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Aberrant
 Definition
Abnormal, different from the accepted norm
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Abeyance
 Definition
State of suspension, temporary inaction
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Abstemious
 Definition
Characterized by a state of self-denial, particularly in the area of food or drink
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Acrid
 Definition
Bitter, harsh
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Acumen
 Definition
Keen, quickness of intellectual insight
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Admonition
 Definition
A gentle reproof
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Amalgamate
 Definition
To mix or blend together in a homogenous body
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Ameliorate
 Definition
To relieve, as from pain or hardship
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Assiduous
 Definition
Persistent, unceasing
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Astute
 Definition
Keen, wise
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Audacious
 Definition
Fearless
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Austere
 Definition
Unadorned, severely simple
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Aver
 Definition
To avouch, justify, or prove
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Blatant
 Definition
Offensively loud
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Bolster
 Definition
To support, to reinforce
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Bombastic
 Definition
Using inflated language, pompous
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Burgeon
 Definition
To grow forth, to send out buds
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Chicanery
 Definition
Use of trickery to deceive
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Coda
 Definition
Concluding section of a musical or literary piece, something that summarizes
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Cognizant
 Definition
Aware, taking notice
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Colloquial
 Definition
Pertaining to common speech
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Consternation
 Definition
Panic
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Contentious
 Definition
Quarrelsome
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Contrite
 Definition
Penitent
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Contumacious
 Definition
Rebellious
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Craven
 Definition
Cowardly
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Decorum
 Definition
Orderliness and good taste in manners
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Deleterious
 Definition
Hurtful, morally or physically
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Delineate
 Definition
To represent by sketch or diagram
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Deride
 Definition
To ridicule, to make fun of
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Derision
 Definition
Ridicule
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Desultory
 Definition
Aimless, haphazard
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Diatribe
 Definition
Bitter or malicious criticism
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Dilatory
 Definition
Causing delay
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Disconcert
 Definition
To disturb the composure of
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Dissemble
 Definition
To disguise or pretend
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Dissolution
 Definition
Breaking up of a union of persons
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Divest
 Definition
To strip, to deprive
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Divulge
 Definition
To tell or make known, generally of something secret or private
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Dubious
 Definition
Doubtful
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Dupe
 Definition
Someone easily fooled
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Ebullient
 Definition
Showing great enthusiasm or exhilaration
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Egress
 Definition
Exit
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Elegy
 Definition
A poem lamenting the dead
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Elicit
 Definition
To extract without violence, to learn through discussion
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Embellish
 Definition
To add attractive and ornamental features
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Engender
 Definition
To produce
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Enervate
 Definition
To weaken
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Ennui
 Definition
Boredom
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Equanimity
 Definition
Evenness of mind or temper
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Equivocal
 Definition
Ambiguous
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Eschew
 Definition
To keep clear of
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Exacerbate
 Definition
To make more sharp or severe, to make worse
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Exculpate
 Definition
To free from blame
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Exigency
 Definition
Urgent situation
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Expatiate
 Definition
To speak or write at some length
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Extirpate
 Definition
To root out, to eradicate
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Facetious
 Definition
Amusing
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Fallacious
 Definition
Illogical
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Fatuous
 Definition
Idiotic
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Fervor
 Definition
Ardor or intensity of feeling
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Fledgling
 Definition
Inexperienced
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Foment
 Definition
To nurse to life, to encourage
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Forestall
 Definition
To prevent by taking action in advance
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Frugal
 Definition
Economical
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Fulminate
 Definition
To cause to explode
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Gainsay
 Definition
To contradict, to deny
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Garrulous
 Definition
Trivial talking
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Germane
 Definition
Relevant
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Goad
 Definition
To urge on
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Grandiloquent
 Definition
Pompous, bombastic
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Guileless
 Definition
Without deceit
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Gullible
 Definition
Easily deceived
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Halcyon
 Definition
Calm
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Harangue
 Definition
A tirade
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Iconoclast
 Definition
An image-breaker
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Ignominious
 Definition
Shameful
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Impecunious
 Definition
Having no money, broke
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Impede
 Definition
To hinder, to block
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Imperious
 Definition
Insisting on obedience
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Imperturbable
 Definition
Calm
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Impervious
 Definition
Impenetrable
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Importune
 Definition
To harass with persistent demands
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Impugn
 Definition
To assail with arguments or accusations
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Inadvertently
 Definition
Unintentionally
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Inane
 Definition
Silly
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Inchoate
 Definition
Recently begun
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Indolence
 Definition
Laziness
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Ineffable
 Definition
Unutterable
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Inert
 Definition
Inactive, lacking power to move
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Inexorable
 Definition
Unrelenting
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Innocuous
 Definition
Harmless
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Insouciant
 Definition
Nonchalant
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Intrepid
 Definition
Fearless and bold
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Inure
 Definition
To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure
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Invidious
 Definition
Showing or feeling envy
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Irascible
 Definition
Easily angered
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Itinerant
 Definition
Wandering
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Laconic
 Definition
Brief and to the point
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Latent
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Dormant
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Laudable
 Definition
Praiseworthy
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Licentious
 Definition
Wanton
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Loquacious
 Definition
Talkative
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Lucid
 Definition
Easily understood, clear
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Magnanimity
 Definition
Generosity
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Malingerer
 Definition
One who feigns illness to escape duty
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Malleable
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Pliant
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Maverick
 Definition
Rebel, nonconformist
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Mendacious
 Definition
Untrue
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Metamorphosis
 Definition
Change of form
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Meticulous
 Definition
Overcautious
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Misanthrope
 Definition
One who hates mankind
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Mitigate
 Definition
To lessen in intensity, to appease
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Modicum
 Definition
A small amount
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Mollify
 Definition
To soothe
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Mordant
 Definition
Biting
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Morose
 Definition
Ill-humored, sullen
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Mundane
 Definition
Worldly
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Nefarious
 Definition
Extremely wicked
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Negate
 Definition
To cancel out, to nullify
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Neophyte
 Definition
Beginner
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Obdurate
 Definition
Stubborn
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Obfuscate
 Definition
To darken
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Obsequious
 Definition
Servile, ready to serve
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Obviate
 Definition
To make unnecessary
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Odious
 Definition
Hateful
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Officious
 Definition
Meddlesome
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Onus
 Definition
Burden
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Opprobrium
 Definition
Infamy, vilification
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Oscillate
 Definition
To waver
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Ostentation
 Definition
A display of vanity, showy
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Palpable
 Definition
Perceptible by feeling or touch
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Paragon
 Definition
Model of perfection
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Parsimonious
 Definition
Sparing in spending of money
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Partisan
 Definition
One-sided, committed to one party
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Pathos
 Definition
Having a quality that rouses emotion or sympathy
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Paucity
 Definition
Few
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Penchant
 Definition
Strong inclination
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Penurious
 Definition
Excessively sparing in the use of money, frugal
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Perennial
 Definition
Something long-lasting
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Perfidy
 Definition
Treachery
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Permeable
 Definition
Penetrable, porous
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Pernicious
 Definition
Tending to kill or hurt
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Pervasive
 Definition
Spread throughout
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Phlegmatic
 Definition
Not easily roused to feeling or emotion
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Pious
 Definition
Religious
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Placate
 Definition
To soothe, to bring from a hostile state to a calm one
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Platitude
 Definition
Trite or commonplace statement
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Plethora
 Definition
Excess, superabundance
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Porous
 Definition
Full of pores
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Portend
 Definition
Foretell
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Pragmatic
 Definition
Practical
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Precarious
 Definition
Perilous
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Precipitate
 Definition
Rash, premature
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Precocious
 Definition
Mature at a young age
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Prescience
 Definition
Knowledge of events before they happen
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Prevaricate
 Definition
To use ambiguous language for the purpose of deceiving
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Proclivity
 Definition
Natural inclination
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Prodigious
 Definition
Immense
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Profound
 Definition
Deep, not superficial
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Proliferate
 Definition
To grow rapidly
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Propensity
 Definition
Natural inclination
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Prudence
 Definition
Caution
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Puerile
 Definition
Childish
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Pugnacious
 Definition
Quarrelsome
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Pungent
 Definition
Stinging, sharp in taste or smell
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Pusillanimous
 Definition
Cowardly, fainthearted
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Qualm
 Definition
Misgivings, uneasy fears
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Quibble
 Definition
Minor objection or complaint
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Quiescence
 Definition
Being quiet or still, inactive
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Quixotic
 Definition
Idealistic, romantic to a ridiculous degree
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Recant
 Definition
To formally withdraw one’s belief
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Recondite
 Definition
Incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding, profound
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Redress
 Definition
To set right by compensation or punishment
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Reprobate
 Definition
A sinful and depraved person
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Repudiate
 Definition
To refuse to have anything to do with
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Rescind
 Definition
To void by enacting authority
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Respite
 Definition
Interval of rest
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Reticent
 Definition
Reserved, inclined to silence
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Reverent
 Definition
Respectful
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Rhetoric
 Definition
The art of effective communication
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Rout
 Definition
To drive out, to stampede
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Ruminate
 Definition
To chew over again, to think over
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Sagacious
 Definition
Wise
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Salacious
 Definition
Having strong sexual desires
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Salubrious
 Definition
Healthful
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Sanction
 Definition
To approve
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Sanguine
 Definition
Cheerfully confident, optimistic
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Satiate
 Definition
To satisfy or fulfill the appetite or desire of
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Savor
 Definition
To satisfy fully
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Secrete
 Definition
To hide away
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Sedulous
 Definition
Persevering in effort or endeavor
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Seethe
 Definition
To be disturbed
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Seminal
 Definition
Influencing future developments
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Shard
 Definition
Fragment
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Shirk
 Definition
To avoid
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Shoddy
 Definition
Not genuine, inferior
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Sinuous
 Definition
Curving in and out
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Skeptic
 Definition
Doubter
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Skittish
 Definition
Lively, frisky
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Slander
 Definition
Defamation
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Sloth
 Definition
Slow-moving
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Solicitous
 Definition
Worried, concerned
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Sonorous
 Definition
Resonant
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Soporific
 Definition
Causing sleep
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Specious
 Definition
Seemingly reasonable but incorrect
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Spendthrift
 Definition
Someone who wastes money
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Spurious
 Definition
Not genuine
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Stentorian
 Definition
Extremely loud
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Stigma
 Definition
A token of disgrace
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Stint
 Definition
To be thrifty
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Stipulate
 Definition
To make express conditions
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Stolid
 Definition
Dull, impassive
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Striated
 Definition
Marked with parallel bands
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Strut
 Definition
A pompous walk
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Subterfuge
 Definition
Evasion
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Supercilious
 Definition
Careless contempt
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Superfluous
 Definition
More than what is needed
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Supersede
 Definition
To cause to be set back
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Supine
 Definition
Lying on the back
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Tacit
 Definition
Understood
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Taciturn
 Definition
Stern, silent
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Tangential
 Definition
Digressing
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Tantamount
 Definition
Equivalent in effect or value
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Tawdry
 Definition
Cheap
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Temerity
 Definition
A foolish disregard of danger
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Tempestuous
 Definition
Stormy, impassioned
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Tenacious
 Definition
Holding fast
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Tenuous
 Definition
Thin, slim
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Tepid
 Definition
Lukewarm
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Thrall
 Definition
Slave, bondage
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Thwart
 Definition
To frustrate
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Titillate
 Definition
To tickle
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Torpid
 Definition
Dull, sluggish, inactive
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Tortuous
 Definition
Abounding in irregular bends or turns
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Tractable
 Definition
Docile
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Transgression
 Definition
Violation, sin
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Transmute
 Definition
To change
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Transparent
 Definition
Easily detected
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Transpire
 Definition
To happen, to be revealed
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Trepidation
 Definition
Nervous feeling, fear
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Truculence
 Definition
Ferocity
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Tutelage
 Definition
The act of training or being under instruction
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Tyro
 Definition
Beginner
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Ubiquitous
 Definition
Being present everywhere
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Umbrage
 Definition
Sense of injury
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Unassuaged
 Definition
Unsatisfied, not soothed
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Uncouth
 Definition
Clumsy, dumb
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Undermine
 Definition
To weaken, to sap
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Unerringly
 Definition
Infallibility
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Ungainly
 Definition
Awkward, clumsy
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Unison
 Definition
Complete accord
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Unruly
 Definition
Disobedient
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Untenable
 Definition
Indefensible
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Upbraid
 Definition
To reproach as deserving blame
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Vacillate
 Definition
To waver, to fluctuate
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Vagabond
 Definition
Wanderer
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Vainglory
 Definition
Excessive, pretentious
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Valorous
 Definition
Courageous
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Vapid
 Definition
Having lost quality and flavor, dull, lifeless
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Variegated
 Definition
Many colored
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Vehement
 Definition
Forceful
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Venerate
 Definition
To look upon with deep respect
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Veracious
 Definition
Truthful
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Verbiage
 Definition
Use of many words
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Vicissitude
 Definition
Change of condition or circumstances, generally of fortune
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Viscous
 Definition
Sticky, gluey
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Vituperate
 Definition
Overwhelm with wordy abuse
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Vociferous
 Definition
Making a loud outcry
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Volatile
 Definition
Changeable
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Warranted
 Definition
Justified
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Wary
 Definition
Very cautious
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Welter
 Definition
Turmoil
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Whimsical
 Definition
Fanciful
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Whorl
 Definition
Ring
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Winsome
 Definition
Attractive
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Wreak
 Definition
Inflict
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Writhe
 Definition
Twist in coils
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Yore
 Definition
Time past
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