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06/13/2011
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compendium
 Definition
abbreviated communication
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impetuous
 Definition
moving rapidly
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headlong
precipitate
 Definition
act quickly
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countenance
munificent
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assist
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bilious
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bad mood, lurid, sickly
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dudgeon
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feeling of resentment
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querulous
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irritated, complaining
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umbrage
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bad mood, took offense
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dilettante
tyro
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beginner/amateur
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callow
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inexperienced, beginning/young
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inchoate
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not fully formed, beginning/young
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incipient
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initial stage, beg/young
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nascent
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just coming into existence, beg/young
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trenchant
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biting
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prosaic
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commonplace, boring
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quotidian
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boring
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iniquity
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carousal, immoral behavior
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capricious
mercurial
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sudden and unpredictable
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paradigm
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model
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erudite
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learned, scholarly, bookish
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esoteric
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known or understood by only a few
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estimable
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admirable
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eulogy
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speech in praise
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euphemism
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use of an inoffensive word in place of a more distasteful one
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exculpate
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to clear from blame, prove innocent
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fervid
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intensely emotional, feverish
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florid
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excessively decorated
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foment
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to arouse or incite
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frugality
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thrifty or cheap
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garrulous
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tending to talk alot
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gregarious
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outgoing, sociable
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guile
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deceipt or trickery
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homogenous
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of a similar kind
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iconoclast
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one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions
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impervious
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impossible to penetrate
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impetuous
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quick to act w/o thinking
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implacable
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unable to be calmed
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inchoate
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not fully formed, disorganized
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ingenuous
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showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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inimical
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hostile, unfriendly
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innocuous
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harmless
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insipid
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lacking interest or flavor
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intransigent
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uncompromising
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inundate
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to overwhelm
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