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| abridge | to shorten or condense |
| abstract | abridge RW - a formal summary |
| digest | abridge RW - a summary employing the style, form, and manner of an original article/work |
| synopsis | abridge RW - a summary of a story, speech, or series of events |
| compendium | abridge RW - a comprehensive summary or a concise treatise in some field of learning |
| acquiesce | to consent, agree passively |
| assent | acquiesce RW - say yes |
| accede | acquiesce RW - yiekd |
| concur | acquiesce RW - agree |
| allude | to refer to or mention casually |
| cite | allude RW - to mention, refer to, quote (for proof or example) |
| casual | allude RW - offhand, incidental |
| constitute | to form, or make up |
| constituent | constitute RW - a part or component of something |
| contrive | to plot, scheme, devise a way |
| corroborate | to verify, confirm, substantiate |
| culminate | to reach the highest point |
| summit | culminate RW - highest point of a mountain, career, ambition, campaign |
| zenith | culminate RW - highest point of a career, connotates the sky or stars |
| acme | culminate RW - a person, quality, or product of perfection; the highest point of excellence |
| depreciate | to decrease in value, belittle |
| decry | depricate RW |
| disparage | culminate RW - to belittle, speak slightingly of |
| appreciate | culminate ANT - to add to the price or value |
| dilate | to expand or enlarge |
| discriminate | to observe differences, make unfair distinctions |
| arid | dry, barren, parched, lifeless |
| sear/sere | arid RW - withered, dried up, or mildly scorched by heat |
| sterile | arid RW - unfruitful, incapable of producing life, lacking vitality, free from micro-organisms |
| desiccated | arid RW - dried up |
| jejune | arid RW - dull and flat, barren or dried up |
| effete | arid RW - spent, worn, exhausted - and thus sterile |
| humid | arid ANT |
| chronic | constant, habitual, recurring |
| dubious | doubtful, uncertain, causing doubt |
| dubitable | dubious RW - something questionable |
| indubitable | dubious ANT - something not to be questioned or doubted |
| indulgent | yielding, lenient, easy-going |
| gratification | a form of indulgence |
| license | a form of indulgence and permissiveness |
| sanction | a form of indulgence |
| toleration | a form of indulgence |
| dispensation | a form of indulgence |
| franchise | a form of indulgence |
| patent | a form of permissiveness |
| authorization | a form of permissiveness |
| sufferance | a form of permissiveness |
| sanction | a form of permissiveness |
| condonation | a form of permissiveness |
| internal | inside, within (body, country, etc.), inner |
| lethal | deadly, fatal (pertaining to objects and means, not persons) |
| mortal | lethal RW - something death-causing (to people or things) |
| livid | pale, lead-colored, grayish blue |
| overt | open, unconcealed |
| conspicuous | overt RW - something unconcealed that attracts attention |
| ostensible | overt RW - something apparent, seeming |
| manifest | overt RW - open, plain, unconcealed, yet not as obtrusive as to be overt |
| flagrant | overt RW - overt and startling due to scandal |
| palpable | overt RW - something you can feel or see readily |
| senile | characteristic of old age |
| senile dementia | mental disagreement occuring in old age; includes disorientation |
| dotage | senile RW - semility with weak-mindedness or abnormal fondness for certain persons or possessions |
| superannuation | senile RW - the condition of being retired or disqualified for active duty |
| longevity | senile RW - a long life |
| virtual | almost, for all practical purposes, being something in effect but not actually |
