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Abbreviate: to shorten
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Abstinence: self-denial; voluntary restraint
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Adulate: to flatter or admire excessively; to idolize
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Adulation: excessive praise or admiration
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Adversity: hardship; misfortune
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Amicable: characterized by friendship and good will
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Anecdote: short account of an amusing or interesting event
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Asylum: sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge
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Benevolent: generous; charitable; having a wish to do good
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Camaraderie: good will and warm feelings among friends
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Censure: to criticize harshly
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Circuitous: indirect, roundabout
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Clairvoyant: perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
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Collaborate: to cooperate, work together
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Compassion: the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it
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Compromise: to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
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Condescend: to lower oneself to a position one considers inferior; to behave in an offensively superior manner
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Conditional: imposing or depending on or containing a condition
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Conform: be in agreement or harmony with; act in accordance with accepted standards or customs; comply; obey
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Congregation: a gathering of people, especially for religious services
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Deleterious: harmful, injurious
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Demagogue: a leader who appeals to citizens' emotions to obtain power
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Digress: to stray from the main subject
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Diligent: constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything
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Discredit: to harm the reputation of, dishonor or disgrace
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Disdain: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
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Diverge: To extend or move in different directions from a common point. To differ or deviate, as from the opinions of another person or of society
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Empathy: identify with and understand another's feeling
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Emulate: strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
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Enervate: to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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Enhance: to intensify; improve
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Ephemeral: lasting a very short time
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Epitome: perfect example or embodiment; brief summary; Ex. epitome of good manners; V. epitomize: make an epitome of; be an epitome of; embody
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Evanescent: tending to vanish like vapor
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Exasperate: to irritate, annoy, or anger
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Exemplary: serving as a model; outstanding
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Extenuate: to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses
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Florid: (adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy
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Fortuitous: happening by chance; fortunate
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Frugal: thrifty
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Hackney: a compact breed of harness horse
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Hackneyed: overused, as an expression or phrase
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Haughty: arrogant, excessively proud and vain
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Hedonism: an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good
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Hedonist: one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
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Impetuous: rash, impulsive
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Impute: attribute or credit to
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Incompatible: incapable of existing together in peace
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Inconsequetial: of little or no consequence; not important
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Inevitable: Unavoidable, regardless of the circumstances; certain to occur
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Integrity: A strong sense of honesty and morality; firmness of moral and ethical character.
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Intercede: To act as a mediator in a dispute or disagreement
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Intuitive: Of or pertaining to intuition
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Jubilation: A feeling of great joy, pride, and happiness; exultation
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Lassitude: Lack of mental or physical energy; weariness or listlessness; lethargy
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Lobbyist: one who attempts, on behalf or a special interest group, to influence the way legislators vote
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Longevity: Long Life
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Motley: Made up of contrasting variety of types, appearances, or the like; very heterogeneous
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Mundane: Of or pertaining to what is common and everyday; ordinary; commonplace
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Nebulous: Hazy, confused, or indistinct
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Nonchalant: Not showing excitement or anxiety; cooly confident, unflustered, or unworried; casually indifferent
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Novice: A person with little or no experience, esp. in a work situation; beginner
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Orator: A person who delivers a public speech, or one skilled at formal public speaking.
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Ostentatious: intended to attract notice and impress others
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Parch: to make dry and thirsty; to shrivel with heat
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Perfidious: faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy
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Precocious: unusually advanced or talented at an early age
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Prerogative: An exclusive right of a person to command, decide, rule, or judge.
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Pretentious: The personal assumption of dignity or importance (especially when it is unjustified)
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Procrastinate: To put off till another day or time; delay; defer.
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Prosaic: Lacking in imagination or spirit; dull.
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Prosperity: A successful, flourishing, or thriving condition (especially in financial respects).
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Provocative: Something that provokes, entices, or stimulates.
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Prudent: Careful, sensible, or wise in making decisions.
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Querulous: Habitually complaining.
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Rancor: a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
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Rancorous: Exhibiting deep resentment or rancor toward something or someone.
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Recluse: A person who lives in seclusion or apart from society (religious).
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Reconciliation: The reestablishing of cordial or compatible relations (making up).
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Renovation: To restore or repair to good or "like new" condition.
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Resilient: Successfully recovering or rebounding from adversity.
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Restrained: To hold back, prevent, or control.
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Reverence: A feeling or attitude of deep respect (tinged with awe).
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Sagacity: Using sound judgment; wisdom.
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Spontaneous: Resulting from a natural impulse; unplanned.
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Spurious: Not genuine, authentic, or true; counterfeit.
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Submissive: Willing to submit to the orders or wishes of others; obedient.
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Substantiate: to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
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Subtle: be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
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Superficial: on or near the surface; concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface, shallow
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Superfluous: more than is needed, desired, or required
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Suppress: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
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Surreptitious: stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud
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Tact: a keen sense for what is appropriate or tasteful in delicate situations
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Tenacious: holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent
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Transient: (adj.) lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n.) one who stays only a short time
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Vapid: dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force
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Venerable: commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity
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Vicarious: Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another
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Vindicate: clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof
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Wary: watchful, alert
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Xenophobia: an irrational fear of foreigners or strangers
