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Urbane, urbanity |
sophisticated, refined |
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Usurp, usurpation |
to seize wrongfully |
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Utilitarian(adj, noun) |
stressing usefulness or utility above all other qualities, pragmatic(practical) |
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Utopia,dystopia |
an ideal society opposite of utopia( imaginary bad society) |
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Unwitting |
unintentional, ignorant, not aware |
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Unremitting |
unceasing, unabated, relentless |
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Uniform, uniformity |
consistent, unchanging, the same for everyone not similar, its same |
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Ubiquitous, ubiquity |
being everywhere at the same time, |
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Unconscionable |
not controlled by conscience(the sense of right and wrong) |
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Unctuous |
oily, both literally and figuratively |
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Uncanny, canny |
extraordinary, supernatural / (not opposite of uncanny) artful (derives from can) |
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Underlying |
basic,fundamental, only noticeable under scrutiny |
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Undermine |
to cause to weak, to damage |
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Underpinning |
basis, foundation, a system of supports beneath |
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Underscore |
to underline, to emphasize |
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Underwrite |
to sponsor, to subsidize |
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Unilateral, bilateral, multilateral, lateral |
involving one side only (unilateral contract in which only one of the signers bears any obligation.)/ two sided / many sided / pertaining (relevance, relate) to a side (A lateral move in career is one in which you switch jobs without ascending or descending the corporate hierarchy.) |
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Usher |
Guide |
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Usury, usurious |
lending money at an extremely high rate of interest. |
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Unsettling |
To change from a settled condition; disrupt: Strikes unsettled the economy.2. To make uneasy; disturb: We were unsettled by the gruesome news. |
