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mellifluous

sweet, dulcet, smooth

jejune

insipid, humdrum, dull


or immature

polyannaish

extremely optimistic

disabuse

to persuade someone that his opinion is not valid

devolve

to delegate

rotund

plump, chubby, portly

benefactor

patron, sponsor, supporter

benighted

fallen into state of ignorance

vituperate

to berate, to censor, to upbraid, to criticize

remonstrate

to make objections, to protest, to expostulate (express strong disapproval), to complain

factitious

fictitious, specious, spurious, feigned, affected, artificial

disaffected

dissatisfied, discontent

malapropism

anecdote vs antidote

peremptory

bossy or domineering, dogmatic, dictatorial

apotheosis

highest point of development


exaltation to divine status

hedge

to limit or qualify a statement


to restrict

schadenfreude

joy from watching others suffer

maudlin

mawkish, oversentimental

cavort

jump and dance

sybarite

a person who indulges in luxury


Kim K

sartorial

related to fashion or clothes

execrate

to curse and hiss at

pastiche

parody, imitation

jaundiced

to be biased against due to envy or prejudice

histrionic

overly theatrical, melodramatic, stagy, affected

martinet

a strict disciplinarian

impecunious

destitute, indigent, insolvent

quixotic

impractical

arriviste

a social climber


ambitious, self-seeking person


a parvenu

cupidity

greed for money, avarice, aquisitiveness, rapacity, materialism

tendentious

likely to lean towards a controversial view

palimpsest

something that has been changed a lot but that still has traces of the original

protean

versatile

sedate

chill

mulct

to defraud or swindle

phantasmagorical

illusive, unreal

febrile

feverish, flushed, burning

blinkered

to have limited outlook/understanding


parochial, provincial

sangfroid

calmness in difficult situations

venial

pardonable, forgivable

quisling

a traitor, sympathizer

gerrymander

to manipulate voting districts to favor one politician

curmudgeon

a grouchy, surly, sullen person


a stooge

picayune

small


petty, trifling (trivial)

fell

terribly evil

bilious

irritable, spiteful

pyrric

winning but not worth it


lost more than won

invective

abusive/derogatory language

parvenu

a person who has suddenly become wealthy

arch

to be deliberately teasing

limpid

clear, transparent

juggernaut

a force that cannot be stopped

imbroglio

a potentially confusing or embarrassing situation


a predicament, a quandry

expurgate

to remove questionable material

sententious

sanctimonious, self-righteous, moralistic

mettlesome

brave, courageous, valorous

propitiate

to placate, to appease, to mollify, to conciliate

protestation

claim, declaration, announcement