GREII
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- decorum
- polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
- demur
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to question or oppose
- derision
- scorn or ridicule
- desiccate
- to dry out or dehydrate
- diatribe
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a harsh denunciation
- didactic
- intended to teach or instruct
- dilettante
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having a superficial or amatuerish appreciation for the arts or another branch of knowledge
- disabuse
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to set righ, to undeceive
- discordant
- conflicting, dissonant or harsh in sound
- discretion
- reserve in speech, the ability to make responsible decisions
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disinterested
- indifferent; free from self-interest
- disparage
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to slight or belittle
- disparate
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fundamentally distinct or dissimillar
- dissemble
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to disguise or conceal; to mislead
- divulge
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to disclose something secret
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dogmatic
- stubbornly opinionated
- ebullience
- the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
- eccentric
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departing from norms or conventions
- eclectic
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composed of elements drawn from various sources
- effrontery
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extreme boldness; presumptuousness
- elegy
- a mournful poem, especially one for the dead
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eloquent
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well-spoken; expressive; articulate
- emollient
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soothing to the skin, mollifying; making less harsh
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emperical
- based on observation or experiment
- endemic
- characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
- enervate
- to weaken ; to reduce in vitality
- enigmatic
- mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
- ennui
- dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
- ephemeral
- brie; fleeting
- equivocate
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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erudite
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schorlarly; very learned
- esoteric
- intended for or understood by a small specific group
- eulogy
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a speech honoring the dead
- evanescent
- tending to disapear like vapor; vanishing
- exacerbate
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to make worse or more severe
- exculpate
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to exonerate or remove blame
- exigent
- urgent, pressing, requiring immediate action or attention
- exonerate
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to remove blame