10th Grade Words for Langhorne, PA, USA
Words for 10th Grade students of Neshaminy School District.
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abjure
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v. renounce upon oath; abandon forever | |
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abstract
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a. theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand | |
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abstruse
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a. obscure; profound; difficult to understand. | |
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accretion
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n. growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion | |
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acerbic
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a. sour or bitter in taste; harsh or corrosive in tone | |
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acquiesce
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v. assent; accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively | |
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acrimonious
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a. bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner | |
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acrimony
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n. animosity, sharp or bitter hatred | |
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adroit
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a. skillful and adept under pressing conditions | |
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adumbrate
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v. give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade | |
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aesthete
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n. one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature | |
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agnostic
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n. one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality | |
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altruism
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n. the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others | |
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altruistic
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a. unselfishly generous; concerned for others | |
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ambidextrous
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a. capable of using either hand with equal ease | |
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ambulatory
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a. able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary | |
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amorphous
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a. formless; lacking shape or definition | |
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anachronism
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n. an artifact that belongs to another time | |
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analogous
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a. comparable in certain respects; similar or alike | |
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anathema
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n. solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse | |
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anodyne
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n. source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain | |
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aphasia
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n. loss of speech due to injury or illness | |
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aphorism
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n. definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion | |
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apostrophe
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n. text character used to mark the possessive or to show the omission of letters or numbers | |
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ascetic
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a. leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere | |
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assignation
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n. a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) | |
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assonance
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n. the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words | |
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astringent
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a. causing contraction; having the effect of drawing tissue together; stern or austere | |
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augury
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n. sign of something coming; art or practice of foretelling events by signs or omens | |
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auspicious
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a. attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous | |
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austere
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a. strict or severe in discipline; severely simple and unornamented | |
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autonomous
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a. self-governing; not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent | |
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axiom
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n. self-evident truth requiring no proof | |
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baleful
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a. portending evil; harmful in intent or effect. | |
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banal
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a. obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality | |
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beleaguer
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v. besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops | |
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bellicose
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a. warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having impulse to be combative | |
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bemused
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a. confused; lost in thought; preoccupied | |
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benighted
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a. in a state of intellectual or moral ignorance, typically owing to a lack of opportunity
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bevy
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n. large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail | |
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bilk
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v. defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from | |
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blasphemous
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a. characterized by profanity or cursing | |
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blithe
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a. gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted | |
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bombastic
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a. pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning | |
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bonhomie
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n. a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) | |
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breach
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n. breaking of contract or duty | |
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broach
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v. introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce | |
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burgeon
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v. grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly | |
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calumny
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n. false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation; slander | |
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capacious
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a. capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy | |
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capitulate
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v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply | |
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capricious
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a. fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly | |
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celerity
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n. swiftness of action or motion; speed | |
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censorious
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a. critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure | |
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chalice
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n. goblet; bowl-shaped drinking vessel; large drinking cup, often having stem and base | |
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chary
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a. cautious; sparing or restrained about giving | |
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chicanery
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n. mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry | |
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choleric
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a. hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger | |
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circumlocution
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n. indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing | |
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circumspect
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a. carefully aware of all circumstances; cautious | |
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clairvoyant
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n. having foresight; fortuneteller | |
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cogent
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a. reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive | |
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cognate
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a. related by blood; having common ancestor; related or analogous in nature, character, or function | |
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complicity
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n. participation; involvement as partner or accomplice, especially in crime or other wrongdoing | |
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concave
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a. hollow; curved like inner surface of sphere | |
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conciliatory
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a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions | |
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concord
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n. agreement of opinions; harmonious state of things | |
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concordance
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n. agreement of opinions | |
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Confluence
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n. a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers) | |
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congenital
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a. present at birth; inborn; innate | |
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conscientious
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a. wishing to do what is right, especially to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly; diligent; responsible; reliable | |
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constituent
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n. component or part; citizen, voter | |
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construe
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v. make sense of; assign a meaning to | |
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contrite
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a. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses | |
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convalescence
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n. gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury | |
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convoluted
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a. coiled around; highly involved; intricate | |
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copious
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a. plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply | |
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corporeal
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a. bodily; of a material nature; tangible | |
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cosmopolitan
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a. sophisticated; of worldwide scope | |
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cupidity
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n. greed; excessive desire, especially for wealth | |
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cursory
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a. casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed | |
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dearth
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n. scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops | |
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debauch
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v. corrupt; seduce from virtue | |
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debilitate
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v. make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of | |
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declivity
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n. downward slope, as of a hill | |
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decry
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v. express strong disapproval of; disparage | |
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definitive
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a. final; complete; precisely defined or explicit | |
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defunct
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a. dead; no longer in use or existence | |
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deleterious
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a. having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous | |
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delineate
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v. portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out | |
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denude
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v. strip (something) of its covering, possessions, or assets; make bare | |
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desultory
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a. aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with subject | |
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dexterous
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a. skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill | |
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diaphanous
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a. so thin as to transmit light | |
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diatribe
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n. thunderous verbal attack | |
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dictum
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n. a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source | |
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differentiate
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v. set apart; distinguish; perceive or show difference in or between | |
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diffidence
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n. lack of self-confidence | |
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disburse
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v. expend, as from a fund | |
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discretionary
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a. having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment | |
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discursive
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a. tending to depart from main point or cover a wide range of subjects | |
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disgorge
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v. bring up and expel from throat or stomach; vomit; discharge or pour forth contents | |
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divination
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n. successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck | |
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doctrinaire
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a. unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding | |
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dour
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a. stubbornly unyielding; marked by sternness or harshness | |
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ebullient
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a. showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm | |
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effervescent
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a. used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide | |
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effluvia
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n. waste; foul-smelling outflow or vapor | |
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egregious
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a. notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking | |
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emollient
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n. having softening or soothing effect, especially to skin | |
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endemic
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a. prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country | |
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enjoin
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v. direct or impose with urgent appeal; order with emphasis | |
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ephemeral
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a. short-lived; enduring a very short time | |
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epitome
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n. representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article | |
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epochal
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a. highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era | |
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equivocal
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a. open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead | |
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equivocate
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v. lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth | |
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errant
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a. wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving; irregular in motion | |
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eschew
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v. avoid; refuse to use or participate in; stand aloof from | |
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ethereal
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a. light as air; heavenly; unusually refined | |
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euphemism
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n. mild expression to replace offensive, unpleasant, or embarrassing one | |
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euphoria
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n. feeling of great happiness and well-being, sometimes exaggerated | |
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exacerbate
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v. increase severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate | |
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excommunicate
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v. oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree | |
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execrable
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a. very bad; extremely inferiorl; intolerable; very hateful | |
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exorbitant
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a. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits | |
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expurgate
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v. clean; remove offensive parts of book | |
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exult
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v. rejoice; feel extreme happiness | |
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facile
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a. done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent | |
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fallacious
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a. false; tending to mislead; deceptive | |
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farcical
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a. broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce | |
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fatuous
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a. foolish or silly, especially in self-satisfied way | |
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fecund
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a. capable of producing offspring or vegetation | |
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fervid
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a. extremely hot; eager; impassioned; burning | |
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foible
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n. moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault | |
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forestall
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v. prevent by taking action in advance | |
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forte
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n. particular skill; special talent | |
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fraught
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a. furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy | |
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frenzied
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a. madly excited; in state of hurry, panic or wild activity | |
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frivolous
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a. lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant | |
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gambol
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v. dance and skip about in sport; leap playfully | |
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gamely
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ad. bravely; in game manner; in willing and spirited fashion | |
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glower
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v. look at with a fixed gaze; angry stare | |
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gnarl
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v. make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath | |
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grandiose
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a. impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent | |
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gratuitous
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a. given freely; unwarranted; granted without recompense; unearned | |
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gustatory
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a. relating to sense of taste; relating to gustation | |
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hackneyed
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a. repeated too often; over familiar through overuse | |
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harbinger
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n. forerunner; an indication of approach of something or someone | |
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harbor
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v. provide a refuge for; hide; give shelter to | |
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harrowing
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a. agonizing; distressing extremely painful | |
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haughty
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a. high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing | |
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hearten
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v. give encouragement to | |
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hermetic
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a. sealed by fusion so as to be airtight | |
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hidebound
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a. stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded | |
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hypothermia
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n. subnormal body temperature | |
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ilk
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n. a type of people or things similar to those already referred to
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imbue
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v. inspire or influence thoroughly; stain or dye deeply or completely | |
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immutable
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a. unable to be changed without exception; not mutable | |
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impasse
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n. road or passage having no exit; deadlock | |
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impassive
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a. without feeling; revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited | |
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impertinent
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a. improperly forward or bold; rude | |
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impetuous
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a. marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate | |
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impound
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v. shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound; gather and retain in a reservoir, basin, or pond | |
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impressionable
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a. readily or easily influenced; suggestible; capable of receiving impressions; emotional | |
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impudent
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a. improperly forward or bold; marked by casual disrespect | |
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incarnate
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a. embodied in human form; invested with bodily nature and form | |
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incendiary
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n. arsonist; bomb that is designed to start fires | |
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incense
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v. enrage; infuriate; cause to be extremely angry | |
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inchoate
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a. recently begun; imperfectly formed or developed; elementary | |
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incipient
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a. beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage | |
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incongruous
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a. not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility | |
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incredulous
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a. difficult to believe; incredible; skeptical | |
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indefatigable
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a. tireless; showing sustained enthusiastic action | |
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indelible
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a. impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent | |
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inestimable
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a. beyond calculation or measure | |
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inexorable
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a. not capable of being swayed; unyielding; implacable | |
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inextricable
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a. not permitting extrication; incapable of being disentangled or untied | |
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infiltrate
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v. pass into or through; penetrate with hostile intent | |
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infirmity
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n. weakness; bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age | |
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ingress
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n. the act of entering | |
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innocuous
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a. having no adverse effect; harmless | |
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insidious
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a. spreading harmfully in a subtle manner; designed or adapted to entrap | |
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insolvent
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a. bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts | |
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insular
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a. of isolated people, especially having a narrow viewpoint | |
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integral
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a. essential or necessary for completeness; entire | |
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interdict
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v. destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication | |
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interject
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v. to insert between other elements | |
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interminable
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a. being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual | |
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interpolate
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v. estimate the value of | |
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intractable
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a. difficult to manage or govern; stubborn; unyielding | |
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intrinsic
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a. relating to essential nature of a thing; inherent; built-in | |
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inundate
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v. overwhelm; cover with water, especially floodwaters | |
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inviolable
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a. secure from corruption, attack, or violation; unassailable | |
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iridescent
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a. exhibiting or giving out colors like those of rainbow; gleaming or shimmering with rainbow colors | |
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jettison
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v. throw overboard; eject from boat, submarine, aircraft, or spaceship | |
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jocular
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a. humorous, amusing or joking; sportive; not serious | |
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juggernaut
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n. overwhelming, advancing force that crushes or seems to crush everything in its path | |
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lachrymose
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a. weeping or inclined to weep; tearful; showing sorrow | |
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lackadaisical
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a. lacking purpose or zest; halfhearted; lacking spirit or liveliness | |
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laggard
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a. slow; sluggish; wasting time | |
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lassitude
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n. state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness | |
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liberation
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n. the attempt to achieve equal rights or status | |
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limpid
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a. clear, transparent or bright; calm, untroubled, and without worry | |
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loquacious
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a. talkative; given to continual talking; chattering | |
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machination
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n. clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes | |
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macrocosm
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n. the whole universe or entire world; complex structure, such as society, considered as single entity that contains numerous smaller-scale structures | |
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maladroit
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a. showing lack of skill; clumsy or awkward | |
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malediction
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n. curse; evil speaking; utterance of curse or execration | |
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malodorous
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a. foul-smelling; having bad or offensive odor | |
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megalomania
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n. mental disorder with delusions of grandeur | |
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menagerie
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n. collection of live wild animals on exhibition; enclosure in which wild animals are kept | |
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mendicant
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n. beggar; religious friar forbidden to own personal property who begs for living | |
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meritorious
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a. deserving reward or praise | |
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microcosm
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n. small, representative system having analogies to larger system; miniature model of something | |
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militate
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v. have force or influence; bring about an effect or change | |
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misconstrue
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v. interpret incorrectly; misjudge; mistake the meaning of | |
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misrepresentation
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n. a willful perversion of facts | |
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mollify
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v. make less rigid or softer; calm in temper or feeling | |
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monochromatic
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a. having only one color; viewing only one color, total color blindness | |
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monogamy
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n. having only one spouse at a time | |
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monolith
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n. a single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk) | |
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monologue
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n. speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy | |
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montage
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n. photographic composition combining elements from different sources | |
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morbid
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a. caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome | |
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mores
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n. conventions; moral standards; accepted traditional customs | |
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mote
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n. tiny piece of anything; very small particle | |
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motley
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a. multi-colored; mixed; having elements of great variety | |
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mottle
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v. colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | |
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multifaceted
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a. having many facets or aspects | |
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mundane
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a. belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary | |
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munificent
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a. very liberal in giving; showing great generosity | |
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myopic
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a. nearsighted; lacking foresight; narrow minded | |
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nadir
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n. lowest point; point on sphere opposites zenith diametrically | |
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nefarious
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a. very wicked; infamous by being extremely wicked | |
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negligent
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a. careless; inattentive | |
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negligible
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a. so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded | |
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neologism
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n. new or newly invented word or phrase | |
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neophyte
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n. recent convert to a belief; one newly initiated | |
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nether
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a. situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; lower; under; | |
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noisome
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a. foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous | |
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noxious
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a. harmful to living things; injurious to health | |
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nuptial
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a. relating to marriage or wedding ceremony | |
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obdurate
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a. hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion | |
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obliterate
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v. destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace | |
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obsequious
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a. slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery | |
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obtrusive
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a. inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. | |
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occlude
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v. block passage through | |
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officious
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a. marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others | |
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omnipotent
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a. all-powerful; having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force | |
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omnivorous
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a. eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything; having interest in a variety of subjects | |
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opulence
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n. extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance | |
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opulent
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a. rich and superior in quality | |
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ornithologist
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n. one who makes special study of birds | |
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oscillate
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v. swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum like; waver | |
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ostentatious
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a. showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention | |
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ostracism
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n. the act of excluding someone from society by general consent | |
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ostracize
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v. exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote | |
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paleontology
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n. study of prehistoric life; science of former life of the globe | |
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palisade
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n. fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground | |
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palpable
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a. tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable | |
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panegyric
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n. formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as public compliment | |
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pariah
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n. social outcast; person who is rejected from society or home | |
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parsimony
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n. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily | |
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particular
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a. special or more than usual | |
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partisan
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a. one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party | |
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paucity
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n. scarcity; smallness of number; fewness | |
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peculation
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n. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else | |
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pedantic
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a. marked by narrow focus on or display of learning, especially formal rules and trivial points | |
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penchant
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n. strong inclination; definite liking | |
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penitent
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a. feeling or expressing deep regret for misdeeds | |
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penury
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n. extreme poverty; lack of something; barrenness; insufficiency | |
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perfidious
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a. tending to betray; disloyal; faithless | |
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perfidy
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n. act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery | |
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perjure
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v. knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury | |
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permeable
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a. penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through | |
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perspicacious
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a. having keen insight; mentally perceptive; astute | |
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perusal
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n. reading carefully with intent to remember | |
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pestilence
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n. any epidemic disease with a high death rate | |
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posthumous
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a. happening after a person's death, as of child born after father's death | |
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prescient
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a. perceiving the significance of events before they occur | |
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presentment
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n. formal presentation of information to court; | |
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presumptuous
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a. overconfident; going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward | |
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pretentious
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a. intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious | |
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proclivity
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n. inclination; natural tendency; readiness; facility of learning | |
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prodigious
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a. impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous | |
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progeny
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n. one derived from another; offspring or descendant; result of creative effort, as product | |
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proliferation
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n. rapid growth; spread; increase in size by reproduction | |
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propensity
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n. natural inclination; tendency or preference; predilection | |
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prosaic
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a. dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual | |
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protagonist
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n. principal character in a work of fiction; main character in a drama; leader of a cause; champion | |
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protean
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a. versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes | |
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quadrilateral
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n. four-sided polygon; having four sides | |
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querulous
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a. habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance | |
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quiescence
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n. a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction | |
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rancid
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a. having disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats | |
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raucous
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a. harsh and rough-sounding; disturbing public peace; loud and rough | |
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ravage
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v. bring heavy destruction on; devastate | |
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receptive
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a. quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions; capable of receiving | |
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rectitude
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n. uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment | |
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redress
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n. remedy; compensation; act of correcting error or fault | |
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refute
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v. disprove; prove to be false or incorrect | |
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reiterate
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v. say, state, or perform again or repeatedly | |
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rejoinder
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n. retort; comeback; answer to a reply | |
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remission
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n. temporary moderation of disease symptoms; cancellation of a debt; lessening of intensity or degree | |
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replicate
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v. duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat; fold over or bend back | |
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repose
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n. relaxation; leisure; freedom from worry; peace of mind | |
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reprehensible
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a. deserving blame; admonition; blameworthy | |
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reprise
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n. musical repetition; repeat performance; recurrent action | |
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reproach
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v. express disapproval or disappointment; bring shame upon; disgrace | |
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reprobate
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n. person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples | |
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respire
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v. breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety | |
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respite
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n. usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment | |
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restive
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a. impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control | |
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retinue
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n. following members; attendants accompanying high-ranking person | |
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retrograde
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v. go backwards; decline to inferior state; degenerate | |
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rhetoric
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n. art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere language | |
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ribald
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a. coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive | |
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sagacious
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a. perceptive; shrewd; having insight | |
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salient
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a. prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs | |
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sardonic
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a. disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking | |
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satiate
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v. satisfy fully; overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | |
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savant
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n. scholar; man of learning or science; one eminent for learning | |
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scurrilous
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n. obscene; indecent; expressing offensive reproach | |
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sedentary
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a. requiring sitting; accustomed to sitting or to taking little exercise; living in one area, not migratory | |
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sentient
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a. endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness | |
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sequester
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v. isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude | |
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seraphic
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a. angelic; having sweet nature befitting an angel | |
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serrated
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a. saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections | |
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sobriquet
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n. nickname; familiar name for person, typically shortened version of given name | |
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solicitous
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a. worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern | |
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soliloquy
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n. talking to oneself; act of a character speaking to himself so as to reveal his thoughts to audience | |
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sonorous
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a. having or producing full, loud, or deep sound; impressive in style of speech; easy to feel | |
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sophistry
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n. argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic | |
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sophomoric
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a. immature; half-baked, like a sophomore | |
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soporific
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a. sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness | |
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sportive
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a. playful; relating to or interested in sports | |
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sprightly
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a. lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay | |
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stark
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a. bare; complete or extreme | |
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stratagem
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n. deceptive scheme; military maneuver designed to deceive or surprise enemy | |
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subpoena
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n. written order to require appearance in court to give testimony | |
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succinct
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a. brief or compact; by clear, precise expression in few words | |
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succulent
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a. full of juicy; full of richness; highly interesting or enjoyable; delectable | |
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superannuated
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v. declare to be obsolete | |
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supercilious
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a. arrogant; feeling or showing haughty disdain; overbearing | |
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supplicant
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n. someone who prays to God | |
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surmount
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v. overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of | |
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surreptitious
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a. secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently | |
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swarthy
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a. dark; dusky; naturally having skin of a dark color | |
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synopsis
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n. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | |
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synthesis
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n. combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe | |
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synthetic
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a. artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis | |
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tableau
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n. striking and vivid representation; picture | |
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tawdry
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a. cheap in nature or appearance; tastelessly showy; shameful or indecent | |
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temerity
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n. boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger | |
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tempestuous
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a. very stormy; turbulent; rough with wind; impassioned; violent | |
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tensile
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a. capable of being stretched or extended; ductile | |
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toady
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n. person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; yes man | |
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transcription
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n. a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording) | |
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tremulous
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a. marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking; timid or fearful; timorous | |
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turgid
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a. swollen; distended; excessively ornate or complex in style or language | |
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undulate
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a. having a wavy margin and rippled surface | |
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unfathomable
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a. difficult or impossible to understand; difficult or impossible to measure | |
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unfrock
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v. strip a priest or minister of church authority; remove from status as member of clergy | |
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unheralded
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a. without warning or announcement | |
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unsolicited
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a. not requested, welcome or invited | |
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unwarranted
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a. having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality | |
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upbraid
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v. severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply | |
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uproarious
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a. characterized by loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter | |
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usurp
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v. seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority | |
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veneration
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n. religious zeal; willingness to serve God | |
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verbatim
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ad. using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word | |
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verbose
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a. wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words | |
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verdant
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a. green; full of juice in vegetation | |
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verity
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n. truth, fact or reality, especially enduring religious or ethical truth | |
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vernal
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a. related to spring; suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh | |
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virile
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a. marked by energy and vigor; manly; able to copulate, as for male | |
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vociferous
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a. offensively loud; noisy; making outcry | |
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volley
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n. flight of missiles; round of gunshots; tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces | |
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voluble
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a. fluent; glib; talkative; marked by ready flow of speech | |
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voluminous
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a. large in volume or bulk; large in number or quantity, especially of discourse | |
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voracious
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a. ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities | |
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waver
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v. play or move to and fro; move one way and the other; swing; be unsettled in opinion | |