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OBFUSCATE
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To confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
To make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information. To darken. |
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OBSEQUIOUS
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Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
Servilely compliant or deferential: obsequious servants. Obedient; dutiful. |
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OBSTREPEROUS
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Resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
Noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children. |
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ODIOUS
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Deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.
Highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting. |
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OFFICIOUS
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Objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
Marked by or proceeding from such forwardness: officious interference. Obsolete . ready to serve; obliging. |
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OPPROBRIUM
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The disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy.
A cause or object of such disgrace or reproach. |
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OSTENTATIOUS
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Characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
(Of actions, manner, qualities exhibited, etc.) intended to attract notice: Lady Bountiful's ostentatious charity. |
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PANACEA
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A remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all.
An answer or solution for all problems or difficulties: His economic philosophy is a good one, but he tries to use it as a panacea. |
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PANEGYRIC
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A lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
Formal or elaborate praise. |
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PARLOUS
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Perilous; dangerous.
Obsolete . clever; shrewd. To a large extent; greatly. |
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PAROCHIAL
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Of or pertaining to a parish or parishes.
Of or pertaining to parochial schools or the education they provide. Very limited or narrow in scope or outlook; provincial: parochial views; a parochial mentality. |
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PARRIED
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Ward off (a weapon or attack), esp. with a countermove.
Answer (a question or accusation) evasively. |
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PECUNIARY
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Of, relating to, or consisting of money.
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PEDANT
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A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.
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PEJORATIVE
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Adjective:Expressing contempt or disapproval.
Noun: A word expressing contempt or disapproval. Synonyms: derogatory |
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PEREGRINATION
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Travel from one place to another, especially on foot.
A course of travel; journey. |
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PERIGEE
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The point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of an artificial satellite at which it is nearest to the earth.
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PERNICIOUS
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Causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
Deadly; fatal: a pernicious disease.. Obsolete . evil; wicked. |
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PERORATION
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A long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language.
Rhetoric . the concluding part of a speech or discourse, in which the speaker or writer recapitulates the principal points and urges them with greater earnestness and force. |
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PERSPICACIOUS
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Acutely perceptive having keen discernment
(noun form: perspicacity) |
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PERUSE
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To read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.
To read. To survey or examine in detail. |
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PHILANDERER
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(of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
Trifle, daily, womanize |
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PILLORY
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A wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
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PIQUE
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To affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride: She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation.
To wound (the pride, vanity, etc.). To excite (interest, curiosity, etc.): Her curiosity was piqued by the gossip. To arouse an emotion or provoke to action: to pique someone to answer a challenge. To pride |
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PITH
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The soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
The soft inner part of a feather, a hair, etc. The important or essential part; essence; core; heart: the pith of the matter. Significant weight; substance; solidity: an argument without pith. Spinal cord or bone marrow. |
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PLACATED
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To appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
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POSEUR
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A person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
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POSH
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Sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious: a posh apartment.
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PRAGMATIC
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Of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
Treating historical phenomena with special reference to their causes, antecedent conditions, and results. Of or pertaining to the affairs of state or community. |
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PRECARIOUS
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Dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
Dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will of another Exposed to or involving danger; dangerous; perilous; risky Having insufficient, little, or no foundation: a precarious assumption. |
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PRESCIENCE
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Knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.
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PRESTIDIGITATION
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Sleight of hand; legerdemain.
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PREVARICATING
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To speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
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PROBOSCISES
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The trunk of an elephant.
Any long flexible snout, as of the tapir. Also called beak. the elongate, protruding mouth parts of certain insects, adapted for sucking or piercing. Any of various elongate feeding, defensive, or sensory organs of the oral region, as in certain leeches and worms. Facetious. the human nose, especially when unusually long or prominent. |
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PRODIGIOUS
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Extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
Wonderful or marvelous: a prodigious feat. Abnormal; monstrous. |
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PROFUNDITY
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The quality or state of being profound; depth.
Usually, profundities. profound or deep matters. A profoundly deep place; abyss. |
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PROLIX
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Extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
(Of a person) given to speaking or writing at great or tedious length. |
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PROSAIC
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Commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
Of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry. |
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PROSCRIBED
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To denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
To put outside the protection of the law; outlaw. To banish or exile. To announce the name of (a person) as condemned to death and subject to confiscation of property. |
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PUERILE
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Of or pertaining to a child or to childhood.
Childishly foolish; immature or trivial: a puerile piece of writing. |
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PUGNACITY
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Inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
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PUSILLANIMOUS
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Lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
Proceeding from or indicating a cowardly spirit. |
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QUANDARY
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A state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma.
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QUERULOUS
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Full of complaints; complaining.
Characterized by or uttered in complaint; peevish |
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QUIESCENT
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Being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
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QUIXOTIC
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Resembling or befitting Don Quixote.
Extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable. Impulsive and often rashly unpredictable. |
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QUOTIDIAN
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Daily: a quotidian report.
Usual or customary; everyday: quotidian needs. Ordinary; commonplace: paintings of no more than quotidian artistry. (Of a fever, ague, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur daily. |
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RAPACIOUS
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Given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
Inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate: a rapacious disposition. (Of animals) subsisting by the capture of living prey; predacious. |
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RECALCITRANT
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Resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
Hard to deal with, manage, or operate. |
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RECONDITE
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Dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter: a recondite treatise.
Beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding; esoteric: recondite principles. Little known; obscure: a recondite fact. |
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RECONNOITERED
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To inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes.
To examine or survey (a region, area, etc.) for engineering, geological, or other purposes. |
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RECUMBENT
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Lying down; reclining; leaning.
Inactive; idle. Zoology, Botany . noting a part that leans or reposes upon its surface of origin. |
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REFULGENT
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Shining brightly; radiant; gleaming:
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RENEGE
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Shining brightly; radiant; gleaming
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REPUDIATED
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To reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
To cast off or disown: to repudiate a son. To reject with disapproval or condemnation: to repudiate a new doctrine. To reject with denial: to repudiate a charge as untrue. To refuse to acknowledge and pay (a debt), as a state, municipality, etc. |
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REQUISITIONS
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The act of requiring or demanding.
A demand made. An authoritative or formal demand for something to be done, given, supplied, etc.: The general issued a requisition to the townspeople for eight trucks. A written request or order for something, as supplies. The form on which such an order is drawn up. |
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RESPLENDENT
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Shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid: troops resplendent in white uniforms; resplendent virtues.
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RETICENT
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Disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
Reluctant or restrained. |
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UNFEIGNED
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Genuine; not false or hypocritical
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OBDURATE
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Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable
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OBSTINATE
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Stubborn; hard-headed; uncompromising
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PHLEGMATIC
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Calm, sluggish, unemotional
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OBTUSE
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Lacking sharpness of intellect; not cear or precise in thought or expression
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OBVIATE
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To anticipate and make unnecessary
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ONEROUS
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Troubling; burdensome
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OCCLUDE
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To obstruct or block
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OSSIFIED
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Tending to become more rigid, conventional, sterile, and reactionary with age; literally turned into bone
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PAEAN
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A song or hymn of praise an thanksgiving
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PRATTLE
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To babble meaninglessly, to talk in an empty and idle manner
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PALLIATE
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To make something seem less serious, to gloss over, to make less severe or intense
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PARSIMONIOUS
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Cheap, miserly
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PELLUCID
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Transparent, easy to understand, limpid
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PUISSANCE
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Power, strength
(noun) *Puissant means powerful, strong |
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PEDAGOGY
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The profession or principles of teaching, or instructing
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PELLUCID
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Transparent, easy to understand, limpid
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PENURIOUS
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Penny-pinching; excessively thrifty ungenerous
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PENURY
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Poverty, destitution
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PEFIDY
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Intentional breach of faith; treachery
(noun; adj. form perfidious) |
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PERFUNCTORY
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Cursory; done without care or interest
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PIED
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Multicolored, usually in blotches
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PITHY
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Precise and brief
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PLANGENT
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Pounding, thundering, resounding
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PROLIX
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Longwinded, verbose
(adjective) *prolixity means verbosity |
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PLUCK
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Courage, spunk, fortitude
(noun) |
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POLEMICAL
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Controversial; argumentative
(adjective) |
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PREEN
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To dress up; to pimp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
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PROBITY
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Adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
(noun) |
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PROCLIVITY
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A natural predisposition or inclination
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PRODIGAL
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Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
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PROFLIGATE
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Excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
(adjective) *noun form: profilgacy |
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PROFUSE
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Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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PROLIFERATE
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To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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PROLIFIC
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Producing large volumes or amounts; productive
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PROPITIATE
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To appease to conciliate
(verb) *propitious means auspicious, favorable |
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QUAFF
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To drink deeply
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QUAIL
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To lose courage; to turn frightened
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QUALIFY
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To limit
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RANCOROUS
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Characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
(adjective) *noun form: rancor |
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RAREFY
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To make or become thin, less dense to refine
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REDOUBTABLE
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Awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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RELEGATE
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To forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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REMONSTRATE
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To protect to object
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RHETORIC
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The art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuation
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SAGACIOUS
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Having sound judgment; perceptive, wise; like a sage
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SALACIOUS
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Lustful, lascivious, bawdy
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SALUTARY
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Remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
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SALUBRIOUS
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Promoting health or well-being
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SANGUINE
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Cheerful, confident, optimistic
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SATURNINE
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Gloomy, dark sullen, morose
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SENTENTIOUS
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Aphoristic or moralistic; epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively
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STENTORIAN
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Extremely loud and powerful
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STYGIAN
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Gloomy; dark
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SYCOPHANT
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A self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
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SAP
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VERB: to eneverate or weaken the vitality of
NOUN: a fool or nitwit |
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STAND
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A group of trees
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SEDULOUS
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Diligent, persistent hard-working
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SOLICITOUS
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Concerned and attentive; eager
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SORDID
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Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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STYMIE
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To block; to thwart
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SQUALID
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sordid wretched and dirty as from neglect
*noun form: squalor) |
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STOIC
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Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
*noun form: stoicism |
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SUPPLANT
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To take the place of; to supersede
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SOPORIFIC
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Causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
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SPENDTHRIFT
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One who spends money wastefully
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SPECIOUS
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Seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive plausible but false
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SPURIOUS
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Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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STRUT
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The supporting structural cross-part of wing
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STYGIAN
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Gloomy, dark
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SURFEIT
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An overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess
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TABLE
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To remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration
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TORTUOUS
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Winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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TORPID
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Lethargic, sluggish, dormant
(adjective) *noun form: torpor |
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UBIQUITOUS
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Existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
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URBANE
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Sophisticated; refined; elegant
*noun form: urbanity |
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TENUOUS
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Having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
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TIRADE
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A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation
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TRANSIENT
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Fleeting; passing quickly; brief
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TACIT
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Implied; not explicitly stated
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TENDER
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To proffer or offer
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VACILLATE
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To waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion an another
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VARIEGATED
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Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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VITUPERATE
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To use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or cesure severely or abusively; to berate
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UNTENABLE
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Indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
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TRENCHANT
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Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
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TERSE
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Brief and concise in wording
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TOUT
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To publicly praise or promote
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TENDENTIOUS
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Biased; showing marked tendencies
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WAFFLE
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To equivocate; to change one's position
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VOLUBLE
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Fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language
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TIMOROUS
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Timid, fearful, diffident
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TYRO
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Novice, greenhorn, rank amateur
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VITIATE
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To corrupt, to debase, to spoil, to make ineffective
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VERACITY
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Truthfulness, honesty
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VORACIOUS
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Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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VIRULENT
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Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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VISCOUS
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Thick; sticky
*noun form: viscosity |
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ONEROUS
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Adjective
(of a task, duty, or responsibility) Involving a burdensome amount of effort and difficulty. Involving heavy obligations. Synonyms burdensome - heavy - weighty - difficult - laborious |
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STYGIAN
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(adjective)
Of or pertaining to the river Styx or to Hades. Dark or gloomy. Infernal; hellish. |
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PROLIFIC
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Adjective
Producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring (of a plant, animal, or person) Producing many works (of an artist, author, or composer). Synonyms fertile - fruitful - fecund - productive - rich |
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STAUNCH
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Adjective
Loyal and committed in attitude Of strong or firm construction (of a wall). |
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UBIQUITOUS
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u·biq·ui·tous
/yo͞oˈbikwətəs/ Adjective Present, appearing, or found everywhere Synonyms omnipresent |
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REPATRIATED
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Verb
Send (someone) back to their own country. Send or bring (money) back to one's own country. |
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WINSOME
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Adjective
Attractive or appealing in appearance or character. Synonyms engaging - attractive - fetching - charming - winning |
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SIMPATICO
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Adjective
(of a person) Likable and easy to get along with. Having shared attributes; compatible. |
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SPLENETIC
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Adjective
Bad-tempered; spiteful Synonyms splenic |
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PERIPHRASIS
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The use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution.
An expression phrased in such fashion. |
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PREVARICATION
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Noun
The act of prevaricating, or lying A false or deliberate misstatement; lie |
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SOMNOLENCE
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Sleepy; drowsy.
Tending to cause sleep. |
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PULCHRITUDINOUS
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Used of persons only; having great physical beauty
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VITIATED
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Verb
Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of Destroy or impair the legal validity of. |
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STODGY
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Heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring
Of a thick, semisolid consistency; heavy, as food. Stocky; thick-set. Old-fashioned; unduly formal and traditional Dull; graceless; inelegant |
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WILE
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A trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
Wiles, artful or beguiling behavior. Deceitful cunning; trickery. |
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SAGACITY
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Acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.
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PEDESTRIAN
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Going or performed on foot; walking
Lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull |
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PRIMOGENITOR
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A first parent or earliest ancestor: Adam and Eve are the primogenitors of the human race.
A forefather or ancestor. |
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NATATORY
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Pertaining to, adapted for, or characterized by swimming: natatorial birds.
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RESPLENDENT
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Shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid
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VITUPERATION
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Verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.
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RAPTUROUS
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Full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
Characterized by, attended with, or expressive of such rapture |
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PERFUNCTORY
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Performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
Lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic |
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STUPEFY
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To put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
To stun, as with a narcotic, a shock, or a strong emotion. To overwhelm with amazement; astound; astonish. |
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VILIPEND
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To regard or treat as of little value or account.
To vilify; depreciate. |
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VIRTUOSO
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A person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.
A person who excels in musical technique or execution. A person who has a cultivated appreciation of artistic excellence, as a connoisseur or collector of objects of art, antiques, etc. (Obsolete) A person who has special interest or knowledge in the arts and sciences; scientist; scholar. |
