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Bigot
narrow minded, prejudiced person
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Enfranchise
give voting rights
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Noxious
harmful; poisonous; lethal
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Remuneration
payment for work done
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Abrasive
rough; coarse; harsh
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Bilk
- cheat; defraud
- withhold money from someone
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Covert
hidden; undercover
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Engender
- cause
- to produce or bring about
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Hangar
storage area (like garage) for a plane
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Knotty
complex; difficult to solve
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Nuance
something subtle; a fine shade of meaning
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Plagiarism
taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas
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Tangent
going off the main subject
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Abasement
humiliation; degradation
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Billowing
swelling; fluttering; waving
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Cower
recoil in fear or servility; shrink away from
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Enhance
improve; make better or clearer
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Harangue
noisy, attacking speech
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Nullify
to counter; make unimportant
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Plaintiff
petitioner (in court of law)
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Abrogate
cancel; deny; repeal
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Blasphemy
speech which offends religious sentiments
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Harbingers
indicators; bringers of warnigns
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Labyrinthine
complicated; highly convoluted
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Plaudit
statement giving strong praise
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Reprehensible
shameful; very bad
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Tardy
slow; late; overdue; delayed
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Absolution
forgiveness; pardon; release
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Ensconce
establish firmly in a position; settle comfortable, safe or secret place
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Hasten
hurry; accelerate; rush
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Plausible
can be believed; reasonable
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Reprieve
a respite; postponement of a sentence
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Tawdry
of little value; gaudy
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Abstain
- desist; go without; withdraw
- to choose not to do something
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Blighted
damaged; destroyed; ruined
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Credulous
gullible; ready to believe anything
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Haughtiness
arrogance; pride
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Obfuscate
deliberately make something difficult to understand
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Repudiate
- shun; eschew (to deliberately avoid)
- refuse to accept or be associated with
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Abstemious
self denying; refraining from indulging
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Blithe
free spirited; carefree
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Crepuscular
active at dawn and dusk
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Enunciation
clear pronunciation; accent; articulation
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Headstrong
stubborn; willful
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Lackluster
dull; monotonous; bland
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Objective
unbiased; not subjective
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Pliable
flexible; not stubborn
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Temper
to moderate; soften
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Abstruse
difficult to understand; obscure
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Blunderbuss
- ancient weapon (type of gun)
- a clumsy person
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Cringe
recoil; flinch; shy away
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Envenom
to cause bitterness and bad feeling
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Hedonism
self indulgence; pleasure seeking
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Laconic
using few words; brief; to the point
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Oblique
indirect; slanting
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Plumage
feathers of a bird
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Resignation
acceptance of fate
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Accolade
tribute; honor; praise
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Cryptic
puzzling; enigmatic
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Ephemeral
short lived; lasting a short time
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Hedonist
a pleasure seeker
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Lamentation
expression of regret or sorrow
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Obliterate
destroy; demolish; eradicate
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Eradicate
destroy completely; put an end to
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Plummet
to fall suddenly and steeply
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Acquiesce
to agree to; to give in to
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Bombast
arrogant; pompous language
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Epicure
someone who appreciates good food and drink
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Oblivious
totally unaware
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Tenuous
flimsy; not solid
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Servility
excessive willingness to serve or please others
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Gaudy
- extravagantly brighter and showy, typically as to be tasteless
- cheap looking
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