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Term Definition
absolve excuse, clear from blame
caricature cartoon, exaggerated picture of someone
clangor loud ringing sound
continguous side by side, touching
cupidity desire for something, greed
deleterious harmful, damaging
enhance improve, increase
enthrall enchant, charm
extenuate lessen magnitude of offense by making partial excuses
implicit understood without needing to be expressed
incisive perceptive, sharp, keen
ostentatious showy, flashy
paragon good example, model of perfection or excellence
paraphrase restate in other words
politic prudent, diplomatic
prosaic commonplace, dull, lacking in originality
redundant repetitive, unnecessary, extra
santimonious self-righteous, hypocritically moralistic
scintillating sparkly, twinkly
winsome charming, delightful

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Creator oliviatamayo
Created May 17, 2008
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  1. continguous → side by side, touching - 3 misses
  2. implicit → understood without needing to be expressed - 3 misses
  3. incisive → perceptive, sharp, keen - 3 misses
  4. enhance → improve, increase - 2 misses
  5. extenuate → lessen magnitude of offense by making partial excuses - 2 misses
  6. santimonious → self-righteous, hypocritically moralistic - 2 misses
  7. absolve → excuse, clear from blame - 1 miss