 | Term | Definition |
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Abjure |
To reject |
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Ablution |
Act of cleansing |
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Adumbrate |
To sketch, outline in a shadowy way |
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Amortize |
To diminish by installment payments |
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Bilious |
Easy irritated |
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Carom |
To strike and rebound |
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Cavalcade |
Procession |
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Choleric |
Easily angered |
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Conciliatory |
Overcoming distrust/hostility |
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Congenial |
Similar in tastes and habits |
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Curmudgeon |
Cranky person |
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Discomfit |
To cause embarrassment |
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Distaff |
Female branch of a family |
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Dither |
To move or act confusedly or without purpose |
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Doughty |
Courageous |
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Droll |
Amusing in a wry, subtle way |
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Encomium |
Warm praise |
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Endemic |
Belonging to a particular area, interest |
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Epitome |
Representative |
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Ersatz |
Fake |
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Eschew |
To avoid, abstain wrong |
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Evince |
To show clearly |
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Expatiate |
To wander, to discuss in great length |
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Expiate |
To make amends for |
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Fatuous |
Stupid |
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Fealty |
intense Loyalty |
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Fey |
Doomed |
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Filched |
To steal |
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Forswear |
To reject |
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Fulminate |
To explode with anger |
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Fulsome |
Excessive, overdone |
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Furtive |
Secret |
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Gainsay |
To deny |
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Gambol |
To dance or skip around playfully |
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Gauche |
Crude, socially awkward |
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Gibe |
To make heckling, taunting remarks |
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Glib |
Fluent in an insincere manner, quick answers |
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Hermetic |
Tightly sealed |
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Heretical |
Opposed to an established religious orthodoxy |
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Imbue |
To dye |
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Impecunious |
Poor |
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Impolitic |
unwise |
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Impugn |
To call into question, attack verbally |
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Inculcate |
To teach; impress in the mind |
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Inculpate |
To blame |
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Indigent |
Very poor |
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Ingress |
Entrance |
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Insidious |
Sly, devious |
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Interdict |
To forbid prohibit |
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Interlocutor |
Someone taking part in a dialogue |
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Interloper |
Trespasser meddler in others' affairs |
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Internecine |
Deadly to both sides |
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Interstice |
A space between things |
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Inure |
To harden; become used to |
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Inveterate |
Deeply rooted, confirmed, HABITUAL |
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Invidious |
Likely to provoke ill will, offensive |
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Itinerant |
Wandering from place to place, unsettled |
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Jibe |
To shift from one side to another |
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Jingoism |
Great support for your country |
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Jocular |
Jovial, playful |
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Kismet |
Fate |
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Knell |
Funeral bell |
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Lambaste |
Disapprove angrily |
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Lapidary |
Relating to precious stones |
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Largess |
Generosity, gift |
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Legerdemain |
Trickery |
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Levity |
Humor, frivolity |
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Lexicon |
Dictionary |
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Licentious |
Immoral; unrestrained by society |
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Libidinous |
Lustful |
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