Veritas Sat Vl #20

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entrepreneur

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A person who organizes and manages any enterprise, esp. a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.

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creator, founder,

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adroit

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cleverly skillful, resourceful, or ingenious: an adroit debater

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deft, dexterous, skillful

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anemic

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lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness; listless; weak: an anemic effort; anemic tones.

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pale, bloodless, pallid

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arbitration

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the settling of differences between parties by a person or persons chosen or agreed to by them: Rather than risk a long strike, the union and management agreed to arbitration.

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mediation

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austere

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rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral; ascetic; abstinent: the austere quality of life in the convent.

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dour, grim, severe, stark

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bellicose

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inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile;

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combative, contentious, pugnacious, quarrelsome

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braggart

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A person who does a lot of bragging; boastful.

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boaster; blow-hard

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byzantine

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complex or intricate: a deal requiring Byzantine financing

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convoluted, intricate

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cavalcade

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A procession of persons riding on horses, in horsedrawn carriages, in cars, etc.

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parade, retinue

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coddle

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to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper: to coddle children when they're sick.

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indulge, baby, humor, spoil.

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connote

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to signify or suggest (certain meanings, ideas, etc.) in addition to the explicit or primary meaning: The word “fireplace” often connotes hospitality, warm comfort, etc.

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intimate, imply, signify

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copious

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large in quantity or number; plentiful: copious amounts of food.

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ample, bountiful, abundant, voluminous

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cull

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to choose; select; pick.

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glean, extract, garner, winnow

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dauntless

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not to be intimidated; fearless; intrepid; bold: a dauntless hero

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daring, indomitable, brave, courageous

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defunct

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no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning: a defunct law; a defunct organization.

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extinct, lost,

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diaphanous

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very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent

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airy, ethereal, vaporous

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disparaged

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to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.

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discredit, mock, demean, denounce

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duplicity

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speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive; double-dealing

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deception, dissimulation

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emeritus

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retired or honorably discharged from active professional duty, but retaining the title of one's office or position

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epigram

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any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.

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witticism, quip, bon mot

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exalt

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To raise in rank, character, or status; elevate: exalted the shepherd to the rank of grand vizier.

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dignify, ennoble

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extenuate

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to represent (a fault, offense, etc.) as less serious: to extenuate a crime.

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gloss over, gloze, palliate

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fathom

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to penetrate to the truth of; comprehend; understand: to fathom someone's motives.

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comprehend, grasp

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flamboyant

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strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors

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ornate, baroque, florid, rococo,

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fumigation

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to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.

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gaudy

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brilliantly or excessively showy

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chintzy, flashy, meretricious, tawdry

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guileless

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sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.

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ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated

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hirsute

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hairy; shaggy

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unshaved, bearded, woolly

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idiosyncratic

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a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual

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peculiarity, quirk

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impugn

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to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon

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asperse, malign, criticize, censure

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indoctrinate

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to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., esp. to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view

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brainwash, propagandize

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inopportune

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inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable: an inopportune visit.

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inconvenient

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interpolate

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to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts

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insert, interject, interpose

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irreverence

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the condition of not being reverenced, venerated, respected, etc

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disrespected

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lassitude

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weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy;

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stolidness, lethargy, listlessness, languor

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loam

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A mixture of clay, sand, straw, etc., used in making molds for founding and in plastering walls, stopping holes, etc.

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mar

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to disfigure, deface, or scar: The scratch marred the table

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flaw, injure; blot

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meretricious

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alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; based on pretense, deception, or insincerity.

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tawdy, showy, gaudy

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morbid

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suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.

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sickly; tainted, corrupted, vitiated

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neglect

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to pay no attention or too little attention to

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ignore

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oblong

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elongated, usually from the square or circular form

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onset

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A beginning or start: the onset of winter; an assault or attack

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assailment, onrush, onslaught, strike

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panacea

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A remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all.

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elixir, nostrum.

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penchant

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a strong inclination, taste, or liking for something: a penchant for outdoor sports.

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disposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency,

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petulant

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moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, esp. over some trifling annoyance: a petulant toss of the head.

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fretful, peevish, querulous, surly

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pliant

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bending readily; easily influenced; yielding to others

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flexible, supple, adaptable; compliant

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portent

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An indication or omen of something about to happen, esp. something momentous.

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augury, foretoken, prognostication

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profiteer

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A person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, esp. through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.

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proximity

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nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation.

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query

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a question; an inquiry.

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ask, examine

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relic

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A surviving memorial of something past.

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trace, remains, vestige,

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respite

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A delay or cessation for a time, esp. of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief: to toil without respite.

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break, intermission, recess, rest

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rousing

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exciting; stirring: a rousing song.

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animate, stimulate, provoke

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sarcophagus

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A stone coffin, esp. one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.

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sedulous

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diligent in application or attention

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persevering, assiduous, studious,

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slough

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an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region; a condition of degradation, despair, or helplessness.

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marsh, mire, morass

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spontaneous

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coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.

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ease, informality, naturalness

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sumptuous

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entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc; luxuriously fine or large

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costly, lavish, luxurious, magnificent

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symmetry

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the correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane, line, or point; regularity of form or arrangement in terms of like, reciprocal, or corresponding parts.

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harmony, balance

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timbre

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the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred.

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tone

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trenchant

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incisive or keen, as language or a person; cutting: trenchant wit.

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caustic, shapr, biting, acute

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unfurl

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To spread or open (something) out or become spread or opened out.

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variegated

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varied in appearance or color; marked with patches or spots of different colors.

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motley, multicolored, polychromatic,

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vituperative

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verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.

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censure, vilification, scolding, defamation, aspersion