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excessive wickedness; evilness
"The enormity of the terrorist act stunned and outraged the world." |
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loosely connected, not flowing logically, occuring intervals
"Malaria is an episodic illness; symptoms can disappear for years at a time, only to recur later." |
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to test or try; attempt, experiment
"It was incredible to watch Valerie essay her first stemps after her long convalescence." |
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to demand, call for, require, take
"In the Merchant of Venice, a pound of flesh is exacted in exchange for money." |
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existing, not destroyed or lost
"There are 48 copies of the Gutenberg Bible extant today." |
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to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull by the roots
"The dodo bird was extirpated by a combination of hunting and predation by animals." |
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projection; conjecture
"Based on their extrapolation from the results of the primaries on Super Tuesday, the networks predicted that Bush would be teh candidate." |
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witty in an inappropriate way
"After the father admonished her, she riplied in a facetious way that she would never do it again." |
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very easy
"Studying is not a facile task" |
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aptitude, ease in doing something
"The facility he has in learning new sports makes him a very agile person." |
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an exact copy
"His coworker offered him a facsimile of the report that he did not manage to see before." |
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wrong, unsound, illogical
"The fallacious arguments he made were complelety unsound." |
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uncultiavted, unused
"This fallow land - after years of disuetude - could become very profitable." |
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absurd, ludicrous
"His farcical ambitions are absurd." |
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careful with details
"The fastidious scholar was careful to notice all the document's details." |
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stupid; smugly foolish; unconsciously foolish
"The fool would always babble in a fatuous way." |
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to flatter excessively, seek the favor of
"The young girl fawned the police officer in attempt not to receive a ticket." |
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to bother, upset, or disconcert
"Please do not faze him any more, he is already extremely bothered." |
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intense loyalty
"The fealty subjects all bowed in respect toward their king." |
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ineffective, careless, irresponsible
"I sincerely hope that studying is not a feckless endeavor." |
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fertile, fruitful, productive
"This fecund land will be extremely fruitful." |
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to pretend, give a false impression; to invent falsely
"The imposter would feign scholarly authority with his bombastic speech." |
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excitable, easily drawn into quarrels
"The bellicose drunks are alwasy feisty - where anything can cause a quarrel." |
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suitable, appropriate; well spoken
"Her felicitous remarks were appropriate and respected by all." |
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feeling great happiness
"The felicity she felt after her success is expected." |
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cruel
"The fell murderor will never stop being cruel." |
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foul-smelling, putrid
"The fetid smell of the dumpster made us all avoid going near it." |
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to bind, chain, confine
"The prisioner was fettered with chains throughout his trial." |
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doomed
"Before her execution, she had a fey look." |
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disaster, utter failure
"After the fiasco trying to organize everybody together, the student gave up." |
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excessively bad or cruel
"The murder's fiendish remarks were extremely cruel." |
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to steal
"If is caught filching even gum, he will be sent to jail." |
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appropriate for a child
"The filial movie could be viewed by a person of all ages." |
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refinement or skill at a task or in a situation
"Her finesse to have everyone listen to her made her an excellent orator." |
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fussy, difficult to please
"The child's eating habbits were so finicky that all I could feed him was macaroni and cheese." |
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process of splitting into two parts
"The fission successfully divided the pole." |
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a crack or break
"A small weed crew in the fissure of the sidewalk." |
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intermittent, iregular
"The capricious man would fitfully write in his journal." |
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outrageous, shameless
"The flagrant man announced to all that he had just muredered him." |
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a natural inclination toward something
"I have a flair toward that girl; she simply has an aura surrounding her." |
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