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- appease
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to soothe; to pacify by giving in to
Larry appeased his angry mother ny promising to wash the dishes. - frivolous
- not serious; no solemn; with levity
- instigate
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to provoke; to stir up
I instigated the fight between two of my friends. - sage
- wise; possesing wisdom derived from experience or learning
- predecessor
- someone or something that came before another
- jeopardy
- danger
- tangible
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touchable; palpable
A mountain of cigarette butts was the only tangible evidence that Luke was at our house. - indulgent
- lenient; yielding to desire
- remorse
- sadness; regret
- pivotal
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crucial
Harry's contribution was pivotal; without it, we would have failed - scrupulous
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strict; careful; hesitant for ethical reasons
Doug was scrupulous in keeping his accounts; he knew where every penny went and came from - refute
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to disprove; to prove to be false
His expensive suit and imported shoes clearly refuted his claim that he was poor - respite
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a rest; a period of relief
We worked without respite from five in the morning until five in the afternoon - volatile
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quick to evaporate; highly unstable; explosive
The situation in the middle east was very volatile. - peripheral
- unimportant
- hedonistic
- pleasure-seeking; indulgent
- idiom
- a peculiar expression
- benefactor
- a generous donor
- brevity
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briefness
The reader of his book may be greatful for the brevity of this example. - aporcryphal
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of doubtful origin; false
An apocryphal story is one whose truth is not proven or whose falsehood is strongly suspected - virtuoso
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masterful musician; a masterful practitioner in some other field
As an artist, he was a virtioso; as a husband he was a chump - slander
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to defame; to speak maliciously of someone
Amy slandered Erica by telling everyone she cheated on a test - animosity
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resentment; hostility; ill will
The rivals for the state championship felt great animosity toward each other. - deplete
- to use up; to reduce; to lessen
- amity
- friendship
- stringent
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strict; restrictive
My mom is very stringent, I have to be in bed at 10. - voluminous
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very large; spacious
my house is very voluminous. - auspicious
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favorable; promising; pointing to a good result
A clear sky in the morning is an auspicious sign on the day of the picnic. - fickle
- capricious; whimsical unpredictable
- lethargy
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sluggishness; laziness; drowsiness; indifference
The lethargy of the library staff caused what should have been a quick errand to expand into a full day's work - hackeneyed
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banal; overused; trite
Michael's book was full of cliches and hackeneys expressions - amass
- to accumulate
- willfull
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deliberate; obstinate; insistent on having one's way
When her mother told her that she couldn't have a cookie, the willfull little girl grabed the cookie jar and ran out. - bastion
- stronghold; fortress; fortified place
- trepidation
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fear; apprehension; nervous trembeling
The trepidation of the swim team was obvious. - desecrate
- to profane a holy place
- fortuitous
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accidental; occuring by chance
The object was so prefectly formed that its creation could not have been fortuitous. - vehement
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urgent; passionate
saking his head and stomping on the floor, Gary was vehement in his denial - assuage
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to soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve
Beth was extremely angry, but I assuaged her by promising to leave the house and never come back. - prodigious
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extraordinary; enormous
The little boy cuaght a prodigious fish, it was 10 times larger than him. - torpor
- sluggishness; inactivity; apathy
- furtive
- secretive
- supercilious
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haughty; patronizing
The supercilious Rolls-Royce slamesman treated us like peasants util we opened our suitcase that was full of 100 dollar bills - prudent
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careful; having foresight
Jose is a very prudent money manager - verbose
- wordy; overly talkative
- pedestrian
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common; ordinary; banal
The menu was pedestriam; I had encountered each of the dished dozens of times before - innocuous
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harmless; banal
Meredith took offense at Bruce's innocuous comment about her soup being too salty. - fanatic
- one who is exteremely devoted to a cause or idea
- enhance
- to make better; to augment
- stoic
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indifferent to pleasure or pain, to joy or grief.
Nina was stoic abou the death of her canary, she didn't care. - Candid
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completely honest, straightforward
Candace's candidness overwhelmed her business colleagues, who were not used to such honesty. - Conjecture
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inference, guesswork
At this point, Kimaya's hypothesis about single-cell biorhythms is still conjecture: She doesn't have conclusive evidence. - didactic
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instructive
The tapes were entertaining and didactic; they both amused and instructed children. - effusive
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showing ecessive emotion; overflowing
Accepting his Osvar for Best Supporting Sound Editor, Ben delivered the most effusive speech in Academy Awards history: he cried, he hugged people, he blew kisses to the audience, and then he cried some more. - euphemism
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a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term
"To pass away" is a common euphemism for dying. -
extrapolate
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to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information
Seeing the wrecked bike and his daughter's skinned knees, Heath extrapolated that she had had a biking accident. - incoherent
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Lacking cohesion or connection
Maury's sentences were so incoherent that nobody understood a word. - insinuate
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to imply or stealthily communicate
Sean insinuated that Grace stole the arsenic, but he never came out and said it. - loquacius
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very talkative
I'm not very eloquent, so I'll just come out and say it: Bobby is loquacious and will talk, and talk, and talk. - lucid
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easily understood; clear
Our teacher provides lucid explanations of even the most difficult concepts so that we can all understand them. - rhetoric
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the art of using language effectively and persuasively
Since they are expected to make speeches, most politicians and lawyers are well versed in the act of rhetoric. - Acumen
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quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgement or insight
Judge Ackerman's legal acumen was so well regarded that he was nicknamed the "Solomon of the South" - adroit
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dexterous;deft
An adroit ballon-animal maker, Adrianna became popular at children's parties. - ascertain
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to find out, as through investigation or experimentation
The private investigator had long suspected my dog; before long, he ascertained that Toto was indeed the murderer. - astute
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shrewd; clever
Stewart is financially astute; he invests wisely and never falls for scams. - circumspect
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careful; prudent; discreet
Ned's circumspect manner makes him a wise appointment to the diplomatic corps. - disseminate
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to scatter widely , as in sowing seed
The news about Dave's embarrassing moment at the part disseminated quickly through the school; by the end of the day, everyone knew what had happened. - erudition
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deep, extensive learning
Professor Rudy's erudition was such that she could answer any question her students put to her. - pedantic
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excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules
Pedro's pedantic tendencies prompted him to remind us constantly of all the grammatical rules we were breaking. - perspicacious
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shrewed; clear-sighted
Persephone's perspicacious mind had solved so many cases that the popular private investigator was able to retire. - pragmatic
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practical
Never one for wild and unrealistic schemes, Matt took a pragmatic approach to research. - precocious
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exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity
Bobby Fisher's precocious intellect made him one of the world's best chess players before he could even drive. - prospectus
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formal proposal
Before writing my thesis, I had to submit a detailed prospectus to the department for approval. - rudimentary
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basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development
Rudimentary tactics where used to solve the simple equation 2+2. [the answer is not fish]