 | Term | Definition |
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Aberration |
deviation; abnormality |
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Abstruse |
difficult to comprehend |
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Affability |
friendliness; cordiality |
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Affluence |
wealth and status |
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Alleviation |
making less severe |
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Amalgamation |
mixture or joining of different components |
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Amassed |
accumulated |
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Arcane |
esoteric |
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Augmenting |
increasing in size or number |
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Belied |
contradicted |
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Benevolent |
kindly |
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Callous |
cruel and unfeeling |
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Candid |
truthful; honest |
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Coalition |
a union of two parts |
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Concordance |
agreement |
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Conflagration |
big fire |
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Copious |
in large amounts |
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Dearth |
shortage |
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Debacle |
disaster |
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Disarming |
charming; unthreatening |
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Disillusioned |
freed from wrong ideas |
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Disparaging |
criticizing |
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Embellished |
decorated |
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Empathetic |
understanding in an insightful way |
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Encompassed |
included; surrounded |
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Endorsement |
support; approval |
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Entourage |
group of followers; retinue |
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Equanimity |
peace of mind; balance; calm |
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Eradicating |
wiping out; destroying |
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Esoteric |
obscure |
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Exacerbated |
made worse |
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Excised |
cut out |
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Exotic |
strange; foreign |
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Faction |
section; group with common interests |
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Finagle |
wheedle; wangle; trick |
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Grating |
harsh; rasping |
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Gratuitous |
free; unwarranted |
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Hackneyed |
commonplace; over-used |
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Insightful |
perceptive |
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Insolence |
rudeness |
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Intrigued |
interested and curious |
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Intuition |
sixth sense; ‘gut feeling’ |
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Languid |
lacking energy; weak |
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Lobby |
1. to try to persuade, 2. entrance hall |
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Lucid |
clear |
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Marred |
spoiled; ruined |
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Meager |
small; scanty |
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Monotonous |
dull; repetitive |
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Motley |
varied; miscellaneous |
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Opting |
choosing |
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Overhaul |
renovate |
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Preclude |
prevent |
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Precursors |
forerunners |
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Purportedly |
apparently claiming |
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Ratify |
give official approval to |
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Resilience |
strength; ability to withstand |
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Retraction |
removal; ‘taking back’ |
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Sporadic |
intermittent; on and off |
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Spurned |
shunned; rejected |
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Substantiated |
backed up; given supporting evidence |
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Supplant |
replace |
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Truculence |
stubbornness |
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Unequivocal |
certain; cannot be disputed |
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Voluminous |
large; bulky; extensive |
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Winnow |
sift; separate good from bad |
