12th Grade Words for Hyde Park, New York
Words for 12th Grade students of Hyde Park Central School District.
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abbreviate
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v. make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase | |
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abdicate
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v. give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim | |
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abstinence
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n. restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire | |
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adulation
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n. excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise | |
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adversity
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n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune | |
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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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amicable
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a. exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome | |
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anachronistic
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a. having time error in story; erroneous in date; in wrong time | |
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anecdote
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n. short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography | |
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anonymous
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a. having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name | |
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antagonist
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n. one who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; opponent | |
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arid
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a. dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants | |
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assiduous
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a. constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent | |
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asylum
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n. place of refuge or shelter; protection | |
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benevolent
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a. generous in providing aid to others; charitable | |
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camaraderie
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n. good-fellowship; companionship; close friendship in friends or teammates | |
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censure
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v. expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame | |
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circuitous
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a. being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct | |
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clairvoyant
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n. having foresight; fortuneteller | |
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collaborate
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v. work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort | |
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compassion
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n. sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration | |
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compromise
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v. accept that you will reduce your demands to reach an agreement with someone | |
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condescending
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a. (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension | |
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conditional
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a. imposing or depending on or containing a condition | |
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congregation
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n. act of congregating, or bringing together; collection or mass of separate things | |
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deleterious
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a. having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous | |
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demagogue
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n. person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people | |
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digression
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n. wandering from the main path of a journey; diversion | |
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diligent
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a. assiduous; industrious; hard working | |
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discredit
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v. defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve | |
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disdain
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v. view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion | |
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divergent
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a. differing; tending to move apart in different directions | |
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empathy
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n. understanding and entering into another's feelings | |
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emulate
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v. be a match or counterpart for; eager to equal or excel | |
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enervating
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a. causing debilitation | |
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enhance
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v. make better or more attractive; increase; improve | |
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ephemeral
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a. short-lived; enduring a very short time | |
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evanescent
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a. fleeting; vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor | |
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exasperation
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n. an exasperated feeling of annoyance; actions that cause great irritation | |
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exemplary
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a. serving as model; outstanding; typical | |
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extenuating
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a. partially excusing or justifying | |
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florid
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a. reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented | |
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fortuitous
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a. accidental; by chance; coming or occurring without any cause | |
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frugal
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a. sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive | |
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hackneyed
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a. repeated too often; over familiar through overuse | |
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haughty
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a. high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing | |
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hedonist
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n. one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life | |
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hypothesis
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n. assumption; theory | |
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impetuous
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a. marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate | |
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impute
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v. lay responsibility or blame for, often unjustly | |
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incompatible
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a. inharmonious; impossible to coexist; not easy to combine harmoniously | |
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inconsequential
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a. insignificant; lacking importance; not following from premises or evidence; illogical | |
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inevitable
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a. unavoidable; incapable of being avoided or prevented | |
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integrity
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n. quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness | |
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intrepid
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a. fearless; indicating or springing from courage | |
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intuitive
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a. based on feelings rather than facts or proof; automatic, without requiring conscious thought | |
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jubilation
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n. rejoicing; feeling of extreme joy | |
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longevity
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n. long life; great duration of life; long duration or continuance, as in an occupation | |
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mundane
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a. belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary | |
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nonchalant
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a. behaving in a calm manner, often in a way that suggests you are not interested or do not care | |
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novice
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n. beginner; person new to a field or activity | |
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opulent
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a. rich and superior in quality | |
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orator
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n. skilled public speaker; person who pronounces discourse publicly on some special occasion, as pleader or lawyer | |
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ostentatious
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a. showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention | |
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parched
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a. dried out by heat; toasted or roasted slightly | |
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perfidious
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a. tending to betray; disloyal; faithless | |
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precocious
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a. showing mental development or achievement much earlier than usual; appearing or developing early | |
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pretentious
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a. intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious | |
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procrastinate
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v. postpone or delay needlessly; put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness | |
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prosaic
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a. dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual | |
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prosperity
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n. good fortune; financial success; physical well-being | |
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provocative
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a. arousing anger or interest; tending to provoke or stimulate | |
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prudent
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a. cautious; careful in regard to one's own interests | |
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querulous
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a. habitually complaining; expressing complaint or grievance | |
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rancorous
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a. full of deep-seated enmity or, malice, or hatred | |
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reclusive
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a. avoiding the company of other people; solitary | |
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reconciliation
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n. act of reconciling, or state of being reconciled; reconcilement; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship | |
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renovation
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n. improving by renewing and restoring; state of being restored to its former good condition; renewal | |
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resilient
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a. elastic; having power of springing back or recover readily | |
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restrained
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v. keep under control; keep in check | |
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reverence
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n. profound respect and esteem with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; act showing respect, especially a bow or curtsy | |
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sagacity
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n. quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment; shrewdness | |
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scrutinize
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v. examine closely and critically | |
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spontaneity
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n. naturalness; freedom from constraint; happening or arising without external cause; self-generated | |
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spurious
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a. false; counterfeit; forged; illogical | |
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submissive
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a. yielding; inclined or ready to submit | |
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substantiate
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v. establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support | |
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subtle
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a. slight; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind | |
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superficial
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a. trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only | |
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superfluous
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a. being beyond what is required or sufficient | |
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suppress
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v. put down by force or authority; overwhelm; keep from being revealed | |
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surreptitious
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a. secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently | |
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tactful
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a. showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people | |
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tenacious
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a. sticking together; stubbornly unyielding; holding together firmly | |
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transient
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a. momentary; temporary; staying for short time | |
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venerable
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a. deserving high respect; impressive by reason of age; profoundly honored | |
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vindicate
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v. clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend | |
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wary
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a. very cautious; on guard; watchful | |
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zealot
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n. fanatically committed person; person who shows excessive zeal | |