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Emulate-match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.
He tried to emulate the recent success of mine. |
Heraldry- the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms.
In heraldry, a bevel is an angular break in a line. |
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compulsatory- Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by,compulsion.
It is compulsory that people show identification before being allowed to board a commercial aircraft. |
harbingers-a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.
these works were not yet opera, but they were the most important harbinger of opera. |
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extort- obtain (something) by force, threats, or other unfair means.
he was convicted of trying to extort $1 million from a developer. |
malicious-characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm.
malicious destruction of property.
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auspicious-conducive to success; favorable
it was not the most auspicious moment to hold an election. |
impotent-unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless.
he was seized with an impotent anger. |
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obsequious-obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
they were served by obsequious waiters. |
truant-a student who stays away from school without leave or explanation.
the truants were sent to Mr. Maurer's office. |
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countenance-person's face or facial expression
his impenetrable eyes and inscrutable countenance give little away. |
tenable-able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
such a simplistic approach is no longer tenable. |
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requite-make appropriate return for (a favor, service, or wrongdoing)
they are quick to requite a kindness. |
prodigal-spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant.
prodigal habits die hard. |
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calumnious - of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
Richard had, however, denounced the calumnious, and at once recalled his uncle. |
censure-express severe disapproval of (someone or something), typically in a formal statement.
a judge was censured in 1983 for a variety of types of injudicious conduct. |
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entreatments-o ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg
entreat the judge for mercy. |
canonized-(in the Roman Catholic Church) officially declare (a dead person) to be a saint.
he was the last English saint to be canonized prior to the Reformation. |
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disposition-a person's inherent qualities of mind and character.
a sweet-natured girl of a placid disposition. |
ambiguous-unclear or inexact because a choice between alternatives has not been made.
this whole society is morally ambiguous. |
