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**Didactic**
intended to teach, especially in a moralizing way
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**Equivocal**
open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous
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**Ineffable**
too great or sacred to be expressed in words
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**Magnanimous**
generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival
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**Obsequious**
obedient or attentive to an excessive, servile degree
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**Pedantic**
overly concerned with minute details or formal rules
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**Quixotic**
exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical
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**Sycophant**
a servile flatterer who seeks favor from the powerful
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**Aloof**
emotionally distant; detached or remote
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**Ingenuous**
innocent and unsuspecting; artlessly frank
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**Duplicitous**
deceitful; speaking or acting in two different ways
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**Eschew**
deliberately avoid or abstain from
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**Heterogeneous**
diverse in character or content; varied
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**Iconoclast**
one who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions
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**Laconic**
using very few words; terse
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**Substantiate**
provide evidence to support or prove
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**Unsubstantiated**
not supported or proven by evidence
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**Alleviate**
make pain or difficulty less severe
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**Bellicose**
demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight
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**Cosmopolitan**
familiar with and at ease in many cultures
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**Deleterious**
causing harm or damage
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**Obstinate**
stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion
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**Paradigm**
a model or example; a framework of understanding
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**Transitory**
temporary; lasting only a short time
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**Wary**
cautious and alert for danger
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**Bombastic**
high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated
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**Contemptuous**
showing deep dislike or disdain
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**Derivative**
imitative of someone else’s work; unoriginal
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**Motley**
varied in appearance or character; diverse
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**Penchant**
a strong or habitual liking for something
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**Provincial**
narrow-minded; unsophisticated
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**Supercilious**
behaving as though superior to others
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**Tout**
to promote or praise energetically
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**Vitriolic**
filled with bitter criticism or malice
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**Whimsical**
playfully unusual or fanciful
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**Acumen**
keen insight; sharpness of mind
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**Acquiesce**
to accept reluctantly but without protest
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**Benign**
gentle, kind; not harmful
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**Bucolic**
relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside
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**Caustic**
sarcastic in a biting way; able to burn or corrode
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**Eclectic**
deriving ideas or style from a broad range of sources
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**Flippant**
not showing serious or respectful attitude
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**Tractable**
easily managed or controlled
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**Intractable**
hard to control or deal with; stubborn
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**Laud**
to praise highly
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**Trite**
lacking originality; overused
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**Vernacular**
everyday language spoken by ordinary people
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**Acrimonious**
angry and bitter in tone
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**Anomaly**
something that deviates from the norm
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**Capitulate**
surrender after resistance
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**Charlatan**
a fraud; one who pretends to have knowledge
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**Heretic**
one who goes against accepted religious or societal beliefs
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**Immutable**
unchanging over time
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**Insipid**
lacking flavor, interest, or vitality
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**Intrepid**
fearless, adventurous
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**Lucid**
expressed clearly; easy to understand
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**Obdurate**
stubbornly refusing to change
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**Penury**
extreme poverty
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**Tenacious**
persistent; holding firm to something
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**Vindicate**
to clear of blame or suspicion
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**Alacrity**
brisk and cheerful readiness
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**Diffident**
shy, lacking self-confidence
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**Loquacious**
very talkative
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**Mirthful**
full of joy and laughter
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**Prosaic**
dull; lacking imagination
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**Sedulous**
showing dedication and diligence
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**Soporific**
causing sleep or drowsiness
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**Tangential**
only slightly related; off-topic
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**Vapid**
dull, lacking liveliness
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**Zealot**
a fanatic; uncompromising in pursuit of ideals
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**Abate**
to lessen or reduce
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**Belligerent**
hostile and aggressive
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**Cacophony**
harsh, discordant mixture of sounds
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**Circumscribe**
to restrict within limits
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**Dilettante**
a dabbler in the arts without real commitment
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**Euphemism**
a mild or indirect expression substituted for a harsh one
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**Jovial**
cheerful and good-humored
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**Parochial**
narrow-minded; concerned only with local issues
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**Perfidy**
deceit; treachery
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**Pugnacious**
eager to fight or argue
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**Vacuous**
lacking thought or intelligence
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**Byzantine**
overly complex and intricate
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**Chary**
cautiously reluctant
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**Exculpate**
to clear from blame
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**Expedient**
convenient but possibly improper or immoral
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**Fervid**
intensely enthusiastic or passionate
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**Fervent**
having strong passion or intensity
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**Forestall**
prevent by taking action ahead of time
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**Harbinger**
a person or thing that signals what is to come
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**Interminable**
endless, seemingly without end
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**Obtuse**
slow to understand; not sharp
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**Paragon**
a perfect example of something
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**Prolific**
producing in large quantities
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**Serendipity**
accidental discovery of something fortunate
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**Cloying**
excessively sweet or sentimental
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**Condone**
to overlook or allow something wrong
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**Contentious**
causing or likely to cause an argument
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**Digression**
a temporary departure from the main topic
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**Idiosyncratic**
peculiar to an individual; highly distinctive
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**Inchoate**
just begun, not fully formed
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**Infallible**
incapable of making mistakes
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**Myriad**
a countless or extremely great number
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**Placate**
to make someone less angry or hostile
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**Recondite**
obscure; little known
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**Amorphous**
shapeless; without a definite form
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**Enthrall**
to captivate or hold spellbound
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**Elated**
extremely happy
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**Impugn**
to dispute the truth or honesty of something
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**Marginal**
of secondary or minor importance
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**Paucity**
scarcity; insufficient quantity
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**Perfunctory**
done without real interest or effort
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**Polemical**
relating to strong critical writing or speech
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**Sanguine**
optimistic, especially in difficult situations
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**Vacillate**
to waver between options
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**Aplomb**
self-confidence, especially in tough situations
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**Foible**
a minor weakness or flaw in character
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**Haphazard**
lacking order or planning
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**Indignant**
feeling anger at unfair treatment
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**Mellifluous**
sweet-sounding; pleasant to hear
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**Obstreperous**
noisy and difficult to control
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**Redolent**
strongly reminiscent of something; fragrant
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**Renounce**
to formally give up or reject
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**Sanction**
official approval OR a penalty for disobedience
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**Abeyance**
temporary suspension
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**Astute**
having sharp judgment; shrewd
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**Audacious**
bold, daring, fearless
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**Circumvent**
to find a way around rules or obstacles
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**Diaphanous**
light, delicate, and see-through
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**Diatribe**
a forceful and bitter verbal attack
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**Incredulous**
unwilling or unable to believe something
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**Maverick**
an independent-minded person
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**Maudlin**
overly sentimental and tearful
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**Prurient**
having or encouraging excessive sexual interest
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**Rectitude**
morally correct behavior
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**Utilitarian**
designed for usefulness over beauty
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**Veracity**
truthfulness; accuracy
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**Adversary**
an opponent or enemy
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**Anachronistic**
out of place in time
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**Cavalier**
showing a lack of concern; dismissive
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**Dispel**
to drive away or make disappear
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**Idealistic**
guided by high principles or ideals
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**Indelible**
not able to be removed or forgotten
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**Jingoistic**
extremely patriotic, often aggressively so
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**Palliate**
to relieve without curing
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**Perspicacious**
having keen understanding
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**Platitude**
a trite or overused remark
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**Profligacy**
reckless extravagance
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**Quotidian**
ordinary; everyday
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**Stipulate**
demand or specify as a condition
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**Voracious**
very eager or hungry
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**Admonish**
to warn or reprimand
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**Amalgam**
a mixture or blend
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**Arduous**
difficult and tiring
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**Buoyant**
cheerful and optimistic; able to float
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**Captious**
overly critical, finding fault
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**Dichotomy**
a division into two contrasting things
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**Evade**
escape or avoid
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**Lackadaisical**
lacking enthusiasm and determination
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**Permutation**
a different arrangement or variation
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**Propensity**
a natural tendency or inclination
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**Pundit**
an expert in a subject
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**Quibble**
argue over trivial matters
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**Subvert**
to undermine or overthrow
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**Ancillary**
providing necessary support
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**Belabor**
argue or elaborate excessively
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**Callous**
emotionally insensitive
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**Dilatory**
slow to act; intended to delay
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**Germane**
relevant to the subject
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**Ingenious**
clever, inventive
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**Intemperate**
lacking self-control
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**Intransigent**
unwilling to compromise
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**Mendacious**
lying; untruthful
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**Prescient**
having knowledge of events before they happen
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**Vestige**
a trace or remnant
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**Wistful**
longing or yearning
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**Bemused**
confused, puzzled
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**Conciliatory**
intended to pacify or reconcile
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**Converge**
to come together from different directions
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**Deride**
to ridicule or mock
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**Exonerate**
to clear from blame or fault
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**Galvanize**
to shock into action
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**Hapless**
unfortunate
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**Indigent**
poor, needy
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**Nonplussed**
surprised and confused
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**Onerous**
burdensome; heavy responsibility
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**Renege**
to go back on a promise
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**Seminal**
highly original and influential
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**Spurious**
false or fake
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**Stilted**
stiff, unnatural in speech or manner
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**Averse**
having a strong dislike for
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**Baleful**
threatening harm; menacing
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**Chicanery**
trickery for political/financial gain
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**Compunction**
feeling of guilt or moral hesitation
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**Fallacious**
based on a mistaken belief
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**Frenetic**
wildly excited or energetic
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**Incendiary**
designed to cause fires; inflammatory
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**Itinerant**
traveling from place to place
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**Rancor**
deep resentment or bitterness
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**Repudiate**
refuse to accept or be associated with
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**Specious**
seemingly true but actually false
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**Trenchant**
vigorous or sharp in expression
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**Cajole**
persuade with flattery or promises
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**Fleeting**
lasting for a short time
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**Implacable**
unable to be appeased
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**Impromptu**
done without preparation
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**Mercenary**
concerned with money over ethics; soldier for hire
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**Officious**
assertive in a meddlesome way
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**Peripatetic**
traveling place to place for work
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**Preclude**
prevent from happening
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**Proliferate**
to increase rapidly
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**Volatile**
unstable; likely to change suddenly
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**Conjecture**
an opinion based on incomplete info
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**Expurgate**
to remove offensive parts of a text
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**Exultant**
triumphantly happy
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**Florid**
excessively ornate; flushed complexion
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**Malleable**
easily influenced; bendable
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**Mimetic**
imitative
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**Multifarious**
having many different parts or aspects
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**Nominal**
existing in name only; very small in amount
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**Portentous**
ominous; significant
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**Propitiatory**
intended to appease
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**Spurn**
to reject with disdain
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**Sybaritic**
fond of luxury and pleasure
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**Vituperate**
to speak abusively
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**Voluble**
talkative; fluent speech
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**Euphony**
pleasing sound
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**Excavate**
to dig out
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**Exhort**
strongly encourage
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**Facetious**
treating serious issues humorously
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**Mawkish**
overly sentimental
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**Nadir**
lowest point
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**Ostensible**
apparent, but not necessarily real
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**Panache**
flamboyant confidence
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**Plasticity**
ability to be shaped or molded
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**Prognosticate**
to predict the future
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**Rapacious**
aggressively greedy
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**Stagnate**
to stop developing or flowing
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**Treacly**
excessively sweet or sentimental
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**Denizen**
an inhabitant
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**Divulge**
reveal something secret
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**Expedite**
make a process happen faster
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**Extemporaneous**
spoken or done without preparation
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**Imperious**
commanding; domineering
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**Judicious**
showing good judgment
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**Libel**
written defamation
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**Myopic**
short-sighted, lacking foresight
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**Polymath**
a person with wide knowledge
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**Ruminate**
think deeply about
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**Sheepish**
showing embarrassment
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**Sophistry**
deceptive reasoning
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**Torpor**
a state of mental or physical inactivity
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**Torpid**
sluggish, inactive
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**Voluptuous**
full of luxury or sensual pleasure
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**Apprise**
to inform or tell
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**Conflate**
combine into one
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**Delectable**
delicious
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**Edify**
instruct morally or intellectually
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**Empiricism**
relying on experience or observation
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**Explicate**
explain in detail
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**Fickle**
changeable, especially in loyalty
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**Inculcate**
instill by repetition
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**Rebut**
argue against
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**Resuscitate**
revive from unconsciousness or death
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**Simulate**
imitate
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**Blunder**
a careless mistake
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**Connoisseur**
an expert judge in taste
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**Equanimity**
calmness under stress
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**Expunge**
erase or remove
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**Forbearance**
patience; self-control
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**Imperturbable**
unable to be upset
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**Meld**
blend or combine
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**Rhetoric**
persuasive language
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**Solvent**
able to pay debts
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**Truncate**
shorten by cutting
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**Watershed**
turning point
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**Synthesize**
combine to form a whole
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**Aspersion**
a damaging remark
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**Becalm**
to make motionless; soothe
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**Denigrate**
criticize unfairly
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**Disquiet**
a feeling of anxiety
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**Humbuggery**
deceptive behavior
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**Indispensable**
absolutely necessary
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**Phlegmatic**
calm, unemotional
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**Picayune**
trivial; of little value
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**Protégé**
one guided by a mentor
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**Quackery**
dishonest medical practices
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**Untenable**
not able to be maintained
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**Unwieldy**
difficult to carry or manage
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