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Abaft
adv.-on or toward the rear of a ship (astern, posterior, hind)
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Abjure
v.-to renounce upon oath (relinquish, reject, disavow)
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Abdicate
v.-to reject, denounce, or abandon (disown, give up, repudiate)
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Abnegation
n.-a denial (abdication, relinquishment, denial)
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Abscond
v.-to go away hastily or secretly c/ intention to hide; to avoid capture by authorities (run away, escape, bolt)
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Abstemious
adj.-sparing in diet; sparingly used (self-denying, temperate, abstinent)
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Abysmal
adj.-bottomless; extraordinarily bad (dreadful, awful, terrible)
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Acerbity
n.-harshness or bitterness (acidity, asperity, astringency)
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Acrimony
n.-sharpness (bitterness, anger, rancor)
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Addle
adj.-confused (muddled, muzzy, fuddled)
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Adjure
v. to entreat earnestly and solemnly (asseverate, authenticate, petition)
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Adulation
n. praise in excess (idolization, veneration, blandishments)
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Agrarian
adj. relating to land and the equal divisions of land (agricultural, pastoral, rustic)
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Alchemy
n. any imaginary power of transmitting one thing into another (chemistry, magic, sorcery)
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Allegory
n. symbolic narration or description (parable, analogy, metaphor)
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Annihilate
v. to reduce to nothing (destroy, obliterate, liquidate)
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Arrogate
v. to claim or demand unduly (seize, expropriate, usurp)
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Artifice
n. skill; deception (guile; cunning; chicanery; fraud)
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Askance
adv. 1. sideways 2. with suspicion (skeptically, cynically, dubiously)
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Attenuate
v. 1. to make thin or slender 2. to lessen or weaken (slender; spindly/reduced;diminished)
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Avarice
n. inordinate desire of gaining and possessing wealth (greed, acquisitiveness, materialism)
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Beholden
adj. obliged; indebted (obligated; grateful)
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Bellicose
adj. warlike; disposed to quarrel or fight (belligerent; hostile, pugnacious)
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Besmirch
v. to soil or discolor (sully, tarnish, taint)
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Bestial
adj. having the qualities of a beast (savage, brutish, barbarous)
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Blighted
adj. destroyed; frustrated (mar, scotch, stymie)
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Bode
v. to foreshadow something (augur, portend, herald)
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Boorish
adj. rude; ill-mannered (uncouth, ill-bred, unrefined)
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Broach
v. 1. to pierce 2. to introduce into conversation (1. puncture;uncork 2. raise;introduce)
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Bucolic
adj. pastoral (rustic, rural, countryside)
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Burlesque
v. to imitate comically (parody, caricature, farce)
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Callow
adj. immature (inexperienced, adolescent, unworldly)
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Calumny
n. slander (defamation, libel, obloquy)
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Canard
n. a false statement or rumor (dishonesty, fabrication, prevarication)
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Candid
adj. open;frank;honest (outspoken, blunt; direct)
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Carte Blanche
n. unlimited power to decide (free rein, a blank check)
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Castigate
v. to chastise (reprimand, admonish, scold)
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Cataclysm
n. 1. overflowing of water 2. extraordinary change (2.disaster, devastation, act of God)
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Catharsis
n. purgation (emotional release, relief, purification)
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Cavil
v. to find fault without good reason (quibble, carp)
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Cessation
n. a ceasing; a stop (termination, halting; breaking off)
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Chafe
v. 1. to rage; to fret 2. rub to the point rawness/irritation (1. angry;exasperated 2. abrade;scrape)
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Chaffing
n. banter; teasing (repartee, badinage, wisecracks)
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Chaste
adj. virtuous; free from obscenity
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Choleric
adj. easily irritated; angry (cantankerous, touchy, snappish)
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Clandestine
adj. secret; private; hidden (covert, furtive, surreptitious)
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Cogent
adj. urgent; compelling; convincing (forcible, inducing, puissant)
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Collusion
n. secret agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose (conspiracy, complicity, plotting)
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Comport
v. to agree; to accord (behave, conduct oneself)
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Conclave
n. any private meeting or closed assembly (meeting, gathering, summit)
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Connivance
n. passive cooperation (collusion, collaboration, conspiracy)
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Consort
n. 1. a companion v. 2. to be in harmony or agreement (1. partner;2.socialize)
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Contravene
v. to go against; to oppose (conflict with, be at odds with, run counter to)
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Crass
adj. gross; thick; coarse (stupid, ignorant, blundering)
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Cursory
adj. hasty; slight (half-done, perfunctory, desultory)
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Dauntless
adj. fearless; not discouraged (determined, indomitable, intrepid)
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Decadence
n. a decline in force or quality; moral decay (degeneracy, debauchery, intemperance)
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Deciduous
adj. falling off a a particular season or stage of growth (fugacious, impermanent)
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Decry
v. to denounce or condemn openly (criticize, run down, pillory)
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Defunct
adj. no longer living or existing (inoperative, unusable, obsolete)
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Deliquesce
v. to melt away (liquify, thaw)
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Deposition
n. 1. a removal from a position of power 2. a testimony (statement, affirmation, evidence)
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Depredation
n. a plundering or laying waste (looting, pillaging, rape)
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Descant
v. to comment at length on a theme (comment, criticize, discussion)
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Despoil
v. to strip; to rob (plunder pillage, ravage)
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Despotism
n. 1. tyranny 2. absolute power or influence (authoritarianism, autocracy, dictatorship)
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Desultory
adj. without order or natural connection (casual, unmethodical, aimless)
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Diffidence
n. 1. lack of self-confidence 2. distrust (bashfulness, self-effacement, meekness)
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Dilapidated
n. (decrepit, ramshackle, rickety)
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Dilettante
n. an admirer of the fine arts; a dabbler (amateur, layman, nonprofessional)
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Dint
n. a blow; a stroke (nick, con-cavity, crenel)
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Disarray
n. 1. disorder; confusion 2. incomplete or disorderly attire (chaos, tangle, shambles)
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Divulge
v. to make known (reveal, expose, make public)
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Doughty
adj. brave; valiant (dauntless, indomitable, stouthearted)
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Dregs
n. waste or worthless matter (residue, riffraff, untouchables)
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Ecclesiastic
adj. pertaining or relating to a church (priestly, canonical, sacerdotal)
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Edify
v. 1. to build or establish 2. to instruct and improve the mind (enlighten, cultivate, develop)
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Efface
v. to erase; to remove from the mind (eradicate, expunge, blot out)
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Effrontery
n. impudence (cockiness, audacity, temerity)
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Effusive
adj. pouring out or forth; overflowing (unrestrained, lavish, enthusiastic)
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Egregious
adj. remarkably bad, outrageous (appalling, atrocious, heinous)
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Egress
v. to depart; to go out (withdrawal, retreat, exodus)
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Elegy
n. a poem of lament and praise for the dead (requiem, threnody, dirge)
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Elucidate
v. to make clear or manifest; to explain (illuminate, clarify, explicate)
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Emananate
v. to send forth; to emit (issue, spread, radiate)
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Embellish
v. to improve the appearance of (adorn, beautify, festoon)
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Enamored
adj. filled with love and desire (infatuated with, keen on, fascinated by)
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Encroach
v. to trespass or intrude (obtrude on, infiltrate, violate)
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Encumber
v. to hold back; to hinder (impeded, constrain, inconvenience)
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Enrapture
v. to fill with pleasure (delight, enchant, beguile)
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Epilogue
n. closing section of a play or novel providing further comment (afterword, coda, appendix)
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Epiphany
n. an appearance of a supernatural being (revelation, adumbration, divination)
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Epitaph
n. an inscription on a monument, in honor or memory of a dead person (commemoration, elegy)
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Epitome
n. a part that is typical of the whole (personification, paragon, archetype)
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Equivocate
v. to be purposely ambiguous (prevaricate, be evasive, be vague)
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Eschew
v. to escape from; to avoid (forgo, steer clear of, disavow)
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Estranged
adj. kept at a distance; alienated (antagonize, turn away, drive away)
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Ethereal
adj. 1. very light; airy 2. heavenly; no earthly (delicate, exquisite, fragile)
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Euphemism
n. the use of a word or phrase in place of one that is distasteful (polite term, substitute, genteelism)
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Faction
n. a # of people in an organization having a common end view (clique, coterie, cabal)
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Fatuous
adj. silly; inane; unreal (stupid, pointless, ludicrous)
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Fealty
n. fidelity; loyalty (allegiance)
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Feign
v. to invent or imagine (simulate)
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Ferment
v. to excite or agitate (mayhem)
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Fervid
adj.1. very hot; burning 2. intensely fervent or zealous (wholehearted; sincere)
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Fidelity
n. faithfulness; honesty
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Foible
n. a slight frailty in character (quirk)
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Foist
v. to put in slyly or stealthily 2. to pass off as genuine or valuable (palm off on)
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Foray
v. to raid for spoils, plunder (sortie, sally, incursion)
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Forensic
adj. pertaining to legal or public argument
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Fortitude
n. firm courage; strength
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Fractitious
adj. rebellious; apt to quarrel
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Fraught
adj. loaded; charged with
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Fulminate
v. 1. to explode with sudden violence 2. isssue thunderous verbal attack or denunciation
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Galvanize
v. to stimulate as if by electric shock; startle; excite
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Gamut
n. 1. a complete range 2. complete musical scale
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Gauche
adj. awkward; lacking grace
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Gauntlet
n. a long glove with a flaring cuff covering the lower part of the arm
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Germane
adj. closely related; pertinent
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Glib
adj. smooth and slippery-spoken
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Gnarled
adj. full of knots
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Gourmand
n. greedy or ravenous eater; glutton
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Gregarious
adj. fond of the company of others
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Grisly
adj. frightful; horrible
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Guise
n. 1. customary behavior; 2. manner of dress; 3. false appearance
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Hapless
adj. unlucky; unfortuante
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Harangue
v. to speak in an impassioned and forcible manner
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Heretic
n. one who holds opinion contrary to that which is generally accepted
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Hoary
adj. very aged; ancient; gray or white with age
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Homily
n. discourse or sermon read to an audience
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Ignominious
adj. 1. contemptible 2. degrading
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Impasse
n. a situation that has no solution or escape
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Impenitent
adj. without regret, shame, or remorse
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Impiety
n. 1. irreverence toward God 2. lack of respect
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Impolitic
adj. unwise; imprudent
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Imprecate
v. to pray for evil; to invoke a curse
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Imputation
n. attribution
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Incommodious
adj. uncomfortable; troublesome
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Incorporeal
adj. no consisting of matter
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Incorrigible
adj. no capable or correction or improvement
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Inculcate
v. to impress upon the mind by frequent repetition or urging
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Indemnify
v. to protect against or keep free from loss
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Indomitable
adj. no easily discouraged or defeated
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Indubitable
adj. unquestionable; sure
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Inimical
adj. unfriendly; adverse
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Iniquitous
adj. unjust; wicked
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Irascible
adj. easily provoked or inflamed to anger
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Jettison
n. a throwing overboard of goods to lighten a vehicle in an emergency
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Jocund
adj. merry; gay; cheerful
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Lambent
adj. giving off a soft radiance
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Lassitude
n. a state or feeling of being tired or weak
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Liberine
n. one who indulges his desires without restraint
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Licentious
adj. disregarding accepted rules and standards
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Lithe
adj. easily bent; pliable; marked by effortless grace
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Loquacious
adj. talkative
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Lugubrious
adj. mournful; very sad
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Lurid
adj. ghastly pale; gloomy
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Magnate
n. a very influential person in any field of activity
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Malefactor
n. one who commits a crime
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Malign
v. to defame; speak evil of
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Marauder
n. a rover in search of booty or plunder
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Maudlin
adj. foolishly and tearfully sentimental
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Mendacious
adj. addicted to deception
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Mercurial
adj. quick, volatile, changeable
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Meretricious
adj. alluring by false, showy charms; fleshy
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Mettle
n. high quality of character
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Mien
n. manner; external appearance
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Misanthropy
n. hatred of mankind
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Mollify
v. to soften; to make less intense
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Moot
adj. subject to or open for discussion or debate
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Mordant
adj. biting, cutting or caustic
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Mutinous
adj. inclined to revolt
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Nefarious
adj. very wicked; abominable
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Nostrum
n. a quack medicine
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Nugatory
adj. trifling; futile; insignificant
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obeisance
n. a gesture of respect or reverence
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obfuscate
v. to darken; to confuse
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Objurgate
v. to chide vehemently
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Obloquy
n. verbal abuse of a person or thing
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Obtrude
v. to thrust forward; to eject
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Odious
adj. hateful; disgusting
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Oligarchy
n. govnmnt supreme power in hands of small exclusive group
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Opalescent
adj. iridescent
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Opprobrious
adj. reproachful or contemptuous
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Palatial
adj. Large and ornate, like a palace
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Paltry
adj. worthless; trifling
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Parapet
n. a wall or railing to protect people from falling
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Pariah
n. an outcast; someone despised by others
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Parity
n. state of being=in power, value, or rank
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Parry
v. to ward off; to avoid
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Parsimonious
adj. miserly; stingy
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Paucity
n. scarcity; small number
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Pecuniary
adj. relating to money
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Pellucid
adj. transparent
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Penury
n. lack of money or property
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Perdition
n. complete and irreparable loss
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Peremptory
adj. 1. barring future action 2. that cannot be denied, changed, etc.
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Perfidious
adj. violating good faith or vows
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Perquisite
n. a fee, profit, etc., in addition to the stated income of one's employment
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Peruse
v. to read carefully and thoroughly
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Pinioned
adj. 1. having wings; 2. having wings or arms bound or confined
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Plenary
adj. full; entire; complete
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Prate
v. to talk much and foolishly
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Precept
n. a rule or direction of moral conduct
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Precocious
adj. developed or matured earlier than usual
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Preponderate
v. to outweigh
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Prevaricate
v. to evade the truth
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Propagate
v. to reproduce or multiply
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Propitiate
v. to win the good will of
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Proviso
n. conditional stipulation to an agreement
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Puerile
adj. childish; immature
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Purview
n. the range of control, activity, or understanding
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Quaff
v. to drink or swallow in large quantities
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Quagmire
n. a difficult position, as if on shaky ground
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Qualm
n. sudden feeling of uneasiness or doubt
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Quintessence
n. pure substance/essence
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Quixotic
adj. extravagantly chivalrous
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Rancor
n. a continuing and bitter hate or ill will
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Recalcitrant
adj. refusing to obey authority
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Recidivism
n. habitual or chronic relapse
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Recumbent
adj. leaning or reclining
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Recusant
adj. disobedient or authority
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Redolent
adj. sweet smelling; fragrant
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Remonstrate
v. to exhibit strong reasons against an act
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Reprehend
v. to reprimand
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Reprieve
v. to give temporary relief
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Resurgent
adj. rising or tending to rise again
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Revile
v. to be abusive in speech
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Risible
adj. able or incliined to laugh
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Rote
n. a fixed, mechanical way of doing something
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Sapid
adj. having a pleasant taste
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Sardonic
adj. bitterly ironical
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Savant
n. a learned person
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Schism
n. a division in an organized group
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Scourge
v. to whip severely
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Scurrilous
adj. using low and indecent language
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Serendipity
n. an apparent aptitude for making fortunate discoveries accidentaly
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Slovenly
adv. careless in habits, behavior, etc.
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Specious
adj. appearing just and fair without really being so
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Splenetic
adj. bad tempered
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Staunch
v. to stop or check the flow of blood
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Strident
adj. creaking, harsh, grating
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Stymie
n. to hinder or obstruct
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Sumptuous
adj. involving great expense
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Sundry
adj. 1. Various, miscellaneous 2. separate; distinct
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Supplant
v. to take the place of
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Suppliant
adj. asking earnestly and submissively
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Surfeit
v. to fee or supply in excess
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Tawdry
adj. Gaudy or cheap
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Tenet
n. any principle, doctrine, etc., which a person, school or institution believes or maintains
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Termagant
n. a boisterous, scolding woman; a shrew
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Throe
n. a violent pang or spasm of pain
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Transmute
v. to transform
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v. to harass, torment, struggle
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Trenchant
adj. Keen; penetrating/clear cut; distinct
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Tribunal
n. the seat of the judge
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Troth
n. belief, faith, fidelity
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Turbid
adj. thick/confused
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Tutelage
n. the condition of being under a guardian or tutor
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Untrowable
adj. incredible
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Uxoricide
n. the murder of a wife by her husband
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Vagary
n. odd action or idea / wandering
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Venal
adj. that can be readily bribed or corrupted
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Vestige
n. a trace of something that no longer exists
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Vicissitude
n. changes or variation occurring irregularly in th ecourse of something
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Vigilance
n. watchfulness
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Vitriolic
adj. extremely biting or caustic
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Volition
n. the act of willing
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Vouchsafe
v. to be gracious enough to grant
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Wreak
v. to give vent or free play
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Wrest
v. turn or twist or grab from / usurp / distort or change the true meaning of.
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