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Term

[image]- prodding

Definition

to poke

Term

[image]- ascribe

Definition

assign

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[image]- perpetous

Definition

repeatedly

Term

[image]- serfdom/ thrall

Definition

the state of being a servant

Term

[image]- perilious/ imperil

Definition

full of danger or risk

Term

[image]- decry

Definition

critisize

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[image]- vainglorious

Definition

excessively proud of one's acheivement

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[image]- ameliorating

Definition

to improve

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[image]- impinge

Definition

having negative impact

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[image]- deadpan

Definition

expressionless

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[image]- matriachal

Definition

society controlled by women

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[image]- ostentation

Definition

design to impress- showoff

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[image]- conspicous

Definition

clearly visible

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[image]- impetus

Definition

motivation

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[image]- promulgate

Definition

promote/ announce/ broadcast

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[image]- gargantuan

Definition

enormous

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[image]- zenith

Definition

highest point

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[image]- callous

Definition

harsh/ insensitive

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[image]- brood

Definition

thinks deeply about a subject which makes him unhappy

Term

[image]- balesphony

Definition

profanity

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[image]- laud/ exult

Definition

praise

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[image]- frugal

Definition

economical

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[image]- provident

Definition

far sightedness

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[image]- repugnant

Definition

unacceptable

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[image]- plebian

Definition

common man

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[image]- ostensible

Definition

superficial/fake

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[image]- ludicrous

Definition

unreasonable

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[image]- somber

Definition

felling of deep sadness

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[image]- impecunious

Definition

broke

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[image]- absolve

Definition

declare free from guilt or punishment

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nadir point- opposite of zenith point

Definition

lowest point

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[image]-alleviate

Definition

make suffering less severe

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oriental

Definition

relating to east

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occidental

Definition

relating to west

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[image]- nascent

Definition

beginners stage

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[image]- modish

Definition

following the trend

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[image]-excude

Definition

release

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[image]- referendum

Definition

election

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[image]- innocous

Definition

not harmful

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[image]- insurgent

Definition

rebellious soldier

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[image]- comity

Definition

courtesy and considerate behavior towards others

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[image]- abound

Definition

having in large amount

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[image]- foible

Definition

sin

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[image]- plummet

Definition

rapid fall

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[image]- sordid

Definition

foul

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[image]- clandestine

Definition

classified

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[image]- parlous

Definition

jeopardizing/ruin

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[image]- germane

Definition

relevent

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[image]- cohort

Definition

companion

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[image]- specious

Definition

misleadingly attractive

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[image]- transcend

Definition

excel

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[image]- expedetiously

Definition

speed and efficiency

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[image]- announciation

Definition

an act of announcing

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[image]- renunciation

Definition

formal rejection of something

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[image]- stagger

Definition

unstable movement

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diaspora

Definition

the spread of any people from their original homeland

Term

hamlet

Definition

a small settlement than village- without church

Term

elusive- "its elusive to crack CAT"

Definition

difficult to find, catch or achieve

Term

[image]-bullish

Definition

aggresively confident and self assertive

Term

promiscuous- jeny didi is very promiscuous

Definition

random/ careless

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[image]- didactic

Definition

educational

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[image]- parable

Definition

a small story to illustrate a morale

Term

posit

Definition

set

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[image]- trenches

Definition

a deep ditch

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[image]- savage

Definition

attack

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[image]- outsee

Definition

a person who is removed from his native land

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[image]- thrawt

Definition

stand in the way

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[image]- commensurate

Definition

in proportion to

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[image]- stymie

Definition

prevent or hinder

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[image]- timorous

Definition

fearful

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[image]- mire

Definition

sink in the mud

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[image]- clemency

Definition

leniency/ mercy

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[image]- fetid

Definition

foul smelling

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[image]- rodolent

Definition

sweet smelling

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[image]- fete

Definition

function

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[image]- inept

Definition

incompetent

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[image]- felecitate

Definition

congratulate

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[image]- sanguine

Definition

literal meaning blood red- can be used to describe optimism

Term

incumbent

Definition

mandatory

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[image]- unbridled

Definition

uncontrollable

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[image]- pedantic

Definition

teaching methodology

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[image]- robust

Definition

strong and healthy

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[image]- dispartate

Definition

different

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[image]- moot

Definition

debatable

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[image]- rote learning

Definition

just mugging up

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[image]- dexterity

Definition

skill

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stitious

Definition

partially superstitious

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[image]- mirge

Definition

mournful song

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[image]- trailblazer

Definition

pioneer

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[image]- attenuate

Definition

degrade

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[image]- holistic

Definition

comprehensive

Term

[image]- dishealved

Definition

ruffled

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[image]- harrowing

Definition

disheartning

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[image]- peremptory

Definition

abrupt

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[image]- maudline

Definition

weepy

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[image]- vicissitude

Definition

a change or variation occuring in the course of something

Term

[image]- tepid

Definition

lukeworm

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[image]- pejorative

Definition

expressing disapproval

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[image]- regale

Definition

entertain

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[image]- nebulous

Definition

inaccessible

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[image]- tour de force

Definition

stunt

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[image]-ruminate

Definition

contemplate

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[image]- nascent

Definition

initial, inception, nascent

Term

[image]- grimace

Definition

scowl

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[image]- castigate

Definition

to punish or criticize severely to correct a behavior

Term

[image]- jink

Definition

to change direction suddenly

Term

pernicious- using hair dryer daily might have pernicious effect on your hair

Definition

having a harmful effect in a gradual way

Term

[image]-atrocity

Definition

cruel

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[image]- scorch

Definition

hurt

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[image]- quietus

Definition

death

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[image]- nativity

Definition

the occasion of a person's birth

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[image]- emultate

Definition

imitate

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tumultuous- young blood is tumultous

Definition

excited and confused

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[image]- cavil

Definition

to make unnecessary objection

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[image]- fealty

Definition

a formal acknowledgment to show loyalty

Term

[image]- devolution

Definition

to lower the standard

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[image]- balmy

Definition

tranquil

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[image]- insuniate

Definition

an unpleasant hint or suggestion of something bad

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[image]- diminutive

Definition

small

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[image]-Repudiate

Definition

contradict

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[image]- droning

Definition

murmuring

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[image]- ebuliant

Definition

cheerful and full of energy

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[image]- conciliate

Definition

calm down

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[image]- esoteric

Definition

different

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[image]- portend

Definition

to show sign

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[image]- chasm

Definition

gorge/ trenches/ deep pit

Term

[image]- candor

Definition

quality of being open and honest

Term

[image]- vagabond

Definition

gypsy, tramp

Term

[image]-inebriate

Definition

drunkard

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[image]- jinx

Definition

- hex/ bad luck

Term

[image]- espouse

Definition

adopt/support

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[image]- echelon

Definition

a position in an organization

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[image]- astute

Definition

shrewed

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[image]- deliniate

Definition

trace/ describe or portrait precisely

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[image]- panacea

Definition

an universal cure.

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[image]- nugatory

Definition

worthless

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[image]- abeyance

Definition

a state of temporary cessation

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[image]- lumber

Definition

moving in a very slow awkward way

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[image]- plenary/abound

Definition

abundant

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[image]- ubiquiteous

Definition

to be present everywhere

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[image]- foist

Definition

to impose

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[image]- beleaguer

Definition

besiege- surround and harass

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[image]- renege

Definition

to fail to keep a promise

Term

[image]- polemical

Definition

controversial

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[image]- gambit

Definition

gimmick- to play a trick

Term

[image]- precarious

Definition

unsafe/ unsteady

Term

[image]- gregarious

Definition

social

Term

[image]- squabble

Definition

altercation- a noisy argument or disagreement especially in public

Term

[image]- erudite

Definition

well educated

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[image]- soporific

Definition

sedative

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[image]- exigent

Definition

-dire/demanding attention

Term

[image]- macabre

Definition

disturbed because of feeling of death

Term

[image]- onerous

Definition

- burdensome, tiring

Term

[image]- deride

Definition

ridicule

Term

[image]- perfidy

Definition

betrayal; antonym: allegiance (loyalty)

Term

[image]- bungle

Definition

did the task very clumsily; botch

Term

[image]- sporadic

Definition

periodic movement- repetition.

Term

[image]- goad

Definition

to provoke someone for the reaction

Term

[image]- averse

Definition

opposed to; antipathetic

Term

[image]- highfalutin

Definition

pretentious; show off

Term

[image]- pullulate

Definition

- populated and lively

Term

[image]- affable

Definition

-friendly

Term

[image]- delirium

Definition

- wild emotion

Term

[image]- thicket

Definition

- a dense group of bushes of trees

Term

[image]- metastasize

Definition

- to spread across another part of body

Term

[image]- chagrin

Definition

-humiliated

Term

[image]- stagger/rickety

Definition

shaky/wobly

Term

[image]- pandemonium

Definition

-wild and noisy disorder or confusion- mayhem

Term

[image]- aboriginal

Definition

- familiar
-antonym: outlandish(unfamiliar)

Term

[image]- riven

Definition

-split

Term

[image]- infiltrate

Definition

sneak

Term

[image]- slew

Definition

abound/ large quantity

Term

[image]- bastion

Definition

citadel/ a fort high above the ground

Term

[image]- obeisance

Definition

- respect

Term

[image]- bamboozled

Definition

- cheated

Term

[image]- salvage

Definition

to recover or retreat from a bad situation. Antonym- Abandon

Term

[image]- adjudicate

Definition

- to decide, arbitrate

Term

[image]- rousing

Definition

-excited, stirring

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[image]- conducive

Definition

- favorable

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[image]- obdurate

Definition

- stubborn

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[image]- daft

Definition

- silly

Term

[image]-throes

Definition

- suffering/pain/agony

Term

[image]- sublime

Definition

- supreme

opposite: subdued- very low

Term

[image]- spur

Definition

impetus/motivate

Term

[image]- vanguard

Definition

-forefront/avant-guard

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[image]- prescient

Definition

- prediction

Term

[image]- bursary

Definition

- a grant or assitance

Term

[image]- surety

Definition

- guarentee
-antonym- incertitude

Term

[image]- quash

Definition

-cancel/suppress

Term

pique
- the word has different meaning if used as noun and if used as verb:

Noun: he left in a fit of pique

verb: the movie has piqued the interest of the audience in space science

Definition

-pique noun: annoy

- pique verb: to arrouse

Term

[image]- quirky

Definition

different/ dispartate

Term

[image]- surreptitious

Definition

- clandestine/top secret.

- anotnym: overt

Term

[image]- insurmountable

Definition

too huge to overcome

Term

[image]- reproachful

Definition

expressing disapproval or dissapointment

Term

[image]- rubricate

Definition

add elaborate, typically red, capital letters or other decorations to (a manuscript).

Term

[image]-behemoth

Definition

a huge monstrous creature

Term

[image]- emancipate

Definition

liberate

Term

[image]- decimate

Definition

meaning- destroy

opposite- repair

Term

[image]-miscreant

Definition

criminal

Term

[image]-revulsion

Definition

a sense of disgust and loathing

Term

sterile

Definition

1. totally clean

2. not able to produce children

Term

[image]- commemorate

Definition

meaning- celebrate
opposite- ignore

Term

[image]-subsidiary

Definition

unimportant/auxilliary

Term

[image]-subsidiary

Definition

unimportant/auxilliary

Term

[image]-concede

Definition

in agreement with

Term

[image]-debunk

Definition

exposed

Term

[image]-debunk

Definition

exposed

Term

cognitive

Definition

psychological;

antonym- physical

Term

[image]-debilitate

Definition

very weak

Term

[image][image]-nettlesome

Definition

causing annoyance or difficulty

Term

[image]-vapid

Definition

bland, uninspired;

antonym; nettlesome

Term

[image]-effrontery

Definition

audacity; shamelessly bold

Term

[image]-inquitious

Definition

harmful

Term

[image]-epicure

Definition

- someone who has fine taste

Term

[image]-misantropist

Definition

cynic

Term

[image]-amazon

Definition

attractive lade

Term

[image]-Adonis

Definition

very attractive man

Term

[image]-misogynist

Definition

someone who hates women

Term

[image]-panderer

Definition

to please someone for their motive

Term

[image]- alturist

Definition

selfless; opposite- narcissistic

Term

[image]- Pollyanna

Definition

optimistic

Term

[image]-aesthete

Definition

someone with deep sensitivity towards art and nature

Term

[image]- boorish

Definition

impolite

Term

[image]-polyglot

Definition

speaking many languages

Term

[image]-virtuoso

Definition

supreme opposite; dobler

Term

decollating- mode of killing used in old times

Definition

to behead

Term

[image]-atrabilious

Definition

irritated

Term

[image]-pulchritude

Definition

beauty

Term

[image]-gaiety

Definition

cheerful

Term

[image]-lugubrious

Definition

sad

Term

[image]-venerate

Definition

regard with great respect

Term

[image]-magnanimous

Definition

benevolent, liberal, noble

opposite: parochial, parsymonious

Term

[image]-chauvinism

Definition

jingoistic, partial opposite: equivocal, egalitarian

Term

[image]-vociferous

Definition

outspoken, stentorian opposite- pacific

Term

[image]-vacillating

Definition

wavering between different opinion, opposite: resolute

Term

-masticate

Definition

to chew

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