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Ingenuity
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Cleverness, skill, or inventiveness
gen - race, kind mnemonic: engineer This young man had been hired out by his master to work in a bagging factory, where his adroitness and ingenuity caused him to be considered the first hand in the place. |
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Indignation
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Anger resulting from something unjust
Mnemonic - In Dig nation, unhappy & angry citizens dug their way out of a country surrounded by brick walls |
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Perfunctory
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Routine, automatic, lacking enthusiasm
Mnemonic - per+FUNC+tory .. FUNC stands for function i.e. job.. so if you are doing a job quickly just to finish it and not caring enough about it.. doing job superficially.. it is called a perfunctory act |
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ubiquitous
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existing or being everywhere
synonym - god is omnipresent |
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reconcile
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To bring (oneself) to accept, to settle or resolve
but I could not reconcile it to myself to force Frederica into a marriage from which her heart revolted |
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discord
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disagreement; difference of opinion
mnemonic - The chef DISCARDED the soup made by a cook because it was too sweet. The chef & the cook had different opinions. |
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upheaval
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strong or violent change or disturbance, as in a society
Geology A raising of a part of the earth's crust. |
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raiment
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clothing, apparel, attire
derived from the word array |
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sustenance
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n. means of sustaining life; nourishment
Something, especially food, that sustains life or health "to deliver in every morning six beeves, forty sheep, and other victuals for my sustenance" (Jonathan Swift) "Very weak I was already; without sustenance I should surely die" |
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kitsch
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something of cheap design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste; pretentious bad taste
The kitsch kitchen ... has aqua-and-white gingham curtains and rubber duck-yellow walls painted in a fried-egg motif |
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flotsam
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unless or unimportant items
mnemonic: floating |
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haphazard
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characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
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litigation
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a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights
Once only, during the eleven years of litigation, did he lose control of his temper. |
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whimsical
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erratic; unpredictable
He was too whimsical with regard to his work. Erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability: a whimsical personality |
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incorrigible
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incapable of being reformed, not correctable
mneomonic: (in)corr(gible in eligible to be corrected or cant be corrected |
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allusion
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indirect reference; passing or casual reference
mnemonic: it is similar to "illusion" which is done by showing things not there indirctly |
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mercenary
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n. working or acting merely for money
mnemonic: no mercy.He can kill anybody for money or gain (a person hired to fight for another country than their own) "Pray, my dear aunt, what is the difference in matrimonial affairs, between the mercenary and the prudent motive?" |
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wary
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watchful, being in caution
mnemonic: worry sounds like wary and in war "Nicholas understood that something must have happened between Sonya and Dolokhov before dinner, and with the kindly sensitiveness natural to him was very gentle and wary with them both at dinner." |
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hail
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To greet or acclaim enthusiastically; To pour (something) down or forth
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stymied
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to hinder, block, or thwart
mnemonic: Stymie means "tie me". i.e., prevent from moving forward |
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spurious
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not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
"And, then, I don't want any second-hand, spurious sensations; I want the knowledge that leaves a trace--that leaves strange scars and stains and reveries behind it" |
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vociferous
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noisy outcry and offensively loud
mnemonic: VOICE + FURIOUS = noisy "And one by one, encouraged by vociferous applause, speaking with fire and enthusiasm and excited gestures, they replied to the attack." |
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garrulous
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given to constant and frivolous chatter; loquacious; talkative
mnemonic: "Gary, rule us!" yell the garrulous population |
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stingy
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reluctant to give or spend; not generous
"Cousin Mattie's a great cook and there's nothing stingy about her." |
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effusive
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pouring out; overflowing
mnemonic: effusive: she was fused to a person or object. Emotions poured out at their/its presence |
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frugal
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economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful
mnemonic: Seeing that there are a small quanity of fruits at the table, he gulped down the fruits in a meager quantity |
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taciturn
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inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation
"Always of a sedate, taciturn disposition, he now fell into so deep a dejection that nothing could hold his attention, yet anything--a footfall, the sudden closing of a door--aroused in him a fitful interest; one might have called it an apprehension" |
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miserly
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cheap
mnemonic: Miser Lee - a miserly old goat gave his children nothing but a pencil during Christmas time "Of course it was not really because of that, but everything together, he began this hospital to prove, do you see, that he was not miserly about money" |
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founder
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to break down or become a wreak
mnemonic: go + under The ship struck a reef and foundered. |
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prevail
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prove superior
mnemonic: prove well |
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esoteric
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confined to a few people
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exoteric
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pertaining to outside, external
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capricious
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unpredictable
mnemonic: Caprisun -> different flavors |
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tenable
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capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against attack or dispute
mnemonic: if ten ppl are able to understand the theory, then it has to be a tenable ( reasonable ) theory ! |
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erroneous
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characterized by an error
mnemonic: error |
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digression
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wandering from the main path of a journey
mnemonic: to digress |
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impugned
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to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.)
impugn a political opponent's record |
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mollified
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make less rigid or softer; to lessen the harshness or severity
"She managed to mollify the angry customer" |
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reconnaissance
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an examination or survey
An inspection or exploration of an area, especially one made to gather military information "Or I can make a sufficient number of trips to land the entire party in the valley beyond the barrier; all will depend, of course, upon what my first reconnaissance reveals." |
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decimation
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To destroy or kill a large part of (a group)
mnemonic: to make smaller "The fawns decimated my rose bushes" |
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cantankerous
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Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable; hard to handle
contec - to contact "Which was the more remarkable, because he was known as a savage, cantankerous old cuss who never liked anybody" |
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churlish
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mean; rude; clumsy
"No churlish old curmudgeon could have been the owner of that grove of bread-fruit trees, or of these gloriously yellow bunches of bananas." |
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laconic
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brief and to the point; effectively cut short
mnemonic: lack of words ... concise "But their father, though very laconic in his expressions of pleasure, was really glad to see them; he had felt their importance in the family circle." |
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disposition
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physical inclination or tendency, One's usual mood; temperament
mnemonic: this position "Habit differs from disposition in being more lasting and more firmly established" |
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mercurial
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changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic
mnemonic: mercury level in the blood pressure testing device fickles a lot when measuring b.p |
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disingenuous
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Not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
"I had another work to keep from smiling: he was so ingenuously disingenuous" |
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implacable
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not to be appeased
"The old Squire was an implacable man: he made resolutions in violent anger, and he was not to be moved from them after his anger had subsided-- as fiery volcanic matters cool and harden into rock." |
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phlegmatic
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not easily excited to action or display of emotion
mnemonic: practical; leg on mat. |
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wistful
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characterized by melancholy
"When our eyes first met, she regarded me with a wistful, questioning look, as if she were troubled by some doubt which she shrunk from expressing in words." |
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emphatic
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Standing out in a striking and clearly defined way
mnemonic: EMPHASIS "What can be the meaning of that emphatic exclamation?" |
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intransigent
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a person who refuses to agree or compromise
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serf
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a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services
mnemonic: smurfs |
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hegemony
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leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
mnemonic: he's got money,so he's domineering in the society and he control other |
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furtive
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secret and sly
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acquiescence
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agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
mnemonic: Aqua S swimming pool |
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vigilant
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keenly watchful to detect danger; wary
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emancipate
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free from slavery or servitude
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bellicose
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inclined or eager to fight
mnemonic: belly close |
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consummate
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complete; total; supremely good
mnemonic: he/she consumed the meal fully |
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elusive
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hard to pin down, describe
mnemonic: eLUSive sounds like it has the word "loose" in it; Difficult to define or describe "Failures are more finely etched in our minds than triumphs, and success is an elusive, if not mythic, goal in our demanding society" (Hugh Drummond) |
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gregarious
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extroverted; sociable; outgoing
mnemonic: gregar-ious -> hillar-ious |
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revolver
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to revolve, to turn around, to turn over
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tentar
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to examine by touch, to attempt, to try
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whet
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sharpen
These fragments of nourishment served only to whet my hunger |
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warily
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cautiously
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vociferous
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noisy, clamorous
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garrulous
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talkative
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stingy
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generous
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effusive
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pour forth
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miserly
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lack of generosity
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elusive
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hard to understand
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sporadic
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scattered
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eloquent
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fluent and effective use of language; visible or vividly expressive
loqui - to speak Every quiver of his little brown body, and every glance from his beseeching brown eyes were eloquent with appeal--so eloquent that at last Pollyanna understood, turned, and followed him. |
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superfluous
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redundant
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impervious
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not affected by
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infallibility
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incapable of error
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frugal
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meager
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taciturn
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shy
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miserly
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does not want to be generous
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risque
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improper; off color
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vacillation
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changing or moving back and forth; indesicion
mnemonic: osillation |
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mercenary
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someone who serves merely for wages
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humble
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ranking low in scale
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hailed
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salute. greet
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stymied
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hinder, stop
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spurious
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false
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fabricated
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make up, create
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pristine
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earliest period or state
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unmarred
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not destroyed or spoiled
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vacillation
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inability in take a stand
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stymie
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obstacle; hinder
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eclectic
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adj. chosing the best from many sources
an eclectic taste in music; Obama has an eclectic approach to managing the economy |
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invidious
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envy
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redolent
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odor; aromatic
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exuberant
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extreme or excessive in size
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dormant
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inactive, sluggish
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compliant
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ready to agree, submissive
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trenchant
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clear; distinct; sharp
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