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Origin: obsc(a)enus (Latin), "foul, repugnant", perhaps from ob*Latin, "on account of" + sc(a)enum (Latin), "dirt, filth"
Def: Offensive to accepted standards of decency, repulsive
R.F: noun: obscenity, adv: obscenely |
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inclined to lust or leachery
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grossly indecent
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coarse or indecent talk or writing,
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obsenity, especially words or humor referring to waste matter (feces)
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daringly close to indelicacy
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| an x-rated (or R-rated) film |
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movie that is inapproriate to watch
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| joke that are vulgar and with poor taste |
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Origin: Ob(Latin), "to, toward," +sequi(Latin), "follow, yield" + osus (Latin), "characterized by, full of"
Def: excessively submissive to another person's wishes or ideas, often for purely self-interested reaons.
R.F: noun: obsequiousness, obsequy, adj: obsequiously |
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yielding slavishly, oppressed
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to exhibit affection or attempt to please
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serving or acting in a subordinate capacity
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to humble oneself
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avoid the use of plain language
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self-seeking, servile flatterer, fawning parasite
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expressive piousness or moralistic fervor
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complying, obeying, yielding
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showing respect
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self assertive
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person who outwardly displays agreement with his superiors' opinions in order to gain power
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a person or body that gives perfunctory approval or endorsement of a policy without assessing its merit
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| to act according to someone's rules |
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submit to authority
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Origin: Ob,Latin, "in front of, before" +sedere, sessus (Latin), "sit"
Def: an irrational preoccupation with an idea of feeling that usually results in servere anxitey.
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a fixation or psychological block
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fixed idea
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seem to talk and think about one particular subject all the time, especially sex
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| have a bee in one's bonnet |
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an idea that occupies one's thought continually
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to have a strong opinion about something that influences one's actions
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an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation
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| a tendency for being displeased with anthing that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards |
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delusional fantasies of wealth, power, genius, or omnipotence
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one who cannot stop gambling
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Origin: obsolescere, obsoletus (Latin), "grow old; wear out"
R.F: nouns: obsolescene, obsoleteness adj: obsolescent
Def: No longer in use, outmoded |
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to allow to retire from service or office on a pension due to age
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no longer in use
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of a new kind of fashion
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a group who invents new technology in a field, esp. in arts
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out of time
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past the young age
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a model that is not made anymore
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One that is no longer famous, popular
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something that does not exist or happen anymore
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have the most recent information about something
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last cry, newest discovery
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| Still on the drawing board |
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relatively new
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most recent
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Origin: officious (Latin), "dutiful"; from officium (Latin), "duty, obligation"
Def: excessively forward in offering unwanted or unnecessary help or advice, meddlesome |
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to look closely or curiously, peer, peep
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urgent or persistent in solicitation, annoyingly so
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A person who meddles or pries into the affairs of others
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a persistent irritating critic, a nuisance
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| a self-appointed watchdog of the government |
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ex. Ralph Nader
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Origin: ominous (Latin), "ill-omened", from omen, ominis (Latin,) "sign, portent"+ osus (Latin), "full of"
Def: Foreshadowing evil, menacing or threatening
R.F: noun: ominousness, omen (adverb) ominously |
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ominously significant or indicative
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to foretell or predict
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unfavorable or unfortunate
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Origin: opportunus (Latin), "suitable, favorable"; from the phrase ob portum veniens (Latin), coming toward the harbor"; from ob (Latin), "to, toward" + portus (Latin), "harbot"
Def: suitable, appropriate, or timely
R.F: noun: opportunity, opportunism, opportunist, adj: inopportune, opportunistic |
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presenting favorable conditions
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ill-omened
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an opportunist
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| take time by the forelock |
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act quickly and decisively, not let slip an opportunity
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Origin: ostensibilia (Medieval Latin), "apparent", from ostendere (Latin), "to reveal, appear" + abilis, abile (Latin), "able to"
Def: apparent or professed |
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reputed or claimed, alleged
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Origin: ostrakizein (Greek), "banish" from ostrakon (Greek), "potsherd, shell"
Def: To banish or exclud from a group, to shun |
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a list of persons under suspision, disfavor, censure
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to vote against
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to reject as having no authority or binding force
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| Give someone the cold shoulder |
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to behave towards someone in a way that is not at all friendly
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to ignor someone when you see them or when they speak to you because you are angry with them or do not like them
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to dismiss from army
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ignoring someone
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one that is despised or rejected, outcast
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Origin: Pas, pan (Greek), "all" +daimon (Greek), "spirit; diety"
Def: Genderal disorder, confusion, noise and commotion
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a scene or state of wild uproar
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violent and noisy commotion
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a loud, confused noise
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uproar
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a clamorous noise or disturbance, uproar
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a public clamor, as of protest or demand
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a lot of noisy or confused activity
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Origin: Paradoxos (Greek), "incredible", from para (Greek), "beyond" + doxa (Greek), "thought, opinion, expectation."
Def: a seemingly self-contradictory statement that, on close examination, proves worthy or belief.
Someone or something that is full of contradictions and inconsistencies
R.F: adj: paraphrasitc, noun paraphrases |
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| caught on the horns of a dilemma |
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unable to decide between two things because either could bring bad results
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| a retorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined |
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| a conradiction in termsa paradox |
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a paradox
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Origin: paraphrazein (Greek), "restate), from para (Greek), "alongside" + phrazzein (Greek), "show, tell"
Def: A. To restate in other words or another form, oftehn in order to clarify meaning or avoid difficulties.
B. a testament in other words or another form.
R.F: adj: parapgrastic, noun: paraphrases |
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| a word-for-word translation |
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exact translation
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Origin: parochia (Latin), "parish"+alis, ale (Latin), "relating to", from paroikos (Greek) "neighbor, Christian"; "from para (Greek), "alongside"+ oikos (Greek), "house"
Def: located in, or supported by, a parish
restricted in scope or range, narrow or limited
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pertaining to an island, narrow-minded
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inflexible, narrow and rigid in opinion
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lacking tolerance or understanding
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narrow-minded, limited perspective
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Origin: Paroidia (Greek), "burlesque poem"; from para (Greek), "alongside; sibsidiary to" + oide (Greek), "song, poem"
Def: a comic imitation of the style form, or content of a serious piece of work
to imitate in a mocking or unworthy way
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a sharp, virulent satire directed against an individual of institution.
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any imitation or compy so distorted or inferior
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an artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic, any ludicrous parody
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a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject
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Origin: pensif, pensive (French), "thoughtful", from penser (French), "think"; from pensare (Latin), "to weight, ponder, consider"
Def: Immersed in deep, often melancholy, thought.
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to look into or examine
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pensive in a melancholy way
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sorrowful, melancholy, dejected
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joyous, gay, jolly
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to think about; to consider, to ruminate about
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to think against and again
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not aware of what is happening around you because you are thinking about something else
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| a controversial argument, esp. one that attacks an opinion. |
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| exhibiting curing effects |
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| to copy or imitate closely |
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| the study of effective language use |
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| Gymnastic exercises that is degined to develop muscluar tone |
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| a person who is fluent in more than one language |
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a liturgical prayer consisting of a series of petitions recited by a leader altemating with fixed responses by the congregation |
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| one of the earliest known inhabitants of a place |
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| something that is regarded as to representing another, pertaining to metaphor |
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| a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc. |
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| of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a song like style or form |
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| a divisions into factions |
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a drama,play or literary work that ends in a sorrow ending |
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| needless repitition using different words |
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| constantly changing set of colors |
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| a system of classification |
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| a line which forms a boundary |
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| stealing of anything that is to the service of god |
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| a visible form of invisible grace |
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| a high-ranking member of the clergy |
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| the body of religious worshipers |
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| pertaining to country life, shepherds |
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| public Christian ceremonies |
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| the area that is under the rule of a bishop |
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| Christian holyday that takes place 7th day after Easter *not sure... |
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| the prescribed or customary form for conducting a religious or other solemn ceremony |
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| one who likes to read or collect books |
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| one who is obsessed with oneself |
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