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| Ascetic |
self-denying, abstinent, austere |
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| Unfettered |
free, unrestrained |
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| Enigma (tic) |
a puzzle, something inexplicable |
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| Succinct |
terse, brief, concise |
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| Decimate |
to reduce drastically, to destroy a large part of |
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| Aggrandize |
to make larger or greater in power |
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| diffuse |
widely spread out |
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| Mundane |
worldly, commonpace |
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| Prudent |
careful, cautious |
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| Wheedle |
to influence or entice byt flattery |
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| Audacious |
bold, daring, fearless |
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| Propensity |
inclination tendency |
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| Abscond |
to depart secretly |
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| Probity |
honesty, high-mindedness |
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| Lucid |
clean and easily understood |
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| Precursor (y) |
forerunner, predecessor |
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| Defer (ence) |
to show respect or politeness in a submissive way |
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| Malevolent |
ill wiled, causing evil or harm to others |
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| Perennial |
present throughout the years persistent |
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| Foster |
to nourish, cultivate, promote |
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| Disinterest (ed) (edness) |
unbiased, not interested |
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| Rarefy/Rarefaction |
to make thinner, purer, or more refined |
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| Mollify |
to calm or make less severe |
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| Endemic |
belonging to a particular area, inherent |
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| Precarious (ly) |
uncertain |
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| Magnanimity/Magnanimous |
generosity |
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| Insipid |
bland, lacking flavor, lacking excitement |
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| Laudable (tory) |
deserving of praise |
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| ephemeral |
momentary, transient, fleeting |
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| Irascible (-ility) |
easily angered |
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| Loquacity/Loquacious |
talkative |
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| Inchoate |
imperfectly formed or formulated |
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| Efficacy/Efficacious |
effectiveness, efficiency |
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| Impervious |
impossible to penetrate, incapable, of being affected |
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| Iconoclast |
one who attacks |
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| Hieroglyph (ic) |
pictorial character |
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| Harangue |
a ranting writing or speech, lecture |
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| Occulude |
to shut, block |
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| Florid (ness) |
gaudy, extremely ornate, ruddy, flushed |
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| Espouse |
to support or advocate, to marry |
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| Erudite (-ition) |
learned, scholar |
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| Latency |
the condition of being present but hidden |
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| Enervate |
to weaken, sap strength from |
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| Complaisance/Complaisant |
disposition to please or comply |
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| Emulate |
to copy, imitate |
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| Implacable |
inflexible, incapable of being pleased |
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| Dissemble |
to pretend, disguise one's motives |
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| Obviate |
to make unnecessary, to anticipate and prevent |
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| Discrete |
individually distinct, consisting of unconnected elements |
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| Repudiate |
to reject as having no authority |
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| Diffident/Diffidence |
shy, lacking confidence |
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| Turpitude |
inherent baseness, depravity |
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| Specious (ness) |
having a false appearance of truth, showy |
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| Culpability |
guilt, responsibility for wrong |
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| mitigate/Mitigation |
to soften, or make milder |
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| Commensurate |
proportional |
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| Burgeon (-ing) |
to sprout or flourish |
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| Aver |
to declare true, affirm |
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| Propitiate |
to cause to happen, to throw down from a height |
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| Vindictive |
spiteful, vengeful, unforgiving |
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| Anachronism/Anachronistic |
something chronologically inappropriate |
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| Ameliorate (-ion) |
to make better, improve |
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| Sanction |
permission, support, law, penalty |
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| Adulterate |
to corrupt or make impure |
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| Profundity |
depth (usually depth of thought) |
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| Proximity |
nearness |
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| Precipitate |
to cause to happen, to throw down from a height |
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| Pragmatic/Pragmatism |
practical, moved by facts rather than abstract ideals |
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| Embellish (ment) |
to ornament, make attractive with decoration or details, add details to a statement |
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| Prevaricat (-ion) |
to lie, evade the truth |
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| Obdurate |
stubborn |
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| heresy/ Heretic(al) |
an act opposed to established religious orthodoxy |
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| Aberrant/Aberration |
different from the usual or normal |
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| Fawn (ing) |
to flatter excessively, seek the favor of |
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| Eulogy (-ize) |
high praise, often in public |
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| Guile (less) |
trickery, deception |
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| Pedant (ic) (ry) |
uninspired, boring academic |
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| Diatribe |
bitter verbal attack |
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| Desiccate (-ion) |
to dry completely, dehydrate |
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| Banal (ity) |
trite and overly common |
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| Feigned (unfeigned) |
pretended |
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| Disabuse |
to free from error or misconception |
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| Antipathy |
dislike, hostility, extreme opposition or aversion |
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| Buttress |
to reinforce or support |
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| Corroborate (-ion) |
to confirm, verify |
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| Digress (ive) |
to turn aside, to stray from the main point |
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| Misanthrope (-ic) |
person who hates human beings |
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| Assuage |
to make less severe, ease, relieve |
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| Venerate (-ion) |
to respect |
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| Anomalous |
ireegular or deviating from thenorm |
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| Quiescence (quiescent |
inactivity, stillness |
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| Laconic |
using few words |
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| Homogeneous (homogenize) |
composed of identical parts |
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| Garrulous (garrulity) |
very talkative |
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| Dogma (tic) (tism) (tist) |
rigidly fixed in opinion, opinionated |
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| Engender |
to prduce, cause, bring out |
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| Miser |
person who is extremely stingy |
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| Placate (implacable) |
to soothe or pacify |
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| Tractable (intractable) |
obedient, yielding |
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| Equivocal/Equivocate/Equivocation |
ambiguous
open to two interpretations |
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