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Abate: reduce in intensity
Abjure: renounce; swear to refrain from something
Blandishment: words used to coax or flatter [blandish (verb)
Boor: ill-mannered person [boorish (adj)
Cardinal: 1. high ranking church official; 2. major, important
Deliberate: 1. slow (adj); 2. to think over (verb); 3. on purpose (adj)
Equivocation: speaking ambiguously [equivocate (verb), equivocal (adj)]
Feckless: feeble; helpless; lacking in initiative
Imperturbability: quality of being calm and not easily disturbed [imperturbable (adj)
Meretricious: falsely attractive; tawdry
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Augury: prediction, looking for omens [augur (verb)
Boycott: refuse to have dealings with
Glib: slick; superficial esp. in speech
Incise : cut into [incision (noun); incisive (adj)
Moralistic: concerned with morals [moralize (verb)
Ostracism: shunning; social isolation [ostracize (verb)
Penchant: inclination; leaning; tendency; predilection
Rarefy: make less dense [rarefaction (noun)
Repine: fret; be discontented
Stipulate: specify [stipulation (noun)
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Diaphanous: transparent; thin and delicate
Feint: pretended attack; a move intended to deceive
Inured: hardened; habituated
Mettlesome: spirited [mettle (noun)
Puissance: power
Recondite: obscure
Stygian: very dark
Touting: advertising; supporting [tout (verb)
Virtuosity: skill, expertise [virtuoso (n); virtuosi (noun.pl)
Volubility: excessive talkativeness [voluble (adj)
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Caret: punctuation mark signifying omission
Contiguous: adjacent; touching; abutting [contiguity (noun)
Damp: (used of vibration) reduce in extent
Ellipsis: omission of essential words
Extirpation: wiping out; complete destruction [extirpate (verb)
Foppish: behaving or dressing like a dandy; excessively concerned with fashion
Gaffe: blunder; social mistake
Hortatory: encouraging; exhorting
Opprobrious: expressing great scorn [opprobrium (noun)
Recumbent: reclining; lying down
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Ambidextrous: able to use both left and right hands equally well
Culpability: guilt [culpable = blameworthy]
Discernment: judgment; perceptiveness
Encomium: praise
Inveigle: coax; cajole; wheedle; entice
Minatory: threatening
Ossified: turned to bone; become rigid [ossification (noun)
Plumb: measure depth of (verb); exact (adj. slang)
Quintessential: most typical; the perfect example of [quintessence (noun)
Runic: mysterious; magical
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Accretion: accumulation of matter; growth produced by adding from the outside
Anachronistic: occurring in the wrong time period [anachronism (noun)
Chronic: long lasting (often used for diseases in which case the opposite is acute)
Churlishness: rudeness; ill-mannered behavior
Demagogue: mob leader (who appeals to base instincts) [demagogy/demagoguery (noun)
Effrontery: daring; audacity (has a negative connotation)
Idyll: story or incident in peaceful or ideal setting [idyllic (adj)
Interregnum: interval between reigns or governments
Nugatory: of minor significance; futile
Sinecure: job which pays salary but requiring little effort
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Anodized: electroplated; coated with thin layer of metal
Aphoristic: expressed tersely [aphorism (noun) = short statement; maxim]
Canonical: orthodox [canon (noun) = set of accepted works]
Commensurate: equal in significance
Dexterity: skill, esp. with hands [dexterous (adj)
Extant: still in existence (opposite of extinct)
Impugned: challenged; called into question
Probity: uprightness; honesty
Raconteur: person who relates a story
Solicitous: kindly; expressing care and concern
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Amalgamate: join; consolidate [amalgamation (noun)
Baleful: evil
Coerce: force [coercion (noun); coercing (adj)
Inchoate: undeveloped; nascent
Iniquitous: evil; unjust [iniquity (noun)
Libertine: dissolute person; prodigal
Millinery: hats and hat-making
Natty: neat; dapper; smart
Occluded: obscured; blocked
Sidereal: of or related to stars
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Avaricious: greedy for money
Extirpate: wipe out totally
Halcyon: peaceful and happy; calm (esp. of summer weather)
List: (verb) 1. to lean to one side; 2. to write in order
Maudlin: sad; sentimental; inclined to weep
Refulgent: glowing; radiant
Subliminal: below the threshold of consciousness
Testiness: irritability; irascibility [testy (adj)
Vituperate: attack bitterly
Whittle: 1. carve with knife; 2. reduce step by step
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Colander: bowl with holes used to drain vegetables etc.
Cumbersome: bulky; difficult to carry [encumber = to burden]
Diaphanous: transparent; thin and delicate
Dispatch: 1. send (verb); 2. speed; celerity (noun)
Epistemology: theory of knowledge
Froward: stubborn; wayward; disobedient
Supine: lying flat on one’s back
Throwback: exhibiting primitive, or ancestral, traits
Untoward: unexpected
Verisimilar: true to life; giving the appearance of reality
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