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ABROGATED
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To abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal
To put aside; put an end to. |
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ACCESSION
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The act of coming into the possession of a right, title, office, etc.: accession to the throne.
An increase by something added Consent; agreement; approval: accession to a demand. |
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AMORPHOUS
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Lacking definite form; having no specific shape
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APOCRYPHAL
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Of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
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APOTHEOSIZED
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To deify; glorify
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APPOSITE
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Suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt
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ASSIDUOUS
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Constant; unremitting
Constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive |
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ASTUTE
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Of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious
Clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd |
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AUSTERE
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Severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding
Rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral; ascetic; abstinent Grave; sober; solemn; serious Without excess, luxury, or ease; simple; limited; severe Severely simple; without ornament: |
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AXIOMATIC
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Pertaining to or of the nature of an axiom; self-evident; obvious.
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BALK AT
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To stop short and stubbornly refuse to go on.
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BELIED
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To show to be false; contradict; misrepresent
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BELLICOSE
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inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
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BUCOLIC
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Of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral.
Of, pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life. |
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CALUMNIATED
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To make false and malicious statements about; slander.
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CHURLISH
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Boorish; rude: churlish behavior.
Peasantlike. Niggardly; mean. Difficult to work or deal with, as soil. |
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COGENT
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Convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
To the point; relevant; pertinent. |
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COMPENDIUMS
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A brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise
A summary, epitome, or abridgment A full list or inventory |
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COMPORTMENT
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Personal bearing or conduct; demeanor; behavior.
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CORPOREAL
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Of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
Material; tangible: |
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ADULATION
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Excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery
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ALACRITY
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Cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness
Liveliness; briskness. |
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ANTIPATHY
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A natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion.
An instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling. An object of natural aversion or habitual dislike. |
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APOLITICAL
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Not political; of no political significance
Not involved or interested in politics |
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ASSUAGE
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To make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate
To appease; satisfy; allay; relieve To soothe, calm, or mollify |
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BELLICOSITY
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Inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
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CHICANERY
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Trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry
A quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive, or evade. |
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CONSECRATED
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To make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity
To make (something) an object of honor or veneration; hallow To devote or dedicate to some purpose To admit or ordain to a sacred office |
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DEARTH
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An inadequate supply; scarcity; lack
Scarcity and dearness of food; famine. |
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DEFALCATION
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Misappropriation of money or funds held by an official, trustee, or other fiduciary.
The sum misappropriated. |
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DEFERENCE
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Respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another.
Respectful or courteous regard: |
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DEMAGOGUE
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A person, especially an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people.
(In ancient times) a leader of the people. |
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DENIGRATING
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To speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame
To treat or represent as lacking in value or importance; belittle; disparage To make black; blacken |
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DERIDE
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To laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock
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DESPONDENT
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Downcast or disheartened; lacking hope or courage; dejected
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DIATRIBE
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A bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism
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DIDACTICALLY
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Intended for instruction; instructive
Inclined to teach or lecture others too much Teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson |
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DILETTANTE
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A person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
A lover of an art or science, especially of a fine art. |
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DIRGE
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A funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the deaD
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DISCOMFIT
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To confuse and deject; disconcert
To frustrate the plans of; thwart; foil |
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DISPARAGED
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To speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
To bring reproach or discredit upon; lower the estimation of |
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DOGMATIC
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Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas; doctrinal
Asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated |
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DROSS
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Waste matter; refuse.
Metallurgy; a waste product taken off molten metal during smelting, essentially metallic in character |
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EFFICACIOUS
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Capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.
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EFFUSIVE
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Unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve
Pouring out; overflowing. |
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ENCOMIUMS
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A formal expression of high praise; eulogy
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ENERVATED
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Without vigor, force, or strength; languid
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ENIGMATIC
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Resembling an enigma; perplexing; mysterious
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ENNUI
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A feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom
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EPHEMERAL
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Lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory
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EPITHETS
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Any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality: “Richard the Lion-Hearted” is an epithet of Richard I.
A characterizing word or phrase firmly associated with a person or thing and often used in place of an actual name, title, or the like, as “man's best friend” for “dog.” A word, phrase, or expression used invectively as a term of abuse or contempt, to express hostility, etc. |
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EQUIVOCATION
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The use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions, especially in order to mislead or hedge; prevarication.
An equivocal, ambiguous expression Logic. a fallacy caused by the double meaning of a word |
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ERUDITE
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Characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly
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EXAGITATE
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To stir up; to agitate
To satirize; to censure severely |
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EXECRABLE
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Utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent.
Very bad |
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EXPEDIENCY
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The quality of being expedient; advantageousness; advisability
A regard for what is politic or advantageous rather than for what is right or just; a sense of self-interest Something expedient |
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EXTEMPORIZE
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To speak extemporaneously
To sing, or play on an instrument, composing the music as one proceeds; improvise To do or manage something in a makeshift way |
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FETID
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Having an offensive odor; stinking
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FILIGREE
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Delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, especially lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques
Anything very delicate or fanciful |
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GLIB
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Readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers
Easy or unconstrained, as actions or manners Archaic. agile; spry |
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GLUT
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To feed or fill to satiety; sate
To feed or fill to excess; cloy To flood (the market) with a particular item or service so that the supply greatly exceeds the demand. To choke up To eat to satiety or to excess. |
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HALCYON
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Calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather
Rich; wealthy; prosperous: halcyon times of peace Happy; joyful; carefree: halcyon days of youth Of or pertaining to the halcyon or kingfisher |
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HARBINGERS
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Person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald.
Anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign: A person sent in advance of troops, a royal train, etc., to provide or secure lodgings and other accommodations |
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HEGEMONY
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Leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
Leadership; predominance. (Especially among smaller nations) aggression or expansionism by large nations in an effort to achieve world domination. |
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HERETICAL
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Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy
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HETERODOXY
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At variance with established, orthodox, or accepted doctrines or beliefs
Holding unorthodox opinions |
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HISTRIONIC
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Of or pertaining to actors or acting.
Deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech. |
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HUBRIS
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Excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance
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IMPERIOUS
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Domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing
Urgent; imperative |
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IMPUGNED
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To challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon
Archaic. to assail (a person) by words or arguments; vilify Obsolete . to attack (a person) physically |
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INCREDULOUS
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Not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical
Indicating or showing unbelief: an incredulous smile. |
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INDOLENCE
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The quality or state of being indolent
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INERRANCY
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Lack of error; infallibility
The belief that the Bible is free from error in matters of science as well as those of faith |
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INTEMPERATE
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Given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
Immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion. Not temperate; unrestrained; unbridled. Extreme in temperature, as climate. |
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INTRANSIGENCE
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The state or quality of being intransigent, or refusing to compromise or agree; inflexibility
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INURED
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To accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to )
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INVIOLATE
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Free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage.
Undisturbed; untouched. Unbroken. Not infringed. |
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ABNEGATION
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The act of reliquishing or giving up a right, possession, etc.
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ACCRETION
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An increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent
The result of this process An added part; addition |
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ADDLE
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To make or become confused
To make or become rotten, as eggs |
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ADUMBRATION
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To produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch
To foreshadow; prefigure To darken or conceal partially; overshadow |
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ALBUMEN
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The white of an egg.
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AMELIORATED
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To make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve
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ARCADIAN
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Rural, rustic, or pastoral, especially suggesting simple, innocent contentment
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ARRANT
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Downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious
Wandering; errant |
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ASSEVERATING
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To declare earnestly or solemnly; affirm positively; aver
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BALMY
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Mild and refreshing; soft; soothing
Having the qualities of balm; aromatic; fragrant: balmy leaves Producing balm: balmy plants; a balmy shrub Informal. crazy; foolish; eccentric |
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BANAL
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Devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite
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BENIGHTED
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Intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened: benighted ages of barbarism and superstition
Overtaken by darkness or night. |
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BOORISH
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Of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive
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CAPTIOUS
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Apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.
Proceeding from a faultfinding or caviling disposition Apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, especially in argument |
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CASTIGATED
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To criticize or reprimand severely
To punish in order to correct |
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CHIMERA
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A mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail
Any similarly grotesque monster having disparate parts, especially as depicted in decorative art A horrible or unreal creature of the imagination; a vain or idle fancy Genetics. an organism composed of two or more genetically distinct tissues, as an organism that is partly male and partly female, or an artificially produced individual having tissues of several species. |
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COGITATION
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Concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation
The faculty of thinking A thought; design or plan |
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DESULTORY
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Lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful
Digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random |
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DIAPHANOUS
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Very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent
Delicately hazy |
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DILATORY
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Tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
Intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision |
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DIURNAL
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Of or pertaining to a day or each day; daily
Of or belonging to the daytime ( opposed to nocturnal ). |
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ELEGIAC
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Used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy
Expressing sorrow or lamentation |
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EQUANIMITY
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Mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium
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ERUDITE
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Characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly
Synonyms: educated, knowledgeable; wise, sapient. |
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EVISCERATES
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To remove the entrails from; disembowel
To deprive of vital or essential parts To remove the contents of (a body organ). |
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EXEGESIS
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Critical explanation or interpretation of a text or portion of a text, especially of the Bible
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FALLACIOUS
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Containing a fallacy; logically unsound
Deceptive; misleading Disappointing; delusive |
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FATUOUS
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Foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
Uunreal; illusory. |
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FELICITOUS
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Well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate
Having a special ability for suitable manner or expression, as a person. |
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FORSWEARING
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To reject or renounce under oath
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FRACTIOUS
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Refractory or unruly
Readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome |
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GENIAL
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Warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial: a genial disposition
Favorable for life, growth, or comfort; pleasantly warm; comfortably mild Characterized by genius. |
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HACKNEYED
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Made commonplace or trite; stale; banal
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ICONOCLAST
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A person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.
A breaker or destroyer of images, especially those set up for religious veneration. |
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IDIOSYNCRATIC
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Pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual
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INELUCTABLE
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Incapable of being evaded; inescapable
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INIQUITOUS
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Characterized by injustice or wickedness; wicked; sinful.
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INJUDICIOUS
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Not judicious; showing lack of judgment; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet
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INNOCUOUS
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Not harmful or injurious; harmless
Not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive Not interesting, stimulating, or significant; pallid; insipid |
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INSOUCIANT
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Free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant
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INVETERATE
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Settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like
Firmly established by long continuance, as a disease, habit, practice, feeling, etc.; chronic. |
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INVIOLATE
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Free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage.
Undisturbed; untouched Unbroken Not infringed |
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JEJUNE
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Without interest or significance; dull; insipid
Juvenile; immature; childish Lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed Deficient or lacking in nutritive value |
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JINGOISTIC
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The spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism
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LAMBASTED
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To beat or whip severely.
To reprimand or berate harshly; censure; excoriate. |
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LASSITUDE
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Weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor.
A condition of indolent indifference: the pleasant lassitude of the warm summer afternoon. |
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LAUD
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To praise; extol
A song or hymn of praise |
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LIMNING
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To represent in drawing or painting.
To portray in words; describe. Obsolete . to illuminate (manuscripts) |
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LITHENESS
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Bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible
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MAGNANIMOUS
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Generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness
High-minded; noble Proceeding from or revealing generosity or nobility of mind, character |
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MALADROIT
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Lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless
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MALEVOLENCE
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The quality, state, or feeling of being malevolent; ill will; malice; hatred
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MALODOROUS
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Having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad
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MASTICATION
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To chew.
To reduce to a pulp by crushing or kneading, as rubber |
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MAVERICKS
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Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
A lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates A person pursuing rebellious, even potentially disruptive, policies or ideas An electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 miles (24 km). Unorthodox, unconventional, nonconformist: a maverick fiscal conservative willing to raise taxes |
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MELLIFLUOUSNESS
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Sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: a mellifluous voice
Flowing with honey; sweetened with or as if with honey |
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MENDICANT
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Begging; practicing begging; living on alms.
A member of any of several orders of friars that originally forbade ownership of property, subsisting mostly on alms. |
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MENIAL
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Lowly and sometimes degrading: menial work.
Servile; submissive: menial attitudes. Pertaining to or suitable for domestic servants; humble |
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MERCURIAL
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Changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic
Animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted Pertaining to, containing, or caused by the metal mercury |
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MERETRICIOUS
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Alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
Based on pretense, deception, or insincerity. Pertaining to or characteristic of a prostitute. |
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MINUTIAE
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Usually, minutiae. precise details; small or trifling matters
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MIRED
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A tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
Ground of this kind, as wet, slimy soil of some depth or deep mud To plunge and fix in mire; cause to stick fast in mire To involve; entangle To soil with mire; bespatter with mire |
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MISANTHROPY
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Hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
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MISOGYNIST
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A person who hates, dislikes, mistrusts, or mistreats women
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MOILING
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To work hard; drudge
To whirl or churn ceaselessly; twist; eddy Confusion, turmoil, or trouble Glassmaking. a superfluous piece of glass formed during blowing and removed in the finishing operation Mining. a short hand tool with a polygonal point, used for breaking or prying out rock |
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NASCENT
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Beginning to exist or develop
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NATTY
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Neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; spruce
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NEBULOUS
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Hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused: a nebulous recollection of the meeting
Cloudy or cloudlike |
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EXTIRPATE
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To remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate.
To pull up by or as if by the roots; root up: to extirpate an unwanted hair. |
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ABATE
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To lessen in intensity or degree
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AVARICE
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Greed especially for wealth
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ASCETIC
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One who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion
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AMALGAMATE
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To combine several elements into a whole
*noun form: amalgamation |
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ACUMEN
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Keen, accurate judgment or insight
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AVER
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To state as a fact; to declare or assert
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ACERBIC
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Having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting
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ASTRINGENT
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Having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; sever; something with a tightening effect on tissue
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AGGRANDIZE
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To increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige
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AUGUST
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Majestic, venerable
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ALLOY
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To commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior
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ABJURE
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To renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
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AUGURY
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Omen, portent
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ASPERITY
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Severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony, irritability
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APOSTATE
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One who abondons long-held religious or political convictions
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APOGEE
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Farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith
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ANATHEMA
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A solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
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ANODYNE
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Soothing; something that assuages or allays pain or comforts
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AMENABLE
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Agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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ANACHRONISM
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Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
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BROOK
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To tolerate; to endure; to countenance
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BURGEON
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To grow rapidly or flourish
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CACOPHONY
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Harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
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CANON
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An established set or principles or code of laws, often religions in nature
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CAUSTIC
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Burning or stinging; causing corrosion
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CHARY
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Wary; cautious; sparing
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CONTRITE
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Regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
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CONTIGUOUS
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Sharing a border; touching; adjacent
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CREDULOUS
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Tending to believe too readily; gullible
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CHAUVINIST
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A blindly devoted patriot
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CONSEQUENTIAL
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Pompous, self-important, logically following
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COLOR
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To change as if by dyeing
i.e. to disort, gloss, or affect |
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CONTUMACIOUS
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Insubordinate, rebellious
*contumely means insult, scorn, aspersion |
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CELERITY
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Speed, alacrity
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CAVIL
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To find fault without good reason
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DESUETUDE
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Disuse
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DIRGE
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A song of grief or lamentation
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DENOUEMENT
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An outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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DESCRY
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To discriminate ro discern
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DIFFIDENT
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Reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
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DAMP
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To diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound
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DEMUR
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To question or oppose
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DISSEMBLE
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To disguise or conceal; to mislead
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DERISION
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Scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
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EVANESCENT
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Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
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EBULLIENCE
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The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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ESOTERIC
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Intended for or understod by a small, specific group
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EXIGENT
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Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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ESSAY
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To test or try; to attempt; to experiment
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EXACT
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To demand; to call for; to require; to take
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ESCHEW
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To shun or avoid
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EXCORIATE
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To censure scathingly, to upbraid
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EXPIATE
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T atone or make amends for
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EXECRATE
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To denounce, to feel loathing for, to curse, to declare to be evil
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EXCULPATE
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Exonerate; to clear of blame
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FULMINATE
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To loudly attack or denounce
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FURTIVE
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Marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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FAWN
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To flatter or praise excessively
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FLOUT
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To show contempt for, as in rule or convention
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FELL
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Verb: To cause to fall by striking
Adjective: Inhumanely Cruel |
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FLAG
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To sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline
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FORD
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To wade across the shallow part of a river or stream
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GUY
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A rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide
i.t. to steady or reinforce using a guy |
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GROUSE
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To complain or grumble
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GRANDILOQUENCE
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Pompous speech or expression
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GERMANE
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Relevant to the subject at hand appropriate in subject matter
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GAINSAY
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To deny, to dispute, to contradict, to oppose
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HARANGUE
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To deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech
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HERETICAL
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Violating accepted dogma or convention
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INERT
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Unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
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INVEIGLE
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To obtain by deception or flattery
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INCIPIENT
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Beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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IMPUNITY
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Immunity from punishment or penalty
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IMPLACABLE
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No capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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INCHOATE
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In an initial stage; not fully formed
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INSIPID
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Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
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INIMICAL
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Damaging; harmful; injurious
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IMPETUOUS
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Hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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INTIMATE
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To imply, suggest, or insinuate
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IMBROGLIO
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Difficult or embarrassing situation
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INIMITABLE
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One of a kind, peerless
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IMPASSIVE
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Revealing no emotion
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IMPECUNIOUS
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Lacking funds, without money
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IRASCIBLE
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Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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INGENUOUS
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Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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INFELICITOUS
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Unfortunate; inappropriate
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LOQUACIOUS
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Extremely talkative
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LACONIC
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Using few words; terse
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LUMBER
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To move heavily and clumsily
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LIST
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To tilt or lean to one side
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LUBRICIOUS
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Lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery
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MENDACITY
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The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
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MINATORY
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Menacing, threatening
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MERETRICIOUS
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Cheap, gaudy, tawdry, flashy, showy, attracting by false show
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NADIR
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Low point, perigee
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NEOLOGISM
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A new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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NONPLUSSED
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Baffled, bewildered, at a loss for what to do or think
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NEOPHYTE
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Recent convert, beginner, novice
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NOXIOUS
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Harmful; injurious
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ARDUOUS
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Adjective
Involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring. Synonyms hard - difficult - laborious - tough - toilsome - severe |
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AUSPICIOUS
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Adjective
Conducive to success; favorable: "an auspicious moment to hold an election". Giving or being a sign of future success. Synonyms favourable - favorable - propitious - fortunate |
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CURMUDGEONLY
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crusty: brusque and surly and forbidding;
i.e. "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper";... |
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ENORMITY
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Outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness: the enormity of war crimes.
Something outrageous or heinous, as an offense Greatness of size, scope, extent, or influence; immensity |
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BEDIZENED
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To dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy, or tasteless manner.
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CAPARISONED
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Noun
A decorative covering for a horse or for the tack or harness of a horse; trappings. Rich and sumptuous clothing or equipment. Verb (used with object) To cover with a caparison. To dress richly; deck. |
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SATURNINE
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Sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
Suffering from lead poisoning, as a person. Due to absorption of lead, as bodily disorders. |
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IGNOMINIOUS
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Marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.
Bearing or deserving ignominy; contemptible. |
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DERISIVE
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Adjective
Expressing contempt or ridicule. Synonyms derisory - sneering - mocking - quizzical - ridiculous |
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HIRSUTE
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Hairy
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NOISOME
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Adjective
Having an extremely offensive smell. Disagreeable; unpleasant. Synonyms harmful - nasty - injurious - noxious - deleterious |
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MALODOROUS
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Adjective
Smelling very unpleasant. Synonyms smelly - fetid - stinking - noisome - foul - olid |
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FASTIDIOUS
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Adjective
Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail. Very concerned about matters of cleanliness. Synonyms choosy - choosey - particular - nice - squeamish - dainty |
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BANAL
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Adjective
So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring. Synonyms trite - commonplace - hackneyed - trivial - platitudinous |
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EXCORIATED
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Verb
Censure or criticize severely. Damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin). |
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CENSURED
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Verb
Express severe disapproval of (someone or something), typically in a formal statement. |
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EPHEMERAL
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Adjective
Lasting for a very short time: "fashions are ephemeral". Synonyms transitory - transient - momentary - short-lived |
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ABSTRUSE
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Adjective
Difficult to understand; obscure Synonyms obscure - recondite - deep - profound |
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MACHINATION
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Noun
Sn act or instance of machinating. Usually, machinations. crafty schemes; plots; intrigues. Synonyms stratagem, device |
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ELUCIDATION
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Verb (used with object)
To make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain Synonyms: clarify, illuminate. Verb (used without object) To provide clarification; explain. Synonyms: clarify, clear up, illustrate. |
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CIRCUMLOCUTION
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Noun
A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea. A roundabout expression. |
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DYSPHEMISMS
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Noun
The substitution of a harsh, disparaging, or unpleasant expression for a more neutral one. An expression so substituted. |
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NESCIENCE
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Lack of knowledge; ignorance.
Agnosticism. |
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BELLETRISTIC
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Written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than content.
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DELETERIOUS
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Adjective
Causing harm or damage. Synonyms harmful - injurious - noisome - detrimental - prejudicial |
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ESCULENT
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Adjective
Fit to be eaten; edible. Noun A thing, esp. a vegetable, fit to be eaten. Synonyms edible - eatable - comestible |
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DISINTERRED
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Verb
Dig up (something that has been buried, esp. a corpse). Discover (something that is well hidden). |
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ESPIED
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Catch sight of
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EXSICCATED
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Lose water or moisture
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LISTLESS
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Having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent
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MAXIM
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An expression of a general truth or principle, especially an aphoristic or sententious one
A principle or rule of conduct. |
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LARGESS
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Generous bestowal of gifts.
The gift or gifts, as of money, so bestowed. (Obsolete) Generosity; liberality. |
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CUPIDITY
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Eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed; avarice.
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DELIQUESCING
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To become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts.
To melt away. (Botany). to form many small divisions or branches. |
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GOSSAMER
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A fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
A thread or a web of this substance. An extremely delicate variety of gauze, used especially for veils. Any thin, light fabric. Something extremely light, flimsy, or delicate. |
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LACHRYMOSE
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Suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
Given to shedding tears readily; tearful. |
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GUILE
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Insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity
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ASININE
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Foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid
Of or like an ass |
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CACHINNATED
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To laugh loudly or immoderately
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FULSOME
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Offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive; overdone or gross
Disgusting; sickening; repulsive Excessively or insincerely lavish Encompassing all aspects; comprehensive Abundant or copious. |
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ENGENDER
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To produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engenders violence.
To beget; procreate. Verb (used without object) To be produced or caused; come into existence: Conditions for a war were engendering in Europe. |
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CADENCY
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Rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language.
(In free verse) a rhythmic pattern that is nonmetrically structured. The beat, rate, or measure of any rhythmic movement: The chorus line danced in rapid cadence. The flow or rhythm of events, especially the pattern in which something is experienced: the frenetic cadence of modern life. A slight falling in pitch of the voice in speaking or reading, as at the end of a declarative sentence. |
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GALVANIZE
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To stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
To startle into sudden activity; stimulate. To coat (metal, especially iron or steel) with zinc. |
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BALEFUL
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Full of menacing or malign influences; pernicious.
(Obsolete) Wretched; miserable. |
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FECKLESS
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Ineffective; incompetent; futile: feckless attempts to repair the plumbing.
Having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy. |
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FOMENTED
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To instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.);
Promote the growth or development of: to foment trouble; to foment discontent. To apply warm water or medicated liquid, ointments, etc., to (the surface of the body). |
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CONCILIATED
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To overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over: to conciliate an angry competitor
To win or gain (goodwill, regard, or favor). To make compatible; reconcile. |
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FETES
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A day of celebration; holiday: The Fourth of July is a great American fete.
A festive celebration or entertainment A religious feast or festival: a fete lasting several days in honor of a saint. |
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MILQUETOAST
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A very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated: a milquetoast who's afraid to ask for a raise.
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ANFRACTUOUS
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Characterized by windings and turnings; sinuous; circuitous: an anfractuous path.
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GALLIMAUFRY
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A hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
A ragout or hash. |
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LITTORAL
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Of or pertaining to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.
(on ocean shores) of or pertaining to the biogeographic region between the sublittoral zone and the high-water line and sometimes including the supralittoral zone above the high-water line. Of or pertaining to the region of freshwater lake beds from the sublittoral zone up to and including damp areas on shore. |
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CHROMATIC
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Pertaining to color or colors.
Music. Involving a modification of the normal scale by the use of accidentals. Progressing by semitones, especially to a tone having the same letter name, as in C to C sharp. |
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MELISMA
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An ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
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