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English Vocab
Semester 1 and 2
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English
11th Grade
05/17/2009

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congenial
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adj. pleasant, friendly
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ignominious
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adj. shameful
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contumely
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n. rudeness or insolence
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lurid
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adj. shocking of gruesome
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paramour
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n. an adulterous lover
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commiserate
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v. to sympathize or feel for another
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exhortation
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n. an urgent appeal
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insidious
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adj. subtely spreading harm
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caprice
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n. an impulsive change of mind
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anathema
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n. a curse
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preternatural
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adj. supassing the norm or usual standard
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physiognomy
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n. the study of the face
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expatiate
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v. to speak or write at length
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expatiate
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v. to speak or write at length
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emaciated
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adj. very thin, often by starvation
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vehemence
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n. forcefulness or intensity
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efficacious
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adj. the quality of being effective
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sagacity
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n. keen discernment; wisdom
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zenith
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n. the highest point, often in the sky
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somniferous
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adj. sleep inducing
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deplorable
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adj. contemptible
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enumerate
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v. to name on by one
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innocuous
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adj. harmlesss
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maroon
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v. to abandon on a desolate island
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palpable
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n. perceptible by feeling or touch
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seethe
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v. to be violently exited or agitated
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unbridled
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adj. being without restraint
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conjecture
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n. a guess often base on assupmtions
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disenfranchise
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v. to deprive of any right privilege or power
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equivocal
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adj. ambiguous
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hackney
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adj. commonplace or trite
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malediction
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n. the calling down of a curse or curses
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onus
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n. a burden or responsibility
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priggish
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adj. conceited
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crucible
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n. a trying and purifying test or agency
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caustic
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adj. sarcastic and severe
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irascible
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adj. prone to anger
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loathe
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v. to abominate, dislike
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perambulate
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v. to walk about
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recur
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v. to happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals
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sequester
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v. to cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life
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sanctimonious
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adj. making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety
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recidivist
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n. a confirmed criminal
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quiescence
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n. quiet
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proscribe
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v. to reject, as a teaching or practice, with condemnation or dununciation
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moratorium
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n. an emergeny legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily
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licentiouis
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adj. wanton; wild
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hirsute
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adj. having a hairy covering
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acrimonious
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adj. full of bitterness
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belie
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v. to misrepresent
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vituperate
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v. to rebuke or criticize harshly
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scintillate
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v. to sparkle;flash;beanimated;befull of life
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tractable
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adj. easily led or controlled
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perfuctory
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adj. half-hearted; without feeling or thought
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munificent
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adj. extraordinarily generous
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sycophant
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n. a servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence
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garrulous
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adj. given to constant trivial talking
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abrade
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v. to wear away the surface or some part of by friction
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diadem
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n. a crown
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ascond
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v. to depard suddenly and secretly, as for the purpose of escaping arrest
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derision
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n. ridicule
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mendacious
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adj. untrue; usually harmfully or maliciously untrue
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aggrandize
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v. to cause to appear greatly
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banal
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adj. commonplace
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benevolent
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adj. loving others and actively desirous of their well-being
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cajole
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v. to impose on or dupe by flattering speech
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candid
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adj. straightforward
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pariah
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n. a member of a degraded class; a social outcast
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exonerate
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v. to relieve or vindicate from accusation, imputation, or blame
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acrid
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adj. harshly pungent or bitter
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zeitgeist
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n. the intellecual and moral tendencies that characterize an age or epoch
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vociferous
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adj. making a loud outcry
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sophistical
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adj. fallacious, false
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prolix
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adj. verbose; wordy
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harangue
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n. a tirade
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evanescent
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adj. fleeting; short lived
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convivial
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adj. devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking
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indolent
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adj. habitually inactive or idle
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palatial
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adj. magnificent
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reproof
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n. an expression of disapproval or blame personally addressed to one censured
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similitude
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n. similarity
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similitude
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n. similarity
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taciturn
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adj. disincluded to conversation
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vacuous
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adj. empty
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minutia
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n. a small or unimporatnt particular or detail
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imbroglio
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n. a misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, perplexity, or strife
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laudable
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adj. praiseworthy
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obdurate
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adj. impassive to feelings of humanity or pity
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petulant
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adj. displaying impatience
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shiftless
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adj. wanting in resource, energy, or executive ability, without direction
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vacillate
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v. to waver usually be tween two decisions or beliefs
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conciliatory
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adj. tending to reconcile, apologetic
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duplicity
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n. double-dealing
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harbinger
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n. one who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing
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listless
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adj. lacking energy, lethargic
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panacea
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n. a remedy or medicine proposed for/or professing to cure all diseases
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reprieve
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v. to grant a respite from punishment
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travail
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n. hard or agonizing labor
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bellicose
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adj. warlike
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disparate
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adj. essentially different
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abominate
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v. to hate violently
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dotage
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sentility; feeblemindedness of old age
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fastidious
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adj. difficult to please; squeamish; fussy;
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evince
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v. to show clearly; to indicate
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fetid
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adj. smelly
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inchoate
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adj. not fully formed
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mercurial
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adj. capricious; quick and changing, fickle
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staid
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adj. serious and sedate; sober
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occlude
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v. shut;close;obstruct
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rapport
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n. close relationship;emotional closeness;harmony
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tactile
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adj. pertaining to the organs or sense of touch
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obstreperous
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adj. boisterous;noisy and uncontrollable
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perspicuous
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adj.(of sometheing) plainly expressed; easy to understand
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quagmire
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n. bog;marsh; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself
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rancor
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n. long-lasting hatred;bitterness
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saccharine
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adj. cloying sweet; characteristic of sugar
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volition
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n. act of using one's will; act of making a conscious choice
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tautological
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adj. needlessly repetitious; wordy
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obloquy
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n. slander; disgrace; infamy
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seamy
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adj.sordid;base;filthy;unwholesome
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sedulous
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adj. diligent; assiduous; paying attention
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sojourn
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n. temporary stay
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spartan
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adj. without attention to comfort; lacking luxury and comfort
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pastoral
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adj. rural; of rural life; idyllic
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yokel
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n. a rustic; country bumpkin
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tensile
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adj. capable of being stretched
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craven
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adj. cowardly
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scad
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n. a great quantity/amount
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torrid
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adj.(of weather)hot or scorching; passionate
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unctuous
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adj. oily; insincerely suave; smarmy
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urbane
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adj. suave; refined in manner; elegant
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desiccate
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v. to dry up
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bowdlerize
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v. expurgate; clean; remove offensive parts of a book
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wanderlust
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n. strong longing to travel
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febrile
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adj. feverish
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chicanery
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n. trickery;deception
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dearth
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n. scarcity; lack of
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excoriate
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v. scold with bithing harshness; censure strongly
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invective
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n. abuse; slander
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salubrious
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adj. healthful; conducive to health or well being
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monomania
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n. the unreasonable pursuit of one idea
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nugatory
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adj. having no power or force
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polemics
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n. the art of controversy or disputation
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specious
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adj. plausible, but not likely
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vertigo
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n. dizziness
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querulous
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adj. habitually complaining
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aria
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n. an operatic solo; a song sung by one person
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raiment
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n. clothing; garments
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spuriouis
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adj. false; counterfeit
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myopic
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adj. nearsighted; lacking foresight
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altruistic
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adj. unselfishly generous; concerned for others
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sylvan
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adj. pertaining to the woods or the country
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fracas
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n. crawl (noisy quarrel or fight)
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asperity
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adj. sharpness; roughtness; severity (of temper or weather)
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bilious
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adj. suffering from indigestion; irritable; easily irritated
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callow
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adj. youthful; immature; inexperienced
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quisling
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n. a traitor who aids invaders
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waggish
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adj. humorous; mischievous; tricky
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cozen
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v. chead; hoodwink; swindle
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crepuscular
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adj. of or like twilight; dim
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propitiate
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v. to appease; conciliate; make peaceful
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dank
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adj. dam;unpleasantly wet
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vulpine
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adj. like a fox; crafty
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endemic
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adj. prevailing among a specific group; peculiar to a particular region or people
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yen
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n. strong desire; longing
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hubris
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n. arrogance; excessive self-conceit
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idyllic
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adj. charmingly carefree; simple and happy
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amicable
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adj. peaceful; politely friendly; not quarrelsome
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immolate
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v. offer or kill as a sacrifice (by fire)
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juggernaut
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n. irresistible crushing force
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killjoy
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n. a grouch; spoilsport
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lachrymose
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adj. producing tears; tearful
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macerate
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v. to soften by soaking in liquid; waste away
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noxious
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adj. harmful
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opaque
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adj. dark; not transparent
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ossify
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v. to harden into bone; become hard/unchanging in one's ideas
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pander
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v. to cater to (the low desires of others)
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bilk
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v. swindle; cheat
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