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Graduate
09/13/2008

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sedulous
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diligent, persistently or carefully maintained
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gossamer
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diaphanous
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indelible
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cannot be removed
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spate
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sudden overwhelming outpouring
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rueful
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causing sorrow or pity
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churl
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rude, boorish, surly
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miser
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stingy, thrifty
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munificent
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extremely liberal in giving, very generous
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ponderous
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of great weight, heavy, massive, labored
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feral
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not domestic, wild state
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remunerate
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pay, recompense, reward for work
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spendthrift
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extravagent
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vitiate
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spoil, make worse
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arcane
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esoteric
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prescience
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foresight
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restitution
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compensation for loss
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brazen
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bold, audacious
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extol
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praise
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exhume
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disinter, restore after neglect
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germane
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closely, significantly related, relevant, pertinent
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dour
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gloomy
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spurious
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not genuine/authentic or true
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impudent
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shameless or brazenly immodest
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aphoristic
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brief statement of principle
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repudiate
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refute, reject validity of
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travail
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onerous
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conciliate
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  1. to win over; soothe the anger of; make friendly; placate
  2. to gain (regard, good will, etc.) by friendly acts
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feint
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a false show; sham
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cordon
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a line or circle of police, soldiers, forts, ships, etc. stationed around an area to guard it
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fickle
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changeable or unstable in affection, interest, loyalty, etc.; capricious
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limn
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to paint or draw
to portray in words; describe
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odious
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arousing or deserving hatred or loathing; disgusting; offensive
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sordid
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dirty; filthy
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arrant
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notorious
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apprise
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inform
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refractory
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unmanageable, stubborn, disobedient
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gainsay
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deny
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truculence
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aggressiveness, ferocity
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denigrate
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blacken, defame, disparage
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assiduous
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diligent
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contention
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assertion, claim, struggling, competition
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recalcitrant
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disobedient, resist authority
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complaisant
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trying to please, willing to please
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rescind
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annul, cancel
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epithet
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# an adjective, noun, or phrase, often specif. a disparaging one, used to characterize some person or thing (Ex.: “egghead” for an intellectual)
a descriptive name or title
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vindictive
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revengeful
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boring
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make holes by piercing
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pundit
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a person who has or professes to have great learning; actual or self-professed authority
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imperiousness
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arrogance, commanding presence, domineering
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rapacious
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excessively covetous
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rapacious
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excessively covetous
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boggle
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be startled, hesitate
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tenuous
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thin, slim, rare
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goad
Definition
urge no, cause someone to act by annoying
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supersede
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replace
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flout
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reject, mock
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recondite
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abstruse, profound, not easily understood
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penchant
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strong inclination, strong liking i.e. having a penchant for fast cars
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irresolute
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uncertain how to act
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conciliatory
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soothing, reconciling
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commensurate
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equal in size or extent
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magnanimity
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generosity
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solicitous
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anxious, worried, eager
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platitude
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trite remark, commonplace statement
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substantiate
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support with evidence, verify
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approbation
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approval
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compendium
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brief comprehensive summary
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reprobation
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disapproval
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resolve
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determination, purpose
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equanimity
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calmness of temperament, composure
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indigence
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poverty
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aver
Definition
declare as truth
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relegate
Definition
put into a lower or worse place, banish to inferior position
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contentious
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quarrelsome, controversial
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belie
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contradict, disguise, give false impression
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recant
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retract a previous statement, confess error
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digression
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wandering away from a subject
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proscribe
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prohibit
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welter
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confusion, turmoil
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elicit
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draw out fact or information
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inconsequential
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insignificant, unimportant
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inculpate
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to blame
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didactic
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intended for teaching
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interdict
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prohibit
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condign
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fitting, adequate
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duress
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imprisonment
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extricate
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disentangle
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epigram
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any terse, witty, pointed statement, often with a clever twist in thought
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ineffable
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# too overwhelming to be expressed or described in words; inexpressible ineffable beauty
# too awesome or sacred to be spoken
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confer
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grant or bestow
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fiduciary
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designating or of a person who holds something in trust for another; of a trustee or trusteeship
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effluence
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1. a flowing out or forth
2. a thing that flows out or forth; emanation
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mellifluous
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pleasing, musical
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profuse
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lavish extravagant
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fusillade
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stream off fire, criticism
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suffuse
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to overspread so as to fill with a glow, color, fluid, etc.: said of light, a blush, air, etc.
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congenital
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from birth
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predilection
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preference
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elocution
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clear speaking
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minatory
Definition
menacing
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