📘 Sophisticated English vocabulary

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insinuate
he was insinuating that she slept her way to the top
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imply, hint, suggest
malapropism
dance a flamingo instead of flamenco
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the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding word
gainsay
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deny or contradict
proscribe
strikes remain proscribed in the armed forces
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forbid
aspersion
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vilification, disparagement
ennui
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boredom, tedium, lethargy
disgruntle
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angry or dissatisfied
virulence
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rancour, bitter hostility
surmise
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suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it, conjecture, guess
primordial
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ancient, primeval-
primeval
mile after mile of primeval forest
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ancient, of the earliest time in history
indelible
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ineradicable- unable to be destroyed or removed
bedizen
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dressup or decorate gaudily
resplendent
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splendid
conflate
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combine into one
acquiescence
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the reluctant acceptance of something without protest
prodigal
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wasteful, extravagant, profilgate- wasteful
incarcerate
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imprison or confine
truant
if my daughter had been truanting from school i would have been informed
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absentee, not go to
insubordinate
an insubordinate attitude
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disobedient
entreaty
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plea, humble request
injunction
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authoritative warning or order
inveracious
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true, accurate
verity
irrefutable, objective verity
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truth
prevaricate
during the listening the witness was willing to prevaricate in order to protect his friend
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speak or act in an evasive way
prognosticate
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foretell or prophesy
croon
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sing softly, hum
consign
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send, deliver
confer
let me confer with her
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consult, have discussions, exchange opinions
explicate
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explain, analyse
capitulate
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surrender
yield
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surrender, capitulate
dissemble
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conceal or disguise one’s true feeling or opinion
partisanship
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bias
brevity
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concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.
presumptious
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failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate; brazen, overconfident
furtively
i furtively glanced over at my father to see his reaction
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secretively
stultify
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hamper, impede
burgeon
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flourish
baleful
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menacing, threatening harm
amorphous
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shapeless
salutary
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beneficial, good
indignation
the letter filled lucy with indignation
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resentment, anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment
arcane
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mysterious
seminal
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influential
agency
canals carved by the agency of running water
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action, activity
aver
I averred that she was innocent of the allegations
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state or assert to be the case
dispassionate
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not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial
disseminate
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spread widely
espouse
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adopt or support
nettle
i was only asking, Jess said, nettled
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annoy or irritate
repeal
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cancel
rescind
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revoke, cancel or repeal
inveterate
an inveterate gambler
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ingrained, long established and unlikely to change
punctillious
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meticulous
sobriety
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soberness
sinecure
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a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit
exhort
My dad has always exhorted me to be a good person
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strongly encourage or urge to do something
spate
a spate of burglaries
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series, succession, a large number of similar things coming in quick succession
nugatory
a nugatory and pointless observation
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of no value or importance
foray
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raid, attack
nonplussed
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so surprised and confused that one is unsure how to react
flounder
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struggle
allegory
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a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one; a symbol
putative
the putative father of her children
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generally considered or reputed to be
substantiate
they had found nothing to substantiate the allegations
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provide evidence to support or prove the truth of; prove
equestrian
his amazing equestrian skills
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relating to horse riding; noun: horserider
truncate
a truncated cone shape
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shorten
peripatetic
the peripatetic nature of military life
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nomadic, travelling from place to place
itinerant
itinerant traders
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travelling from place to place
motif
superstition is a recurring motif in the book
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theme, idea, concept
erstwhile
the erstwhile president of the company
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former
sanguine
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optmistic or positive
sanguinary
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involving or causing much bloodshed
excoriate
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criticize severely
pandemonium
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uproar
phlegmatic
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having an unemotional and stoidly calm disposition
gaffe
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blunder, mistake
unrelenting
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relentless
strident
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loud and harsh; presenting a point of view in an excessively forceful way
bemoan
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lament, express discontent or sorrow over
ignominy
the ignominy of being imprisoned
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public shame or disgrace
mendacity
people publicly castigated for past mendacity
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untruthfulness
exigency
women worked long hours when the exigencies of the family economy demanded it
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an urgent need or demand
improbity
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lack of honesty and moral integrity
inure
these children have beeb inured to violence
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accustom (someone) to something, specially something unpleasant
render
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make, give or provide
excise
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charge excise on (goods)
elusive
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difficult to find, remember
illusive
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deceptive, illusionary
cozen
Steven Smith attempted to cozen the world with ball tampering
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trick or deceive
abscize
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cut off or away
mercenary
she’s nothing but a mercenary little gold-digger
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primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics
endow
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provide, supply
flagitious
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criminal, villainous
festoon
the staffroom was festooned with balloons and streamers
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adorn, decorate; noun-garland
iniquity
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immoral or grossly unfair behaviour
factitious
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artificially created or developed.
fictitious
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not real or true, being imaginary or having been fabricated.
stilted
we made stilted conversation
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(of a manner of talking or writing) stiff and self-conscious or unnatural.
androgynous
a stunningly androgynous dancer
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of indeterminate sex

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