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ABRASIVE - sharply disagreeable, unpleasant, or harsh.

ABSTAIN - choose not to consume.

ACCLIMATE - get used to a certain environment.

ACME - the highest level or degree attainable.

AFFLICTION - a cause of great suffering and distress.

B
BANE - something causing misery or death.

BARREN - providing no shelter or sustenance.

BASTION - projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.

BECKON - summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture.

BEMUSED - perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements.

CANDID - openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness.

CARICATURE - represent a person with comic exaggeration.

CAUSTIC - capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action.

CEASE - put an end to a state or an activity.

CEDE - relinquish possession or control over.

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DEDUCE - conclude by reasoning.

DEFAME - charge falsely or with malicious intent.

DEFIANCE - an act boldly resisting authority or an opposing force.

DELUGE - the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto land.

DIRE - fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless.

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EDIBLE - suitable for use as food.

ELUDE - escape, either physically or mentally.

EMBELLISH - make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color.

EMULATE - strive to equal or match, especially by imitating.

ENTICE - provoke someone to do something through persuasion.

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FACET - a distinct feature or element in a problem.

FACILE - performing adroitly and without effort.

FALLIBLE - wanting in moral strength, courage, or will.

FALLACY - a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning.

FERVENT - characterized by intense emotion.

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GARNISH - something added to a dish for flavor or decoration.

GAUNT - very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.

GHASTLY - shockingly repellent; inspiring horror.

GIBE - an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile.

GIRD - prepare oneself for action or a confrontation.

HAGGLE - an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining).

HALE - exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.

HAPLESS - unfortunate and deserving pity.

HEIR - a person who inherits some title or office.

HERESY - any opinions at variance with the official position.

INCREDIBLE – difficult or impossible to believe.

INFREQUENCY - rarity of occurrence.

INTELLECTUAL – of or relating to the ability to think in a logical way.

ILLUSSION – something that looks or seems different from what it is.

ILLNESS - a specific condition that prevents your body or mind from working normally.
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JAUNTY - having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air.

JEST - activity characterized by good humor.

JIBE - an aggressive remark directed at a person.

JOLLITY - feeling jovial and full of good humor.

JUSTIFY - defend, explain, or make excuses for by reasoning.

KEEN - demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.

KNAVE - a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.

KNIT - make by needlework with interlacing yarn.

KNOTTY - highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious.

KINSHIP - relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption.

LANGUISH - lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief.

LATTER - referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned.

LAVISH - characterized by extravagance and profusion.

LEISURE - time available for ease and relaxation.

LEVEE - an embankment built to prevent a river from overflowing.

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MALADY - any unwholesome or desperate condition.

MALICE - feeling a need to see others suffer.

MAVEN - one who is very skilled in or knowledgeable about a field.

MEAGER - deficient in amount or quality or extent.

MENACE - express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture.

NETTLE - plant having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation.

NEXUS - the means of connection between things linked in series.

NIB - the writing point of a pen.

NICHE - a position well suited to the person who occupies it.

NOBLE - having high or elevated character.

OBSCURE - not clearly understood or expressed.

OBTUSE - slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.

OCCULT - supernatural practices and techniques.

OMINOUS - threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments.

ORACLE - an authoritative person who divines the future.

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PARADOX - a statement that contradicts itself.

PEDANTIC - marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning.

PERVASIVE - spreading or spread throughout.

PINACCLE - the highest level or degree attainable.

PLIGHT - a situation from which extrication is difficult.

QUAGMIRE - a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.

QUALM - uneasiness about the fitness of an action.

QUAY - wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline.

QUEST - the act of searching for something.

QUISLING - someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force.

RAMPANT - occurring or increasing in an unrestrained way.

RAVAGE - cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.

RAVENOUS - extremely hungry.

REDRESS - act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil.

RENEGE - fail to fulfill a promise or obligation.

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SCARCE - deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand.

SIMILE - a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things.

SOLACE - comfort in disappointment or misery.

SOMATIC - characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit.

SUPPLIANT - one praying humbly for something.

TACTFUL - having a sense of what is considerate in dealing with others.

TAUNT - harass with persistent criticism or carping.

THERMAL - relating to or associated with heat.

THWART - hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire.

TOADY - a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage.

UMBRAGE - a feeling of anger caused by being offended.

UNCANNY - surpassing the ordinary or normal.

UNCTION - anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual.

UNFLEDGED - young and inexperienced.

UNGUENT - preparation applied externally as a remedy or for soothing.

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VAGARY - an unexpected and inexplicable change in something.

VAGUE - lacking clarity or distinctness.

VANGUARD - a creative group active in the innovation of new concepts.

VANITY - the trait of being unduly conceited.

VERITY - an enduring or necessary ethical or aesthetic truth.

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WAFT - be driven or carried along, as by the air.

WAIL - a cry of sorrow and grief.

WAN - lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness.

WANGLE - accomplishing something by scheming or trickery.

WHEEDLE - influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.

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XENOPHOBIA - a fear of foreigners or strangers.

XAERN - to enjoy something so much you begin to hate how much you like it.

XANTHOPETAL - a flower with yellow petals.

XANTHOSES - a yellow shade: a yellowish color.

XENACIOUS - filled with yearning for change.

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YOKEL - a person who is not intelligent or interested in culture.

YEOMAN - a free man who cultivates his own land.

YORE - time long past.

YEN - the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen.

YONDER - distant but within sight.

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ZANY - ludicrous or foolish.

ZEAL - a feeling of strong eagerness.

ZEALOT - a fervent and even militant proponent of something.

ZEALOUS - marked by active interest and enthusiasm.

ZENITH - the point above the observer directly opposite the nadir.
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SUBMITTED TO: Mrs. Norma Sinangote

SUBMITTED BY: Jules Lander A. Mengote