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- dogma
- an authoritative principle, belief, or statement or ideas or opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true
- scoff
- to show or express derision or scorn
- ignoble
- not noble in quality, character, or purpose; base or mean
- phlegmatic
- having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional
- dogma
- a principle or belief or a group of them
- tout
- to solicit customers, votes, or patronage, especially in a brazen way
- demean
- to humble (oneself)
- lowly
- humble or meek in manner
- tout
- to obtain and deal in information on racehorses
- ravage
- to pillage; sack
- lowly
- having or suited for a low rank or position
- officious
- eager to render services or help others
- qualm
- a sudden feeling of sickness, faintness, or nausea
- dogma
- a doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth in an authoritative manner by a church
- cynic
- cynical
- scoff
- to mock at or treat with derision
- lowly
- in a low manner, condition, or position
- fortuitous
- happening by accident or chance
- tout
- one who solicits customers brazenly or persistently
- ravage
- the act or practice or pillaging, destroying, or devastating
- ravage
- grievous damage; havoc
- remonstrance
- the act of remonstrating
- compunction
- a strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
- cynic
- a member of a sect of an ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue
- tout
- one who obtains or sells information on racehorses and sells it to bettors
- specious
- having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious
- tout
- to promote or praise energetically; publicize
- promulgate
- to put (a law) into effect by formal public announcement
- encumber
- to hinder or impede the action or performance of
- lowly
- low in sound
- encumber
- to burden with legal or financial obligation
- scoff
- to eat (food) quickly and greedily; to eat greedily
- officious
- marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others
- cynic
- of or relating to the Cynics or their beliefs
- debacle
- a sudden, disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat; a rout
- promulgate
- to make known (a decree, for example) by public declaration; announce officially
- cloy
- to be too filling, rich, or sweet
- facilitate
- to make easy or easier
- specious
- deceptively attractive
- tout
- to obtain or sell information on a racehorse or stable for the guidance of bettors
- zeal
- enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal and tireless diligence in its furtherance
- immaterial
- of no importance or relevance; inconsequential or irrelevant
- debacle
- a violent flood
- demean
- to conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner
- scoff
- an expression of derision or scorn
- debacle
- the breaking up of ice in a river
- qualm
- a sudden disturbing feeling
- tout
- to solicit or importune
- officious
- informal; unofficial
- cynic
- a person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness
- encumber
- to put a heavy load on; burden
- fortuitous
- happening by a fortunate accident or chance; lucky or fortunate
- dynamo
- an extremely energetic and forceful person
- qualm
- an uneasy feeling about the propriety or rightness of a course of action
- ersatz
- being an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one; artificial
- ravage
- to wreak destruction
- ravage
- to bring heavy destruction on ; devastate
- debacle
- a total often ludicrous failure
- ignoble
- not of the nobility; common
- immaterial
- having no material body or form
- cloy
- to cause distaste or disgust by supplying with too much of something originally pleasant, especially something rich or sweet; surfeit
- lowly
- plain or prosaic in nature
- lionize
- to look on or treat (a person) as a celebrity
- lowly
- in a meek or humble manner
- compunction
- a sting of conscience or a pang of doubt aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing
- dynamo
- a generator, especially one for producing direct current
- phlegmatic
- of or relating to phlegm; phlegmy
- tout
- one who informs against others; an informer
- cynic
- a person whose outlook is scornfully and often habitually negative
- remonstrance
- an expression of protest, complaint, or reproof, especially a formal statement of grievances
- demean
- to debase, as in dignity or social standing