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Aplomb
- (n):
- calm self-confidence; skill or dexterity
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Apoplectic
- (adj):
- overcome with anger; seizure, stroke
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Assuage
- (v): to
- make an unpleasant feeling less intense
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August
- (adj):
- inspiring respect and admiration
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Capitulate
- (v): to
- give in to an opponent or an unwelcome demand
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Caustic
- (adj):
- sarcastic in a hurtful way; harsh; grating
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Chortle
- (v): to
- laugh loudly; to cackle
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Consternation
(n): anxiety or dismay
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Contrite
- (n):
- very sorry for having done wrong
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Cornucopia
- (n): an
- abundant supply of good things
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Covert
- (adj):
- not done openly; secret
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Cryptic
- (adj):
- mysterious or obscure in meaning
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Demise
- (n): a
- person’s death; the end or failure of something
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Derision
- (n):
- scornful ridicule or mockery
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Desiccate
- (v): to
- remove the moisture from
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Echelon
- (n): a
- level or rank in an organization, profession, or society
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Effulgent
- (adj):
- bright; shining; radiant
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Emaciated
- (adj):
- abnormally thin or weak
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Epitome
- (n): a
- perfect example of something; ideal
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Erudite
- (adj):
- having or showing knowledge or learning
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Ersatz
- (n):
- made or used as a poor quality substitute; an imitation
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Ethereal
(n): very delicate and light
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Excoriate
- (v): to
- criticize severely
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Execrable
- (adj):
- very bad or unpleasant
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Expurgate
- (v): to remove; to clean thoroughly; to remove
- unsuitable material from written work
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Exultantly
- (adv):
- jubilantly; triumphantly
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Furtive
- (adj):
- trying to avoid being noticed in a secretive or guilty way
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Garish
- (adj):
- gaudy; unpleasantly loud, bright, or showy
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Glutinous
- (adj):
- glue-like in texture; sticky
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Halcyon
- (adj):
- very happy and peaceful; of a past time
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Hauteur
- (n):
- the quality of behaving in an arrogant and superior way towards other people;
- haughty
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Impervious
- (adj):
- unaffected by; immune
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Implacable
- (adj):
- unwilling to stop being hostile towards someone or something
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Indefatigable
- (adj):
- never tiring or stopping
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Inebriated
- (adj):
- drunk; intoxicated
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Ineptitude
- (n):
- inability or incompetence
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Innocuous
- (adj):
- not harmful or offensive
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Intransigent
- (adj):
- Stubborn or obstinate; refusing to change your views or behavior
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Jaundice
- (n): a
- yellowish discoloration of the whites on one’s eyes and skin, caused by liver
- disease
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Lascivious
- (adj):
- with sexual thought
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Leviathan
- (adj): something
- very large and powerful; sea monster
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Loquacious
- (adj):
- tending to talk a great deal
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Lucrative
- (adj):
- financially advantageous; making a large profit
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Macabre
- (adj):
- grotesque; dark; disturbing concern with death or injury
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Malaise
- (n):
- listlessness or depression; a general feeling of unease, illness, or low
- spirits
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Metamorphosis
- (n):
- transformation or change
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Multitudinous
- (N):
- existing, occurring, or present in great numbers
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Myopic
- (adj):
- near sighted or short sighted
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Obsequious
- (adj):
- too obedient or respectful; trying too hard to please someone
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Officious
- (adj):
- too ready to assert our authority or tell people what to do
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Oscillate
- (v): to
- move or swing back and forth in a regular rhythm
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Panacea
- (n): a
- remedy or solution for all difficulties or diseases
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Pernicious
- (n):
- having a harmful effect
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Phantasmagorical
- (adj):
- containing abnormal combinations and absurd fantasy; imaginary;
- dream-like
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Portentous
- (adj):
- being a sign that something important is likely to happen
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Predilection
- (n):
- preference or special liking to something
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Pretentious
- (adj):
- trying to impress others by pretending to be more important or better than
- you actually are
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Prolix
- (adj):
- excessive in length or boring
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Rancor
- (n): a
- bitter feeling of resentment
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Resplendent
- (adj):
- dazzling or brilliant; bright and colorful in an impressive way
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Reticent
- (adj):
- not revealing your thoughts or feelings readily
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Retort
- (n): to
- say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark
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Ruminate
- (v): to
- think deeply about something; to meditate
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Sanctimonious
- (adj):
- Self-righteous; making a show of being morally better than other people
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Sardonic
- (adj):
- mocking or cynical; bitterly sarcastic
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Sententious
- (adj):
- tending to make pompous comments on moral issues
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Sibilant
- (adj):
- speech with a hissing effect or sound
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Solicitous
- (adj):
- showing interest or concern about a person’s well-being
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Stratagem
- (n):
- plan, trick, or scheme for surprising or deceiving an enemy
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Strident
- (adj):
- loud and shrill; harsh
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Subcutaneous
- (adj):
- Underneath the skin
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Truculent
- (adj):
- quick to ague or fight
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Ubiquitous
- (adj):
- present, appearing, or found everywhere
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Unctuous
- (adj):
- excessively flattering or friendly; oily or slimy
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Vacuous
- (adj):
- empty; vacant; showing a lack of thought or intelligence
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Vicissitude
- (n):
- changes of circumstance or fortune
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Vituperation
- (n):
- Harshly abusive statements; bitter or abusive language
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