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aggregate
- adj
- collective
- n
- sum total
- vt
- to gather
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appraisal
- n
- authority's estimation of value
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articulate
- adj
- expressed clearly
- v
- to express clearly
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belie
- vt
- to give false impression of
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benevolence
- n
- goodness
- eagerness to help
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caustic
- adj
- bitterly sarcastic
- corrosive
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circumspect
- adj
- careful to consider consequences
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compromise
- n
- agreement
- vi
- to make an agreement
- vt
- to expose a bad reputation
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cosmopolitan
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- sophisticated, worldly
- n
- worldly person
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discriminate
- vt
- to perceive differences
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- to distinguish (unfairly)
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dissemble
- vt
- to hide under false appearance
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dubious
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- uncertain
- worthy of suspicion
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eminence
- n
- distinction, superiority
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fluster
- vt
- to bewilder
- vi
- to become agitated
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germinal
- adj
- in first stages of development
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hedonism
- n
- living for sake of pleasure
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hypothetical
- adj
- assumed without proof; speculative
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malicious
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- intending to harm another
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nomenclature
- n
- specialized set of terms
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ordain
- vt
- to appoint as priest
- to establish/order by law
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parry
- vt
- to ward off a strike
- to dodge/evade (ex. a question)
- n
- act of evading
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poignant
- adj
- stirring sympathy; emotionally moving
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privy
- adj
- private; sharing through secrets
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relinquish
- vt
- to yield, release, give up
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ribald
- adj
- using vulgar humor
- n
- someone using vulgar humor
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salutary
- adj
- promoting health/welfare
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servile
- adj
- submissive, slave-like
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stipend
- n
- fixed payment for services
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titter
- vi
- to giggle
- n
- suppressed laughter
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vagrant
- n
- idle wanderer
- adj
- wandering
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virtuoso
- n
- highly skilled performer
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