#11-60
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| Aberrant | deviating from what is normal or expected
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| Bolster | support, prop up
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| Candid | impartial and honest in speech
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| Deride | to speak of or treat with contempt, to mock
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| Efficacy | effectiveness
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| Fanatical | acting excessively enthusiastic, filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
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| Laconic | using few words
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| Malleable | capable of being shaped
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| Rarefy | to make thinner or sparser
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| Soporific | causing sleep or lethargy
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| Abscond | to leave secretly
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| Bombastic | pompous in speech and manner
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| Capricious | changing one's mind quickly and often
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| Desiccate | to dry out thoroughly
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| Elegy | a sorrowful poem or speech
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| Fawn | to grovel
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| Garrulous | tending to talk a lot
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| Naïve | lacking sophistication or experience
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| Paragon | model of excellence or perfection
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| Venerate | to respect deeply
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| Abyss | an extremely deep hole
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| Castigate | to punish or criticize harshly
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| Diatribe | an abusive, condemnatory speech
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| Eloquent | persuasive and moving, especially in speech
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| Iconoclast | one who opposes established beliefs, customs and institutions
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| Pedant | someone who shows off learning
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| Perfunctory | done in a routine way; indifferent
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| Specious | deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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| Tacit | done without using words
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| Zeal | passion, excitement
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| Adulterate | to make impure
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| Advocate | to speak in favor of
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| Burgeon | to grow and flourish
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| Catalyst | something that brings about a change in something else
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| Diffident | lacking self-confidence
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| Embellish | to add ornamental or fictitious details
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| Gregarious | outgoing, sociable
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| Metaphor | a figure of speech comparing two different things, a symbol
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| Obstinate | stubborn, unyielding
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| Stigma | a mark of shame or discredit
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| Aesthetic | concerning the appreciation of beauty
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| Caustic | biting in wit
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| Dilate | to make larger, expand
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| Emulate | to copy; to try to equal or excel
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| Fervid | intensely emotional, feverish
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| Permeate | to penetrate
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| Stolid | unemotional, lacking sensitivity
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| Taciturn | silent, not talkative
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| Veracity | filled with truth and accuracy
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| Waver | to fluctuate between choices
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