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| ANIMOSITY, n. bitter hostility; hatred |
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| NOMINAL, adj. being something in name only |
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| COMMODIOUS, adj. spaciously comfortable |
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| ERUDITE, adj. learned; scholarly |
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| COVET, v. desire what belongs to another |
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| GULLIBLE, adj. easily deceived; credulous |
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| DEBACLE, n. complete failure; disaster |
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| DISPASSIONATE, adj. calm; impartial |
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| DULCET, adj. sweet to the ear |
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| EFFRONTERY, n. insolence. |
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| DISABUSE, v. correct a false opinion; free from error |
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| EMULATE, v. strive to equal; imitate |
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| CONVOLUTED, adj. coiled around; (excessively) intricate |
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| EQUITABLE, adj. fair; impartia |
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| COUPLET, n. a single pair of rhymed lines |
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| EVANESCENT, adj. fleeting; momentary |
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| MACHIAVELLIAN, adj. characterized by cunning and duplicity |
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| EXTRANEOUS, adj. not essential. |
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| FATUOUS, adj. inane; silly |
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| FOMENT, v. stir up; instigate |
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| GAUNT, adj. excessively thin |
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| NONCHALANT, adj. unconcerned; casual; indifferent |
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| GLEAN, v. gather information; learn |
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| GLIB, adj. smooth of speech |
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| HALCYON, adj. peaceful; undisturbed |
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| IMPERTURBABLE, adj. extremely calm; serene |
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| HEINOUS, adj. hateful; evil |
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| HOMOGENEOUS, adj. composed of similar elements |
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| ICONOCLAST, n. attacker of cherished beliefs and traditional ideals. |
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| IGNOMINIOUS, adj. humiliating; disgraceful |
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| IMMURE, v. imprison; shut up in confinement |
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| HORTATORY, adj. encouraging; urging on |
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| IMPROMPTU, adj. on the spur of the moment |
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| INCONTINENT, adj. lacking restraint; licentious |
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| BLANK VERSE, n. unrhymed, iambic pentameter lines. |
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| PALL, v. become dull; cease to please |
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| LASSITUDE, n. weariness; listlessness |
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| IMPUTE, v. attribute; ascribe |
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| MALCONTENT, n. chronically dissatisfied person |
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| EXPEDIENT, adj. practical, usually without regard for principles or ethical considerations |
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| INSIDIOUS, adj. working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner. |
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| MALLEABLE, adj. capable of being shaped or formed |
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| EXPURGATE, v. remove objectionable parts |
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| MENTOR, n. trusted counselor or guide |
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| PROSTRATE, adj. lying face down |
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| MOLLIFY, v. pacify; soothe. |
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| MYOPIC, adj. near sighted; narrow of vision |
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| NASCENT, adj. coming into being; beginning to form or develop |
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| OBSTREPEROUS, adj. boisterous; noisy |
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| OPPORTUNIST, n. one who takes advantage of circumstances without regard for principle |
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| PALTRY, adj. trivial; meager. |
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| RESURGENCE, n. rising again after defeat |
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| UNCANNY, adj. seemingly supernatural; inexplicable; mysterious |
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| PEDANT, n. teacher who emphasizes minutiae |
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| RETICENT, adj. habitually silent; reserved |
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| PERQUISITE, n. any gain beyond stipulated salary |
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| ALLITERATION, n. the repetition of identical consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words |
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| PRAGMATIC, adj. based on experience; practical |
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| PUNDIT, n. authority on a subject |
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| RABID, adj. going to extreme lengths in pursuing an interest or opinion |
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| RECIDIVISM, n. return to crime |
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| VAPID, adj. dull; uninteresting |
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| ONUS, n. burden, responsibility |
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| SANCTION, n. authoritative approval or permission |
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| PRODIGIOUS, adj. extraordinary in bulk, quality or degree |
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| TENABLE, adj. defendable; supportable |
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| SATIATE, v. satisfy fully or to excess |
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| VALEDICTORY, adj. pertaining to farewell |
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| SERVILE, adj. submissive; cringing |
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| WINSOME, adj. charming; attractive |
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| SOLACE, n. comfort in time of need |
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| SYCOPHANT, n. servile flatterer |
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| TACIT, adj. implied; understood; not stated |
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| VACILLATE, v. waver; hesitate in choice of opinions |
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| VACILLATE, v. waver; hesitate in choice of opinions |
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| SOPHOMORIC, adj. immature; childish |
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| TANTAMOUNT, adj. equivalent to |
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| USURY, n. lending money at illegal interest rates |
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| TRYST, n. lovers' meeting |
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| METONYMY, n. use of the name of one object or idea for another to which it is closely related |
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| TITULAR, adj. having the title without the duties and responsibilities |
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| UNASSUMING, adj. retiring; modest |
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| APERTURE, n. opening; hole |
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| UNCTUOUS, adj. marked by exaggerated or assumed spirituality |
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| SEPULCHRE, n. a burial vault or cave; tomb |
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| UNWITTING, adj. unintentional |
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| SEQUESTER, v. set apart; segregate |
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| UXORIOUS, adj. excessively devoted to one's wife |
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| STAUNCH, adj. faithful; steadfast in loyalty |
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| UNSEEMLY, adj. unbecoming; inappropriate |
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| SUBSERVIENT, adj. submissive; obsequious |
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| KINETIC, adj. related to or produced by motion |
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| ABSTRUSE, adj. obscure; difficult to understand |
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| VILIFY, v. utter slanderous, abusive statements |
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| ACUMEN, n. mental keenness; shrewdness |
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| CIRCUMSCRIBED, adj. limited in range of activity |
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| VISIONARY, adj. fanciful; impractical |
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| CLANDESTINE, adj. secret; surreptitious |
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| VITUPERATION, n. sustained and bitter railing and condemnation |
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| SYNECDOCHE, n. a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to suggest the whole |
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| VISCERAL, adj. dealing with elemental emotions |
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| WIZENED, adj. withered; shriveled |
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| YOKEL, n. hick; country bumpkin |
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| ABOMINATE, v. loathe; detest |
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| VENEER, n. attractive surface that hides what lies beneath |
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| AMBULATORY, adj. able to walk |
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| ANOMALY, n. deviation from the common rule; irregularity |
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| VIRTUOSO, n. highly skilled artist |
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| VESTIGE, n. trace of something vanished |
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| BERATE, v. scold severely |
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| BRUSQUE, adj. abrupt; blunt |
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| CAPTIOUS, adj. fond of making petty objections or criticisms; carping |
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| CARRION, n. rotting flesh of a dead body |
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| VICE, n. a serious moral failing; depravity; corruption |
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| VENERABLE, adj. calling forth respect through age or attainments |
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| DEFILE, v. corrupt the purity or perfection of |
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| DESICCATED, adj. dried up |
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| VINDICATE, v. to clear from criticism or suspicion; absolve; exculpate. |
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| ONOMATOPOEIA, n. representation of a thing or action by use of a word that imitates the sound associated with it |
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| DILATORY, adj. characterized by procrastination; tardy |
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| EFFUSIVE, adj. pouring forth; gushing |
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| CURMUDGEON, n. crusty, ill-tempered old man |
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| EMENDATION, n. correction of errors; improvement |
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| EMPIRICAL, adj. based on experience |
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| EQUIVOCATE, v. avoid committing oneself in what one says |
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| INEFFABLE, adj. unutterable; beyond expression |
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| VERBATIM, adj. word for word |
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| EUPHONIOUS, adj. pleasing in sound |
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| INALIENABLE, adj. not to be taken away |
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| FAUX PAS, n. an error or slip in manners or behavior |
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| FLACCID, adj. flabby; lacking vigor or force |
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| DILETTANTE, n. person having a superficial interest in an art or branch of knowledge; dabbler; amateur |
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| FLIPPANT, adj. lacking proper respect or seriousness |
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| FOIBLE, n. minor flaw or shortcoming |
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| MEANDER, v. wander aimlessly without urgent destination |
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| GARNER, v. gather into storage |
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| MOOT, adj. open to question; debatable |
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| GREGARIOUS, adj. characterized by a liking for companionship; sociable |
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| HIATUS, n. gap; break; interruption |
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| FELICITOUS, adj. particularly apt or well chosen; pleasing |
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| DECREPITUDE, n. state of collapse brought about by illness or old age |
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| DEMESNE, n. domain; land over which a person rules |
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| INFINITESIMAL, adj. immeasurably small |
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| DECIMATE, v. destroy a large part of |
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| INSULAR, adj. relating to an island; narrow-minded |
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| INTRANSIGENT, adj. refusing to compromise or abandon a position or attitude |
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| JINGOISM, n. extreme chauvinism or nationalism |
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| INNOCUOUS, adj. harmless; not likely to give offense |
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| LOUT, n. an awkward, brutish person |
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| MALEVOLENT, adj. characterized by vicious ill will or hatred |
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| GALVANIZE, v. to stimulate or excite (usually into action of some sort) |
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| JADED, adj. dulled by excess |
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| MORES, n. moral customs of a particular group |
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| REPOSITORY, n. storehouse |
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| MOTLEY, adj. composed of diverse often incongruous elements |
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| OBDURATE, adj. resistant to persuasion |
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| OSTENSIBLE, adj. plausible rather than true or real; apparent |
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| PANDER, v. cater to the low desires of others |
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| PARVENU, n. newly-rich person |
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| CAESURA, n. a pause or break occurring near the middle of a line of poetry |
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