English Crow Vocabulary 1

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Banal

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–adjective
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite:

a banal and sophomoric treatment of courage on the frontier.

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Bellicose

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–adjective
inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.

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Finesse

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skill in handling a difficult or highly sensitive
–noun
situation; adroit and artful management: exceptional diplomatic finesse.

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Glib

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–adjective
readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so:

a glib talker; glib answers.

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Lampoon

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–noun
1. a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.

–verb (used with object)
2. to mock or ridicule in a lampoon

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Lugubrious

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–adjective
mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner:

lugubrious songs of lost love.

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Nefarious

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–adjective
extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous:
a nefarious plot.

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Nemesis

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–noun, plural
something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.:
The performance test proved to be my nemesis.

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Pseudonym

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–noun
a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name.

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Purloin

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–verb
to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.

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abject

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–adjective
utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched:

abject poverty.

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admorish

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–verb (used with object)
to caution, advise, or counsel against something.

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commensurate

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–adjective
having the same measure; of equal extent or duration.

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distraught

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–adjective
distracted; deeply agitated.

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euphemism

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–noun
the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.

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nebulous

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–adjective
hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused:

a nebulous recollection of the meeting; a nebulous distinction between pride and conceit.

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phlegmatic

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–adjective
not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.

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propriety

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–noun, plural
conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.

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prosaic

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–adjective
commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.

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revile

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–verb
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.