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09/09/2011

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Capricious
Definition
Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic; Unpredictable
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Desuetude
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Disuse
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Abscond
Definition
To depart clandestinely, to steal off and hide
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Chicanery
Definition
Trickery or subterfuge
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Meretricious
Definition
Cheap, gaudy, flashy
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Minatory
Definition
Menacing, threatening
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Palliate
Definition
Gloss over, to make less serious
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Pellucid
Definition
Transparent, easy to understand
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Peroration
Definition
The concluding part of a speech; flowery, rhetorical speech
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Plangent
Definition
Pounding, thundering, resounding
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Prolix (ADJ)
Definition
Long-winded, verbose
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Propitiate
Definition
To appease, to conciliate
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Pusillanimous
Definition
Cowardly, craven
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Salutary
Definition
Remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
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Eschew
Definition
To shun or avoid
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Excoriate
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To censure scathingly, to upbraid
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Execrate
Definition
Denounce, feel loathing for, declare evil
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Exegesis
Definition
Critical examination, explication
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Exterpate
Definition
Destroy, exterminate, exscind, cut out
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Fatuous
Definition
Silly, inanely, foolish
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Gainsay
Definition
To deny, dispute, contradict
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Heterodox (adj)
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Unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic
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Imbroglio
Definition
Difficult or embarrassing situation
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Saturnine
Definition
Gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
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Ineluctable
Definition
Certain, inevitable
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Sententious
Definition
Moralistic, tending to moralize excessively
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Insouciant
Definition
Unconcerned, carefree, heedless
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Stentorian
Definition
Extremely loud and powerful
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Inveterate
Definition
Deep rooted, ingrained, habitual
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Sycophant
Definition
Self-seeking flatterer, parasite
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Tyro
Definition
Novice, greenhorn, rank amateur
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Vitiate
Definition
To corrupt, debase, spoil
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Voluble
Definition
Fluent, verbal, easy use of spoken language
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Disabuse
Definition
To set right
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Demur
Definition
To question or oppose
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Dogmatic
Definition
Expressing a rigid opinion based on unprovable principles
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Ebullience
Definition
Quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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Gregarious
Definition
Sociable, outgoing,
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Harangue
Definition
Deliver a pompous speech or tirade
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