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esoteric adj.
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Delphic; Orphic; Sibylline; abstruse; acroamatic; arcane; cabalistic; cryptic; deep; heavy; hermetic; hidden; inner; inscrutable; mystic; mystical; occult; private; profound; recondite; secret
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eulogy n.
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acclaim; accolade; adulation; applause; citation; commendation; compliment; encomium; exaltation; glorification; laudation; paean; panegyric; plaudit; salutation; tribute
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euphemism n.
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circumlocution; delicacy; floridness; grandiloquence; inflation; pomposity; pretense; purism
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evanescent adj.
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brief; disappearing; fading; fleeting; momentary; passing; short-lived; temporary; tenuous; vanishing
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exacerbate v.
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aggravate; annoy; embitter; enrage; envenom; exasperate; excite; heat up; heighten; hit on; increase; inflame; intensify; irritate; madden; provoke; vex; worsen
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exemplary adj.
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admirable; blameless; bueno; characteristic; classic; classical; commendable; correct; estimable; excellent; good; guiltless; honorable; illustrative; inculpable; innocent; irreprehensible; laudable; meritorious; model; not bad; paradigmatic; praiseworthy; prototypical; punctilious; pure; quintessential; representative; righteous; sterling; typical; virtuous; worthy
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expedient adj.
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advantageous; advisable; beneficial; convenient; desirable; discreet; effective; feasible; fit; fitting; helpful; judicious; meet; opportune; politic; possible; practicable; practical; pragmatic; profitable; proper; prudent; seasonable; suitable; tactical; timely; useful; utilitarian; wise
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expedite v.
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accelerate; advance; assist; dispatch; facilitate; forward; hasten; hurry; precipitate; press; promote; quicken; railroad; rush; speed; urge;
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expunge v.
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abolish; annihilate; annul; cancel; cut; delete; discard; drop; efface; eradicate; erase; exclude; exterminate; extinguish; extirpate; gut; kayo; kill; launder; omit; raze; remove; scrub; trim; zap
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extol v.
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acclaim; applaud; bless; boost; celebrate; commend; eulogize; exalt; glorify; hymn; laud; magnify; panegyrize; praise; push; rave; root;
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