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Vocabulary for the GRE
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01/03/2009
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abjure
 Definition
renounce upon oath; disavow
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abnegation
 Definition
renunciation, self-sacrifice
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abrogate
 Definition
abolish
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abstruse
 Definition
obscure; profound; difficult to understand
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acidulous
 Definition
slightly sour; sharp; causitc
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adventitious
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accidental; casual
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advert
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refer
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agog
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highly excited; intensely curious
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alacrity
 Definition
cheerful promptness; eagerness
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appurtenances
 Definition
subordinate possessions
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asperity
 Definition
sharpness (of temper)
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assiduous
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diligent
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bate
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let down; restrain
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beatific
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showing or producing joy; blissful
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beatitude
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blessedness; state of bliss
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bilious
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peevishly ill-humored
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blandish
 Definition
cajole; coax with flattery
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burlesque
 Definition
imitation that ridicules
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cadge
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beg; mooch; pan-handle
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callow
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youthful; inexperienced; immature
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calumny
 Definition
malicious misrepresentation; slander
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captious
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fault-finding
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carping
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petty criticism
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cavil
 Definition
make frivolous objections
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collate
 Definition
examine in order to verify authenticity
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collation
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light meal
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comity
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courtesy; civility
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complaisant
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trying to please; overly polite; obliging
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compunction
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remorse
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concatenate
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link as in a chain
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concomitant
 Definition
that which accompanies
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condign
 Definition
appropriate; deserved
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connivance
 Definition
pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend
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consign
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deliver officially; entrust; set apart
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cozen
 Definition
cheat; swindle; hoodwink
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crotchety
 Definition
eccentric; whimsical
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Cupidity
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greed
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cynosure
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object of general attention
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desuetude
 Definition
state of disuse
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desultory
 Definition
aimless; haphazard
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diffuse
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wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
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dilatory
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tending to delay; intentionally delaying
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dint
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means; effort
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disport
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amuse
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dissimulate
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pretend; conceal by feigning
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distrait
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inattentive; distracted, often by anxiety
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effete
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lacking vigor; worn out; sterile
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emend
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correct, usually a text
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equable
 Definition
steady; tranquil; uniform
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evanescent
 Definition
fleeting; vanishing
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execrate
 Definition
curse; express abhorrence for
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exiguous
 Definition
small; minute
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expatiate
 Definition
talk at length
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expiate
 Definition
make amends for (a sin)
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expostulate
 Definition
protest; remonstrance
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factitious
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artificial; sham
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fatuous
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brainless; inane; foolish yet smug
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febrile
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feverish
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feckless
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feeble and ineffective; careless and irresponsible
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fell
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cruel; deadly
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fulsome
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disgustingly excessive
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hortatory
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encouraging; exhortive
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ignominy
 Definition
deep disgrace; shame or dishonor
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immure
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imprison; shut up in confinement
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impecunious
 Definition
without money
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importunate
 Definition
urging; demanding
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impuissancce
 Definition
powerless; feebleness
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incommodious
 Definition
not spacious; inconvenient
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incubus
 Definition
burden; mental care; nightmare
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inculcate
 Definition
teach
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indite
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write; compose
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ineluctable
 Definition
irresistible; not to be escaped
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inexorable
 Definition
relentless; unyielding; implacable
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inimical
 Definition
unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
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insidious
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treacherous; stealthy; sly
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insuperable
 Definition
insurmountable; unbeatable
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invidious
 Definition
designed to create ill will or envy
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jocose
 Definition
given to joking
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jocund
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merry
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labile
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likely to change; unstable
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lassitude
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languor; weariness
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ligneous
 Definition
like wood
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litotes
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understatement for emphasis
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lugubrious
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mournful
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macerate
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soften by soaking in liquid; waste away
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maculated
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spotted; stained
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manifold
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numerous; varied
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meretricious
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flashy; tawdry
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minatory
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menacing; threatening
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mite
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small coin
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mincing
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affectedly dainty
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mountebank
 Definition
charlatan; boastful pretender
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mulct
 Definition
defraud a person of something
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natation
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swimming
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nettle
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annoy; vex
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niggle
 Definition
spend too much time on minor points
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nostrum
 Definition
questionable medicine
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nugatory
 Definition
futile; worthless
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obeisance
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bow
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obtrude
 Definition
push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
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overweening
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presumptuous; arrogant
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paroxysm
 Definition
fit or attack of pain, laughter, or rage
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patina
 Definition
green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
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pellucid
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transparent; limpid; easy to understand
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peregrination
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journey
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peroration
 Definition
conclusion of an oration
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perspicacious
 Definition
having insight; penetrating; astute
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pert
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impertinent; forward
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physiognomy
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face
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piquant
 Definition
pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating
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precis
 Definition
concise summary of main parts
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progenitor
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ancestor
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propinquity
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nearness; kinship
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prosody
 Definition
the art of versification
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provender
 Definition
dry food; fodder
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provident
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displaying forethought; thrifty; preparing for emergencies
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puissant
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powerful; strong; potent
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purport
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intention; meaning
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ramify
 Definition
divide into branches or subdivisions
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recondite
 Definition
abstruse; profound; secret
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redolent
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fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor
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repine
 Definition
fret; complain
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reprobate
 Definition
person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency
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requite
 Definition
repay; revenge
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retrench
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economize
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scotch
 Definition
stamp out; thwart; hinder
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sedulous
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diligent
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sententious
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terse; concise; aphoristic
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sibylline
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prophetic; oracular
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solecism
 Definition
construction that is flagrantly grammatically incorrect
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solicitous
 Definition
worried; concerned
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stultify
 Definition
cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; frustrate or hinder
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Stygian
 Definition
gloomy; hellish; deathly
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supererogatory
 Definition
superfluous; more than needed or demanded
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supernumerary
 Definition
person or thing in excess of what it necessary
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tatty
 Definition
worn and shabby
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temporize
 Definition
act evasively to gain time; avoid committing oneself
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tendentious
 Definition
having an aim; biased; designed to further a cause
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tumid
 Definition
pompous; bombastic; swollen
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tutelary
 Definition
protective; pertaining to a guardianship
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tyro
 Definition
beginner; novice
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unprepossessing
 Definition
unattractive
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verdigris
 Definition
green coating on copper exposed to weather
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viand
 Definition
food
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vitiate
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spoil the effect of; make inoperative
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vitreous
 Definition
pertaining to or resembling glass
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voluble
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fluent; glib; talkative
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waggish
 Definition
mischievous; humorously tricky
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wangle
 Definition
wiggle out; fake
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wastrel
 Definition
profligate
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welter
 Definition
-turmoil; bewildering jumble
-wallow
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whit
 Definition
smallest speck
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winsome
 Definition
agreeable; gracious; engaging
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jugulate
 Definition
to stop something by extreme measures; to slit the throat
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selcouth
 Definition
strange; uncommon; unusual; marvelous
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catachresis
 Definition
misuse of words
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laconic
 Definition
expressing much in few words
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recrudescence
 Definition
breaking our afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence
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equipoise
 Definition
equilibrium
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spoliation
 Definition
plundering or destroying
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coruscation
 Definition
sudden gleam or flash of light; striking display of brilliance or wit
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