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Abscond

To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

Clandestinely

Aberrant

Deviating from the norm

Sassy liberal

Alacrity

Eager and enthusiastic willingness

Anxiety

Anomaly

Deviation from the normal order, form or rule; abnormality

S.t.a.l.k.e.r.

Approbation

An expression of approval or praise

Teachers pet

Arduous

Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

Onerous

Assuage

To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

Ameliorate, Abate

Audacious

Daring or fearless; recklessly bold

Sky diver

Austere

Without adornmen; bare; severely simple ascetric

Bare

Axiomatic

Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth

Ancient, traditional

Canonical

Following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards

Bible

Capricious

Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

Mom

Censure

To criticize severly; to officially rebuke

Chicanery

Trickery or subterfuge

Deceit

Connoisseur

An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

Judge holms

Convoluted

Complex or complicated

Mud

Disabuse

To undeceive; to set right

Discordant

Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

Cacophony

Disparate

Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

Distinct

Effrontery

Extreme boldness; presumptuous

Heroic

Eloquent

Well spoken, expressive, articulate

Enervate

To weaken; to reduce in vitality

Medicine

Ennui

Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

Idle hands

Equivocate

To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

RCC Chancellor

Erudite

Very learned; scholarly

Book smart

Exculpate

Exonerate; to clear of blame

Pardon

Exigent

Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention

ER

Extemporaneous

Improvised; done without preparation

I.E.D.

Filibuster

Intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking to dely legislative action

Ran paul

Fulminate

To loudly attack or denounce

Talk ****

Ingenuous

Artless; frank and candid; lacking sophistication

Straight talk

Inured

Accustomed to accepting something undesirable

Low self-esteem

Irascible

Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts

Anger

Laud

To praise highly

Paise

Lucid

Clear; easily understood

Clear talk

Magnanimity

The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving

Noble

Martial

Associated with war and armed forces

Matial law

Mundane

Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary

Simple

Nascent

Coming into being; early development stages

Fetus

Nebulous

Vauge; cloudy; lacking clear defined judgment

Nebula mind

Neologism

A new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses

Bling

Noxious

Harmful, injurious

Ow

Obtuse

Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression

Inarticulate

Obviate

To anticipate and make unnecessary

Patrick

Onerous

Troublesome, burdensome

Stress

Paean

A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving

Baby Jesus

Parody

A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art

Perennial

Recurrent throughout the year or many years; happining repeatedly

Kali yuga

Perfidy

Intentional breach of faith; trechery

Whore

Perfunctory

done without care or interest; cursory

Aaron

Perspicacious

Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment

Perceptive

Prattle

To babel meaninglessly; to talk an in empty idle manner

Tower Babel

Precipitate (verb)

To cause or happen before anticipated or required

Premature

Predilection

A disposition in favor of something; preferences

Preference

Prescience

Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring

Nostra domas

Prevaricate

To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead

Equivocate

Precipitate (adj)

Acting with excessive haste or impulse

Haste

Qualms

Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy

Problems

Recant

To retract, especially a previous held belief

Refute

To disapprove; to successfully argue against

Argue

Relegate

To forcibly assign especially to a lower place or position

Demoted

Reticent

Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings

Reserved

Solicitous

Concerned and attentive; eager

Attentive

Sordid

Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul

Degenerate

Sporadic

Occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

Squander

To waste by spending or using irresponsibly

Static

Not moving, active, or in motion; at rest

At rest

Stupefy

To stun, baffle, or amaze

Stymie

To block; to thwart

Immobile

Torque

A force that causes rotation

Engine

Tortuous

Winding, twisting; excessively complicated

Tornado

Truculent

Fierce and cruel; eager to fight

Mma fighter

Veracity

Truthfulness, honesty

Truthfulness

Virulent

Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic

Snake

Voracious

Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous

Cross fit

Waiver

To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion

Unsteady

Synthesis

The combination of parts to make a whole