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Abscond (v)
to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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Aberrant (adj.)
deviating from the norm
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Alacrity (noun)
eager and enthusiastic willingness
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Anomaly (noun)
deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality
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Approbation (noun)
an expression of approval and praise
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Arduous (adj.)
strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort
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Assuage (verb)
to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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Audacious (adj.)
daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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Austere (adj.)
without adornment; bare; severly simple; ascetic
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Axiomatic (adj.)
taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
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Canonical (adj.)
following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
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Capricious (adj.)
inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
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Censure (v)
to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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Chicanery (noun)
trickery or subterfuge
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Connoisseur (n)
an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
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Convoluted (adj.)
complex or complicated
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Disabuse (v)
to undeceive; to set right
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Discordant (adj.)
conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
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Disparate (adj.)
fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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Effrontery (n)
extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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Eloquent (adj.)
well-spoken, expressive, articulate
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Enervate (v)
to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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Ennui (n)
dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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Equivocate (v)
to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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Erudite (adj.)
very learned; scholarly
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Exculpate (v)
exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exigent (adj.)
urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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Extemporaneous (adj.)
improvised; done without preparation
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Filibuster (n)
intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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Fulminate (v)
to loudly attack or denounce
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Ingenuous (adj.)
artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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Inured (adj.)
accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Irascible (adj.)
easily angered; prone to temperamental outburts
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Laud (v)
to praise highly
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Lucid (adj.)
clear; easily understood
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Magnanimity (n)
the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving
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Martial (adj.)
associated with war and the armed forces
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Mundane (adj.)
of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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Nascent (adj.)
coming into being; in early developmental stages
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Nebulous (adj.)
vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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Neologism(n)
a new word, expression or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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Noxious (adj.)
harmful, injurious
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Obtuse (adj)
lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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Obviate (v)
to anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous (adj.)
troubling; burdensome
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Paean (n)
a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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Parody (n)
a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art
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Perennial (adj)
recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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Perfidy (n)
intentional breach or faith; treachery
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Perfunctory (adj)
cursory; done without care or interest
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Perspicacious (adj)
acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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Prattle (v)
to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Precipitate (adj)
acting with excessive haste or impulse
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Precipitate (v)
to cause or happen before anticipate or required
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Predilection (n)
a disposition in favor of something; preference
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Prescience (n)
foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occuring
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Prevaricate (v)
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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Qualms (n)
misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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Recant (v)
to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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Refute (v)
to disprove; to successfully argue against
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Relegate (v)
to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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Reticent (adj)
quiet; reserved ; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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Solicitous (adj)
concerned and attentive; eager
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Sordid (adj)
characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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Sporadic (adj.)
occuring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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Squander (v)
to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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Static (adj)
not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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Stupefy (v)
to stun, baffle, or amaze
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Stymie (v)
to block; to thwart
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Synthesis (n)
the combination of parts to make a whole
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Torque (n)
a force that causes rotation
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Tortuous (adj)
winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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Truculent (adj)
fierce and creul; eager to fight
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Veracity (n)
truthfulness, honesty
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Virulent (adj)
extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Voracious (adj)
having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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Waver (v)
to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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