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Assuaged
- To make milder or less severe
- (you never want spicy sausages so you make them milder and less spicy)
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Piety
- Reverence for God OR religious obligations(Piety sounds like mighty, Might God)
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Taciturn
- Inclined to silence, reserved in speech
- (When eating a tic TAC, you are not able to talk, you are silent)
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Imprudent
- Not prudent, lacking descretion
- (im-being not and prudent...when put together:NOT PRUDENT)
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Tyrannical
- Characteristics of a tyrant
- (tryan is almost tyrant, and cal sounds like char(characteristics))
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Eccentric
- Deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice
- (tric-pracTICE..almost alike)
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Quaint
Having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm
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Malevolent
- Wishing harm or evil to another or others
- (when a MALE breaks up with you, you wish harm or evil on him)
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Predilection
- A tendency to think favorably of something in particular
- (during the ELECTION, you think favorably of who you are going to vote for)
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Nebulous
- Hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused(NEBERTHELOUS, i still cant remember what happened)
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Intimidation
- To make timid, fill with fear
- (inTIMIDation)
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Reasonable
- Logical judgment, agreeable to reason
- (reasonABLE-agreeABLE)
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Condescended
- To behave as if one is concious of descending(going down to) from a superior position
- (conDESCENDING)
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Compelled
- To force or to drive
- (comPELL, sounds like pedal, put the PEDAL to the metal (driving))
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Illicitly
Not legally permitted or authorized
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Mortification
A feeling of humilation or shame
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Sojourn
- A temporary stay
- (soJOURNEY, you only stay a while when on a journey)
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Cordially/Cordiality
- Courteous and gracious
- (you need a CORD to light up the COURT)
Cordial quality or feeling - (CordiaLITY. the LITY in quaLITY)
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Expounding
- To set fourth or state in detail
- (exPOUND details out)
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Iniquities
- Gross injustice or wickedness
- (Think of quitting smoking and how GROSS and WICKED it is to smoke)
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Persevere
- To persist in anything undertaken
- (PERsevere-PERsist)
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Contentious
- Tending to arguement
- (opposite or content- when not happy, you argue)
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Condescending
- An act or instance of condescending
- (when you condescend, you are SENDING or ACTING)
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Fractious
- Refractory or unruly
- (reFRACTory, almost like FRACTious)
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Amiable
- Having or showing pleasent, good-natured qualities
- (AM I ABLE to be pleasent?)
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Misdemeanor
A criminal offense
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Auspicious
- Promising success
- (when you take a good PIC, the success is promising)
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Sluggishly
- Lazy, indolent
- (slugs are slow, lazy, etc)
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Tyranny
- Abuse of authority
- (when God makes it RANNY, he is abusing his authority:))
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Gingerly
- With great care or concern
- (when pouring ginger, you have to do it carefully, as to not pour to much)
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Arbitrate
- Determined
- (TRATE is like concenTRATE and when you concentrate, you are determined)
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Evasion
- Escaping
- (when there is a home-evasion, the robber ESCAPES with your personal belongings)
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Aloof
- At a distance, apart
- (the 2 O's in Aloof are like eyes, they are APART from each other)
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Morbid
- Suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude
- (when you are sick, you need MORE time in BED--MOREBED)
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Placidly
- Pleasently calm or peaceful
- (opposite of what you'd be if you PLACED ACID on your hand)
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Tormenting
- Mental suffering, pain
- (torMENT-al-ting)
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Benign
- Gracious
- (SIGNS (like the NIGN) help let you know store hours)
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Benevolence
- Goodwill, Charitableness
- (theres BEENOVIOLANCE at charities)
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Caricature
- A picture, description, etc. Ludicrously exaggerating the pecularites or defects of a persons things. (Cari Brennan always exaggerates on stories)
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Morphodite
- probably meant to be hermaphrodite. Something that is a combination of diverse elements.
- (hermaphrODITE-morphODITE)
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Accosted
- Represented as side by side
- (the cc in aCCoseted are side by side)
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Relativity (pun)
Play on words, or relative.
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Provocation
- Something that incites, instigates, angers, imitates.
- (Someone might try to PROVocation that they are right because someone angered them)
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Fanatical
- motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
- (FANATICal about religion or politics)
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Deportment
- demeanor; conduct; behavior.
- (when you break the law, you do to the DEpartMENT, like the jail)
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Obstreperous
- resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- (when someone resists control you have to obSTRAPerous them down-strap them down)
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Inconspicuous
not conspicuous, noticeable, or prominent.
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Rudiments
- the elements or first principles of a subject.
- (the elements, or rud-CONDIMENTS of a hot dog is ketchup and mustard)
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Mausoleum
- a stately and magnificent tomb.
- (the thing matt MAUS will be in when he dies)
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Vehemently
- zealous; ardent; passionately;powerfully(you become this way, zealous and ardent, when you are going to VEHNT)
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Articulate
uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
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Gentleman
a man of good family, breeding, or social position.
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Sin
any act regarded as such a transgression, esp. a willful or deliberate violation of some religious or moral principle.
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Civilized
having an advanced or humane culture, society, etc.
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Passe
- past the prime of one's life.Behind the times, outmoded
- (pass, like pass the prime)
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Tranquil
free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm
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Interdict
- any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer.
- (interDICT-DICTATE!!!!)
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Skulked
- to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason
- (like a skull, hidden)
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Oppressive
- burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical
- (UNimpressive, UNjustly)
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Undulate
- to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement
- (the u in UndUlate has the rising and falling action)
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Cantankerous
- disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish
- (you want to blow up, or TANK (canTANKEROUS) someone who makes you mad)
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Antagonized
- to make hostile or unfriendly; make an enemy or antagonist of
- (ANTOGONized, ANTOGONist)
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Tirade ( a tirade against smoking.)
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation
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Apoplectic
- of or pertaining to apoplexy.
- (APOPLEctic-APOPLExy)
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Livid
- having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc.
- (OMG YOUR SKINS aLIVe)
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Umbrage
- offense; annoyance; displeasure
- (when you brag, people will experience annoyance and offense)
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