Wordmasters 2
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- belie
- to act unworthily according to the standards of tradition etc.
- insolvent
- pertaining to bankrupt persons or bankruptcy
- expedite
- to speed up the processof; hasten
- convoluted
- twisted; coiled
- forswear
- to perjure
- aspersion
- a damaging or derogatory remark or critisism; slander.
- belie
- to mispresent
- alacrity
- cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness.
- languor
- emotional softness or tenderness
- quaff
- to drink a beverage, esp an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment
- parvenu
- a person who has recently aquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but hasn't developed the appropriate manners, dress, surroundings ect
- expedite
- to issue or dispatct, as an official document or letter
- languor
- physical weakness or faintness
- indigent
- lacking food, clothing, and or other necessities of life because of poverty
- noisome
- harmful or injurious to health; noxious
- plaintive
- expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful
- schadenfreude
- satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune
- windfall
- a sudden,unexpected piece of good fortune or personal gain
- insolvent
- unable to satisfy creditors or discharge liabilities, either because liabilities exceed assets or because of inability to pay debts as they mature
- cerebral
- betraying or characterized by the use of the intellect rather than intuition or instinct
- cerebral
- of or pertainingto the cerebrum or the brain.
- stentorian
- very loud or powerful in sound
- alacrity
- liveliness; briskness.
- grimace
- a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates dissaproval, pain
- diatribe
- a bitter, sharplyabusive denunciation, attack, or critisism
- choleric
- showing or expressing anger
- ardor
- burning heat
- choleric
- easily angered; bad-tempered
- besmirch
- to detract from honor or luster of.
- languor
- lack of spirit or intrest;listlessness; stagnation
- rue
- to wish that ? had never been done, taken place, ect.
- ardor
- intense devotion, eagerness, or enthusiasm; zeal
- smirk
- to smile in an affected, smug, or offensivly familar way
- aspersion
- the act of slandering; vilification; defamation;calumniation
- languor
- lack of energy or vitality; sluggishness
- besmirch
- to soil; tarnish; discolor
- noisome
- offensive or disgusting, as an odor
- windfall
- something such as a ripe fruit, that has been blown down by the wind
- ardor
- great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion
- convoluted
- complicated; intricately involved
- rue
- to feel sorrow over; repent of; regret bitterly
- forswear
- to reject or renounce under oath
- expedite
- to accomplish promptly, as a piece of business; dispatch
- belie
- to show to be false; contradict.
- deluded
- to mislead the mind or judgmentof; deceive