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Abate
to reduce in amount, degree or severity
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Abscond
to leave secretly
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Adulterate
to make impure
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Advocate
to speak in favor of
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Aggrandize
to increase in power, influence, and/or reputation
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Anachronism
something out of place & time
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Antipathy
extreme dislike
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Anomoly
deviation from what is normal
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Apathy
lack of interest or emotion
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Assuage
to make something less severe
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Audacious
fearless & daring
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Austere
severe or stern in appearance, undecorated
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Bolster
to support or prop up
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Banal
predictable; clinched, boring
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Bombastic
pompous in speech or manner
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Cacophony
harsh, jarring noise
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Capricious
changing one's mind quickly & often
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Castigate
to punish or criticize harshly
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Chicanery
deceptions by means of craft
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Cogent
convincing or well-reasoned
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Convoluted
intricate & complicated
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Credulous
too trusting; gullible
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Deference
respect; courtesy
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Deride
to treat or speak with contempt; to mock
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Dessicate
to dry out thoroughly
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Desultory
jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
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Diatribe
abusive or condemnatory speech
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Diffident
lacking self-confidence
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Dilatory
intending to delay
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Dilettante
someone with an amateurish or superficial interest in a topic
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Disabuse
to set right; to free from error
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Dissemble
to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character
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Dissonance
a harsh & disagreeable combination
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Dogma
a firmly held belief, often a religious view
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Dogmatic
dictatorial in one's opinions
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Elegy
sorrowful poem or speech
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Enervate
to reduce in strength
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Engender
to produce, cause, or bring out
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Enigma
a puzzle or mystery
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Ephemeral
lasting a short time
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Equivocate
to use expressions with double meaning in order to mislead
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Erudite
learned, scholarly, & bookish
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Esoteric
known or understood by only a few
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Exculpate
to clear from blame; to prove innocent
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Exigent
urgent; requiring immediate attention
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Fervid
intensely emotional; feverish
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Foment
to arouse or incite
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Garrulous
tending to talk a lot
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Homogenius
of the same kind
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Iconoclast
one who opposes establish beliefs, customs, and/or institutions
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Impervious
impossible to penetrate; incapable of being effected
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Impetuous
act quickly without thinking
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Inchoate
not fully formed; disorganized
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Ingeneous
showing childlike qualities
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Inimicable
hostile, unfriendly
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Insipid
lacking interest or flavor
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Intransigent
uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
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Irascible
easily made angry
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Lethargic
acting in a sluggish or indifferent manner
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