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Graduate
05/17/2011

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obviated
Definition
remove a need or difficulty, avoid/prevent
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belied
Definition
Fail to give a true notion or impression; disguise or contradict. Fail to fulfill or justify. Betray.
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diffident
Definition
modest or shy because of lack of self confidence
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mendacious
Definition
lying
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truculent
Definition
quick to argue or fight, aggresively defiant
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posturing
Definition
behaving in a way that is intended to impress or mislead
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castigate
Definition
reprimand severely
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pusillanimous
Definition
showing a lack of courage or determination; timid
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jejune
Definition
Naive, simplistic, and superficial.
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antediluvian
Definition
the period referred to in the Bible between the Creation of the Earth and the great flood
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Kinesiology
Definition
he science of human movement
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tautology
Definition
using different words to say the same thing even if the repetition does not provide clarity. ...
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Peregrination
Definition
journey (especially on foot)
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prestidigitation
Definition
sleight of hand, legerdemain
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peroration
Definition
The concluding part of a speech, typically intended to inspire enthusiasm in the audience
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Senescence
Definition
Biological aging
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obsequious
Definition
Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
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garrulous
Definition
Excessively talkative, esp. on trivial matters
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sordid
Definition
Dirty or squalid
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hackneyed
Definition
Lacking significance through having been overused.
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gainsay
Definition
Deny or contradict
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aberrant
Definition
deviating from the norm.
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alacrity
Definition
eager and enthusiastic willingness
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axiomatic
Definition
possessing self-evident truth
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chicanery
Definition
trickery or subterfuge
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disabuse
Definition
to undeceive; to set right
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effrontery
Definition
extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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enervate
Definition
to weaken
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erudite
Definition
scholarly
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extemporaneous
Definition
improvised
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fulminate
Definition
to loudly atttack or denounce
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inured
Definition
accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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irascible
Definition
easily angered;c; prone to temperamental outbursts
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exigent
Definition
urgent, pressing
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neologism
Definition
a new word, expression or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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obviate
Definition
to anticipate and make unnecessary
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paean
Definition
a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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perfidy
Definition
treachery
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perspicacious (perspicacity)
Definition
acutely perceptive (perceptiveness)
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prattle
Definition
to babble meaninglessly
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predilection
Definition
preference
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prescience
Definition
foreknowledge of events
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prevaricate
Definition
mislead
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recant
Definition
to retract
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solicitous
Definition
concerned and attentive
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relegate
Definition
to forcibly assign
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virulent
Definition
extremely harmful or poisonous
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fulminate
Definition
loudly attack or denounce
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timorous.
Definition
suffering from lack of confidence
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