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welter
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1. bewidering jumble.
The existing welter of federal and state proclaims cries out for reform. 2. wallow. Victims weltered in blood while waiting for med attn. |
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voluble
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fluent, glib, talkative
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vituperative
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abusive, scolding.
He became more vituperative when he realized that they were not going to grant him his wish |
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vaunted
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boasted, bragged, highly publicized.
This much vaunted project proved a dissappointment when it collapsed. |
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usury
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lending money at illegal rates of interest
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untoward
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unfortunate, unlucky, adverse
Huck had a most untoward encounter with Ms. W, who thwarted his escape. |
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undulating
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moving in a wavelike motion. The hula fest featured an undulating sea of grass skirts.
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unctuous
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oily, bland, insincerely suave.
Uri disguised his nefarious actions by unctuous protestations of his humilililty. |
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unction
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act of annointing with oil
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umbrage
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resentment, anger, sense of injury or insult.
She took umbrage at his remarks and stormed away in a huff |
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turpitude
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depravity.
A visitor may be denied admittance to this country if he has been guilty of moral turpitude. |
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turbid
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muddy, having sediment disturbed
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tumid
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swollen, pompous, bombastic
I dislike his tumid style; I prefer writing that is less swolen and bombastic. |
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truculence
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agressiveness, ferocity
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traduce
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expose to slander. His opponents tried to traduce the candidate's reputation by spreading rumors about his past.
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tractable
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docile; easily managed.
Although Susan seemed a tractable young woman, she had a stubborn streak of independence that occasionally led her to defy those in charge. |
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tendentious
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biased.
The editorials are tendentious rather than truth seeking |
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tautological
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needlessly repetitious, redundant.
In the sentance it was visible to the eye, the phrase to the eye is tautological. |
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suppliant
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entreating; beeseching.
Unable to resist the dog's suppliant whimpering, he gave it some food. |
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succor
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aid, assist comfort
I will come to succor you in your hour of need. |
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stygian
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gloomy, hellish, deathly
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stultify
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to cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; frustrate or hinder.
His long hours in the blacking factory left Dickens numb and incurious, as if the menial labor had stultified his mind. |
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stanch
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check flow of blood
It is imperative that we stanch the gushing wound before we attend to the other injuries |
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specious
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seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading.
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sophistry
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seemingly plausibly but fallacious reasoning
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solicitious
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worried, concerned.
The employer was very solicitious about the health of her employees as replacents were difficult to get. |
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sinecure
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well paid position with little responsibility
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simper
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smirk, smile affectedly
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sidereal
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relating to the stars
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sententious
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terse, concise, aphoristic
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seine
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net for catching fish
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saturnine
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gloomy
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sanctimonious
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displaying ostentacious or hypocritical devoutness.
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salutary
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tending to improve, beneficial, wholesome
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salubrious
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healthful
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runic
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mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet
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rescind
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cancel
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reporach
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express dissaproval or dissapointment
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reprobate
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person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency
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repudiate
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disown, disavow
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recumbent
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reclining; lying down completely or in part
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propitiate
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appease
The natives offered sacrifices to propitiate the gods |
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prevaricate
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lie
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prognosticate
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predict
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parry
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to ward off a blow, deflect.
It was fun to watch KH &ST parry each other's verbas jabs in the classic screwball comedides. |
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ostentacious
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showy, pretentious, trying to attract attention
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obsequious
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slavishly attentive, servile, syncophatic
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obstreperous
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boisterous, noisy
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inveigh
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denounce, utter censure or invective
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fulsome
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disgustingly excessive
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fulminate
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thunder, explode
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extant
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still in existence.
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expiate
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make amends for (a sin).
He tried to expiate his crimes by a full confession to authorities. |
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expatiate
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talk at length
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divest
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to strip, to deprive
He was divested of his power and could no longer govern |
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dissolution
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looseness in morals; disintegration
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dissemble
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disguise, pretend
Even though John tried to dissemble his motive for taking modern dance, we all knew he was there not to dance but to meet girls. |
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dispatch
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speediness; prompt execution
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deride
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ridicule; make fun of
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denigrate
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blacken
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diffuse
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wordy, rambling, or spread out
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desultory
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aimless, haphazard, digressing at random
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deference
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courteous regard for another's wish
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deference
vs diffidence |
courteous regard for another's wish
vs shyness |
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cordon
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extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress
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contrite
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penitent
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contention
vs contentious |
contention=thesis
contentious=quarrelsome |
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cogent
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convincing
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complaisant
vs compliant |
complaisant=trying to please
vs. compliant=yielding, conforming to requiremnts. |
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castigation
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punishment or severe criticism
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capacious
vs. capricious |
capacious=spacious
vs capricious=on a whim |
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calumny
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malicious misrepresntation; slander
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belie
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contradict, give flase impression
His coarse exterior belied his innate sensitivity |
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aver
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state confidently
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assuage
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to satisfy hunger, ease pain, or soothe anger.
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antipathy
vs apathy |
antipathy=aversion, dislike
vs apathy=don't care |
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acclivity
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sharp upslope of a hill
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abnegation
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renunciation, self sacrifice
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abeyance
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suspended action
The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival |
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abash
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embarrass
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abase
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lower, degrade, humiliate
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