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1. squalid
"The man was squalid"
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sordid, dirty, marked by filthiness
2. proliferating
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multiplying, rapidly increasing in numbers.
3. sanctuary
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a refuge, a place for worship.
4. elude
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evade, cleverly avoid.
5. ultimate
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final, farthest, most remote in space or time.
6. inscrutable
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obscure, not capable of being understood.
7. spiel
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an extravagant talk, an oration.
8. servitude
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slavery, punishment for a crime, subjection.
9. spellbind
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fascinate, enchant, to hold one’s attention as by a spell.
10. proletariat
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common people, working class.
11. delusion
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a deception, a false idea or opinion.
12. purge
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to cleanse, to purify, to free from impurities.
13. secular
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worldly, not sacred or religious.
14. viable
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practical, able to live or to be implemented.
15. anathema
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a curse, a vigorous denunciation.
16. jeopardy
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danger, peril, vulnerability.
17. reflective
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thoughtful, pensive, contemplative.
18. benign
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gentle, showing kindness of disposition.
19. pugnacious
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belligerent, combative, obnoxious.
20. dissipate
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scatter, vanish, to waste, as in money.
21. acquiesce
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assent, to accept passively or reluctantly.
22. denigrate
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defame, belittle, criticize unkindly.
23. munificent
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lavishly generous, liberal in giving.
24. capitulation
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surrender, giving up resistance.
25. palatable
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edible, pleasant tasting, to one’s taste.
26. vehement
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forcibly expressed, impassioned, fervid.
27. fruition
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accomplishment, realization.
28. eradicate
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exterminate, do away with completely.
29. despotic
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tyrannical: dictatorial.
30. extricate
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to free, remove from entanglement.
31. paranoia
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irrational distrust, feeling of persecution.
32. malevolence
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malice, hatred toward others, intention to harm.
33. tenuous
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insubstantial, flimsy, weak.
34. ambivalence
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uncertainty in attitude, fluctuation.
35. desiccate
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dry up, dehydrate, to drain vitality.
36. replete
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complete, full, abundantly filled.
37. recalcitrant
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resistant, defiant of authority.
38. cogent
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convincing, valid, forcibly appealing to the mind.
39. affluence
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profusion, overflowing of wealth, etc., an abundance.
40. astute
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clever, shrewd, intellectually observant.
41. fatuous
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foolish, silly, simple-minded, not intellectual.
42. vindictive
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revengeful, spiteful, wanting to hurt or harm.
43. meticulous
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giving great attention to details, mindful of details.
44. catharsis
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purification, purgation, cleansing of emotions.
45. insatiable
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quenchless, incapable of being satisfied.
46. dubious
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doubtful, uncertain in belief or knowledge.
47. tepid
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lukewarm, lacking definite warmth, moderate warmth.
48. perpetual
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everlasting, continuing forever.
49. skepticism
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doubt, uncertainty in belief or knowledge.
50. vestige
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remnant, that which is left.
51. clandestine
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secretive, held or conducted secretly.
52. expatriate
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banished person, one driven into exile.
53. converge
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meet, to move toward one another.
54. implicit
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understood without explanation, tacitly understood, implied
55. manifest
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obvious, readily perceived by the senses.
56. lexicon
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dictionary, book containing words and definitions.
57. felicity
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great happiness, state of being happy.
58. accentuate
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emphasize, to accent something.
59. ephemeral
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fleeting, transient, lasting only a short time.
60. eccentric
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odd, strange, deviating from the pattern.
61. symbiosis
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mutuality, beneficial union or association.
62. debacle
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great disaster, fiasco, a tumultuous breakup.
63. delusive
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deceptive, likely to deceive or trick.
64. exigencies
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urgent needs, emergencies.
65. pernicious
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wicked, deadly, highly injurious or destructive.
66. ostracism
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exclusion, banishment, social exclusion.
67. ameliorate
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improve, to make better or more tolerable.
68. tutelage
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instruction, a guiding influence.
69. morose
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expressive of gloom, sullen, unsociable.
70. ancillary
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subsidiary, auxiliary, subordinate.
71. plethora
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excess, superfluity, an overabundance.
72. vivifying
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enlivening, quickening, renewing of life.
73. aesthetic
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artistic, relating to or dealing with beauty, appealing to the eye.
74. disparate
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different, markedly distinct in some way.
75. pedagogues
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pompous teachers, schoolmasters.
76. salutary
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curative, promoting good health.
77. relegated
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assigned, classified, banished.
78. nuance
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subtle distinction or difference, subtle variation.
79. precarious
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dangerous, unsafe, hazardous.
80. metamorphosis
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change in form, alteration of appearance.
81. congruent
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equal, harmonious, agreeable, in tangent.
82. essences
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prime characteristics, basic qualities.
83. syntax
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word order, arrangement of parts of sentences.
84. unimpeachable
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irreproachable, not liable to accusation, above reproach.
85. generic
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general, common, characteristic of a whole group.
86. tandem
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twosome, an arrangement by two.
87. rapport
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harmony, relation marked by accord.
88. effete
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decadent, effeminate, marked by weakness.
89. austerity
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extreme economy, an ascetic practice.
90. presumptuous
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audacious, tending to be overly bold.
91. voracious
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gluttonous, extremely greedy, insatiable.
92. invidious
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hostile, offensive, rousing ill will.
93. impermeable
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impervious, not permitting passage.
94. aphorism
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proverb, a terse formulation of a truth.
95. malaise
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a sick feeling, a sense of mental or moral ill being.
96. histrionic
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dramatic, theatrical, relating to the theater.
97. gingerly
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cautiously, carefully, proceeding with caution.
98. decadence
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deterioration, a period of decline.
99. drone
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parasite, one who lives from the effects/good will of others.
100. calibrate
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to determine, to measure, to standardize.

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