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Moribund
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of a person- dying, at the point of death. of a thing- declining, lacking vitality or vigour
the moribund commercial property market
Despondent
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in low spirits from loss of hope or courage; disheartened, discouraged
subversive
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seeking or intending to subvert an established system or institution; disruptive; troublemaker
subversive person/ literature
requisition
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official order
splenetic
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bad tempered, spiteful
concurrence
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the fact of two or more circumstances happening at the same time
the incidental concurrence of two separate tumours
affected
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pretentious and designed to impress
the gesture appeared both affected and stagy
commiseration
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compassion, sympathy
others offered him clumsy commiseration
assay
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evaluation, assessment
the man who assayed gold was more than a technician
sardonic
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grimly mocking or cynical
precipitate
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-ve cause to happen suddenly or unexpectedly
dissolute
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overindulging in sensual pleasures
OPP- ascetic
aspersion
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defamation, vilification
languorous
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lazy
ingenious
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clever, original, and inventive
floundering
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struggle
antithesis
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a person or thinh thst is the direct opposite of someone or something else
love is the antithesis of selfishness
slake
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quench or satisfy
speck
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a tiny spot, dot
nugatory
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worthless
sobriety
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staid or solemn, seriousness, sober
sinecure
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a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit
punctilious
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meticulous
undercut
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undermine, weaken
dispassionate
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unemotional, rational, impartial
temerity
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audacity
impudence
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impertinent, insolence, effrontery
subversion
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the undermining of the power and authority of an established system
squalid
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dirty, filthy, improper, sleazy
a squalid, overcrowded prison
coddle
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pamper
repose
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be situated or kept in a particular place, rest
the diamond now reposes in the louvre
redemption
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saving
dissipate
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waste or fitter away
he inherited, but then dissipated, his father’s fortune
edification
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the moral or intellectual instruction or improvement of someone
a video was filmed for the edification of clients
homily
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religious discourse which is intended promarily for spiritual edification rather than doctrinal instruction; sermon, lecture
tether
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tie with a rope or chain to restrict its movement
the horse has been tethered to its post
corpulent
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fat
a short, somewhat corpulent man
hankering 🔔
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a strong desire to have or do something
a hankering for my family
preternatural
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extraordinary, exceptional
autumn has arrived with preternatural speed
pathos
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a quality that evokes pity or sadness
the author injects his customary humour and pathos into the role
bromide
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a trite statement that is intended to soothe or placate
feel-good bromides create the illusion of problem-solving
certitude
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certainity
cogitate
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think deeply about something; meditate or reflect
dissemble
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conceal or disguise one’s true feeling
denigrate
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disparage, criticize unfairly
wholesome
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healthy
the food is plentiful and very wholesome
tendentious
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expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, specially a controversial one
a tendentious reading of history
foster
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encourage
the teacher’s task is to foster learning
tortuous
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excessively lengthy and complex
inextricable
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inseparable
THE PAST AND THE PRESENT ARE INEXTRICABLE
subvert
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undermine the power and authority of; destabilize
mulish
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obstinate, stubborn (like a mule 🐴)
a mulish expression
superlative
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of the highest quality or degree; excellent
a superlative piece of skill
dejection
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a sad and depressed state; low spirits
despondency
infamy
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the state of being well known for some bad quality or deed; notoriety, disrepute
enjoin
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urge, encourage
malfeasance
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wrongdoing
entrenched
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ingrained
antagonist
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a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary
the woman was forcing her antagonist’s face into the mud
prodigious
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enormous
the stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel
polemic
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diatribe, invective, a strong verbal attack on someone or something
sensationalism
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the presentation of stories in a way that is intended to provoke public interest or excitement, at the expense of accuracy
exonerate
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absolve from blame, clear, release
raconteur
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storyteller
a colourful raconteur
denizen
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inhabitant, resident
debonair
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(of a man) confident, stylish, charming
virulent
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bitterly hostile, poisonous, toxic, venomous
adamantine
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unable to be broken
withering
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scornful, contemptuous
a withering look
reprobation
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disapproval
abrogate
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evade a responsibility or duty; revoke (cancel) or relinquish (renounce, give up
saddle
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burden someone with an onerous responsibility or task
impute
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attribute; ascribe, assign, credit
steel
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mentally prepare oneself to do or face something difficult
his team were steeling themselves for disappointment
unguent
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ointment
abecedarian
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arranged alphabetically
in abecedarian sequence
drifter
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itinerant, wanderer
vagrant
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drifter, itinerant
duplicitious
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deceitful
a duplicitous philanderer
veritable 🌚
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used for emphasis, often to qualify a metaphor
the early 1970’s witnessed a veritable price explosion
chicanery
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trickery / deception
storylines packed with political chicanery
reconnaissance
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recognizing, making familiar
uncharted
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not mapped or surveyed, unexplored
categorical
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unqualified, unequivocal
a categorical assurance
forsaken
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abandoned or deserted. renounce, relinquish OPP- keep
a journey into forgotten and forsaken places
derision
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mockery, ridicule
quiescent
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inactive, dormant
vignette
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a brief evocative description, account, or episode
a classic vignette of embassy life
bastion
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supporter, defender (an institution place or person strongly maintaining particular principles)
cricket’s last bastion of discrimination
contravene
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break, breach, infringe
he contravened the official secrets act
pedagogue
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a teacher, specially a strict or pedantic one
scourge
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a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering; bane, curse
the scourge of mass unemployment
pigeonhole
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stereotype
i was pigeonholed as a youth writer
visceral
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relating to deep inward feelings rather than to intellect
the voter’s visceral fear of change
revile
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criticize
patronage
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supporter, sponsor, backing
fulsome
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enthusiastic, ample, profuse; complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree
the press are embarrassingly fulsome in their appreciation; the fulsome details of the later legend
unassailable
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impregnable, invulnerable

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