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- anathema
- thing devoted to evil; a thing or person greatly detested; a thing accused, damned; a formal cure or condemnation
- augured
- to give promise of; to predict the future, esp. from omens
- prolific
- producing a lot, abounding
- apothecary
- a pharmacist, druggist
- assailed
- to attack (physically, mentally, a problem)
- physiognomics
- practice of trying to judge character and mental qualities by observation or the body
- reproached
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to rebuke, blame, reprove
- mirth
- joyfulness, merriment (especially by laughter)
- efficacy
- power to produce effects or intended results; effectiveness
- evinced
- to show plainly; make clear characterized by treachery or slyness
- pallid
- deficient in color; wan, lacking sparkle as liveliness, dull
- coquetted
- to behave like a flirt
- stupor
- a state in which the mind and souls are dulled (as from a narcotic or shock); mental or moral dullness or apathy
- ponderous
- wery heavy; dull and labored
- commodious
- spacuious, roomy
- filial
- of suitable to, or due from a son or daugher
- grotesquely
- in a way that is distorted, bizarre or ridiculous
- repose
- to lie at rest (from work)
- somniferous
- inducing sleep
- desultory
- random; disconnected, not methodical
- inquisitorial
- unduly harsh, severe or hostile in making inquiries
- superfluous
- exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
- antipathy
- aversion, deep rooted dislike
- demagogue
- a leader who makes use of proper power; prejudice and false claims to gain power
- diminutive
- smaller than average; tiny
- capricious
- fickle, erratic, flighty
- ascetic
- austere in appearance, manner or attitude practicing strict self-denial as a person/spiritually
- multitudinous
- very numerous; having many parts
- venerable
- worthy of reverence; deserving respect vecause of age, character, or importance
- supercilious
- haughty (disdainful
- ethereal
- light, airy, delicate, heavenly (non-earthy)
- foist
- to force another to accept, especially by stealt and deciet
- peremptory
- that cannot be denied, changed, or delayed
- sardonic
- bitterly, sneering disdainful, sarcastic
- emaciated
- having become abnormally lean, lost much weight (as by disease of starvation)
- countenance
- to sanction; to extend approval or toleration to
- averred
- to declare to be true; state positively; cofirm, affirm
- abet
- to assist or support in the acheivement of a purpose (especially in the wrongdoing)
- inquest
- a judicial inquiry, as a coroner's investigation of death; inquiry, investigation
- palpitant
- fluttering, quivering
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- piquant
- agreeably pungent or stimulating to taste
- pretext
- a false reason or motive put forth to hide the real one; excuse, cover up; front
- invidious
- tending to cause discontent, animosity or envy
- querulous
- complaining; fretful; peevish; faultfinding
- langour
- weakness; lack of vigor or vatality
- volition
- an act of the will; diliberate decision
- deprecatory
- belittleing, feeling and expressing disapproval of
- austerity
- the quality or condition of having a sever or stern looking manner, showing strict self-discipline; very plain, lacking ornament or luxury
- perambulation
- examination, inspection; walk-thru
- extant
- not destroyed or lost currently or actually existing (as a manuscript)
- impetuous
- impulsive; rushing (impetuous wind)moving with great force or violence
- latent
- present but invisible (or inactive; lying hidden and undeveloped within a person or ting as a quality or power, ability)
- pretentious
- making claims to some distinction or importance
- remonstrance
- an earnest presentation of reasons for opposition or grievance
- insidious
- more dangerous than seems evident
- volubility
- talkativeness; great effortless flow of words
- temerity
- foolish or rash boldness
- expiation
- to make amends or reparations for wrong doing or guilt; a tone for
- insolent
- boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior
- query
- (n) a question; (v) to question
- impervious
- incapable of being penetrated
- transgressor
- one who oversteps or breaks a low, commandment, one who goes behond a limit or boundary
- penitent
- feeling/expressing humble regret, repentant (for sins/offense)
- torrid
- scorched, parched, avid (dried up, or subjected to intense heat); highly passionate; zealous
- scintillant
- sparkling, witty
- deportment
- behavior; the manner in which one conducts oneself
- effrontery
- in defying the rules of courtesy (always derogatory), shamelessness
- mien
- a way of carrying and conduction oneself; manner;appearance
- procure
- to obtain or secure
- infamy
- a very bad reputation; nororiety, disgrace, honor
- alacrity
- eager willingness or readiness, often with quick lively action
- inimical
- like an enemy; hostile; unfriendly; in opposition; adverse
- imperious
- arrogant, domineering, imperative
- torpid
- having lost temporarliy all of part of the power of sensation or motion (as a hibernating animal; dormant, sluggish, sluggishness, stupor, dullness)
- immutable
- unable to be changed or altered
- lorgnettes
- a pair of eyeglasses attached to a handle (like opera glasses)
- atelier
- a studio or workshop (artist's)
- scurrilous
- using indecernt or abusive language; coarse; vulgar; foul mouth
- rectitude
- moral integrity; righteousness
- expatiate
- to wander; move about freely or at will, to speak or write at length or in detail
- ennui
- boredom
- despotic
- or or like a ruler or master autocratid; tyranical
- expedient
- in a given circumstance (self interest), something suitable for achieving an end
- palliate
- to lessen the pain without curing; alleviate; ease; to make appear less serious; excuse
- effusive
- unrestrained in expression (speaking, writing)
- polemical
- of controversy or desagreement; of dispute (n. polemicoa: disputing discussion, argument or one who takes part in such)
- expunge
- to remove completely
- inauspicious
- unfavorable, unlucky, ill-omened
- brazen
- showing no shame, hold, impudent
- erudition
- extensive knowledge acyired chiefly from books; profound, recondite, or bookish learing
- scourge
- means of inflicting punishment; cause of affliction (scorge of war)
- preternatural
- exceeding what is natural or regular; extraordinary; existing outside of nature
- importunities
- urgent or repeated asking; acts of demanding over and over again
- deplored
- to be regretful/sorry about to regard as unfortunate or wretched to condemn as wrong (disapprove of)
- lurid
- glaring in brightness or color; (fig) terrible; sensational, startling ghastly
- regal
- fit of a king, splendid, stately
- ignominy
- loss of one's reputation; shame and dishonor, infamy; disgraceful behavious or act
- somnambulism
- sleepwalking
- repudiate
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to rufuse or accept; reject
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- sumptuous
- costly, lavisy, magnificent (as in frustrating)
- patois
- a form of language differing generally from the accepted standard (as in a local dealer or jargon)
- fatuity
- self-satisfied stupididty; folly; silliness
- subterfuge
- any plan, action, or device used to hide one's true objective, evade a difficult or unpleasant situation (sin, deception)
- sundering
- breaking apart or in two, becoming parted, disunited, severed
- furrowed
- to make or form furrow, grooves, or lines wrinkled
- quaff
- to drink deeply
- abstruse
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hard to understand; deep
- exigency
- quality/stare of demanding immediate aid/action a state o affairs that make urgent demands
- purport
- meaning, sense, intention
- sedulous
- working hard and steadily; vigilant; persistent
- deleterious
- harmful to health, well-being
- asperity
- roughness or harshness of suffice, south, weather; harshness or sharpness of temper
- propinquity
- nearness in time or pace, relationship; kinship
- obviated
- to do away with or prevent by effective measures; make unnecessary
- effluence
- a flowing out or forth
- undulating
- that has a form or surface resembling a series of waves