August 2004 Vocab
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:verb
to make somebody or something weak - debilitate
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:noun
1)intoxicated, drunk;
2)excited, exhilarated - inebriation
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verb
1 a : to renounce upon oath b : to reject solemnly
*2 : to abstain from : avoid - abjure
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noun
: lethargy, dullness - hebetude
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adjective
: marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene - imperturbable
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verb
1 : to lower in rank or reputation : degrade
*2 : to speak slightingly about : belittle - disparage
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adjective
*1 : characterized by straightness or moral integrity
2 : piously self-righteous - recitudinous
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noun
: peanut - goober
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noun
*1 : whatever makes something the type that it is : essence
2 a : a trifling point : quibble b : crotchet, eccentricity - quiddity
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noun plural
: jitters, nervousness - jimjams
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adj.
:extremely unhappy and discouraged - despondent
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adjective
: equivalent in value, significance, or effect - tantamount
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adjective
1 : utterly finished, defeated, or destroyed
*2 : unable to function : useless
3 : hopelessly outmoded - kaput
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adjective
: habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition - froward
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noun
1 capitalized : a native or inhabitant of a vast historical region in Asia and Eastern Europe roughly extending from the Sea of Japan to the Dnieper
*2 capitalized : a person of irritable or violent temper
3 : one that proves to be un - tartar
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adjective
1 : of or relating to a sensory threshold
*2 : barely perceptible
3 : of, relating to, or being an intermediate state, phase, or condition : in-between, transitional - liminal
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verb
: report, rumor -- usually used with "about" - bruit
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noun
: a fit or state of indignation - dudgeon
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adjective
: having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional - stolid
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noun
: a formal acknowledgment of personal fault or error - mea culpa
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noun
1 : a sprinkling with water especially in religious ceremonies
2 *a : a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation b : the act of making such a charge : defamation; innuendo - aspersion
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adjective
: notably polite or polished in manner - urbane
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noun
: regions or countries lying to the west of a specified or implied point of orientation - Occident