Official SAT Study Guide Vocabulary – Flashcards
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corpulence
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obesity, fatness, bulkiness
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redolent
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having a pleasant odor; suggestive or evocative
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redouble
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make twice as great or intense
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conciliate
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to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile, make consistent
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facile
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acting, working, or proceeding with ease; fluent
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halting
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hesitant; faltering; not fluent
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imperious
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overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling
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histrionic
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pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic
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solicitous
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adj. showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something
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insular
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isolated; narrow or provincial
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toady
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one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors
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sycophant
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a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
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connoisseur
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an expert, particularly in matters of art and taste
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adulation
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praise or flattery that is excessive
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callous
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Emotionally hardened; unfeeling
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membranous
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thin and flexible
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viscous
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gummy, sticky, thick
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profundity
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great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning
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palliative
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relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure, easing symptoms without curing
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litigious
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inclined to dispute or disagree; argumentative
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compendious
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concise, comprehensive, succinct
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dearth
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an insufficient quantity or number
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insufferable
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intolerable; unbearable
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bountiful
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giving freely, generous; plentiful, given abundantly
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wistful
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yearning; sadly longing
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florid
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excessively decorated or embellished
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opacity
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incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning
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idiosyncratic
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peculiar to the individual
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meddle
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intrude in other people's affairs or business
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temporize
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procrastinate
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transmit
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to send on, pass along, send out
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dalliance
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1. Frivolous spending of time; dawdling. 2. Playful flirtation.
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infelicity
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unsuitability; inappropriateness
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pragmatic
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practical, adapted or designed for actual use
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boorish
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rude, unrefined; clumsy
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fastidious
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carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please
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sedulous
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hard working; diligent
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petulant
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easily irritated or annoyed
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mercenary
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motivated solely by money or gain
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treacly
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overly sweet or sentimental.
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cursory
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(adj.) hasty, not thorough
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ineffable
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incapable of being expressed or described in words
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consummate
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accomplished, complete, perfect
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vacillate
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be undecided about something
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polarize
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to break up into opposing factions or groupings
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discernment
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excellent judgment and insight; skill in perceiving
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censure
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to criticize sharply
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equitable
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fair, just, embodying principles of justice
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penchant, predilection, propensity
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a natural inclination, preference, liking
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humility
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freedom from pride; humbleness; lowliness; modesty
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patronize
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to sponsor or support; to be kind or helpful in a snobbish way, as if dealing with an inferior
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inane
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without sense or meaning; silly
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multifarious
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having great variety; numerous and diverse
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extrapolate
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to draw conclusions based on known facts or observations
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byzantine
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highly involved or intricate
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conscientious
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characterized by extreme care and great effort
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onerous
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troubling; burdensome
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sophistry
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clever but deceptive reasoning
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undermine
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to gradually weaken or damage
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substantiate
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to verify, confirm, provide supporting evidence
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disparage
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to speak of negatively; to belittle
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partisanship
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Very strong, sometimes excessive support for one group, idea, or cause
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intemperance
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lack of self-restraint in conduct/expression
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irreverence
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lack of respect
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ingenuous
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innocent, naive, unsophisticated, sincere
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arcane
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mysterious; known only to a select few
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didactic
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teaching; instructional
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret
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insolence
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rudeness, arrogance, pride, boldness, insulting behavior
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magnanimity
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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving
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solicitousness
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showing concerns for other people's needs, kindness, compassion
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tenacious
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persistent, resolute, stubbornly unyielding
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demonstrative
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given to or marked by the open expression of emotion
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indiscriminate
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not marked by careful distinctions; haphazard
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consecration
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the act of making or declaring sacred
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efface
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to eliminate as if by wearing away a surface (to cause to vanish)
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rationalism
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the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct
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apolitical
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politically neutral
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seditious
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in opposition to a civil authority or government, rebellious
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insurrectionist
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a rebel
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nonpartisan
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not connected with a political party
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corrective
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tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition
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corollary
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something that follows; a natural consequence
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precursor
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one that precedes and indicates or announces another
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temperamental
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subject to sharply varying moods
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profundity
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great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning
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elitist
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belief that certain classes/groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, snobbish, arrogant
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perquisite
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a tip, benefit, advantage, privilege, or payment in addition to regular wages
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tribulation
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an affliction, trouble, or difficult experience
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agnostic
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asserting the uncertainty of all claims to knowledge
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empiric
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derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
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quixotic
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not sensible about practical matters
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allege
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to assert without proof or confirmation
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ascertain
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learn or discover with certainty
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transitory
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short-lived or temporary
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recessive
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Having a tendency to go back.
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pliant
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bending readily; easily influenced
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unwitting
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unintentional; ignorant; not aware
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unswerving
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firm and dependable especially in loyalty
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venality
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openness to bribery or corruption
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furtiveness
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a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously, secretiveness
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coerce
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to compel by force, intimidation
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circumvent
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To avoid through craftiness, surround, encompass
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belabor
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attack verbally with harsh criticism
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docile
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willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed, easily handled or managed
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supple
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bending easily, adaptable
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scope
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The range or extent of something
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polish
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a highly developed state of perfection
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disseminate
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to scatter widely, cause to become widely known
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repertory
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the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation, a storehouse where a stock of things is kept
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paucity
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smallness in number; scarcity
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libelous
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defamatory; injurious to the good name of a person
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calumnious
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falsely and maliciously accusing; defamatory; slanderous
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rehash
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To rework old material into a new form
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cacophony
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loud confusing disagreeable sounds
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preclude
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keep from happening or arising
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enact
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to make legal or official
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motley
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a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
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languid
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drooping; without energy, sluggish
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meager
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lacking in quantity or quality
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amass
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collect or gather
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voluminous
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large in volume or bulk
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excised
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cut off, removed
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gratuitous
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freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted
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disillusioned
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freed from or deprived of belief, idealism, or conviction
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distillation
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the purification or concentration of a substance, the obtaining of the essence or volatile properties contained in it, or the separation of one substance from another
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concordance
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agreement, harmony
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aberration
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something that differs from the norm
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amalgamation
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mixture or joining of different components
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compromise
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To reduce the quality, value, or degree of something
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belied
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contradicted, misrepresented
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candid
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openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
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disarming
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reducing or preventing criticism with charm
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entourage
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a group of followers
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faction
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a group within a larger group, usu. one that produces dissent
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coalition
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a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
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affluence
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abundant wealth
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affability
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friendliness; graciousness, cordiality
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equanimity
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calmness, composure, refusal to panic
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resilience
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The power of springing back to a former position
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truculence
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aggressiveness, ferocity
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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grating
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irritating or unpleasant to one's feelings
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exacerbate
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to make worse or more severe
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offset
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make up for, compensate for
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timeworn
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repeated too often, worn out by use
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invariable
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Unchangeable
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spurn
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to reject or to refuse with hostility
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opt
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to make a choice or decision
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supplant
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to take the place of
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finagle
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achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
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winnow
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To get rid of something unwanted, delete; to sift through to obtain what is desirable
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overhaul
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to examine carefully and do the necessary repairs, restore, mend
