English IV- QIIIU1
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Ascetic
severely self-disciplined
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Abomination
something that causes disgust or hatred
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Immutability
the inability to change over time
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Inscrutable
impossible to understand or interpret
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Alacrity
eagerness; readiness
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August
respected, impressive
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Bight
a curve or recess in a coastline or river
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Declivity
a downward slope
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Sententious
trying to seem wise in a pompous, annoying way
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Lugubrious
looking or sounding sad or dismal
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Insidious
treacherous; crafty
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Insipid
lacking flavor
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Moribund
in terminal decline; lacking vitality
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Prevaricator
a liar
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Rapacious
aggressively greedy or grasping
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Sepulcher
a small stone vault in which a dead person is buried
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Somnambulist
one who sleepwalks
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Interminable
endless
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Abject
wretched; degrading; miserable
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Abscond
to leave hurriedly or secretly, often to escape arrest