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- satiate
- to satisfy (as a need or desire) fully or to excess
- mortal
- causing or having caused death : FATAL
- guffaw
- a loud or boisterous burst of laughter
- trite
- not fresh or original
- consecrate
- dedicated to a sacred purpose
- dilate
- to enlarge or expand in bulk or extent. to become wide
- rueful
- mornful, regretful, pity, sympathy
- impertinence
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1 : the quality or state of being impertinent: as a : IRRELEVANCE.
impertinent: not pertinent, IRRELEVANT - churlish
- marked by a lack of civility or graciousness : SURLY, vulgar
- lithe
- characterized by easy flexibility and grace
- appropriation
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2 : something that has been appropriated; specifically : money set aside by formal action for a specific use.
to set apart for or assign to a particular purpose or use - preempted
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preempt:
1 : to acquire (as land) by preemption
2 : to seize upon to the exclusion of others : take for oneself *the movement was then preempted by a lunatic fringe*
3 : to replace with something considered to be of greater value or priority : take precedence over - muddle
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1 : a state of especially mental confusion
2 : a confused mess - intoxicant
- a : to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished b : to excite or elate to the point of enthusiasm or frenzy
- mirth
- gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
- lassitude
- a condition of weariness or debility : FATIGUE
- castigate
- to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
- latent
- present and capable of becoming though not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic *a latent infection*. LATENT, DORMANT, QUIESCENT, POTENTIAL
- manifest
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adj: readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sight
verb: to make evident or certain by showing or displaying - pilferage
- to steal stealthily in small amounts and often again and again
- inveterate
- firmly established by long persistence, habitual
- impertinent
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not pertinent : IRRELEVANT.
not restrained within due or proper bounds especially of propriety or good taste - sagacity
- of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : DISCERNING
- incorrigible
- incapable of being corrected or amended. not reformable. not manageable : UNRULY
- intemperate
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opposite of temperate.
which means: marked by moderation: as a : keeping or held within limits : not extreme or excessive : MILD - opalescent
- reflecting an iridescent light
- monochromatic
- having or consisting of one color or hue
- impervious
- not allowing entrance or passage : IMPENETRABLE
- opulent
- having a large estate or property : WEALTHY
- discursive
- moving from topic to topic without order : RAMBLING b : proceeding coherently from topic to topic
- transmigrate
- to cause to go from one state of existence or place to another
- metamorphose
- to change into a different physical form especially by supernatural means. to change strikingly the appearance or character of : TRANSFORM
- ameliorate
- to make better or more tolerable
- inexorable
- not to be persuaded, moved, avoided, or stopped : RELENTLESS
- protean
- displaying great diversity or variety : VERSATILE
- undeviating
- keeping a true course : UNSWERVING
- magnanimous
- showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind
- imperious
- marked by arrogant assurance : DOMINEERING
- pedantic
- one who makes a show of knowledge
- dolorous
- expressing misery or grief
- capricious
- IMPULSIVE, UNPREDICTABLE
- obfuscate
- to make obscure, confuse
- decamp
- to depart suddenly : ABSCOND
- proscribe
- to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful : PROHIBIT
- routinize
- to discipline in or reduce to a routine
- juxtapose
- to place side by side
- tumid
- marked by swelling : SWOLLEN, ENLARGED
- insolent
- insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct : OVERBEARING
- provocation
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1 : the act of provoking : INCITEMENT
2 : something that provokes, arouses, or stimulates - oblique
- not straightforward : INDIRECT
- genuflect
- to be servilely obedient or respectful
- brook
- to stand for : TOLERATE
- enfranchise
- to admit to the privileges of a citizen and especially to the right of suffrage
- remiss
- negligent in the performance of work or duty : CARELESS
- extol
- to praise highly : GLORIFY
- lionize
- to treat as an object of great interest or importance
- arable
- fit for or used for the growing of crops
- luminary
- a person of prominence or brilliant achievement, famous
- kowtow
- to kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in token of homage, worship, or deep respect
- deference
- respect and esteem due a superior or an elder
- condescension
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1 : voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in relations with an inferior
2 : patronizing attitude or behavior - distillation
- the process of purifying a liquid by successive evaporation and condensation
- laconic
- using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
- peccadillo
- a slight offense
- asperity
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1 : RIGOR, SEVERITY
2 a : roughness of surface : UNEVENNESS