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austere
- adjective- severe or stern in personality or appearance; somber and grave
- adjective- bare, without adornment
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avarice
noun- greed, or an extreme desire for wealth
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florid
- adjective- flushed with rosy color
- adjective- very ornate; flowery
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insatiable
adjective- not capable of being fully satisfied
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inundate
- verb- to flood or cover over with water
- verb- to overwhelm as if with a flood
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myriad
- adjective- referring to a large but undetermined number
- adjective- made up of many diverse elements or facets
- noun- a huge number
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parsimony
noun- displaying extreme stinginess or cheapness
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prodigal
- adjective- carelessly or wastefully extravagant; lavish
- adjective- giving or given in abundance
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replete
adjective- plentiful supplied; abounding
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voluminous
- adjective- having great fullness, size, or number
- adjective- ample or lengthy in speech or writing
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audacious
- adjective- fearlessly daring, bold
- adjective- not held back by what others consider acceptable; showing willingness to offend others
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contumacy
noun- a scornful resistance to authority; a stubborn rebelliousness
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dour
- adjective- marked by sternness, harshness, ill temper, or gloom
- adjective- sternly unyielding or stubborn
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éclat
noun- brilliance in performance and achievement; dazzling display
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indefatigable
adjective- tireless, incapable of wearing out or becoming fatigued
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irresolute
adjective- undecided or uncertain about what to do; wavering
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obdurate
- adjective- hard headed; stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
- adjective- not giving in to persuasion
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obsequious
adjective- excessively eager to serve, obey, or win the favor of another; fawning
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pertinacity
noun the quality of holding firmly or stubbornly to a purpose, an intention or belief; stubbornness
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stoic
- adjective- seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain; determined not to complain or show feeling
- noun- a person who is seemingly indifferent or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
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atrophy
- verb- to waste away; to wither or deteriorate
- noun- wasting away or deterioration, often due to disease, injury, or lack of use
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debilitate
verb- to sap the strength or energy of; to weaken
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livid
- adjective- discolored, as in a bruise; black-and-blue
- adjective- pale or ashen
- adjective- furious with anger
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moribund
- adjective- about to die
- adjective- on the verge of becoming obsolete or outdated
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noxious
- adjective- poisonous or harmful to living things; injurious to health
- adjective- corruption; harmful to the mind or morals
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pestilence
noun- fatal epidemic disease; anything regarded as harmful or dangerous
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prostrate
- verb- to reduce to extreme weakness; to overcome
- verb- to lie flat or at full length
- adjective- reduced to extreme weakness; overcame
- adjective- lying flat, face down, at full length
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salubrious
adjective- conducive or favorable to health or well-being
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scourge
- noun- a cause of great harm, affliction, or devastation
- verb- to afflict with severe suffering; to ravage
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unscathed
adjective- not harmed; uninjured
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repudiate
verb- to reject the truth, the authority, or the balidity of
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tenuous
adjective- having little strength or substance; flimsy
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Martinet
- noun- a rigid military disciplinarian
- noun- one who demands absolute adherence to forms and rules
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Laconic
adjective- marked by the use of few words
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Maudlin
adjective- effusively or tearfully sentimental; overly emotional
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Garrulous
- adjective- given to excessive and often trivial talk
- adjective- wordy and rambling
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abscond
verb- to leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
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bilk
verb- to cheat or swindle out of money
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clemency
- noun- mercy, especially toward a criminal or an enemy
- noun- mildness, especially of weather
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contrite
adjective- feeling regret and sorrow for things one has done wrong
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impute
- verb- to attribute the fault or responsibility to; to relate to a particular cause or source
- verb- to assign as a characteristic
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iniquity
noun- wickedness; immorality; a wicked or an immoral act; a sin
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redress
- verb- to right a wrong; to make up for
- noun- satisfaction for a wrong or injury; a correction
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reprehensible
adjective- deserving of blame or criticism
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restitution
- noun- the act of restoring something to its proper owner or to its original, undamaged state
- noun- the act of compensating for loss, damage, or injury
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vindicate
- verb- to clear of blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting arguments or proof
- verb- to justify or prove the worth of something
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adduce
verb- to cite as an example or a means of proof in an argument
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confound
- verb- to cause to become confused or perplexed
- verb- to fail to distinguish; to mix up
- verb- to make something bad even worse
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construe
- verb- to interpret; to explain the meaning of
- verb- to translate, especially to do so aloud
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conundrum
- adjective- a difficult, unsolvable, or self-contradictory problem; a dilemma
- adjective- a riddle which is answered by a pun
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cryptic
- adjective- having hidden meaning; mysterious
- adjective- using or based on code
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equivocate
verb- to use language that is evasive or ambiguous, often in an attempt to mislead; to avoid making an explicit or straightforward statement
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paradox
- noun- a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true
- noun- something exhibiting inexplicable or contradictory aspects
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patent
- adjective- obvious; plain; apparent
- noun- a grant by the government that give the creator of an invention the sole right to his creation for a set time
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perspicacity
noun- an acuteness of perception, observation, or understanding; a sharpness
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rudimentary
- adjective- of or relating to basic facts or principles; elementary
- adjective- in the earliest stages of development
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aberrant
adjective- deviating from the proper or expected course; abnormal
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anomaly
noun- a departure from the normal or ordinary form, order, or rule
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eccentricity
noun- the quality of straying from what is conventional or customary; a deviation from the normal, expected, or established
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endemic
adjective- common in or unique to a certain location or population
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incongruous
- adjective- lacking in harmony; incompatible
- adjective- not in agreement; inconsistent
- adjective- not keeping with what is proper, logical, or correct
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mundane
adjective- commonplace; ordinary
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outlandish
adjective- strikingly bizarre or unfamiliar
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paragon
noun- a model of perfection or excellence of a kind; an unparalleled example
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ubiquitous
adjective- being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time
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unwonted
adjective- not habitual or ordinary; unusual
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