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abase: lower; humiliate
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abash: to embarrass
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abate: to lessen
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abominate: to loathe; hate
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abstruse: profound; difficult to understand
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accentuate: to stress; emphasize
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acclivity: sharp incline of a hill
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accolade: award; honor
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accost: to approach and speak to
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adriot: skillful
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adulate: to flatter and praise so much its sickening
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adulterate: to make impure
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adumbrate: to foreshadow by disclosing only partially
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adverse: hostile; opposed; unfavorable
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advocate: to urge; recommend
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aesthetic: artistic; pertaining to a sense of what is beautiful
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affected: fake
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affinity: attraction
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affluent: rich
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affray: public brawl
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agape: open-mouthed
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aghast: horrified
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agile: able to move in a quick and easy fashion
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alacrity: cheerful promptness
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alias: a false name
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alimentary: supplying nourishment
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allay: to soothe; to make more bearable
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alleged: stated without proof
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alleviate: to make more bearable
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allude (allusion): to refer indirectly (a reference to something)
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altercation: a violent dispute
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amass: to collect; to get a bunch of
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ambulatory: able to walk
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ameliorate: to improve a bad situation
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amity: peaceful relations; friendship
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amnesia: loss of memory
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amok: freaked out and violently pissed off
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amorphous: shapeless
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anthropoid: humanlike
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antipathy: hatred; aversion; dislike
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apathetic (apathy): indifferent; showing lack of interest (indifference; lack of interest)
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apex: tip; peak; summit; way up there
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appease: to soothe; placate
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arbitrary: chosen at random or without apparent reason
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ardor: heat; passion; zeal
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askew: crooked; off to one side
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assuage: to ease; pacify
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astute: shrewd; wise; observing
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attribute: (n.) a characteristic, usually a good one (v.) to explain by indicating a cause
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atypical: not typical
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audacity: boldness
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august: majestic; awe-inspiring
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austerity: severity; strictness
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averse: opposed; unwilling
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avuncular: a funky word meaning "like an uncle"
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awry: twisted; crooked; out of whack; askew; wrong
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ebullient: bubbly; overflowing with excitement
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edify: to enlighten; educate
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educe: to elicit; to bring out or develop it
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efface: to erase; rub out
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effete: tired; barren; decadent (weakness, decline)
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effigy: dummy (mannequin), usually for symbolic torturing
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elation: exhilaration; joy
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emaciated: excessively thin; weak
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emulate: to imitate closely
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epitaph: memorial text carved on a tombstone
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epitome: something that perfectly represents an entire class of things; embodiment
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equestrian: pertaining to horsemanship; on horseback
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equipoise: equality; balance; equilibrium
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equivocal: capable of two interpretations; ambiguous
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erode: to diminish or destroy by small amounts
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erudite: scholarly
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eschew: avoid; shun
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esoteric: known by only a few people
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ethereal: not of the material world
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eulogy: praiseful speech at a funeral
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euphemism: nice way of saying something unpleasant
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exact: to demand
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exhume: to remove from a grave; disinter
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exigent: urgent; requiring immediate attention
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nadir: absolutely lowest point
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naive: lacking in worldly wisdom or experience
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nascent: coming into being; emerging
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nefarious: evil
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nemesis: vengeful enemy
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neologism: a newly coined word, phrase, or expression
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neophyte: beginner
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nexus: bond or link between things
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noisome: offensivel disgusting; filthy; malodorous
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nonchalant: appearing casual, cool, indifferent. chilled out
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nonplussed: perplexed; baffled
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notorious: famous for something bad; infamous
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novel: new; unusual; different
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novice: beginner; person new to something
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noxious: harmful to health or morals
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nuance: subtle variation in color, meaning, or some other quality
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obdurate: hardened against good influence
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oblivion: state of being totally forgotten
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obsequious: fawning; to easily compliant
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obsolete: out of style; outdated
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obstreperous: unruly; defiant; boisterous
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obtrude: to force oneself or one's ideas on others; to extrude; to stick out
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obtuse: stupid thickheared
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occult: pertaining to supernatural phenomena
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odious: offensive; hateful
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officious: obnoxtious and pushy in giving opinions
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ogle: to stare at
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olfactory: pertaining to sense of smell
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omnipotent: all powerful
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omniscient: all knowing
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onerous: burdensome
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opulent: rich (2)
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orifice: small hole, opening, or vent
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oscillate: to swing back and forth
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ostensible: apparent; seeming (but usually not really)
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ostentatious: showy; pretentious
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ostracize: to banish or exlcude
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overt: open and observable, not hidden
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saga: long adventure story
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sagacious: wise
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salacious: lecherous; erotically stimulating
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sanguine: reddish, blood-colored; optismic or cheerful
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scanty: insufficient; small
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scrutiny: inspection; study; careful searching
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sedate (sedative): to soothe, calm, or tranquilize (something usually a drug that -----)
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sedition: conduct or language incting a rebellion against authority
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sequester: to separate, set apart, isolate
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servile: humbly yieldingl submissive
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shiftless: lazy; showing lack of motivation; incompetent
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simultaneous: happening at the same time
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sinister: foreboding of evil
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skeptical: doubting; disbelieving
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sloth: indolence; inactivity; lazyness
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slovenly: messy; charactertic of a slob
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somber: dark; dull; gloomy
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soporific: sleep-inducing
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sparse: thinly spread or distributed; not crowded
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stagnant (stagnate): not moving or flowing; motionless, stationary; (to be -----)
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static: having no motion; at rest; stationary
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steadfast: fixed or unchanged
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stolid: showing little emotion or pain; emotionally solid
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submission: the act of yielding to the authority of another
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subvert: to overthrow or undermine the power of
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succulent: juicy; interesting
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suffrage: right to vote; franchise
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summon: to call forth; to call together
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supercilious: haughty; concieted; disdainful
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superfluous: beyond what's necessary; extra
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superlative: most; of the highest order; surpassing all others
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supersede: to take the place of
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surreptitious: done clandestinely (secretly) or by stealth
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swindle: to cheat or defraud
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sycophant: servile person who follows and flatters another person in the hope of winning favor
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synthetic: not real; man made; fabricated
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table: to remove from consideration
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taciturn: untalkative; uncommunicative
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tact: skill in dealing with people in difficult situations (think: good social tactics)
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tangible: existing materially; palpable; able to be touched
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tedious: boring; tiresome; trivial
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temerity: recklessness; wild craziness; lack of regard for danger
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temperance (temperate): the quality of being ---- aka showing self restraint by not doing things to excess; moderate
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tenacity: persistence; tending to hold on firmly
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tenet: principle or doctrine
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tepid: lukewarm; somewhat warm
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terrestrial: of the earth
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terse: concise; free of superfluous words
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thwart: to prevent from taking place; challenge
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tirade: long and vehement speech
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torrid: parched by the sun; hot; burning; passionate
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treachery: betrayal of trust; traitorousness
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trepidation: fear; state of anxiety or fear that makes you tremble
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tribute: gift expressing gratitude or respect
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truncate: to shorten by chopping off the end
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wanton: immoral; unchaste; cruel
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whim: capricious, freakish idea
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wily: crafty
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wistful: yearning; wishful with a hint of sadness
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wrath: anger; rage
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zany: crazy; insane
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zeal (zealous): enthusiam (full of ---)
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zenith: peak, summit; acme
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zest: gusto; happy and vivacious, enjoyment
