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Reticent |
Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained. Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by to and a verb in the infinitive). Synonyms(sense 1) reserved, restrained, tight-lipped (See also )(sense 2) reluctant, unwilling |
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Perplex |
perplex (perplexes, present participle perplexing; past and past participle perplexed) To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle. To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated. To plague; to vex; to torment. |
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Satiate |
satiate (satiates, present participle satiating; past and past participle satiated) To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy. Nothing seemed to satiate her desire for knowledge. To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety. |
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Merit |
merit (plural merits) Something deserving positive recognition. His reward for his merit was a check for $50. Something worthy of a high rating. A claim to commendation or reward. The quality of deserving reward. Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation.His teacher gave him ten merits. (obsolete) The quality or state of deserving either good or bad.All they merited were their just deserts. Synonyms worth value |
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Dalliance |
Noun Playful flirtation; amorous play. A wasting of time in idleness or trifles. A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit. Synonyms (playful flirtation) flirtation (a wasting of time) dawdling, idling, trifling (sexual relationship) affair |
He is not advertising his dalliance with a member of the dark sides. |
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Exonerate |
exonerate (exonerates, present participle exonerating; past and past participle exonerated) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load). (obsolete) Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself). To free from an obligation, responsibility or task. To free from accusation or blame. Synonyms(to free from accusation) acquit, exculpate |
To fully exonerate him and restore his good name. |
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Stern |
stern Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner. Grim and forbidding in appearance. |
He issue a stern warning. |
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Incarcerated |
To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law. To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in. Synonymsimprisonjail |
He was falsely incarcerated. |
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Elevate |
Raised, particularly above ground level. Increased, particularly above a normal level. the elevated language of poetry Of a higher rank or status. |
He was using the forum to elevate himself to folk hero status. |
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Germane |
Related to the topic being discussed or considered. Synonyms: pertinent, relevant, on-topic, apt |
The movie deals he was negotiating was not germane to the discussion |
