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annex (verb) “Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse: envy alone wants both” Robert Burton |
Definition: append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document Synonym: extension, addition Antonym: Reduction |
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cleave (verb) "And this is undue exaltation - when the soul abandons Him to whom it ought to cleave as its end, and becomes a kind of end to itself." Augustine of Hippo |
Definition: to adhere closely; stick; cling (usually followed by to). Synonym: halve, rend Antonym: close, connect |
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cordial (adjective) "At every stage of my career I have had interesting and cordial colleagues, some of whom are close friends." Daniel Nathans |
Definition: courteous and gracious; friendly; warm: Synonym: affectionate, amicable Antonym: cold, cool |
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cornerstone (noun) "Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life." Wayne Dyer |
Definition: something that is essential, indispensable, or basic: Synonym: essential, foundation Antonym: cowardice, exterior |
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debacle (noun) “If you are anguished with your failures, you despise and accuse those very adversities and held them responsible for your debacle.” Girdhar Joshi |
Definition: a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout: Synonym:beating, breakdown Antonym: accomplishment, attainment |
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devitalized (verb) " Woman suffrage is an unjust, unreasonable, unspiritual abnormality. It is a hard, undigested, tasteless, devitalized proposition." John Boyle O'Reilly |
Definition: to deprive of vitality or vital properties; make lifeless; weaken. Synonym: deaden, debilitate Antonym: aid animate |
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embroil (verb) "Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.” Joseph Conrad |
Definition: to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife. Synonym: enmesh, ensnare Antonym: exclude, free |
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exonerate (verb) "I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator." T.D Jakes |
Definition: to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate: Synonym: absolve, acquit Antonym: blame condemn |
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glib (adjective) “Here comes Glib-tongue: who can out-flatter a Dedication; and lie, like ten Epitaphs.” Benjamin Franklin |
Definition: readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: Synonym: artful, articulate Antonym: quiet, silent |
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haphazard (adjective) "Deathlessness should be arrived at in a... haphazard fashion. Loving fame as much as any man, we shall carve our initials in the shell of a tortoise and turn him loose in a peat bog." E.B White |
Definition: characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or byrandomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless. Synonym: aimless, arbitrary Antonym: careful, definite |
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improvise (verb) "Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise." George Gershwin |
Definition: to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation;extemporize: Synonym: Brainstorm, concoct Antonym: design, devise |
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incite (verb) "The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot." Audre Lorde |
Definition: to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: Synonym: abet, agitate Antonym: block, calm |
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influx (noun) “Anything before you’re thirty-five is new and exciting, and anything after that is proof the world’s going to hell.” Daniel Suarez |
Definition: act of flowing in. Synonym: arrival, incursion Antonym: retreat, departure |
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pallor (noun) "The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds." Wilfed Owen |
Definition: unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death;wanness. Synonym: colorlessness, wanness Antonym: dark, bold |
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pedigree (noun) "“If there is any good in philosophy, it is this: that it never looks into pedigrees.” Seneca |
Definition: an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry. Synonym: thoroughbred, pure-blood Antonym: base-born, lowly |
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precipitous (noun) "BHP's announcement to cut the rig count by 10 down to 16 is roughly in line with general expectations given the precipitous fall in oil and natgas prices as well." Jeremy Sussman |
Definition: of the nature of or characterized by precipices: Synonym: abrupt, craggy Antonym: calm, flat |
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profuse (adjective) "Hail to thee blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art." Percy Bysshe Shelley |
Definition: spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess;extravagant (often followed by in): Synonym: abounding, alive with Antonym: lacking, sparse |
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reconcile (verb) "I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women." Louis XIV |
Definition: to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: Synonym: accommodate, appease Antonym: agitate, flight |
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shackle (noun) "Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision." Salvador Dali |
Definition: Often, shackles. anything that serves to prevent freedom ofprocedure, thought, etc. Synonym: handcuffs, iron Antonym: freedom, flighted |
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threadbare (adjective) "threadbare his songs seem now, to lettered ken: They were worn threadbare next the hearts of men." William Watson |
Definition: having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp andwoof, as a fabric, garment, etc. Synonym: faded, ratty Antonym: fresh, new |
