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extol: praise
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extraneous: unnecessary; irrelevant
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extricate: to free from a trap or difficult situation; to disentangle
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exuberant: uncontrollably joyous
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fallacious: false; misleading
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fastidious: difficult to please
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fervor: strong passion
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fickle: lacking loyalty; unpredictably changeable; erratic
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flaccid: lacking firmness; soft; limp
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flagrant: openly and obviously evil; glaring; conspicuous
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fledgling: beginner
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flippancy: treating a serious situation with arrogant humor disrespect
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foment: to stir into action; rouse; incite
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foresight: the ability to see ahead, anticipate, or predict
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frugal: careful with money; thrifty
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fulminate: to explode, either with sound or anger
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furtive: sneaky; secretive
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futile: hopelessly ineffective; useless; in vain
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garbled: changed so much that the original meaning has been distorted; scrambled
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garish: flashy; gaudy
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garner: collect; gather; accumulate; earn
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garrulous: very talkative; loquacious
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genial: friendly; gracious; kind
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germane: relevant; fitting
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girth: distance around an object; circumference
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glutton: a person who consumes huge quantities of food or drink; someone with great endurance
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gravity: seriousness
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gregarious: sociable; extroverted; enjoying companionship
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gullible: easily deceived
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hackneyed: unoriginal; trite
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hamper: interfere with movement or progress
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haphazard: without plan or direction
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harangue: a long, lecturing speech
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harbor: to provide shelter or refuge; hide
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hardy: bold; brave; capable of withstanding harsh conditions
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hedge: to avoid giving a clear answer; thereby escaping responsibility or blame
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heed: notice; pay attention to
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heinous: shockingly evil
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heresy: an opinion expressed in defiance or generally accepted ideas
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hiatus: gap; interruption; a break in continuity; a pause
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hierarchy: a group of people in authority, ranked in order of power; a sequential listing
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homage: respect paid to someone or something; tribute; honor
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homogeneous: the same throughout; consistent; uniform
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hyperbole: extreme exaggeration
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hypocrite: an insincere person; one who pretends to have feelings he/she really doesn't really possess
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idolatry: the worship of objects or people as gods
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imbue: to fill, as with a strong dye or a strong feeling
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imminent: about to take place; happening soon
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immutable: unable to change
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impair: weaken in strength or value
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impasse: a situation from which you cannot escape; stalemate
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impassive: without feeling; expressionless
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impede: get in the way; hinder
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impetuous: taking sudden action; hasty; impulsive
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impostor: pretender
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impudence: rudeness; insolence
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inadvertent: unintentional
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inane: silly; insignificant
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inaugurate: begin; induct into
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incessant: continuous; endless
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inchoate: not yet fully developed
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incite: arouse to action; stir up; foment
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incompatible: incapable of existing together in peace
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incongruous: out of place
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incorrigible: impossible to correct, control, or discipline
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incredulous: unwilling or unable to believe
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indict: charge with a crime; accuse
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indigent: very poor
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indolent: lazy
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induce: cause to happen; bring about
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inert: lacking movement; inactive; sluggish
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infallible: incapable of making a mistake
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infamy: a bad reputation; notoriety
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infer: to figure out, based on given information; conclude; deduce
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infiltrate: penetrate by passing through gaps; enter secretly and become established, such as a spy might do in an enemy organization
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ingenuous: naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced
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innate: having a quality that arises from within, rather than learned or acquired from the outside; native; inborn
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innocuous: harmless; inoffensive
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innovation: a new idea, product, or model
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inscrutable: mysterious
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insipid: dull; flat; without sparkle or flavor
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insolent: rude; haughty