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tarry |
to delay |
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apt |
especially suited to the circumstances |
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Cognizance |
An awareness, a realization |
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Scruples |
concern arising from conscience |
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Proselytes |
a new convert to a faith/politcal cause |
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Irreverently |
(adv) meaning without respect |
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Irreverently |
(adv) meaning without respect |
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Anathema |
(n) a person or thing that is loathed |
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Remonstrance |
(n) a protest, demonstration against a cause |
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Ephemeral |
(adj) lasting a short time- “The trip was short and ephemeral” |
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Fastidious |
(adj) critical or demanding, hard to please |
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Countenance |
(n) face or expression; outward appearance; to tolerate or approve something. – “Cleared his fine countenance from the furnace” |
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Odious |
(adj) highly offensive, repugnant, disgusting, |
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Conjecture |
(n) the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof- (pg 58) |
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Docile |
(adj) quiet and easy to control, unlikely to cause trouble |
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Equivocal |
(adj) ambiguous; of a doubtful and uncertain nature/character |
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Conflagration |
(n) disastrous fire |
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Sagacious |
(adj) having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment, shrewd |
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Vex |
(v) to irritate, annoy |
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Perverse |
(adj) willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary, turned away from or rejecting, what is right, good, or proper, wicked or corrupt |
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Inauspicious |
(adj) not a favorable sign |
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Repugnance |
(n) strong, distaste, aversion, objection |
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Edifice |
(noun) a building especially a large imposing one |
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Peremptory |
(adj) expecting to be obeyed, and unwilling to tolerate obedience, expressing urgency |
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Tremulous |
(adj) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness |
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Indubitably |
(adv) not to be doubted |
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Besmirches |
(verb) stains |
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Exhort |
(v) to advise or caution |
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Heterodox |
(adj) not in accordance with current opinions/doctrines, used mostly in theology |
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Augured |
(verb) predicted, especially from signs or omens |
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Ignominy |
(noun) disgrace, dishonor, public contempt |
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Replete |
(adjective) abundantly supplied; full, not tangible |
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Intrinsic |
(adj) belonging to a thing by its very nature |
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Imperious |
(adj) domineering in a haughty manner |
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Exigencies |
(noun) the state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action often refers to office |
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Inimical |
(adj) unfriendly, hostile, unfavorable, harmful |
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Defunct |
(adj) no longer living, existing, or functioning |
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Scurrilous |
(adj) grossly or obscenely abusive, vulgar comments or remarks |
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Inextricable |
(adj) impossible to get away from |
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Stigmatized |
(verb) marked with infamy; severely censored |
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Vicissitude |
(noun) variability; unexpected change especially in someone’s fortunes, changes that are perceived to come, negative “vicissitudes of life” |
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Inscrutable |
(adj) incapable of being analyzed investigated or scrutinized |
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Decorous |
(adj) characterized by good manners, character and appearance |
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Incongruous |
(adj) not harmonious, disagreeing |
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Surmise |
(verb) a conjecture, a guess |
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Inured |
(adj) accustomed/habituated, accept or become hardened to. |
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Loquacity |
(noun) talkativeness or loquacious flow of talk |
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Erudition |
(noun) knowledge acquired by study/research |
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Consternation |
(noun) a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion |
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Irrevocably |
(adv) not to be revoked or recalled |
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Sedulous |
(adj) diligent in application or attention; carefully maintained |
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Recondite |
(adj) requiring a high degree of scholarship or specialist knowledge to be understood |
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Inveteracy |
(adj) the quality of being strong or deep seated from long persistence, prejudice, hostility; hatred |
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Remunerative |
(adj) profitable |
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Sanguine |
(adj) cheerfully optimistic, hopeful or confident |
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Abrogation |
(v) cancellation, abolition, by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal |
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Obstreperous |
(adj) resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner |
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Indolent |
(adj) having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; lazy |
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Garrulous |
(adj) excessively talkative, loquacious |
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Belie |
(verb) to disguise the true nature of something, to show that something is not true |
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Gregarious |
(adj) fond of the company of others; sociable |
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Amiable |
(adj) having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities, affable |
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Chafed |
(adj) rubbed, angered |
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Ramification |
(noun) the act or process of branching out or dividing into branches |
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Sentinel |
(noun) a person or thing that watches and stands, as if watching |
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Deference |
(noun) Respectful submission or yielding to another |
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Acclivity |
(noun) an ascending slope as of a hill |
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Dignitary |
(noun) somebody who holds a high rank or position; notable |
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Delirium |
(noun) a state of violence, excitement, or emotion |
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Effusive |
(adj) extravagant, excessive expression of feelings in speech or writing |
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Inviolate |
(adj) unaltered, pure, virginal, not violated |
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Spasmodically |
(adv) occasionally, fleetingly |
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Palpitating |
(verb) beating irregularly |
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Enervated |
(verb) deprived of force or strength; weakened |
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Deluge |
(noun) a large flood |
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Solicitude |
(noun) anxiety or concern |
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Infinitesimal |
(adj) immeasurably small; less than an assignable quantity |
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Commodious |
(adj) pleasantly spacious |
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Domicile |
(noun) a place of residence; a home or house |
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Restive |
(adj) impatient of resting, control restraint or delay as persons, restless, uneasy |
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Assiduous |
(adj) constant; working diligently, constant focus |
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Pervades |
(verb) to be present throughout |
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Pedantic |
(adj) overly concerned with minute details and/or formalisms, especially teaching. |
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Staid |
(adj) marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restrain |
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Paragon |
(noun) a model or pattern of excellence |
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Candor |
(noun) the state or quality of being overly frank |
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Euphonious |
(adj) pleasant in sound, agreeable to the ear |
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Salutary |
(adj) healthful; favorable to health |
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Confound |
(verb) to cause a confusing situation to become even more confusing |
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Modicum |
(noun) a small amount, especially something abstract such as quantity |
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Reproach |
(verb) to find fault with a person or a group; blame; censure |
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Unseemly |
(adj) unfitting, inappropriate |
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Vilify |
(verb) to speak ill of, defame, slander |
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Frugal |
(Adj) characterized by or reflecting economy in the use of resources |
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Contingency |
(noun) an event that may occur but that is not likely or intended; a possibility |
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Faction |
(noun) a group that is a minority within a larger group |
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Breadth |
(noun) distance from side to side; width |
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Vernacular |
(adj) native or indigenous, as in language |
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Transcendent |
(adj) beyond or above the range of physical human experience |
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Prophesied |
(verb) prefigured; foreshadowed |
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Disparagement |
(noun) the lowering of honor/value; dishonor, disgrace that which causes loss of dignity |
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Penury |
(noun) a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (as money) |
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Execrable |
(adj) utterly detestable; abominable |
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Sordidness |
(noun) filthy in a moralist sense, sleazy |
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Fop |
(noun) a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners |
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Hyperbolical |
(adj) having the nature of exaggeration |
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Affectation |
(noun) an artificial trait or expression or action |
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Ostentation |
(noun) the act or showing or displaying |
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Cozenage |
(noun) a fraudulent business scheme |
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Insipid |
(adj) without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities |
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Effigy |
(noun) an image or representation especially of a person |
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Superfluous |
(adj) being more than is sufficient or required; excessive |
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Magnanimous |
(adj) very generous, kind, or forgiving |
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Antipathy |
(noun) a natural or basic repugnance or aversion: |
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Edify |
(verb) to instruct or benefit, uplift |
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Abate |
(verb) to lessen or make something lessen gradually; to reduce in strength |
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Talisman |
(noun) something believed to have magical powers |
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Mendaciously |
(adv) in a lying manner |
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Elegiac |
(adj) expressing sorrow or lamentation |
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Vie |
(verb) to strive in competition against another |
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Valorous |
(adj) possessing personal bravery, valiant |
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Caprice |
(noun) a sudden change, as of one’s mind or the weather (capricious) |
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Stigmatized |
(verb) marked with infamy; severely censored |
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Deleterious |
) having a harmful or damaging effect on somebody or something |
