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Gibly |
Done in a smooth offhand manner, easily spoken, to smooth to be sincere |
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Logubriouse |
Mournful, gloomy in an exagerated affected manner |
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Finnesse |
Extreme delicatness or subtlety in action |
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Nemmesses |
An opponent whom ine cannot best or overcome |
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Purlions |
To take dishonestly,steal,filch, pilfer |
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Banal |
Devoid of freshnes or originality |
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Pseudonym |
Fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity |
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Lampoon |
Work of art ridiculing the character or behavior of a person, society |
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Nefariouse |
Extremely wicked or villaniouse |
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Bellicose |
Eager to fight, agresivvely hostile |
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Euphemism |
Mild, inderect or vague expression for on thought to be offensive, harsh or blunt |
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Nebulous |
Hazy, vague or indistinct |
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Abject |
Uterly hopless, misseravle or humiliating |
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Propriety |
Comformity to established standards of good, ir propper behavior/ manners |
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Revile |
Adress or speak of abusively |
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Distraught |
Distracted, deeply agitated, mentally disturbed |
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Admonish |
To caution advice, or council against something |
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Prosaic |
Commonplace or dull, matter of fact or unimaginative |
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Phlegmotic |
Not easily excited to action, or display of emotion, sluggish, apethetic |
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Commensurate |
Corresponding in amount magnitufe or degree, corresoondant |
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Farcicle |
Ridiculouse, exageratedly commicle |
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Cognizent |
Having awarness, realization |
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Incognito |
Having ones identity concealed |
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Discursive |
Passing aimlessly from one subject to another |
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Hyperbole |
Obviouse and intentional exageration |
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Omnicent |
Havinh complete or unlimited knowledge |
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Fortuituos |
Happening or produced by chance |
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Assimilate |
Ro take in and incorporate as ones own |
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Ennui |
A feeling if eutter weariness and disconyebt resulting from saciety and lack of indtetest, boredome |
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Mesmosirm |
Hypnosis as induced |
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Expatriate |
To banish a person from his or her native country |
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Despot |
Autocrate |
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Dirge |
A funeral song or tune |
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Colloquy |
A converdational exchange, dialouge |
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Allay |
To put fear,doubt, suspicion, anger, etc to rest; calm, quiet |
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Feign |
To represent fictitiously, put on an appearance of |
To feign sickness |
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Blazon |
To set forth conspicuosly or publically , proclaim |
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Choleric |
Extremely irritable/ easilly angered |
Deds tempor is choleric |
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Adroit |
Expert in the use of hands and body |
Proffesional dancer/ sign laguage interpreter |
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Bravado |
Pretencious, swaggerish dislay of courage |
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Guile |
Cunning on attaining a goal, crafty or artful deception |
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Proffer |
To put before a person for acceptance |
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Seraphic |
Alike a member of the highest order of angels |
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Decorum |
Dignified property of behavior |
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Protege |
Person inder care of someone interrsted in his or her carreer |
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Sanguine |
Cheerfully optimistic |
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Deggerel |
Comic or burlesque, usualy irregualr in measure |
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Ascetic |
Person who dedicates lige to a pursuit of contempative ideals and practices extreme self denial for rligiouse reasons |
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Facil |
Moving with ease, sometimes supperficiality |
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Implicit |
Implied |
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Nondescript |
Of no recognized kind |
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Saundry |
Diverse |
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Scurrilous |
Grosly,obsenely abusive |
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Dogma |
Official sytem of morals derived from religion, behavior, as of a church |
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Parsimoniouse |
Stingy |
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Inveigle |
To entice, lure |
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Exhort |
Admonush urgently, to urge , advice |
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Nonetity |
A person or thing of no importance |
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Vociferouse |
Crying ot noisily, clammerous |
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Venerate |
Regard with venerance |
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Etymology |
Derivation of a word |
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Truism |
Self evident obviouse truth |
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Erudite |
Scholarly, characterized by great knowledge |
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Broach |
Machinery, for shaping and enlarging holes |
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Charlaton |
Person who pretends to have more knowledge than attained |
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Extole |
Praise highly |
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Broach |
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Predisposed |
To give an inclanation or tendancy to beforehand susceptible |
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Immutable |
Unchangable |
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Antipathy |
Natural, basic, or habitual repugnance |
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Netle |
Any plant of the genis urtica |
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Indignant |
Feeling strong displeasure at something considered unjust |
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Antipodes |
Places diamatrically opposite each other on the globe |
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Subjugate |
To bring under complete control or subjection |
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Retroactive |
Opperative withe respect to pass ovcurances |
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Absolve |
Free from guilt |
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Speciouse |
Good or right though lacking real merit, plesurable |
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Onstnsible |
Outwardly apperaing as such |
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Infringe |
Violate |
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