 | Term | Definition |
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Ambivalence |
lack of clarity, wavering, being undecided |
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Cantankerous |
bad-tempered, quarrelsome |
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Derogatory |
uncomplimentary |
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Exemplify |
to serve as a good example |
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Impecunious |
having no money |
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Lucid |
clear |
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Ornate |
highly decorated |
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Precipice |
steep slope |
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Salubrious |
health-giving |
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Truant |
shirker, someone absent without permission |
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Ambulatory |
able to walk around (used of hospital patients) |
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Capacious |
spacious |
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Desecrate |
to damage or pollute a holy place |
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Exhaustive |
complete and thorough |
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Impious |
wicked, profane |
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Ludicrous |
ridiculous, silly |
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Orthodox |
conventional |
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Precipitous |
done in a hurry |
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Salutary |
something which teaches you a lesson; beneficial |
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Truncate |
cut short |
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Ameliorate |
make better |
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Capitulate |
surrender, give in to |
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Desecration |
spoiling something holy |
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Exonerates |
acquits, absolves, removes blame |
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Impoverished |
destitute, poor |
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Lukewarm |
unenthusiastic; neither hot nor cold |
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Ossify |
turn to bone, become fixed and rigid |
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Preclude |
prevent or make impossible |
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Sanctimonious |
hypocritically holy |
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Tumult |
uproar, noise |
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Amelioration |
improvement |
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Carping |
constant criticism |
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Desist |
stop, discontinue, cease |
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Exorcism |
getting free/rid of, eliminating (especially demons) |
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Impromptu |
unrehearsed, spontaneous |
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Lummox |
clumsy person |
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Ostentatious |
showy |
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Precocious |
developing early |
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Sanction |
give approval to |
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Turpitude |
depravity |
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Amiable |
friendly |
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Cartographer |
person who makes maps |
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Despondent |
having no hope, miserable |
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Expatriate |
refugee, emigrant, someone living away from his own country |
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Inadvertent |
not intentional |
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Luscious |
juicy, moist, succulent |
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Oust |
push out of a position |
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Predecessor |
one who came before |
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Sanguinary |
bloodthirsty, bloody |
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Tyro |
novice, beginner |
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