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Consummate
adj.
accomplished, complete, perfect
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Corroborate
verb
to confirm, verify
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Culpable
adj.
guilty, responsible for wrong
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Acquiesce
verb
to agree; to comply quietly
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Centripetal
adj.
directed or moving towards the center
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Clandestine
adj.
secretive, concealed for a darker purpose
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Ardor
noun
great emotion or passion
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Atrocious
adj.
monstrous, shockingly bad, wicked
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Ardent
adj.
passionate, enthusiastic, fervent
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Antipathy
noun
dislike, hostility, extreme opposition or aversion
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Beleaguer
verb
to harass, plague
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Conjure
verb
to evoke a spirit, cast a spell
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Boon
noun
blessing, something to be thankful for
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Cajole
verb
to flatter, coax, persuade
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Debase
verb
to degrade or lower in quality or stature
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Construe
verb
to explain or interpret
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Countenance
noun
facial expression, look of apporval or support
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Aggrandize
verb
to make larger or greater in power
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Adulterate
verb
to corrupt or make impure
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Beseech
verb
to beg, plead, implore
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Curmudgeon
noun
cranky person
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Daunt
verb
to discourage, intimadate
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Charlatan
noun
quack, fake
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Conjecture
noun
speculation, prediction
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Belligerent
adj.
hostile, tending to fight
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Breach
noun
act of breaking, violation
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Congenital
adj.
existing since birth
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Collateral
adj.
accompanying
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Convoke
verb
to call together, summon
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Bequeath
to give or leave through a will; to hand down
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Convoluted
adj.
twisted, complicated, involved
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Cadence
noun
rhythmic flow of poety; marching beat
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Cursory
adj.
hastily done, superficial
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Auspicious
adj.
having favorable prospects, promising
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Abdicate
verb
to give up a postition, right, or power
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Astringent
adj.
harsh, severe, stern
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Debunk
verb
to discredit, disprove
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Brusque
adj.
rough and abrupt in manner
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Allegory
noun
symbolic representation
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Acerbic
adj.
bitter, sharp in taste or temper
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Clemency
noun
merciful leniency
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Comeliness
noun
physical grace and beauty
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Bilk
verb
to cheat, defraud
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Copious
adj.
abundant, plentiful
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Catharsis
noun
purification, cleansing
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Banal
adj.
trite, overly common
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Crescendo
noun
gradual increase in volume of sound
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Aberration
noun
something different from the usual
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Anterior
adj.
preceding, previous, before, prior (to)
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Debilitate
verb
to weaken, enfeeble
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Cavalier
noun
carefree, happy; with lordly disdain
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Chagrin
noun
shame, embarrassment, humiliation
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Atrophy
noun
to waste away, wither from disuse
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