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disinterested |
free of bias or self-interest; impartial The disinterested expert witness took the stand to testify. |
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ebullience |
the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings The ebullience of Bernie Sanders appealed to the disenchanted listeners. |
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inveigle |
to obtain by deception or flattery The femme fatale inveigled the room number from the night desk manager. |
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penurious |
penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous Penurious Mr. Scrooge changed his ways after his adventure with the ghosts. |
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redoubtable |
awe-inspiring; worthy of honor The Notorious RBG is a redoubtable woman and Supreme Court justice. |
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dissemble |
to disguise or conceal; to mislead Batman dissembled his true identity with a mask and cape |
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inchoate |
in an initial stage; not fully formed The inchoate start-up was marked by chaos and miscommunication. |
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insipid |
lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge The insipid debutante continued to prattle on about her latest sewing project. |
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polemical |
controversial; argumentative The polemical scientist faced many questions after his presentation of his ground breaking research. |
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querulous |
prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish Ove's querulous nature eventually wore off with more time around the good natured family. |
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specious |
seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false The scam artist presented such a specious picture of instant wealth it was hard to resist. |
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spurious |
lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit The spurious hundred dollar bill revealed its true nature when held up to the light. |
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probity |
adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness The probity of the judge was called into question as a result of the scandal. |
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recondite |
hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure The statistical principles were recondite and comprehension was seemingly out of reach. |
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sedulous |
diligent; persistent; hard-working The sedulous immigrant slaved away in the fields for 12 hours at a time. |
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trenchant |
sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating With trenchant eyes the detective noticed the differences between the two faces. |
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vituperate |
to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate The drunk father came home to vituperate his innocent teenage son. |
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august |
majestic, venerable The august statues of Pemberley took Elizabeth's breath away. |
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flip |
sarcastic, impertinent The middle school student made a flip remark his teacher didn't appreciate. |
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meet |
fitting and proper Their union was meet; it was if they were made for each other. |
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abjure |
to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid The inquisitors forced some of the church to abjure their Protestant faith. |
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anodyne |
soothing; something that assuages or allays pain or comforts The anodyne gel melted away the joint pain. |
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apotheosis |
deification; glorification to godliness; an exalted example; a model of excellence or perfection The Mona Lisa is an apotheosis of the visual arts. |
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asseverate |
to aver, allege or assert The journalist asseverated President Nixon's involvement in the Watergate scandal. |
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assiduous |
diligent, hard-working, sedulous The assiduous graduate student spent hour upon hour in the library. |
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augury |
omen, portent The witch's augury told of Cersei's future heartbreak. |
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cavil |
to find fault without good reason To cavil can be damaging or a waste of time. |
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desuetude |
disuse The cottage began to deteriorate from desuetude. |
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extirpate |
to destroy, to exterminate, to cut out, to exscind The surgeon hoped to extirpate every last bit of tumor. |
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gainsay |
to deny, to dispute, to contradict, to oppose The politician would gainsay every claim the reporter made. |
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imbroglio |
difficult or embarrassing situation The woman was ashamed to find herself in the middle of an imbroglio of her own making. |
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inveterate |
deep rooted, ingrained, habitual Ove's morning ritual was inveterate after 25 years. |
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jejune |
vapid, uninteresting, nugatory; childish, immature, puerile The playboy regularly showed himself to be jejune and unready for true responsibility within the family business. |
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mendicant |
beggar, supplicant He was a humble mendicant before the king's throne. |
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pellucid |
transparent, easy to understand, limpid The lesson was far from pellucid but rather esoteric. |
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peroration |
the concluding part of a speech; flower, rhetorical, dull speech The professor's peroration finally ended and the students gave him half-hearted applause. |
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plangent |
pounding, thundering, resounding The storm was full of plangent thunder that rolled across the plains as the rain poured. |
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puerile |
childish, immature, jejune, nugatory The puerile youth sped down the road with impunity. |
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pusillanimous |
cowardly, craven Baby Jamie could never be called pusillanimous for he was a fierce warrior. |
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saturnine |
gloomy, dark, sullen, morose The great hall was saturnine with all its heavy tapestries and opaque windows. |
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stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful
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sycophant |
toady; servile, self-seeking flatterer; parasite; a person who praises powerful people to get their approval The deputy chief of staff was a sycophant, always ready with a word for the president. |
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tendentious |
biased; showing marked tendencies The cat was tendentious always urinating on the same couch cushion. |
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tyro |
novice, greenhorn, rank amateur He was tyro but not to be ignored; he showed great promise. |
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