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Derogate
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1. To deviate from what is expected.
2. To take away; to detract; -- usually with 'from'. 3. To disparage or belittle; to denigrate. If someone wants to derogate from that and make a choice, then they are free to do it. -- Ciaran Fitzgerald, "Food champion'srecipe for success", Irish Times, November 13, 1998 |
Think: derogatory is a deviation from what is expected... Using derogatory language to BELITTLE someone detracts from you
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Malaise
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1. A vague feeling of discomfort in the body, as at the onset of illness.
2. A general feeling of depression or unease. |
Think: maladies like The Interpreter of Maladies
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Agrestic
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adj. Pertaining to fields or the country; rural; rustic.
The funniest and most agrestic of all his paintings were, undoubtedly, the cows. -- Robert Hughes, "An Outlaw Who Loved Laws", Time, July 26, 1993 |
Agres-- like agriculture, where animals graze in the country
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Efface
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1. To cause to disappear by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible.
2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wipe out; to eliminate completely. 3. To make (oneself) inconspicuous. |
Rub your FACE to make your make up disappear
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Equanimity
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Evenness of mind; calmness; composure; as, "to bear misfortunes with equanimity."
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When one is happy, one can look at both comedy and tragedy with equanimity.
-- Phillip Lopate, Totally, Tenderly, Tragically |
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acuity
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Acuteness of perception or vision; sharpness.
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An acute sense of these things!
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inexorable
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Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; unchangeable
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Can't be "exorcised"
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peripatetic
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Of or pertaining to walking about; itinerant
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Think: It's 'pathtic' to have to be walking around all the time and not settling down because you have such a full "itinerary"
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Perfidy
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The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow; faithlessness; treachery.
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Having just fought a war to get rid of a king, the framers had "the perfidy of the chief magistrate" clearly in their sights when they included broad grounds for impeachment.
-- Ann H. Coulter, High Crimes and Misdemeanors |
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solicitous
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Concerned, careful, apprehensive
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Be apprehensive and careful when dealing with solicitors
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