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Elicit

to get information or a reaction from somebody, often with difficulty

Elliptical

with a word or words left out of a sentence deliberately

connected with or in the form of an ellipse

Ephemeral

lasting or used for only a short period of time

Erroneous

not correct; based on wrong information

Exotic

from or in another country, especially a tropical one; seeming exciting and unusual because it seems to be connected with foreign countries

Finesse

great skill in dealing with people or situations, especially in a light and careful way

great skill and style in doing something

Flippant

showing that you do not take something as seriously as other people think you should

Formulate

to create or prepare something carefully, giving particular attention to the details

to express your ideas in carefully chosen words

Gratuitous

done without any good reason or purpose and often having harmful effects

given or done free of charge.

Admonition

a warning to somebody about their behaviors

Amorphous

having no definite shape, form or structure -- shapeless

Anachronistic

used to describe a person, a custom or an idea that seems old-fashioned and does not belong to the present

used to describesomethingthat is placed, for example in abook or play, in thewrong period of history

Auspicious

showing signs that something is likely to be successful in the future -- promising

Automate

to use machines and computers instead of people to do a job or task

Bellicose

having or showing a desire to argue or fight -- aggressive

Browse

the act of looking at a lot of things in a shop rather than looking for one particular thing

the act oflooking througha book, newspaper, website, etc.,without reading everything

Cacophonous

(ADJ) consisting of a mixture of loud, unpleasant sounds

Concede

to admit that something is true, logical, etc., after first denying it or resisting it -- admit

Conjecture

To guess

Constitute

to be considered to be something

to be the parts that together form something – make up

[be constituted (by somebody/something)] to form agroup legally or officially -- establish

Contamination

the process or fact of making a substance or place dirty or no longer pure by adding a substance that is dangerous or carries disease

the act of influencing people's ideas or attitudes in a badway

Convoluted

extremely complicated and difficult to follow

Curative

able to cure illness -- healing

Deceptive

(ADJ) ​likely to make you believe something that is not true -- misleading

Defiance

the act of openly refusing to obey somebody/something

Degrade

to show or treat somebody in a way that makes them seem not worth any respect or not worth taking seriously

to make something become worse, especially in quality

to change or make something change to a simpler chemical form

Depict

to show an image of somebody/something in a picture

Deprecate

to feel and express strong disapproval of something

Derivative

a word or thing that has been developed or produced from another word or thing

Deter

[deter (somebody) (from something/from doing something)] to make somebody decide not to do something or continue doing something, especially by making them understand the difficulties and unpleasant results of their actions

Dictator

a political leader who has complete power over a country

a person who behaves as if they have complete power overother people, and tells them what to do

Diplomacy

the activity of managing relations between different countries; the skill in doing this

skill in dealing with people in difficult situations withoutupsetting or offending them -- tact

Dire

[+ Noun] very serious

Very bad

Disaffected

no longer satisfied with your situation, organization, belief, etc. and therefore no longer supporting it

Discernible

that can be recognized or understood – perceptible

that can be seen or heard, but not very clearly

Distract

to take somebody’s attention away from what they are trying to do -- divert

Divergent

developing or moving in different directions; becoming less similar

(of opinions, views, etc.) different; no longer similar

Duplicate

to make an exact copy of something

to do something again, especially when it is unnecessary

Embellish

to make something more beautiful by adding decoration to it – decorate

to make astorymore interesting byadding detailsthat arenot always true --embroider