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Abet |
To encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval; usually in wrongdoing. |
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Aver |
To assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner. |
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Blatant |
Brazenly obvious; flagrant; offensively noisy or loud; tastelessly conspicuous. |
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Broach |
An elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes; to tap or pierce; to mention or suggest for the first time; to break the surface of water; rise from the sea, as a fish or a submarine. |
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Buttress |
Any prop or support; to prop up; to give encouragement or support to (a person, plan, etc.). |
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Carousal |
A noisy or drunken feast or social gathering; revelry. |
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Collate |
To gather or arrange in their proper sequence (the pages of a report, book, etc.); to compare (texts, statements, etc.) in order to note points of agreement or disagreement. |
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Connoisseur |
A person who is especially competent to pass critical judgements in an art or in matters of taste; a discerning judge of the best in any field. |
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Disconsolate |
Without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable; characterized by or causing dejection; cheerless; gloomy. |
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Encumber |
To impede or hinder; to restrain; to burden or weigh down. |
