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volition
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The power of choosing or determining; will.
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adv. volitionally
n. Volition adj. Volitional |
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hapless
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Unfortunate; sad; unlucky
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adv. haplessly
n. haplessness adj. hapless |
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inept
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Incompetent; clumsy; unskilled
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adv. ineptly
n. ineptitude adj. inept |
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seismic
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Of subject to great force.
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adv. seismically
n. seismicity adj. seismic |
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implacable
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Not capable of changing or going away.
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adv. implacably
n. implacability adj. implacable |
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condescension
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A snobby conceited or arrogant manner.
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n. condescension
adj. condescending |
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virility
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Masculinity; manliness
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n. virility
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sycophants
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A person who flatters somebody powerful or wealthy; a parasite.
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adv. sycophantically
n. sycophant, sycophancy adj. sycophantic |
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muse
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To think or ponder.
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v. mus-ed; -ing; -es
adv. musingly n. muser, muse |
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atrocious
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Appalling; terrible; horrible
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adv. atrociously
n. atrociousness adj. atrocious |
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audacious
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Daring; bold; fearless
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adv. audaciously
n. audacity adj. audacious |
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clutches
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Group or bunch of similar things.
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n. clutches
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incinerate
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To burn thoroughly or destroy.
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v. incinerate
n. incineration |
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bias
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An inclination of temperament or outlook; prejudice
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n. bias, biasness
adj. biased |
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emphatic
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Strongly expressed; forceful; definite
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adv. emphatically
adj. emphatic |
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perambulate
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To walk through or travel about.
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v. perambulate
n. perambulation adj. perambulate |
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corpulent
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Overweight
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adv. corpulently
n. corpulence adj. corpulent |
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acquiesce
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To accept, comply.
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precocious
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Exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age.
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adv. precociously
n. precociousness adj. precocious |
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proliferate
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To spread, increase.
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v. proliferate
n. proliferation adj. proliferative |
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trite
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Clichéd and redundant.
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adv. tritely
n. triteness adj. trite |
