College Entrance Review
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- Abate
- lessen
- Baleful
- deadly; evil
- Cabal
- intrique; a group plotting secretly
- Dearth
- scarcity
- Ebullition
- bubbling over; outburst of spirit
- Facetious
- humorous
- Gainsay
- deny
- Hackneyed
- worn out by use; commonplace
- Idiosyncrasy
- whim; eccentricity; abnormal
- Jaunty
- showy; gay
- Kaleidoscope
- variegated with respect to changing scene
- Labyrinthine
- intricate; perplexing; confusing
- Machination
- plot
- Nadir
- lowest point
- Obdurate
- stubborn
- Palliate
- lessen the severity
- Qualm
- scruple; misgiving
- Raconteur
- storyteller
- Sacerdotal
- priestly
- Taciturn
- habitually silent
- Ubiquitous
- existing everywere
- Vacillate
- waver
- Aberration
- departure from the normal
- Balk
- thwart; frustrate; prevent
- Cache
- hiding place
- Debacle
- collapse
- Eclat
- brilliance
- Factious
- given to causing disagreement
- Gamut
- range
- Haggard
- thin; gaunt
- Ignominy
- disgrace
- Jeopardize
- endanger
- Knell
- ring, signalizing death
- Lacerate
- mangle; tear
- Magnanimous
- benevolent
- Naive
- unsophisticated; simple
- Obeisance
- submission
- Pallid
- pale
- Quandary
- predicament
- Rampant
- unchecked, wild
- Sacrilegious
- disrespectful
- Talisman
- a charm
- Umbrage
- hurt pride; shadow
- Vacuous
- vacant
- Wane
- decrease
- Abet
- encourage
- Balmy
- mild; refreshing
- Cadaverous
- haggard; ghastly pale
- Decorum
- propriety
- Eclogue
- a poem about the country