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subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity


Spelling Word: abate
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deviation, not normal


Spelling Word: aberration
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fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate


Spelling Word: abhor
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obscure; profound; difficult to understand.


Spelling Word: abstruse
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approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request


Spelling Word: accost
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bitter animosity


Spelling Word: acrimony
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mental keenness; quickness of perception


Spelling Word: acumen
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extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding


Spelling Word: adamant
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expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude


Spelling Word: adept
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skillful and adept under pressing conditions


Spelling Word: adroit
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speaking or behaving in artificial way; emotionally stirred or moved; infected or attacked


Spelling Word: affected
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cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness


Spelling Word: alacrity
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assign, portion


Spelling Word: aloocate
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unselfishly generous; concerned for others


Spelling Word: altruistic
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responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable


Spelling Word: amenable
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good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly


Spelling Word: amiable
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exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome


Spelling Word: amicable
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antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times


Spelling Word: antediluvian
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social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings


Spelling Word: anthropology
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strong feeling of aversion; dislike


Spelling Word: antipathy
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feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent


Spelling Word: apathetic
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likely; exactly suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand


Spelling Word: apt
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secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated


Spelling Word: arcane
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superiority or decisive advantage; domination


Spelling Word: ascendancy
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leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial; austere


Spelling Word: ascetic
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seek to attain; long for; strive toward an end


Spelling Word: aspire
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assault; attack with or as if with violent blows


Spelling Word: assail
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constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing or persistent


Spelling Word: assiduous
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ease or lessen pain; satisfy or appease


Spelling Word: assuage
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wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease


Spelling Word: atrophy
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make slender, fine, or small; weaken; lessen density of


Spelling Word: attenuate
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impressive; majestic; inspiring awe or admiration


Spelling Word: august
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air, feeling


Spelling Word: aura
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attended by favorable circumstances; marked by success; prosperous


Spelling Word: auspicious
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dictator; ruler having unlimited power


Spelling Word: autocrat
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mechanism that imitates actions of humans


Spelling Word: automaton
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greediness for wealth; insatiable desire of gain


Spelling Word: avarice
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obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality


Spelling Word: banal
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artificial obstruction; heavy curtain of artillery fire; rapid, concentrated discharge of missiles


Spelling Word: barrage
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contradict; give a false impression


Spelling Word: belie
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inclined or eager to fight; aggressive


Spelling Word: belligerent
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generous in providing aid to others; charitable


Spelling Word: benevolent
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leave to someone by a will; hand down


Spelling Word: bequeath
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rebuke or scold angrily and at length


Spelling Word: berate
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supported by two opposing parties


Spelling Word: bitartisanship
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suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled


Spelling Word: blighted
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marsh, swamp


Spelling Word: bog
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support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion


Spelling Word: bolster
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pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning


Spelling Word: bombastic
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rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners


Spelling Word: boorish
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able to float; cheerful and optimistic


Spelling Word: buoyant
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grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly


Spelling Word: burgeon
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support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence


Spelling Word: buttress
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convoluted, complex


Spelling Word: byzantine
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discordant; inharmonious; sounding harshly; ill-sounding


Spelling Word: cacophonous
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influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering


Spelling Word: cajole
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emotionally hardened; unfeeling; toughened


Spelling Word: callous
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ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious


Spelling Word: cantankerous
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fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly


Spelling Word: capricious
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criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication


Spelling Word: castigate
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capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action


Spelling Word: caustic
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critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure


Spelling Word: censorious
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expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame


Spelling Word: censure
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relating to the brain or cerebrum; intellectual rather than emotional


Spelling Word: cerebral
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anxiety caused by humiliation or injured pride; disappointment


Spelling Word: chagrin
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quack; one who pretends to knowledge, skill, or importance


Spelling Word: charlatan
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punish, as by beating; criticize severely; rebuke


Spelling Word: chastise
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scold mildly so as to correct or improve; express disapproval


Spelling Word: chide
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difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable


Spelling Word: churlish
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being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct


Spelling Word: circuitous
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limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle


Spelling Word: circumscribe
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surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit


Spelling Word: circumvent
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secret; conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods


Spelling Word: clandestine
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combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite


Spelling Word: coalesce
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succinct


Spelling Word: compendious
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feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble


Spelling Word: complacency
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yielding to request or desire; ready to accommodate; disposed or willing to comply


Spelling Word: compliant
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compromising, apologizing


Spelling Word: conciliate
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agree


Spelling Word: concur
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large destructive fire; burning; large-scale military conflict


Spelling Word: conflagration
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act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet


Spelling Word: confluence
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compatible


Spelling Word: congenial
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diligent; responsible; reliable


Spelling Word: conscientious
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intense state of fear or dismay; astonishment combined with terror


Spelling Word: consternation
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state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of


Spelling Word: contempt
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worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean


Spelling Word: contemptible
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quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy


Spelling Word: contentious
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festive; occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company


Spelling Word: convivial
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plentiful; containing plenty; affording ample supply


Spelling Word: copious
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establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; support with evidence


Spelling Word: corroborate
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sophisticated; of worldwide scope


Spelling Word: cosmopolitan
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readiness of belief; disposition to believe on slight evidence


Spelling Word: credulity
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blameworthy


Spelling Word: culpable
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casual; brief or broad; not cautious, nor detailed


Spelling Word: cursory
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bold; incapable of being discouraged; fearless


Spelling Word: dauntless
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scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops


Spelling Word: dearth
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sudden downfall; complete disaster


Spelling Word: debacle
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make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of


Spelling Word: debilitate
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expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule


Spelling Word: debunk
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destroy or kill a large part of; select by lot and kill one in every ten of


Spelling Word: decimate
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propriety in manners and conduct; good taste in manners; conventions or requirements of polite behavior


Spelling Word: decorum
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willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect


Spelling Word: deference
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humiliation


Spelling Word: degredation
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having harmful effect; injurious; having quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous


Spelling Word: deleterious
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portray; depict; draw or trace outline of; sketch out


Spelling Word: delineate
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openly emotional


Spelling Word: demonstrative
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modest and reserved in manner or behavior


Spelling Word: demure
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clarify; free from mystery or obscurity


Spelling Word: demystify
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blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade


Spelling Word: denigrate
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force to leave; remove from office


Spelling Word: depose
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extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness


Spelling Word: depravity
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express disapproval of; protest against; belittle


Spelling Word: deprecate
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devaluation; decrease in price or value


Spelling Word: depreciation
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ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt


Spelling Word: deride
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unoriginal; derived from another source


Spelling Word: derivative
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expressing low opinion; disparaging; belittling


Spelling Word: derogatory
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violate the sacredness of


Spelling Word: desecration
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in low spirits from loss of hope or courage


Spelling Word: despondent
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tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; eastern Orthodox bishop


Spelling Word: despot
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extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid


Spelling Word: destitute
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something that discourages; tending to deter


Spelling Word: deterrent
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completely lacking; barren or empty


Spelling Word: devoid
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excessively morally instructive


Spelling Word: didactic
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shy


Spelling Word: diffident
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spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely


Spelling Word: diffuse
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stray from the subject at hand


Spelling Word: digress(ion)
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tending to waste time


Spelling Word: dilatory
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below the average size; very small; little


Spelling Word: diminutive
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urgent, dreadful


Spelling Word: dire
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detect; perceive


Spelling Word: discern
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disappointed, defeated


Spelling Word: discomfited
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give reduction in price on


Spelling Word: discount
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discouraging


Spelling Word: disheartening
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disenchantment, disappointment


Spelling Word: disillusionment
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giving a false appearance of frankness; not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating


Spelling Word: disingenuous
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belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank


Spelling Word: disparage
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calm; impartial; unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice


Spelling Word: dispassionate
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scatter; drive away; cause to vanish


Spelling Word: dispel
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argumentative; fond of arguing; inclined to dispute


Spelling Word: disputatious
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make uneasy or anxious; trouble


Spelling Word: disquiet
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distribute; spread; scatter like seeds


Spelling Word: disseminate
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dislike, aversion


Spelling Word: distaste
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differing; tending to move apart in different directions


Spelling Word: divergent
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creating conflict


Spelling Word: divisive
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reveal; make known to public


Spelling Word: divulge
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principles presented for belief, as by religious; principle of law; act of teaching; instruction


Spelling Word: doctrine
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sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active


Spelling Word: dormant
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easily deceived person; duplicate of photographic image


Spelling Word: dupe
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deliberately deceptive


Spelling Word: duplicitous
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showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm


Spelling Word: ebullient
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composed of elements from a variety of sources


Spelling Word: eclectic
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rub or wipe out; make indistinct as if by rubbing


Spelling Word: efface
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bubble, fizz


Spelling Word: effervesce
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belief in equality


Spelling Word: egalitarian
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overjoyed; extremely happy and excited


Spelling Word: elated
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draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer


Spelling Word: elicit
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make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify


Spelling Word: elucidate
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avoid cleverly; escape perception of


Spelling Word: elude
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difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by mind


Spelling Word: elusive
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make worse


Spelling Word: embitter
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throw into confusion; deeply involved especially in something complicated


Spelling Word: embroiled
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compassionate


Spelling Word: empathetic
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derived from experiment and observation rather than theory


Spelling Word: empirical
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surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop


Spelling Word: encompass
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intrusive


Spelling Word: encroaching
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burden


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puzzle; difficult problem


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list each one; mention one by one


Spelling Word: enumerate
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short-lived; enduring a very short time


Spelling Word: ephemeral
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sudden realization


Spelling Word: epiphany
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representative or perfect example of a class or type; brief summary, as of a book or article


Spelling Word: epitome
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calmness of temperament; steadiness of mind under stress.


Spelling Word: equanimity
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marked by or having equity; just and impartial


Spelling Word: equitable
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open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead


Spelling Word: equivocal
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learned; scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books


Spelling Word: erudite
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hard to understand; known only in a particular group


Spelling Word: esoteric
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alienate


Spelling Word: estrange
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expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death


Spelling Word: eulogy
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bring out; arouse; call forth


Spelling Word: evoke
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making severe demands; rigorous; requiring great care, effort, or attention


Spelling Word: exacting
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unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out


Spelling Word: excavate
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representative example


Spelling Word: exemplar
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deliberately behaving a certain way to attract attention


Spelling Word: exhibitionist
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urge on or encourage, especially by shouts; make urgent appeal


Spelling Word: exhort
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greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits


Spelling Word: exorbitant
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suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest


Spelling Word: expedient
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set forth; set out to public view


Spelling Word: expose
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praise highly; glorify; celebrate


Spelling Word: extol
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free, as from difficulties or perplexities; cause to be emitted or evolved


Spelling Word: extricate
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done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent


Spelling Word: facile
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a party of persons having a common end in view


Spelling Word: faction
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false; tending to mislead; deceptive


Spelling Word: fallacious
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deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception


Spelling Word: fallacy
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excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause


Spelling Word: fanaticism
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difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details


Spelling Word: fastidious
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measure the depth; come to understand


Spelling Word: fathom
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well-suited, happy


Spelling Word: felicitious
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refinement and delicacy of performance; skillful, subtle handling


Spelling Word: finesse
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obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice


Spelling Word: flagrant
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lacking proper seriousness; speaking freely; talkative; communicative


Spelling Word: flippant
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reddish; elaborately or excessively ornamented


Spelling Word: florid
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confuse


Spelling Word: flummox
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foolishness; lack of good sense, understanding, or foresight


Spelling Word: folly
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rash; marked by unthinking boldness


Spelling Word: foolhardy
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sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind


Spelling Word: forlorn
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bravery; force; power to attack or to resist attack


Spelling Word: fortitude
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accidental; by chance; coming or occurring without any cause


Spelling Word: fortuitous
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cheating; deceitful; planning or using fraud; given to practice of fraud


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sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive


Spelling Word: frugal
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great excitement; public disorder or uproar


Spelling Word: furor
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marked by quiet and caution and secrecy


Spelling Word: furtive
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useless; having no useful result; vain


Spelling Word: futile
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manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; rate of moving


Spelling Word: gait
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courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility


Spelling Word: gallant
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huge; of a tremendous size, volume, degree


Spelling Word: gargantuan
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over-bright in color; tastelessly showy


Spelling Word: garish
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friendly; cordial; having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner


Spelling Word: genial
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cause to sprout or grow; come into existence


Spelling Word: germinate
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person who eats too much food and drink


Spelling Word: glutton
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impressive from inherent grandeur; large and impressive, in size, scope or extent


Spelling Word: grandiose
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repeated too often; over familiar through overuse


Spelling Word: hackneyed
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put at disadvantage; prevent progress or free movement of


Spelling Word: hamper
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in robust and good health; able to survive under unfavorable conditions


Spelling Word: hardy
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accelerate; quicken


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opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion


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characteristic of acting or stage performance


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excessive pride or self-confidence


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