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**Anecdote**
**Anecdote**
a brief amusing story
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**Celerity**
**Celerity**
Speed
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**Dexterous**
skillful with hands
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**Extraneous**
irrelevant
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**Incoherent**
not clear
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**Maladroit**
clumsy; unskillful
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**Pallid**
Pale
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**Presumptuous**
assuming too much; arrogant
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**Scrupulous**
careful; diligent; painstaking
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**Unequivocal**
clear; obvious
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**Animosity**
hatred; antagonism
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**Censorious**
disapproving; critical
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**Dichotomy**
a division into two parts
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**Extrapolate**
extend; predict on the basis of known data
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**Incongruous**
not fitting in; out of place
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**Malady**
**Malady**
illness
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**Palpable**
easily felt; easily perceived
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**Pretentious**
pompous; self-important
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**Scrutinize**
examine carefully
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**Unfetter**
set free
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**Annex** ***(n)***
a building which is an addition to an existing building
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**Censure**
blame
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**Didactic**
intended to teach; instructive
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**Extrinsic**
irrelevant; on the outside
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**Inconsequential**
unimportant; insignificant; negligible
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**Malediction**
a curse
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**Panacea**
remedy for all ills
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**Prevaricate**
speak misleadingly and evasively
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**Scuttle**
sink
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**Unfrock**
to remove a priest from his position
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**Annex** ***(v)***
take possession of; seize; capture
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**Cerebral**
intellectual
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**Diffident**
lacking confidence
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**Fallacious**
false
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**Inconspicuous**
not easily seen; subtle; not noticeable
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**Malefactor**
a wrong-doer
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**Paradigm**
1\. example; 2. model; 3. way of looking at things
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**Pristine**
unspoiled
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**Seminary**
an institution in which priests are trained
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**Unprecedented**
never having happened before
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**Anomaly**
something which does not fit in a pattern; irregularity
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**Certitude**
certainty
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**Digress**
wander off the subject
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**Falter**
hesitate; waver
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**Indelible**
cannot be wiped out
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**Malinger**
deliberately avoid work; shirk
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**Paradox**
apparently contradictory statement
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**Proclivity**
tendency towards
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**Sensuous**
appealing to the senses
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**Unscathed**
unharmed; intact; without a scratch
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**Antagonism**
hostility; strong opposition
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**Charlatan**
trickster who claims knowledge he doesn’t have
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**Dike**
dam; embankment
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**Fanatical**
obsessive; fixated
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**Indifferent**
1\. neutral; 2. Not outstanding
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**Malingerer**
person who deliberately tries to avoid work
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**Paragon**
a perfect example
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**Procrastinate**
delay; put off
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**Sentinel**
guard; sentry
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**Unwitting**
not deliberate; unconscious
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**Antagonistic**
opposed; hostile; aggressive
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**Chary**
wary of; cautious about; reluctant to give
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**Dilatory**
slow; falling behind with one's work
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**Fanaticism**
passion; excessive devotion
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**Indigenous**
native to a particular area
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**Malleable**
flexible; can be shaped
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**Paramount**
of supreme importance
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**Prodigal**
wasteful; extravagant
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**Sequester**
isolate
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**Upbraid**
scold; tell off; reprimand
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**Antediluvian**
outdated; prehistoric; very old-fashioned
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**Chastises**
punishes
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**Dilemma**
puzzling situation
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**Fastidious**
overly particular; finicky
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**Indolence**
laziness
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**Mallet**
1\. wooden hammer; 2. stick used for polo
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**Parasite**
1\. scrounger; 2. animal which takes digested food from another
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**Prodigious**
very large
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**Serendipity**
fortunate coincidence; unsought discovery
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**Uproarious**
hilarious; hysterical; very funny
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**Anthology**
a book which is a collection of poems or stories
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**Chicanery**
trickery
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**Dilettante**
person who dabbles in a subject without serious study
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**Fatuous**
silly; foolish
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**Inductee**
novice; beginner
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**Manipulatable**
influenceable; controllable
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**Parched**
dried up
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**Profane**
unholy
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**Serene**
calm; peaceful
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**Upshot**
outcome
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**Anthropocentrism**
putting man at the center of one's philosophy
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**Chimerical**
changeable; unstable
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**Diligent**
hard-working
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**Feasible**
possible and practicable
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**Indulgent**
pampering; satisfying desires
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**Marred**
damaged; spoiled
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**Pariah**
an outcast from society
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**Profanity**
swearing; cursing
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**Serrated**
jagged; saw-like
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**Urbane**
sophisticated; suave
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