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charlatan
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a con artist; Old people often buy magic pills from charlatans who assure that they have magic power.
corroborate
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to support; Can anyone corroborate your story?
disseminate
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to spread; Campaign workers disseminate pamphlets all over the city to support their candidate.
diverge
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to separate; Children's lives often diverge from the paths their parents planned for them.
dormant
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not active; Many insects lay eggs that remain dormant all winter and don't hatch until spring.
hoist
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to raise; So far, attempts to hoist the wreckage from the ocean floor have been unsuccessful.
illicit
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illegal, unlawful; The police department Has special unit to investigate illicit activities such as drag use.
irrevocable
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not able to be cancelled or undone; I thought your vow to quit smoking was irrevocable, but you have broken it already.
precipitate
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to bring on; Mark's search for larger house was precipitated by wife's pregnancy.
proliferation
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a rapid increase; Chemiotherapy may stop the proliferation of cancer cells in the body.
collaborate
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to act as a team; Marie Curie and her husband collaborated on important scienfitic experiment involving radioactivity.
despondent
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depressed; Dave becomes despondent too easily. One bad grade and he loses his hope.
instigate
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to cause; The rock group's violent performance instigated a riot in the audience.
resilent
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quick to recover; you must be resilient enough to recover from all the misfortunes in your life
retrospect
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looking back; I can see, in retrospect, that the divorce was a mistake. She wasn't so bad.
rudimentary
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Basic; A grammar book usually starts with a rudimentary skills such as identifying verbs or nouns.
scoff
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laugh at; Everyone scoffed at me in the school, that's the reason for my lack of confidency.
squelch
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to hold back; Decades of Communism in Eastern Europe didn't squelch the desire for freedom.
venerate
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to honor; Indians venerate the wolf and fire.
zealot
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I'm a zealot about my health, I check it once a month during the doctor's visits.
detriment
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a disadvantage; Her pink hair may be a detriment when she goes for a job interview.
dexterous
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skilled; The jugglers was so dexterious that he managed to keep six balls at once.
discretion
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good sense; Tom wasn't using much discretion when he passed a police car at 100 km per hour.
facetious
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funny; He always makes facetious comments about his hair, I want to be as laid-back as him.
gregarious
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outgoing; My gregarious brother loves parties but my shy sister prefers to be alone.
optimum
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ideal; the road was so icy that the optimum driving speed was only 10 kilometers per hour.
ostentatious
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showy; My aunt wears ostentatious gold jewellery to show that she is rich.
scrupulous
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ethical; The senator promised to run a scrupulous campaign but it was a lie.
sensory
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do you think a spectator sport gives the fans sensory triumphs and defeats or real ones?
vicarious
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indirect; I often attended some of my neighbors parties in the vicarius way - with my ear to the wall.
berate
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to scold angrily; Thomas mother often berates him when he doesn't say good morning to the neighbors.
estrange
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to alienate; My recent modem that has estranged some of my old friends.
euphoric
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very happy; I was euphoric when I received my grades they were all A's.
impetuous
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impulsive; Whenever I make an impetuous purchase I end up being dissatisfied.
infalliable
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Perfect; Computers aren't infallible, if you put the wrong data, you will get the wrong answers.
maudlin
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overly emotional; The verses in greeting cards are too sentimental I prefer humor to such maudlin messages.
regress
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to return to na earlier worse condition or behavior; When his baby sister was born, Jeremy regressed for a while and began sucking his thumb again.
relinquish
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to give up; when dad lost his job he has to relinquish his identification card and employee parking permit.
ubiquitous
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found everywhere; Since my father died reminders of him seem ubiquitous.
zenith
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the highest point; John reached the zenith of his career when he became the president.
ambiguous
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clear; the portrait known as the Mona Lisa is famous for the woman's ambiguous expression.
dissident
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a rebel; Some dissidents in the Catholic church favor such changes as allowing priests to marry.
embellish
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to decorate; Lauren embellished the door of her room with postcards from her friends.
fritter (away)
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to waste; Marie fritters away her time and affection on friends who don't like her.
inadvertent
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not intendant; my recent trip to London was inadvertent. I wanted to go to Derby but I got on the wrong train.
inane
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silly; The conversation at the party was inane, consisting mainly of foolish comments about the clothes.
juxtapose
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to put side-by-side; on the cover of the magazine they juxtaposed totally different pictures.
lethargy
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a great lack of energy; although I recovered from the flu, my lethargy persisted.
sporadic
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irregular; it rained all the time until moon. After that, there was only sporadic showers.
subsidize
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to pay for; public television is subsidized by various grants and by individuals.

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