9th Grade Words for Langhorne, PA, USA
Words for 9th Grade students of Neshaminy School District.
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abatement
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n. the act of abating | |
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abdicate
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v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim | |
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abstract
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a. theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand | |
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acumen
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n. mental keenness; quickness of perception | |
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adherent
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n. one who strongly supports something; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause | |
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adjunct
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n. something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior | |
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aesthetic
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a. elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste | |
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aggrandize
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v. increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation | |
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allegory
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n. symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form | |
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allusion
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n. indirect reference; symbolical reference or comparison; metaphor | |
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ameliorate
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v. make or become better; improve; grow better | |
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amenable
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a. responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable | |
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amoral
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a. lacking moral sensibility; not caring about right and wrong. | |
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amorous
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a. moved by sexual love; loving | |
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ancillary
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a. serving as aid or accessory; auxiliary | |
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antipathy
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n. strong feeling of aversion; dislike | |
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antiquated
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a. too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged | |
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antiquity
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n. ancient times, especially the times preceding the Middle Ages; extreme oldness | |
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antithesis
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n. a contrast or opposition between two things; direct contrast | |
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aperture
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n. opening; diameter of such an opening; hole | |
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approbation
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n. expression of warm approval; praise | |
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arcane
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a. secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated | |
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ardor
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n. intense feeling of love; feelings of great warmth and intensity | |
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ascendancy
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n. superiority or decisive advantage; domination | |
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ascertain
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v. find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of | |
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assiduous
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a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent | |
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assimilation
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n. the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | |
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attenuate
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v. make slender, fine, or small; weaken; lessen density of | |
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audacious
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a. fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold | |
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audit
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v. make an official examination of the accounts of a business and produce a report | |
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augment
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v. make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity | |
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auxiliary
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a. giving help or support, especially to a more important person or thing | |
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avarice
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n. greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain | |
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aversion
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n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike | |
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avouch
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v. admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about | |
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belabor
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v. discuss repeatedly; attack verbally; work hard upon | |
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bemuse
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v. cause to be confused emotionally | |
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benefactor
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n. gift giver; person who gives people or institutions with financial help | |
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beseech
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v. beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly | |
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betoken
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v. signify; indicate; be a visible sign of; give evidence of | |
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blanch
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v. cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach | |
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blatant
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a. flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive | |
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boorish
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a. rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners | |
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brigand
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n. an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band | |
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buffet
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n. table with food set out for people to serve themselves | |
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buffoon
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n. one who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures; droll; mimic; clown | |
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bulwark
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n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends | |
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bursar
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n. treasurer or keeper of funds; purser or treasurer of college or other community | |
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buttress
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v. support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence | |
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cajole
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v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering | |
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calamitous
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a. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | |
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carnal
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a. fleshly; of or relating to body or flesh; bodily | |
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carouse
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n. revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party | |
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carp
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n. the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised | |
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castigate
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v. criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication | |
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cavalier
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a. offhand or casual; given to haughty disregard of others | |
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cavort
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v. play boisterously | |
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certitude
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n. state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence | |
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cessation
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n. bringing or coming to end; ceasing | |
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champion
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n. a person who has defeated all rivals in a competition | |
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chasten
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v. rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof | |
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chastise
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v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke | |
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cherubic
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a. angelic; innocent-looking; like a baby; infantile | |
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churlish
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a. difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable | |
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circumscribe
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v. limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle | |
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citadel
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n. fortress; fortified place which people could go for shelter during battle | |
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clandestine
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a. secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | |
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Coalesce
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v. fuse or cause to grow together | |
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cognition
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n. the process of knowing | |
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collateral
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n. security pledged for repayment of loan | |
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commodious
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a. spacious and comfortable; fit; proper; convenient | |
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compatriot
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n. person from one's own country; colleague; somebody from one's own country; a fellow-countryman | |
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compensate
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v. make amends for; reimburse | |
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complacent
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a. contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions | |
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compunction
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n. feeling of deep regret; strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt | |
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concede
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v. admit; yield; give up physical control of another | |
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conceptualize
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v. have the idea for | |
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concur
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v. be in accord; be in agreement | |
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conduit
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n. pipe or channel for conveying fluids; tube for enclosing electric wires or cable | |
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congenial
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a. pleasant or agreeable because suited to one's taste; compatible | |
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conjecture
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v. guess, based on the appearance of a situation and not on proof | |
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Conjugal
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a. of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband | |
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constrained
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a. lacking spontaneity; not natural | |
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constraint
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n. something that restricts or confines within prescribed bounds | |
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consummate
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a. carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect | |
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contentious
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a. quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy | |
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conundrum
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n. riddle; difficult problem; dilemma | |
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convene
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v. cause to come together formally | |
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conventional
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a. based upon tradition rules; formed by agreement or compact | |
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corrugate
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v. fold into ridges | |
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credence
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n. credit; faith | |
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credulous
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a. apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily | |
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culpable
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a. deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious | |
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cumulative
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a. increasing by successive addition | |
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cynic
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n. a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable or unselfish reasons | |
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daunt
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v. frighten; abate the courage of; discourage | |
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debutante
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n. young woman making formal entrance into society | |
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decapitate
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v. behead; cut off the head of | |
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deferential
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a. showing deference; respectful and considerate | |
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deflation
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n. a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices; the act of letting the air out of something | |
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demystify
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v. clarify; free from mystery or obscurity | |
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deplore
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v. feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn; express sorrow or grief over; regret | |
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deploy
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v. position troops in readiness for combat, as along a front or line; put into use or action | |
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deride
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v. ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt | |
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destitute
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a. extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid | |
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diffract
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v. undergo diffraction | |
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diligent
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a. assiduous; industrious; hard working | |
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dirge
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n. a piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; funeral hymn | |
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disbar
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v. remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action | |
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disconcerting
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a. causing an emotional disturbance | |
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dishearten
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v. discourage; cause to lose courage or hope | |
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disinclined
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a. not inclined; having a disinclination; being unwilling | |
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disinterment
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n. the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried | |
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disoblige
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v. ignore someone's wishes | |
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dispassionate
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a. calm; impartial; unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice | |
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dissemble
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v. disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of | |
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disseminate
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v. distribute; spread; scatter like seeds | |
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Dissension
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n. a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters | |
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dissuade
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v. persuade not to do; discourage | |
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divisive
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a. having a quality that divides, separates, or creates contention and discord | |
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dogmatic
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a. stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid | |
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dowry
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n. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage | |
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dross
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n. waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter | |
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dubious
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a. questionable; filled with doubt | |
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edifice
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n. building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls | |
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efface
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v. rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing | |
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efficacious
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a. successful in producing desired or intended result; | |
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effigy
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n. crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group; likeness or image, especially of a person | |
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elucidate
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v. make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify | |
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encipher
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v. encode; convert plain message into code | |
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enervate
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v. weaken or destroy strength or vitality of; remove a nerve or part of a nerve | |
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engender
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v. cause; bring into existence; give rise to | |
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enigmatic
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a. obscure; puzzling; not easily explained or accounted for | |
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ensconce
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v. settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in secure place | |
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epigram
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n. witty thought or saying, usually short; short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation | |
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epigraph
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n. a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing | |
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epithet
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n. word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing | |
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erudite
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a. learned; scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books | |
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erudition
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n. profound scholarly knowledge | |
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euphony
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n. any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds | |
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euthanasia
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n. practice of ending life of hopelessly ill individuals; assisted suicide | |
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evince
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v. show or demonstrate clearly; overcome; conquer | |
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evoke
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v. bring out; arouse; call forth | |
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exhort
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v. urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make urgent appeal | |
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expatriate
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n. someone who has withdrawn from his native land | |
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expound
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v. explain or describe in detail | |
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expunge
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v. cancel; remove; erase or strike out | |
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extradite
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v. hand over to the authorities of another country | |
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extraneous
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a. not essential; coming from outside | |
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facilitate
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v. help bring about; make less difficult | |
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facility
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n. service, space, and equipment provided for a particular purpose | |
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fastidious
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a. difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details | |
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felicitous
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a. apt; suitably expressed; well chosen | |
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felicity
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n. great happiness; pleasing and appropriate manner or style | |
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filch
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v. steal, especially in a small, sly way; take from another on a petty scale, as by violation of trust | |
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flaccid
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a. acting in strength, firmness, or resilience | |
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flagrant
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a. obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice | |
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flamboyant
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a. elaborately or excessively ornamented | |
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flounder
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v. move or act clumsily and in confusion | |
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flout
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v. reject; mock; express contempt for rules by word or action; behave with contempt | |
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forswear
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v. renounce or deny something, especially under oath; swear falsely, usually under pressure | |
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foster
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v. rear; promote the growth of; help develop | |
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founder
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v. fail completely; sink below the surface of the water | |
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frenetic
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a. excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion | |
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furtive
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a. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy | |
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fusion
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n. union; act of melting together by heat | |
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garish
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a. over-bright in color; tastelessly showy | |
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garner
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v. gather; store up; amass; acquire | |
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garrulous
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a. talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details | |
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gratis
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a. free, without charge; costing nothing | |
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gratuity
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n. something given freely or without recompense; free gift; a present | |
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gregarious
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a. sociable; seeking and enjoying the company of others | |
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grievous
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a. causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful | |
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gross
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a. of huge size; excessively large; coarse; rough; not fine or delicate | |
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guile
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n. skillful deceit; disposition to deceive or cheat; disguise cunningly | |
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haggle
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v. argue about prices; bargain, as over the price of something | |
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hallow
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v. make holy; set apart for holy or religious use; consecrate; treat or keep as sacred | |
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headstrong
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a. stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding | |
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heathen
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n. irreligious person; pagan ; one who does not acknowledge the God of the Bible | |
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hemorrhage
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n. the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel | |
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herald
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n. proclaim; announces important news; messenger | |
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hiatus
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n. gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause | |
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hoary
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a. gray or white with or as if with age; covered with grayish hair | |
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hyperbole
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n. figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis; overstatement | |
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illimitable
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a. without limits in extent, size, or quantity | |
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impassioned
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a. actuated or characterized by passion or zeal; showing warmth of feeling; ardent; animated; excited | |
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impeach
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v. make an accusation against; challenge or discredit the credibility of | |
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impecunious
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a. without money; poor; penniless | |
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implacable
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a. incapable of being pacified; not to be relieved; | |
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implicit
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a. implied or understood though not directly expressed | |
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importune
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v. beg persistently; ask for urgently or repeatedly; annoy | |
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imposing
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a. adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; impressive in appearance | |
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impromptu
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a. without previous preparation | |
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improvident
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a. thriftless; not providing for future; incautious | |
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incarcerate
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v. imprison; put into jail; shut up or enclose | |
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incognito
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a. with one's identity disguised or concealed; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title | |
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incoherent
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a. lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony; unable to think in clear manner | |
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inconsequential
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a. insignificant; lacking importance; not following from premises or evidence; illogical | |
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indecorous
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a. not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society | |
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indict
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v. charge; accuse formally of a crime | |
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indignant
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a. affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath by unworthy or unjust treatment | |
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inebriated
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a. under the influence of alcohol; intoxicated; drunk | |
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inept
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a. lacking of judgment, sense, or reason; unsuited; inappropriate; foolish | |
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inevitable
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a. unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented | |
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infallible
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a. incapable of failure or error | |
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infamy
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n. evil fame or public reputation | |
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ingratiate
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v. become popular with; make agreeable or acceptable | |
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inhibit
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v. restrain; prevent or forbid; hold back | |
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insatiable
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a. not easily satisfied; impossible to satiate or satisfy; greedy | |
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inscrutable
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a. impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious | |
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insipid
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a. lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull | |
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insolent
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a. strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful | |
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insoluble
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a. admitting of no solution or explanation | |
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insubstantial
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a. lacking substance or reality; insignificant; frail; not firm or solid | |
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intimation
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n. an indirect suggestion | |
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intransigent
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a. impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | |
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introspective
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a. looking within oneself; thoughtful about oneself; studying or exhibiting one's own internal state | |
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invective
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n. abusive language used to express blame or ill will | |
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invincible
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a. incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable | |
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irascible
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a. irritable; easily angered; excited by or arising from anger | |
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jaded
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a. fatigued dulled by surfeit; exhausted; worn out; wearied | |
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jollity
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n. gayness; splendor; cheerfulness or celebration | |
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juncture
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n. point in time, especially a critical point; joining point | |
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juxtapose
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v. place side by side | |
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juxtaposition
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n. act of positioning close together; side-by-side position | |
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knave
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n. untrustworthy person; deceitful and unreliable scoundrel; man of humble birth; male servant | |
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knell
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n. the sound of a bell knelling; a toll | |
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lament
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v. grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply | |
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lamentation
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n. the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief | |
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lethargy
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n. inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy | |
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licentious
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a. amoral; unrestrained; lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint | |
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lien
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n. a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses | |
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lionize
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v. look on or treat a person as celebrity; visit famous places in order to revere them | |
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lissome
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a. moving and bending with ease | |
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lithe
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a. flexible; moving and bending with ease | |
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livid
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a. lead-colored; black and blue; discolored, as from a bruise; extremely angry | |
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loathe
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v. dislike greatly; hate; cause to dislike or avoid | |
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luminary
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n. celebrity; person who is an inspiration to others; person who has achieved eminence in specific field | |
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luminous
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a. shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light | |
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maelstrom
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n. whirlpool; powerful circular current of water | |
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malady
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n. disease, disorder, or ailment; unwholesome condition | |
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malefactor
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n. criminal; one who does evil or injury to another | |
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malinger
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v. avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill | |
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mannered
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a. artificial or affected; not natural; having or showing a certain manner | |
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mar
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v. spoil or damage; impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of | |
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marred
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a. damaged or disfigured by injury or rough wear | |
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masquerade
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n. assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions; dramatic performance by actors in masks | |
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maudlin
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a. tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental | |
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melancholy
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a. gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression | |
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mirth
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n. gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter | |
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misanthrope
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n. one who hates or mistrusts mankind | |
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missive
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n. letter; written message; messenger | |
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mitigate
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v. make less severe or harsh; moderate | |
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mnemonic
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a. assisting, or intended to assist the memory | |
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naive
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a. too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth, lacking worldly experience | |
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natal
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a. of one's birth; accompanying or dating from one's birth; native | |
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nebulous
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a. lacking definite form or limits; hazy; cloudy | |
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nemesis
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n. someone seeking revenge; source of harm or ruin; opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome | |
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neutrality
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n. a neutral position, especially in a war | |
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neutralize
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v. make neutral and thus inoffensive | |
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nicety
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n. precision; subtle difference in meaning, opinion, or attitude | |
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nomenclature
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n. terminology; system of names used in an art or science | |
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nondescript
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a. dull and uninteresting; lacking distinct or individual | |
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oblivious
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a. inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful | |
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obscure
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v. darken; make dim or indistinct; conceal in obscurity | |
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obscurity
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n. quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness | |
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obviate
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v. bypass requirement or make it unnecessary; get rid of | |
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odious
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a. hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure | |
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ominous
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a. threatening; foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | |
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oracle
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n. answer of god; communications, revelations, or messages delivered by god to the prophets | |
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palatial
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a. of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness | |
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palette
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n. board on which painter mixes pigments | |
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pallid
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a. abnormally pale; lacking intensity of color or luminousness | |
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parch
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v. burn surface of; roast over fire, as dry grain; dry to extremity | |
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pare
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v. remove outer covering or skin of with knife or similar instrument | |
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parochial
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a. narrow in outlook; related to local church community | |
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parry
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v. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing | |
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partisan
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a. one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party | |
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pathogenic
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a. able to cause disease; producing disease | |
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pedant
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n. one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning | |
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pediment
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n. a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof | |
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pejorative
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a. tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling | |
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pensive
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a. deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative | |
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perfunctory
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a. done routinely and with little interest or care; acting with indifference; showing little interest or care | |
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personification
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n. representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature | |
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pervert
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v. cause to turn away from what is right, proper, or good; corrupt; bring to a bad or worse condition | |
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phalanx
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n. compact or close knit group of people, animals, or things | |
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pique
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n. sudden outburst of anger; state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity | |
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pneumatic
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a. of or relating to or using air (or a similar gas) | |
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politic
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a. expedient; artful, crafty or cunning; using, displaying, or proceeding from policy | |
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portent
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n. omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event | |
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possible
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a. able to be done | |
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potentate
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n. monarch; ruler who is unconstrained by law | |
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premeditate
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v. plan, arrange, or plot in advance; deliberate upon future action | |
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progressive
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a. forward-looking; advancing; incremental | |
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pungent
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a. stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic | |
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puritanical
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a. exaggeratedly proper | |
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query
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n. inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation | |
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quiver
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v. shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement | |
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ramification
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n. act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch | |
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rancor
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n. bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will; hatred | |
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rancorous
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a. full of deep-seated enmity or, malice, or hatred | |
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ravenous
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a. extremely hungry; voracious; eager for prey | |
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recapitulate
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v. summarize; repeat in concise form | |
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reclusive
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a. avoiding the company of other people; solitary | |
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rectify
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v. set right; correct by calculation or adjustment | |
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redundant
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a. exceeding what is necessary or natural; repetitious; excessively wordy | |
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refract
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v. deflect sound or light from straight path ; alter by viewing through medium | |
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refuge
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n. a condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or trouble
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rehabilitate
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v. restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to former state of health or good repute | |
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rejuvenate
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v. make young again; restore to youthful vigor or appearance | |
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remediable
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a. capable of being remedied or cured; set straight or right | |
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remuneration
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n. something that remunerates | |
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renown
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n. fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed | |
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repast
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n. food eaten or provided at a meal; feast; banquet | |
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replete
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a. filled to brim or to point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied | |
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repression
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n. a state of forcible subjugation | |
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reprove
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v. voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with | |
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repudiate
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v. disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of | |
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repulse
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v. force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust | |
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requite
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v. repay; revenge; make repayment for or return something | |
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resilient
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a. elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily | |
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resonant
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a. echoing; strong and deep in tone; resounding; having lasting presence or effect | |
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resonate
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v. To have an effect or impact; to influence; to engender support | |
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restitution
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n. reparation; getting something back again; restoring something to its original state | |
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retort
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n. reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner | |
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retroactive
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a. extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to prior conditions | |
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revile
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v. attack with abusive language; vilify | |
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revitalize
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v. to give new life or energy, usually after a period of inactivity | |
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rhapsody
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n. an epic poem adapted for recitation | |
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robust
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a. vigorous; full of health and strength; vigorous | |
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rotund
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a. (of sounds) full and rich | |
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sallow
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a. unhealthy looking | |
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sanction
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v. give authorization or approval to something; penalize a state, especially for violating international law | |
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sanctuary
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n. place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy place, such as a church, temple, or mosque | |
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sanguine
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a. cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy | |
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scale
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n. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing | |
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scathing
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n. the act of damaging something or someone | |
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scenario
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n. screenplay; outline or model of an expected sequence of events | |
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scrupulous
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a. exactly and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious | |
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sedition
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n. resistance to authority; insubordination or rebellion | |
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sensual
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a. physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory | |
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sequel
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n. a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it | |
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servile
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a. slavish; suitable to slave or servant; relating to servitude or forced labor | |
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soluble
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a. able to be dissolved; able to be explained | |
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sordid
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a. filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded | |
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stagnant
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a. not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull | |
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stasis
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n. condition of balance among various forces; inactivity resulting from static balance | |
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stipend
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n. fixed and regular payment, such as salary for services or allowance. | |
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strident
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a. loud and harsh; insistent; high-pitched; rough-sounding | |
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stringent
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a. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid | |
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stultify
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v. cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; frustrate or hinder | |
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sublime
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a. of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic | |
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submissive
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a. yielding; inclined or ready to submit | |
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subterfuge
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n. pretense; something intended to misrepresent | |
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superfluous
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a. being beyond what is required or sufficient | |
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surfeit
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v. eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess | |
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tenuous
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a. long and thin; slender; having little substance | |
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tinge
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n. degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste | |
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torpor
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n. state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility; sluggishness; dormancy | |
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transmute
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v. change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform | |
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truant
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n. wandering from business or duty; one who is absent without permission, especially from school | |
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undulating
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a. moving with wavelike motion | |
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vacillate
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v. sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate | |
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vagrant
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n. person without home or job; bird found outside its species' usual range | |
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vestige
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n. trace; remains; indication that something has been happened | |
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vindicate
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v. clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend | |
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vindication
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n. act of vindicating, or state of being vindicated; defense; evidence or statements that justify a claim or belief | |
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vindictive
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a. seek revenge or intended for revenge; showing malicious will | |
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viscous
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a. sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow | |
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vivacious
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a. animated; lively; vigorous and active | |
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volition
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n. act of making conscious choice; power or faculty of choosing | |
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vulnerable
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a. susceptible to wounds; capable of being wounded or hurt | |
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winsome
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a. agreeable; gracious; charming, often in childlike or naive way | |
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wizened
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a. lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | |