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vocab midterm kevonian
A lot of words that I'll never use again...like ever
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12th Grade
01/17/2012

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debonair
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having a sophisticated charm
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demean
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reduce in worth or character verbally
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moot
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of no legal significance; open to argument or debate
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hoary
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ancient
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ennui
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the feeling of being board by a tedious task (this)
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edify
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to make understood;explain
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laconic
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brief and to the point;direct
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putative
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commonly accepted as true; rule of thumb
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grift
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obtain something through dishonesty or a scam
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indagate
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to investigate; research
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thrasonical
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boastful
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mendacious
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intentionally untrue
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hebetude
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mental lethargy/dullness
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sanctimonious
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excessively/hypocritically pious
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phantasm
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something existing in perception only
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onus
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difficult concern
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flippant
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extremly disrespectful; immature
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expedite
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to process fast and efficiently
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rankle
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to make resentful or angry
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motley
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collection of a veriety of things, referreing to patchs in a poor mans coat
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torrid
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burning hot (physically and emotionally)
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tenebrous
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dark and gloomy
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usurup
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take the place of/ sieze without athority
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impregnable
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incaapeable of being overcome
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purnacious
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ready and able to resort to force
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surfeit
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state of being more than full
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enigmatic
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not clear to the understanding
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transmogrify
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change completly the nature or appearance of something
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voracious
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devouring or craving food in great quantities
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misanthrope
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someone who dislikes people in general
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stigma
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a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease
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veritable
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not counterfeit of copied
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mettle
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courage to carry on
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melee
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noisy rioutous fight
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execrable
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deserving a curse
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lucrative
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producing a sizeable profit
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impudicity
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immodesty
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facile
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easy
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voluble
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marked by a ready flow of speech
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fustigate
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strike with severity
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garrulous
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full of trivial conversation
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paragon
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an ideal instance/ model of excellence
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impeccable
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not capeable of sin
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dissemble
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behave unnaturally; like grifting but without the money goal
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exhort
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force or impel in an indicated direction
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importune
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beg persistently and urgently
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duplicity
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acting in bad faith (iago)
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nexus
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connected series or group
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stymie
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a thwarting and distressing situation
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petulant
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easily irritated or annoyed
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jurisprudence
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branch of philosophy concerned with law; rules
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gauntlet
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a challange
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taciturn
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habitually reserved and uncommunicative
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verbose
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using or containing to many words (this whole debacle) 
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tantalize
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harass with persistent criticism
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trepidation
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feeling of alarm or dread
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feint
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any distracting or deceptive maneuver
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feign
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make believe with the intent to deceive
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epithet
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descriptive word or phrase
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pittance
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an inadequate payment
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palpable
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capeable of being perveived by the senses or mind
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maudlin
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effusively/ insincerely emotional (faking emotion)
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propinquity
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property of being close together
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fealty
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loyalty
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visage
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a face
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languid
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lacking spirit or liveliness (2009 lions fans/players)
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surmise
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message expressing an opinon based on imcomplete evidence
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emasculate
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having feminine qualities
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egregious
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consqicuously and outrageously mad
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dogged
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stubbornly unyielding
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imbibe
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receive into the mind and retain
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succumb
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to be fatally overwhelmed
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sycophant
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person who tries to please another for future gain
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livid
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furiously angry
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tenacious
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sticking together
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pedantic
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marked by a narrow focus/ likes learning the little things
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miniscule
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very small
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tantamount
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being equal
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feckless
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imcompetent/ ineffectual
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equanimity
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steady mind undenr stress
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gibe
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aggresive remark intended to have a telling effect
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flout
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treat with contempt
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indefeasible
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not liable to being annulled or voided
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homage
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respectful deference
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gossamer
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fragile
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supercilious
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expressive of contempt (kevonian)
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harry
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annoy continually/chronically
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perfidious
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tending to betray
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macabre
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inspiring horror (death like)
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minatory
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threatening
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fulsome
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excessively suave (annoyingly rich)
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footless
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having a bad base for an argument
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pusillanimous
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lacking courage or manly strength
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mnemonic
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memory aid
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ineluctable
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impossible to avoid or evade
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mavrick
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independent
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lissome
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flexible
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serendipity
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aptitude for being lucky
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jackleg
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an amature (temporary)
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probity
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honesty
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veracity
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unwillingness to tell lies
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flotsam
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floating wreckage of a ship
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loath
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unwillingness to do something contrary to habit
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vitiate
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render ineffective
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lilliputatian
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tiny
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propitious
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presenting favorable circumstances
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lambent
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softly bright or radiant
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neophyte
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newbie
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nepenthe
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anything inducing a plesurable sensation
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ribaldry
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immature humor
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interlope
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encroaching on the rights of others
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jejune
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lacking interest or significance
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avarice
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extreme greed
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abnegate
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to deny or renounce
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acumen
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ability to make good quick decisions
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alacrity
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liveliness and eagerness
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ascetic
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practicing great self-denial
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brusque
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marked by rude shortness
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beguile
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cause to be enamored; attract
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clairvoyant
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great perception
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contestation
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a strong disagreement
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clandestine
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conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
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consummate
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having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
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copious
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large in number/quantity
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capricious
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determined by chance/impulse rather than necessity/reason
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conundrum
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a difficult problem
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cachet
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seal on a letter
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non sequitur
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comment that does not follow
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a priori
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from before
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quid pro quo
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something given or received for something else; equal trade
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