 | Term | Definition |
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Abase |
to humiliate, degrade |
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Aggregate |
a whole or total or to gather into a mass |
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Conciliatory |
friendly, agreeable |
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Implacable |
incapable of being appeased or mitigated |
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Paradigm |
an example that is a perfect pattern or model |
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Dither |
to move or act without purpose |
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Impugn |
to challenge as false |
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Chide |
To scold or express disapproval |
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Mollify |
To pacify or to make less severe |
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Levity |
Lightheartedness or gaiety |
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Rudimentary |
Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development |
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Precocious |
mentally advanced for one’s current age |
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Truncate |
to cut short to cut off |
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Fastidious |
difficult to please |
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Baneful |
poisonous harmful destructive. |
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Pare |
to trim off excess |
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Vim |
vitality and energy |
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Salutary |
beneficial |
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Furlough |
a leaving or absence |
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Capricious |
changeable, fickle |
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Ineffable |
incapable of being expressed |
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Hoodwink |
to deceive |
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Prodigal |
reckless with money |
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Apprise |
to inform |
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Abjure |
to denounce |
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Copasetic |
fine, satisfactory |
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Cloying |
sickly sweet, excessive |
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Forbearance |
patience |
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Gastronomy |
the art of preparing appetizing food |
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Invidious |
hateful |
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Craven |
a coward |
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Enervating |
weakening or tiring |
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Discrepant |
opposite |
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Ostentatious |
showy |
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Pandemic |
widespread, general |
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Exemplary |
an example to others |
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Vicariously |
felt as if one were taking part in experience of another |
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Contrite |
deeply sorrowful or repentant |
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Extrapolation |
using data to make a prediction |
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Requite |
to return or repay |
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Mores |
fixed customs or manners |
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Imprecation |
a curse |
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Affected |
phony, artificial |
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Raconteur |
a storyteller |
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Prevaricate |
to lie |
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Collude |
to conspire |
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heretical |
contrary to popular beliefs |
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euphemism |
substituting a mild term for a harsh one |
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forgo |
to do without |
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fulsome |
offensively overdone or excessive |
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lugubrious |
mournful or gloomy in an exaggerated way |
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slovenly |
untidy or unclean in appearance or habits. |
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aplomb |
great self-confidence; poise |
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eclipse |
To make less important; surpass |
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abhorrent |
very regpugnant |
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moribund |
on the point of dying |
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masterpiece |
a superior production |
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abet |
to promote |
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encore |
the demand for a repeat performance |
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nascent |
coming into existence; emerging |
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abstemious |
holding back from eating or drinking too much |
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rebuke |
to reprimand or scold |
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insensate |
lacking sensibility and understanding; foolish |
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seraphic |
angelic; sweet |
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wield |
to exercise authority or influence effectively |
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misanthropic |
disliking or mistrusting people or mankind in general |
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beneficent |
pertaining to an act of kindness or charity. |
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scrabble |
to scrape or scratch with the hands or feet |
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flout |
To mock, to scoff |
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facetious |
Amusing; not serious |
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quixotic |
: foolishly impractical; impulsive; unpredictable |
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acclimate |
to become accustomed to a new climate, environment, or situation |
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