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vacuous (VAK-yoo-uhs) |
adjective: Lacking ideas or intelligence. |
“A beaming, vacuous Hollywood wannabe sashays into the ring.”Dan Hill; Sometimes When We Punch |
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via dolorosa (VY/VEE-uh dol-uh-RO-suh) |
noun: A distressing journey or experience. |
“David Cameron must offer a vision of hope at the end of the Via Dolorosa we must tread for the next few years.”Max Hastings; The Ostrich Election; The Daily Mail (London, UK); Apr 9, 2010. |
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opprobrium (uh-PRO-bree-uhm) |
noun:1. Strong criticism.2. Public disgrace |
“Most countries have armies, but in Pakistan the army has a country. ... The army’s record is not one to be proud of. Wars launched against India in 1947, 1965, and 1999, won little or nothing beyond international opprobrium.”Nosebags; The Economist (London, UK); Sep 20, 2014. |
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comportment (kuhm-PORT-muhnt) |
noun: Behavior; demeanor; bearing. |
“Let’s hear from no less an arbiter of manners and proper comportment than David Studer, the CBC’s journalistic standards and practices boss.”Terry Glavin; After the Paris Atrocities, a Long-Overdue Reckoning with Ourselves; Ottawa Citizen (Canada); Jan 14, 2015. |
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solicitude (suh-LIS-i-tood, -tyood) |
noun: Care or concern for another. |
“We also meet ‘Little’, a 19-year-old on death row for robbing and kidnapping, whom the other inmates treat with tender solicitude after he wakes up in the middle of the night screaming and in tears.”Jenna Fisher; For a Song and a Hundred Songs; The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Massachusetts); Jul 3, 2013. |
