 | Term | Definition |
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Check |
To halt; to hold in restraint |
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chicanery |
deception by trickery or sophistry |
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circumvent |
to avoid or get around |
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coin |
to devise (a new word or phrase) |
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complaisant |
exhibiting a desire or willingness to please; cheerfully obliging |
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complicity |
involvement as an accomplice in a questionable act or a crime |
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condemn |
to express strong disapproval of |
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conjecture |
a guess based on incomplete evidence |
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conscientious |
thorough and assiduous |
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contentious |
quarrelsome or controversial |
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convoluted |
intricate; complicated |
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cordial |
friendly |
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covet |
to desire |
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curtail |
to cut short |
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daunting |
discouraging |
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dearth |
a scare supply; a lack |
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debilitate |
to sap the strength or energy of; enervate |
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deicient |
lacking an essential quality or element |
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definitive |
authoritative and complete |
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deft |
skillful |
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deleterious |
having a harmful effect; injurious |
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demagogue |
a leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace |
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demographic |
describing statistical data referring to distribiution and growth of the human population |
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demonstrative |
marked by the open expression of emotion |
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denounce |
criticize; to condemn openly as being evil or reprehensible |
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desolation |
devastation; ruin |
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detest |
to dislike intensely; abhor |
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diffidence |
the characteristic of being shy and reserved |
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dilapidated |
having fallen to a state of disrepair or deterioration, as though negelct; broken-down and shabby |
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dilatory |
intended to dely |
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dilettante |
a dabbler in an art or a field of knowledge |
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diminution |
a lessening or reduction |
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