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deleterious
Definition
-causing harm
-delete
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salutary
Definition
-beneficial
-salud
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tacit
Definition
-understood without being said
-taciturn
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extolled
Definition
-praise enthusiastically
-expel told
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disdain
Definition
-contempt
-opposite of respect
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candor
Definition
-open and honest
-candid
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relegated
Definition
-dismiss to inferior position
-regulate down
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ineluctable
Definition
-INEscapable
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invidious
Definition
-unjust
-envious
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plangent
Definition
-loud, reverberating
-plane
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nugatory
Definition
-of no value
-negate
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contentious
Definition
-controversial
-with tenseness
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denouement
Definition
-climax, everything's clear
-the now moment
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antediluvian
Definition
-ridiculous
-delinquent
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pusillanimous
Definition
-timid
-pussy
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jejune
Definition
-naive, simplistic
-june-summer-simplicity
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superannuation
Definition
-regular payment toward future
-before the year
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filigree
Definition
-fine ornamental work
-fine pedigree
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tautology
Definition
-something said twice
-two times
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peregrination
Definition
-travel or wander
-peregrin falcon
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peroration
Definition
-conclusion of speech
-roar of the crowd
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belies
Definition
-disguise
-lies
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demarcates
Definition
-set boundaries or limits
-marks
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approbation
Definition
-approval
-APPROve
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reverence
Definition
-deep respect
-revere
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garrolous
Definition
-chatty
-raigen garrison
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equivocal
Definition
-ambiguous
-could be equal
Term
fetter
Definition
-restraint
-for better on dogs
Term
pinioned
Definition
-restrained
-pinned
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mitigate
Definition
-make less severe
-alleviate
Term
phlegmatic
Definition
-calm
-phlegm is calm in your throat
Term
inculcated
Definition
-instilled by instruction
-calculated in by your teacher
Term
abstruse
Definition
-obscure
-obtuse
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esoteric
Definition
-understood by few
-so clique
Term
germane
Definition
-relavent
-main german
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salubrious
Definition
-healthy
-salud
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apt
Definition
-appropriate
-APpropriaTe
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ascertain
Definition
-make sure of
-make CERTAIN
Term
buttress
Definition
-support
-butt rest
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absolve
Definition
-declare free from blame
-desolve blame
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paltry
Definition
-small/meager
-poultry in paltry portions
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trepidation
Definition
-fear or agitation that something might happen
-tremor in preparation
Term
pellucid
Definition
-absolutely clear
-lucid
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vacuous
Definition
-mindless
-like a vaccuum
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laconic
Definition
-using few words
-lethargic with words
Term
paucity
Definition
-scarcity
-pauper has a paucity of money
Term
rife
Definition
-widepsread
-ripe in society
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iconoclastic
Definition
-destroying cherished beliefs
-clash with icons
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hidebound
Definition
-stubborn
-bound to hidden beliefs
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curmudgeon
Definition
-bad tempered person
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celerity
Definition
-swiftness
-acCELERate
Term
decorum
Definition
-etiquette
-people with decorum decorate
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propitious
Definition
-favorable
-probably profitious
Term
insalubrious
Definition
-unhealthy
-in(un)salubrious(healthy)
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futile
Definition
-pointless
-resistance is futile
Term
denizen
Definition
-inhabitant
-lives in a den
Term
decimation
Definition
-destruction
-desecrate
Term
ostensibly
Definition
-apparent
-stencil
Term
anomalous
Definition
-deviating from norm
-anomaly
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arcane
Definition
-understood by few
-esoteric
Term
bolster
Definition
-support
-gun bolster
Term
denigration
Definition
-disparage, belittle
-ingrate
Term
ecclesiastical
Definition
-relating to the Church
-clergy
Term
repository
Definition
-storage
-deposit in repository
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obtuse
Definition
-insensitive, slow
-aspergers
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font
Definition
-short for fountain
-font of youth
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foibles
Definition
-weakness in character
-foiled by foibles
Term
pluralistic
Definition
-sharing power
-powerS
Term
predilections
Definition
-preference
-decisions
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inimical
Definition
-harmful
-enemy
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alacrity
Definition
-eagerness
-not lacking
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precipitously
Definition
-steep
-percipitate
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languidly
Definition
-relaxed
-lethargic
Term
interminable
Definition
-endless
-un terminable
Term
evanescent
Definition
-vanishing
-vanescent
Term
assiduous
Definition
-diligent
-assiduous with an assignment
Term
punctillious
Definition
-meticulous
-meticulously punctual
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insuperable
Definition
-impossible to overcome
-unable to super
Term
injudicious
Definition
-unwise
-judicial system wouldn't approve
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direfully
Definition
-ominously
-dire circumstances
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cogent
Definition
-convincing
-agent to convince
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puerile
Definition
-childish
-pequeno
Term
demurs
Definition
-objects
-demur a demon
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contends
Definition
-asserts
-content
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dolorous
Definition
-sad
-dolor:pain
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fetid
Definition
-stinking
-putrid
Term
exaltation
Definition
-elation
-ecstasy
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tremulousness
Definition
-shyness
-tremor in shyness
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posterity
Definition
-future
-POST
Term
annals
Definition
-records
-animals have no annals
Term
banal
Definition
-hackneyed
-boring
Term
specious
Definition
-misleading
-specious is not spacious
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untenable
Definition
-indefensible
-unable to make a ten
Term
anachronistic
Definition
-inappropriately placed in period
-not right time
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preeminent
Definition
-leading
-before it's eminent
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panache
Definition
-confident
-dash of panache
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opprobrium
Definition
-shame
-caught with opium
Term
incensed
Definition
-made angry
-without incense
Term
subjugate
Definition
-suppressed
-under the jugular
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marshaled
Definition
-assemble
-marshaled by a marshall
Term
mar
Definition
-ruin
-marred his face
Term
truculence
Definition
-stubbornness
-trucks have truculence
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perfidy
Definition
-treachery
-not perfect
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insidious
Definition
-stealthy
-snake
Term
dissembled
Definition
-pretend
-dis assembled for pretend
Term
aphorism
Definition
-saying
-say for
Term
countermanded
Definition
-revoked
-counter
Term
contrition
Definition
-sorrow
-overly trite has sorrow
Term
pique
Definition
-irritation
-peak of pique
Term
domicile
Definition
-home
-dome
Term
vacillating
Definition
-wavering
-oscillating
Term
circuitous
Definition
-indirect
-around a circuit
Term
consanguineous
Definition
-related
-with the same blood
Term
contrived
Definition
-forced
-contrived smile
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internecine
Definition
-destructive to both sides
-between both
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decried
Definition
-denounce publicly
-don't cry anymore about it
Term
deprecated
Definition
-frowned upon
-don't appreciate
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irascible
Definition
-irritable
-raspy voices are irascible
Term
verdant
Definition
-green leafy
-verde
Term
pallid
Definition
-pale
-PALlid
Term
antipathy
Definition
-hostility
-anti:against
Term
geniality
Definition
-friendly
-genial to same genus
Term
didactic
Definition
-intended to teach
-daddy
Term
contumacious
Definition
-stubbornly disobedient
-claudia
Term
transience
Definition
-impermanent
-transient person
Term
dearth
Definition
-lack
-death of something is dearth of something
Term
forthright
Definition
-direct
-go forth
Term
prevariate
Definition
-lie
-variate before telling the whole truth
Term
emaciate
Definition
-make thin or weak because of lack of food
-macy was emaciate because she was anorexic
Term
despondent
Definition
-discouraged
-unrespondent
Term
corpulent
Definition
-fat
-a lot of corpus
Term
carping
Definition
-complaining
-harping
Term
defunct
Definition
-inoperative
-doesn't function
Term
extant
Definition
-still existing
-opposite of extinct
Term
burgeoning
Definition
-flourishing
-opposite of purging
Term
exultant
Definition
-thrilled
-exhaltation
Term
vexed
Definition
-annoying
-want to ex
Term
cursory
Definition
-casual
-cursory check up
Term
repudiated
Definition
-rejected
-REjectED
Term
empiricists
Definition
-believe all knowledge is based on experience
-expieriencists
Term
polemic
Definition
-involving controversy
-problematic
Term
exigencies
Definition
-requirements
-exit strategies are exigencies
Term
portents
Definition
-omens
-porkey is a portent of where you'll go
Term
recalcitrant
Definition
-uncooperative
-recalls were recalcitrant with government standards
Term
vagaries
Definition
-changes
-vague parts are usually vagaries
Term
consolations
Definition
-comfort
-console someone, consolation prize
Term
eradicated
Definition
-eliminated
-don't ratify, eliminate
Term
tumult
Definition
-uproar
-tumble
Term
diaspora
Definition
-spread out
-diarrhea spreads out in toilet
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attenuate
Definition
-weaken
-someone attenuated needs to be attended to
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cataclysm
Definition
-disaster
-clash
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