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    1. ail trouble; be ill.

    2. apt well-suited, quick-witted.

    3. dud no use person, smth that fails.

    4. hew make by hard work; cut by striking.

    . ire anger.

    !. lag go too slow.

    ". pry get smth; inquire too curiously.#. sap weaken.

    $. toy think not seriously, handle absent- mindedly.

    1%. &e' annoy, distress, trouble.

    11. wag merry person.

    12. abut border on.

    13. a&er affirm, assert, pro&e, (ustify.

    14. a&id eager, greedy.

    1. a&ow admit, declare openly.

    1!. balk obstacle; purposely to get on the way of.

    1". balm sweet-smelling oil; smth gi&ing peace of mind; consolation.

    1#. band flat, thin strip of material; group; range of frequencies.1$. bane cause of in(ury, poison, source of harm.

    2%. bask en(oy warmth and light.

    21. bend cause smth to be out of a straight line.

    22. cite gi&e as an e'ample.

    23. clot half-solid lump formed from liquid.

    24. coa' get smb to do smth by kindness.

    2. cord twisted strands.

    2!. dart quick mo&ement

    2". defy resist openly.

    2#. dent hollow, depression made by a blow.

    2$. dolt stupid fellow.

    3%. dote show much fondness, center one)s attention.

    31. dupe cheat, make a fool of.

    32. eddy circular or spiral mo&ement eg of wind.

    33. fawn try to win smb)s fa&or by ser&ile beha&ior.

    34. feud bitter quarrel o&er a long period of time.

    3. flaw crack, lessen &alue.

    3!. fla' pale yellow hair ; a plant.

    3". foil pre&ent from carrying out; contrast.

    3#. ford shallow place in a ri&er to cross.

    3$. fret worry; irritation; wear away.4%. gist the point, general sense.

    41. glib ready and smooth but not sincere.

    42. glut supply to much, fill to e'cess.

    43. gnaw waste away; bite steadily.

    44. goad smth urging a person to action.

    4. gull cheat, decei&e.

    4!. gust outburst of feeling; sudden rain, wind, fire, etc..

    4". hack cut roughly; hired horse.

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    4#. heed pay attention; notice.

    4$. hoa' mischie&ous trick played on smb for a (oke.

    %. hone stone used for sharpening tools.

    1. husk worthless outside part of anything.

    2. (ibe gibe, make fun of.

    3. knit draw together, unite firmly.

    4. lien legal claim until a debt on it is repaid.. limn paint, portray.

    !. limp lacking strength, walking une&enly.

    ". loll rest, to sit or stand in a la*y way; hang dog)s tongue.

    #. lull become quiet or less acti&e.

    $. molt lose hair, feathers before new growing.

    !%. nice precise, sensiti&e to subtleness.

    !1. numb without ability to feel or mo&e.

    !2. odor smell; fa reputation.

    !3. pest destructi&e thing or a person who is nuisance.

    !4. pied of mi'ed colors.

    !. pith essential part, force, soft liquid substance.!!. plea request.

    !". plod continue doing smth without resting.

    !#. prim neat; formal.

    !$. pyre large pile of wood for burning.

    "%. rail find fault, utter reproaches.

    "1. rant use e'tra&agant language.

    "2. rent regular payment for the use of smth, di&ision or split.

    "3. rift split, crack, dissension.

    "4. rope thick strong cord made by twisting.

    ". sate satiate.

    "!. seal piece of wa', lead, etc stamped on the document."". shun keep away from; a&oid.

    "#. skit short piece of humorous writing.

    "$. soar rise, fly high.

    #%. soot black powder in smoke

    #1. tamp tap or dri&e down by repeated light blows.

    #2. taut tightly stretched.

    #3. tout person who worries others to buy smth, to use his ser&ice.

    #4. tyro beginner.

    #. &ain without use, result; conceited.

    #!. &eer change direction.#". waft scent, wa&ing mo&ement; carry lightly through.

    ##. wage payment, carry on, engage in war.

    #$. warp become bent.

    $%. wary cautious.

    $1. wend to go, proceed.

    $2. abate to lessen, to subside.

    $3. abhor to hate, to detest.

    $4. abide be faithful to; endure.

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    $. adorn add beauty; decorate.

    $!. agile acti&e, quick-mo&ing.

    $". alloy to debase by mi'ing with something inferior.

    $#. aloof reser&ed, indifferent.

    $$. annul put an end to.

    1%%. ardor enthusiasm.

    1%1. argot (argon, slang.1%2. asset &aluable quality, smth that has money &alue.

    1%3. banal uninteresting.

    1%4. belie contradict, gi&e a false impression.

    1%. bigot stubborn, narrow-minded person.

    1%!. bilge bulge, the protuberance of a cask.

    1%". blunt plain, not troubling to be polite.

    1%#. bogus sham, counterfeit, not genuine.

    1%$. braid strands of hair wo&en together, smth edging sloth or garments.

    11%. brash hasty, rush; cheeky, saucy.

    111. brass yellow metal mi'ing copper and *inc.

    112. brisk acti&e, li&ely.113. brook to tolerate, endure.

    114. cabal a scheme or plot, a group of plotters.

    11. cadge to beg, to get by begging.

    11!. chary cautious, wary.

    11". churl bad-tempered person.

    11#. cower crouch; shrink back.

    11$. crush press, lose shape, subdue, o&erwhelm.

    12%. cynic person who see no good in anything.

    121. daunt intimidate, make fearful.

    122. decry disappro&e of.

    123. defer postpone; gi&e way to show respect.124. demur to hesitate, raise ob(ections.

    12. deter discourage, hinder.

    12!. drone male bee, person who isn)t self-employed.

    12". dross waste product, sludge; something worthless, common, or tri&ial.

    12#. dwarf person or smb much below the usual si*e.

    12$. elate stimulate.

    13%. elegy a lament, a melancholy composition.

    131. emote stir up, e'cite.

    132. erode wear away, eat into.

    133. e&oke call up, bring out.134. e'ert but forth; bring into use.

    13. e'tol praise highly.

    13!. feint pretend.

    13". felon person guilty of murder.

    13#. fleet number of ships, quick-mo&ing.

    13$. flout re(ect, mock, to go against tradition or con&entions .

    14%. forge workshop for the shaping of metal; to shape metal; lead.

    141. glean gather facts in small quantities.

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    142. gouge tool for cutting groo&es in wood.

    143. grace fa&or.

    144. gra&e serious, requiring consideration.

    14. grind crush, polish.

    14!. guile deceit, cunning.

    14". harsh rough, cruel, stern.

    14#. ha&en harbor, safety place.14$. idyll a carefree episode or e'perience.

    1%. imply make a suggestion.

    11. inane silly, senseless.

    12. inept unskillful; said or done at the wrong time.

    13. irate angry.

    14. libel statement that damages reputation.

    1. lithe bending, twisting.

    1!. mince pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemi*e, speak too carefully.

    1". miser person who lo&es wealth and spends little.

    1#. nadir lowest, weakest point.

    1$. ne'us a connection, tie, or link.1!%. odium contempt, dislike, a&ersion.

    1!1. paean song of praise or triumph.

    1!2. pinch be too tight, take between the thumb and finger.

    1!3. pious dutiful to parents; de&oted to religion.

    1!4. pique hurt the pride or self-respect, stir curiosity.

    1!. plead address a court of law as an ad&ocate.

    1!!. pluck pull the feathers off, pick eg flowers.

    1!". plumb get to the root of.

    1!#. poise be ready, be balanced, self-possession.

    1!$. prone prostrate; inclined to undesirable things.

    1"%. prune dried plum, silly person.1"1. punch strike with the fist; tool for cutting holes.

    1"2. quack person dishonestly claiming to smth.

    1"3. quaff drink deeply.

    1"4. quail lose courage, turn frightened.

    1". qualm feeling of doubt, temporary feeling of sickness in the stomach.

    1"!. quell suppress, subdue.

    1"". quirk habit or action peculiar to smb or smth.

    1"#. ri&et fi', take up, secure; metal pin.

    1"$. sa&or taste, fla&or smth.

    1#%. scent smell esp pleasant.1#1. shaft arrow or spear, smth long and narrow.

    1#2. shard piece of broken earthenware.

    1#3. sho&e push.

    1#4. shunt send from one track to another; lay aside; e&ade discussion.

    1#. skiff small boat.

    1#!. slack sluggish; dull; not tight.

    1#". slake to assuage, to satisfy, allay.

    1##. slate king of blue-grey stone; propose; critici*e.

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    1#$. sober self-controlled.

    1$%. soggy hea&y with water.

    1$1. spear weapon with a metal point on a long shaft.

    1$2. spurn ha&e nothing to do; re(ect or refuse.

    1$3. sting smth sharp.

    1$4. stint to be thrifty, to set limits.

    1$. stray wander, lose one)s way.1$!. strut a supporting bar.

    1$". talon claw of a bird of prey.

    1$#. taunt contemptuous reproach, hurtful remark.

    1$$. tease annoy; pu**ling question.

    2%%. terse brief and to the point.

    2%1. timid shy, easily frightened.

    2%2. tonic smth gi&ing strength or energy.

    2%3. trend tendency, general direction.

    2%4. trite not new.

    2%. &apor steam, mist.

    2%!. &enal ready to do smth dishonest.2%". &er&e spirit, &igor, enthusiasm.

    2%#. wea&e make threads into cloth.

    2%$. weigh measure hoe hea&y smth is.

    21%. abacus frame with balls for calculating.

    211. ab(ure promise or swear to gi&e up.

    212. adhere remain faithful, stick fast to.

    213. aplomb self-confidence.

    214. arrant in the highest degree.

    21. ascend go or come up.

    21!. ascend go or come up.

    21". ascent the act of ascending.21#. ascent the act of ascending.

    21$. assail attack &iolently.

    22%. astute cle&er; quick at seeing to get an ad&antage.

    221. augury omen, sign.

    222. august ma(estic, &enerable.

    223. barren not good enough, unable to ha&e young ones, without &alue.

    224. ba*aar market.

    22. benign kind and gentle; mild climate.

    22!. berate scold sharply.

    22". bereft rob or dispossess of smth material.22#. biased pre(udice.

    22$. blithe cheerful, casual, carefree.

    23%. blithe gay and (oyous.

    231. boggle be alarmed, hesitate, ama*ed.

    232. bra*en made of brass.

    233. breach opening, broken place, breaking.

    234. broach bring up, announce, begin to talk about.

    23. candid frank, straight-forward.

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    23!. casual happening by chance, careless.

    23". census official counting of the population.

    23#. chisel steel tool for shaping materials.

    23$. clamor shout, complain with a lot of noise.

    24%. coddle treat with care and tenderness.

    241. coerce compel, to force to make obedient.

    242. coe&al of the same period, coe'isting.243. cogent strong, con&incing.

    244. comply act in accordance.

    24. concur agree in opinion, happen together.

    24!. cordon line of police acting as a guard.

    24". co&ert disguised.

    24#. cra&en cowardly.

    24$. crease line made by crushing; white line on the ground in cricket.

    2%. dearth shortage.

    21. decree order gi&en by authority.

    22. deluge great flood, hea&y rush of water.

    23. descry catch sight of, see smth in the distance.24. detach separate.

    2. dilate speak comprehensi&ely, become wider, large.

    2!. dismal sad, gloomy, miserable.

    2". dulcet melodious, harmonious.

    2#. duress threats to compel smb.

    2$. dynamo a generator, produces electric current; an energetic person.

    2!%. effete infertile, worn out, weak.

    2!1. egress way out, e'it.

    2!2. elicit draw out.

    2!3. engulf swallow up.

    2!4. enigma smth that is pu**ling.2!. enmity hatred; being an enemy.

    2!!. en*yme catalyst.

    2!". eulogy formal praise; panegyric.

    2!#. e&ince to show clearly, to indicate.

    2!$. e&ol&e unfold, de&elop naturally and gradually.

    2"%. e'sert thrust out, push forth.

    2"1. e'tant still in e'istence.

    2"2. e'tort obtain by threats, &iolence.

    2"3. facile easily done.

    2"4. faucet de&ice for controlling the outflow of a liquid.2". fecund fertile.

    2"!. ferret disco&er by searching; search.

    2"". fer&id intense, *ealous.

    2"#. fer&or warmth of feelings; earnestness.

    2"$. fetter to shackle, put in chains.

    2#%. fidget mo&e restlessly, make ner&ous.

    2#1. finite limited, ha&ing bounds.

    2#2. fi'ate stare at.

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    2#3. flinch mo&e back, wince.

    2#4. florid &ery much ornamented; naturally red eg of face.

    2#. foible defect of character a person is wrongly proud.

    2#!. foment put smth warm to lessen the pain.

    2#". foster nurture, care for.

    2##. fringe edge; ornamental border; part of hair o&er the forehead.

    2#$. frugal careful, economical.2$%. gambol quick, playful (umping.

    2$1. garner to gather and sa&e; to store up.

    2$2. gro&el crawl, humble oneself.

    2$3. hallow to make holy; consecrate.

    2$4. hamper basket with a lid, pre&ent free mo&ement or acti&ity.

    2$. harrow to distress, create stress or torment.

    2$!. heresy belief contrary to what is generally accepted.

    2$". hollow not solid, with a hole

    2$#. hubris arrogant pride.

    2$$. hurdle light frame, fence to be (umped o&er.

    3%%. impair worsen, diminish in &alue.3%1. impede hinder; get in the way of.

    3%2. impute to attribute to a cause or source, ascribe.

    3%3. incise engra&e, make a cut in.

    3%4. incite stir up, rouse.

    3%. infuse put, pour, fill.

    3%!. ingest take in by swallowing.

    3%". inured accustomed to, adapted.

    3%#. (abber talk e'citedly; utter rapidly.

    3%$. lament show, feel great sorrow.

    31%. latent present but not yet acti&e, de&eloped or &isible.

    311. la&ish gi&ing or producing freely, liberally or generously.312. legacy smth handed down from ancestors.

    313. malign in(urious, speak ill of smb, tell lie.

    314. mature come to full de&elopment, to a state ready for use.

    31. mettle quality of endurance or courage.

    31!. morbid diseased, unhealthy eg about ideas.

    31". morose ill-tempered, unsocial.

    31#. myriad &ery great number.

    31$. nibble show some inclination to accept an offer.

    32%. notion nominal, token.

    321. obtain to be established, accepted, or customary.322. occult hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension.

    323. odious repulsi&e, hateful.

    324. ossify to turn to bone; to settle rigidly into an idea.

    32. outset start.

    32!. palate roof of the mouth; sense of taste.

    32". pariah an outcast, a re(ected and despised person.

    32#. patron regular customer; person who gi&es support.

    32$. penury e'treme po&erty.

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    33%. perish be destroyed; decay.

    331. plaque flat metal on a wall as a memorial.

    332. pliant pliable, easily bent, shaped or twisted.

    333. plunge mo&e quickly, suddenly and with force.

    334. poseur someone taking on airs to impress others; a phony.

    33. proli' tiring because too long.

    33!. pundit pedant, authority on a sub(ect.33". pur&ey pro&ide, supply.

    33#. rabble mob, crowd; the lower classes of populace.

    33$. ramify to be di&ided or subdi&ided; to branch out.

    34%. rarefy to make thin, to make less dense, to purify or refine

    341. rebuff snub.

    342. recant take back as being false; gi&e up.

    343. recast cast or fashion anew.

    344. redeem get back by payment; compensate.

    34. refine make or become pure, cultural.

    34!. regale to delight or entertain; to feast.

    34". render deli&er, pro&ide, represent.34#. repast meal.

    34$. repine be discontented with.

    3%. retard check, hinder.

    31. re&ere ha&e deep respect for.

    32. rotund rich and deep; plump and round.

    33. rubric heading, title, or category.

    34. sanity health of mind; soundness of (udgment.

    3. sa&ant person of great learning.

    3!. scur&y mean, contemptible.

    3". sheath co&er for the blade of a weapon or a tool.

    3#. shrewd astute; showing sound (udgment.3$. shrill sharp, piercing.

    3!%. sodden soaked, saturated.

    3!1. sordid wretched, comfortless, contemptible.

    3!2. splice (oin two ends.

    3!3. sponge porous rubber for washing; li&e at once e'pense.

    3!4. stanch to stop the flow of a fluid.

    3!. stigma mark of shame or disgrace.

    3!!. stingy spending, using unwillingly.

    3!". stolid showing no emotion; impassi&e.

    3!#. streak long, thin; mo&e &ery fast.3!$. stride walk with long steps.

    3"%. stymie to hinder, obstruct, or block.

    3"1. subdue o&ercome, bring under control.

    3"2. suborn induce by bribery or smth to commit per(ury.

    3"3. succor assistance, relief in time of distress.

    3"4. sundry &arious, miscellaneous, separate.

    3". supine lying on the back; slow to act, passi&e.

    3"!. tamper interfere with.

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    3"". tawdry cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky.

    3"#. thrift care, economy, thri&ing, prosperous.

    3"$. topple be unsteady and o&erturn.

    3#%. torpid sleeping, sluggish, lethargic, dormant.

    3#1. trudge walk hea&ily.

    3#2. turbid muddy, ha&ing the sediment stirred up.

    3#3. turgid e'cessi&ely ornate; swollen or bloated.3#4. urbane elegant, refined in manners.

    3#. &agary strange act or idea.

    3#!. &eneer surface appearance co&ering the true nature.

    3#". &ilify slander, say e&il things.

    3##. &irago a loud, domineering woman; a scold or nag.

    3#$. welter turmoil; a bewildering (umble.

    3$%. abdomen stomach and bowels.

    3$1. abraded rubbed off, worn away by friction.

    3$2. abscond to go away suddenly to a&oid arrest.

    3$3. abysmal bottomless, e'treme.

    3$4. adamant kind of stone; infle'ible.3$. amplify make large or fuller, increase the strength.

    3$!. appease make quiet or calm.

    3$". apprise gi&e notice to, inform.

    3$#. apropos appropriate to the situation; apt.

    3$$. arduous steep, difficult ascent; laborious.

    4%%. ascetic practicing self-denial, austere, stark.

    4%1. ascribe consider to be the origin of or belonging to.

    4%2. assuage make smth pain, desire less.

    4%3. auspice protection or support, patronage.

    4%4. austere se&erely moral and strict; simple and plain.

    4%. baleful harmful, ominous, causing e&il.4%!. balloon swell out like balloon.

    4%". baneful causing harm or ruin, pernicious, destructi&e.

    4%#. barrage artificial obstacle built across a ri&er.

    4%$. beatify to bless, make happy, or ascribe a &irtue to.

    41%. bedi*en to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner.

    411. bequest arrangement to gi&e smth at death.

    412. blatant noisy and rough.

    413. bolster gi&e greatly needed support.

    414. boorish crude, offensi&e, rude.

    41. brisket breast of an animal.41!. brittle easily broken.

    41". buoyant able to float; light-hearted.

    41#. burgeon grow forth, send out buds.

    41$. burnish to polish, rub to a shine bust run out of money.

    42%. calumny slander, aspersion.

    421. can&ass discuss thoroughly; sort of touting.

    422. caustic biting, sarcastic.

    423. censure e'pression of blame or disappro&al; a rebuke.

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    424. cleanse make pure, thoroughly clean.

    42. cloture closing, de&ice in +arliament to end a debate by &oting.

    42!. commend praise.

    42". conceal hide, keep secret.

    42#. conceit o&er-high opinion of, too much pride.

    42$. concord agreement or harmony.

    43%. condone forgi&e.431. congeal make or become stiff and solid.

    432. con(oin to (oin together.

    433. consent gi&e agreement or permission.

    434. console gi&e comfort or sympathy to.

    43. consume get to the end of.

    43!. contemn to scorn or despise.

    43". con&oke call together, summon.

    43#. cordial warm and sincere.

    43$. cryptic secret, with a hidden meaning.

    44%. cursory quick, hurried.

    441. curtail make shorter then was planned.442. dawdler person who is slow; waste of time.

    443. debacle a breakup, o&erthrow, sudden disaster.

    444. decorum propriety, properness.

    44. deflect turn aside.

    44!. degrade reduce in rank or status.

    44". deplete use until none remains.

    44#. depra&e make morally bad; corrupt.

    44$. dictate order.

    4%. discern see with an effort but clearly.

    41. disdain look on with contempt.

    42. dissent ha&e a different opinion, refuse to assent.43. di&erse of different kinds.

    44. di&ulge make known smth secret.

    4. dormant in a state of inacti&ity but awaiting de&elopment.

    4!. dubious feeling doubt.

    4". elation high-spirits.

    4#. endemic pre&ailing in a specific area.

    4$. endorse write one)s name on the back of.

    4!%. engra&e impress deeply.

    4!1. entreat ask earnestly.

    4!2. epicure food lo&er, a connoisseur of food.4!3. epistle letter.

    4!4. epithet ad(ecti&e.

    4!. epitome brief summary; representati&e e'ample; a typical model.

    4!!. equable steady, regular.

    4!". erasure erasing, remo&ing all traces.

    4!#. erratic irregular in beha&ior or opinion.

    4!$. erudite learned, scholarly.

    4"%. espouse marry; gi&e one)s support to.

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    4"1. e'ploit brilliant achie&ement; de&elop; use selfishly.

    4"2. e'scind to cut out, cut away.

    4"3. e'tinct no longer acti&e.

    4"4. fallacy false or mistaken belief.

    4". fatuous without sense, foolish self-satisfaction.

    4"!. ferment substance; become e'cited.

    4"". fertile producing much, full of ideas.4"#. finesse delicate way of dealing with a situation.

    4"$. finical too fussy about food, clothing, etc..

    4#%. finicky finical.

    4#1. fission splitting or di&ision esp of cells.

    4#2. fledged able to fly, trained, e'perienced.

    4#3. fluster make ner&ous or confused.

    4#4. foppish like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes.

    4#. forbear refrain from, be patient; ancestor.

    4#!. forfeit suffer the loss of smth.

    4#". forgery counterfeit.

    4##. fortify strengthen.4#$. fragile easily in(ured, broken or destroyed.

    4$%. frantic wildly e'cited with (oy, pain, an'iety.

    4$1. froward intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubborn.

    4$2. fulsome disgusting, offensi&e due to e'cessi&eness.

    4$3. gainsay to deny, declare false, to oppose.

    4$4. garment article of clothing.

    4$. germane rele&ant; pertinent to.

    4$!. grimace twisted e'pression of a face.

    4$". groo&es long channel in the surface, habitual way of li&ing.

    4$#. hapless unlucky, unfortunate.

    4$$. haughty arrogant; conceited.%%. heinous odious of crime.

    %1. hirsute hairy, shaggy.

    %2. holster leather case for a pistol.

    %3. ignoble dishonorable, common, undignified.

    %4. illicit unlawful, forbidden.

    %. immerse absorb; put under the surface of.

    %!. impiety lack of re&erence or dutifulness.

    %". incense make angry.

    %#. indulge gratify, gi&e way to, satisfy; allow oneself.

    %$. inflame become red, angry.1%. inhibit hinder, restrain.

    11. insipid without taste or fla&or.

    12. interim as an installment.

    13. in&eigh to attack &erbally, denounce, deprecate.

    14. (ocular meant as a (oke.

    1. laconic brief, to the point, terse.

    1!. leakage the process of leaking.

    1". macabre gruesome, suggesting death.

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    1#. manacle chains for the hands or feet.

    1$. martial bra&e, of associated with war.

    2%. maudlin sentimental in a silly or tearful way.

    21. missile smth that is thrown or shot.

    22. mollify make calmer or quitter.

    23. mundane worldly as opposed to spiritual; commonplace, e&eryday.

    24. nascent coming into e'istence, emerging.2. noisome offensi&e, disgusting smell.

    2!. nostrum a quack remedy, an untested cure.

    2". no'ious harmful.

    2#. nullify make &oid and null.

    2$. obloquy abusi&ely detracti&e language, sharp criticism, &ituperation.

    3%. ob&iate to make unnecessary, get rid of.

    31. onerous needing effort, burdensome.

    32. ostrich fast-running bird unable to fly.

    33. paucity scarcity, a lacking of.

    34. perfidy treachery; breaking of faith.

    3. per(ury willful false statement, unlawful act.3!. pertain belong as a part, ha&e reference.

    3". petrify to make hard, rocklike.

    3#. petrous like a rock, hard, stony.

    3$. piquant agreeably pungent, stimulating.

    4%. pitfall co&ered hole as a trap, unsuspected danger.

    41. pi&otal of great importance others depend on it.

    42. placate soothe, pacify, calm.

    43. plummet fall, plunge, steeply.

    44. portent omen; mar&elous; threatening.

    4. precept moral instruction.

    4!. preempt obtain by preemption or in ad&ance.4". presage warning sign.

    4#. probity uprightness, incorruptibility, principle.

    4$. profane worldly, ha&ing contempt for od.

    %. prosaic e&eryday, mundane, commonplace, trite, pedestrian.

    1. pro&oke make angry; &e'.

    2. prudish easily shocked, e'cessi&ely modest.

    3. quibble try to a&oid by sophistication.

    4. radiant bright, shining.

    . raffish low, &ulgar, base, tawdry.

    !. recluse person who li&es alone and a&oids people.". relapse fall back again.

    #. requite repay, gi&e in return.

    $. resol&e determine.

    !%. resti&e refusing to mo&e; reluctant to be controlled.

    !1. ruffian &iolent, cruel man.

    !2. salient prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly rele&ant.

    !3. satiate satisfy fully.

    !4. sawdust tiny bits of wood.

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    !. secular material not spiritual ; li&ing outside monasteries.

    !!. seminal like a seed; constituting a source, originati&e.

    !". ser&ile like a sla&e, lacking independence.

    !#. shallow little depth; not earnest.

    !$. sinuous winding, undulating, serpentine.

    "%. sol&ent of the power of forming a solution.

    "1. somatic of the body."2. squalid foul, filthy.

    "3. steeply rising or falling sharply.

    "4. strands smth twisted together into a rope, line of de&elopment.

    ". stygian hence, dark, gloomy.

    "!. sublime e'treme; astounding.

    "". subsume include under a rule.

    "#. suffice be enough.

    "$. sullied to be stained or discredited.

    #%. surfeit satiate, feed to fullness or to e'cess.

    #1. sustain keep from falling; maintain; suffer; gi&e a decision.

    #2. tedious tiresome.#3. tenuous unsubstantial, flimsy, weak.

    #4. torment se&ere pain or suffering.

    #. touting act as tout.

    #!. turmoil trouble, disturbance.

    #". umbrage offense, resentment.

    ##. uncouth rough, awkward.

    #$. upbraid scold, reproach.

    $%. &aliant bra&e.

    $1. &itiate lower the quality; weaken the strength.

    $2. &oluble fluent.

    $3. warrant authority, written order, guarantee.$4. abeyance suspended action.

    $. abrasion rubbing, scraping, wearing off.

    $!. abrogate repeal or annul by authority.

    $". abstruse difficult to comprehend; obscure.

    $#. abundant plentiful.

    $$. acarpous effete, no longer fertile, worn out.

    !%%. accolade praise, appro&al.

    !%1. adhesion adhering, support.

    !%2. ad(acent lying near, ne't.

    !%3. affinity close connection, relationship.!%4. alacrity eager and cheerful readiness.

    !%. alienate estrange.

    !%!. amicable friendly.

    !%". amorti*e end a debt by setting aside money.

    !%#. antidote medicine used against a poison or a disease.

    !%$. apostate one who abandons long-held religious or political con&ictions.

    !1%. arboreal of connected with trees.

    !11. ardently with full of ardor.

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    !12. asperity roughness, harshness, ill temper, irritability.

    !13. asterisk the mark eg omitted letters.

    !14. a&ersion strong dislike.

    !1. belittle cause to seem unimportant.

    !1!. bewilder pu**le, confuse.

    !1". calipers metal supports attached to the legs, measuring instrument.

    !1#. catalyst substance that causes speeding up.!1$. cogitate think deeply, mediate.

    !2%. coherent sticking together.

    !21. colander bowl-shaped &essel with many holes used to drain off water.

    !22. commuter person who tra&els regularly.

    !23. compound mi' or combine.

    !24. comprise be composed of.

    !2. condense increase in density, strength, make laconic.

    !2!. contrite filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing.

    !2". co&etous eagerly desirous.

    !2#. decorous polite, decent.

    !2$. defiance open disobedience or resistance.!3%. denounce gi&e information against.

    !31. derision ridicule, mockery, deriding.

    !32. de&iance being different in moral standards from normal.

    !33. diatribe bitter and &iolent attack in words.

    !34. dilatory causing delay, procrastinating.

    !3. disabuse to undecei&e, correct a false impression.

    !3!. disallow refuse to allow or accept as correct.

    !3". disinter dig up from the earth.

    !3#. dislodge mo&e, force from the place occupied.

    !3$. distinct easily heard, seen, understood, clearly marked.

    !4%. doggerel tri&ial, poorly constructed &erse.!41. dogmatic positi&e, certain, arbitrary, without room for discussion.

    !42. edacious &oracious, de&ouring.

    !43. efficacy production of a desired result.

    !44. efflu&ia outflow in a stream of particles; a no'ious odor or &apor.

    !4. emaciate make thin and weak.

    !4!. embe**le use in a wrong way for one)s own benefit.

    !4". encomium warm or glowing praise; eulogy, panegyric.

    !4#. enduring lasting.

    !4$. ener&ate weaken, depri&e of strength, attenuate.

    !%. engender cause, produce, gi&e rise to.!1. enormity e'cessi&e wickedness; e&ilness.

    !2. entangle put into difficulties.

    !3. escalate increase, de&elop.

    !4. esoteric abstruse; intended only for a small circle of.

    !. euphoria elation; state of pleasant e'citement.

    !!. e'ertion instance of e'erting.

    !". e'igency emergency, an urgent situation.

    !#. feckless lacking purpose or &itality; ineffecti&e; careless.

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    !$. ferocity sa&age cruelty.

    !!%. fidelity loyalty, accuracy.

    !!1. fleeting passing quickly.

    !!2. forswear renounce, disallow, repudiate.

    !!3. fragrant sweet-smelling.

    !!4. frenetic frantic, fren*ied.

    !!. friction the rubbing of one thing against another, difference of opinion.!!!. gossamer soft, light, delicate material.

    !!". grie&ous causing grief or pain; serious, dire, gra&e.

    !!#. gullible easily gulled.

    !!$. harangue a long, passionate speech.

    !"%. hermetic sealed by fusion.

    !"1. hoodwink trick, mislead.

    !"2. idolatry e'cessi&e admiration of.

    !"3. illusory decepti&e; an illusion.

    !"4. imminent likely to come or happen soon.

    !". impaired damaged, weakened.

    !"!. implicit implied though not plainly e'pressed.!"". impudent rash, indiscreet.

    !"#. impugned challenged, to be doubted.

    !"$. inasmuch since, because.

    !#%. inchoate not yet fully formed, rudimentary, elementary.

    !#1. inclined directing the mind in a certain direction.

    !#2. inherent e'isting as a natural part.

    !#3. inimical harmful or friendly.

    !#4. intrepid fearless, bra&e, undaunted.

    !#. inundate flood; co&er by o&erflowing.

    !#!. in&olute comple'.

    !#". irksome tiresome.!##. luculent easily understood, lucid, clear.

    !#$. luminary star, light-gi&ing body.

    !$%. lustrous being bright, polished.

    !$1. malinger to fake illness or in(ury, in order to shirk a duty.

    !$2. massacre cruel killing of a large number of people.

    !$3. ma&erick rebel, nonconformist.

    !$4. middling fairly good but not &ery good.

    !$. minatory menacing, threatening.

    !$!. mitigate make less se&ere or painful.

    !$". mortuary place where dead bodies are taken to be kept until burial.!$#. nebulous cloud-like; ha*y; &ague; indistinct.

    !$$. neophyte person who has been con&erted to a belief.

    "%%. numbness without ability to mo&e a finger.

    "%1. obdurate hardened and unrepenting; stubborn, infle'ible.

    "%2. obsolete no longer used.

    "%3. occluded blocked up.

    "%4. o&erhaul e'amine thoroughly to learn about the condition.

    "%. palatial magnificent.

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    "%!. palliate lessen the se&erity of.

    "%". palliate to make smthg appear less serious, to alle&iate, to gloss o&er.

    "%#. paradigm a model, e'ample, or pattern.

    "%$. partisan one-sided, committed to a party, biased or pre(udiced.

    "1%. pedantic bookish, showing off learning.

    "11. pellucid transparent, easy to understand.

    "12. penchant strong inclination, a liking."13. penitent feeling or showing regret.

    "14. perilous dangerous.

    "1. permeate spread into e&ery part of.

    "1!. petulant unreasonably impatient.

    "1". plethora glut.

    "1#. poignant deeply mo&ing; keen.

    "1$. precepts rules establishing standards of conduct.

    "2%. preclude pre&ent, make impossible.

    "21. pristine primiti&e, unspoiled, pure, as in earlier times, unadulterated.

    "22. prodigal wasteful, reckless with money.

    "23. prudence careful forethought."24. pungency sharpness; stinging quality.

    "2. qui'otic generous, unselfish.

    "2!. recitals a number of, performance of music.

    "2". recourse smth turned to for help.

    "2#. regicide crime of killing a king.

    "2$. reno&ate restore smth to better condition.

    "3%. renowned celebrated, famous.

    "31. reproach scold, upbraid.

    "32. resigned unresisting, submissi&e.

    "33. reticent reser&ed, untalkati&e, silent, taciturn.

    "34. salutary remedial, wholesome, causing impro&ement."3. sanction appro&al by authority ; penalty.

    "3!. sanguine cheerful, confident, optimistic.

    "3". scabbard sheath for the blade.

    "3#. scribble write hastily.

    "3$. sedulous perse&ering.

    "4%. sequence succession, connected line of.

    "41. serrated ha&ing a toothed edge.

    "42. sidestep step to one side.

    "43. sluggard la*y, slow-mo&ing person.

    "44. sobriety quality or condition of being sober."4. specious illogical, of questionable truth or merit.

    "4!. spurious false, counterfeit.

    "4". squander spend wastefully.

    "4#. stickler person who insists on importance of smth.

    "4$. striated striped, groo&ed, or banded.

    "%. submerge put under water, liquid, sink out of sight.

    "1. subpoena written order requiring a person to appear in a low court.

    "2. suppress pre&ent from being known; put an end to.

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    "3. synopsis summary or outline.

    "4. taciturn untalkati&e, silent.

    ". teetotal oppose to alcohol.

    "!. temerity boldness, brashness, intrepidness.

    "". tenacity firmness, persistency, adhesi&eness, tending to hang on.

    "#. timorous fearful, timid, afraid.

    "$. tortuous full of twists and bends."!%. trifling unimportant.

    "!1. ulterior situated beyond.

    "!2. underbid make a lower bid then smb else.

    "!3. undulate to mo&e in wa&elike fashion, fluctuate.

    "!4. untoward unfortunate, incon&enient.

    "!. &alorous bra&e.

    "!!. &anquish conquer.

    "!". &eracity truth.

    "!#. &igilant member of a &igilance committee.

    "!$. &igorous strong, energetic.

    ""%. &isceral of the internal organs of the body.""1. acclaimed welcomed with shouts and appro&al.

    ""2. accretion the growing of separate things into one.

    ""3. acquiesce agree without protest.

    ""4. aggra&ate make worse; irritate.

    "". alle&iate make pain easier to bear.

    ""!. ambiguous doubtful, uncertain.

    """. amendment impro&ing.

    ""#. animosity strong dislike.

    ""$. apartheid brutal racial discrimination.

    "#%. apathetic indifference.

    "#1. arabesque a comple', ornate design."#2. arbitrate decide by arbitration.

    "#3. arrogance proud, superior manner of beha&ior.

    "#4. ascertain get to know.

    "#. aspersion slander.

    "#!. assiduous diligent, hard-working, sedulous.

    "#". atonement repayment; death of esus.

    "##. attenuate make thin; weaken, ener&ate.

    "#$. audacious daring, foolishly bold, impudent.

    "$%. au'iliary helping, supporting.

    "$1. bellicose belligerent, pugnacious, warlike."$2. blandness polite manner, comforting, uninteresting.

    "$3. blueprint plan, scheme, photographic print.

    "$4. castigate to chastise, correct by punishing.

    "$. centurion leader of a unit of 1%% soldiers.

    "$!. chastened corrected, punished.

    "$". cognition knowing, awareness emotionless.

    "$#. cogni*ant being fully aware of.

    "$$. collusion secret agreement for a deceitful purpose.

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    #%%. commingle mingle together.

    #%1. constrict make tight or smaller.

    #%2. conundrum a riddle, dilemma, enigma.

    #%3. corporeal physical; of or for the body.

    #%4. correlate ha&e a mutual relation.

    #%. credulity too great a readiness to belie&e things.

    #%!. credulous ready to belie&e things.#%". deference respect.

    #%#. delineate to portray, depict, sketch out.

    #%$. demagogue person appealing not to reasons.

    #1%. denigrate blacken, belittle, sully, defame.

    #11. deprecate protest against, e'press disappro&al of.

    #12. desiccant substance used to absorb moisture.

    #13. desiccate to dry up, dehydrate.

    #14. desuetude cessation of use; disuse.

    #1. desultory aimless, hapha*ard, digressing at random.

    #1!. de'terity skill esp in handling.

    #1". de'terous cle&er, skillful with hands.#1#. diffident lacking in self-confidence.

    #1$. discomfit to defeat, put down.

    #2%. discourse speech, lecture.

    #21. discredit refuse to belie&e.

    #22. disparate essentially different.

    #23. dissemble speak or beha&e so as to hide smth in mind.

    #24. distorted pulled out of the usual shape, gi&e a false account of.

    #2. dogmatism being dogmatic.

    #2!. duplicity deliberate deception.

    #2". ebullient o&erflowing with enthusiasm; showing e'citement.

    #2#. elaborate worked out with much care in great detail.#2$. eloquence fluent speaking; skillful use of language.

    #3%. embellish make beautiful.

    #31. emergence emerging.

    #32. empirical relying on e'periment.

    #33. endearing making dear or liked.

    #34. epicurean de&oted to pleasure sensuous en(oyment.

    #3. equipoise equal distribution of weight; equilibrium.

    #3!. equi&ocal ha&ing a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious.

    #3". eradicate get rid of; pull up by the roots.

    #3#. e&aporate change into &apor, disappear, die.#3$. e'coriate to flay, strip off the skin; to denounce sharply.

    #4%. e'culpate to clear from a charge of guilt.

    #41. e'onerate free; clear.

    #42. e'patiate to roam, wander freely.

    #43. e'pedient likely to be useful for a purpose.

    #44. e'piation ending; e'piring.

    #4. e'purgate to remo&e obscenity, purify, censor.

    #4!. e'tensi&e far-reaching.

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    #4". e'tenuate reduce the strength of, lessen seriousness, partially e'cuse.

    #4#. e'tirpate to destroy, e'terminate, cut out, e'scind.

    #4$. e'tro&ert cheerful person.

    #%. facetious humorous, funny, (ocular.

    #1. fertili*e make fertile or producti&e.

    #2. flammable ha&ing tendency to burst into flames.

    #3. flaunting show off complacently.#4. forestall pre&ent by taking action in ad&ance, preempt.

    #. franchise special right gi&en by authority.

    #!. fulminate berate, &ituperate, to thunder out, to e'plode.

    #". garrulity talkati&eness.

    ##. garrulous too talkati&e.

    #$. gaucherie socially awkward, tactless beha&ior.

    #!%. grie&ance cause for complaint or protest.

    #!1. guileless straight-forward, candid.

    #!2. harbinger smth or smb that foretells the coming of.

    #!3. hoipolloi the masses; the rabble two words.

    #!4. hypocrisy falsely making oneself appear to be good.#!. imbroglio complicated and embarrassing situation.

    #!!. immutable that cannot be changed.

    #!". impassi&e unmo&ed; feeling no sign of passion.

    #!#. impending imminent, being about to happen, e'pected.

    #!$. imperious commanding, haughty, arrogant.

    #"%. impetuous ha&ing sudden energy, impulsi&e, thrusting ahead, forceful.

    #"1. implicate show that smb has a share.

    #"2. implosion collapse; bursting inward.

    #"3. importune beg urgently; solicit of a prostitute.

    #"4. impromptu without preparation.

    #". impudence being rash, indiscreet.#"!. incessant often repeated, continual.

    #"". inculcate fi' firmly by repetition.

    #"#. incursion a raid, a sudden attack.

    #"$. indelible that cannot be rubbed out.

    ##%. indigence po&erty.

    ##1. indolence la*iness.

    ##2. indulgent inclined to indulge.

    ##3. ineffable to great to be described in words.

    ##4. infertile not fertile, barren.

    ##. infuriate fill with fury or rage.##!. ingenuous nai&e, young, artless, frank, honest, sincere.

    ##". innocuous causing no harm.

    ###. insinuate suggest unpleasantly; make a way for smth gently.

    ##$. interdict prohibit, forbid.

    #$%. inter&ene come between; interfere to change the result.

    #$1. in&ecti&e abusi&e language, curses.

    #$2. irascible irritable, easily angered.

    #$3. itinerary plan for a (ourney, details or records of a route.

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    #$4. itinerate to tra&el from place to place, to peregrinate.

    #$. (udicious sound in (udgment; wise.

    #$!. lassitude weariness, tiredness.

    #$". laudatory e'pressing or gi&ing praise.

    #$#. libertine immoral person.

    #$$. lubricant substance that makes work easier.

    $%%. lubricate put oil to make work easily.$%1. lucubrate write in scholarly fashion.

    $%2. maladroit tactless, clumsy.

    $%3. malleable yielding; easily shaped; moldable; adapting.

    $%4. mendacity dishonesty.

    $%. mendicant a beggar.

    $%!. mercurial quick, changeable in character, fleeting.

    $%". mesmeri*e hypnoti*e.

    $%#. negligent taking too little care.

    $%$. obfuscate to darken, make obscure, muddle.

    $1%. obli&ious unaware, ha&ing no memory.

    $11. obtrusi&e pro(ecting, prominent, undesirably noticeable.$12. officious too eager or ready to help, offer ad&ice.

    $13. ostracism shut out from society, refuse to meet, talk.

    $14. o&erwhelm weigh down, submerge.

    $1. palpitate tremble, beat rapidly and irregularly.

    $1!. panegyric formal praise, eulogy.

    $1". perennial lasting for a long time eg a year.

    $1#. perse&ere keep on steadily, continue.

    $1$. petrified taken away power to think, feel, act.

    $2%. plainti&e mournful, melancholy, sorrowful.

    $21. platitude a trite or banal statement; unoriginality.

    $22. polemical contro&ersial, argued.$23. ponderous hea&y, bulky, dull.

    $24. pragmatic practical, fa&oring utility.

    $2. premature doing or happening smth before the right time.

    $2!. pre&alent common.

    $2". proscribe denounce as dangerous.

    $2#. pro&ident frugal; looking to the future.

    $2$. quiescent at rest, dormant, torpid.

    $3%. quotidian banal; e&eryday.

    $31. raconteur person who tells anecdotes.

    $32. rancorous feeling bitterness, spitefulness.$33. rapacious greedy esp for money.

    $34. reconcile settle a quarrel; restore peace.

    $3. recondite little known; abstruse.

    $3!. recreancy cowardice, a cowardly gi&ing up.

    $3". refulgent shining, brilliant.

    $3#. reiterate say or do again se&eral times.

    $3$. reluctant unwilling or disinclined.

    $4%. reprobate person hardened in sin; one de&oid of decency.

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    $41. repudiate disown, refuse to accept or pay.

    $42. repulsi&e causing a feeling of disgust.

    $43. resurrect bring back into use.

    $44. sagacious ha&ing sound (udgment; percepti&e, wise; like a sage.

    $4. salacious obscene.

    $4!. saturnine gloomy, dark, sullen, morose.

    $4". serration ha&ing a toothed edge.$4#. se&erance se&ering.

    $4$. sophistry fallacious reasoning, faulty logic.

    $%. splenetic bad-tempered, irritable.

    $1. stipulate state or put forward as a necessary condition.

    $2. summarily briefly; without delay.

    $3. sumptuous magnificent.

    $4. supersede take the place of.

    $. suppliant asking humbly, beseeching.

    $!. sycophant person who flatter to the rich and powerful.

    $". tarnished lost brightness.

    $#. tautology a repetition, a redundancy.$$. temperate showing self-control.

    $!%. tolerable fairly good.

    $!1. tractable easily controlled or guided.

    $!2. transient temporary, fleeting.

    $!3. trenchant forceful, effecti&e, &igorous; e'tremely percepti&e, incisi&e.

    $!4. turpitude wickedness, shamefulness.

    $!. undermine weaken gradually, at the base, make smth under.

    $!!. unfeigned not pretended, sincere.

    $!". unscathed unharmed, unhurt.

    $!#. &eritable real, rightly named.

    $!$. &igilance watchfulness, self-appointed group who maintain order.$"%. &i&acious li&ely, high-spirited.

    $"1. warmonger person who stirs up war.

    $"2. whimsical full of odd and fanciful ideas.

    $"3. abdication gi&ing up control, authority.

    $"4. aberration straying away from what is normal.

    $". accentuate gi&e more force or attention to.

    $"!. admonitory containing warning.

    $"". allegiance duty, support, loyalty.

    $"#. amalgamate mi', combine, unite societies.

    $"$. ambi&alent ha&ing both of two contrary meanings.$#%. ameliorate impro&e, make better.

    $#1. anticlima' sudden fall.

    $#2. apotheosis deification, glorification to godliness.

    $#3. articulate speak distinctly, connect by (oints.

    $#4. assumption smth supposed but not pro&ed.

    $#. astringent substance that shrinks.

    $#!. auspicious fa&orable, successful, prosperous.

    $#". benefactor person who has gi&en help.

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    $##. boisterous loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint.

    $#$. calumniate to slander, present false accusal.

    $$%. capricious fickle, whimsical, gi&en to change, unpredictable.

    $$1. chau&inist a blindly de&oted patriot.

    $$2. coalescing coming together and uniting into one substance.

    $$3. combustion process of burning.

    $$4. contiguous touching, neighboring, near.$$. con&iction con&incing; firm belief.

    $$!. con&oluted complicated; coiled, twisted.

    $$". cumbersome burdensome, hea&y and awkward to carry.

    $$#. curmudgeon bad-tempered person.

    $$$. curriculum course of study.

    1%%%. denouement an outcome or solution; the unra&eling of a plot.

    1%%1. deposition dethronement, depositing.

    1%%2. deri&ati&e deri&ed, not original or primiti&e.

    1%%3. deri&ati&e unoriginal, obtained from another source.

    1%%4. derogatory insulting; tending to damage.

    1%%. detraction slandering, &erbal attack, aspersion1%%!. diaphanous transparent, gau*y.

    1%%". diffidence shyness.

    1%%#. disconcert upset the self-possession of.

    1%%$. dishe&eled untidy.

    1%1%. distraught distracted, &iolently upset in mind.

    1%11. di&ergence getting farther apart from a point.

    1%12. drowsiness feeling sleepy, half asleep.

    1%13. ebullience e'uberance, outburst of feeling.

    1%14. ecumenical representing the whole hristian world.

    1%1. effrontery boldness, impudence, arrogance.

    1%1!. electorate all the electors.1%1". engrossing taken up all the time or attention; writing in large or formal.

    1%1#. equanimity calmness of temperament.

    1%1$. equi&ocate try to decei&e by equi&ocal language.

    1%2%. e&aluating finding out the &alue.

    1%21. e'hausti&e complete, thorough.

    1%22. e'orbitant much too high or great.

    1%23. e'tralegal outside the law.

    1%24. e'tricable that can be freed.

    1%2. e'uberance state of growing &igorously; being full of life.

    1%2!. facilitate make easy eg a process of smth.1%2". fallacious based on error.

    1%2#. felicitous apt; suitably e'pressed, well chosen, apropos.

    1%2$. figurehead car&ed image on the prow of a ship.

    1%3%. flamboyant brightly colored, florid.

    1%31. floridness ruddiness; hea&ily decorated; ornateness.

    1%32. fortuitous happening by chance.

    1%33. gregarious li&ing in societies; liking the company.

    1%34. hospitable liking to gi&e hospitality.

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    1%3. iconoclast person who attacks popular beliefs.

    1%3!. idolatrous worshipping idols.

    1%3". immaculate pure, faultless.

    1%3#. impediment smth that hinders e.g. stammer.

    1%3$. imperati&e urgent, essential.

    1%4%. imper&ious not allowing to pass through of materials.

    1%41. implacable incapable of being placated, unpleasable.1%42. incumbents official duties.

    1%43. indelicate immodest; lacking in refinement.

    1%44. indigenous nati&e.

    1%4. indistinct not easily heard, seen, clearly marked.

    1%4!. inimitable defying imitation, unmatchable.

    1%4". insensible unconscious, unresponsi&e, unaffected.

    1%4#. insouciant unconcerned, carefree.

    1%4$. insularity narrow-mindedness, isolated.

    1%%. in&eterate deep-rooted. long-established.

    1%1. irrele&ant not rele&ant, not connected.

    1%2. irresolute hesitating; undecided.1%3. (eopardi*e put in danger.

    1%4. lachrymose causing tears, tearful.

    1%. lackluster of eyes dull.

    1%!. liberality free gi&ing; generosity.

    1%". loquacious talkati&e, garrulous.

    1%#. lubricious lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery.

    1%$. lugubrious mournful, e'cessi&ely sad.

    1%!%. mendacious false.

    1%!1. meticulous gi&ing great attention to details.

    1%!2. mettlesome courageous, high-spirited.

    1%!3. misogynist one who hates women/females.1%!4. moderation quality of being limited, not e'treme.

    1%!. nonchalant not ha&ing interest.

    1%!!. nonplussed greatly surprised.

    1%!". obsequious too eager to obey or ser&e.

    1%!#. ostensible seeming, appearing as such, professed.

    1%!$. peccadillo small sin; small weakness in one)s character.

    1%"%. pedestrian commonplace, trite, unremarkable.

    1%"1. peremptory urgent, imperati&e, unchallengeable, ending debate.

    1%"2. perfidious treacheries, faithless.

    1%"3. pernicious harmful, in(urious.1%"4. perpetrate be guilty; commit a crime.

    1%". personable pleasing in appearance, attracti&e.

    1%"!. philistine a smug ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge.

    1%"". phlegmatic calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional.

    1%"#. picaresque in&ol&ing cle&er rogues or ad&enturers.

    1%"$. precarious uncertain, risky, dangerous.

    1%#%. precursory preliminary, anticipating.

    1%#1. procli&ity inclination.

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    1%#2. prodigious enormous, wonderful.

    1%#3. profligate wasteful, prodigal, licentious, e'tra&agant.

    1%#4. profundity depth.

    1%#. propitiate do smth to take away the anger of.

    1%#!. propitious auspicious, presenting fa&orable circumstances.

    1%#". protracted prolonged.

    1%##. pugnacious fond of, in the habit of.1%#$. recidi&ism relapse into antisocial or criminal beha&ior.

    1%$%. recompense make payment to; reward, punish.

    1%$1. recuperate become strong after illness, loss, e'haustion.

    1%$2. redempti&e ser&ing to redeem.

    1%$3. refractory stubborn, unmanageable, intractable.

    1%$4. relinquish gi&e up.

    1%$. resilience quality of quickly reco&ering the original shape.

    1%$!. salubrious healthful.

    1%$". sanctimony self-righteousness, hypocritical, with false piety.

    1%$#. sophomoric self-assured though immature, affected, bombastic, o&erblown.

    1%$$. stentorian e'tremely loud and powerful.11%%. stigmati*e describe smb scornfully.

    11%1. supplicate make a humble petition to.

    11%2. tangential suddenly changeable.

    11%3. temperance abstinence from alcohol, self-control, moderation.

    11%4. transgress break, go beyond a limit.

    11%. transitory brief.

    11%!. truculence aggressi&eness, ferocity.

    11%". turbulence being uncontrolled, &iolent.

    11%#. &eneration regard with deep respect.

    11%$. &indicti&e ha&ing a desire to re&enge.

    111%. &ituperate curse, abuse in words.1111. &olubility fluency, &erbosity, easy use of spoken language.

    1112. &oluminous occupying much space.

    1113. acquisition smth acquired, acquiring.

    1114. approbation appro&al.

    111. appropriate take for one)s own use, acquire, set aside.

    111!. belligerent person, nation waging war.

    111". bene&olence wish or acti&ity in doing good.

    111#. castigation se&ere punishment.

    111$. collaborate work in partnership.

    112%. commemorate keep the memory of.1121. commendable worthy of praise.

    1122. compunction feeling of regret for one)s action.

    1123. connoisseur a person with good (udgment eg in art.

    1124. connotation suggestion in addition to.

    112. consolation consoling or being consoled.

    112!. conspicuous easily seen; remarkable.

    112". contentious argumentati&e, pugnacious, combati&e, quarrelsome.

    112#. countenance to fa&or or appro&e of.

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    112$. counterfeit forgery.

    113%. counter&ail counterbalance.

    1131. deferential showing respect

    1132. dereliction deserting and lea&ing to fall into ruins.

    1133. disencumber free from encumbrance.

    1134. disseminate distribute esp ideas.

    113. dissipation going away, dispersing.113!. dissolution disintegration, looseness in morals.

    113". di&estiture taking off, getting rid of, gi&ing up.

    113#. earthenware dishes made of baked clay.

    113$. encapsulate enclose in capsule.

    114%. encumbrance burden; things that get on the way of.

    1141. equilibrium state of being balanced.

    1142. e'coriation se&ere criticism.

    1143. e'oneration set smb clear, free eg from blame.

    1144. e'postulate argue earnestly to dissuade, correct, or protest.

    114. fle'ibility easily bent without braking.

    114!. forbearance patience, willingness to wait.114". fulmination bitter protest.

    114#. ignominious shameful, dishonorable, undignified, disgraceful.

    114$. impecunious ha&ing little or no money.

    11%. impermeable that cannot be permeated.

    111. imprecation an in&ocation of e&il; a curse.

    112. inad&ertent not paying proper attention.

    113. incongruous out of place, not in harmony or agreement.

    114. incredulous skeptical, unwilling to belie&e.

    11. indomitable not easily discouraged or subdued.

    11!. ineluctable certain, ine&itable.

    11". inscrutable incapable of being disco&ered or understood.11#. intersperse place here and there.

    11$. intractable unruly, refractory, stubborn.

    11!%. irre&ocable final and unalterable.

    11!1. machination plot, scheme esp e&il .

    11!2. malapropism misuse of a word for one that resembles it.

    11!3. male&olence wishing to do e&il.

    11!4. mellifluous sweetly flowing.

    11!. misanthrope person who hates mankind.

    11!!. mischie&ous harmful, causing mischief.

    11!". opprobrious showing scorn or reproach.11!#. ostentation display to obtain admiration or en&y.

    11!$. o&erweening presumptuously arrogant, o&erbearing, immoderate, being a (erk.

    11"%. palpability can be felt, touched, understood.

    11"1. parenthesis sentence within another one, smth separated.

    11"2. perfunctory done as a duty without care.

    11"3. peripatetic wandering.

    11"4. precipitate throw smth &iolently down from a height.

    11". predominate ha&e more power than others.

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    11"!. pre&aricate to equi&ocate, to stray from the truth.

    11"". proliferate grow, reproduce rapidly.

    11"#. propagation increasing the number, spreading, e'tending.

    11"$. propinquity nearness in time or place, affinity of nature.

    11#%. pro&isional of the present time only.

    11#1. punctilious precise, paying attention to tri&ialities.

    11#2. reactionary opposing progress.11#3. reciprocity granting of pri&ileges in return for similar.

    11#4. redoubtable formidable, causing fear.

    11#. remonstrate to protest, ob(ect.

    11#!. sententious short and pithy, full of ma'ims pro&erbs.

    11#". superfluous more then is needed or wanted.

    11##. superimpose put smth on the top.

    11#$. trepidation alarm, e'cited state of mind.

    11$%. &acillation being uncertain, hesitating.

    11$1. adulteration making unpure, poorer in quality.

    11$2. ambide'trous able to use the left hand or the right equally well.

    11$3. antithetical direct opposing.11$4. apprehensi&e grasping, understanding; unhappy feeling about future.

    11$. blandishment flattery, coa'ing.

    11$!. chastisement punishment.

    11$". complacently with self-satisfaction.

    11$#. complaisance tending to comply, obliging, willingness to please.

    11$$. conciliatory reconciling, soothing, comforting, mollifying.

    12%%. contumacious insubordinate, rebellious.

    12%1. detumescence diminishing or lessening of swelling.

    12%2. disingenuous sophisticated, artful, trying to decei&e, cunning.

    12%3. enormousness great si*e.

    12%4. iconoclastic attacking cherished beliefs.12%. idiosyncrasy personal mannerism.

    12%!. incoherently not consistently, unclearly.

    12%". inflammatory tending to inflame.

    12%#. insurrection rising of people to open resistance to.

    12%$. intransigent uncompromising.

    121%. labyrinthine to entangle the state of affairs.

    1211. meretricious attracti&e on the surface but of little &alue.

    1212. multifarious &aried, motley, greatly di&ersified.

    1213. obstreperous noisy, loud.

    1214. ostentatious fond of showing ostentation.121. parsimonious too economical, miserly.

    121!. perspicacity quick (udging and understanding.

    121". predilection special liking, mental preference.

    121#. propitiatory conciliatory, appeasing, mitigating.

    121$. recalcitrant disobedient.

    122%. re(u&enation becoming young in nature or appearance.

    1221. supercilious disdainful; characteri*ed by haughty scorn.

    1222. unencumbered easy-going, trifle.

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    1223. belligerently waging war.

    1224. consequential pompous, self important.

    122. consternation surprise and fear, dismay.

    122!. corroboration additional, strengthening e&idence.

    122". discountenance refuse to appro&e of.

    122#. dispassionate free from passion.

    122$. heterogeneous made up of different kinds.123%. imperiousness haughty, arrogant, commanding.

    1231. imperturbable calm; not capable of being e'cited.

    1232. imper&iousness arrogance, commanding presence, o&erbearingness.

    1233. implausibility incredibility.

    1234. incorrigibility cannot be cured or corrected.

    123. indefatigability not easily e'haustible; tirelessness.

    123!. intransigence unwillingness to compromise, stubbornness, intractability.

    123". introspection e'amining one)s own thoughts and feelings.

    123#. irreconcilable cannot be brought into harmony.

    123$. matriculation be admitted, enter a uni&ersity as a student.

    124%. peregrination tra&eling about, wandering.1241. preponderance greatness in number, strength, weight.

    1242. preternatural not normal or usual.

    1243. procrastination keeping on putting off

    1244. pusillanimous cowardly, cra&en.

    124. resuscitation coming back to consciousness.

    124!. sophisticated comple', subtle, refined.

    124". susceptibility sensiti&eness.

    124#. &erisimilitude appearing true or real.

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