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Analogy Words
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Undergraduate 1
08/08/2010
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inception
 Definition
beginning
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enervate
 Definition
weaken
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attenuate
 Definition
reduce the force
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ascetic
 Definition
severe and without luxuries
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austere
 Definition
severe and without luxuries
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salacious
 Definition
not wholesome
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mendacious
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not truthful
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profligate
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wasteful
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fulsome
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glowing, excessive
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ponderous
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clumsy, heavy
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vitality
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energy
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pertinence
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relevence
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culmination
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end
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upshot
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end
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abrogate
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to do away with
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exacerbate`
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make a problem worse
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obdurate
 Definition
stubbornly refusing to change
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loquacious
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talkative
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peremptory
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insisting on immediate action
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dividend
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money paid to a stockholder
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mince
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walk foolishly
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simper
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smile foolishly
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furtive
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not open
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ambivalent
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vague
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voracious
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greedy
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impecunious
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poor
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munificent
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generous
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deference
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type of respect
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miser
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not charitable
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virtuoso
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expert
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hedonist
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pleasure seeker
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allay
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make less
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tyro
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beginner
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gait
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walk
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reprehensible
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bad
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pretentious
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creating an appearance of importance
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aesthete
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someone who appreciates art/beauty
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fastidious
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picky
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fallacious
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wrong
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fraught
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distress
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apprehensive
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worried
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temper
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to make less hard
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mitigate
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to make less severe
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scrutinize
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examine carefully
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rend
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tear
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convex
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bulging out
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deride
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ridcule
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assuage
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to make less intense
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disparate
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different
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irrevocable
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cannot be changed
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ignominious
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shameful
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reticent
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shy
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abstemious
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does not indulge
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subversive
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revolutionist
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undermine
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to weaken, to attack
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diffident
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hesitant
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confide
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to tell in confidence
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gregarious
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sociable
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prolific
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fertile
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barren
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not fertile
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fecund
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fertile
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fervid
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eager, passionate
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laudable
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praiseworthy
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reprehensible
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bad
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pretentious
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attempting to impress
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limerick
 Definition
short poem
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expedite
 Definition
speed up
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hasten
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speed up
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ingenuous
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naive
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stoic
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can tolerate hardship
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heretic
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against religion
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eccentric
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unconventional
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diffident
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shy
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efface
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erase
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equanimity
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calm
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fervid
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enthusiastic
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erudite
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great knowledge
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caprice
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impulsive action
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whimsical
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fickle
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palatial
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palace like
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sybaritic
 Definition
loving luxury
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tact
 Definition
keen insight
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novice
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beginner
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sybarite
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lover of luxury
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dilettante
 Definition
someone who dabbles in arts
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profundity
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depth
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profundity
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depth
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hamlet
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village
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axiomatic
 Definition
accepted as true
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inviolate
 Definition
unharmed
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conciliate
 Definition
bring sides together in a dispute
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cacophonous
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noisy
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impetuous
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impulsive
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cathartic
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cleansing
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fitful
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not continuous
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sporific
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sleep inducing
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caulk
 Definition
make waterproof
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adjudge
 Definition
to declare
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abrogate
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to cancel
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forswear
 Definition
give up
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