensify; to erupt
Term
flit
 Definition
to move quickly
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foment
 Definition
to stir up; to provoke
Term
fulminate
 Definition
to criticize harshly; to explode
Term
glib
 Definition
fast, superficial way of talking
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gossamer
 Definition
something light and unsubstantial
Term
homiletics
 Definition
resembling or relating to a sermon
Term
imbroglio
 Definition
embarrassing misunderstanding, complicated dispute
Term
improbity
 Definition
dishonesty
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impugn
 Definition
accuse someone of being dishonest
Term
incipient
 Definition
becoming apparent
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indelible
 Definition
permanent
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infelicity
 Definition
something innapropriate
Term
ingratiation
 Definition
gavign favoer through flattery
Term
intrepid
 Definition
brave; fearless
Term
juggernaut
 Definition
large object that crushes anything in its way
Term
labile
 Definition
unstable, changeable
Term
loll
 Definition
to act lazily 
Term
mordant
 Definition
harsh; burning; caustic
Term
morose
 Definition
sad
Term
nadir
 Definition
lowerst point
Term
neophyte
 Definition
beginner
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nomenclature
 Definition
system of naming things
Term
nostrum
 Definition
medicine that has not been proven effective
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pan
 Definition
to criticize severely
Term
paradigmatic
 Definition
serving as an example
Term
phlegmatic
 Definition
unemotional, impassive
Term
pied
 Definition
having blotches of color
Term
preen
 Definition
to smooth oneself, to primp
Term
profligacy
 Definition
wasteful spending
Term
proscribe
 Definition
prohibit
Term
quisling
 Definition
traitor who works with the invaders of his country
Term
rapacious
 Definition
greedy; starving 
Term
redolent
 Definition
scented
Term
salient
 Definition
noticeable
Term
scabbard
 Definition
sheath for holding a sword
Term
scad
 Definition
large number
Term
scythe
 Definition
blade used for cutting grass or wheat
Term
seminal
 Definition
creative; original
Term
sere
 Definition
dried and withered
Term
staid
 Definition
serious
Term
stipple
 Definition
to dot, apply with small touches
Term
striate
 Definition
striped
Term
sunder
 Definition
to break apart, seperate
Term
taxonomy
 Definition
classification
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tortous
 Definition
winding
Term
tout
 Definition
to praise loudly and publicly
Term
tractability
 Definition
manageability; obedience
Term
vituperate
 Definition
to criticize harshly
Term
waffle
 Definition
to talk foolishly
Term
wastrel
 Definition
one who spends wastefully
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