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Hackneyed (adj.)
overused; trite; stale
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Hermetic (adj.)
impervious to external influences; all right
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Ideology (n.)
a system of social or political ideas
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Ignominy (n.)
deep disgrace
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Illicit (adj.)
illegal; not permitted
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Impetuous (adj.)
impulsive, extremely impatient
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Imperial (adj.)
like an emperor or empire
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Impotent (adj.)
powerless; helpless
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Impugn (v.)
to attack, especially to attack the truth or integrity of something
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Incense (v.)
to make very angry
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Incipient (adj.)
beginning; emerging
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Labyrinth (n.)
a maze; something like a maze
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Laconic (adj.)
using a few words, especially to the point of seeming rude
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Lampoon (v.)
to satirize; to mock; to parody
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Languish (v.)
to become weak, listless or depressed
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Laud (v.)
to applaud; to extol, to celebrate
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Legacy (n.)
something handed down from the past; a bequest
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Lethargy (n.)
sluggishness; laziness; drowsiness; indifference
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Lucid (adj.)
easy to understand
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Lugubrious (adj.)
exaggeratedly mournful
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Increment (n.)
an increase; one in a serious of increases
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Indignant (adj.)
angry, especially over something unjust or unworthy; insulted
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Inept (adj.)
clumsy; incompetent
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Infatuated (adj.)
foolish; foolishly in love
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Inundate (v.)
to flood; to cover completely with water; to overwhelm
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Irascible (adj.)
easily angered or provoked; irritable
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Insurgent (n.)
a rebel; someone who revolts against a government
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Integral (adj.)
essential
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Itinerant (adj.)
moving from place to place
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Malinger (v.)
to pretend to be sick to avoid doing work
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Malleable (adj.)
easy to shape or bend
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Manifest (adj.)
visible; evident
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Martial (adj.)
warlike; having to do with combat
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Maverick (n.)
a nonconformist; a rebel
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Mercenary (n.)
a hired soldier; someone who will do anything for money
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Mercurial (adj.)
emotionally unpredictable; rapidly changing in mood
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Microcosm (n.)
the world in miniature
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Miniscule (adj.)
very tiny
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Nebulous (adj.)
vague; hazy; indistinct
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Neologism (n.)
a new word or phrase; a new usage of a word
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Nostalgia (n.)
sentimental longing for the past; homesickness
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Notorious (adj.)
famous for something bad
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Obdurate (adj.)
stubborn and insensitive
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Obsequious (adj.)
fawning; subservient; sucking up to
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Obtuse (n.)
slow to understand; dull or insensitive
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Opaque (adj.)
impossible to see through; impossible to understand
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Ostentatious (adj.)
excessively conspicuous; showing off
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