Some words to use when writing things:
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winking
clenching
pulsing
fluttering
contracting
twitching
sucking
quivering
pulsating
throbbing
beating
thumping
thudding
pounding
humming
palpitate
vibrate
grinding
crushing
hammering
lashing
knocking
driving
thrusting
pushing
force
injecting
filling
dilate
stretching
lingering
expanding
bouncing
reaming
elongate
enlarge
unfolding
yielding
sternly
firmly
tightly
harshly
thoroughly
consistently
precision
accuracy
carefully
demanding
strictly
restriction
meticulously
scrupulously
rigorously
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rim
edge
lip
circle
band
encircling
enclosing
surrounding
piercing
curl
lock
twist
coil
spiral
whorl
dip
wet
soak
madly
wildly
noisily
rowdily
rambunctiously
decadent
degenerate
immoral
indulgent
accept
take
invite
nook
indentation
niche
depression
indent
depress
delay
tossing
writhing
flailing
squirming
rolling
wriggling
wiggling
thrashing
struggling
grappling
striving
straining
Appetite craving, demand, gluttony, greed, hunger, inclination, insatiable, longing, lust, passion, ravenousness, relish,
taste, thirst, urge, voracity, weakness, willingness, yearning, ardor, dedication, desire, devotion, enthusiasm,
excitement, fervor, horny, intensity, keenness, wholeheartedness, zeal
Arouse agitate, awaken, electrify, enliven, excite, entice, foment, goad, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, provoke,
rally, rouse, spark, stimulate, stir, thrill, waken, warm, whet, attract, charm, coax, fire up, fuel, heat up, lure,
produce, stir up, tantalize, tease, tempt, thrum, torment, wind up, work up
Assault attack, advancing, aggressive, assailing, charging, incursion, inundated, invasion, offensive, onset,
onslaught, overwhelmed, ruinous, tempestuous, strike, violation, ambush, assail, barrage, bombard,
bombardment, crackdown, wound
Beautiful admirable, alluring, angelic, appealing, bewitching, charming, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant,
enticing, exquisite, fascinating, gorgeous, graceful, grand, magnificent, marvelous, pleasing, radiant,
ravishing, resplendent, splendid, stunning, sublime, attractive, beguiling, captivating, enchanting, engaging,
enthralling, eye-catching, fetching, fine, fine-looking, good-looking, handsome, inviting, lovely, mesmeric,
mesmerizing, pretty, rakish, refined, striking, tantalizing, tempting
Brutal atrocious, barbarous, bloodthirsty, callous, cruel, feral, ferocious, hard, harsh, heartless, inhuman,
merciless, murderous, pitiless, remorseless, rough, rude, ruthless, savage, severe, terrible, unmerciful,
vicious, bestial, brute, brutish, cold-blooded, fierce, gory, nasty, rancorous, sadistic, uncompromising,
unfeeling, unforgiving, unpitying, violent, wild
Burly –
able-bodied, athletic, beefy, big, brawny, broad-shouldered, bulky, dense, enormous, great, hard, hardy,
hearty, heavily built, heavy, hefty, huge, husky, immense, large, massive, muscular, mighty, outsized,
oversized, powerful, powerfully built, prodigious, robust, solid, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, strong,
strongly built, sturdy, thick, thickset, tough, well-built, well-developed
Carnal animalistic, bodily, impure, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, physical, prurient,
salacious, sensuous, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton, , coarse, crude, dirty, raunchy, rough, unclean
Dangerous alarming, critical, fatal, formidable, impending, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, perilous, precarious,
pressing, serious, terrible, threatening, treacherous, urgent, vulnerable, wicked, acute, damaging, deadly,
death-defying, deathly, destructive, detrimental, explosive, grave, harmful, hazardous, injurious, lethal, lifethreatening, noxious, poisonous, risky, severe, terrifying, toxic, unsafe, unstable, venomous
Dark atrocious, corrupt, forbidding, foul, infernal, midnight, morbid, ominous, sinful, sinister, somber,
threatening, twilight, vile, wicked, abject, alarming, appalling, baleful, bizarre, bleak, bloodcurdling, boding
evil, chilling, cold, condemned, creepy, damned, daunting, demented, desolate, dire, dismal, disturbing,
doomed, dour, dread, dreary, dusk, eerie, fear, fearsome, frightening, ghastly, ghostly, ghoulish, gloom,
gloomy, grave, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising, haunted, hideous, hopeless, horrendous, horrible,
horrid, horrific, horrifying, horror, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, inauspicious, inhospitable, looming, lost,
macabre, malice, malignant, menacing, murky, mysterious, night, panic, pessimistic, petrifying, scary,
shadows, shadowy, shade, shady, shocking, soul-destroying, sour, spine-chilling, spine-tingling, strange,
terrifying, uncanny, unearthly, unlucky, unnatural, unnerving, weird, wretched
Delicious enticing, exquisite, luscious, lush, rich, savory, sweet, tasty, tempting, appetizing, delectable, flavorsome,
full of flavor, juicy, lip-smacking, mouth-watering, piquant, relish, ripe, salty, spicy, scrummy, scrumptious,
succulent, tangy, tart, tasty, yummy, zesty
Ecstasy delectation, delirium, elation, euphoria, fervor, frenzy, joy, rapture, transport, bliss, excitement, happiness,
heaven, high, paradise, rhapsody, thrill, blissful, delighted, elated, extremely happy, in raptures (of delight),
in seventh heaven, jubilant, on cloud nine, overexcited, overjoyed, rapturous, thrilled
Ecstatic delirious, enraptured, euphoric, fervent, frenzied, joyous, transported, wild
Erotic amatory, amorous, aphrodisiac, carnal, earthy, erogenous, fervid, filthy, hot, impassioned, lascivious,
lecherous, lewd, raw, romantic, rousing, salacious, seductive, sensual, sexual, spicy, steamy, stimulating,
suggestive, titillating, voluptuous, tantalizing
Gasp catch of breath, choke, gulp, heave, inhale, pant, puff, snort, wheeze, huff, rasp, sharp intake of air, short of
breath, struggle for breath, swallow, winded
Heated ardent, avid, excited, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, frenzied, furious, impassioned, intense, passionate, raging,
scalding, scorched, stormy, tempestuous, vehement, violent, ablaze, aflame, all-consuming, blazing,
blistering, burning, crazed, explosive, febrile, feverish, fired up, flaming, flushed, frantic, hot, hot-blooded,
impatient, incensed, maddening, obsessed, possessed, randy, searing, sizzling, smoldering, sweltering, torrid,
turbulent, volatile, worked up, zealous
Hunger appetite, ache, craving, gluttony, greed, longing, lust, mania, mouth-watering, ravenous, voracious, want,
yearning, thirst
Hungry avid, carnivorous, covetous, craving, eager, greedy, hungered, rapacious, ravenous, starved, unsatisfied,
voracious, avaricious, desirous, famished, grasping, insatiable, keen, longing, predatory, ravening, starving,
thirsty, wanting
Intense forceful, severe, passionate, acute, agonizing, ardent, anxious, biting, bitter, burning, close, consuming,
cutting, deep, eager, earnest, excessive, exquisite, extreme, fervent, fervid, fierce, forcible, great, harsh,
impassioned, keen, marked, piercing, powerful, profound, severe, sharp, strong, vehement, violent, vivid,
vigorous
Liquid damp, cream, creamy, dripping, ichorous, juicy, moist, luscious, melted, moist, pulpy, sappy, soaking,
solvent, sopping, succulent, viscous, wet / aqueous, broth, elixir, extract, flux, juice, liquor, nectar, sap,
sauce, secretion, solution, vitae, awash, moisture, boggy, dewy, drenched, drip, drop, droplet, drowning,
flood, flooded, flowing, fountain, jewel, leaky, milky, overflowing, saturated, slick, slippery, soaked, sodden,
soggy, stream, swamp, tear, teardrop, torrent, waterlogged, watery, weeping
Lithe agile, lean, pliant, slight, spare, sinewy, slender, supple, deft, fit, flexible, lanky, leggy, limber, lissom,
lissome, nimble, sinuous, skinny, sleek, slender, slim, svelte, trim, thin, willowy, wiry
Moan beef, cry, gripe, grouse, grumble, lament, lamentation, plaint, sob, wail, whine, bemoan, bewail, carp,
deplore, grieve, gripe, grouse, grumble, keen, lament, sigh, sob, wail, whine, mewl
Moving (exciting,) affecting, effective arousing, awakening, breathless, dynamic, eloquent, emotional, emotive,
expressive, fecund, far-out, felt in gut, grabbed by, gripping, heartbreaking, heartrending, impelling,
impressive, inspirational, meaningful, mind-bending, mind-blowing, motivating, persuasive, poignant,
propelling, provoking, quickening, rallying, rousing, significant, stimulating, simulative, stirring, stunning,
touching, awe-inspiring, energizing, exhilarating, fascinating, heart pounding, heart stopping, inspiring,
riveting, thrilling
Need compulsion, demand, desperate, devoir, extremity, impatient longing, must, urge, urgency / desire, appetite,
avid, burn, craving, eagerness, fascination, greed, hunger, insatiable, longing, lust, taste, thirst, voracious,
want, yearning, ache, addiction, aspiration, desire, fever, fixation, hankering, hope, impulse, inclination,
infatuation, itch, obsession, passion, pining, wish, yen
Pain ache, afflict, affliction, agony, agonize, anguish, bite, burn, chafe, distress, fever, grief, hurt, inflame,
laceration, misery, pang, punish, sting, suffering, tenderness, throb, throe, torment, torture, smart
Painful aching, agonizing, arduous, awful, biting, burning, caustic, dire, distressing, dreadful, excruciating, extreme,
grievous, inflamed, piercing, raw, sensitive, severe, sharp, tender, terrible, throbbing, tormenting, angry,
bleeding, bloody, bruised, cutting, hurting, injured, irritated, prickly, skinned, smarting, sore, stinging,
unbearable, uncomfortable, upsetting, wounded
Perverted aberrant, abnormal, corrupt, debased, debauched, defiling, depraved, deviant, monstrous, tainted, twisted,
vicious, warped, wicked, abhorrent, base, decadent, degenerate, degrading, dirty, disgusting, dissipated,
dissolute, distasteful, hedonistic, immodest, immoral, indecent, indulgent, licentious, nasty, profligate,
repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shameful, shameless, sickening, sinful, smutty, sordid,
unscrupulous, vile
Pleasurable charming, gratifying, luscious, satisfying, savory, agreeable, delicious, delightful, enjoyable, nice, pleasant,
pleasing, soothing, succulent
Pleasure bliss, delight, gluttony, gratification, relish, satisfaction, thrill, adventure, amusement, buzz, contentment,
delight, desire, ecstasy, enjoyment, excitement, fun, happiness, harmony, heaven, joy, kick, liking, paradise,
seventh heaven
Rapaciousavaricious, ferocious, furious, greedy, predatory, ravening, ravenous, savage, voracious, aggressive,
gluttonous, grasping, insatiable, marauding, plundering
Rapture bliss, ecstasy, elation, exaltation, glory, gratification, passion, pleasure, floating, unbridled joy
Rigid adamant, austere, definite, determined, exact, firm, hard, rigorous, solid, stern, uncompromising,
unrelenting, unyielding, concrete, fixed, harsh, immovable, inflexible, obstinate, resolute, resolved, severe,
steadfast, steady, stiff, strong, strict, stubborn, taut, tense, tight, tough, unbending, unchangeable,
unwavering
Sudden abrupt, accelerated, acute, fast, flashing, fleeting, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, impetuous, impulsive,
quick, quickening, rapid, rash, rushing, swift, brash, brisk, brusque, instant, instantaneous, out of the blue,
reckless, rushed, sharp, spontaneous, urgent, without warning
Thrust (forward) advance, drive, forge, impetus, impulsion, lunge, momentum, onslaught, poke, pressure, prod,
propulsion, punch, push, shove, power, proceed, progress, propel
(push hard) assail, assault, attack, bear down, buck, drive, force, heave, impale, impel, jab, lunge, plunge,
press, pound, prod, ram, shove, stab, transfix, urge, bang, burrow, cram, gouge, jam, pierce, punch, slam,
spear, spike, stick
Thunder-struck amazed, astonished, aghast, astounded, awestruck, confounded, dazed, dazed, dismayed, overwhelmed,
shocked, staggered, startled, stunned, gob-smacked, bewildered, dumbfounded, flabbergasted, horrified,
incredulous, surprised, taken aback
Torment agony, anguish, hurt, misery, pain, punishment, suffering, afflict, angst, conflict, distress, grief, heartache,
misfortune, nightmare, persecute, plague, sorrow, strife, tease, test, trial, tribulation, torture, turmoil, vex,
woe
Touch (physical) - blow, brush, caress, collide, come together, contact, converge, crash, cuddle, embrace, feel, feel
up, finger, fondle, frisk, glance, glide, graze, grope, handle, hit, hug, impact, join, junction, kiss, lick, line,
manipulate, march, massage, meet, nudge, palm, partake, pat, paw, peck, pet, pinch, probe, push, reach, rub,
scratch, skim, slide, smooth, strike, stroke, suck, sweep, tag, tap, taste, thumb, tickle, tip, touching, toy, bite,
bump, burrow, buss, bury, circle, claw, clean, clutch, cover, creep, crush, cup, curl, delve, dig, drag, draw,
ease, edge, fiddle with, flick, flit, fumble, grind, grip, grub, hold, huddle, knead, lap, lave, lay a hand on,
maneuver, manhandle, mash, mold, muzzle, neck, nestle, nibble, nip, nuzzle, outline, play, polish, press, pull,
rasp, ravish, ream, rim, run, scoop, scrabble, scrape, scrub, shave, shift, shunt, skate, slip, slither, smack,
snake, snuggle, soothe, spank, splay, spread, squeeze, stretch, swipe, tangle, tease, thump, tongue, trace,
trail, tunnel twiddle, twirl, twist, tug, work, wrap
(mental) - communicate, examine, inspect, perception, scrutinize
Wet bathe, bleed, burst, cascade, course, cover, cream, damp, dampen, deluge, dip, douse, drench, dribble, drip,
drizzle, drool, drop, drown, dunk, erupt, flood, flow, gush, immerse, issue, jet, leach, leak, moisten, ooze,
overflow, permeate, plunge, pour, rain, rinse, run, salivate, saturate, secrete, seep, shower, shoot, slaver,
slobber, slop, slosh, sluice, spill, soak, souse, spew, spit, splash, splatter, spout, spray, sprinkle, spurt, squirt,
steep, stream, submerge, surge, swab, swamp, swill, swim, trickle, wash, water
Wicked abominable, amoral, atrocious, awful, base, barbarous, dangerous, debased, depraved, distressing, dreadful,
evil, fearful, fiendish, fierce, foul, heartless, hazardous, heinous, immoral, indecent, intense, mean, nasty,
naughty, nefarious, offensive, profane, scandalous, severe, shameful, shameless, sinful, terrible, unholy,
vicious, vile, villainous, wayward, bad, criminal, cruel, deplorable, despicable, devious, ill-intentioned,
impious, impish, iniquitous, irreverent, loathsome, Machiavellian, mad, malevolent, malicious, merciless,
mischievous, monstrous, perverse, ruthless, spiteful, uncaring, unkind, unscrupulous, vindictive, virulent,
wretched
Writhe agonize, bend, jerk, recoil, lurch, plunge, slither, squirm, struggle, suffer, thrash, thresh, twist, wiggle,
wriggle, angle, arc, bow, buck, coil, contort, convulse, curl, curve, fidget, fight, flex, go into spasm, grind,
heave, jiggle, jolt, kick, rear, reel, ripple, resist, roll, lash, lash out, screw up, shake, shift, slide, spasm, stir,
strain, stretch, surge, swell, swivel, thrust, turn violently, tussle, twitch, undulate, warp, worm, wrench,
wrestle, yank
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Abjure
to formally reject a belief (recant)
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Abrogate
to formally abolish (revoke)
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Abstemious
moderate in eating and drinking (ascetic)
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Acumen
keen insight (discernment)
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Antebellum
before the war (especially the American civil war)
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Auspicious
promising success (propitious)
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Belie
to be in contradiction with (misrepresent)
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Bellicose
eager to fight (pugnacious)
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Bowdlerize
to remove objectionable content from a written work (expurgate)
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Chicanery
artful deception (subterfuge)
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Chromosome
threadlike DNA-containing structure
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Churlish
lacking manner (boorish)
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Circumlocution
indirect expression (rambling)
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Circumnavigate
to travel around
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Deciduous
shedding seasonally (ephemeral)
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Deleterious
harmful to health (injurious)
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Diffident
lacking self-confidence (unassertive)
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Enervate
to weaken mentally or morally; lacking strength
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Enfranchise
to set free; to grant the right to vote
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Epiphany
sudden realization
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Equinox
day of equal day and night (March 22; September 21)
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Euro
official common currency of the EU
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Evanescent
fading away
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Expurgate
to remove objectionable content from written work
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Facetious
joking, often inappropriately
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Fatuous
foolish
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Feckless
without purpose
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Fiduciary
financial person; related to public trust, esp. regarding currency
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Filibuster
to obstruct legislation, esp. by long speeches; exceptionally long speech meant to prevent
legislation
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Gamete
male or female sexual reproductive cell
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Gauche
lacking social grace
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Gerrymander
to divide a geopolitical region to favor a political party's voter ship; a redrawing of a region's
boundaries
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Hegemony
predominant influence of one nation over another
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Hemoglobin
oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells
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Homogeneous
of the same kind; essentially alike
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Hubris
excessive pride or self-confidence
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Hypotenuse
the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
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Impeach
to accuse (a public official) of misconduct
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Incognito
having one's identity concealed
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Incontrovertible
not open to question
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Inculcate
to teach by repetition (Latin word for trample)
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Infrastructure
underlying framework of a system
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Interpolate
to estimate the value of; to insert words into the middle of a text
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Irony
the use of words to express the opposite of the literal meaning; discrepancy in expected and
actual results; discrepancy between character's knowledge and the audience's
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Jejune
dull; immature
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Kinetic
relating to motion
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Kowtow
(Mandarin origins) to act in a servile manner
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Laissez Faire
governmental theory stating government shouldn't interfere with economy; to let act in
freedom
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Lexicon
vocabulary of language or people; book containing words and definitions
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Loquacious
talkative
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Lugubrious
dismal
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Metamorphosis
complete change of substance or appearance
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Mitosis
cell division resulting in chromosomes
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Moiety
one of two parts of a group or tribe
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Nanotechnology
design of tiny things
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Nihilism
philosophical rejection of established laws and institutions
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Nomenclature
system of names used in particular field or community
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Nonsectarian
not limited to specific religious denomination
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Notarize
to certify a document with a signature
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Obsequious
overly obedient or servile
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Oligarchy
rule by few
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Omnipotent
all powerful
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Orthography
study of how letters are arranged
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Oxidize
to combine with oxygen; to rust
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Parabola
mathematical curve
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Paradigm
a typical example, a system of ideas
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Parameter
limiting factor or boundary
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Pecuniary
involving money
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Photosynthesis
process by which green plants convert CO2 into oxygen
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Plagiarize
to copy another person's idea and claim as original
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Plasma
clear, yellowish fluid component of blood
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Polymer
strong compound with competing small molecules
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Precipitous
with excessive or careless speed; very steep
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Quasar
distant yet high energy astronomical object
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Quotidian
commonplace; daily
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Recapitulate
to restate briefly
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Reciprocal
mutual
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Reparation
repayment for damage, loss or suffering; sum of money paid by victorious country to the
defeated one
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Respiration
breathing
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Sanguine
cheerfully optimistic; reddish
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Soliloquy
self-revealing monologue delivered alone on stage
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Subjugate
to make submissive or servile
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Suffragist
an advocate for the right to vote (especially for women)
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Supercilious
full of contempt or arrogance
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Tautology
needless repetition of an idea, especially through words
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Taxonomy
the study, technique or study of classification
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Tectonic
of or pertaining to structure
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Tempestuous
stormy or turbulent
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Thermodynamics
physics of energy
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Totalitarian
controlling the freedom, will or thought of others
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Unctuous
greasy; insincerely pious or moralistic
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Usurp
to seize and hold without legal right
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Vacuous
lacking ideas; unintelligent
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Vehement
with conviction
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Vortex
whirling mass or air, water, fire or energy
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Winnow
to separate by fanning; often appears with down
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Wrought
worked; produced by beating with a hammer
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Xenophobe
person who fears or hates foreign people or foreign things
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Yeoman
a worker; manual laborer
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Ziggurat
ancient Mesopotamian, pyramid-like structure
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an advocate for the right to vote (especially for women)
Suffragist
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all powerful
Omnipotent
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ancient Mesopotamian, pyramid-like structure
Ziggurat
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artful deception (subterfuge)
Chicanery
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before the war (especially the American civil war)
Antebellum
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breathing
Respiration
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cell division resulting in chromosomes
Mitosis
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cheerfully optimistic; reddish
Sanguine
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clear, yellowish fluid component of blood
Plasma
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commonplace; daily
Quotidian
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complete change of substance or appearance
Metamorphosis
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controlling the freedom, will or thought of others
Totalitarian
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day of equal day and night (March 22; September 21)
Equinox
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design of tiny things
Nanotechnology
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dismal
Lugubrious
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distant yet high energy astronomical object
Quasar
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dull; immature
Jejune
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eager to fight (pugnacious)
Bellicose
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excessive pride or self-confidence
Hubris
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fading away
Evanescent
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financial person; related to public trust, esp. regarding currency
Fiduciary
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foolish
Fatuous
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full of contempt or arrogance
Supercilious
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governmental theory stating government shouldn't interfere with economy; to let
act in freedom
Laissez Faire
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greasy; insincerely pious or moralistic
Unctuous
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harmful to health (injurious)
Deleterious
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having one's identity concealed
Incognito
28.
indirect expression (rambling)
Circumlocution
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involving money
Pecuniary
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joking, often inappropriately
Facetious
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keen insight (discernment)
Acumen
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lacking ideas; unintelligent
Vacuous
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lacking manner (boorish)
Churlish
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lacking self-confidence (unassertive)
Diffident
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lacking social grace
Gauche
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limiting factor or boundary
Parameter
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male or female sexual reproductive cell
Gamete
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(Mandarin origins) to act in a servile manner
Kowtow
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mathematical curve
Parabola
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moderate in eating and drinking (ascetic)
Abstemious
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mutual
Reciprocal
42.
needless repetition of an idea, especially through words
Tautology
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not limited to specific religious denomination
Nonsectarian
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not open to question
Incontrovertible
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official common currency of the EU
Euro
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of or pertaining to structure
Tectonic
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of the same kind; essentially alike
Homogeneous
48.
one of two parts of a group or tribe
Moiety
49.
overly obedient or servile
Obsequious
50.
oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells
Hemoglobin
51.
person who fears or hates foreign people or foreign things
Xenophobe
52.
philosophical rejection of established laws and institutions
Nihilism
53.
physics of energy
Thermodynamics
54.
predominant influence of one nation over another
Hegemony
55.
process by which green plants convert CO2 into oxygen
Photosynthesis
56.
promising success (propitious)
Auspicious
57.
relating to motion
Kinetic
58.
repayment for damage, loss or suffering; sum of money paid by victorious
country to the defeated one
Reparation
59.
rule by few
Oligarchy
60.
self-revealing monologue delivered alone on stage
Soliloquy
61.
shedding seasonally (ephemeral)
Deciduous
62.
the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
Hypotenuse
63.
stormy or turbulent
Tempestuous
64.
strong compound with competing small molecules
Polymer
65.
study of how letters are arranged
Orthography
66.
the study, technique or study of classification
Taxonomy
67.
sudden realization
Epiphany
68.
system of names used in particular field or community
Nomenclature
69.
talkative
Loquacious
70.
threadlike DNA-containing structure
Chromosome
71.
to accuse (a public official) of misconduct
Impeach
72.
to be in contradiction with (misrepresent)
Belie
73.
to certify a document with a signature
Notarize
74.
to combine with oxygen; to rust
Oxidize
75.
to copy another person's idea and claim as original
Plagiarize
76.
to divide a geopolitical region to favor a political party's votership; a redrawing of
a region's boundaries
Gerrymander
77.
to estimate the value of; to insert words into the middle of a text
Interpolate
78.
to formally abolish (revoke)
Abrogate
79.
to formally reject a belief (recant)
Abjure
80.
to make submissive or servile
Subjugate
81.
to obstruct legislation, esp. by long speeches; exceptionally long speech meant to
prevent legislation
Filibuster
82.
to remove objectionable content from written work
Expurgate
83.
to remove objectionable content from a written work (expurgate)
Bowdlerize
84.
to restate briefly
Recapitulate
85.
to seize and hold without legal right
Usurp
86.
to separate by fanning; often appears with down
Winnow
87.
to set free; to grant the right to vote
Enfranchise
88.
to teach by repetition (Latin word for trample)
Inculcate
89.
to travel around
Circumnavigate
90.
to weaken mentally or morally; lacking strength
Enervate
91.
a typical example, a system of ideas
paradigm
92.
underlying framework of a system
Infrastructure
93.
the use of words to express the opposite of the literal meaning; discrepancy in
expected and actual results; discrepancy between character's knowledge and the
audience's
Irony
94.
vocabulary of language or people; book containing words and definitions
Lexicon
95.
whirling mass or air, water, fire or energy
Vortex
96.
with conviction
Vehement
97.
with excessive or careless speed; very steep
Precipitous
98.
without purpose
Feckless
99.
worked; produced by beating with a hammer
Wrought
100.
a worker; manual laborer
Yeoman