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tribulation noun: distress, suffering, trouble, or misery |
After I wrecked my car I was facing quite the tribulation |
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acumen noun: shrewdness shown by keen insight |
Most teachers show great acumen in their study |
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adulation noun: excessive flattery; adoration |
Adulation is a mans best friend when trying to impress a girl |
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attenuate verb: to weaken; to reduce in force or value |
U.S. forces attenuated the Germans before D-day |
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blandishment noun: anything designed to flatter or coax |
Her dress must have been a blandishment because I fell for her the moment I saw her |
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cajole verb: talk someone into something; urge; beg; coax |
Say No To Drugs is a campaign to prevent kids from being cajoled |
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lamentable adjective: something to be regretted |
Mike tends to do some pretty lamentable things after he drinks |
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mellifluous adjective: sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious |
Adeles new song is quite mellifluous |
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profundity noun: intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight |
My college professor shows great profundity whenever I need help |
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urbane adjective: reflecting elegance |
Wedding dresses are made to be urbane for such an important occasion |
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promulgate verb: to proclaim or exclaim |
Billy Graham spent his life promulgated God's name |
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cerebral adjective: intellectual, rational, logical |
My friends all say I am cerebral because of how many books I read |
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provincial adjective: having or showing the manners, viewpoints considered characteristic of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province |
The others teams debate tactics we're provincial at best |
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misanthropic adjective: antisocial, reclusive, mistrustful, skeptical |
Misanthropy is not a good quality to have in any relationship |
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hubristic adjective: to be excessively prideful or arrogant |
Jacob was hubristic after winning states, although rightfully so, it was very annoying |
