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noisome
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adjective
offensive, especially to one's sense of smell, fetid |
Middle English noysome, from noy annoyance
related to ennui |
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nostrum
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noun
cure all, placebo, questionable remedy |
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obfuscate
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verb
to deliberately obscure, to make confusing |
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obsequious
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adjective
subservient, exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
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obstreperous
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adjective
noisy, loudly stubborn, boisterous |
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obtain
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verb
to be established, accepted, or customary, prevail |
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obviate
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verb
to anticipate and make unncessary |
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occlude
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verb
to obstruct or block |
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occult
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adjective
hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension (also a verb = to hide) |
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officious
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adjective
meddlesome, pushy in offering one's services where they are unwanted |
Mrs. Bennett from _Pride and Prejuidice_
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opprobrium
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noun
disgrace, contempt, scorn |
Latin, from opprobrare to reproach
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overweening
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adjective
presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate |
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panegyric
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noun
formal or elaborate praise |
from panEgyris festival assembly
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parry
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verb
to block, evade or ward off, as a blow |
Chuck was able to parry all his opponent's blows, except the last one, which caught him right on the chin.
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parsimonious
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adjective
cheap, miserly |
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paucity
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adjective
scarcity, a lacking of |
Citing a pauicty of admissible evidence, the judge dismissed the case
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peccadillo
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noun
a slight offence, literally, a minor sin |
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pedantic
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adjective
ostentatious display of learning, excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules, unimaginative |
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