 | Term | Definition |
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abeyance |
Temporary suspension |
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admonitory |
Warning |
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aggregations |
Group or mass of distinct objects or individuals |
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alacrity |
Speed |
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anathema |
Curse |
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antagonism |
Hostility |
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apprised |
Informed; notified |
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aversion |
Object arousing an intense or definite dislike |
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avuncular |
Having traiits considered typical of uncles; jolly, indulgent, stodgy |
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bastions |
Fortifications |
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bellicose |
Quarrelsome |
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benevolent |
Kindly; charitable |
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blithe |
Carefree |
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chaos |
Disorder of formless matter and indefinite space, supposed to have existed before the ordered universe |
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commiseration |
Sympathy, condolence |
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conflagration |
Big, destructive fire |
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congenial |
Agreeable |
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conjectural |
Based on guessword |
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conjectured |
Guessed |
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connate |
Existing naturally; innate |
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consternation |
Great fear of show that makes one feel hopeless or bewildered |
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contrition |
Remorse for having done wrong |
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cornice |
Projecting decorative molding along the top of a building |
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covertly |
Secretly; surrpetitiously |
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deference |
Respect; courtesy; regard |
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depravity |
Corruption; wickedness |
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dictum |
Formal statement of fact or opinion |
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dilapidated |
In disrepair |
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disdainfully |
Showing scorn or contempt |
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divines |
Clergy |
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effaced |
Erased; wiped out |
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effuse |
Spread out; diffuse |
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elusive |
Hard to grasp |
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eminence |
Greatness; celebrity |
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equanimity |
Composure |
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etiquette |
Appropriate behavior and ceremonies |
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evitable |
Avoidable |
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expatriated |
Deported; driven from one's native land |
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expedient |
Resource |
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finite |
Having measurable or definable limits |
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forestall |
Prevent by acting ahead of time |
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garrulous |
Talking too much |
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genial |
Cheerful; friendly |
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glade |
Open space in a wood or forest |
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gregarious |
Sociable |
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guile |
Craftiness |
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imperious |
Urgent; imperative |
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impertinent |
Not showing proper respect |
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importunities |
Persistent requests or demands |
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indecorous |
Improper |
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ineffable |
Inexpressible; unable to be spoken |
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inert |
Motionless |
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infinity |
Endless or unlimited space, time, or distance |
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Iniquity |
Sin |
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inscrutable |
Not able to be easily understood |
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interminable |
Seeming to last forever |
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jocularity |
Joking good humor |
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magnanimity |
Ability to rise above pettiness or meannes |
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maledictions |
Curses |
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malign |
Malicious; very harmful |
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manuscript |
Written or typed document, especially one submitted to a publisher or printer |
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monotonous |
Tiresome because unvarying |
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myriad |
Countles |
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obstinacy |
Stubbornness |
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oppresses |
Weighs heavily on mind |
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ornery |
Having a mean disposition |
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oscillation |
Act of swinging or moving regularly back and forth |
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ostentatious |
Boastful display |
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peremptorily |
Decesively; commandingly |
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pertinaciously |
Holding firmly to some purpose |
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posterity |
All succeeding generations |
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precipitate |
Cause to happen before expected or desired |
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prelude |
Introductor section or movement of a suite, fugue, or work of music |
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prescient |
Having foreknowledge |
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prodigious |
Of great power or size |
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querulous |
Inclined to find fault |
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radiant |
Shining brightly |
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recumbent |
Resting |
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redolent |
Suggestive |
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repression |
Restraint |
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retrospective |
Looking back on or directed to the past |
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reverential |
Showing or caused by a feeling of deep respect, love, and awe |
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sagacious |
Shrewd |
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salient |
Standing out from the rest |
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semi-somnambulent |
Half-Sleepwalking |
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stark |
Stiff or rigid, as a corpse; severe |
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stringency |
Strictneess; severity |
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sublime |
Insipiring awe or admiration through grandeur or beauty |
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suffrage |
Vote or voting |
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summarily |
Promptly and without formality |
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superfluous |
Exessive; unnecessary |
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surmised |
Guessed |
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tempest |
Violent storm |
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transient |
Not permanent |
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tremulous |
Characterized by trembling |
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tremulously |
Fearfully; timidly |
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tumultuous |
Rough; stormy |
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tumultuously |
In an agitated way |
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unwonted |
Unusual; unfamiliar |
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vagary |
Unpredicatable occurrence |
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venerable |
Commanding respect |
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vituperative |
Spoken abusively |
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vocifeeration |
Loud or vehement shouting |
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waggery |
Mischievous behavior |
