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conjugal
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adj. matrimonial
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consanguine
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adj. kin, related
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distaff
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n. women, woman
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endogamous
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n. married within the same tribe/social group
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filial
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adj. relating to relationship between parent and offspring (parental)
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fratricide
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n. person who kills their brother
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progenitor
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n. ancestor
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scion
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n. descendant, heir
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ardor
ardent |
n. ardor - passion, zeal
n. passionate, zealous |
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doctrinaire
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n. impractical theorist
adj. dogmatic, opinionated w/o much reason |
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fervid
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adj. passionate, vehement
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partisan
tendentious |
adj. partial, having a definite view, one sided
n. member of a party |
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zealot
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n. someone showing zeal; fanatic
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absolve
acquit exculpate |
v. forgive, free from guilt/responsibility
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exonerate
expiate vindicate |
v. forgive, free from guilt
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redress
palliate |
v. forgive, ease
n. reparation - redress |
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vindicate
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v. to argue (advocate)
v. to free from guilt |
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chortle
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n. chuckle
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droll
jocular |
adj. funny, amusing.
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flippant
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adj. playful
adj. lacking seriousness, frivolous |
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gibe
deride (derisive) |
v. (-) make fun of, ridicule
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facetious
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adj. flippant, humorous, not to be taken seriously.
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raillery
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n. good-natured teasing; joking comment.
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riposte
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n. comeback, retort
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simper
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n. smile
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altruistic
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adj. (+) not concerned w. self, giving to others, charitable
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beneficent
munificent |
adj.(+) kind hearted, generous
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magnanimous
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adj. (+) generous, nobility
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philanthropic
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giving, concerned with humanity, generous
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clement
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adj. forgiving
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largess
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n. bestowal of gifts, generosity
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unstinting
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adj. giving, free-handed
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avaricious
covetous |
adj. greedy
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venal
mercenary |
adj. acting just for money, greedy.
mercenary - n.- solider for foreign army |
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cacophony
din |
n. noise
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raucous
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adj. noisy
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dissonant
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adj. inharmonious
adj. clashing, conflicting |
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strident
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adj. shrill sounding
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abatement
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adj. reduction
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aperture
fissure |
n. hole, opening
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hiatus
respite |
n. pause, break, suspension in activity
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interregnum
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n. period of time between leaders..
n. freedom from authority briefly |
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orifice
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n. mouth or hole.
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rent
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opening made from tearing/break
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rift
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breach, crack
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baleful
malevolent truculent |
adj. hateful, bad-natured
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asperity
fell |
n. harshness; bad temper
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mordant
sardonic scathing |
adj. acerbic, caustic, harshly sarcastic, biting
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vituperation
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n. obloquy, bad mouthing
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dour
morose |
adj. gloomy
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abhorrence
detestation loathing |
n. hatred
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anathema
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n. person of thing that's hated
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antipathy
antagonism enmity |
n. strong dislike, hatred, animosity
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malice
odium rancor |
n. hatred
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rift
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breach, crack
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baleful
malevolent truculent |
adj. hateful, bad-natured
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asperity
fell |
n. harshness; bad temper
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mordant
sardonic scathing |
adj. acerbic, caustic, harshly sarcastic, biting
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vituperation
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n. obloquy, bad mouthing
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hinder
impede encumber |
v. to prevent, obstruct
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fetter
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n. shackle
v. hinder |
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occlude
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v. to block, prevent
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discomfort
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v. to get in the way
n. unpleasantness |
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forfend
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v. to prohibit
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augur
harbinger presage |
n. indication of the future
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auspice
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n. under the auspice of - patronage
n. omen |
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fey
clairvoyant |
adj. supernatural, magical, able to predict the future
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portentous
prodigious |
adj. dealing w. a portent - indication of future, forewarning
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prognosticate (prognostic)
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v. predict
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prescient
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adj. visionary, predicting
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extol
acclaim eulogize venerate |
v. praise, revere
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fawn
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v. to obediently serve, worship, praise in a slave-like manner
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(laud)atory
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v. praise, support
adj. praisworthy |
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encomium
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n. approval, acclaim
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aggrandize
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v. to make bigger, praise
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impecunious
indigent |
adj. poor
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esurient
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adj.poor, hungry, voracious (likely to eat)
think: nutrient |
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astute
adroit canny |
adj. perceptive, smart
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erudite
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adj. cultured, educated
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perspicacious
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adj. perceptive, smart
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ameliorate
assuage |
v. make better, relieve
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mitigate
mollify placate |
v. ease, relieve, pacify
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satiate
slake |
v. ease by satisfying
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propitiate
allay |
v. to ease
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defer
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v. to put off
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sooth
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n. outdated word for truth, reality, fact
adj. to be real, truthful, soothing, soft, sweet |
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harmonious
melodious sonorous euphonious |
adj. agreeable, pleasant to the ear
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bombastic
grandiloquent turgid |
adj. pompous in speech and manner, overblown, inflated, extra.
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loquacious
garrulous |
adj. talkative, wont shut up
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prolix
periphrastic |
adj. verbose, wordy.
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circumlocution
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n. indirect speech, beating around the bush; tautology
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rhetoric
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n. wordiness, long speech
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disconsolate
doleful plaintive |
adj. depressed, unhappy, hopeless
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lachrymose
lugubrious morose |
adj. depressed, gloomy
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dolor
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n. pain, misery, sorrow
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lament
lamentful/elegiac |
v. mourn
adj. mournful, grieving |
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forlorn
desolate |
adj. hopeless, depressed
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obdurate
obstinate |
adj. hardheaded, stubborn
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recalcitrant
renitent refractory |
adj. unruly, tending to resist, stubborn
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implacable
inexorable intractable |
adj. cruel, merciless, hell-bent, stubborn.
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intransigent
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adj. inflexible, uncompromising, tenacious (firm holding, stubborn)
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untoward
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unfavorable
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threnody
knell lament |
n. funeral hymns/songs
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disingenuous
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adj. insincere, dishonest, mendacious
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dissemble
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v. to present a false appearance, feign, pretend,be insincere
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ostensible
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adj. alleged, insincere
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fulsome
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adj. insincere
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unctuous
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adj. smarmy, trying too hard to be suave
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amulet
talisman |
n. good luck charm
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kismet
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n. good luck
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auspicious
propitious fortuitous |
adj. favorable, lucky
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optimum
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adj. best
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adventitious
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adj. by luck/chance
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indolent
languid lethargic slothful torpid |
adj. lazy, sluggish
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lassitude
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adj. laziness, indifference
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stoic
phlegmatic |
adj. flat, emotionless
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torpid
quiescent |
adj. lazy, inactive
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salubrious
salutary |
adj. healthy
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noisome
noxious fetid |
adj. nasty, offensive, immoral
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appraise
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v. evaluate, size up
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appraisal
assay |
n. evaluation
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descry
ascertain |
v. to perceive, understand, fix
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admonish
exhort enjoin |
v. urge, press, nag
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hector
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n. bully
v. torment, bully, bludgeon |
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cavil
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n. trivial opposition
v. nag, find fault |
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belabor
harangue |
v. dwell on, criticize, lecture
n. harangue - diatribe - long lecture |
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vortex
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n. cyclone, swirling whirlwind
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askance
awry |
adv. askew, not in a staight line, side ways
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careen
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v. lean, sway, side to side
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carom
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v. collide, bounce off, rebound
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gyrate
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v. move in circle
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circumvent
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v. avoid answering, beat around the bush
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meander
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v. zig zag, wander, winding
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oblique
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adj. tilting, askew, askance, awry
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sidle
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v. tilt
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sinuous
meandering circuitous |
adj. winding, curvy
adj. circuitous - going around |
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serrated
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adj. jagged
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undulating
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adj. swinging
undulate - v - swing, rise and fall |
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curmudgeon
dudgeon |
n. bad tempered person, pain in the ass
n. bad temper, shitty mood |
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churlish
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adj. crude, harsh, boorish
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