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06/06/2011
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ABATE

 Definition
TO reduce in force or degree; to weaken
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ABSCOND

 Definition

To Leave Secretly
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ARDOR

 Definition
Intense and passionate feeling
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AMALMAGATE

 

 Definition
To Combine; to mix together
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AMELIORATE

 Definition
To Make Better; to improve
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ASSUAGE 

 Definition
To Make something unpleasant less severe
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ATTENUATED

 Definition
To reduce in force or degree; to weaken
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AUDACIOUS

 Definition
Fearless and daring
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AUSTERE

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Severe or stern in appearance; undecorated
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BANAL

 Definition
Predictable, cliched, boring phrases like Have a nice day, or Another day, another dollar.
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CAPRICIOUS
 Definition
Changing one's mind quickly and often
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CASTIGATE
 Definition
TO PUNISH OR CRITICIZE HARSHLY
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CAUSTIC
 Definition
BITING IN WIT
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CHICANERY
 Definition
DECEPTION BY MEANS OF CRAFT OR GUILE
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COGENT
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CONVINCING AND WELL REASONED
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CONDONE
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TO OVERLOOK, PARDON, OR DISREGARD
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CONVOLUTED
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COMPLICATED
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CREDULOUS
 Definition
TOO TRUSTING
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DECORUM
 Definition
APPROPRIATENESS OF BEHAVIOR OR CONDUCT
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DEFERENCE
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RESPECT
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DERIDE
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TO MOCK
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DESICCATE
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TO DRY OUT THOROUGHLY
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DESULTORY
 Definition
JUMPING FROM THING TO ANOTHER, DISCONNNECTED
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DIATRIBE
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ABUSIVE SPEECH
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DIFFIDENT
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LACKING SELF-CONFIDENCE
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DILATE
 Definition
TO MAKE LARGER
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DILATORY
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INTENDING TO DELAY
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DILETTANTE
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SOMEONE WITH AMATEURISH AND SUPERFICIAL INTEREST IN A TOPIC
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DIRGE
 Definition
A FUNERAL HYMN OR MOURNFUL SPEECH
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DISABUSE
 Definition
TO FREE FROM ERROR
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DISCERN
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TO RECOGNIZE
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DISPARATE
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ENTIRELY UNLIKE
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DISEMBLE
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TO PRESENT A FALSE APPEARANCE
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DISSONANCE
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A HARSH AND DISAGREEABLE COMBINATION
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DOGMATIC
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DICTATORIAL IN ONE'S BELIEFS
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ECLECTIC
 Definition
MADE FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES
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EFFICACY
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EFFECTIVENESS
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ELEGY
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A SORROWFUL POEM OR SPEECH
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ENERVATE
 Definition
TO REDUCE IN STRENGTH
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ENGENDGER
 Definition
TO PRODUCE, CAUSE, OR BRING ABOUT
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ENUMERATE
 Definition
TO COUNT, LIST, OR ITEMIZE
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EPHEMERAL
 Definition
LASTING A SHORT TIME
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EQUIVOCATE
 Definition
TO USE EXPRESSIONS OR DOUBLE MEANING IN ORDER TO MISLEAD
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ERUDITE
 Definition
LEARNED, SCHOLARLY, BOOKISH
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ESOTERIC
 Definition
KNOWN OR UNDERSTOOD BY ONLY A FEW
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ESTIMABLE
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ADMIRABLE
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EUPHEMISM
 Definition
USE OF AN INOFFENSIVE WORD OR PHRASE IN PLACE OF A MORE DISTASTEFUL ONE
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EXCULPATE
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TO CLEAR FROM BLAME; PROVE INNOCENT
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EXIGENT
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URGENT; REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ACTION
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FAWN
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TO GROVEL
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FERVID
 Definition
INTENSELY EMOTIONAL
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FLORID
 Definition
EXCESSIVELY DECORATED OR EMBELLISHED
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FOMENT
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TO AROUSE OR INCITE
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GARRULOUS
 Definition
TENDING TO TALK A LOT
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GREGARIOUS
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OUTGOING
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GUILE
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DECEIT
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ICONOCLAST
 Definition
ONE WHO OPPOSES ESTABLISHED BELIEFS, CUSTOMS, AND INSTITUTIONS
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IMPERTURBABLE
 Definition
NOT CAPABLE OF BEING DISTURBED
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IMPERVIOUS
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IMPOSSIBLE TO PENETRATE; INCAPABLE OF BEING AFFECTED
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IMPLACABLE
 Definition
UNABLE TO BE CALMED DOWN
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INCHOATE
 Definition
NOT FULLY FORMED; DISORGANIZED
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INIMICAl
 Definition
HOSTILE, UNFRIENDLY
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INNOCULOUS
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HARMLESS
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INSIPID
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LACKING INTEREST OR FLAVOR
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INTRANSIGENT
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UNCOMPROMISING
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INUNDATE
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TO COVER WITH WATER
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IRASCIBLE
 Definition
EASILY MADE ANGRY
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LACONIC
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