 | Term | Definition |
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hackneyed |
adj. overused |
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haggard |
adj. worn out |
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halcyon |
adj. calm |
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hallow |
v. make holy |
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harangue |
n. loud remark v. deliver loud remard |
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harbinger |
n. foreshadow |
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harrow |
v. till land; distress |
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hermetic |
adj. sealed |
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hubris |
n. pride |
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hyperbole |
n. exaggeration |
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ignominy |
n. dishonor |
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imbibe |
v. drink |
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impervious |
adj. incapable of being affected |
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impetuous |
adj. impulsive, passionate |
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implore |
v. beg |
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impugn |
v. challenge |
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invidious |
adj. provode envy; envy |
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indiscriminate |
adj. unselective |
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indolent |
adj. lazy; slow to heal |
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innocuous |
adj. harmless |
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insidious |
adj. intented to entrap; alluring |
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intimate |
v. hint; proclaim |
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inveterate |
adj. habitual |
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jaded |
adj. worn out |
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jape |
v. joke n. joke |
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jargon |
n. meaningless talk |
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jaunty |
adj. brisk, dapper |
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jejune |
adj. dull |
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jettison |
v. cast overboard n. act of casting overboard |
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jibe |
v. make heckling remarks n. heckling remark |
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jocular |
adj. joking |
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jocund |
adj. sprightly |
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jostle |
v. push n. a push |
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jounce |
v. jolt n. a jolt |
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juxtapose |
v. place side by side |
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laconic |
adj. brief and to the point |
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laden |
adj. loaded; burdened v. load |
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lampoon |
n. written attack v. ridicule |
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languid |
adj. lacking energy |
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languor |
n. lack of energy |
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laud |
v. to praise n. praise |
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libertine |
n. a dissolute person adj. dissolute |
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lillipution |
adj. small |
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limn |
v. describe by drawing |
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limpid |
adj. clear |
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loquacious |
adj. talkative |
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lucid |
adj. easily understood |
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lumber |
v. move with clumsiness |
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magnanimous |
adj. noble and unselfish |
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malevolent |
adj. malicious |
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malinger |
v. fake illness |
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malleable |
adj. adaptable |
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maunder |
v. talk or act aimlessly |
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mendicant |
n. beggar |
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mince |
v.t. subdivide; say politely v.i. speak politely |
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misanthrope |
n. someone that hates people |
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mitigate |
v. become milder |
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mollify |
v. soothe; soften |
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morose |
adj. gloomy |
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multifarious |
adj. diverse |
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mundane |
adj. ordinary |
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nefarious |
adj. infamously evil |
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nihilism |
n. belief in complete destruction |
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normative |
adj. of the norms |
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noxious |
adj. injurious to health |
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numinous |
adj. supernatural; sublime |
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obdurate |
adj. stubborn |
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obtuse |
adj. lack of intelligence; blunt |
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occlude |
v. obstuct |
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opprobrium |
n. ignominy |
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ostensible |
adj. what appears to be |
