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Admonition
(n): a firm reprimand
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Adroit
clever and skillful
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Alacrity
brisk eagerness or enthusiasm
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Amiable
[: friendly and pleasant
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Apparition
a remarkable thing that suddenly appears, especially a ghost
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Appellation
a name or title
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Approbation
approval; praise
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Ardent
very enthusiastic or passionate
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Arid (adj):
- very dry due to little or no rain; dull and
- boring
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Arid (adj):
- ): very dry due to little or no
- rain; dull and boring
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Askance
with a suspicious or disapproving look
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Assiduous
showing great care and thoroughness
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Audacity
bold and daring actions or behavior
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Austere
(adj):
- severe or strict in appearance or manner; without
- comfort or luxuries
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Avarice
(n):
extreme greed for wealth or material things
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Calamity
- (n): a sudden event causing great damage or
- distress
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Capricious
- (adj):
- prone to sudden unpredictable changes of mood or behavior
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Compunction
- (n): a feeling of guilt about doing something
- wrong
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Consternation
((n): anxiety or dismay
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Countenance
(n): a person’s face or facial expressions
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Dilatory
- (adj):
- slow to act; intended to cause delay
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Dissipation
- (n): a lifestyle that is characterized by
- over-indulgence
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Emulate
(v): to try to do as well as or be better than
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Enigma
(n): a mysterious or puzzling person or thing
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Epistle
(n): a letter (written document)
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Extricate
- (v): to free from a difficult or restrictive
- situation or place
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Heterodox
- (adj): not
- in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions,
- especially in theology;
- unorthodox.
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Homily
(n): a talk on a religious subject or moral issue
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Imperious
- (adj): expecting to be obeyed without question;
- domineering
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Impertinence
(n): not showing proper respect; rude; irrelevant
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Impudent
- (adj):
- bold and shameless inappropriate behavior
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Incredulous
(adj): unwilling or unable to believe something
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Indignant
(adj): feeling or showing offence or annoyance
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Injudicious
- (adj):
- showing poor judgment; unwise
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Insipid
- (adj):
- lacking liveliness or interest; lacking flavor
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Insolent
- (adj):
- showing rude or arrogant lack of respect
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Intractable
- (adj):
- hard to control or deal with; stubborn
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Inveterate
- (adj):
- having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is
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- long-established and unlikely to change
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Laconic
- (adj):
- using very few words, referring to a person’s speech or type of writing
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Lamentable
- (adj):
- deplorably bad circumstances or conditions
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Lethargy
(n): a lack of energy or enthusiasm
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Malady
(n): a disease or ailment
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Malevolent
- (adj):
- having or showing a wish to do evil to others
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Malign
- (v): to write or to say unpleasant things about
- someone
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Misanthrope
(n): a person who dislikes and avoids other people
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Miscreant
- (n): a person who behaves badly or in a way that
- breaks the law
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Monomania
- (n): an
- obsession with one thing
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Morose
- (adj):
- sullen and bad-tempered
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Obstinate
- (adj):
- stubbornly refusing to change your mind; hard to deal with
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Obviate
(v): to remove or prevent a need or difficulty
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Paroxysm
- (n): a sudden attack or violent expression of a
- particular emotion or activity
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Petulant
- (adj):
- childishly sulky or bad-tempered
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Phlegmatic
- (adj):
- calm and reasonable, and tending not to get upset
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Propitiate
to win or to regain someone’s favor
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Prudently
- (adj): acting with or showing care and thought for
- the future
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Quiescence
- (n): in a state or period of inactivity or
- dormancy
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Querulous
- (adj):
- complaining in an irritating way
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Recompense
- (v): to compensate someone for loss or harm
- suffered; pay or
- reward someone for
- effort or work
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Reprobate
- (n) : an unprincipled person (can be a negative
- term or humorous and
affectionate
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Sagacious
- (n):
- having good judgment; wise; shrewd
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Sallow
- (adj): an unhealthy yellow or pale color in
- someone’s face or complexion
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Sanguine
- (adj):
- cheerfully optimistic
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Saturnine
- (adj):
- serious and gloomy; dark and serious
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Slovenly
- (adj):
- untidy and dirty; careless
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Solace
(n): comfort in a time of difficulty or sadness
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Stipend
- (n): a fixed, regular sum paid as a salary or
- allowance
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Stoic
- (n): a person who can endure pain or hardship
- without showing feelings or
complaining
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Tacit
- (adj):
- reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little
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Tempest
(n): a violent and windy storm
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Trepidation
- (n): a feeling of fear or nervousness about
- something that may happen
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Undulating
- (v): to move with a smooth, wave-like motion; have
- a wavy form or outline
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Vapid
- (adj):
- offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging
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Vehement
- (adj):
- showing strong feeling
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Vexation
(n): annoyed or worried
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Vigilant
- (ad): keeping careful watch for possible danger or
- difficulties
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Vindictive
- (adj):
- having a strong or spiteful desire for revenge
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Vivacious
- (adj):
- attractively lively
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Vocation
(n): a person’s career or occupation
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Zealous
- (adj):
- having or showing great energy or enthusiasm for a cause or aim
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