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contemptuous
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showing or feeling strong dislike or disrespect
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apprehensive
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1. Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy.
2. Capable of understanding and quick to apprehend. |
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conviviality
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1. Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable.
2. Merry; festive: a convivial atmosphere at the reunion. |
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desolate
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Devoid of inhabitants; deserted
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extrapolation
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To infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information.
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dispensation
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An exemption or release from an obligation or rule, granted by or as if by an authority.
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pomposity
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1. Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious: pompous officials who enjoy giving orders.
2. Full of high-sounding phrases; bombastic: a pompous proclamation. 3. Chracterized by pomp or stately display; ceremonious: a pompous occasion. |
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concede
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1. To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit.
2. To yield or grant (a privilege or right, for example). |
