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Beatific |
(adj.) Blissful; rendering or making blessed |
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Behemoth |
(n.) a creature of enormous size, power, or appearance |
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Blandishment (n. oft pl.)
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anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk, apple polishing |
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Cacophonous |
harsh sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant |
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Chicanery |
trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double dealing |
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Consign |
To give over to another's care, charge, or control;to entrust, deliver, to set apart for a special use |
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coup |
a highly successful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan, or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadershipq |
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euphemism |
a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute |
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febrile |
feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frentic |
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gainsay |
to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute; oppose |
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imminent |
about to happen; threatening |
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innate |
natural; inborn, inherit, built in |
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loath |
unwilling. reluctant, disinclined |
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manifest |
clear, evident to the eyes or mind; to show plainly, exhibit, evince; a list of passengers and/or cargo |
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minutiae |
small or trivial details, trifling matters |
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moratorium |
a suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay |
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nostrum |
an alleged cure all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness |
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pariah |
one who is rejected by a social group or organization |
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visionary |
not practical, lacking in realism, having the nature of a fantasy or dream; one given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight |
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qizened |
dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as the result of aging) |