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Bolster

Support, strengthen



Deride

Mock someone, laugh at in contempt

Stately

Majestic, Elegant, Magnificent




- 'Tetley' : Most magnificent tea in India

Impromptu

Done without any preparation

Precipitate

Accelerate the occurrence

Exacerbate

Make something worse, increase bitterness or violence

Austere

Strict in manner and attitude, uncompromising




- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Succinct

Brief, clearly expressed, expressed in few words




- Sounds like 'Hint' which always brief

Perturb

Make anxious, cause to be worried, disturb




- Sounds like disturb

Tawdry

Cheap, gaudy

Superfluous

More than required




- Superfluous -> Superflow -> Overflow

Detested

To feel abhorrence of; hate; dislike




- Got tested - no one likes that

Antipathy

Aversion; hatered

Fervor

Great warmth, love, passion

Cynicism

A belief that people are motivated purely by self interest



Culpability

Guilt or blame that is deserved

Arduous

Laborious, requiring great exertion




- Arduous -> Hardous -> Hard word to do

Unsavory

Tasteless; unpleasant

Odious

Causing hatred, hateful, detestable




- Odor - bad odor - everyone hates that

Eclectic

Selecting or choosing from different sources




- Elect

Motley

Exhibiting great diversity of elements




- Multi

Tenuous

Thin as thread, slim




- Tennis : Most tennis players are thin and slim

Noxious

Injurious to health




- Toxic

Inclement

Severe, rough, harsh




- In + climate : Bad climate

Terse

Neatly concise, brief




- Mother Teresa written only as Teresa, concise

Anomalous

Irregular, abnormal

Cardinal

Prime importance




- Heart : Most important part of human body

Spurious

Not genuine, fake

Intelligible

Clear, comprehensive, capable of being understood





Obstinate

Firmly and stubbornly adhesive to one's purpose or opinion

Scrupulous

Having moral and ethical standards, careful




- Think of sculptures, they are made with great care

Debacle

A sudden downfall or rout

Unmarred

Undamaged




- Unmarred - No + Maar

Mitigate

To lesson the force or intensity