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Abandon
Give up completely.
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Abate
Become less intense or widespread.
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Abet
Encourage or assist.
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Accede
Accent or agree to a demand.
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Berate
Scold or criticise.
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Bovine
Of or relating to cattle.
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Braggart
A person who boasts about achievements.
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Burnish
Polish by rubbing.
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Cache
A collection of similar items stored in a secret place.
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Cacophony
Harsh discordant mixture of sounds.
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Catalyst
Substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction.
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Censorious
Severely critical of others.
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Dearth
Scarcity or lack of something.
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Demagogue
A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires rather than reason.
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Diluvial
Of or relating to a flood.
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Dispassionate
Not influenced by strong emotion.
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Effluvia
An unpleasant or harmful odour.
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Emulate
Match or surpass.
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Epochal
Extremely significant.
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Expound
Explain or present.
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Facile
Appearing comprehensive by ignoring the complexities of the situation.
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Fictive
Created by imagination.
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Flippant
Not showing a serious attitude.
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Gauche
Lacking grace.
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Gregarious
Outgoing or social.
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Grotto
Small cave or cave-like structure.
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Hedonist
A person who believes the pursuit of pleasure is the most important aspect of life.
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Heretical
Practicing religious heresy.
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Hubris
Excessive pride.
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Hypocrite
A person who says one thing and does another.
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Ignoble
Not honourable in character.
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Imbibe
Drink alcohol
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Imperious
Assuming power without justification.
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Importunate
Persistent.
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Jettison
Throw or drop for an aeroplane or ship.
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Jocular
Humorous or playful.
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Junta
Military group that rules after taking by force.
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Kismet
Destiny.
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Lexicon
Vocabulary of a person.
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Licentious
Immoral.
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Limber
Flexible.
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Loquacious
Talkative.
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Malapropism
Mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding word.
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Malfeasance
Wrongdoing.
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Mawkish
Sentimental in a sickening way.
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Misnomer
Wrong or inaccurate name in the designation.
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Modicum
Small or minimal portion.
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Mote
Tiny piece of a substance.
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Necromancy
Practice of communicating with the dead.
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Nihilism
Rejection of religion
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Nomenclature
The choosing of names for things.
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Novel
Fictitious prose narrative.
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Obfuscate
To confuse.
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Olfactory
Of or relating to the sense of smell.
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Opprobrious
Compressing scorn.
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Ostracize
Exclude from a society or group.
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Palatial
Resembling a palace.
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Pandemic
Disease prevalent over an entire country or multiple countries.
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Paramount
More important than anything else.
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Patrician
An aristocrat.
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Polyglot
Knowing or using several languages.
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Prestidigitation
Magic tricks performed for entertainment.
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Provincial
Of or concerning a province or country.
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Rancor
Bitterness or resentfulness.
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Rarefy
To make or become more dense or solid.
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Recapitulate
Summarize and state again the main points.
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Refute
Prove to be wrong or false.
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Repose
A state of rest.
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Resilient
Able to withstand.
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Revile
Criticize in an abusive manner.
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Rife
Of common occurrence.
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Sanctimonious
Making a show of being morally superior.
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Scrupulous
Diligent attention to detail.
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Sedition
Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel.
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Sinecure
Position requiring little or no work.
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Stint
Supply an inadequate amount of something.
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Sybarite
Self-indulgent person.
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Tawdry
Showy but cheap.
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Tenacious
Keep a firm hold on something.
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Terse
Sparing in the use of words.
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Tout
Attempt to sell something by aggressively pestering.
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Trounce
Defeat heavily in a contest.
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Tutelage
Authority over someone or something.
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Unconscionable
Not right or reasonable.
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Untoward
Unexpected.
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Usury
Lending money at unlawful rates.
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Vehemently
Showing strong feelings.
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Veritable
Using as an intensifier.
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Vilify
Write or speak in an abusively disparaging way.
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Vociferous
Vehement.
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Wan
Pale with the appearance of illness.
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Wield
Hold and use typically a weapon or tool.
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Winsome
Attractive appearance or character.
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Wry
Using dry or mocking humour.
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Xenophobe
Fear or dislike for people of different countries.
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Yeoman
A man holding and cultivating a field.
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Yen
Japanese monetary unit.
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Yowl
A loud wailing cry.
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Zenith
Peak.
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Zephyr
Soft gentle breeze.
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