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Abstain
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restrain oneself from something
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Adept
A
very skilled at something
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Amnesty
A
an official pardon from offenses
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Ascetic
A
having severe self‐discipline
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Blasé
A
lacking interest due to familiarity
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Censure
A
express severe disapproval
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Conservative
A
liking tradition and cautious of change
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Debilitate
A
make someone weak and infirm
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Disconcerting
A
troubling or unsettling
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Elegy
A
a poem of serious reflection
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Eradicate
A
destroy completely or put to an end
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Fanatic
A
person filled with excessive passion
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Hindrance
A
a thing that obstructs another
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Impervious
A
impenetrable or cannot be affected
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Impinge
A
have a negative impact on; intrude
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Implicit
A
implied but not plainly expressed
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Invective
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abusive or highly critical language
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Libertine
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having a disregard for morality
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Mellifluous
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sweet and pleasant to hear
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Mendacious
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not telling the truth; lying
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Oxymoron
A
contradictory terms side by side
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Pervasive
A
spreading widely through an area
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Preemptive
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intended to forestall
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Puissant
A
having great power or influence
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Remittance
a sum of money spent for services
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Salubrious
health‐giving or healthy
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Spectrum
the entire range of something
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Supplant
supersede and replace something
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Transcend
go beyond the range or limits of
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Wizened
shriveled or wrinkled with age
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Amorous
relating to sexual attraction
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Anodyne
not likely to offend or arouse tension
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Asinine
extremely stupid or foolish
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Blaspheme
speak badly about God or religion
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Charlatan
a fraud trying to deceive others
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Consort
associate with another repeatedly
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Debunk
expose the falseness of a thing
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Discord
a lack of harmony between things
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Elicit
evoke or draw something forth
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Erratic
unpredictable or irregular
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Farce
an absurd event or play; a mockery
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Garrulous
excessively talkative
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Hitherto
up to this point or time
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Impotent
helpless or powerless
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Infatuation
an intense but short lived passion
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Invidious
likely to cause anger in others
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Licentious
lacking legal or moral restraints
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Memorandum
a record made for future use
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Nonchalant
appearing casually calm and relaxed
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Pacify
quell the anger or excitement of
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Paragon
perfect example of something
52
Preliminary
action before one more important
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Pungent
sharply strong in taste or smell
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Remonstrate
say or plead in protest
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Salutary
having a good or helpful result
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Spoof
a humorous imitation of a thing
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Supple
moving easily and gracefully
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Transgress
misbehave or break the rules
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Variegate
add interest by giving variety to
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Wreak
cause damage or harm to a thing
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Adjourn
suspend with intent to resume
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Amorphous
without defined shape or form
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Asphyxiate
kill with deprivation of air
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Blatant
done openly and unashamedly
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Chary
warily reluctant to do something
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Consummate
of the highest degree
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Debut
first appearance in a role or capacity
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Discreet
cautious in one’s speech or actions
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Eloquence
fluent speaking or writing
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Erroneous
wrong, incorrect, or mistaken
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Fastidious
concerned about accuracy and detail
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Gauche
unsophisticated and awkward
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Holistic
relating to wholes rather than parts
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Impractical
not sensible or realistic
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Infer
deduce by evidence or reason
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Irascible
easily prone to anger or outbursts
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Limber
capable of being shaped or bent
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Menagerie
a zoo or varied mixture of things
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Novice
an inexperienced person
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Palatable
having a pleasant or agreeable taste
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Petrous
like stone in hardness
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Premature
occurring before the proper time
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Punitive
intended as punishment
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Restive
impatient and stubborn
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Sanction
formally punish or give approval to
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Sporadic
infrequent or irregular
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Supplement
enhance by adding an extra element to
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Transient
lasting only a short time
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Vehement
showing strong and intense feeling
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Wrest
yank a thing from another’s grasp
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Admonish
warn or scold someone
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Ample
enough or more than enough
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Aspiration
a hope of achieving something
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Blather
talk long without making sense
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Chastise
severely scold or reprimand
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Contemporary
in the present, up‐to‐date, or modern
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Decadent
luxuriously self‐indulgent; corrupt
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Discrepancy
lack of similarity between facts
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Elucidate
make something clear; explain
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Ersatz
inferiorly artificial or not genuine
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Feral
wild, untamed, or savage
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Gaudy
extravagantly bright or showy
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Homage
special honor shown publicly
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Improvidence
carelessness with money
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Inflammatory
intended to arouse anger
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Irate
feeling or showing great anger
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Limpid
completely clear and unclouded
108
Mercurial
unpredictable in mood or mind
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Noxious
poisonous or very unpleasant
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Palpable
able to be touched or felt; plain to see
111
Petty
of very little importance
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Preposterous
contrary to common sense
113
Purify
remove contaminates from
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Remunerate
pay someone for services
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Sanctuary
a place of refuge or safety
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Sprightly
lively and full of energy
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Surfeit
an excessive amount of a thing
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Transitory
lasting only a short time
119
Vacuous
lacking thought or intelligence
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Venerable
worthy of great respect
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Abjure
reject or renounce something
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Adroit
skillful with hands or mind
123
Anarchist
one for abolishing laws and order
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Apoplectic
overcome with anger
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Assert
state a fact forcefully
126
Blight
something that destroys
127
Chicanery
use of trickery to achieve a goal
128
Contempt
feeling a thing is worthless
129
Defamatory
injurious to one’s reputation
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Disdain
feeling something is unworthy
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Emaciate
waste away physically
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Erudite
having or showing great knowledge
133
Fatuous
very silly and pointless
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Germane
relevant to a considered subject
135
Homogeneous
alike or of the same kind
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Imprudent
showing no care for consequences
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Ingenious
clever, original, or inventive
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Nihilistic
believing that life is meaningless
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Nuance
a subtle difference in meaning
140
Paltry
small or meager amount
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Petulance
the quality of being bad‐tempered
142
Prerequisite
required as a prior condition
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Purist
very strict follower of tradition
144
Renege
go back on a promise
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Sanguine
optimistic or positive
146
Spur
urge, encourage, or stimulate
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Surly
bad‐tempered and unfriendly
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Transmute
change in form or substance
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Venerate
regard with great respect
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Zeal
great enthusiasm and energy for
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Adulate
praise someone excessively
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Anathema
a thing someone intensely dislikes
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Anomaly
a thing not normal or expected
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Assiduous
showing great care and perseverance
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Blandish
coax with kind words or flattery
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Circumlocution
use of many words to be evasive
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Contentious
likely to cause an argument
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Defer
postpone; submit to one’s wishes
159
Disparage
treat as weak, bad, or unimportant
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Emanate
spread out or originate from
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Esoteric
likely understood by few people
162
Fawn
give exaggerated flattery for favor
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Gingerly
showing great care or caution
164
Homonym
similar words with differing meanings
165
Impudent
not showing respect for another
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Ingenuous
innocent, naïve, or trusting
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Irrefutable
impossible to deny or disprove
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Linger
stay somewhere longer than needed
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Meticulous
showing great attention to detail
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Nugatory
of no value or importance
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Panacea
a solution for all difficulties
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Phenomenon
a thing observed but hard to explain
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Prerogative
a right exclusive to a certain class
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Pusillanimous
lacking courage or determination
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Repent
express sincere regret
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Spurious
something fake or false
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Surmise
assume truth without evidence
178
Transpose
transfer to a different place
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Verbatim
in exactly the same words first used
180
Zenith
highest point or state of
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