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05/23/2012

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abeyance
Definition
temporary disuse or suspension
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abnegate
Definition
to renounce or to disown or to reject
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abstruse
Definition
obscure or deep or profound
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acrimony
Definition
bitterness or ill feeling or pungency
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anodyne
Definition
deliberately inoffensive, a painkiller
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apotheosis
Definition
glorification of a subject to divinity
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apposite
Definition
apt or suitable or pertinent
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apprise
Definition
to inform or to advise
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arrant
Definition
complete or utter or notorious
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asperity
Definition
sharpness or harshness or roughness
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assiduous
Definition
constant in application or diligent or industrious
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attenuate
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to reduce the amplitude of or to weaken or to dilute
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baleful
Definition
sinister or harmful or threatening
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banal
Definition
trite or lacking in originality or boring or hackneyed
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bedizen
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to dress in a gaudy and tasteless manner
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blandishment
Definition
coaxing speech or action
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burgeon
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to grow or to flourish, bud or new growth
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burnish
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to polish or to buff or to glaze, sheen or luster
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cadge
Definition
to get something by taking advantage of someone
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castigate
Definition
to chastise or to criticize severely
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chicanery
Definition
deception by trickery (esp in politics)
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compendium
Definition
concise and comprehensive summary
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countenance (as a verb)
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to support or to tolerate or to admit as possible
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depredation
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the act of preying upon or plundering
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descry
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to perceive or to detect
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desultory
Definition
halfhearted or unfocused
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diatribe
Definition
a forceful and bitter verbal attack
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diffident
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modest or shy or lacking in self confidence
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dilatory
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slow to act or intended to slow or sluggish
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disingenuous / ingenuous
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insincere / sincere
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dissemble
Definition
to conceal true motive or to feign
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effluent
Definition
flowing out
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encomium
Definition
a formal eulogy or speech of praise
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enervate
Definition
to weaken
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equivocate
Definition
to use ambiguous language in order to hide truth or avoid commitment
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erudite
Definition
scholarly
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expiate
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to atone or to purge or to redeem
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extant
Definition
existing
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fatuous
Definition
silly or pointless or foolish or idiotic
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fell
Definition
sinister or lethal, an open stretch of country or a stony hill
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foment
Definition
to incite or to instigate or to provoke
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gainsay
Definition
to contradict or to deny or to oppose
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garrulous
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verbose
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gauche
Definition
awkward or crude or lacking social sensitivity
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iconoclast
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one who rebels against or destroys tradition or something sacred
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ignominy
Definition
public shame or disgrace or infamy
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impassive
Definition
neither feeling nor showing emotion
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impecunious
Definition
poor
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inchoate
Definition
early or incomplete or disorganized
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incorrigible
Definition
not capable of being corrected
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indelible
Definition
permanent or strong
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indigence
Definition
extreme poverty
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ineffable
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indescribable
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inimical
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tending to obstruct or hostile or unfriendly
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intractable
Definition
difficult or stubborn
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intransigent
Definition
stubborn or immovable
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inveigh
Definition
to protest or to strongly attack with words
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irascible
Definition
easily angered
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laconic
Definition
terse
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lassitude
Definition
physical or mental weariness
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limpid
Definition
clear or lucid or bright
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malinger
Definition
to feign illness or to exaggerate incapacity in order to avoid work
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martinet
Definition
strict disciplinarian or whip or rule adherer
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mendacious
Definition
false
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mercurial
Definition
volatile or fickle or animated or quick-witted or erratic
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neophyte
Definition
novice or new convert
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noisome
Definition
harmful or offensive or destructive
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obdurate
Definition
hardened against influence or feeling
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occlude
Definition
to close or to shut off or to obstruct
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opaque
Definition
dense or not transparent or difficult to understand
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opprobrium
Definition
harsh criticism or public disgrace or ignominy
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palliate
Definition
to mitigate symptoms or to allay fears or to soothe
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panegyric
Definition
encomium or formal homage or lofty tribute
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paragon
Definition
model of excellence
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paucity
Definition
scarcity or dearth
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peccadillo
Definition
a minor offense or relatively unimportant sin
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pedantic
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unimaginative or pedestrian or ostentatiously learned
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pellucid
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lucid
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peremptory
Definition
demanding immediate attention or demanding immediate obedience or definitive or authoritative or not open to appeal
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perrenial
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persistent or enduring
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pique
Definition
to excite or to prick or to affect with sharp irritation or to provoke to action
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pithy
Definition
terse or concise or forcefully expressive
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precipitate
Definition
to plunge abruptly or to bring about prematurely or to hurl down
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prevaricate
Definition
to speak evasively
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probity
Definition
integrity or sincerity or decency
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prolix
Definition
tediously lengthy or verbose
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propitious
Definition
auspicious or favorable
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prosaic
Definition
commonplace or pedestrian
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proscribe
Definition
to outlaw or to forbid or to condemn
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querulous
Definition
peevish or complaining
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quotidian
Definition
daily or mundane or commonplace or ordinary
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quotidian
Definition
daily or mundane or commonplace or ordinary
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recondite
Definition
obscure or secret or deep
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refractory
Definition
resistant to authority or heat resistant or difficult to work with
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refractory
Definition
resistant to authority or heat resistant or difficult to work with
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reprobate
Definition
unprincipled, villain or scoundrel
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reproof
Definition
criticism or rebuke
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salutary / salubrious
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healthy or wholesome or beneficial
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soporific
Definition
sleepy, narcotic, tending to induce drowsiness
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specious
Definition
superficially plausible or misleading
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spurious
Definition
counterfeit or wrongly appearing to be valid
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stint
Definition
to limit or to confine, a restriction
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sycophantic
Definition
using flattery on influential people
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tendentious
Definition
marked by bias
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torpid
Definition
lethargic or dormant
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tractable
Definition
easy to control or easy to influence or docile or manageable
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trenchant
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poignant or vigorous or incisively keen
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truculent
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aggressively defiant or quick to fight
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tumid
Definition
swollen or bloated or pompous
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turbid
Definition
thick or dense or obscured
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turgid
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swollen or distended or puffy or congested
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turpitude
Definition
moral depravity or base act
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umbrage
Definition
offense or annoyance or resentment
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venal
Definition
corrupt or bribable
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veracious / veridical
Definition
truthful
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vitiate
Definition
to spoil or to mar or to impair validity
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vituperate
Definition
to revile or to abuse or to scold
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excoriate
Definition
to criticize severely
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myopic
Definition
nearsighted or shortsighted or narrow-minded
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