abbreviate: (v) to shorten, abridge abstinence: (n) the act of rraining from pleasurable activity, e.g., eating or drinking adulation: (n) high praise adversity: (n) misfortune, an unfavorable turn of events aesthetic: (adj) pertaining to beauty or the arts amicable: (adj) friendly, agreeable anachronistic: (adj) out-of-date, not attributed to the correct historical period anecdote: (n) short, usually funny account of an event anonymous: (adj) nameless, without a disclosed identity antagonist: (n) foe, opponent, adversary arid: (adj) extremely dry or deathly boring assiduous: (adj) persistent, hard-working asylum: (n) sanctuary, shelter, place of ruge benevolent: (adj) friendly and helpful camaraderie: (n) trust, sociability amongst friends censure: (v) to criticize harshly circuitous: (adj) indirect, taking the longest route clairvoyant: (adj) exceptionally insightful, able to foresee the future collaborate: (v) to cooperate, work together compassion: (n) sympathy, helpfulness or mercy compromise: (v) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides condescending: (adj) possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing conditional: (adj) depending on a condition, e.g., in a contract conformist: (n) person who complies with accepted rules and customs congregation: (n) a crowd of people, an assembly convergence: (n) the state of separate elements joining or coming together deleterious: (adj) harmful, destructive, detrimental demagogue: (n) leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice digression: (n) the act of turning aside, straying from the main point, esp. in a speech or argument diligent: (adj) carul and hard-working discredit: (v) to harm the reputation of, dishonor or disgrace disdain: (v) to regard with scorn or contempt divergent: (adj) separating, moving in different directions from a particular point empathy: (n) identification with the feelings of others emulate: (v) to imitate, follow an example enervating: (adj) weakening, tiring enhance: (v) to improve, bring to a greater level of intensity ephemeral: (adj) momentary, transient, fleeting evanescent: (adj) quickly fading, short-lived, esp. an image exasperation: (n) irritation, frustration exemplary: (adj) outstanding, an example to others extenuating: (adj) excusing, lessening the seriousness of guilt or crime, e.g., of mitigating factors florid: (adj) red-colored, flushed; gaudy, ornate fortuitous: (adj) happening by luck, fortunate frugal: (adj) thrifty, cheap hackneyed: (adj) cliched, worn out by overuse haughty: (adj) arrogant and condescending hedonist: (n) person who pursues pleasure as a goal hypothesis: (n) assumption, theory requiring proof impetuous: (adj) rash, impulsive, acting without thinking impute: (v) to attribute an action to particular person or group incompatible: (adj) opposed in nature, not able to live or work together inconsequential: (adj) unimportant, trivial inevitable: (adj) certain, unavoidable integrity: (n) decency, honesty, wholeness intrepid: (adj) fearless, adventurous intuitive: (adj) instinctive, untaught jubilation: (n) joy, celebration, exultation lobbyist: (n) person who seeks to influence political events

longevity: (n) long life mundane: (adj) ordinary, commonplace nonchalant: (adj) calm, casual, seeming unexcited novice: (n) apprentice, beginner opulent: (adj) wealthy orator: (n) lecturer, speaker ostentatious: (adj) showy, displaying wealth parched: (adj) dried up, shriveled perfidious: (adj) faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy precocious: (adj) unusually advanced or talented at an early age pretentious: (adj) pretending to be important, intelligent or cultured procrastinate: (v) to unnecessarily delay, postpone, put off prosaic: (adj) relating to prose; dull, commonplace prosperity: (n) wealth or success provocative: (adj) tending to provoke a response, e.g., anger or disagreement prudent: (adj) carul, cautious querulous: (adj) complaining, irritable rancorous: (adj) bitter, hatul reclusive: (adj) prerring to live in isolation reconciliation: (n) the act of agreement after a quarrel, the resolution of a dispute renovation: (n) repair, making something new again resilient: (adj) quick to recover, bounce back restrained: (adj) controlled, repressed, restricted reverence: (n) worship, profound respect sagacity: (n) wisdom scrutinize: (v) to observe carully spontaneity: (n) impulsive action, unplanned events spurious: (adj) lacking authenticity, false submissive: (adj) tending to meekness, to submit to the will of others substantiate: (v) to verify, confirm, provide supporting evidence subtle: (adj) hard to detect or describe; perceptive superficial: (adj) shallow, lacking in depth superfluous: (adj) extra, more than enough, redundant suppress: (v) to end an activity, e.g., to prevent the dissemination of information surreptitious: (adj) secret, stealthy tactful: (adj) considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others tenacious: (adj) determined, keeping a firm grip on transient: (adj) temporary, short-lived, fleeting venerable: (adj) respected because of age vindicate: (v) to clear from blame or suspicion wary: (adj) carul, cautious

abbreviate: (v) to shorten, abridge abstinence: (n) the act of rraining from pleasurable activity, e.g., eating or drinking adulation: (n) high praise adversity: (n) misfortune, an unfavorable turn of events aesthetic: (adj) pertaining to beauty or the arts amicable: (adj) friendly, agreeable anachronistic: (adj) out-of-date, not attributed to the correct historical period anecdote: (n) short, usually funny account of an event anonymous: (adj) nameless, without a disclosed identity antagonist: (n) foe, opponent, adversary arid: (adj) extremely dry or deathly boring assiduous: (adj) persistent, hard-working asylum: (n) sanctuary, shelter, place of ruge benevolent: (adj) friendly and helpful camaraderie: (n) trust, sociability amongst friends censure: (v) to criticize harshly circuitous: (adj) indirect, taking the longest route clairvoyant: (adj) exceptionally insightful, able to foresee the future collaborate: (v) to cooperate, work together compassion: (n) sympathy, helpfulness or mercy compromise: (v) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides condescending: (adj) possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing conditional: (adj) depending on a condition, e.g., in a contract conformist: (n) person who complies with accepted rules and customs congregation: (n) a crowd of people, an assembly convergence: (n) the state of separate elements joining or coming together deleterious: (adj) harmful, destructive, detrimental demagogue: (n) leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice digression: (n) the act of turning aside, straying from the main point, esp. in a speech or argument diligent: (adj) carul and hard-working discredit: (v) to harm the reputation of, dishonor or disgrace disdain: (v) to regard with scorn or contempt divergent: (adj) separating, moving in different directions from a particular point empathy: (n) identification with the feelings of others emulate: (v) to imitate, follow an example enervating: (adj) weakening, tiring enhance: (v) to improve, bring to a greater level of intensity ephemeral: (adj) momentary, transient, fleeting evanescent: (adj) quickly fading, short-lived, esp. an image exasperation: (n) irritation, frustration exemplary: (adj) outstanding, an example to others extenuating: (adj) excusing, lessening the seriousness of guilt or crime, e.g., of mitigating factors florid: (adj) red-colored, flushed; gaudy, ornate fortuitous: (adj) happening by luck, fortunate frugal: (adj) thrifty, cheap hackneyed: (adj) cliched, worn out by overuse haughty: (adj) arrogant and condescending hedonist: (n) person who pursues pleasure as a goal hypothesis: (n) assumption, theory requiring proof impetuous: (adj) rash, impulsive, acting without thinking impute: (v) to attribute an action to particular person or group incompatible: (adj) opposed in nature, not able to live or work together inconsequential: (adj) unimportant, trivial inevitable: (adj) certain, unavoidable integrity: (n) decency, honesty, wholeness intrepid: (adj) fearless, adventurous intuitive: (adj) instinctive, untaught jubilation: (n) joy, celebration, exultation lobbyist: (n) person who seeks to influence political events

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