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Vocabulary 1st Semester
Vocabulary
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Language - English
9th Grade
12/02/2010
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cosmopolitan
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known around the world
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sagacious
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showing good sense or judgement; wise
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indolent
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lazy
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peruse
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to examine with great care
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venerate
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to look up to someone
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pyre
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a cumbustiable pile of wood usually for burning a dead body
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perrenial
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lasting for a long time
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pilgrimage
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a long religious journey usually to a sacred place
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magnanimous
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high-minded or noble
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mnemonic
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a device used to asist in memory
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posthumous
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occuring after one's death
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loquacious
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wordy or talkative
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palpable
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capable of being changed
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pall
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a cloth usually spread over a coffin
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futile
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ineffective or useless
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medley
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a mixture
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maverick
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a lone dissenter who takes apart from others
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succor
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help or relief
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foray
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sudden attack
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melancholy
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mournful or depressed in manner
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flustered
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ill at ease, worried, or confused
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regime
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a ruling system suck as a government
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conflagration
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a long, destructive fire
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serendipity
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good fortune or luck
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invariable
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non-variable
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epistolary
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continued on by letters
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droll
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whimsically humorous
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countenance
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appearance
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peripatetic
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walking or traveling about
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inane
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lacking sense; silly
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inure
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to accustom to hardship
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genial
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warmly or pleasantly peaceful
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taciturn
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inclined to silence
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enmity
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feeling of hatred
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lucid
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clear
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tenuous
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lacking in clarity; weak
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denigrate
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to put down
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ebullient
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overflowing with enthusiasm
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nefarious
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evil
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extol
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to praise highly
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blatant
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extremely obvious
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respite
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a temporary relief from harm
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gregarious
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extremely sociable
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denizen
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an inhabitant
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machination
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a crafty scheme
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rapier
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a sword
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retribution
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repayment
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impunity
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exemption form punishment
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expletive
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a profane interjection
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profligate
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recklessly wasteful
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zealous
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enthusiastic and eager
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approbation
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approval
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attribute
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a quality, characteristic,or feature
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bellicose
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war-like
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gambit
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a move intented to gain an advantage
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cache
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a hiding place
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pejorative
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belittling
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innocuous
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harmless, not damaging
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languid
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slack or slow
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deleterious
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harmful especially to health
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judicious
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showing good judgement
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ominous
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foreboding; threatening
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placid
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pleasantly calm and peaceful
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desultary
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disconnected
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avail
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advantage; to be of use
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intospective
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examining one's own sensory and perceptual experiences
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conundrum
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a puzzle
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astute
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wise; sagacious
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salacious
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scandalous, obscene
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lascivious
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arousing desire
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libation
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a pouring of a liquid in honor
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urbane
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reflecting elegance
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ascertain
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to determine and make certain
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exalt
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to raise in rank
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avarice
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greed for riches
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preclude
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to prevent
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apprise
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inform or advise
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resonant
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resounding or echoing
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staccato
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shortened or detached
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ignominious
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humiliated and embarrassed
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mollify
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to soothe
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pungent
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biting; acrid
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celestial
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pertaining to the sky or visible heaven
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terrestrial
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pertaining to the earth or land
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proliferate
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to increase in number
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prolix
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long and wordy
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prolific
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producing many offspring
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brusque
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blunt in manner
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imperious
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overbearing
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fervent
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showing enthusiasm
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ardor
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passion
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aesthetic
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characterised by a love of beauty
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panacea
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a cure-all
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windfall
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an unexpected gain
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exacting
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rigid in demands
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irrevocable
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not capable of being revoked
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spurious
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false or counterfeit
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felicity
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the state of being happy
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fortitude
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strength
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prostrate
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lying flat
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erudition
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extensive knowledge aquired from books
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nimbus
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a shineing cloud or rainstorm
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luminous
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bright
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aversion
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the act of turning away
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impetuous
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characterized by sudden action
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turbid
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not clear
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onerous
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causing hardship
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truculent
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fierce and brutal
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in lieu of
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in place of
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ad hoc
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the case at hand (adv.)
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status quo
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the existing state
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redress
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to remedy or repair
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draconian
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rigourous
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promethean
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creatice
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paradox
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a contradictory statement that expresses possible truth
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buffalo
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to puzzle or baffle
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absolve
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to free from guilt
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acheilles'heel
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a vulnerable spot
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tantalize
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to tease or torment
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mercurial
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changeable
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axiom
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a universal truth
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cabbhanalian
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a drunken feast
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labyrinth
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a maze
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ague
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a fever marked by cold, hot, sweating fits
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disparity
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inequality; difference
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facetious
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not meant to be taken seriously
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extrapolate
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to infer from something that is known
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unobtrusive
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not noticeable
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stupor
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a daze
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adroit
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cleverly skillful
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derisive
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mocking or ridiculing
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inscrutable
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difficult or impossible to understand
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exonerate
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to free from blame
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patronize
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to sponser; be a regular customer of
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pandemonium
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chaos
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obsequious
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obedient; bootlicking
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ennui
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boredom
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naïve
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lacking information and instruction
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scrupulous
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exactly conducted
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niche
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a position particulary fitted to a person
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subversive
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the state or quality of being subverse
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ensconce
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fix firmly
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