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- abjure
- renounce or reject solemnly, to recant
- abrogate
- abolish or annul by authority
- abscission
- act of cutting off or removing
- acarpous
- no longer fertile; worn out
- accretion
- growth; building up
- admonish
- to reprove, to express warning or disapproval
- adroit
- dextrous; adept
- adumbrate
- to suggest sketchily; to obscure, to foreshadow
- anathema
- a religious curse; thoroughly loathed person/thing
- anodyne
- soothing; something that assuages pain or comforts
- antipathy
- aversion; dislike
- antithetical
- diametrically opposed; antithesis
- apocryphal
- of dubious authenticity or origin; spurious
- apogee
- highest point; zenith; culmination
- apostate
- one who abandons long-held religious or political beliefs
- apotheosis
- deification; glorification to godliness
- apposite
- appropriate; relevant, pertinent, apropos
- apprise
- give notice to, to inform
- arabesque
- a complex, ornate design;
- arcane
- mysterious; esoteric; knowable only to initiates
- arrant
- impudent; utter (What arrant nonsense!)
- artless
- completely without guile, without artificiality
- ascetic
- someone practicing self-denial,
- asperity
- severity; harshness
- aspersion
- act of defamation or maligning;
- assay
- an analysis; examination
- asseverate
- to allege, to aver
- assiduous
- diligent; sedulous
- attenuate
- to weaker; to make thinner
- augury
- omen; portent
- auspice
- patronage; protection or support
- auspicious
- favorable, propitious; prosperous
- aver
- to assert, to prove, to justify
- baleful
- sinister, pernicious,
- bane
- poison, cause of injury
- beatify
- to bless; to regard as saintly, to ascribe a virtue to
- bedizen
- to adorn, esp. in a cheap showy manner, to festoon
- belie
- to misrepresent, give false impression of
- bellicose
- warlike, pugnacious
- bilge
- bulge; the protuberance of a cask
- blandish
- to toady or fawn
- blithe
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merry; carefree; casual,
a blithe, smiling face
or: a blithe disregard - boisterous
- loud, noisy
- boor
- rude or insensitive person, lout
- burnish
- to polish, to rub to a shine
- byzantine
- labyrithine; complex
- cabal
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a scheme or plot, group of plotters, cell
eg. a cabal of dissidents - cachinnate
- to laugh loudly
- cadge
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to sponge or mooch
eg. he eats whenever he can cadge a meal - calumniate
- to slander, make a false accusation
- calumny
- slander, aspersion
- caparison
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to adorn or bedizen;
be decked out = be caparison - captious
- tending to find fault or raise objections; caviling
- caret
- (^)
- cavil
- to find fault with no good reason
- celerity
- alacrity; speed
- chasten
- to correct, chastize
- chauvinist
- blindly devoted patriot
- chimera
- an illusion
- churlish
- boorish, vulgar, loutish,
- coalesce
- to unite, come together, fuse
- coda
- concluding section of literary or music piece
- coeval
- coexisting, of the same period
- commensurate
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matching, corresponding in degree, size or amount
e.g salary will be commensurated with experience - contemn
- to scorn or despise
- contumacious
- insubordinate; rebellious
- corrigible
- reparable, correctable
- countenance
- approve of, tolerate; composure
- cozen
- to deceive, beguile, hoodwink
- craven
- lacking courage, fainthearted
- curmudgeon
- misanthrope, crusty ill-tempered coot
- daunt
- to cow or dismay
- debacle
- fiasco,
- decorous
- correct, formal
- defalcate
- to embezzle or misappropriate
- denigrate
- to belittle, defame, sully, disparage
- denouement
- an outcome, or solution; finale, coda
- deposition
- accretion; depositing; official testimony
- deprecate
- disparage or belittle
- depredate
- exploit in predatory manner; destroy; ravage
- descant
- to comment at length (talked tediously)
- descry
- discriminate or discern
- desuetude
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a state of disuse
eg: the docks fell into desuetude - desultory
- random, thoughtless; cursory
- detraction
- slander, verbal attack; aspersion; belittling
- diaphanous
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transparent; gauzy; sheer
eg: a diaphanous dress of gold - diffident
- reserved, shy; lack of self-confidence
- dilatory
- causing delay, procrastinating
- dirge
- a song of grief and lamentation
- disaffect
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to estrange or alienate the affection of
eg: disaffected =dissatisfied - discomfit
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to defeat; to put down
eg: her kiss on the cheek discomfits him even more - discursive
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digressive; passing from one topic to another
eg: students always write dull, discursive prose - dissolution
- disintegration; looseness of morals
- distention
- the state of extending or being swollen out of shape
- distrait
- distracted; absented-minded, especially due to anxiety
- doggerel
- trivial, poorly constructed verse
- dulcet
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melodious; mellifluous; harmonious;
eg: the dulcet sounds of the zither - dynamo
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generator; forceful energetic person
eg: She was a dynamo in London politics - eclectic
- culled from many sources
- edacious
- voracious, devouring
- edifying
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enlightening
eg: edifying literature - effluvia
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an unpleasant or harmful odor, secretion or discharge
eg: the unwholesome effluvia of decaying vegetable matter - effrontery
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boldness; imprudence, arrogance; audacity
eg: she had the effrontery to challenge the coroner's decision - effusive
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gushing, excessively demonstrative
eg: effusive compliments - egress
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exit
eg: a narrow egress
access and egress =enter and exit - encomium
- glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric; tribute; eulogy
- endemic
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restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous
eg: a marsupial endemic to that part of Australia - engender
- to give rise to; to cause; to produce
- enormity
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excessive wickedness; evilness
eg: the enormity of his regime, the enormity of his crimes - ephemeral
- evanescent; fleeting; short-lived
- epicure
- one devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in food and drink; gourmand; sybarite
- episodic
- loosely connected; not flowing logically
- epithet
- disparaging word or phrase
- epitome
- quintessence; embodiment
- equanimity
- composure; self-possession
- equipose
- equilibrium; equal distribution of weight
- errant
- traveling; itinerant; peripatetic
- eschew
- to avoid, shun
- estimable
- worthy; formidable
- evince*
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to show clearly; to indicate
eg: his letters evince the feelings he felt - excoriate*
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to censure scathingly; to upbraid
eg: the papers that were excoriating him were now lauding him; he was excoriated in the press - exegesis
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critical examination; explication
eg: an exegesis of Marx; biblical exegesis - exemplar
- model; ideal; standard
- expatiate
- to discourse; to comment at length; to descant
- expiate
- to atone or make amends for
- expostulate
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to argue earnestly in order to dissuade, correct or protest; Express strong disagreement
eg: I expostulated with him in vain - expurgate*
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to censor; to remove obscenity; to purify
eg: the book that has been expurgated for use in schools - exscind
- to cut out or extirpate
- extant
- existing; not destroyed or lost
- extirpate*
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to destroy; to exterminate; to cut out; to exscind
eg: those who tried to extirpate Christianity - fallow*
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dormant; inactive; untilled
eg: a fallow farmland; a fallow trading period - fatuous*
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silly, inanely foolish
eg: the irritation of fatuous questions - feckless
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irresponsible; ineffectual
eg: the feckless bum has not gotten off our sofa for days - felicitous
- apt; suitably-expressed; well-chosen apropos;
- fetid*
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stinking; smelly, malodorous
eg: a fetid pile of trash - fetter*
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to shackle, put in chains
eg: the prisoner was fettered - filigree
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an ornamental work, especially of delicate lacelike pattern
eg: decorated with gold filigree - florid
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flowerly; ornate; ruddy
eg: florid prose - foment
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to rouse; to incite; to stir up
eg: they accused him of fomenting civil unrest - forbearance*
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patience, willingness to wait;
eg: we are proud of the forbearance you have demonstrated during this difficult period - forestall
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to act in a way to hinder; to prevent an action; to avert; (or preempt)
eg: vitamins may forestall many diseases of aging - forswear*
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to renounce; to disallow; to repudiate
eg: we are formally forswearing the use of chemical weapons - fracas
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noisy quarrel; imbroglio; brawl
eg: the fracas in the alley drew the attention of the police - fractious*
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quarrelsome; rebellious; unruly; refractory; irritable
eg: they quarrel like fractious children; the fractious opposite party - frieze
- a semi-sculptural, raised surface ornamental facade to a building
- froward*
- intractable; not willing to yield or comply; recalcitrant
- gainsay
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to deny; dispute; contradict; to oppose
eg: it was difficult to gainsay his claim - gambol
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to skip about playfully
eg: lambs gamboled in the pasture - garner
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to gather and save; to store up
eg: he garnered ideas from his travels; the crop was ready to be reaped and garnered - gauche
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crude; tasteless; awkward
eg: Rose was embarrassed by her gauche relatives - gossamer
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delicate; insubstantial or tenuous; insincere
eg: a gossamer veil - guile
- artfulness; trickery; chicanery; duplicity
- hallow*
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to consecrate; to make holy
eg: the Ganges is hallowed as a sacred, cleansing river - harrow*
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to distress, to create stress, to torment
eg: a harrowing film about racism and violence - heretical
- unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma
- hermetic*
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sealed by fusion; airtight
eg: a hermetic seal that ensures perfect waterproofing - heterodox
- unorthodox; heretical; iconoclastic
- hirsute
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hairy; shaggy
eg: his hirsute chest - homily; homiletics
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a sermon or morally instructive lecture;
the art of preaching
eg: a guest preacher delivered today's homily - iconoclastic
- unorthodox; heretical; attacking cherished beliefs
- idyll
- a carefree and light-hearted pastoral/romantic episode; a literary/ musical piece describing such
- ignominious*
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dishonorable; undignified; shameful; ignoble
eg: the president made an ignominious exit after 2 months in power - imbroglio*
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a difficult / embarrassing situation;
quagmire;
eg: the Watergate imbroglio - impassive
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expressionless; stoic; stold; unsusceptible to emotion; apathetic; phlegmatic
eg: he remained impassive throughout the hearing of his case - imperious*
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commanding; masterful; arrogant; domineering; haughty
eg: his imperious demands - importune*
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to beg; to ask incessantly; to nag
eg: he importuned her for some spare change - impugn
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to attack / assail verbally; to censure; to execrate
eg: are you impugning my judgement? - impute*
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to ascribe; to attribute to a cause/source (something undesirable)
eg: the crimes imputed to him - indefatigable
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tirelessness; doggedness
eg: indefatigable defender of human rights - indolent
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lazy; listless; torpid
eg: those who choose to be indolent will not benefit from our self-help program - ineluctable*
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inevitable; certain; unavoidable
eg: the ineluctable facts of history - ingenuous
- guileless; trusting; naive; credulous
- inherent
- ingrained within one's nature; intrinsic; innate; firmly established
- inimical
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hostile; adverse; unfriendly
eg: an inimical alien power - inimitable
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one of a kind; peerless
eg: the master is inimitable - iniquity
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gross injustice; wickedness; immoral /unfair behavior
eg: the brothel is a den of iniquity - innervate
- to supply with nerves; to embolden; to energize
- inscrutable
- eg: he was a genius with inscrutable motives
- insensible
- unconscious; unresponsive; unaffected; numb
- insouciant
- eg: only outwardly did he possess a insouciant attitude towards the disease
- insular
- parochial; narrow-minded
- interdict
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to prohibit; to ban; to halt; to forbid
eg: an interdict against marriage of those of close kin; society will never interdict sex - inveigh
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to attack verbally; to denounce; to deprecate
eg: Marx inveighed against the evils of the property-owning class - inveterate
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deep-rooted; ingrained; habitual
eg: an inveterate gambler - involute
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intricate; complex; convoluted
eg: the art novel has become increasingly involute - itinerate
- travelling from place to place; peregrinate
- jejune
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vapid; uninteresting; immature; puerile
eg: their entirely predictable and jejune opinions - jibe*
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to agree; to be in accord
eg: the verdict does not jibe with the medical evidence - jocose, jocular
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humorous; gay; blithe
eg: she sounded in a jocular mood - labile*
- readily open to change; unstable
- lachrymose
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tearful; causing tears
eg: a lachrymose children's classic - lambaste
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to censure; to excoriate; to berate
eg: the coach was lambasted in the media - lassitude*
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listlessness; languor; weariness
eg: prolonged periods of lassitude - libertine
- someone unstrained by morality or convention ; debauchee
- limn
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to draw; to outline in detail; to delineate; to describe
eg: the moon limned each shred with gold - limpid*
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transparent; serene; clear; untroubled; pellucid
eg: his limpid prose - lubricious*
- lewd; wanton; greasy; slippery
- luculent*
- easily understood; lucid; clear
- macerate*
- to waste away; to soften or wear away by excessive fasing or by excessive steeping
- maculate
- marked with spots/blotches; besmirched; impure
- maunder*
- to digress; to meander; to stray away from topic/path
- mellifluous
- sweetly flowing; usually used to describe use of words
- mendicant
- beggar; supplicant
- meretricious*
- cheap; gaudy; tawdry; flashy; showy
- metamorphose
- to transform; to change utterly
- mettle*
- strength of spirit; courage; stamina
- mettlesome
- courageous; high-spirited
- militate
- to have weight; to bear on; to argue(against)
- minatory
- menacing; threatening
- misogynist
- one who hates women/females
- multifarious
- varied; motley; greatly diversified
- natty
- trimly neat and tidy; smart
- nexus
- a connection; tie or link
- nonplused
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baffled; in a quandary; at a loss for what to say or do
eg: the hostility of the new neighbor left her nonplused - nostrum
- panacea; cure-all; placebo; questionable remedy; palliative; UNIVERSAL CURE
- nugatory
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trifling; inconsequential
eg: a nugatory and pointless observation - peccadillo
- slight offense; petty crime; minor sin
- obloquy
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abusively detractive language; sharp criticism; calumny
eg: there is no moral obloquy connected with getting drunk in Japan - obstreperous
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unruly; noisy; loud
eg: the hotel was accustomed to dealing with obstreperous guests - officious
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meddlesome; pushy in one's service
eg: an officious bystander came along - ossified
- tending to become more rigid; conventional; turned into bone;
- ostensible
- seeming; appearing as such; professed
- overweening
- presumptously arrogant; supercilious; overbearing
- palliate
- eg: there is no way to palliate his deed; this medicine works only to palliate symptoms
- panegyric
- formal praise; eulogy; encomium
- paradigm
- a model; example or pattern; exemplar
- pariah
- an outcase; a rejected or despised person
- parry
- to block; to evade or ward off a blow
- parsimonious
- cheap; miserly
- partisan
- committed to a party; biased /prejudiced; supporter; adherent
- paucity
- scarcity; a lacking of
- reactionary
- conservative; right-winged
- pellucid
- transparent; easy to understand; limpid
- penchant
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strong inclination; a liking
eg: a penchant - peregrination
- traveling about; wandering
- peremptory*
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insisting on immediate attention; admitting of no contradiction; haughty; imperious
eg: he issued a peremptory order - perigee
- closest/ lowest point in orbit; nadir
- peripatetic
- itinerant; traveling; nomadic
- peroration
- the concluding part of speech, typically intended to inspire audience; grandiloquent speech
- personable
- pleasing in apperance; attractive
- petrous*
- like a rock; hard; stony
- petulant*
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impatient; irritable
eg: he was moody and petulant - philistine
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a person who is indifferent/hostile to culture/arts and guided by material rather; uncultured
eg: philistine goverment - phlegmatic
- impassive; stoical; lethargic; sluggish
- picaresque -- Picaro
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involving clever rogues/adventurers
picaro=rogue - pillory*
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to punish; hold up to public scorn
*a wooden framework for head and hands for prisoners*
eg:He was pilloried by the press - piquant
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agreeably pungent; stimulating; pleasantly sharp taste
eg: a piquant sauce; a piquant story - pique
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resentment; to annoy; irritate; to provoke; to arouse
eg:he left in a fit of pique; his curiosity was piqued; she was piqued by his neglect - placebo
- a measure designed to calm/please/soothe someone
- plangent
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pounding; thundering; resounding
eg: a plangent moan