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ac•qui•es•cence ˌ [ak-wee-es-uh ns]
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1. the act or condition of acquiescing or giving tacit assent; agreement or consent by silence or without objection; compliance (usually fol. by to or in): acquiescence to his boss's demands
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ac•ri•mo•ni•ous [ak-ruh-moh-nee-uh s]
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2. caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.: an acrimonious answer; an acrimonious dispute.
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ar•id [ar-id]
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being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
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ar•tic•u•late [adj., n. ahr-tik-yuh-lit; v. ahr-tik-yuh-leyt]
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4. uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
capable of speech; not speechless. –adjective |
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as•suage [uh-sweyj, uh-sweyzh] -suaged, -suag•ing.
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to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
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aus•pi•cious aw-spish-uh s]
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promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.
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be•grudge [bi-gruhj]
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to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone): She begrudged her friend the award
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be•nev•o•lence [buh-nev-uh-luh ns]
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desire to do good to others; goodwill; charitableness: to be filled with benevolence toward one's fellow
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car•i•ca•ture (kār'ĭ-kə-chŏŏr', -chər)
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A representation, especially pictorial or literary, in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect.
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com•pla•cent [kuh m-pley-suh nt]
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pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government
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con•gen•i•tal [kuh n-jen-i-tl]
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of or pertaining to a condition present at birth, whether inherited or caused by the environment, esp. the uterine environment.
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cor•rob•o•rate -rat•ed, -rat•ing,
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to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident
adjective –verb (used with object) |
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dic•tum [dik-tuh m]
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an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion.
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di•min•u•tive [di-min-yuh-tiv]
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small; little; tiny: a diminutive building for a model-train layout.
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dis•ap•pro•ba•tion [dis-ap-ruh-bey-shuh n]
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disapproval; condemnation
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