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abrogate |
cancel, as a law |
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arrant |
` |
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badinage |
witty conversation |
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conciliate |
` |
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countermand |
cancel an order |
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fatuous |
inane, silly |
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litany |
` |
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macabre |
` |
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paucity |
` |
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portend |
` |
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raze |
` |
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recant |
` |
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saturate |
` |
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saturine |
gloomy |
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slough |
` |
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bucolic |
` |
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calumniate |
` |
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chary |
wary; cautious |
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dilettante |
` |
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increment |
` |
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mandate |
` |
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paltry |
` |
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paroxysm |
sudden attack of pain or feeling of emotion |
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pedantry |
` |
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peregrination |
wandering |
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redolent |
` |
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- refulgent |
shiny; brilliant |
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shibboleth |
` |
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tyro |
novice; beginner |
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unremitting |
not stopping; persistent |
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vacillate |
` |
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askance |
with a suspicious or disapproving look |
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attenuate |
` |
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cavil |
` |
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foible |
` |
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forgo |
` |
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fraught |
` |
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inure |
` |
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luminous |
` |
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obtuse |
not sharp; blunt; stupid |
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oscillate |
` |
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peremptory |
` |
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rebuff |
` |
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reconnoiter |
` |
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shambles |
` |
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abrogate |
cancel, as a law |
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asperity |
` |
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burnish |
` |
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cabal |
` |
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deprecate |
` |
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detritus |
` |
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ebullient |
` |
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eclectic |
` |
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flaccid |
limp |
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impecunious |
` |
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inexorable |
` |
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moribund |
` |
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necromancer |
speaker with the dead; witch |
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onerous |
burdensome |
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rife |
` |
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rudiment |
basic principle; something undeveloped |
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sequester |
` |
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winnow |
gradually eliminate until only the best is left |
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aesthetic |
pertaining to beauty |
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defunct |
` |
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subsist |
` |
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seraphic |
` |
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restive |
restless |
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discomfit |
` |
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espouse |
` |
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fetish |
` |
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hapless |
unlucky |
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impeccable |
` |
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importune |
ask persistently |
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interpolate |
` |
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languish |
` |
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mendacious |
` |
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nadir |
lowest point |
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omnipresent |
occurring or being everywhere |
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perfunctory |
` |
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plaintive |
sad and mounful |
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requite |
` |
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abstruse |
hard to understand |
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affront |
` |
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canard |
` |
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captious |
critical and judgmental |
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contrite |
` |
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cynosure |
` |
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decorous |
` |
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deign |
` |
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desiccated |
dried up |
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engender |
` |
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ethereal |
` |
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machination |
plot; scheme |
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opprobrium |
notoriety |
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putative |
generally considered to be true |
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beatific |
` |
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behemoth |
` |
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blandishment |
` |
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cacophonous |
` |
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chicanery |
` |
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consign |
to put into the care of another |
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coup |
` |
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febrile |
` |
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gainsay |
deny or contradict |
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loathe |
` |
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minutiae |
` |
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moratorium |
` |
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nostrum |
` |
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aperture |
` |
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epicurean |
` |
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improvident |
` |
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iniquity |
` |
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inviolable |
` |
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mutable |
` |
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nascent |
` |
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obeisance |
respect; obeying because of respect |
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panegyric |
reverent speech |
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pillory |
` |
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pittance |
` |
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presage |
` |
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progeny |
` |
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promulgate |
` |
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moratorium |
` |
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