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Caustic
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Adjective,
-able to dissolve or eat away by chemical action, -movie critics, sarcasitics -sharp and biting -Why is it that so many successful theatre critics seem to possess sharp tongues and caustic wits? SYN: keen, mordant, venomous, corrosive, trenchant, ANT: milf, amiable, saccharine |
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Caustic
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Adjective,
-able to dissolve or eat away by chemical action, -movie critics, sarcasitics -sharp and biting -Why is it that so many successful theatre critics seem to possess sharp tongues and caustic wits? SYN: keen, mordant, venomous, corrosive, trenchant, ANT: mild, amiable, saccharine |
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Censor
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noun and verb
-remove of material -to examine for and remove objectionable material -My parents believe that prime-time TV programs should be carefully censored in order to protect children from watching "adult" material. SYN: expurgate, bowdlerize, excise, comstorckery, expunge, |
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Censure
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noun and verb
-open and strong criticism or disapproval -some official deletes some information -sold in public manner -to criticize severely; to disapprove strongly, SYN: rebuke, reproof, upbraid, chastise, blameworthy ANT:praise, extol, applaud, laudable, commend, mertoroius I am very wary or anyone who is too quick to censure and too slow to frogive. |
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Chagrin
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noun and verb
- irritation, embaarassment, or humiliation caused by disappointment or frustration -to cause such a feeling SYN: vexatoin, annoyance, mortification, vexannoy, abash ANT: jubilation, exultation, delight, elation, elate Since Alex prides himself on his skills as a politician, his failure to win election to the student council chagrined her deeply. |
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Charlatan
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Noun
- anyone who claims to have skills or knowledge that he or she doesn't possess - poser, crack-pot SYN: quack, impostor, mountebank, humbug, fraud |
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Chronic
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Adjective
-continuing over a long period of time or recurring often. The poor women suffers terribly from chonic arthritis. There have been long periods when our economy has been plagued by chronic inflation. SYN: prolonged, constant, ingrained, perennial ANT: transitory, transient, evanescent, ephemeral, sporadic, |
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Circuitous
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Adjective
-Indirect or roundabout; long-winded, -around and around His style of writing is so circuitous and diffuse that i often get lost half-way through the paragraph. SYN: winding, meandering, rambling, sinuous, oblique, digressive ANT: difect, unswerving, unveering |
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Circumspect
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Adjective
-cautious or prudent, Since you don't know most salespeople personally, always be as circumspect as possible in your dealing wiht them. SYN: careful, watchiful, vigilate, judicoius, wary, ANT: careless, imprudent, straightforward, tactless |
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Circumvent
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Verb
-to get around or avoid, by trickery, SYN: bypass, evade, dodge ANT: obey, observe, respect IF people are not in agreement with a given law, they may attempt to ignore or circumvent it. |
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Clandestine
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Adjective
-concealed from view so as to hide one's purpose. Try as they might, federal agents were unable to lovate the clandestine printing press that had turned out the counterfeir 100$ bills. |
