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Discerning |
Having or showing good judgement |
Decerning customer |
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Debilitate |
Make very weak and infirm |
he was severely debilitated by a stomach upset |
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Capricious |
Unpredictable, whimsical |
a capricious and often brutal administration |
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Quaint |
Attractively unusual or old fashioned, picturesque |
quaint country cottages |
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Docile |
Obidient, ready to accept control or instructions |
a cheap and docile workforce |
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Servile |
Showing excessive willingness to please others |
bowing his head in a servile manner |
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Obsequious |
Showing excessive willingness to please others |
They were served by obsequious waiters |
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Terse |
Abrupt, brief, short |
A terse statement |
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Prolix |
Tediously lengthy (using to many words) |
he found the narrative too prolix and discursive |
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Discursive |
Long, lengthy, meandering, digressive, rambling |
"students often write dull, second-hand, discursive prose |
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Conciliatory |
Peace making |
a conciliatory approach |
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Verbose |
Garrulous |
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Decimation |
The killing or destruction of large portion of a group |
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Placid |
Calm, tranquil , |
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Ignorant |
Lacking of knowledge |
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Tantrum |
An uncontrolled outburst of anger and frustration |
"he has temper tantrums if he can't get his own way" |
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Covenant |
An agreement |
there was a covenant between them that her name was never to be mentioned |
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Disabuse |
Persuade someone that an idea or belief is mistaken |
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Deign or Deigning |
do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity |
she did not deign to answer the maid's question |
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Dissension |
disagreement that leads to discord. |
"these issues caused bitter dissension in the party |
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Eulogy |
A piece of writing that praises someone or something highly |
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Commendation |
Official praise |
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Cede |
Give up, relinquish |
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Commiserate |
Feeling simpathy or pithy |
She went over to commiserate with Rose on her unfortunate circumstances |
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Sedentary |
Somewhat Inactive |
We all walk a certain amount every day even if we are sedentary |
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Abdicate |
Resign, quit |
in 1918 Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated as German emperor |
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Forsake |
Abandon or leave |
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Extortion |
Obtaining money by threat |
he used bribery and extortion to build himself a huge, art-stuffed mansion |
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Dissimulate |
Conceal or disguise |
A country gentleman who dissimulates his wealth beneath ragged pullovers |
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Hubris |
Excessive pride or self confidance |
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Execrate |
Feeling or express great loathing for, condemn, denounce |
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Remnant |
A part or quantity that is left after the destruction of major part |
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Chafe |
rub (a part of the body) to restore warmth or sensation. |
I chafed her feet and wrapped the blanket round her |
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Evict |
Expel from a property |
A single mother and her children have been evicted from their home |
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Hitherto |
Untill now |
hitherto part of French West Africa, Benin achieved independence in 1960 |
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Mystification |
The state of being very confused |
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Obfuscation |
The action of making something obscure |
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Malapropism |
The mistaken use of word on place of a similar sounding one |
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Palliate |
Make less severe |
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Doughty |
Brave and persistent |
his doughty spirit kept him going |
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Camaraderie |
Mutual trust and friendship among the people who spent a lot of time together |
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