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Furtive

secret, done quickly to avoid notice

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galvanize

to arouse, to stimulate, to startle

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garner

to gather, to collect

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garrulous

talkative

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gratuitous

unnecessary, uncalled for

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guile

cunning, trickery, deceit

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heretic

someone whose beliefs goes against those of his religion

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hierarchy

ordering by class, grade, status, or rank

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homogeneous

similar, all alike, uniform

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hyperbole

obvious exaggeration

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hypothetical

supposed, unproven, theoretical

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immaterial

irrelevant, unimportant

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imminent

about to happen

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immutable

unchanging, constant, inflexible

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imperturbable

calm, cool, not easy to excite

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implausible

unbelievable, incredible, seemingly untrue

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inadvertent

unintentional, careless

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incipient

beginning, at an early stage

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incisive

direct, clear cut, biting, cutting to the heart of the matter

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incorrigible

uncorrectable, delinquent, uncontrollable, unable to be reformed

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indigent

impoverished, poor

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innocuous

harmless

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insatiable

hard or impossible to satisfy

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insurgent

rebel, someone who revolts

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intractable

stubborn, hard to manage

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Efface

To erase, to wipe out

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Egregious

Flagrant, obviously bad

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Elucidate

To explain, to make clear

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Elusive

Hard to understand, baffling

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Embroil

To involve in a quarrel, to entangle

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Emulate

To rival, to try to equal or excel

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Enervate

To sap energy from, to weaken

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Engender

To cause, to make happen

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Enigma

A mystery, a puzzle

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Ephemeral

Short lived, lasting a short time

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Equanimity

Composure, calmness

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Euphemism

a nice way of saying something harsh

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Evanescent

Short lived, fleeting

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Exacerbate

To make worse, to irritate

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Expedient

Useful, practical

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Expedite

To accelerate, to speed up

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Expunge

To erase, to wipe out

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Extol

To praise highly

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Facilitate

To make easier, to help make happen

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Fallacy

A false idea, an erroneous belief

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Fastidious

Overly neat, finicky

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Fervor

Passion, intense emotion, zeal

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Flagrant

Glaringly bad, obviously offensive, outrageous

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Formidable

Dreaded, hard to overcome, frightful

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Fortuitous

Accidental, occurring by chance