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complaisance
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the willingness to comply with the wishes of others (adj: complaisant)
the complaisance of his girlfriend is such that she meekly goes along with everything he says |
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dearth
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smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack to question or oppose
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demur
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to question or oppose
She suggested that he would win easily, but he demurred, saying he expected the election to be close. |
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dogmatic
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expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles (dogma)
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ebullience
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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings (ebullient)
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emollient
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soothing, esp. to the skin; mkaing less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
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enigmatic
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mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand (enigma)
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ephemeral
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fleeting; brief
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by a small or specific group
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facetious
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playful; humorous
the essay is a facetious commentary on the absurdity of war as a solution for international disputes |
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gregarious
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sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
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impecunious
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lacking funds; without money
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incipient
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begging to come into being or to become apparent
an incipient solar system> <evidence of incipient racial tension> |
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise (intransigence)
<he has remained intransigent, refusing all suggestions for improvement of the process> |
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inveigle
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to obtain by deception or flattery
inveigled her way into a promotion |
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penurious
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penny pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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pernicious
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extremely harmful; potentially causing death
She thinks television has a pernicious influence on our children. |
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quaff
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to drink deeply
We stopped at a bar and quaffed a few beers. |
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quiescence
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stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest (quiescent)
was struck by the elk's quiescence as it just stood there in the clearing |
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redoubtable
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awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
There is a new biography of the redoubtable Winston Churchill. |
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torpid
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lethargic; sluggish; dormant (torpor)
a torpid sloth that refused to budge off its tree branch |
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ubiquitous
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existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
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urbane
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sophisticated; refined elegant (urbanity)
gentlemanly and urbane host of elegant dinner parties |
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viscous
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thick; sticky (viscosity)
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