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| viscous |
adj. thick; sticky (n. form: viscosity) |
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| vilify |
v. to defame; to characterize harshly |
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| urbane |
adj. sophisticated; refined; elegant (n. form: urbanity) |
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| ubiquitous |
adj. existing everywhere at teh same time; constantly encountered; wide-spread |
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| torpid |
adj. lethargic; sluggish; dormant (n. form: torpor) |
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| supplant |
v. to take the place of; supersede |
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| stoic |
adj. indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast (n. form: stoicism) |
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| squalid |
adj. sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect (n. form: squalor) |
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| satire |
n. a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision (adj. form: satirical) |
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| sanction |
n./v. authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to |
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| redoubtable |
adj. awe-inspiring; worthy of honor |
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| quiescence |
n. stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest (adj. form: quiescent) |
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| quaff |
v. to drink deeply |
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| putrefy |
v. to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor (adj. form: putrid) |
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| prolific |
adj. producing large volumes or amounts; productive |
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| prodigious |
adj. abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary |
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| preen |
v. to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care |
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| precursor |
n. one that precedes and indicates or announces another |
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| pious |
adj. extremely reverent or devout; showing strong religious devotion (n. form: piety) |
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| peruse |
v. to examine with great care (n. form: perusal) |
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| pernicious |
adj. extremely harmful; potentially causing death |
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| penurious |
adj. penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous |
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| oscillation |
n. the act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm (v. form: oscillate) |
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| opaque |
adj. impenetrable by light; not reflecting light |
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| odious |
adj. evoking intense aversion or dislike |
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| morose |
adj. sad; sullen; melancholy |
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| inveigle |
v. to obtain by deception or flattery |
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| intransigent |
adj. refusing to compromise (n. form: intransigence) |
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| innocuous |
adj. harmless; causing no damage |
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| inert |
adj. unmoving; lethargic; sluggish |
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| incipient |
adj. beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
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| impecunious |
adj. lacking funds; without money |
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| hyperbole |
n. an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech (adj. form: hyperbolic) |
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| heretical |
adj. violating accepted dogma or convention (n. form: heresy) |
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| harangue |
v./n. to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech |
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| gregarious |
adj. sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people |
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| furtive |
adj. marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
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| fallacy |
n. an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief (adj. form: fallacious) |
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| facetious |
adj. playful; humorous |
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| exonerate |
v. to remove blame |
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| eulogy |
n. a speech honoring the dead (v. form: eulogize) |
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| esoteric |
adj. intended for or understood by a small, specific group |
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| ephemeral |
adj. brief; fleeting |
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| enigmatic |
adj. mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand (n. form: enigma) |
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| empirical |
adj. based on observation or experiment |
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| emollient |
adj./n. soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin |
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| elegy |
n. a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead (adj. form: elegiac) |
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| eclectic |
adj. composed of elements drawn from various sources |
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| ebullience |
n. the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings (adj. form: ebullient) |
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| dogmatic |
adj. expressing reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (adj. form: discreet) |
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| disinterested |
adj. free of bias or self-interest; impartial |
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| discretion |
n. cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (adj. form: discreet) |
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| didactic |
adj. intended to teach or instruct |
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| demur |
v. to question or oppose |
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| dearth |
n. smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack |
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| culpable |
adj. deserving blame (n. form: culpability) |
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| contrite |
adj. regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness (n. form: contrition) |
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| contentious |
adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement |
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| complaisance |
n. the willingness to comply with the wishes of others (adj. form: complaisant) |
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| cogent |
adj. appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing |
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| chary |
adj. wary; cautious; sparing |
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| caustic |
adj. burning or stinging; causing corrosion |
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| catalyst |
n. a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change |
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| castigation |
n. severe criticism or punishment (v. form: castigate) |
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| canon |
n. an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature (adj. form: canonical) |
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| cacophony |
n. harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance (adj. form: cacophonous) |
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| bucolic |
adj. rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants |
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| burgeon |
v. to grow rapidly or flourish |
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| axiom |
n. a universally recognized principle (adj. form: axiomatic) |
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| avarice |
n. greed, esp. for wealth (adj. form: avaricious) |
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| ascetic |
n. one who practices rigid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion |
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| ameliorate |
v. to make better or more tolerable |
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| aesthetic |
adj. dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful |
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| adulation |
n. excessive praise; intense adoration |
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| accolade |
n. an expression of praise |
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| abate |
v. to lessen in intensity or degree |
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