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AEGIS
protection, sponsorship
SYNONYMS: guardianship, support,patronage,auspices
AUSPICIOUS
favorable, promising a good outcome
SYNONYMS: promising, encouraging,propitious
JADED
wearied, dulled, or bored by having too much
SYNONYMS: worn-out, overindulged, satiated
ATONE
make up for a wrong
SYNONYMS: make amends, make reparations, expiate
LEWD
obscene, indecent, lustful
SYNONYMS: vulgar, smutty,lascivious
SUCCINCT
briefly and clearly expressed
SYNONYMS: brief, concise, terse
PREVARICATE
stray from the true, mislead
SYNONYMS: lie, misinform, equivocate
ALOOF
reserved, detached, unconcerned
SYNONYMS: removed, unresponsive,uninvolved, indifferent
JOVIAL
full of hearty humor and fun; jolly
SYNONYMS: merry, cheerful, jocular
SATURNINE
gloomy, grave
SYNONYMS: moody, sulky, morose
EULOGY
speech or writing in praise of someone or something, especially of one who has died
EUPHEMISM
pleasant, mild, or inoffensive expression substituted for unpleasant or offensive one
EUGENICS
science of improving a breed or species (especially human beings) through selection of parents
EUPHORIA
feeling of complete well-being, great happiness, bliss
EUTHANASIA
mercy killing, painlessly putting to death someone suffering from a prolonged and incurable condition