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SAT Vocab
SAT Vocab
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11th Grade
02/12/2012
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dearth
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lack of
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multiplicity
 Definition
the quality or state of being multiple
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zealot (zealous)
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passionate warrior (passionate)
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promulgate
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to publish/declare (philsophy/creed/law)
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ubiquitous
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omni-present
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perfidious
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mean/hideous
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apocryphal
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not from the bile. made up from myth. falseness
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euphonious
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nice harmony
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disparate
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not even with
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melodrama
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emotional, over the top drama
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benign
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harmless
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zenith
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top (noon = sun's zenith)
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insouciant
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carefree/ no worries
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funereal
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related to funerals
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scrupulous
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proper manners/ paying careful attention to
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unintelligible
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not comprehensible
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equivocate
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being able to speak for both sides evenly
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coddle
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to treat like a kid
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chide
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to mock
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reticent
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hesitant
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bellicose
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belligerent (warlike)
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clairvoyant
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being able to see the future/ clear vision
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profiteer
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one who seeks profit (scam)
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unrelenting
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not giving up
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sanctimonious
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false holiness (donut God)
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deferential
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respectful
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panacea
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a cure all
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mitigate
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to lessen
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bereft
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deprived
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miscreant
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one who engages in trickery
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prosaic
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all the same/ mundane
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heretical
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to go against authority
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deleterious
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harmful
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excoriate
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to remove/ peel off
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forestall
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prevent
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steadfast
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unswerving/ loyal
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compunction
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remorse/ regret
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litigate
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go to court (suing)
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tacit
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secret/implied
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solicitous
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having the qualities of a solicitor
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galvanize
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to stiumulate with electricity
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vacillating
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to waver back and forth
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antipathy
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opposite feelings
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subterfuge
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deceit used to achieve ones goal
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ascertain
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to make certain (understand)
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genteel
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well-bred (gentlemen)
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vociferous
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really vocal
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obstreperous
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unruly/noisy/ proud
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ideologue
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one who stands for an ideal (martin luther)
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iconoclast
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flag burner/ heretic
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debilitating
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harmful/ takes away ability
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dilapidated
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old/ run down/ ramshackle
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eulogy
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high praise- funeral
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paradox
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meeting of opposites
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arcane
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rare/random
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caustic
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burns/harmful
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vitiate
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to weaken (take away vitality)
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venal
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corrupt/ bribe-able
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multifaceted
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many-faced
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fanfare
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celebration
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pretension
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falseness/ fake attitude
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emphatic
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with emphasis
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cantankerous
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disagreeable to deal with
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disposition
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state of mind regrading something
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mercurial
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changeable/volatile or animated/ lively
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implacable
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not to be appeased
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languid
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lacking in vigor or vitality
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preeminence
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state of being superior
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aggregation
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group of varied things
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retrenchment
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act of cutting down/reducing
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ephemeral
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short-lived
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bucolic
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pertaining to shepherds/ pastoral
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sundry
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various or diverse
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lugubrious
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mournful, dismal, or gloomy
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eminent
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above surroundings (stands out)
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aggregate
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combine (sum-up)
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irascible
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irate and rascal
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robust
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strong and healthy
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omnipotent
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all powerful
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potentate
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powerful person
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omniscient
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knowing/ studying all
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anecdote
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personal short story
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oppression
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pushing others down
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oppressed
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feeling overwhelmed
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erudition
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strong vocab
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tractable
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shape-able/ controllable
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intractable
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uncontrollable
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trenchant
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keen/ sharp
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flippant
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flipping off/rebellious
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pedantic
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teacher-ish
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pedagogue
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teacher
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cathartic
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sharing of emotion/ opening up
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dilatory
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not on time
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dilapidated
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old/ worn down
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felicitous
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most appropriate
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pundit
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someone who has talking authority on subject
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dilettante
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a hobbyist
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ascetic
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a wandering monk/gives up personal comfort
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impetuous
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unruly
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lithe
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graceful and flexible
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glacial
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frozen
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reprieve
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something helpful
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infusion
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injection/ flow in/ to cause a current
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narcissism
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someone obsessed with image
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reclamation
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to reclaim something
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archetypal
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being of an original model
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ostensible
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apparent to be true
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spurious
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not genuine
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partisan
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one who is a part of a party
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inscrutable
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not able to be scrutinized
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dubious
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doubtful
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paradigm
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archetype, model/pattern
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machination
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machine-like/ fabricated
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callow
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shallow
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histrionic
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hysterical
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brusque
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short/harsh
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introverted
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self-focused
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mendacious
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lying
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spellbinding
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hypnotic
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subvert
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undermine
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transference
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pass from a to b
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dichotomous
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dividing into two parts of classifications
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vilifying
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making villain
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intransigent
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Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something
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transient
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passing through
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perpetrating
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to commit/execute plan (evil)
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congeniality
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friendly
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affable
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friendly
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grandiose
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big/ overblown
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residual
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left over
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charlatan
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prankster
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depravity
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low morals
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idiosyncrasy
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a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual
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striated
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branded together
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belie
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to give a false impression of
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prominent
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standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line
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recalcitrant
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obstinately defiant of authority or restraint. difficult to manage or operate
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subservient
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serving or acting in a subordinate capacity
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overweening
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presumptuously conceited, overconfident
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intimate
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a close friend
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stilted
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stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style
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convoluted
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complicated; intricately involved
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candid
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sincere and informal
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austere
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severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict
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tout
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to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately
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disparage
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to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle
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extol
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to praise highly; laud; eulogize
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intractable
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not easily controlled or directed
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dire
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causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible
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bungle
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to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch
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endorse
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to approve, support, or sustain
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bombast
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speech too pompous for an occasion; pretentious words
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blather
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foolish, voluble talk
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adamant
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utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals
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avant-garde
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the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods
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moribund
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in a dying state; near death
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auspicious
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promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable
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spurious
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not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit
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munificent
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extremely liberal in giving; very generous
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assuage
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to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate
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beguile
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to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude
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disdain
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to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn
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exasperate
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to irritate intensely
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conundrum
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a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words
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pretext
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something that is put forward to conceal a true purpose or object; an ostensible reason; excuse
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resuscitation
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to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness
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mundane
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of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly
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adulation
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excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery
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hapless
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unlucky; luckless; unfortunate
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complicit
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choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity
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