Assorted Words

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extirpate

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t.v.
1. To pull up by the roots.
2. To destroy totally; exterminate. See Synonyms at abolish.
3. To remove by surgery.

etymology: ex-, ex- + stirps, root. (to root out)

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assoil

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t.v.
1. To absolve; pardon.
2. To atone for.
3. To set free; to release.
4. To soil; to stain.

etymology: as- + soil

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expostulate

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i.v.
To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed by with.

etymology: ex, out, + postulare, demand:

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exemplar

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n.
A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives.

etymology: exemplaris (Late Latin), that serves as a pattern or model

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deracinate

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t.v.
1. To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.
2. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

etymology: from de + radix (radic-), a root

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descant

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n.
A discussion or discourse on a theme.

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remonstrate

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t.v.
1.To say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof.
2. censure severely or angrily
i.v.
To reason or plead in protest; present an objection.

etymology: Latin re-, re- + Latin mōnstrāre, to show (from mōnstrum, portent; see monster).

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fecund

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adj.
1. Fruitful in children; prolific.
2. intellectually productive

syn. fertile · fruitful · productive · proliferous · prolific · rich

etymology: from Latin fecundus, fruitful, fertile (of plants and animals), from √ *fe, generate, produce (see fetus), + -cundus, a formative of adjectives.

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expatiate

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i.v.
1. To speak or write at length: expatiated on the subject until everyone was bored.
2. To wander freely.

etymology: ex-, ex- + spatiārī, to spread

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punctilious

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adj.
marked by precise accordance with details; attentive to punctilio

syn: fastidious · formal · meticulous

etymology: from punctilio + -ous.

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misandrist

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n.
one who hates men.
Contrast misogynist and cf. misandry (Hatred of men.).

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acrostic

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A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.

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obstreperous

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adj.
1. noisily and stubbornly defiant
2. Aggressively boisterous.

Syn: obstinate · recalcitrant · refractory · boisterous · clamorous

etymology: from ob, before, upon, + strepere, roar, rattle

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compunction

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n.
a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

synonyms: penitency · qualm · remorse

etymology: com-, intensive pref.; + pungere, to prick

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ablation

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n.
1. A carrying or taking away; removal.
2. surgical removal of a body part or tissue

synonym: excision

etymology: ab-, away; + lātus, carried;

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confabulation

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n.
1. Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.
2. (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered

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rebus

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n.
a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words

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rugose

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adj.
Wrinkled; full of wrinkles;

etymology: Latin rūgōsus, from rūga, wrinkle.

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milieu

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\meel-YUH; meel-YOO\, noun;
plural milieus or milieux \-(z)\:

An environment or a setting.

etymology: French, from mi (from Latin medius), middle, + lieu (from Latin locus), place.

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fugacious

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adj.
lasting a very short time

synonym: evanescent

etymology: from L. fugax (fugaci-), fleeing, swift, fleeting, from fugere, flee: see fugitive.

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indolent

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adj
1. Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy. See Synonyms at lazy.
2. Conducive to inactivity or laziness; lethargic: humid, indolent weather.

etymology: in-, not; + Latin dolēns, present participle of dolēre, to feel pain.

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incipient

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adj.
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

synonym: beginning · inceptive · initial

etymology: incipere, to begin

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luculent

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adj.
(of language) Lucid; clear; transparent.

etymology: from lux (luc-), light

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sedulous

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adj.
Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduous; as, the sedulous bee.

synonym: assiduous
etymology: From Latin sēdulus, from sēdulō, zealously : sē, without; + dolō, ablative of dolus, trickery

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tenebrous

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adj.
dark and gloomy

etymology: tenebræ, darkness

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pescatarian

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one whose diet includes fish but no meat

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convalesce

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i.v.
To return to health and strength after illness; recuperate.

etymology: from com- (intensive) + valescere, inceptive of valere, be strong or well

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exenterate

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t.v.
1. To disembowel; eviscerate.
2. Medicine To remove the contents of (an organ).

etymology: Latin exenterāre, exenterāt-, to disembowel : ex-, ex- + Greek enteron, entrails;