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n. a swamp |
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bog |
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impugn |
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inference |
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deluge |
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n. a flattering speech or act |
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grimace |
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dearth |
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blandishment |
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mimic |
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adj. unfeeling or insensitive |
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callous |
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latent |
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shibboleth |
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ostensible |
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adj. gentle; polite |
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shibboleth |
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bland |
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parody |
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sleazy |
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adj. prejudiced |
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biased |
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curb |
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apt |
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diverse |
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v. to accuse falsely or maliciously in order to injure another's reputation; slander |
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fathom |
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calumniate |
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homonym |
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diverse |
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n. a picture or other description of a person which exaggerates ludicrously one or more of his distinctive features |
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caricature |
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parody |
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dissolute |
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sanguine |
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v. to soil or dirty |
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demeanor |
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supine |
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besmirch |
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feasible |
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adj. frank, outspoken |
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soporific |
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coterie |
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candid |
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gluttonous |
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adj. queer; unusual in appearance |
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egregious |
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bizarre |
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ascetic |
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inordinate |
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n. an embankment used as a fortification; a person, idea, or object serving as a protection |
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bulwark |
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feasible |
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sleazy |
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rue |
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n. trickery, deception |
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chicanery |
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epitaph |
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buffoon |
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panegyric |
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adj. inclined, through some whim or fancy change the mind, purpose, or actions suddenly |
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capricious |
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renegade |
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cosmopolitan |
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querulous |
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adj. obnoxiously conceited or self-assertive |
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stringent |
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bumptious |
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utilitarian |
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fortuitous |
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adj. quick to find fault about trifles |
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transgress |
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incumbent |
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captious |
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divulge |
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v. to deprive or leave desolate by loss |
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misnomer |
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bereave |
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depraved |
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predilection |
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adj. cautious |
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temerity |
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impeccable |
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circumspect |
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diffident |
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v. to punish or criticize severely |
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castigate |
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inference |
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machiavellian |
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anonymous |
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v. to scar or spoil |
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blemish |
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truculent |
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teeming |
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scourge |
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n. an extreme patriot |
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exultation |
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chauvinist |
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cadaverous |
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instigate |
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adj. of or having to do with citizens or the state; polite, courteous |
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civil |
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chronic |
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scrutinize |
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elicit |
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v. to ruin or decay |
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devious |
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irascible |
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blight |
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sanguine |
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adj. unharmonious sounding |
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import |
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cacophonous |
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implicit |
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hail |
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v. to gain an advantage by the use of trick to evade by the use of deception; to go around |
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circumvent |
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scourge |
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accede |
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vicissitude |
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n. a small group of persons engaged in plotting |
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confederate |
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venerable |
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cabal |
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histrionic |
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adj. unrefined in speech or manners |
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sanguinary |
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boorish |
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succulent |
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itinerant |
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adj. continuing a long time; habitual |
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glib |
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labyrinth |
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chronic |
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dearth |
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n. a clown |
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implicit |
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condole |
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candid |
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buffoon |
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adj. relating to the countryside |
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boorish |
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parody |
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bucolic |
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microcosm |
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adj. corpselike; hence, haggard, pale |
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cadaverous |
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capricious |
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transgress |
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castigate |
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adj. pertaining to the sky; heavenly |
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fervid |
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nettle |
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gregarious |
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celestial |
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adj. ill-natured; quarrelsome |
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hovel |
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integrity |
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cantankerous |
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elucidate |
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adj. high-sounding; pretentious in language |
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bombastic |
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feign |
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epithet |
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equanimity |
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adj. gay and light-hearted in spirit or mood |
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incognito |
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baton |
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blithe |
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quash |
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35.
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n. a lover of books |
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novice |
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collusion |
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copious |
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bibliophile |
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