 | Term | Definition |
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atrophy |
wasting away of a body organ |
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bastion |
fortified place or stronghold |
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concord |
a state of agreement |
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consummate |
complete or perfect in the highest degree |
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disarray |
disorder, confusion |
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exigency |
urgent pressure |
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flotsam |
floating debris or homeless or impovrished people |
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frenetic |
frenzied |
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glean |
to gather bit by bit |
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grouse |
type of bird, a complaint |
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incarcerate |
to imprison |
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incumbent |
required |
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jocular |
humorous |
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ludicrous |
ridiculous |
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mordant |
biting and caustic |
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nettle |
a prickly or stinging plant impatient or anger |
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pecuniary |
measured in money |
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pusillanimous |
cowardly or mean spirited |
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recumbent |
in a reclining position |
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stratagem |
a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent |
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acuity |
sharpness usually in the mind or in thought |
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delineate |
to sketch with vivid detail in a picture |
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depraved |
marked by evil and corruption |
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enervate |
weaken or lessen mental, moral or physically |
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esoteric |
intended for or only understood by few (inside joke) |
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fecund |
fruitful in offspring or vegetation |
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fiat |
command or act |
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figment |
a fabrication of the mind |
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garner |
to acquire as the result of effort to gather and store away |
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hallow |
to set apart as holy or sacred |
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idiosyncrasy |
to distinguish or identify |
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ignominy |
shame or disgrace |
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mundane |
earthly or worldly ordinary |
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nuance |
slight variation in color gradation |
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overweening |
conceited |
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penchant |
strong attarction |
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reputed |
according to reputation or general belief |
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sophistry |
reasoning that seems like the truth but actually is a fallacy |
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sumptuous |
costly, rich |
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ubiquitous |
present or existing evrywhere |
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abject |
degraded or base complete and unrelieved |
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agnostic |
one who believes that nothing can be known about god without faith |
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complicity |
state of being an accomplice in a wrong doing |
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derelict |
someone or something that is abandoned or neglected |
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diatribe |
bitter prolonged verbal attack |
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effigy |
a crude image of a despised person |
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equity |
something that is just and fair |
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inane |
silly empty of the meaning of value |
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indictment |
act of accusing |
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indubitable |
not to be doubted or denied |
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intermittent |
stopping and beginning again |
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moot |
open to discussion |
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motif |
principal idea, feature or belief |
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neophyte |
beginner novice |
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perspicacity |
keenness in observing and understanding |
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plenary |
complete in all aspects |
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surveillance |
a watch kept over a person |
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sylvan |
characteristics of the forest |
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testy |
easily irritated |
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travesty |
grossly inferior imitation, a disguise especially clothing of the opposite sex |
