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harrowing |
extremely distressing, terrifying, vexing |
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hermetic |
very tightly sealed |
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hinterland |
wilderness, backcountry, frontier |
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hoary |
very old; whitish or gray from age; antique |
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ilk |
type, kind, class |
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imbue |
to infuse; to dye, moisten, permeate |
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impecunious |
destitute, indigent, poor |
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importune |
to implore repeatedly, beg, annoy |
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improvident |
w/o planning or foresight; negligent; unprepared |
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inchoate |
imperfectly formed or formulated; formless |
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inculcate |
to indoctrinate, teach |
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inculpate |
to blame, charge with a crime |
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incursion |
sudden invasion, raid |
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indefatigable |
never tired, inexhaustible |
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indubitable |
unquestionable |
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inexorable |
inflexible, unyielding |
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ingress |
entry, entrance |
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inimical |
hostile, unfriendly |
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iniquity |
sin, evil act |
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insidious |
sly, treacherous, devious |
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interdict |
to forbid, prohibit |
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interloper |
trespasser; intruder, meddler in other's affairs |
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interpolate |
to insert, change by adding new material |
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interpose |
intervene, interfere |
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inure |
to harden, to accustom, to become used to |
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invidious |
obnoxious, discriminatory |
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knell |
sound of funeral bell; omen of death or failure |
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laggard |
dawdler, lazy dude |
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legerdemain |
trickery |
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lionize |
to treat as a celebrity |
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lissome |
lithe, easily flexed, supple, graceful |
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machination |
plot or scheme |
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maelstrom |
turmoil, agitated state of mind, whirlpool |
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malinger |
to evade by pretending sickness |
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matriculate |
to enroll as a member of a university |
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mendacious |
disingenuous, dishonest |
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mendicant |
beggar |
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mercurial |
quick, shrewd, clever |
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militate |
to operate/work against, affect |
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mirth |
frivolity, gaiety, laughter |
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mottle |
to mark w/ spots |
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multifarious |
diverse |
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nadir |
lowest point, bottom |
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neophyte |
novice, tyro |
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nettle |
to vex/annoy/irritate |
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obstreperous |
troublesome, unruly, vociferous |
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obviate |
to make unnecessary |
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officious |
too helpful, too eager, intrusive |
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pall |
covering that darkens/obscures; to lose strength |
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panacea |
cure-all, miracle drug |
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pedagogue |
teacher |
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pedant |
uninspired, boring academic |
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perfunctory |
done in a routine way, indifferent |
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peripatetic |
moving from place to place |
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pertinacious |
persistent, stubborn |
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pestilence |
epidemic, plague |
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petulance |
rudeness, querulousness |
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pilfer |
to steal |
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ply |
to join together, handle |
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predilection |
preference, liking, bias |
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prescient |
having foresight |
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prevaricate |
to evade truth, lie, to equivocate |
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propinquity |
nearness, proximity |
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puerile |
childish, immature, silly |
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pugilism |
boxing, fighting |
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recondite |
esoteric |
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rectitude |
moral uprightness |
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redress |
relief from wrong or injury |
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rejoinder |
response |
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remediable |
fixable, capable of being corrected |
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reprobate |
morally unprincipled person |
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restive |
impatient, restless |
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retrench |
to cut down, reduce |
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riddle |
to make many holes in |
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salubrious |
healthful |
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senescent |
old, aged |
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sententious |
having a moralizing tone |
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seraphic |
angelic, pure, sublime |
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solecism |
grammatical mistake |
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somnolent |
drowsy, sleep inducing |
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stultify |
to impair or reduce to uselessness |
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tangential |
digressing, diverting, irrelevant |
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tome |
large and academic book |
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ubiquitous |
being everywhere simultaneously |
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unctuous |
phony, falsely earnest |
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urbane |
courteous, cosmopolitan, refined, suave |
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vacillate |
to waver, to show indecision |
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vaunted |
boasted about, bragged about |
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verdant |
green with vegetation |
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verisimilitude |
quality of appearing true/real |
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vestige |
trace, relic, remnant |
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wizened |
withered, wrinkled |
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xenophobia |
fear or hatred of foreigners/strangers |
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yoke |
to join together, bind |
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vehement |
powerful, intense, fervid |
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complaisant |
likely to acquiesce, inclined to oblige |
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concede |
to yield to |
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palpable |
tangible, noticable |
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burgeon |
to blossom, flourish |
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insouciance |
carefreeness, nonchalance, cavalierness |
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dupe |
gull; a gull |
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moniker |
personal nickname |
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winsome |
sweetly and innnocently charming/winning |
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promulgate |
to make known by declaraction |
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seditious |
aroused/incited to resist authority |
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