300 Most Difficult SAT Words
Master the most challenging vocabulary words that appear on the SAT. These advanced words from CurioLearn include 300 carefully selected terms with definitions, examples, and category classifications to help you excel.
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Someone or something of the most contemptible kind.
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“What kind of person or situation is described as 'abject'?”
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A state or condition markedly different from the norm.
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“What is an 'aberration'?”
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To formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief.
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“What does it mean to 'abjure' something?”
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The denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief.
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“What is 'abnegation'?”
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To revoke formally.
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“What does it mean to 'abrogate'?”
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To run away, often taking something or somebody along.
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“What does it mean to 'abscond'?”
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Something that is difficult to understand.
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“What does 'abstruse' describe?”
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To yield to another's wish or opinion.
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“What does it mean to 'accede'?”
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To approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently.
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“What does it mean to 'accost' someone?”
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An increase by natural growth or addition.
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“What is 'accretion'?”
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Shrewdness shown by keen insight.
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“What is 'acumen'?”
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Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason.
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“What does it mean to be 'adamant'?”
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To scold or reprimand; to take to task.
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“What does it mean to 'admonish' someone?”
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To describe roughly or give the main points or summary of.
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“What does it mean to 'adumbrate' something?”
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In an opposing direction.
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“In what direction does something 'adverse' move?”
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A person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea.
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“What is an 'advocate'?”
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Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value.
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“What characterizes someone who is 'affluent'?”
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To embellish; to increase the scope, power, or importance of.
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“What does it mean to 'aggrandize' something?”
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Liveliness and eagerness.
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“What is 'alacrity'?”
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A name that has been assumed temporarily.
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“What is an 'alias'?”
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Uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow.
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“What does it mean to be 'ambivalent'?”
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Disposed or willing to comply.
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“What does it mean to be 'amenable'?”
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Having no definite form or distinct shape.
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“What does 'amorphous' describe?”
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Chronologically misplaced.
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“What does 'anachronistic' mean in terms of time?”
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A formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication.
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“What is 'anathema'?”
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To attach to.
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“What does it mean to 'annex' something?”
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Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood.
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“What period does 'antediluvian' refer to?”
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Thoroughly clean and free of disease-causing organisms.
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“What is the characteristic of something 'antiseptic'?”
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Showing little or no emotion or animation.
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“What does it mean to be 'apathetic'?”
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The exact opposite.
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“What is the 'antithesis' of something?”
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Being of questionable authenticity.
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“What is the characteristic of something 'apocryphal'?”
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Official acceptance or agreement.
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“What is 'approbation'?”
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Based on or subject to individual discretion or preference.
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“On what is something 'arbitrary' based?”
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Of or relating to or formed by trees.
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“What does 'arboreal' relate to?”
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Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
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“What kind of knowledge is described as 'arcane'?”
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Of an original pattern on which other things are modeled.
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“What does 'archetypal' describe?”
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To seize and take control without authority.
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“What does it mean to 'arrogate' something?”
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Someone who practices self-denial as a spiritual discipline.
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“What is an 'ascetic'?”
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A disparaging remark.
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“What is an 'aspersion'?”
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Marked by care and persistent effort.
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“What characterizes someone who is 'assiduous'?”
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A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse.
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“What causes 'atrophy'?”
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Something causing misery or death.
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“What is 'bane'?”
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Self-consciously timid.
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“What describes someone who is 'bashful'?”
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To influence by slyness.
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“What does it mean to 'beguile' someone?”
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Lacking or deprived of something.
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“What does it mean to be 'bereft'?”
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Flattery intended to persuade.
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“What is 'blandishment' used for?”
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To cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money.
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“What does it mean to 'bilk' somebody?”
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Ostentatiously lofty in style.
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“What is characteristic of 'bombastic' style?”
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To influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.
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“What does it mean to 'cajole' someone?”
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Emotionally hardened.
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“What does it mean to be 'callous'?”
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A false accusation of an offense.
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“What is 'calumny'?”
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The quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability.
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“What is 'camaraderie'?”
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The quality of being honest and straightforward.
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“What is 'candor'?”
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To surrender under agreed conditions.
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“What does it mean to 'capitulate'?”
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To celebrate or enjoy something in a noisy or wild way.
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“What does it mean to 'carouse'?”
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Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.
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“What is a 'carp'?”
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Meet to select a candidate or promote a policy.
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“What happens at a 'caucus'?”
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To play boisterously.
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“What does it mean to 'cavort'?”
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An indirect way of expressing something.
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“What is 'circumlocution'?”
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To draw a geometric figure around another figure.
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“What does it mean to 'circumscribe' something?”
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To surround so as to force to give up.
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“What does it mean to 'circumvent' something?”
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To utter or proclaim insistently and noisily.
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“What does it mean to 'clamor'?”
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To separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.
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“What does it mean to 'cleave' something?”
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A person who makes or repairs shoes.
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“What does a 'cobbler' do?”
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Powerfully persuasive.
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“What does 'cogent' describe?”
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Having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization.
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“What does it mean to be 'cognizant'?”
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Corresponding in size or degree or extent.
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“What does 'commensurate' mean in terms of comparison?”
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Something added to embellish or make perfect.
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“What is a 'complement'?”
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A feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed.
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“What is 'compunction'?”
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Following or accompanying as a consequence.
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“What does 'concomitant' describe?”
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A passage through which water or electric wires can pass.
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“What is a 'conduit'?”
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A very intense and uncontrolled fire.
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“What is a 'conflagration'?”
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The quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate.
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“What is 'congruity'?”
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To form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner.
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“What does it mean to 'connive'?”
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To give over to another for care or safekeeping.
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“What does it mean to 'consign' something?”
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One of the individual parts making up a composite entity.
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“What is a 'constituent'?”
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To make sense of; assign a meaning to.
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“What does it mean to 'construe' something?”
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An injury in which the skin is not broken.
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“What is a 'contusion'?”
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Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow.
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“What does it mean to be 'contrite'?”
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Showing an inclination to disagree.
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“What does 'contentious' describe?”
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To go against, as of rules and laws.
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“What does it mean to 'contravene' something?”
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Occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company.
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“What does 'convivial' describe?”
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The property of excessive fatness.
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“What is 'corpulence'?”
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To wish, long, or crave for.
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“What does it mean to 'covet' something?”
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Extreme greed for material wealth.
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“What is 'cupidity'?”
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An insufficient quantity or number.
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“What is a 'dearth'?”
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A sudden and complete disaster.
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“What is a 'debacle'?”
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A wild gathering.
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“What is a 'debauch'?”
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To expose while ridiculing.
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“What does it mean to 'debunk' something?”
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No longer in force or use; inactive.
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“What does 'defunct' mean?”
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A leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions.
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“What is a 'demagogue'?”
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To attack the good name and reputation of someone.
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“What does it mean to 'denigrate' someone?”
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A compound obtained from another compound.
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“What is a 'derivative' in chemistry?”
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A cruel and oppressive dictator.
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“What is a 'despot'?”
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So thin as to transmit light.
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“What quality does 'diaphanous' describe?”
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Instructive, especially excessively.
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“What is the nature of something 'didactic'?”
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A song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person.
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“What is a 'dirge'?”
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Discontented as toward authority.
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“What does 'disaffected' describe?”
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To cause to lose one's composure.
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“What does it mean to 'discomfit' someone?”
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Fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind.
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“What does 'disparate' describe?”
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To cause to separate and go in different directions.
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“What does it mean to 'dispel' something?”
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The state of being held in low esteem.
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“What is the state of 'disrepute'?”
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Causing or characterized by disagreement or disunity.
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“What does 'divisive' cause?”
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Pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative.
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“What does 'dogmatic' pertain to?”
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Showing a brooding ill humor.
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“What does 'dour' describe?”
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The act of deceiving or acting in bad faith.
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“What is 'duplicity'?”
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Compulsory force or threat.
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“What is 'duress'?”
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Selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas.
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“What does 'eclectic' mean in terms of selection?”
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A formal or authoritative proclamation.
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“What is an 'edict'?”
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Joyously unrestrained.
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“What does 'ebullient' describe?”
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Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.
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“What does 'egregious' describe?”
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A mournful poem; a lament for the dead.
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“What is an 'elegy'?”
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To call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response.
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“What does it mean to 'elicit' something?”
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The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property.
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“What is 'embezzlement'?”
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To make corrections to.
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“What does it mean to 'emend'?”
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A substance with a soothing effect when applied to the skin.
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“What is an 'emollient'?”
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Derived from experiment and observation rather than theory.
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“On what is something 'empirical' based?”
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To strive to equal or match, especially by imitating.
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“What does it mean to 'emulate' someone?”
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To weaken physically, mentally, or morally.
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“What does it mean to 'enervate' someone?”
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To grant freedom to, as from slavery or servitude.
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“What does it mean to 'enfranchise' someone?”
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To call forth.
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“What does it mean to 'engender' something?”
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Anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day.
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“What is an 'ephemeral'?”
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Written in the form of letters or correspondence.
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“What does 'epistolary' relate to?”
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Steadiness of mind under stress.
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“What is 'equanimity'?”
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Open to two or more interpretations.
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“What does 'equivocal' mean in terms of interpretation?”
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To choose and follow a theory, idea, policy, etc.
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“What does it mean to 'espouse' something?”
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Short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear.
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“What does 'evanescent' describe?”
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To give expression to.
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“What does it mean to 'evince' something?”
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To make worse.
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“What does it mean to 'exacerbate' something?”
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To spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts.
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“What does it mean to 'exhort' someone?”
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Unequivocally detestable.
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“What does 'execrable' describe?”
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Demanding immediate attention.
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“What does 'exigent' demand?”
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Appropriate to a purpose.
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“What does 'expedient' mean in terms of appropriateness?”
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To make amends for.
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“What does it mean to 'expiate' something?”
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To remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line.
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“What does it mean to 'expunge' something?”
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Not belonging to that in which it is contained.
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“What does 'extraneous' mean in terms of belonging?”
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To praise, glorify, or honor.
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“What does it mean to 'extol' someone or something?”
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Still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost.
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“What does 'extant' mean?”
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To edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate.
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“What does it mean to 'expurgate'?”
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Containing or based on incorrect reasoning.
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“What does 'fallacious' mean in terms of reasoning?”
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Devoid of intelligence.
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“What does 'fatuous' describe?”
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A shackle for the ankles or feet.
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“What is a 'fetter'?”
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Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.
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“What does 'flagrant' describe?”
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To hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire.
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“What does it mean to 'foil' something?”
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Good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence.
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“What is 'forbearance'?”
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Lucky; occurring by happy chance.
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“What does 'fortuitous' mean?”
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Easily irritated or annoyed.
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“What does 'fractious' describe?”
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Full of trivial conversation.
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“What does 'garrulous' describe?”
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A person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess.
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“What is a 'gourmand'?”
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Lofty in style.
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“What does 'grandiloquent' describe?”
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Unnecessary and unwarranted.
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“What does 'gratuitous' mean?”
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Unfortunate and deserving pity.
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“What does 'hapless' describe?”
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The dominance or leadership of one social group over others.
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“What is 'hegemony'?”
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Consisting of elements that are not of the same kind.
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“What does 'heterogenous' describe?”
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Someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions.
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“What is an 'iconoclast'?”
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Peculiar to the individual.
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“What does 'idiosyncratic' describe?”
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Not having enough money to pay for necessities.
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“What does 'impecunious' describe?”
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Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought.
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“What does 'impetuous' describe?”
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To infringe upon.
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“What does it mean to 'impinge'?”
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To attribute or credit to.
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“What does it mean to 'impute' something?”
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Devoid of intelligence.
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“What does 'inane' describe?”
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Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed.
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“What does 'inchoate' describe?”
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Impossible to deny or disprove.
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“What does 'incontrovertible' mean?”
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Necessary as a duty or responsibility; morally binding.
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“What does 'incumbent' mean in terms of duty?”
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Impossible to prevent, resist, or stop.
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“What does 'inexorable' mean?”
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Tending to obstruct or cause harm.
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“What does 'inimical' tend to do?”
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A judicial remedy to prohibit a party from doing something.
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“What is an 'injunction'?”
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To inject or treat with the germ of a disease to render immune.
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“What does it mean to 'inoculate'?”
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Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way.
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“What does 'insidious' describe?”
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To provoke or stir up.
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“What does it mean to 'instigate' something?”
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In opposition to a civil authority or government.
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“What is an 'insurgent'?”
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A person who takes part in a conversation.
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“What is an 'interlocutor'?”
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A slight suggestion or vague understanding.
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“What is an 'intimation'?”
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To cause to accept or become hardened to.
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“What does it mean to 'inure'?”
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Abusive language used to express blame or censure.
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“What is 'invective'?”
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Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason.
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“What does 'intransigent' mean?”
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Habitual.
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“What does 'inveterate' describe?”
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A mental attitude showing a lack of due respect.
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“What is 'irreverence'?”
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The sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death.
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“What is a 'knell'?”
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Brief and to the point.
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“What does 'laconic' describe?”
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Liberality in bestowing gifts.
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“What is 'largesse'?”
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An illusory feat.
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“What is 'legerdemain'?”
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An advocate of freedom of thought and speech.
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“What is a 'libertarian'?”
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Lacking moral discipline.
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“What does 'licentious' describe?”
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A central cohesive source of support and stability.
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“What is a 'linchpin'?”
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A party to a lawsuit.
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“What is a 'litigant'?”
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A powerful circular current of water.
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“What is a 'maelstrom'?”
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Very sentimental or emotional.
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“What does 'maudlin' describe?”
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Someone who exhibits independence in thought and action.
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“What is a 'maverick'?”
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Very sentimental or emotional.
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“What does 'mawkish' describe?”
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A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits.
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“What is a 'maxim'?”
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Given to lying.
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“What does 'mendacious' describe?”
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A small or moderate or token amount.
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“What is a 'modicum'?”
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A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
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“What is a 'morass'?”
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The conventions embodying the fundamental values of a group.
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“What are 'mores'?”
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Very generous.
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“What does 'munificent' describe?”
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Having many aspects.
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“What does 'multifarious' describe?”
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The lowest point of anything.
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“What is the 'nadir'?”
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Characterized by undue lack of attention or concern.
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“What does 'negligent' describe?”
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A participant with no experience with an activity.
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“What is a 'neophyte'?”
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Offensively malodorous.
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“What does 'noisome' describe?”
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Injurious to physical or mental health.
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“What does 'noxious' describe?”
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Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing.
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“What does 'obdurate' describe?”
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To make obscure or unclear.
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“What does it mean to 'obfuscate' something?”
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Noisily and stubbornly defiant.
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“What does 'obstreperous' describe?”
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Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner.
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“What does 'officious' describe?”
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Burdensome or difficult to endure.
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“What does 'onerous' describe?”
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Appearing as such but not necessarily so.
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“What does 'ostensible' imply?”
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The act of excluding someone from society by general consent.
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“What is 'ostracism'?”
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To lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of.
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“What does it mean to 'palliate' something?”
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A hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
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“What is a 'panacea'?”
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A standard or typical example.
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“What is a 'paradigm'?”
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A person who is rejected from society or home.
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“What is a 'pariah'?”
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A fervent and even militant proponent of something.
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“What is a 'partisan'?”
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An insufficient quantity or number.
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“What is 'paucity'?”
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Expressing disapproval.
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“What does 'pejorative' express?”
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Transparently clear; easily understandable.
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“What does 'pellucid' describe?”
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A strong liking or preference.
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“What is a 'penchant'?”
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Excessively unwilling to spend.
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“What does 'penurious' describe?”
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Characterized by a lightly saucy or impudent quality.
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“What quality does 'pert' describe?”
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Exceedingly harmful.
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“What does 'pernicious' describe?”
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Stubbornly unyielding.
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“What does 'pertinacious' describe?”
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Showing little emotion.
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“What does 'phlegmatic' describe?”
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Of or relating to charitable giving.
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“What does 'philanthropic' relate to?”
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Concise and full of meaning.
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“What does 'pithy' describe?”
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A trite or obvious remark.
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“What is a 'platitude'?”
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Enthusiastic approval.
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“What is a 'plaudit'?”
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A full supply.
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“What is 'plenitude'?”
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Extreme excess.
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“What is a 'plethora'?”
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A sign of something about to happen.
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“What is a 'portent'?”
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A powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law.
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“What is a 'potentate'?”
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To make impossible, especially beforehand.
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“What does it mean to 'preclude' something?”
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A predisposition in favor of something.
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“What is a 'predilection'?”
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Exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight.
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“What does 'preponderance' mean in terms of weight or degree?”
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A foreboding about what is about to happen.
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“What is a 'presage'?”
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Complete and confirmed integrity.
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“What is 'probity'?”
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A natural inclination.
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“What is a 'proclivity'?”
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Unrestrained by convention or morality.
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“What does 'profligate' describe?”
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To state or announce.
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“What does it mean to 'promulgate' something?”
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To command against.
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“What does it mean to 'proscribe' something?”
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Taking on different forms.
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“What does 'protean' describe?”
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Characterized by lust.
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“What does 'prurient' describe?”
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Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity.
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“What does 'puerile' describe?”
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Ready and able to resort to force or violence.
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“What does 'pugnacious' describe?”
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Physical beauty, especially of a woman.
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“What is 'pulchritude'?”
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Marked by precise accordance with details.
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“What does 'punctilious' describe?”
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Attractively old-fashioned.
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“What does 'quaint' describe?”
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Not sensible about practical matters.
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“What does 'quixotic' describe?”
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State of uncertainty in a choice between unfavorable options.
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“What is a 'quandary'?”
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Stubbornly resistant to authority or control.
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“What does 'recalcitrant' describe?”
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Inspiring fear.
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“What does 'redoubtable' describe?”
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To assign to a lower position.
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“What does it mean to 'relegate' someone or something?”
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Failing in what duty requires.
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“What does 'remiss' mean in terms of duty?”
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Postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal.
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“What is a 'reprieve'?”
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A person without moral scruples.
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“What is a 'reprobate'?”
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To cancel officially.
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“What does it mean to 'rescind' something?”
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An authoritative demand.
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“What is a 'requisition'?”
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Excessively abundant.
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“What does 'rife' mean?”
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Excessively or hypocritically pious.
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“What does 'sanctimonious' describe?”
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Confidently optimistic and cheerful.
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“What does 'sanguine' describe?”
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Expressing offensive, insulting, or scandalous criticism.
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“What does 'scurrilous' describe?”
Definition:
An apparatus for visual signaling.
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“What is a 'semaphore'?”
Definition:
Good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries.
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“What is 'serendipity'?”
Definition:
The state of being unaffected or not intoxicated by alcohol.
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“What is 'sobriety'?”
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Full of anxiety and concern.
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“What does 'solicitous' describe?”
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The philosophical theory that the self is all that exists.
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“What is 'solipsism'?”
Definition:
Plausible but false.
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“What does 'spurious' describe?”
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Characterized by dignity and propriety.
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“What does 'staid' describe?”
Definition:
Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
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“What does 'stolid' describe?”
Definition:
To make subservient; force to submit or subdue.
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“What does it mean to 'subjugate' someone or something?”
Definition:
To indulge (one's appetite) to satiety.
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“What does it mean to 'surfeit'?”
Definition:
Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
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“What does 'surreptitious' describe?”
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Naturally having skin of a dark color.
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“What does 'swarthy' describe?”
Definition:
Of superficial relevance if any.
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“What does 'tangential' mean in terms of relevance?”
Definition:
A large and scholarly book.
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“What is a 'tome'?”
Definition:
A person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage.
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“What is a 'toady'?”
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In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation.
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“What does 'torpid' describe?”
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A composition that imitates or misrepresents a style.
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“What is a 'travesty'?”
Definition:
Having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought.
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“What does 'trenchant' describe?”
Definition:
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.
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“What does 'trite' describe?”
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Defiantly aggressive.
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“What does 'truculent' describe?”
Definition:
A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice.
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“What is 'turpitude'?”
Definition:
Being present everywhere at once.
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“What does 'ubiquitous' describe?”
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A feeling of anger caused by being offended.
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“What is 'umbrage'?”
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To express criticism towards.
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“What does it mean to 'upbraid' someone?”
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Having a useful function.
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“What does 'utilitarian' focus on?”
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Unwillingness to tell lies.
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“What is 'veracity'?”
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An indication that something has been present.
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“What is a 'vestige'?”
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A variation in circumstances or fortune.
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“What is a 'vicissitude'?”
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To spread negative information about.
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“What does it mean to 'vilify' someone?”
Definition:
Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
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“What is a 'virtuoso'?”
Definition:
Harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone.
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“What does 'vitriolic' describe?”
Definition:
To spread negative information about.
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“What does it mean to 'vituperate' someone?”
Definition:
Conspicuously and offensively loud.
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“What does 'vociferous' describe?”
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A lewd or immoral person.
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“What is a 'wanton'?”
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Charming in a childlike or naive way.
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“What does 'winsome' describe?”
Definition:
Join with stable gear, as two draft animals.
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“What is a 'yoke'?”
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A slight wind.
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“What is a 'zephyr'?”
Definition:
Marked by skill in deception.
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“What does 'wily' describe?”
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A speech of violent denunciation.
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“What is a 'tirade'?”
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