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Abhor
Answer
hate
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Bigot
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narrow-minded prejudiced person
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Counterfeit
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fake false
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Enfranchise
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give voting rights
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Hamper
Answer
hinder obstruct
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Kindle
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to start a fire
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Noxious
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harmful poisonous lethal
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Placid
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calm peaceful
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Remuneration
Answer
payment for work done
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Talisman
Answer
lucky charm
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Abrasive
Answer
rough coarse harsh
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Bilk
Answer
cheat defraud
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Covert
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hidden undercover
14
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Engender
Answer
cause
15
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Hangar
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storage area like garage for a plane
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Knotty
Answer
complex difficult to solve
17
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Nuance
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something subtle, a fine shade of meaning
18
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Plagiarism
Answer
taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas
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Renown
Answer
fame
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Tangent
Answer
going off the main subject
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Abasement
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humiliation degradation
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Billowing
Answer
swelling fluttering waving
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Cower
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recoil in fear or servility, shrink away from
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Enhance
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improve, make better or clearer
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Harangue
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noisy attacking speech
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Labyrinth
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a maze
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Nullify
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to counter, make unimportant
28
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Plaintiff
Answer
petitioner in a court of law
29
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Replete
Answer
full
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Tangible
Answer
can be touched
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Larceny
Answer
The crime of taking the property of another without permission.
2
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Obsession
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A dominating concern or preoccupation.
3
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Ponderous
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Weighty, slow, and heavy.
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Retention
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The action of preserving or withholding something.
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Timorous
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Cowardly or fearful.
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Adroit
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Skilful or skillful.
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Brevity
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Being brief or concise.
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Decorum
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Dignified and correct behavior; decorous.
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Err
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To make a mistake.
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Hinder
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To obstruct or create obstacles.
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Largess
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Generosity or a generous gift.
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Obsolete
Answer
No longer valid or in use.
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Pontificate
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To speak pompously or dogmatically.
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Reticent
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Restrained, holding something back, uncommunicative.
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Tirade
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A stream of verbal abuse or criticism.
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Adulation
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Strong admiration or worship.
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Bristle
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To show irritation or anger.
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Decoy
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A lure, trap, or trick used to deceive.
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Erratic
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Wandering, irregular, or unpredictable in behavior.
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Histrionic
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Theatrical, exaggerated, or overly emotional.
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Laud
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To praise or commend.
22
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Hypocritical
Answer
Insincere
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Lethargic
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Tired without energy
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Ogle
Answer
Stare at, observe in an obvious manner
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Postulate
Answer
Hypothesize, propose
26
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Robust
Answer
Strong, healthy, tough
27
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Tractable
Answer
Obedient, dutiful, polite
28
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Alchemy
Answer
Medieval chemistry, attempt to change base metal into gold
29
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Burnish
Answer
Polish
30
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Deliberate
Answer
To think over deeply
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Onerous
Answer
burdensome, hard to undertake
2
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Preamble
Answer
introductory material
3
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Sacrosanct
Answer
very holy, inviolable
4
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Traverse
Answer
to move across
5
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Altruism
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putting others first, being self-sacrificing
6
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Caldron
Answer
huge cooking pot
7
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Deplore
Answer
regret
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Exculpate
Answer
free someone from blame, pardon, acquit
9
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Illusory
Answer
deceptive, false, misleading
10
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Lobbyist
Answer
person who tries to persuade someone to support a particular cause
11
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Onus
Answer
burden
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Precarious
Answer
unstable, risky
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Sagacious
Answer
wise
14
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Trepidation
Answer
fear
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Amass
Answer
accumulate
16
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Callow
Answer
immature
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Depravity
Answer
moral corruption
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Execrable
Answer
very, very bad
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Immoderate
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excessive, extreme
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Lofty
Answer
snooty, arrogant, haughty
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Opaque
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does not let light through
22
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Exonerates
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324 - absolves, removes blame, acquits
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Impoverished
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325 - destitute, poor
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Lukewarm
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326 - 1. unenthusiastic, 2. neither hot nor cold
25
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Ossify
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327 - 1. turn to bone, 2. become fixed and rigid
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Preclude
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328 - prevent or make impossible
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Sanctimonious
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329 - hypocritically holy
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Tumult
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330 - uproar, noise
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Amelioration
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331 - improvement
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Carping
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332 - constant criticism