 | Term | Definition |
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Acolyte |
disciple; follower or attendant |
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Admonitory |
scolding |
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Caprices |
whimsies; fancies |
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Cornucopia |
symbol (horn filled with fruit etc.) denoting natural abundance |
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Deferential |
showing respect |
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Intractability |
stubbornness; resistance |
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Luminary |
eminent person |
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Minion |
underling; servant |
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Undergird |
support; strengthen |
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Vitiate |
1. To reduce the value or impair the quality of. weaken; sap energy |
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Coterie |
clique; small group with common interests |
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Denigrate |
decry; criticize; belittle |
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Empirical |
found by experiment or practice |
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Gainsay |
contradict |
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Hyperbole |
extravagant exaggeration |
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Modest |
1. bashful; unpretentious; 2. not excessive |
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Prolixity |
wordiness |
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Rebus |
puzzle in which pictures give clues |
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Sere |
withered; old |
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Vulpine |
like a fox |
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Corroborate |
give supporting evidence |
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Exacerbate |
made worse |
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Exact |
to demand; extort |
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Faddish |
whimsical; following a fashion |
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Hapless |
unlucky |
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Misconstrue |
put a wrong interpretation on something |
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Perennial |
long-lasting |
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Rent |
torn |
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Shard |
fragment of pottery |
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Xenophobe |
person afraid of foreigners |
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