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A word formed from the first letter of each word in a series.
Acronym
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a. A prefix or suffix
b. To attach a part of the beginning or end of a word
c. To attach something
Affix
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a. The invention of new words
b. An invented word or phrase
c. The making of metal coins; metal currency
Coinage
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a. Typical of informational language usage; conversational
Colloquial
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a. A suffix that indicates small size, youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt
b. A nickname indicating affection or familiarity
c. Extemely small; tiny
Diminutive
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a. A figure of speech that substitutes a word with a different but closely associated word
Metonymy
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a. An expression that contains contradictory terms
Oxymoron
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a. A word or an expression that is spelled the same backword and forward
Palindrome
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a. A word formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two different words
Portmanteau word
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a. An often comical switching of the first sounds of two or more words
Spoonerism
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a. Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy
Apprehensive
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a. Without exception or qualification; absolute
b. Done according to types; arranged by categories
Categorical
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a. Decisive; putting an end to doubt, question, or uncertainty
Conclusive
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a. Doubtful; uncertain; questionable as to quality or validity
Dubious
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a. Not capable of being determined or established; not precisely known
b. Lacking clarity of precision; vague
Indeterminate
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a. Dangerous; risky; lacking in security or stability
b. Based on uncertain or questionable premises
Precarious
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a. A sense of doubt or uneasiness about a course of action
Qualm
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a. Uncertain; not fully worked out or agreed upon; provisional
Tentative
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a. Perfectly clear; leaving no room for doubt or misunderstanding
Unequivocal
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a. To swing indecisively from one opinion or actionto another
b. To sway or hestitate in choice of actions or opinions
Vacillate
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a. To charm; to delight
b. To deceive skillfully
Beguile
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a. Wishing to do good; kindly; characterized by helpful intensions
b. Concerned with, or for the benefit of charity
Benevolent
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a. Appropriateness of behavior; propriety
Decorum
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The way one behaves or presents oneself; one's manner
Demeanor
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a. Wild and untamed; savage
b. Having returned to an untamed state from domestication
Feral
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a. Mean, unethical, or dishonorable; not noble in character
b. Not of the nobility; common
Ignoble
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a. Accepted standards and customs of a social group
Mores
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a. Relating to areas that are far from large cities or capitals
b. Not sophisticated, fashionable, or informed; culturally limited
c. Limited or narrow in perspective
Provincial
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Unfitting and inappropriate; grossly improper
Unseemly
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Cunning; full of trickery or intentions to deceive
Wily
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a. To make greater in power; influence, stature, or reputation
b. To exaggerate, or make something seem greater than it is
Aggrandize
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a. Extreme, unreasonable expense or price; being beyond reasonable or proper limits
Exorbitance
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a. Trying to seem important; characterized by pretended grandeur
b. Grand; magnificent in size, beauty or scope; impressive
Grandiose
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a. Unnecessary; unjustified
Gratuitous
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a. Extressive; lacking moderation
Intemperate
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Having great variety; diverse
Multifarious
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a. Wealth; affluence
b. Great abundance; often to excess, lavishness
Opulence
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a. Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant
Profligate
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a. To fully satisfy an appretite or a desire
Satiate
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a. An excessive amount
b. To feed or supply to excess or disgust; to overindulge
Surfelt
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a. Acting with confidence and force; sure of one's self
Assertive
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Extremely bold; shamelessly rude or defiant
Brazen
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a. Wanting to please; willing to do what pleases others; cheerfully obliging
Complaisant
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a. Gentle; easily manageable or teachable; tame
Docile
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a. Showy, flashy, vivid or dramatic
Flamboyant
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a. Fearless; having unwavering courage
Intrepid
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a. Relaxed and unhurried; easygoing
b. To become more relaxed or pleasant
Mellow
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a. Of a peaceful nature; calm
Pacific
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a. Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill
Strident
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a. Not embarrassed; composed
b. Not hidden or disguised; obvious
Unabashed
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a. To influence; to change
b. To put on a false shaow or display of
c. Feeling or emotion, especially as shown in facial expressions or body language
Affect
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a. An result
b. To bring about
Effect
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a. A predatory attack; a raid
b. Damage, destruction, or loss
Depredation
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a, The state of lacking or doing without something; loss
Deprivation
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Impartial; free of bias or self-interest in an outcome
Disinterested
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a. Without interest; having no interest or concern in a matter
Uninterested
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a. To leave one country or region and settle in another
Emigrate
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a. To settle in a country or region where one is not a native
Immigrate
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a. To come before
Precede
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a. To go forward or onward
P
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a. Intended to teach
b. Overly moralistic; preachy
Didactic
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a. To instruct for intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement
Edify
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a. To explain or make clear
Elucidate
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a. Possessing great knowledge and scholarship
Erudite
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a. Understood only by an elite, scholarly, oe exclusive group; obscure
Esoteric
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a. To inspire or influence thoroughly
b. To stain or dye thoroughly
Imbue
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a. To instruct in or impart certain principles or ideology
Indoctrinate
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a. The art or profession of teaching
b. The body of knowledgae related to education and teaching
Pedagogy
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a. Overly concerned with or narrowly focused on book leaning or formal rules
Pedantic
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a. A person of great learning about a particular topic; an expert
b. A source of opinion; a critic
Pundit
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