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PRECIPITATE: adj
acting with excessive haste or impulse
precursor: noun
one that precedes and indicates or announces another
predilection: noun
a disposition in favor of something;preference
prolific: adj
producing large volumes or amounts;productive
qualms: noun
misgivings;reservations;causes for hesitancy
quiescence: noun
stillness;motionlessness, quality of being at rest
recant: verb
to retract, esp a previously held belief
redoubtable: adj
awe-inspiring;worthy of honor
reticent: adj
quiet;reserved;reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
satire: noun
aq literary work that ridicfules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
sordid: adj
characterized by filth, grime, or squalor,foul
squaldid: adj
sordid;wretched and dirty as from neglect
squander: verb
to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
stoic: adj
indiffernt to or unaffected by pleasure or pain
stymie: verb to
block;thwart
supplant: verb
to take the place of;supersede
synthesis: noun
the combination of parts to make a whole
torpid: adj
lethargic;sluggish;dormant
torque: noun
a force that causes rotation
ubiquitous: adj
existing everywhere at the same time;constantly encountered;widespread
veracity: noun
truthfulness;honesty
vilify: verb
to defame;to characterize harshly
virulent: adj
extremely harmful or poisonous;bitterly hostile or antagonistic
churlish: adj
boorish;vulgar;loutish;difficult and intractable
coalesce: verb
to come together;to fuse or unite
coda: noun
concluding section of a musical or literary piece
coeval: adj
of the same period;coexisting
commensurate: adj
matching;corresponding or proportionale in degree, size or amount
contemn: to scorn or despise
contumacious: adj
insubordinate;rebellious
corrigible: adj
capable of being set right;correctable;reparable
countenance: verb/noun
to approve of or tolerate;face;composure
cozen: verb
to decieve;beguile or hoodwink
craven: adjective
contemptibly fainthearted;;lacking any courage
curmudgeon: noun
a crusty, ill tempered coot;a misanthrope
daunt: verb
to cow or dismay
debacle: noun
rout;fiasco;complete failure
decorous: adj
correct;formal;marked by decorum
defelcate: verb
to embezle;or misapporpriate
denigrate: verb
to blacken;belittle;sully;defame;to disparage
denouement: noun
an outcome or solution;the unraveling of a plot
depositon: noun
accretion;depositing;building up layer by layer;official testimony
deprecate: verb
to diparage or belittle;put down
depredate: verb
to plunder;pillage, ravage, or destroy;to exploit;in a predatory manner
derivative: adj
unoriginal;obtained from another source
descant: verb
to comment at length
descry: verb
to discriminate or discern
desuetude: noun
disuse
desultory: adj
random;thoughtless;marked by a lack of plan or purpose
detraction: noun
slandering;verbal attack;aspersion
diaphanous: adj
transparent;gauzy
diffident: adj
reserved, shy, or unasuming;lacking in self confidence
digress: verb
to stray from the point;to go off on a target
dilatory: adj
causing delay;procrastinating
din: noun
loud, sustained noise
dirge: a song of grief or lamentation
noun
disaffect: verb
estrange or alienate the affection of
discomfit: verb
to defeat;to put down

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