Elite Vocab 751-875

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savor

to taste or smell, esp. with pleasure

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fluster

to make nervous

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relief

a distinction or prominence due to contrast

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habitat

the place where a person or thing is ordinarily found; a particular type of natural environment

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platitude

a commonplace remark delivered as if it were important

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sabotage

to deliberately obstruct or destroy

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minutiae

trivial details

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effervescent

giving off gas bubbles; showing high spirits or excitement

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desiccate

to dry completely

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gregarious

seeking and enjoying the company of others; tending to move in a group

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sojourn

a brief visit

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listless

having no interest in what is going on about one; languid; spiritless

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secular

not religious; worldly

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defer

to delay; to put off

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surfeit

an excess

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compunction

a feeling of uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt

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decapitate

to cut off the head

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rejuvenate

to restore energy or an appearance of youth

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chronology

arrangement of events in time

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provincial

limited in perspective; unsophisticated

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pliant

easily bent; pliable; adaptable or compliant

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melodramatic

exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental

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paramount

supreme; ranking higher than others in power or importance

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precocious

developing earlier than usual, esp. mentally

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syntax

the way words are arranged to form phrases, clauses and sentences

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euphoria

a feeling of great happiness

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detach

to separate from a larger mass; disengage or remove

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animosity

bitter hostility, esp. that which provokes punitive action

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bard

a poet

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revere

to honor

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guffaw

to laugh loudly and crudely; a loud burst of laughter

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inveterate

established for a long time

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tenable

able to be maintained in argument; rationally defensible; able to be held against assault; defensible

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mitigate

to improve by lessening the severity of

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35

giddy

dizzy; lightheaded

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diction

word choice in speech or writing; degree of clarity in speaking

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negligent

careless; inattentive

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omnipotent

all-powerful

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propagate

to multiply or reproduce; to transmit; to extend to a wider area

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malinger

to act sick in order to avoid work

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convene

to bring together

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eschew

to avoid; to shun

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43

arable

suitable for growing crops

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optimum

the most favorable point or condition

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45

err

to make a mistake

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46

scoff

to make fun of; to ridicule

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saturate

to soak or fill to capacity

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excruciating

severely painful

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douse

to wet thoroughly

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restitution

compensation for a loss

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