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lascivious
Definition
-feeling or revealing an overt and offensive sexual desire
-lust, lips, love
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morose
Definition
-sullen and ill tempered
-moody
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ignominious
Definition
-deserving or causing public disgrace/shame
-everyone ignores your name
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prescient
Definition
-having or showing knowledge of events before they take place
-pre:before, conSCIous
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sagacious
Definition
-having or showing good judgment
-someone wise tells sagas
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penury
Definition
-extreme poverty
-someone in penury usually has injury to their bank account
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voracious
Definition
-wanting/devouring great quantities of food
-deVOuR
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gambit
Definition
-sacrifice for sake of later gain
-GAMBle for profIT
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mason
Definition
-building/working in stone
-masonry
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forge
Definition
-make/shape object by heating in fire
-FORGE in a Fire
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erratic
Definition
-unpredictable
-unpredictable leads to ERRor
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inception
Definition
-establishment/starting point
-inception at beginning, reception at end
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scintillating
Definition
-sparkling
-sounds like sprinkle, glitter, etc
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erudite
Definition
-having/showing great knowledge
-sometimes erudite people are RUDe
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desultory
Definition
-lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
-inSULT as a plan, DESULT doesn't
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elucidate
Definition
-clarify, explain
-lucid:clear
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aggravate
Definition
-make problem worse
-more GRAVe
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oblivion
Definition
-state of unconsciousness, unaware
-OBLIVIate!
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abrogate
Definition
-repeal, do away with -abogado:lawyer does away with laws or punishment
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arable
Definition
-used or suitable for growing crops
-ARAte a lawn
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attenuate
Definition
-reduce the force, effort, or value of
-similar to AlleviATE
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slag
Definition
-stony waste separated from metals
-like SLudge with stone
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prosaic
Definition
-having the style direction of prose, no beauty
-prose-ish, lacks beauty
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obdurate
Definition
-stubborn
-like obstinate
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austere
Definition
-severe, strict
-Jane AUSTEn was strict about her writing
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ascetic
Definition
-self disciplined
-vinegar as punishment, acidic
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clamorous
Definition
-vigorous in demands or complaints
-woke to a clamor and complained
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taciturn
Definition
-saying little
-TURN away from speaking
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peremptory
Definition
-insisting on immediate action
-per:all, their needs are EMPTY after insisting
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profligate
Definition
-recklessly extravagant or wasteful with resources
-pro fling of money
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fulsome
Definition
-excessively flattering
-excessive flattery FooLS SOME people
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ruminate
Definition
-think deeply
-RUM doesn't let you think deeply
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porosity
Definition
-having holes
-porous, has holes
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facile
Definition
-easy or superficial
-facil:easy in spanish, facial: only concerned with face
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dividend
Definition
-sum of money paid regularly to shareholders
-pay a dividend
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precis
Definition
-shortens and simplifies
-pre:before, cis: cut, cuts before
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mince
Definition
-walk taking tiny steps
-mince the pavement
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simper
Definition
-smile in a foolish way
-saunter is walk in a foolish way
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expurgation
Definition
-censorship
-ex:get rid of, purg:purge
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languid
Definition
-lethargic
-liquid on the couch
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flippant
Definition
-non-serious
-flip from one thing to another
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impecunious
Definition
-poor
-pecun sounds like penury
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munificent
Definition
-generous
-magnificent with money
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decoration
Definition
-adding complexity
-decorate room and make it more complex
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deference
Definition
-type of respect
-like reverence
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pretense
Definition
-attempt to amke something appear true
-previously tense, but now it appears true
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hedonist
Definition
-person who is in the pursuit of pleasure and self indulgence
-he don't say no
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allay
Definition
-diminish, put at rest
-lay down, rest
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diurnal
Definition
-active in daytime
-diu:day nal:time
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solceism
Definition
-agrammatical mistake in speech or writing
-cism:instance
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tyro
Definition
-beginner
-tyke
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stamp
Definition
-bring down foot heavily
-stomp
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farce
Definition
-comedy
-chris farley was a comedian
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prosody
Definition
-versification
-turn into PROS
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epigram
Definition
-witty saying
-epi:all gram:word funny
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anecdote
Definition
-witty short story
-an antidote to unhappiness
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disparage
Definition
-regard as of little worth
-dis:away, par:normal; below normal
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assuage
Definition
-make unpleasant feeling less intense
-sua:like smooth (suave)
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deride
Definition
-ridicule
-ride something to mock them
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virulent
Definition
-extremely severe or harmful in effect
-virus is severe
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innocuous
Definition
-not harmful
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despoil
Definition
-steal something valuable
-someone s spoiled and you take it away
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corporeal
Definition
-relating to their body
-corp:body
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fraught
Definition
-causing or affected by great anxiety
-fraught with anxiety
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fastidious
Definition
-very attentive to detail
-stuDIOUS
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homogeneous
Definition
-of the same kind
-homo-genus
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disparate
Definition
-different in kind
-those who can disapparate are wizards
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apocryphal
Definition
-of doubtful origin
-apocalypse has doubtful origins
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reticent
Definition
-shy, holding back information
-like recluse
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temper
Definition
-degree of hardness and elasticity
-temperpedic
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stave
Definition
-another term for staff in music
-STAff with fiVE lines
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abstemious
Definition
-not self indulgent
-abstain
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subversive
Definition
-seeking to undermine the power of a person or institution
-sub:under, ver:seek
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diffident
Definition
-modest or shy because of lack of confidence
-someone different is sometimes diffident
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rend
Definition
-tear apart
-rend/=mend
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fecund
Definition
-fertile
-something with fecal is fertile
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fervent
Definition
-eager, passionate
-with fervor
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conscript
Definition
-enlist into armed services
-with script/list, enlist
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divert
Definition
-cause changed course, distract
-diverging paths
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caprice
Definition
-sudden change of mood
-capris are in between pants or shorts
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palatial
Definition
-resembling a palace
-palace
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soporific
Definition
-tending to induce drowsiness, sleep
-sopor:sleep
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circumlocutory
Definition
-using many words where few will do
-circum:around, locu:words
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wiles
Definition
-tricks
-wiley coyote
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ruses
Definition
-tricks
-rouse anger, embarrassment
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heretic
Definition
-holding opinions at odds with what is generally accepted
-opposite of ascetic sort of
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exhortations
Definition
-encouragements
-horton needed encouragement
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incantations
Definition
-prayers
-prayers work like magic
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delude
Definition
-deceive
-de:down, lud:clarity
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voluble
Definition
-speaking fluently
-able to have volume
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convivial
Definition
-friendly, lively, enjoyable
-with life
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affable
Definition
-friendly, good natured
-a fable is good natured
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ingenuous
Definition
-innocent, unsuspecting
-in:more, genu:genuine
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stoic
Definition
-can endure pain or hardship without showing emotion
-like stone
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fortitude
Definition
-courage in pain or adversity
-good attitude without fortune
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sybaritic
Definition
-fond of luxury or pleasure
-at the BAR for pleasure
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compatriots
Definition
-fellow citizen of a country
-patriots together
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philanderer
Definition
-frequently enter into sexual relationships with women
-phil goes across land to get women
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profundity
Definition
-deep insight
-deeply profound
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statute
Definition
-written law
-law constitutes
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hamlet
Definition
-small settlement smaller than a village
-they make their own ham in hamlets
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irrevocable
Definition
-not able to be changed
-can't revoke
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ameliorate
Definition
-make something better
-amelia made me a better counselor
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conciliate
Definition
-bring two sides together
-counsel
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iterate
Definition
-repeat
-RepeaT
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cathartic
Definition
-purging relief (laxative)
-Cleansing
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burnish
Definition
-polish by rubbing
-rub so hard you burn and it polishes
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adjudge
Definition
-consider to be true
-a judge adjudges
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eschew
Definition
-deliberately avoid using
-SHoo something
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pariah
Definition
-an outcast
-parish out
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embroil
Definition
-involve in
-broil in
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concatenate
Definition
-join together
-con:together
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raconteur
Definition
-person who tells anecdotes skillfully
-tell funny raccoon story
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ruffian
Definition
-violent person
-ruff
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spendthrift
Definition
-spends money impulsively
-spends at thrift stores
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meretricious
Definition
-falsely attractive
-mermaids are meretricious
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garish
Definition
-overbright, gaudy
-like to garner something garish
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consternation
Definition
-worry
-concerned
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premise
Definition
-previous statement from which other is -inferred
-if premise is that than conclusion must be true
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trite
Definition
-overused, not fresh
-hackneyed
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contumacious
Definition
-stubbornly disobedient
-Claudia
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impetuous
Definition
-impulsive
-too IMPulsive
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collusion
Definition
-secret/illegal conspiracy
-collaborated corruption
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temerity
Definition
-excessive confidence
-never tremor
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rarefy
Definition
-make less dense
-make more rare
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probity
Definition
-having strong moral principles
-moral people usually probe
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guile
Definition
-sly, cunning
-a guile beguiles
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bane
Definition
-cause of stress
-bane of my existence
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overt
Definition
-done openly
-not covert
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gesticulate
Definition
-use gestures instead of speaking
-gesture
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magnanimous
Definition
-generous minded
-magnificent minded
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proliferate
Definition
-grow and spread
-pro life
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underscore
Definition
-emphasize
- _______
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amalgamate
Definition
-to join
-join a mate
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sanguine
Definition
-optimistic
-sangria makes you sanguine
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capitulate
Definition
-give into
-i will never capitulate to wearing caps
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promulgate
Definition
-spread
-pro millions
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propagate
Definition
-spread
-pro population
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vilify
Definition
-slander
-vilify to turn into a villain
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decry
Definition
-slander
-cry out a decry
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carouse
Definition
-drink noisily with others
-david
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castigate
Definition
-reprimand severely
-castrate
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enshroud
Definition
-hide
-encase in a shroud
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lukewarm
Definition
-unenthusiastic
-lukewarm water is neither hot nor cold
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derision
Definition
-ridicule, mockery
-like deride
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bequeath
Definition
-leave in one's will
-be:give
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jingoist
Definition
-extreme patriotism
-jenga is very american
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expatriate
Definition
-person who lives outside native country
-not a patriot anymore
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choleric
Definition
-irritable
-babies with cholera
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petulance
Definition
-bad tempered nature
-pet in bad mood
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treacle
Definition
-molasses, flattering
-treacle tart
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saccharine
Definition
-falsely sweet
-like sugar
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volatile
Definition
-vaporizes easily
-not a tile
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avarice
Definition
-extreme greed
-avid for race for money
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clairvoyance
Definition
-belief to have beyond normal senses
-clair de lune makes you feel magical
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glower
Definition
-scowl
-glower in anger
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chide
Definition
-scold, rebuke
-chide a child
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mirth
Definition
-amusement
-birth is a mirth
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peccadillo
Definition
-small offense or sin
-pequeno offense to hit an armadillo
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fledgling
Definition
-inexperienced
-flee like a weakling from hard tasks
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delineation
Definition
-describe something precisely
-linear:precise
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lithe
Definition
-graceful

-easy to be graceful when lying down
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sycophant
Definition
-person who acts obedient to get advantage
-psycho
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circumspect
Definition
-wary and unwilling to take risks
-around the sights
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bombastic
Definition
-using high sounding language to impress people
-bombast people with language
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stanch
Definition
-reduce a flow
-stop
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corroborate
Definition
-give supporting evidence
-like collaborate
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whet
Definition
-sharpen
-whet the appetite
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oscillation
Definition
-vibration
-oscillating machine
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disseminate
Definition
-spread or disperse
-sem disperse
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malinger
Definition
-to play hookey
-mal:bad
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disseminate
Definition
-spread or disperse
-sem disperse
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edifice
Definition
-large building
-editor's office
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sartorial
Definition
-relating to clothes and elegance
-like SkiRT
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lionize
Definition
-give a lot of attention
-treat someone as a lion
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confer
Definition
-grant
-confermation
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inter
Definition
-place in a tomb
-between center of the earth and top of the earth
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callow
Definition
-inexperienced and immature
-shallow
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conflagration
Definition
-big fire
-with flag and notice
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shirker
Definition
-avoids and neglects
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slattern
Definition
-dirty untidy woman
-slut
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despot
Definition
-ruler
-the spot of power
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parochial
Definition
-person concerned with local matters
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germinal
Definition
-growing
-germs grow and germinate
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moratorium
Definition
-temporary prohibition of an activity
-death center
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sequestration
Definition
-isolate a jury during a trial
-quest to get results
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adulation
Definition
-excessive flattery
-adore
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pedantry
Definition
-excessive concern with minor details and rules or displaying learning
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paragon
Definition
-perfect example
-peeeeeerfect
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rapacious
Definition
-aggressively greedy
-rapunzel's dad was rapacious
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shirk
Definition
-avoid a duty
-shirker
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ubiquitous
Definition
-present everywhere
-universe
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impervious
Definition
-not allowing fluid to pass through
-impassable
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myriad
Definition
-great number
-mirror has myriad reflections
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mercenary
Definition
-person concerned with money
-merchant
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obsequious
Definition
-very attentive and obedient
-obedient
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bluster
Definition
-talk in a loud aggressive boastful way
-bombastic
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braggart
Definition
-boastful person
-bragger
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magnate
Definition
-wealthy influential person
-magnet academy
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confluence
Definition
-junction of two rivers
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abnegation
Definition
-rejecting something
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tortuous
Definition
-full of twists and turns
-tortuous turns
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contrition
Definition
-state of feeling remorse
-not content
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bellicose
Definition
-aggressive
-belligerant
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pliant
Definition
-flexible
-pliable, compliant
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tractability
Definition
-flexibility
-tractors give you more flexibility
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saturnine
Definition
-slow and gloomy
-if you lived on saturn
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scuttle
Definition
-run hurriedly
-shuffle
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engender
Definition
-cause, give rise to
-engender a baby
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capacious
Definition
-roomy
-full of capacity
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cackle
Definition
-noise made by geese
-like laugh
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bard
Definition
-poet
-barred poet
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grandiose
Definition
-large elaborate
-grand
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querelous
Definition
-irritable, complaining
-quarrel
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fetter
Definition
-restricts movement
-less better
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catacomb
Definition
-caves
-tomb
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exegesis
Definition
-explanation of text
-exodus needs exegesis
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quantum
Definition
-required allowed amount
-quantity
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catharsis
Definition
-get rid of pent up emotions
-cathartic release
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excoriation
Definition
-bitter criticism
-opposite of exhortation
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clandestine
Definition
-secret
-secret land
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complicity
Definition
-involved in illegal activity
-complicated city
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egregious
Definition
-obviously bad
-greg is bad
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torpor
Definition
-inactivity
-like torpedo but not
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puerile
Definition
-silly
-infantile
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bray
Definition
-noise made by a donkey
-neigh
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stricture
Definition
-critical remark
-strict people make strictures
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precept
Definition
-guiding principle
-before concept
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absolution
Definition
-formal release from punishment
-absolutely done
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unwitting
Definition
-unaware
-without wit
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