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TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF
**The vegetarian ADVOCATED a diet containing no meat. |
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EXTREME DISLIKE
**The ANTIPATHY between the French and the English regularly erupted into open warfare. |
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TO SUPPORT; TO PROP UP
**The presence of giant footprints BOLSTERED the argument that Sasquatch was in the area. |
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HARSH, JARRING NOISE
**The junior high orchestra created an almost unbearable CACOPHONY as they tried to tune their instruments. |
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TO SPEAK OF OR TREAT WITH CONTEMPT; TO MOCK
**The awkward child was often DERIDED by his "cooler" peers. |
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A HARSH AND DISAGREEABLE COMBINATION, OFTEN OF SOUNDS
**Cognitive DISSONANCE is the inner conflict produced when long-standing beliefs are contradicted by new evidence. |
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TO REDUCE IN STRENGTH
**The guerrillas hoped that a series of surprise attacks would ENERVATE the regular army. |
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SPEECH IN PRAISE OF SOMEONE
**His best friend gave the EULOGY, outlining his many achievements and talents. |
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TENDING TO TALK A LOT
**The GARRULOUS parakeet distracted its owner with its continuous talking. |
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SHOWING INNOCENCE OR CHILDLIKE SIMPLICITY
**She was so INGENUOUS that her friends feared that her innocence and trustfulness would be exploited when she visited the big city. |
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ACTING IN AN INDIFFERENT OR SLOW, SLUGGISH MANNER
**The clerk was so LETHARGIC that, even when the store was slow, he always had a long line in front of him. |
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CAPABLE OF BEING SHAPED
**Gold is the most MALLEABLE of precious metals; it can easily be formed into almost any shape. |
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A PERSON WHO DISLIKES OTHERS
**The Character Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol" is such a MISANTHROPE that even the sight of children singing makes him angry. |
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HARDENED IN FEELING; RESISTANT TO PERSUASION
**The President was completely OBDURATE on the issue, and no amount of persuasion would change his mind. |
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EXCESSIVE SHOWINESS
**The OSTENTATION of the Sun King's court is evident in the lavish decoration and luxuriousness of his palace at Versailles. |
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A CONTRADICTION OR DILEMMA
**It is a PARADOX that those most in need of medical attention are often those least able to obtain it. |
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CHARITY; A DESIRE OR EFFORT TO PROMOTE GOODNESS
**A PHILANTHROPIC foundation. |
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TO LIE OR DEVIATE FROM THE TRUTH
**Rather than admit that he had overslept again, the employee PREVARICATED and claimed that heavy traffic had prevented him from arriving at work on time. |
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TO RESPECT DEEPLY
**In a traditional Confucian society, the young VENERATE their elders, deferring to the elders' wisdom ad experience. |
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TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN CHOICES.
**If you WAVER too long before making a decision about which testing site to register for, you may not get your first choice. |
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