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Boisterous
12-2
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Adjective - Unchecked merriment or animal spirits
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Fastidious
3-8
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Adjective - Hard to please
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Smolder
10-4
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Verb - To burn without flames; to show signs of repressed anger
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Rigorous
13-2
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Adjective - Uncompromising
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Malignant
10-3
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Adjective - Showing evil; causing injury
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Hiatus
2-4
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Noun - A break or vacancy, or a rest from something
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Retaliate
3-5
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Verb - To repay evil with a similar evil
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Acumen
17-3
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Noun - Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination
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Clairvoyance
5-5
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Noun - Intuitive sagacity or perception
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Odious
13-8
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Adjective - Hateful
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Cower
13-6
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Verb - To crouch down tremblingly, as through fear or shame
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Furtive
12-5
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Adjective - Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief
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Renowned
10-8
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Adjective - Being widely honored or famous
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Scourge
9-3
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Verb - To inflict punishment (often with a whip)
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Rout
8-4
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Verb - To chase out
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Truism
18-7 (EC)
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Noun - A statement so plainly true as hardly to require a statement or proof
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Decisive
5-6
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Adjective - Conclusive
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Ubiquitous
14-6
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Adjective - Being present everywhere
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Resplendent
13-1
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Adjective - Very bright
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Lamentation
7-4
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Noun - Weeping, wailing
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Vulnerable
4-4
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Capable of receiving injuries
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Candor
6-2
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Noun - The quality of frankness or outspokenness
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Reform
18-5 (EC)
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Noun - Change for the better
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Putrid
8-3
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Adjective - Rotten, stinking
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Pompous
1-1
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(Negative Connotation) - Adjective - Having an assumed stateliness and impressive manner.
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Knavery
20-7 (EC)
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Noun - Deceitfulness in dealing
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Remiss
2-2
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Adjective - Negligent
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Jocular
19-2 (EC)
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Adjective - Inclined to joke
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Deify
15-2
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Verb - To regard or worship as a god
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Bestial
17-4
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Adjective - Animal
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Verdant
21-4 (EC)
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Adjective - Green with vegetation
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Ostracize
21-2 (EC)
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Verb - To exclude from the group
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Pervade
5-8
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Verb - To pass or spread through every part
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Rotund
3-6
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Adjective - Round from fullness or plumpness
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Jostle
10-5
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Verb - To push, shove; come into rough contact with
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Singe
4-2
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Verb - To burn slightly or superficially
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Quandary
3-3
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Noun - A puzzling predicament
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Ignominious
11-4
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Adjective - Shameful
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Tranquil
14-5
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Adjective - Calm; mellow
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Recluse
3-4
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Noun - One who lives in retirement or seclusion
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Accusatory
6-1
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Adjective - Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation
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Infuse
19-1 (EC)
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Verb - To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualities
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Scorn
7-6
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Verb - Contempt, anger, or disgust
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Consecrate
2-6
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Verb - To set apart as sacred
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Manacle
11-7
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Verb - Something that confines or restrains, like chains or cuffs
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Ingratiate
12-6
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Verb - To win confidence or good graces for oneself
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Archaic
21-6 (EC)
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Adjective - Antiquated
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Complacent
4-5
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(Negative Connotation) - Adjective - Pleased or satisfied with oneself
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Cohesive
15-1
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Adjective - Having the property of consistence
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Bungle
13-7
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Verb - To execute clumsily
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Minion
19-3 (EC)
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Noun - A servile favorite
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Retrograde
9-4
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Noun - Moving backward; inverted
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Hoard
10-2
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Verb - To gather and keep hidden a large amount of supplies; a cache
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Penchant
3-2
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Noun - A bias in favor of something
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Vagabond
17-1
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Noun - A wanderer
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Affable
5-4
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Adjective - Easy to approach
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Halcyon
17-8
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Adjective - Calm
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Livid
20-8 (EC)
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Adjective - Black-and-blue, as from a bruise; furious
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Reprimand
7-7
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Verb - To criticize for a fault
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Pander
11-3
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Verb - To cater to the lower tastes and desires of others
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Sedate
16-8
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Adjective - Even-tempered
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Sordid
21-3 (EC)
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Adjective - Of a filthy, degraded character or nature
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Fortitude
12-1
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Noun - Patient courage
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Tremulous
7-3
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Adjective - Quivering, shaking
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Tentative
4-3
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Adjective - Done as an experiment
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Primordial
9-2
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Adjective - Happening first time, original
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Idiosyncrasy
4-7
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(Positive Connotation) - noun - A mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual
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Infinite
2-5
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Adjective - Measureless
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Notorious
3-1
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Adjective - Unfavorably known to the general public
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Inhibited
12-8
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Adjective - Holding oneself back or in
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Brash
9-1
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Adjective - Hasty; lacking sensitivity
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Vernacular
6-6
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Noun - The language of one's country; spoken style
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Eradicate
16-3
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Verb - To destroy thoroughly
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Reverence
11-6
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Adjective - Feeling of awe and respect for something
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Wreak
14-7
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Verb - To inflict, as a revenge or punishment
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Obstinate
11-1
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Adjective - Stubborn; unwilling to change opinions
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Embark
15-3
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Verb - To make a new beginning in some occupation or scheme
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Nebulous
9-7
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Adjective - Cloudy, unclear
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Rancor
19-6 (EC)
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Noun - Malice
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Permeate
16-7
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Verb - To pervade
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Relinquish
1-7
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Verb- To give up using or having
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Portend
5-2
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Verb - To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs
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Cognizant
21-7 (EC)
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Adjective - Taking notice; to be mentally aware of something
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Fickle
2-3
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Adjective - Changeable in feeling, judgement, or purpose
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Raillery
14-3
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Noun - Good-humored satire
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Fragile
16-5
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Adjective - Easily broken
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Juxtaposition
7-1
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Noun - Placing or being placed side-by-side
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Amorphous
16-4
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Adjective - Without determinate shape
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Transcend
21-5 (EC)
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Verb - To surpass
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Automaton
14-8
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Noun - Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical
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Mundane
21-1 (EC)
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Adjective - Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial ordinary
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Waif
5-7
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Noun - A homeless neglected wanderer
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Credence
1-3
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Noun - Belief
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Flippant
15-4
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(Negative Connotation) - Adjective - Having a light, pert, trifling disposition
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Lewd
6-8
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Adjective - Characterized by lust or lasciviousness
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Mesmerize
2-7
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Verb - To hypnotize
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Novice
18-3 (EC)
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Noun - A beginner in any business or occupation
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Trite
6-7
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Adjective - Made commonplace by frequent repetition or trend
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Censorious
20-4 (EC)
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Adjective - Judging severely or harshly
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Reprehend
16-1
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Verb - To find fault with
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Frigid
18-8 (EC)
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Adjective - Lacking warmth; stiff and formal
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Ire
18-2 (EC)
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Noun - Wrath
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Coddle
12-3
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Verb - To treat as a baby or invalid
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Carnal
8-1
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Adjective - Earthly, not spiritual
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Divine
8-2
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Adjective - Heavenly, god-like
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Mediate
6-4
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Verb - To effect by negotiating as an agent between two parties
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Decrepit
17-6
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Adjective - Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity
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Sonorous
18-6 (EC)
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Adjective - Having a full, rich sound; resonant
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Gossamer
16-6
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Adjective - Flimsy
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Dilapidated
1-6
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Adjective - Fallen into decay or partial ruin
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Misogyny
11-8
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Noun - Hatred of women
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Rankle
19-7 (EC)
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Verb - To produce irritation or festering
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Perturb
13-4
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Verb - To disturb greatly
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Valorous
20-2 (EC)
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Adjective - Courageous
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Requiem
15-8
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Noun - A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the dead
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Osculate
14-1
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Verb - To K kiss
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Myriad
1-4
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Noun - A vast indefinite number
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Arduous
8-7
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Adjective - Demanding great effort or labor
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Salient
14-4
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Adjective - Standing out prominently
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Patronize
6-5
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Verb - To exercise an arrogant condescension toward
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Depraved
9-6
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Adjective - Morally corrupt; perverted
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Rescind
5-3
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Verb - To make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or a superior authority
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Forthright
2-8
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Adjective - To be direct and blunt
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Negate
1-5
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Verb - To deny
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Ostentatious
19-4 (EC)
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Adjective - Displaying vanity intended to invite attention or flattery
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Omnipotent
8-8
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Adjective - All Powerful
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Defiant
13-5
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Adjective - Characterized by bold or insolent opposition
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Emanate
21-8 (EC)
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Verb - To flow forth or proceed, as from some source
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Valorous
17-2
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Adjective - Courageous
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Aversion
20-5 (EC)
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Noun - A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing
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Vapid
13-3
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Adjective - Having lost sparkling quality and flavor
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Captious
17-5
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Adjective - Hypercritical
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Nominal
5-1
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Adjective - Trivial
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Incontinence
10-7
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Adjective - Uncontrolled; lacking restrain
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Dormant
4-1
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Adjective - Being in a state of or resembling to sleep
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Panegyric
18-4 (EC)
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Noun - A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act
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Flounder
8-5
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Verb - To struggle for more
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Throngs
7-8
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Noun - Crowds, mobs
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Fodder
11-5
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Noun - Raw material
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Felicity
1-8
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Noun - A state of well-founded happiness
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Scurrilous
16-2
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Adjective - Grossly indecent or vulgar
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Ulterior
19-8 (EC)
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Adjective - Lying beyond or hidden from what is shown or evident
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Dissipate
4-6
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Verb - To disperse or disappear
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Exacerbate
20-6 (EC)
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Verb - To make more sharp, severe, or worse
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Omit
9-8
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Verb - To leave or take out
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Leonine
15-6
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Adjective - Like a lion
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Mutiny
4-8
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Noun - Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority
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Invincible
18-1 (EC)
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Adjective - Not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome
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Emit
12-4
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Verb - To send or give out
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Avarice
11-2
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Noun - Greed
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Malcontent
3-7
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Noun - One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs
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Decorous
20-3 (EC)
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Adjective - Proper; suitable for the occasion or circumstances
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Dismal
10-1
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Adjective - Gloomy; dreary
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Pacify
14-2
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Verb - To bring into a peaceful state
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Extol
6-3
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Verb - To praise in the highest terms
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Neophyte
15-7
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Adjective - Having the character of a beginner
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Parley
19-5 (EC)
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Verb - To converse between enemies (usually about a truce)
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Fallacious
1-2
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Adjective - Illogical, false
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Zeal
8-6
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Noun - Passion for something, eagerness in pursuit of something
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Underling
20-1 (EC)
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Noun - A subordinate
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Humiliate
15-5
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Verb - To put to shame
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Exigent
12-7
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Adjective - Urgent
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Populace
10-6
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Noun - The general public; the masses
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Miscreant
2-1
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Noun - A Villain
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Evince
17-7
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Verb - To make manifest or evident
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Despicable
7-5
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Adjective - Deserving to be despised
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Gaunt
7-2
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(Negative Connotation) - Adjective - Slender, thin
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Goad
9-5
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Verb - To prod or urge (as with a stick)
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