11th Grade Words for Hyde Park, New York
Words for 11th Grade students of Hyde Park Central School District.
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aberration
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n. a disorder in one's mental state; a state or condition markedly different from the norm | |
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abstract
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a. theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand | |
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accolade
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n. award of merit; expression of approval; praise | |
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accommodate
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v. do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable | |
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aesthetic
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a. elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste | |
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affinity
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n. natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage | |
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altercation
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n. noisy quarrel; contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy | |
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ameliorate
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v. make or become better; improve; grow better | |
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amicable
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a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome | |
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anarchy
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n. absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion | |
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anomaly
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n. irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order | |
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appall
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v. depress or discourage with fear; grow faint or become weak | |
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archaic
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a. no longer current or applicable; antiquated | |
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arduous
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a. demanding great effort or labor; difficult | |
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articulate
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a. expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language | |
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astute
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a. wise or keen; shrewd; with sharp intelligence | |
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authoritarian
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a. expecting absolute obedience; completely dominating another's will | |
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aversion
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n. firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike | |
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biased
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a. favoring one person or side over another; prejudiced | |
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brevity
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n. quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression | |
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cajole
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v. influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering | |
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callous
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a. emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened | |
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capitulate
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v. surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply | |
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catalyst
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n. agent which brings about chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged | |
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catharsis
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n. purging or cleansing of any passage of body | |
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caustic
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a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action | |
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censure
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v. expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame | |
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chastise
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v. punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke | |
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clamor
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n. noise; loud outcry; expression of discontent or protest | |
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coalesce
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v. combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite | |
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cognizant
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a. having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception | |
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commiserate
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v. feel or express pity or sympathy for | |
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composure
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n. mental calmness; calm or tranquil state of mind | |
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conciliatory
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a. making or willing to yield, or to make concessions | |
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contract
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v. constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate | |
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copious
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a. plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply | |
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cordial
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a. gracious; showing warm and friendliness | |
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dearth
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n. scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops | |
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debilitate
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v. make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of | |
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decadence
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n. process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay | |
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deference
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n. willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect | |
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delineate
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v. portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out | |
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deprecate
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v. express disapproval of; protest against; belittle | |
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despot
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n. tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; eastern Orthodox bishop | |
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devious
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a. departing from correct or accepted way; misleading; not straightforward | |
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didactic
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a. instructive (especially excessively) | |
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disparage
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v. belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank | |
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dissonance
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n. discord; disagreeable sounds; harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds | |
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duplicity
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n. double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith. | |
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edifice
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n. building, especially one of imposing appearance or size; a structure that has a roof and walls | |
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effervescent
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a. used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide | |
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egregious
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a. notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking | |
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elusive
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a. difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind | |
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equivocal
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a. open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead | |
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erroneous
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a. containing or derived from error; mistaken | |
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exemplary
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a. serving as model; outstanding; typical | |
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expedient
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a. suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest | |
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extraneous
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a. not essential; coming from outside | |
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formidable
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a. arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat | |
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frivolous
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a. lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant | |
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grueling
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a. by effort to the point of exhaustion, especially physical effort | |
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haphazard
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a. not thorough, constant or consistent; by chance | |
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heretic
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n. one who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion | |
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hindrance
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n. something that holds back or causes problems with something else; obstacle | |
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hypocrisy
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n. practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold; falseness; expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction | |
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iconoclast
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n. a destroyer of images used in religious worship | |
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incessant
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a. uninterrupted; unceasing; continuing without interruption | |
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incidental
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a. happening, as occasional event, without regularity; coming without design | |
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incite
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v. arouse to action; motivate; induce to exist | |
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incorrigible
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a. not correctable; difficult or impossible to control or manage | |
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indict
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v. charge; accuse formally of a crime | |
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indoctrinate
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v. teach with biased or one-sided ideology; teach doctrines to; teach uncritically | |
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insurgent
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a. rising in revolt against established authority; rebelling against leadership of political party | |
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intangible
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a. not able to be perceived by senses, as touch; vague | |
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judicious
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a. exhibiting good judgment or sound thinking; prudent | |
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lavish
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a. liberal; wasteful; excessive spending | |
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listless
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a. lacking in spirit or energy to exert effort | |
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meager
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a. deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; inadequate; feeble | |
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meander
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v. follow a winding and turning course; move aimlessly and idly without fixed direction | |
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negligent
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a. careless; inattentive | |
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obliterate
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v. destroy completely; do away with completely so as to leave no trace | |
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ponderous
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a. slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull | |
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preclude
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v. make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent; eliminate | |
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prerequisite
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n. something that is required in advance; necessity; required as a prior condition | |
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proximity
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n. state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation | |
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rectify
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v. set right; correct by calculation or adjustment | |
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rescind
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v. cancel; make void; repeal or annul | |
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resolution
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n. determination; resolving to do something; formal statement of a decision | |
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rigorous
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a. full of rigors; harsh; rigidly accurate; precise | |
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scrutinize
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v. examine closely and critically | |
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substantiate
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v. establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support | |
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surmise
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v. guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence | |
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tirade
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n. extended scolding; long angry or violent speech | |
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turbulence
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n. state of violent agitation; eddying motion; unstable flow of a liquid or gas; state of violent disturbance and disorder | |
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unimpeachable
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a. free of guilt; not subject to blame; completely acceptable | |
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unobtrusive
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a. inconspicuous; not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable | |
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usurp
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v. seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority | |
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vacillate
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v. sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate | |
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whimsical
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a. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious | |