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- dejected
- depressed, disheartened
- abject
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lacking all self-respect, contemptible
very miserable, wretched - conjecture
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The act of forming an opinion from incomplete evidence, guesswork
A statement based on guesswork. - injection
- The acto of forcing something, generally a liquid or a gas into something else.
- subjective
- Taking place within an individual's mind rather than the external environment, personal.
- jetty
- A pier or other structure projecting into a body of water, a wharf
- objectionable
- Arousing disapproval, offensive
- projectile
- An object, such as a bullet or an arrow that is thrown, fired or otherwise launched through space.
- reject
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To refuse to accept, use , grant, or consider.
To fail to give affection
To throw out or discard - affix
- A word element such as prefix or suffix that is attached to a base stem or root.
- coinage
- the invention of new words
- colloquial
- used in or suitable to spoken language or to writing that imitates speech
- malapropism
- the use of a word sounding somewhat like the one intended but humorously wrong in the context
- acronym
- A word formed from the initial letters of a name or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words.
- onomatopoeia
- the formation or use of a word that imitates or resembles what it stands for
- palindrome
- a word or phrase or sentence that reads the same backward or forward
- simile
- a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared
- portmanteau word
- a word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words.
- spoonerism
- an accidental but humorous distortion of words in a phrase formed by interchanging the initial sounds.
- diligence
- constant and earnest effort to accomplish a task, careful attention
- trajectory
- The path made by a moving body or particle, especially the flight path of a missle.
- foresight
- the ability to see what is likely to happen and to prepare for it accordingly.
- meticulous
- extremely careful and precise
- minutiae
- minor or trivial details
- selective
- careful in choosing, particular, discriminating
- systematic
- having a system or method, or plan, carried out in a step-by-step procedure.
- civililty
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politness, courtesy
an act or expression of courtesy - demeanor
- the way in which one behaves or conducts oneself
- foolhardy
- foolishly bold or daring, rash
- glib
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performing or performed with careless, often thoughtless, ease
marked by quickness or fluency - ignoble
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not having a noble character or purpose
common - unseemly
- not in good taste, improper, unbecoming
- beguile
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to deceive, trick
to amuse, delight
to pass(time)pleasantly - fastidious
- difficult to satisfy or please, exacting
- judicious
- having or exhibiting sound judgement, sensible or wise.
- mores
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the accepted customs and rules of behaviour of a particular social group.
attitudes about proper behaviour. - provincial
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characteristic of people or things away from the capital of a country.
limited in range or thinking, uninformed, unsophisticated. - prudent
- exercising caution, good judgment, or common sense in handling practical matters.
- punctilious
- attentive to the finer points of etiquette and formal conduct, very careful and exact.
- decorum
- appropriateness of behavior or conduct, propriety.