 | Term | Definition |
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Aberration |
Straying from what is normal or accepted. |
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Abject |
1. Humiliating and miserable. 2. Contemptible |
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Accrue |
To come as a natural increase or advantage. |
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Ambience |
Environment; the surrounding atmosphere. |
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Beneficence |
Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action. |
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Bovine |
Having the quality of a cow or ox: sluggish, dull. |
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Caprice |
A sudden impulse, whim, or unmotivated change of mind. |
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Celerity |
Swiftness; quickness; speed |
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Circumvent |
1. To avoid; to evade by cleverness. 2. To avoid by passing around. |
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Concur |
1. To agree; to cooperate. 2. To coincide; to happen simultaneously |
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Context |
The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning. |
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Convene |
To assemble, especially for a meeting. |
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Desultory |
1. Jumping from one thing to another; rambling. 2. Haphazard or random |
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Deviate |
To turn aside from a course, norm, pattern, or subject. |
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Discourse |
1. Conversation 2. A formal discussion of a subject in speech or writing. Intr. V. To talk; to discuss formally in speech or writing. |
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Exodus |
1. Mass departure or emigration. 2. (Capitalized) The departure of the Israelites from Egypt with their leader Moses. |
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Exult |
To rejoice greatly; ;to be triumphant |
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Facile |
Acting, working, or proceeding with ease; fluent. (Sometimes, superficial, when something is too easily done.) |
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Impervious |
1. Not penetrable by light rays, moisture, ect. 2. Incapable of being influenced or affected |
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Incur |
To meet with; to run into; to bring upon oneself. |
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Lionize |
To regard or treat like a celebrity |
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Mollify |
To calm; to make gentler or softer in feeling. |
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Obituary |
Notice of a death with biographical information. |
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Resilient |
1. Capable of returning to the original shape after being bent or stretched. 2. Buoyant; recovering quickly from illness, change, or misfortune. |
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Serpentine |
1. Resembling a serpent in form or movement: sinuous; winding. 2. Having qualities of a serpent: subtle, sly, sometimes even evil. |
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Transgress |
To go beyond or over set limits; to break a rule. |
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Transient |
1. Passing quickly; transitory. 2. Staying only a short time. N. A person or thing having a short stay. |
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Translucent |
Permitting light to pas through, but not transparent |
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Valor |
Heroic courage; bravery |
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