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affable
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Courteous and pleasant, easy to talk to
SYN-genial, amicable, agreeable, corial |
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aggrandize
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increase in greatness and power or wealth; to build up or intensify
SYN- augment, amplify, enhance, exalt |
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amorphous
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Shapeless, with out definaite form; no particular type or character.
SYN: formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate |
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aura
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that which surrounds(as in atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality
SYN: ambience, atmosphere |
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contraband
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illegal traffic, smuggle goods; illegal prohibited
SYN:illicit, bootleg, unlawful |
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erudite
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scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
SYN:profoundly educated, well-read |
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Gossamer
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thing, light, delicate, insubstantial (n) very thing, light cloth
SYN:filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feather, gauzy |
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infer
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To find out by reasoning: to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply
SYN:gather, deduce, presume, guess, spectulate |
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inscrutable
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incapable of eing understood; impossible to see through physically
SYN:impenetrable, incomprehesible, enigmatic |
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insular
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relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
SYN:narrow-minded, parochial, provincial |
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irrevocable
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incapable of being changed or called back
SYN: irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable |
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propensity
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a natural inclination or predilction toward\
SYN: natural bent, procilivty, penchant |
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querulous
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peevish, complaining, fretful
SYN: petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable |
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remonstrate
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to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to
SYN: reason against, expostulate |
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repudiate
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to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
SYN: disavow, abjure, renounce |
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resilient
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able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly
SYN: springy elastic, buoyant, bouncy |
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reverberate
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to re-echo, resound; reflect or be reflected repeatedly
SYN:rumble, thunder, boom, echo |
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scurrilous
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coarsely abusice, vulgar or low (esp. in language) foul-mouthed
SYN: obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative |
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sedulous
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persistent, showing industry and determination
SYN:assiduous, tireless, indefatigable |
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sleazy
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thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low ,mean or disreputable
SYN: inferior, cheezy, tawdry, tatty |
