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ABSTAIN (verb) to keep away from or hold back refrain, eschew, forgo
ADEPT (adj & noun) very skilful; skilled person skilful, expert, clever
AMNESTY (noun & verb) an official pardon for people pardon, forgiveness, liberty
convicted of political offences
ANACHRONISM (noun) a thing that belongs to a period misdate, metachronism,
other than the one in which it parachronism
exists
ANARCHY (noun) disorder chaos, revolution,
lawlessness, anarchism,
mayhem, rebellion
ANIMOSITY (noun) hatred or strong dislike antipathy, ill will, enmity,
hostility
ANNALS (noun) a historical record of events year records, archives,
by year chronicles, accounts,
registers, journals, history
ANNIHILATE (verb) destroy completely abolish, destroy,
exterminate
ANODYNE (adj) unlikely to cause offence or bland, inoffensive,
disparagement innocuous, neutral,
unobjectionable
ANONYMITY (noun) secrecy obscurity, mystery,
vagueness, ambiguity
ANTAGONISM (noun) feeling of hatred hatred, revulsion, aversion,
antipathy
ANTECEDENT (adj) going before in time, prior previous, earlier, prior,
foregoing, preceding,
precursory
ANTEDILUVIAN (adj) anything which is very outdated or prehistoric, antiquated,
old-fashioned archaic
ANTIDOTE (noun) a thing that counteracts remedy, answer, solution,
something unpleasant panacea
ANTITHESIS (noun) a person or thing that is the direct contradiction, contrast,
opposite of another extreme, opposite
APATHETIC (adj) not interested or enthusiastic uninterested, indifferent,
unconcerned, unresponsive,
unfeeling, unemotional,
emotionless, languid,
ARGOT (noun) the jargon or slang of a particular jargon, slang, idiom, cant,
group. dialect, parlance, patter,
speech, vernacular, patois,
terminology, lang
ARRANT (adj) used to emphasize how bad utter, downright, absolute,
someone or something is complete, thorough,
consummate.
ARRIVISTE (noun) a person who has recently social climber, status
become wealthy or risen in social seeker, would-be, go-getter,
status self-seeker, adventurer,
newcomer, upstart, parv
ARTLESSNESS (noun) unpretentiousness natural, sincere, open,
ingenuous, innocent,
uncontrived
ARTLESSNESS (noun) sincere and straight forward naïve, natural, innocent,
childlike, pure, ingenuous
ASCENT (noun) an upward slope way up, incline, rise, slope,
gradient, climb
ASCETIC (adj) strictly self-disciplined and austere, self-denying,
avoiding any pleasures or luxuries abstinent, abstemious,
frugal, simple, rigorous.
ASCRIBE (verb) assign, put down to attribute, credit, blame on
ASHEN (adj) very pale from shock, fear, or pale, wan, pasty, grey,
illness. leaden, colourless, sallow,
pallid, white, waxen, ghostly.
AUTOCRAT (noun) a ruler who has absolute power; a tyrant, despot, absolute ruler
domineering person
AVAIL (noun & adj) use or benefit advantage, reward,
purpose, gain, aim
AVANT-GARDE (adj) original fashionable
AVER (verb) avow profess, affirm, claim,
declare, state, affirm,
maintain
AVERSION (noun) dislike loathing, hatred, hate,
repugnance, distaste
AVERT (verb) turn away, prevent turn aside, stop happening,
ward off, avoid, forestall
BEGUILE (verb) to trick somebody into doing charm, attract, entrance, win
something especially by being over, woo, captivate,
nice to them. bewitch, spellbind, dazzle,
blind, hypnotize, me
BEHOLDEN (adj) bound in gratitude indebted, obligated, obliged,
bound, duty-bound, honour -
bound, grateful, thankful,
appreciative.
BEHOVE (verb) it is right or necessary for be incumbent on, be
somebody to do something. obligatory for, be required
of, be appropriate for, be
expected of, be advisable
BELEAGUERED (adj) in difficulties, harassed persecuted, tormented,
troubled, beset, hard-
pressed, pestered, plagued,
vexed
BELIE (verb) contradict, give the lie to disprove
BOISTEROUS (adj) noisy, lively and high spirited lively, active, animated,
exuberant, spirited, bouncy,
frisky
BONAFIDE (adj) genuine authentic, real, true
BONHOMIE geniality camaraderie
CAVORT (verb) jump or dance around excitedly dance, romp, jig, caper,
frisk, gambol, frolic
CERTITUDE (noun) feeling of complete certainty certainty, confidence,
positiveness, conviction,
reliability
CESSATION (noun) the action or an instance of stop, discontinuance, halt,
stopping intermission, armistice, end
CHICANERY (noun) the use of complicated plans and trickery, deception, deceit,
clever talk in order to deceive deceitfulness, duplicity,
people. dishonesty,
unscrupulousness,
underhandedness
CHIMERICAL (adj) extremely fanciful unreal, visionary,
CONFLAGRATION (noun) a large and destructive fire fire, blaze, flames, inferno,
firestorm, holocaust.
CONFLUENCE (noun) flowing together meeting, convergence,
union
CONFORM (verb) comply with rules or standard. comply with, abide by, fulfil,
uphold, need, accept, obey,
observe, follow
COSMOPOLITAN (noun & adj) consisting of people from different multinational, multi-ethnic,
countries sophisticated, broad-based
DIATRIBE (noun) a long and angry speech or piece attack, criticism, invective,
of writing attacking and criticizing tirade, denunciation
somebody or something
DISMEMBER (verb) to cut or tear the dead body of a disjoint, joint, cut the limbs
person or an animal into pieces. of, pull apart, cut up, chop
up, break up, dissect, divide,
segment,
DISPARATE (adj) (of two or more things) so contrasting, different,
different from each other that they differing, dissimilar, unlike,
cannot be compared varying, various.
DISPASSIONATE (adj) not influenced by strong emotion unemotional, unsentimental,
unruffled, unperturbed,
impassive, composed,
temperate, sober, placid
ERRANT (adj) straying from the accepted course sinful, naughty, delinquent,
or standards misbehaving
EXPOUND (verb) present and explain (a thought or present, put forward, set
idea) systematically forth, proffer, offer, advance,
propose, propound, frame,
give an account
EXQUISITE (adj) very beautiful and delicate, highly beautiful, elegant, graceful,
refined magnificent, superb.
FILIAL (adj) connected with the way children dutiful, devoted, loyal,
behave towards their parents. faithful, compliant,
respectful, dedicated,
affectionate, loving.
FILLIP (noun) a stimulus, esp. of stimulus, stimulation, boost,
encouragement a boost encouragement, incitement,
incentive, impetus,
inducement, motivation,
FOREBODING (noun & adj) a feeling that something bad will premonition, presentiment,
happen. threatening, sinister,
menacing, apprehension,
ominous
FORFEIT (verb) lose or give up as a necessary surrender, relinquish,
result handover, yield, sacrifice,
renounce, give up
FORLORN (adj) very sad and lonely sad, miserable, dejected,
despondent, disconsolate,
abject.
FORTE (noun) a thing for which someone has a strength, strong point,
particular talent. speciality, talent, special
ability, skill, bent, gift, claim
to fame.
FORTHRIGHT (adj) direct and outspoken frank, direct, straightforward,
honest, candid, open,
sincere, straight, blunt
GALLIVANT (verb) go from place to phase in search jaunt, run, roam, wander,
of excitement. travel, gad, flit, range, rove,
ramble, traipse, stray.
GALORE (adj) in abundance a plenty, in abundance, in
profusion, in great quantity,
in large numbers, by the
dozen.
GALVANIZE (verb) shock or excite into action spur, prod, motivate
GANGLING (adj) (of a person) tall, thin and lanky, rangy, wiry, stringy,
awkward bony, angular, skinny,
spindly, scrawny, thin,
spare, gaunt, awkward, g
GARBLED (adj) reproduced (a message or muddled, jumbled, confused
transmission) in a confused and misquoted, misstated
distorted way.
GARGANTUAN (adj) huge massive, colossal
GARISH (adj) unpleasantly bright and showy gaudy, lurid, loud, over-
bright, harsh, glaring,
violent, flashy, showy
GARNER (verb) gather or collect gather, collect, accumulate,
amass, assemble, hoard,
stockpile.
HYPODERMIC (adj & noun) used to inject a drug or other nozzle, plunger, needle
substance beneath the skin
HYPOTHETICAL (adj) theoretical supposed, imaginary
IDEE FIXE (noun) an idea that dominates the mind, obsession, fixation, passion,
an observsion. mania, compulsion,
preoccupation, enthusiasm,
infatuation, addition, f
INVOKE (verb) appeal to, evoke, bring into play call up, pray to, raise, cite
LAPSE (noun & verb) a slight error; become void or no slip, momentary failure,
longer valid come to an end, gap
LARCENY (noun) the crime of stealing something theft, stealing, robbery,
from somebody; an occasion pilfering, thievery,
when this takes place purloining, burglary,
misappropriation
LARCENY (noun) theft of personal property stealing, robbery, pilfering,
thievery, purloining,
burglary, housebreaking.
LARGESSE (noun) generosity generosity, liberality,
bountifulness, bounty,
benefaction
LASSITUDE (noun) physical or mental weariness lethargy, listlessness,
weariness, languor,
sluggishness, enervation,
sloth, apathy
LAX (adj) not strict severe or careful enough slack, slipshod, negligent,
about rules or standards of neglectful, heedless,
behaviour unmindful
LEEWAY (noun) the amount of freedom to move or freedom, scope, latitude,
act that is available. liberty, flexibility,
independence, licence
LEGACY (noun) something handed down by a bequest, inheritance,
predecessor. heritage, bequeathal,
bestowal, benefaction,
endowment, gift, patrimony,
heirl
LEGATEE (noun) a person who receives money or beneficiary, inheritor, heir,
property heiress, recipient, receiver,
payee, assignee
LEGERDEMAIN (noun) skilful use of one’s hands when sleight of hand, juggling,
performing tricks. conjuring, magic, wizardry,
illusion, dexterity.
LINGUA FRANCA (noun) dialect, a common language used lingo, language, dialect,
among people whose native argot
languages are different
LITANY (noun) a long boring account of a series recital, repetition, list, listing,
of events, reasons etc. catalogue, roll, inventory.
MAINSTREAM (adj) the ideas and opinions that are normal, conventional,
thought to be normal because ordinary, orthodox,
they are shared by most people. conformist, accepted,
established recognized,
common, usua
MALADROIT (adj) awkward incomplete, gawky, clumsy,
ungainly, gauche, inept,
lumbering
MELLOW (adj) relaxed and good humoured. genial, jovial, jolly, cheerful,
happy, merry
METTLE (noun) spirit and strength in the face of fortitude, spirit, tenacity,
difficulty resolve, determination,
resolution, indomitability,
METTLESOME (adj) spirited; brave gritty, fearless, courageous
MORAL FIBRE (noun) the inner strength to do what you resolution, fortitude, resolve,
believe to be right in difficult backbone, spine, mettle,
situations. firmness of purpose.
OVERTURES (noun) approaches made with the aim of opening move, conciliatory
opening negotiations or move, approach, advances,
establishing a relationship feeler, signal, proposal,
offer, tender, sugges
PALLID (adj) pale, especially because of poor pale, white, pasty, wan,
health ashen
PANACEA (noun) cure-all universal remedy, solution,
cure, magic potion, answer
PATRIOTIC (adj) having love for one’s country nationalist, jingoist, partisan,
compatriot
PECCADILLO (noun) a minor sin or fault misdemeanour, misdeed,
infraction, error, slip
PECUNIARY (adj) financia economic, fiscal
PENITENT (adj) feeling sorrow and regret for repentant, contrite, regretful,
having done wrong remorseful, sorry,
apologetic, rueful
PENSIVE (adj) expressing deep thoughtfulness, meditative, thinking,
often with some sadness brooding, pondering,
contemplative, preoccupied,
lost in thought
PERFUNCTORY (adj) carried out with a minimum effort quick, brief, hasty, token,
or thought casual
PERNICIOUS (adj) having a harmful effect deadly, evil, mischievous,
virulent, harmful, injurious,
detrimental, preventing,
pervasive, maligna
PERPETUATE (verb) to make something such as a bad presence, conserve,
situation, a belief etc continue for sustain, maintain, continue,
a long time. eternalize
PERSPECTIVE (noun) viewpoint, outlook perception, standpoint,
viewpoint, side, angle
PERSPICACIOUS (adj) insightful astute, wise, sagacious,
smart, sharp
PURVEY (verb) provide or supply (food or drink) sell, supply, provide, furnish,
as one’s business cater, retail, deal in, carry,
handle, auction, peddle,
hawk
PUSILLANIMITY (noun) lacking courage timorousness, timidity,
cowardliness, fearfulness
QUAINT (adj) attractively unused or old picturesque, charming,
fashioned sweet, attractive, pleasantly
RAMPAGE (noun) a period of wild and violent berserk, out of control, wild,
behaviour violent, frenzied, running
amuck, rioting.
RANCID (adj) tasting or smelling unpleasant sour, stale, rank, putrid, old
REMINISCE (verb) think or talking about the past for recall, recollect
enjoyment
REMONSTRATE (verb) make a strongly critical protest. protest, complain,
expostulate, reprimand,
reproach, reprove, upbraid,
berate, scold
RENEGADE (noun) person who deserts and betrays traitor, defector, deserter,
an organization, country or set of turncoat
principles
RENEGE (verb) default on, withdraw from retract, retreat from
RETORT (verb, noun) reply angrily, angry reply rejoin, snap, rejoinder
SALLY (noun) a sudden charge out of a place charge, sortie, foray, thrust,
surrounded by an enemy drive, offensive, attack, raid,
assault, descent, blitz
SHAM (noun) a thing that is not as good or pretence, fake act, fiction
genuine as it seems to be simulation, imposture
SOULFUL (adj) expressing deep sadness or love emotional, deep, deeply felt,
profound, fervent, heartfelt,
sincere, passionate,
meaningful, signifi
STYMIE (verb) prevent or slow down the process impede, hinder, obstruct,
of thwart, foil
SUAVE (adj) confident, elegant and polite, charming, sophisticated,
sometimes in a way that does not debonair, urbane, worldly,
seem sincere. polished, refined, poised
dignified, civilized,
SUBJUGATE (verb) conquer and bring under control subdue, vanquish
SUBLIME (adj) of very high quality and causing exalted, elevated, noble,
great admiration lofty, awesome, magnificent
TIMBRE (noun) the character of a musical sound tone, sound, sound quality,
or voice as distinct from its pitch voice, colour, tonality,
and strength resonance, ring
TIMOROUS (adj) nervous scared, timid, fearful, afraid,
shy, apprehensive
TITAN (noun) A person of outstanding ability prodigy
TITULAR (adj) holding a formal position or title nominal, formal, official,
without any real authority. ceremonial, token, puppet,
theoretical, purported,
supposed, ostensible.
TOMFOOLERY (noun) silly behaviour silliness, fooling, clowning,
capering, capers, antics,
pranks, tricks, buffoonery,
skylarking, nons
TORPEDO (noun) under water missile -
TORPID (adj) lazy dull, sluggish, inactive,
numb, stupid, tedious,
boring, uninteresting,
spiritless, vapid, vacuous,
TORRID (adj) very hot and dry hot, sweltering, sultry,
scorching, boiling, parching.
VERBATIM (adj & adv) word for word, exact faithfully, exactly, precisely,
literally, accurately
elongate, enlarge, -
elaboration, lengthen
acquire, obtain, procure ab = away, apart, off, down
- lee/lau/lav = washing
be scarce -
- condere = hide
brickbats -
unobliging, disobliging -
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strength -
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witlessness -
- ad = to + aio = to say
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disparaging, unflattering -
planned -
well-being, prosperity -
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unfriendly, prickly -
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ameliorate, improve grav, griev = heavy
pleased -
uninterested, incurious -
apathy -
- -
disloyalty, treachery -
- LUD/LUS = play
- -
- -
- MEM/MEN/MIN/AMNE/MNE
M = remember
- MEM/MEN/MIN/AMNE/MNE
M = remember
coeval, contemporary chron = time
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later, subsequent -
- -
enthusiastic, eager, -
passionate
gaucheness -
admirable, excellent -
- PENS/POND = to weigh, to
attach
rational, reasoned -
- ARBOR = tree
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- -
- -
- -
- ART/ARTI = skill, craft, other
scheming -
sybaritic -
- scrib/scrip/scriv = write
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intelligent -
mildness -
- -
- -
strengthen -
out of touch -
timidity -
- -
- -
- -
immoderate -
unoriginal -
- VER = true
- VERT/VERS = to turn
apathetic, half-hearted -
uninspiring, unimpressive -
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- -
- -
silence -
restrained -
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benevolent, friendly -
harsh, wintry -
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- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- be = to make, to have a
certain quality
- -
- -
enlightened -
unfriendly, hostile -
filled with -
indifferent -
straight forward, -
comprehensible
repelled -
- biblio = book
disobedient, uncooperative -
unilateral LAT = side
- -
- -
broad-minded -
calm, still -
quiet, restrained -
- -
support, approve of -
- -
humility -
- -
mediocre -
weakness, puniness -
timid, shy -
- -
polite, verbose -
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pessimistic -
self-effacing -
- -
- -
- PHON = sound
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inefficiency -
- -
guardedness, evasiveness, -
insincerity
blessing, boon -
foolish, reckless -
dissuade -
resist, hold out CAPIT = head
stable, consistent -
right -
forgiving, easy-going -
unimportant -
- VOR = eat
- CAD/CAS/CID = fall happen
fortunate, beneficial -
- -
qualified, equivocal -
mild, kind -
- -
- -
doubt -
delight -
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heedless -
praise -
adversary, opponent -
- -
- -
practical -
- -
- -
polite -
- VEN/VENT/VENI = come
- claim/clam = shout
silence -
ruthlessness, strictness -
sociable clud/clus/claus/clois =
cloister, cluster, reclusive
- -
- lat = side
formal LOCU/LOQU/LOGUE/LOGY/
LIX = speak, speech
formal co/com/con = with, together
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indifference, heartlessness -
rambling; expanded -
unwilling -
- -
provoke -
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- -
- -
flout -
flout -
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prove -
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satisfaction -
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- SUMMA = highest
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- tact/tang = touch
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fundamental, structural. -
- -
- -
election -
uncouth -
brazenness -
intelligent -
brave, courageous -
- CRES/CRET = grow
- CRES/CRET = grow
cheerful -
sophistication -
straightforward, clear. -
noble, praiseworthy -
encourage -
timorous, timid -
fashionable -
- -
- capt/capit = head
- -
- de = away
working, extant de = down, out, away, apart
demonize -
- lav/lau/lu = wash
formal -
- -
- -
admirable -
- port = to carry
praise -
miss out -
- -
encourage -
benign, beneficial -
above board -
- VOR = eat
apathetic -
- DIA = across
- DIC/DICT = to say
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- -
- -
professional -
enormous -
overlook, miss -
undiscerning, indiscriminate -
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- -
- sem = seed
agreement, acceptance -
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- -
hesitant, half-hearted -
happiness -
cheerful -
- -
timid -
cheerful, friendly -
excitement -
lenient, considerate -
exciting -
harsh -
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free will -
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depressed -
narrow -
miserable -
- dict = to say
timidity -
clumsiness -
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inarticulate -
fat, corpulent -
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- mis/mit = to send
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- DEMOS = people
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animation contentment -
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boring, dull -
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- -
- ROD/ROS = graw
genuine -
indulge in -
simple, familiar -
reject, oppose -
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- -
- -
dysphemistic -
- -
misery, depression EU = good, well
- thanatos = death
permanent -
frank, straight forward vad/vas = go
- VID/VIS = to see
- VOC/VOCA/VOK/VOW =
call, word
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discouragement -
ample, generous -
show -
slow -
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- -
admission -
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crude -
gloomy -
real, historical -
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serious -
false, fictional -
infallible -
busy -
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credible, likely -
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energy, vigour -
intelligent, sensible -
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disloyalty, infidelity. -
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curb -
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constant -
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unobtrusive, slight -
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be steady -
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retain -
happy -
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secretive, dishonest -
predictable -
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- -
contented, affable -
angel -
calm -
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seriousness -
extravagant -
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disloyalty, treachery -
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confirm -
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pleasurable -
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demotivate -
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squat -
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tiny -
drab, tasteful -
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taciturnity -
humble, modest -
elegant, sophisticated -
unfriendly, morose -
unfriendliness -
irrelevant -
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carelessly, recklessly -
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scarcity, dearth -
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- GRAD/GRESS = step
- GRAD/GRESS = step
amiable, pleasant -
pleasant, attractive -
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original, fresh -
stormy -
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expert -
confident, frank -
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- -
moderate -
mild -
heartening -
humility, modesty -
- -
retrogress, stagnate -
dishearten -
insincere -
- -
modest -
temperate, abstemious, -
austere
self-government -
self-government -
accessibly -
orthodox hetero = other
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young -
- hol = whole
sophisticated -
- homo = humans
heterogeneous HOMO = same
blunt -
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at moderate speed -
modesty -
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- -
honour -
bad, damaged -
transcendent -
release, free -
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imperfect, sinful -
humble -
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cautious -
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ability, capability -
placate, please -
full-blown -
significant, unimportant -
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wealthy, affluent -
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submissive, weak. -
doubtful -
sobriety, temperance -
huge -
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disingenuous, artful -
helpful, advantageous -
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obnoxious -
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- QUER/QUES/QUIS/QUIRE =
question
- -
disinterested QUER/QUES/QUIS/QUIRE =
question
expressive -
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straightforward -
- sin = curve
polite -
- SOMN/SOP = sleep
anxious, concerned -
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complaint, flexible -
timorous, timid TREP/TREM = shake, fear
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sensitize -
praise -
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- VOC/VOCA/VOK/VOW =
call, word
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pleasant, agreeable -
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sedentary, settled IT/ITER = between, among
fresh -
optimistic -
fascinating, uninspiring -
safety, security. -
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- JUNCT/JUG = join
- junct/jug = join
- JUNCT = join
mature -
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unrelated -
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natural -
enthusiastic, excited -
verbose, long-winded -
celebrate, rejoice. -
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meaner, miserliness -
vigour, energy -
stern, careful -
constraint, restriction -
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vigorous, energetic, -
animated
excitable -
unintelligible -
- LING/LINGU = tongue
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- loca = place
- -
taciturn locu/loqu/logue/logy/lix =
speak, speech
practical, pragmatic -
sunny, bright -
highbrow, intellectual -
cheerful, joyful -
nobody, plebian -
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simple, artless -
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- magn/magna/maj/mas/max =
great, big magnate, majesty,
magnitude, master, magnum
opus, magnificent,
magnanimous, maximum,
magnify
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- dat = to give
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- MAN = hand
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- MARI = sea
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conformist -
cool, dry -
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calm, stoical -
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altruistic, philanthropic -
repulsed -
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vast, huge -
miserable, dejected -
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- miss/mit = to send
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weakness, cowardice -
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vague, uncritical -
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homogenous -
homogenous -
meanness, niggardliness -
bright, sunny -
amplified -
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opponents, adversaries -
zenith, acme, climax -
sophisticated, disingenuous, -
worldly
modest -
- nasci = be born
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good, admirable -
impartiality -
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- -
- -
- -
hell, purgatory -
pleasant -
anxious, concerned -
revealing, careless, -
indiscreet
distinctive, ordinary -
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clarify OB = against
create, establish -
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conformist -
delightful, pleasant -
delightful, pleasant, -
agreeable
approval, delight -
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- -
self-effacing -
harmonious -
- VOR = eat
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- ONER = burden
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tight - fisted -
disadvantageous, ill-timed -
lenient, humane -
restraint, simplicity -
- -
puritanical, ascetic -
- -
- -
ordinary, commonplace, -
conventional
permit, allow -
fashionable, modern -
ordinary, normal -
ordinary -
end, conclusion -
criticism -
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modest, diffident, -
unassuming
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- DERMA = skin
hostile, aggressive, -
belligerent
censure, calumination -
criticism -
- -
flushed, rosy -
- PAN = all
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uncontroversial. -
- mime = imitate
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inequality -
cosmopolitan, broad- -
minded, liberal.
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generous, extravagant, -
lavish
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- PATER/PAT = father
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- pec = money
- PEC = money
inspired, exciting -
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impenitent, unrepentant -
- PENS/POND = to weigh, to
attach
wealthy -
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careful, thorough -
- SPEC/SPIC/SPECT = look,
see
inattentive, dull spec/spic/spect = look, see
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- PETR = rock
good-humoured, easy- -
going, affable
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authentic, genuine -
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excitable, temperamental -
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original, fresh -
unlikely, improbable -
refined, cultivated, -
sophisticated
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rise -
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congruity, conformity -
ignoramus -
- PENS/POND = to weigh, to
attach
uninhabited, deserted -
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safe, secure -
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- PRE = before
- pre = before
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- roga/rogat = ask
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- scien/sci = to know
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broad-minded, permissive -
modern -
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thrifty, economical, -
parsimonious
refuse, withdraw -
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concise LOCU/LOQU/LOGUE/LOGY/
LIX = speak, speech
- PENS/POND = to weigh, to
attach
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- proto = first
constant, consistent -
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shortened, curtailed -
inopportune -
- VOC/VOCA/VOK/VOW =
call, word
inability, ineptitude -
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- NOM/NYM/NOMEN = name
mature, sensible -
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bravery, fearlessness, -
courage
modern, ugly -
ordinary, conventional, -
normal
bring about, prompt -
agreeable quer/ques/quis/quire =
question
- QUER/QUES/QUIS/QUIRE =
question
- quint = five
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false, fictional -
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unusual, exciting -
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healthy -
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fresh -
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generous -
- port = to carry
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bored, indifferent -
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accept, welcome -
confirm -
reaffirm -
commonplace -
- clud/clus/claus/clois =
cloister, cluster, reclusive
straightforward, simple, -
familiar
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- -
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obedient, manageable -
confirm -
progress, improve -
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enfeeble -
- laps = slip
harden -
short-lived, irresolute, -
intermittent
keep, retain -
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loyalist -
keep, honour -
creditable, praiseworthy, -
good
praise, commend, -
compliment
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virtuoso -
obscurity, infamy -
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enforce -
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- VERT/VERS = to turn
praise, extol -
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united, integrated -
bored, uninterested -
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happy, unrepentant -
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pious, respectful -
unhealthy -
unwelcome, irrelevant -
perturbation -
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cheerful -
cheerful, jovial -
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ignoramus, fool -
awkwardness, gaucheness -
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mainstream, orthodox -
admiring, respectful -
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nonchalant -
- sen = old
demonic -
reality, genuiness -
efficient, organized -
unabashed -
- di/dia/diur/die = day
half-hearted, lackadaisical -
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probity -
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complimentary -
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complimentary, sympathetic -
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bright -
cheerful -
- son = sound
invigorating -
high-minded, respectable -
matter of fact -
lavish -
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- -
- -
good-humoured -
- -
doddering, sluggish, -
lethargic, inactive
clean, pleasant -
unimpressive, plain -
- -
muffled -
quiet, soft -
emotional, lively, -
imaginative
permissive, broad-minded -
soft, dulcet -
soft, dulcet -
lenient, flexible -
run-of-the-mill, ordinary -
happiness -
assist, help -
unsophisticated, rude -
explicit -
sophisticated, cosmopolitan. -
- -
- -
- VID/VIS = to see
lack, dearth -
good-natured, friendly, -
pleasant
mediocre, poor -
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timid, unadventurous -
minor, mild -
- PHON = sound
talkative, loquacious -
punctual, early -
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tasteful, refined -
shyness, bashfulness -
extreme -
indefensible, untenable -
slack, weak tain/ten/tent/tin = hold, twist
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convincing, substantial, -
strong
enthusiastic -
- TERM = end
long-winded, verbose, -
rambling
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good-humoured -
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profligacy, extravagance -
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inept -
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praise, overrate -
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vague -
confidence trep/trem = shake, fear
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cooperative, friendly, -
amicable
simple, plain -
virtue, honour -
rare, scarce -
- umbr = shadow
assailable, defenceless -
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restricted -
blunt, no-nonsense -
demonstrative, gushing -
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unsteady, wavering -
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trained, professional -
manageable, dainty -
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- -
practical, feasible -
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continuity -
- vag = wander
- -
- vag = wander
- VICT/VINC/VANO = conquer
lively, colourful, exciting -
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honourable, honest -
despise -
- -
- VERT/VERS = to turn
- -
- -
impracticable -
- -
- -
pleasant -
praise -
harmless, safe -
- VID/VIS = to see
- VID/VIS = to see
- VID/VIS = to see
pleasant, kind -
praise, extol -
withhold, refuse -
claim, pursue -
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dull, spoil. -
insalubrious -
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extraordinary, exceptional -
distaste, aversion -
Usage
Do not abase yourself by giving statements that can
lower your image.
Since you are late you will now have to pay the bill
along with the interest accrued on it.
The mediators got no chance to settle the dispute as
the leaders constantly indulged in acerbic speeches.
The city was agog with the rumour that the notorious
criminal had escaped from police custody.
Our plans for the picnic had gone awry thanks to the
unseasonal rains.
It is axiomatic that life is not always a bed of roses.
Her family often bore the brunt of her mood swings and
frustrations.
Towards the fag end of her life, her attitude towards life
was one of stoic acceptance driven by fatalism.
If you fail to pay the fee on time you will forfeit your
seat.
During the interregnum when the old king died and the
crown prince was coronated, the Prime Minister took
charge of the affairs of the state.
The situation would have been worse if the elders had
not intervened.
Since her uncle did not have any children of his own
she became the sole legatee to his vast property.
The incessant rain which lashed the city for the past
two days has left the streets dank and miry.
God is omnipotent.
Since she knew his real nature she did not fall prey to
his charms and ignored all his friendly overtures.
Age and ill health have made him senile and petulant.
The senile old man cursed all his relatives and called
them ‘crooked politicians’.
Since plants are sentient living beings they should be
nurtured with utmost care.
Star wars II is a sequel to Star wars I.
Her voice had a rich timbre which was just ideal for her
job as a radio announcer.
If the other party does not turn up, the case will be
decided unilaterally.
She composes verses with unstudied ease.