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Chary
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Very cautious; wary: was chary of the risks involved.
Not giving or expending freely; sparing: was chary of compliments. |
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Undermine
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To weaken by wearing away a base or foundation: Water has undermined the stone foundations.
To weaken, injure, or impair, often by degrees or imperceptibly; sap: Late hours can undermine one's health. To dig a mine or tunnel beneath. |
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Bolster
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To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion.
To buoy up or hearten: Visitors bolstered the patient's morale. |
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Buoy
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To maintain at a high level; support: “the persistent … takeover speculation, which has buoyed up the shares of banks” (Financial Times).
To hearten or inspire; uplift: “buoyed up by the team spirit and the pride of the older generation back at home” |
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Redoutable
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Le Redoutable ("the frightening one").
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Harbinger
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One that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner.
tr.v., -gered, -ger·ing, -gers;To signal the approach of; presage |
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Braggart
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n.
One given to loud, empty boasting; a bragger. adj. Boastful. |
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Spur
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A short spike or spiked wheel that attaches to the heel of a rider's boot and is used to urge a horse forward.
Something that serves as a goad or incentive. |
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Mealymouthed
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adj. - Hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy
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Prevaricate
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To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate. See synonyms at lie2
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Testy
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Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish: a testy cab driver; a testy refusal to help
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Begrudge
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To envy the possession or enjoyment of: She begrudged him his youth. See synonyms at envy.
To give or expend with reluctance: begrudged every penny spent. |
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Drench
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To wet through and through; soak.
To administer a large oral dose of liquid medicine to (an animal). To provide with something in great abundance; surfeit: just drenched in money |
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Prick
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The act of piercing or pricking.
The sensation of being pierced or pricked. A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse. A small, sharp, local pain, such as that made by a needle or bee sting. A small mark or puncture made by a pointed object. |
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Troupe
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A company or group, especially of touring actors, singers, or dancers.
intr.v., trouped, troup·ing, troupes. |
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Isthmus
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A narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land.
A narrow strip of tissue joining two larger organs or parts of an organ. A narrow passage connecting two larger cavities. |
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skinflint
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One who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser
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Stingy
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Giving or spending reluctantly.
Scanty or meager: a stingy meal; stingy with details about the past |
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Blackguard
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A thoroughly unprincipled person; a scoundrel.
A foul-mouthed person. To abuse verbally; revile. |
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Rung
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A rod or bar forming a step of a ladder.
A crosspiece between the legs of a chair. The spoke in a wheel. |
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Lionize
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To look on or treat (a person) as a celebrity.
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Deify
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To look on or treat (a person) as a celebrity.
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Speckle
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A speck or small spot, as a natural dot of color on skin, plumage, or foliage.
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Timorouse
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Full of apprehensiveness; timid.
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Temerity
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Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness
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Plead
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To appeal earnestly; beg: plead for more time.
To offer reasons for or against something; argue earnestly: plead against a bill. To provide an argument or appeal: Your youth pleads for you in this instance |
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Epigram
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A short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation.
A concise, clever, often paradoxical statement. See synonyms at saying. Epigrammatic discourse or expression |
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Pithy
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Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief: a pithy comment.
Consisting of or resembling pith. |
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Saga
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A modern prose narrative that resembles a saga.
A long detailed report: recounted the saga of their family problems |
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Bolt1
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A bar made of wood or metal that slides into a socket and is used to fasten doors and gates.
A metal bar or rod in the mechanism of a lock that is thrown or withdrawn by turning the key |
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Bolt2
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To secure or lock with or as if with a bolt.
To arrange or roll (lengths of cloth, for example) on or in a bolt. To eat (food) hurriedly and with little chewing; gulp. To desert or withdraw support from (a political party). |
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Bolt3
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To move or spring suddenly.
To start suddenly and run away: The horse bolted at the sound of the shot. The frightened child bolted from the room. |
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Proof
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Determination of the quality of something by testing; trial: put one's beliefs to the proof.
Law. The result or effect of evidence; the establishment or denial of a fact by evidence. The alcoholic strength of a liquor, expressed by a number that is twice the percentage by volume of alcohol present. |
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Citadel
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A fortress in a commanding position in or near a city.
A stronghold or fortified place; a bulwark. |
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Rank2
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Growing profusely or with excessive vigor: rank vegetation in the jungle.
Yielding a profuse, often excessive crop; highly fertile: rank earth. Strong and offensive in odor or flavor. Conspicuously offensive: rank treachery. |
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Rank1
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A relative position in a society.
An official position or grade: the rank of sergeant. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group |
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Rampast
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A fortification consisting of an embankment, often with a parapet built on top.
A means of protection or defense; a bulwark. |
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Tryst
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An agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place.
A meeting or meeting place that has been agreed on |
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Reverie
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A state of abstracted musing; daydreaming
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Headstrong
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Determined to have one's own way; stubbornly and often recklessly willful. See synonyms at obstinate, unruly.
Resulting from willfulness and obstinacy. |
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Elusive
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Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory: “an invisible cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist
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Gullible
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Easily deceived or duped
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Peccadillo
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A small sin or fault.
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Trifling
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Of slight worth or importance. See synonyms at trivial.
Frivolous or idle. |
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Squabble
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To engage in a disagreeable argument, usually over a trivial matter; wrangle
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Petty
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Of small importance; trivial: a petty grievance.
Marked by narrowness of mind, ideas, or views. Marked by meanness or lack of generosity, especially in trifling matters |
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Sturdy
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Having or showing rugged physical strength.
Substantially made or built; stout: sturdy canvas. Marked by resoluteness or determination; firm: sturdy resistance. Vigorous or robust. |
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Sound
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Solid investment
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Zealot
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One who is zealous, especially excessively so.
A fanatically committed person. |
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Adage
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A saying that sets forth a general truth and that has gained credit through long use.
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Percept
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The object of perception.
A mental impression of something perceived by the senses, viewed as the basic component in the formation of concepts; a sense datum. |
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Aspersions
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An unfavorable or damaging remark; slander: Don't cast aspersions on my honesty.
The act of defaming or slandering. |
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Slander
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Law. Oral communication of false statements injurious to a person's reputation.
A false and malicious statement or report about someone. |
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Wrathfull
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Full of wrath; fiercely angry.
Proceeding from or expressing wrath: wrathful |
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Covetouse
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Excessively and culpably desirous of the possessions of another. See synonyms at jealous.
Marked by extreme desire to acquire or possess: covetous of learning. |
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Grovel
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To behave in a servile or demeaning manner; cringe.
To lie or creep in a prostrate position, as in subservience or humility. To give oneself over to base pleasures: “Have we not groveled here long enough, eating and drinking like mere brutes?” |
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Snivel
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To sniffle.
To complain or whine tearfully. To run at the nose. |
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Yawn
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To open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation, usually involuntarily from drowsiness, fatigue, or boredom.
To open wide; gape: The chasm yawned at our feet. |
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Preen
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To smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak or bill.
To trim or clean (fur) with the tongue, as cats do. To dress or groom (oneself) with elaborate care; primp. To take pride or satisfaction in (oneself); gloat |
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Fastidious
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Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail.
Difficult to please; exacting. Excessively scrupulous or sensitive, especially in matters of taste or propriety. See synonyms at meticulous. Microbiology. Having complicated nutritional requirements |
