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Acrid Boorish Cynical Epistle Heresy Lance Obscure Poignant Respite Terse Acrophobia Bourgeois Debility Epistolary Hiatus Languid Obscured Poised sharp; pungent (used of smells and tastes) ill-mannered believing that people act only out of selfish motives a letter (form of communication) against orthodox opinion spear; spike; javelin difficult to understand; partially hidden deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions a break; intermission concise; to the point fear of heights middle class weakness; incapacity concerned with letters; through correspondence interruption; pause tired; slow hidden; covered; buried calm; collected; self-possessed Resplendent Therapeutic Acuity Braggart Debunking Epitomized Hidebound Languish Obsequious Polemical Restorative Thwart Adamant Brawny Decathlon Equivocate Hieroglyphics Larceny shining; glowing medicinal; curative sharpness (mental or visual) someone who boasts exposing false claims or myths typified; characterized; personified rigid in opinions decay; fade away; get weaker servile; submissive causing debate or argument a tonic prevent; frustrate forceful; inflexible muscular an athletic competition with ten events speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth 1. picture writing; 2. writing which is difficult to read or enigmatic theft; robbery; stealing

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Obsession Ponderous Retention Timorous Adroit Brevity Decorum Err Hinder Largess Obsolete Pontificate Reticent Tirade Adulation Bristle Decoy Erratic a dominating concern weighty; slow and heavy preservation; withholding cowardly; fearful skilful / skillful being brief dignified, correct behavior [decorous (a)] make a mistake obstruct generosity no longer valid speak pompously or dogmatically restrained; holding something back; uncommunicative stream of verbal abuse strong admiration; worship to show irritation lure; trap; trick wandering; irregular Histrionic Laud Obstreperous Portend Retraction Titter Adversity Broach Deference Esoteric Hoary Lavish Obtuse Portent Revere Tome Advocate Brusque theatrical; exaggerated praise noisy and boisterous foretell withdrawal; cancellation of a statement giggle quietly hardship start to discuss; approach respect obscure and difficult to understand old on a grand scale; wasteful mentally dull a warning sign; omen worship large book support blunt; abrupt

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Defoliate Espouse Hone Lax Obviate Poseur Riddled Torpid Aesthetic Bulwark Defunct Etymology Hyperbole Legend Odious Posterity Rife Torpor cause leaves to fall off promote; take up; support sharpen; increase; whet careless; not strict avoid; make unnecessary someone who puts on an act full of (usually full of holes) inactive; lazy; stagnant concerning art or beauty fortification; barricade; wall no longer in existence the study of word origins grossly exaggerated speech 1. key to map; 2. myth or story hateful future generations common dormancy; sluggishness; inactivity Affable Bureaucracy Degradation Eulogy friendly; social; easygoing officialdom deprivation; poverty; debasement praise

Hypochondriac a person obsessed with health; having imaginary illnesses Legion Officious Posthumous Rigor Totter in large numbers domineering; intrusive; meddlesome after death thoroughness walk unsteadily