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felicitous
adj
Context Clue: "a felicitous comparison"
appropriate; apt; well-chosen
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flag
verb
Context Clue: "flagging from exhaustion"
lose vigor; fade; droop; grow feeble
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fledgling
adj; noun
Context Clue: "a fledgling enterprise"
young; inexperienced; new
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florid
adj
Context Clue: "florid rhetoric"
over ornate; flowery; ruddy; reddish
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flout
verb
Context Clue: "flouting the rules"
reject mockingly; show contempt for; scoff at
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forment
verb
Context Clue: "formenting discord"
stir up; incite; instigate; stimulate; provoke
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forestall
verb
Context Clue: "forestalling foreclosures"
prevent by taking action in advance; avert; hinder
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frenetic
adj
Context Clue: "frenetic pace of urban life"
frenzied; frantic; hectic; uncontrolled
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gainsay
verb
Context Clue: "no gainsaying the fact"
contradict; take exception to; dispute; deny; oppose
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garrulity
noun
Context Clue: "babbling garrulity"
talkativeness; volubility
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grandiloquent
adj
Context Clue: "a puffed-up, grandiloquent orator"
Word Parts Clue: Grand- means big; loqu- means speech
using inflated language; pompous; bombastic
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harangue
noun; verb
Context Clue: "a harangue against corporate greed"
intense verbal attack; passionate, vehement speech
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heterodox
adj
Context Clue: "wildly heterodox notions"
Word Parts Clue: Hetero- means other; dox- means opinion
unorthodox; unconventional; disagreeing with accepted beliefs
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homogeneity
noun
Context Clue: "cultural homogeneity"
Word Parts Clue: Homo- means same; gen- means kind
uniformity of structure or composition; formation out of similar elements
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hyperbolic
adj
Context Clue: "hyperbolic advertising claims"
excessively exaggerated; overstated; inflated beyond reason
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iconoclastic
adj
Context Clue: "radically iconoclastic"
attacking cherished traditions; nonconformist; rebellious
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idosyncrasy
noun
Context Clue: "weird idosyncrasy"
individual trait, usually odd in nature; eccentricity
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idolatrous
adj
Context Clue: "idolatrous worshippers"
blindly devoted; excessively adoring
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idyllic
adj
Context Clue: "and idyllic island honeymoon"
charminly carefree and simple; serene
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illusory
adj
Context Clue: "and attractive but illusory promise"
deceptive; false; unreal; misleading
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impassive
adj
Context Clue: "poker-faced and impassive"
without feeling; expressionless
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imperiousness
noun
Context Clue: "haughty imperiousness"
overbearing manner; arrogance
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impermeable
adj
Context Clue: "impermeable raingear"
impervious; impenetrable; not permitting passage its substance
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imperturbable
adj
Context Clue: "cool and imperturbable"
composed; calm
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impervious
adj
Context Clue: "impervious to fear"
impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed; invulnerable
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implacable
adj
Context Clue: "an implacable foe"
unable to be appeased; merciless; rentless
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implicit
ajd
Context Clue: "an implicit agreement"
understood, but not directly stated; implied
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impregnable
adj
Context Clue: "an impregnable fortress"
invulnerable; invincible; incapable of conceiving
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inchoate
adj
Context Clue: "a vague, inchoate feeling"
not fully formed; undeveloped
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inconsequential
adj
Context Clue: "minor, inconsequential details"
insignificant; unimportant; trivial
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indeterminate
adj
Context Clue: "facing an indeterminate future"
uncertain; undefined
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indigent
adj
Context Clue: "not just broke, but indigent"
extremely poor; destitute
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inert
adj
Context Clue: "an inert object"
inactive; motionless; incapable of reacting chemically
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ingenuous
adj
Context Clue: "young and ingenuos"
Useage Note: Do not confuse ingenuous with ingenious or clever.
naive and trusting; innocent; unsophisticated
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innocuousness
noun
Context Clue: "reltive innocousness of jaywalking"
harmlessneess; inoffensiveness
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insensible
adj
Context Clue: "insensible to pain"
incapable of feeling; unresponsive; emotionless; unfeeling; unaware
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insularity
noun
Context Clue: "insularity and isolation"
Word Parts Clue: Insula- means island
narrow-mindedness; provinciality; isolation
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intractable
adj
Context Clue: "intractable as a mule"
stubborn; unyielding
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intransigence
noun
Context Clue: "stubborn intransigence"
stuborness; refusal of any compromise
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indundate
verb
Context Clue: "inundated with work"
overwhelm; flood; swamp
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inured
adj
Context Clue: "inured to pain"
accustomed; hardened; toughened
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invective
noun
Context Clue: "hurling invective"
abuse; verbal attack
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irascible
adj
Context Clue: "hot-tempered and irascible"
irritable; quick-tempered
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irresolute
adj
Context Clue: "irresolute dithering"
uncertain of how to act; unsure
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lachrymose
adj
Context Clue: "weepy and lachrymose"
tearful; weeping; sorrowful
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lassitude
noun
Context Clue: "drowsy lassitude"
weariness; lack of energy
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latent
adj
Context Clue: "latent talent"
potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden
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loquacious
adj
Context Clue: "loquacious taxi driver"
talkative; long-winded
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lumber
verb
Context Clue: "lumbering like a bear"
move heavily; shamble
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luminious
adj
Context Clue: "luminious neon lights"
shining; issuing light; glowing
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