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abate	lessen
abdicated	to give up as throne
abet	to help especially in a crime
accolade	high praise
acme	highest point
acquiesce	to give consent
advocated	to support, or urge
affable	pleasant, or socialable
affluent	wealthy
afront	insult
aggregate	total mass
agile	quick and well coordinated
agrarian	of land and farming
altercation	an arguement
allay	relief
alluded	to refer indirectly
altruistic	unselfishly concerned for
ambiguous	unclear
ambitious	having power
analogy	comparisons
anarchy	lacking government
anathema	intensely disliked
annihilate	to destroy completely
antithesis	opposite
arid	dry
askew	out of line
astute	clever
audacious	daring
auspicious	promising good
avarice	greed
avid	eager
banish	to dismiss
bellicose	warlike
benevolent	kindd
benign	harmless
bland	plain
blatant	obvious
blithe	happy
breach	hole in the line
buccaneer	pirate
burnished	polished by friction
capricious	changeable
celestial	has to do with astronomy
censor	edit or content
circumspect	careful
clandestine	secret mission
clichés	overused expressions
cogent	convincing
compassion	pity
conceded	to admit as true
concise	short and clear
condescend	to stoop
condone	to approve
conjure	to summon
contempt	disgrace
contiguous	touching
cosmopolitan	sophisticated
countenance	facial expression
covey	a small group
criteria	the standards
cull	to select
culpable	guilty
cursory	hasty
debilitate	to injure
decorum	behavior
defer	to postpone
definitive	complete
delude	to mislead
demeaner	behavior
deplete	to empty
disdain	to dislike
dissipate	scatter
docile	tame
doff	to tip and put back on
dominant	overpowering
dormant	sleeping
edict	an order
elated	good spirit
elicit	to draw out
elude	to escape
eminent	note worthy
enigmatic	mysterious
entice	to luer
entreated	begged
erode	to ware away
escalate	to grow
essay	to try hard
expedite	to make it run smoothly
facade	the exterior appearance
facets	sides
facile	easy
formidable	hard to overcome
fortitute	your inner strenth
frugal	thrifty
garish	to fancy
garner	to gather
garrulous	talkative
gibes	verbal insults
glean	to get meaning from someone
gregarious	socialable
hyperbole	a gross exageration
imbibe	to drink
impudent	rude
inordinate	too much
insidious	harmful
insrutable	mysterious
insipid	dull
intact	untouched
lament	to grieve
languid	without energy
lethal	deadly
lithe	flexible
loathe	to hate
lucid	clear
ludicrous	ridiculous
lurid	shocking
manifest	evident
maudlin	overly sentimental
meander	wandering
mendicants	beggars
mettle	courage
misdemeanor	bad behavior
modicum	very small amount
mortification	humiliation
mundane	down to earth
niche	special talent
oblique	slanting
obtrusive	annoying
ominous	threatening
opaque	translucent
oust	dismiss
parable	a story that has a meaning
pathos	suffering
pedantic	narrow minded
plausible	beleivable
poignant	touching
precarious	dangerous
profuse	abundant
quell	quiet down
raucous	very loud
razed	to destroy
reiterate	to repeat
relish	to enjoy
respite	to rest
rigor	hardship
sallow	sickly pale
saunter	to walk casually
sardonic	sarcastica
sedintary	sitting a lot
seethed	boiled
sparse	small amount
spasmodic	having jerky motions
stolid	unexcitable
strident	harsh
surly	grouchy
tacit	silent
tangible	touchable
tenacity	determination
tepid	lukewarm
terse	short and to the point
tranquil	calm and peaceful
transcend	to go above and beyond
tumult	noisy comotion
tubulent	disruptive
unsrupulous	having no morals
vagrant	nomad
veritable	truthful
vie	to compete
vindication	clearance from suspicion
vindictive	seeking revenge
vocifeous	noisy
vulnerable	able to be hurt
wafted	to carry gently
waif	a homeless child
warrant	to deserve
writhed	squirmed

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