WORD LIST 1

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WORD LIST 1

• ABHOR (v) detest, loathe, abominate/ ant
  love, admire
• BIGOT (n) fanatic, zealot, chauvinist,
  jingoist
• COUNTERFEIT (adj.) imitation, feigned ,
  fraudulent, spurious

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• ENFRANCHISE (v) grant suffrage to, give voting
  right
• HAMPER (v) thwart, retard, stymie /ant
  expedite, aid
• KINDLE (v) stimulate, actuate, stir

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• NOXIOUS (adj.) noisome, pernicious, menacing
• PLACID (adj.) tranquil, unruffled, serene/ant
  stormy, excited
• REMUNERATION (n) emolument, honorarium,
  reimbursement
• TALISMAN (n) amulet

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GROUP 2

• ABRASIVE (adj.) erosive, chafing/abrasive
  manner- caustic granting, nasty
• BILK (v) swindle, bamboozle, rook, gull

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• COVERT (adj.) surreptitious, furtive, stealthy
• ENGENDER (v) produce, incite/conceive,
  procreate
• HANGER (n) storage area for a plane

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• KNOTTY (adj.) intricate, Byzantine,
  thorny/gnarled, lumpy
• NUANCE (n) subtlety, nicety, refinement
• PLAGIARISM (n) pirating, reproduction

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• RENOWN (n) celebrity, illustriousness,
  prominence
• TANGENT (v) going off the main subject
• PLAINTIFF (n) petitioner (in court of law)

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Group 3

• ABASEMENT (adj.) belittlement, disparagement,
  mortification
• BILLOWING (v) surging, puffing up

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• COWER (v) cringe, wince, grovel, flinch
• ENHANCE (v) augment, amplify, boost
• HARANGUE (n) tirade, diatribe, oration
• LABYRINTH (n) convolution, meandering

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• NULLIFY (v) rescind, repudiate, annul
• REPLETE (adj.) satiated, sated, gorged/ant
  hungry, empty
• TANGIBLE (adj.) palpable, tactile, visible/ant
  intangible, abstract

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Group 4

• ABROGATE (v) retraction, quash, repudiate
• BLASPHEMY (n) profanity, sacrilege,
  profaneness

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• CREDIBLE (adj.) conceivable, plausible
• ENIGMA (n) conundrum, quandary, labyrinth
• HARBINGERS (n) forerunner, precursor, omen

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• LABYRINTHINE (v) complicated, high convoluted
• NUZZLE (v) nudge, prod, nestle, snuggle
• PLAUDIT (n) acclaim, approbation, accolade

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• REPREHENSIBLE (adj.) blame worth, censurable,
  ignoble
• TARDY (adj.) slow, late overdue, delayed
• TAWDRY (adj.) garish, meretricious

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Group 5

• ABSOLUTION (n) exoneration, freedom, condoning
• BLATANT (adj.) flagrant, glaring, conspicuous

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• CREDITABLE (adj.) meritorious, exemplary,
  admirable
• ENSCONCE (v) install, nestle, curlup
• HASTEN (v) move faster, haste

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• LACERATION (n) gashing, slashing, tearing
• OBDURATE (adj.) obstinate, firm, adamant
• PLAUSIBLE (adj.) tenable, cogent

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• REPRIEVE (v) (reprieve the condemned man)
  pardon, let off
• ABSTAIN (v) refrain, forbear
• REPUDIATE (v) shun, eschew

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Group 6

• BLIGHTED (n) infestation, pestilence
• CREDULOUS (adj.) naive, green, unskeptical
• ENSHROUD (v) enwrap, obscure, cloak

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• HAUGHTINESS (n) conceited, supercilious/ant
  modest
• LACHRYMOSE (adj.) lugubrious, dolorous
• OBFUSCATE (v) confuse, make abstruse conceal

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• PLETHORE (n) surplus, surfeit, glut
• TEDIUM (n) prolixity, ennui, insipidity
• CREPUSCULAR (adj.) active at dawn and dusk

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Group 7

• ABSTEMIOUS (adj.) abstinent, austere
• BLITHE (adj.) buoyant, vivacious, sprightly
• ENUNCIATION (n) clear pronunciation, accent,
  articulation

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• HEADSTRONG (adj.) obdurate, intransigent,
  recalcitrant
• LACKLUSTER (adj.) prosaic, rapid, tedious
• OBJECTIVE (adj.) unbiased, not subjective

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• PLIABLE (adj.) stretchable, ductile, supple
• RESCIND (v) revoke abrogate ,quash, annul
• TEMPER (v) palliate, mollify, allay

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Group 8

• ABSTRUSE (adj.) esoteric, recondite, arcane
• BLUNDERBUSS (n) ancient weapon (type of gun), a
  clumsy person
• PLUMAGE (n) feathers of bird

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• CRINGE (v) cower, flinch, wince
• ENVENOM (v) cause bitterness and bad feeling
• HEDONISM (n) self indulgence, pleasure-seeking

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• LACONIC (adj.) succinct, using few words
• OBLIQUE (n) solidus, slant
• RESIGNATION (n) renunciation, abdication

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• TENACIOUS (adj.) strong, inexorable,
  contumacious
• ACCOLADE (n) tribute, honor, praise
• CRYPTIC (adj.) puzzling, enigmatic

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group 9

• BOLSTER (n) laid his head on bolster / pillow,
  (v)- strengthen, boost
• EPHEMERAL (adj.) transitory, evanescent
• LAMENTATION (n) moaning, weeping

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• OBLITERATE (v) exterminate, annihilate,
  extirpate
• PLUMMET (v) nosedive, hurtle
• RESOLUTION (n) stead fastness, perseverance

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• TENTATIVE (adj.) speculative, conjectural,
  exploratory
• ACQUIESCE (v) concur, concede, assent
• CURTAIL (v) reduce, truncate, abbreviate

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Group 10

• BOMBAST (n) turgidity, grandiloquence,
  rodomontade
• EPICURE (n) gourmet, connoisseur
• HEED (n) notice, respect

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• OBLIVIOUS (adj.) absentminded, unconscious of /
  ant aware, conscious
• LAMPOON (v) satirize, burlesque, pasquinade

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• PODIUM (n) dais, rostrum
• RESONANT (adj.) echoing
• TENUOUS (adj.) nebulous, dubious, hazy