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Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level G: Units 1-6
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06/12/2004

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encomium
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A formal expression of praise; a tribute.
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coherent
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holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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belabor
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to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
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eschew
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to avoid, shun, keep away from
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acquisitive
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able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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emulate
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to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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arrogate
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to claim or take without right
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banal
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hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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excoriation
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a strong denunciation; the act or state of stripping or wearing off the skin
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congeal
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to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
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carping
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tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; petty, nagging criticism
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substantiate
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to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
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temporize
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to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation , or postpone a decision; to compromise
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largesse
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generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
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tenable
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capable of being held or defended
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insatiable
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so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied
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reconnaissance
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a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
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germane
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relevant, appropriate, apropos
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ramify
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to divide and spread out like branches; to separate into divisions
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise, irreconciliable
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taciturn
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habitually silent or uiet, inclined to talk very little
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invidious
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offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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avid
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desirious of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
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halcyon
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a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
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devious
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straying or wandering from a straight or direct course, roundabout; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
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accost
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to approach and speak to first
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incendiary
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deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately starts fires; one who causes strife
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animadversion
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a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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covenant
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a solemn agreement
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gambit
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in chess, an opening move that involves the risk or sacrifice of a minor pice in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type
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brackish
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having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
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histrionic
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pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic
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celerity
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swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
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suppliant
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asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestly
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propound
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to put forward, offer, suggest for consideration; to set forth
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propriety
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the state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
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overt
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open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
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undulate
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to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
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sacrilege
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improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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talisman
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an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers
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myopic
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nearsighted; lacking in a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
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summarily
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without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
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distraught
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very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict
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credence
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belief, mental acceptance
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feckless
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lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irrespondsible, unreliable
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decry
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to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate
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articulate
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to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints; expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language clearly and forcefully; jointed
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deragatory
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designed to belittle or degrade; disparaging
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cavort
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to romp or prance around exuberantly
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression
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eulogy
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a a formal statement of commendation; high praise
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exhume
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to remove from a grave; to bring to light
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evince
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to display clearly, to make evident; to provoke
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verdant
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green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement
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verbiage
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language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression
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murky
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dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision
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propinquity
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nearness in place or time; kinship
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intractable
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hard to manage, stubborn, not responsive to discipline
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piquant
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stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative
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utopian
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founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical
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nefarious
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wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards
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viscous
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having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity
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unwonted
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not usual or expected; not in character
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primordial
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developed or created a tthe very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; dundamental, basic
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frenetic
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frenzied, frantic, highly agitated
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disarray
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disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder
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atrophy
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the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; to waste away
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asseverate
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to affirm earnestly and with emphasis
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glean
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to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
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consummate
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complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion or perfection
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grouse
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a type of game ird; a complaint; to comlain, grumble
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bastion
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a fortified place, stronghold
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exigency
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urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need, an emergency
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flotsam
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floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
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concord
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a state of agreement, harmony, a treaty
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prepossessing
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pleasing, tending to create a favorable impression
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recumbant
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in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
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incarcerate
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to imprison, confine, jail
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ludicrous
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ridiculous, laughable, absurd
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mordant
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biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
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pusillanimous
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contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
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nettle
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a prickly or stinging plant; to arounse displeasure, impatience, or angerl to vex or irritate severely
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stratagem
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a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
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incumbent
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obligatory, required; one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
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pecuniary
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consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
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jocular
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humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
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delineate
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to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially
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hallow
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to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere
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emend
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to correct; to alter to serve a new or different purpose
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figment
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a favrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion
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fiat
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an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret
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acuity
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sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)
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garner
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to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use
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fecund
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fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
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enervate
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to weaken, lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of, enfeeble, hamstring
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depraved
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brought to a state of evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles
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mundane
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earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary
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penchant
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a strong attraction or inclination
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ubiquitous
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present or existing everywhere
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reputed
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according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; alleged
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malediction
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a curse, expression of hatred and condemnation
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overweening
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conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate
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sophistry
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reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy
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nuance
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a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference
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sumptuous
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costly, rich, magnificent
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ignominy
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shame and disgrace
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idiosyncrasy
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a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
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complicity
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involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
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inane
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silly, empty of meaning or value
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agnostic
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one who believes that nothing is known about God; a skeptic; without faith, skeptical
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indictment
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the act of accusing; a formal accusation
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equity
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the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim
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abject
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degraded, wretched; base, comtemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
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diatribe
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a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
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intermittent
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stopping and beginning again, sporadic
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derelict
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someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; aleft abandoned; neglectful of duty
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effigy
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a crude image of a despised person
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indubitable
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certain, not to be doubted or denied
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travesty
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a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
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surveillance
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a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
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meretricious
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superficially attractive in a showy, cheap, or vulgar way; lacking sincerity; sham, spurious
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neophyte
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a new convert, beginner, novice
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sylvan
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pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
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moot
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open to discussion and debate, unresolved; to bring up for discussion; a hypothetical law case argued by students
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perspicacity
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keenness in observing and understanding
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testy
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easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
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plenary
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complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
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motif
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a principal idea or feature; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
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prestigious
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having a highly favorable reputation, of high standing, commanding respect
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