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- precis
- "A concise summary of a book, article, or other text; an abstract. "
- venial
- Easily excused or forgiven; pardonable
- pellucid
- translucent; Transparently clear in style or meaning
- preponderant
- "dominant; Having superior weight, force, importance, or influence"
- analogous
- comparable
- antipathy
- aversion; hostility
- ascetic
- practicing self-denial; austere
- emulate
- to strive to equal or excel
- facetious
- playfully jocular; humorous
- phlegmatic
- "Having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional. "
- refractory
- unruly; Obstinately resistant to authority or control
- reprobate
- A morally unprincipled person
- abraded
- to wear down or rub away by friction, erode
- coeval
- originating or existing during the same period; lasting through the same era
- armory
- storehouse for arms
- molt
- to shed periodically part or all of a coat or an outer
- frieze
- A plain or decorated horizontal part of an entablature between the architrave and cornice.; A decorative horizontal band, as along the upper part of a wall in a room.
- sonata
- A composition for one or more solo instruments, one of which is usually a keyboard instrument, usually consisting of three or four independent movements varying in key, mood, and tempo
- strategem
- A clever, often underhanded scheme for achieving an objective.
- lintel
- A horizontal structural member, such as a beam or stone, that spans an opening, as between the uprights of a door or window or between two columns or piers.
- plait
- A braid, especially of hair.
- thyme
- Any of several aromatic Eurasian herbs or low shrubs of the genus;The leaves of this plant used as a seasoning.
- raconteur
- One who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit.
- foil
- One that by contrast underscores or enhances the distinctive characteristics of another: "I am resolved my husband shall not be a rival, but a foil to me" (Charlotte Brontë).
- ingenue
- A naive, innocent girl or young woman.
- pestle
- A club-shaped, hand-held tool for grinding or mashing substances in a mortar. ; A large bar moved vertically to stamp or pound, as in a press or mill.
- daguerreotype
- An early photographic process with the image made on a light-sensitive silver-coated metallic plate. ;A photograph made by this process.
- proof
- The alcoholic strength of a liquor, expressed by a number that is twice the percentage by volume of alcohol present
- convalescence
- Gradual return to health and strength after illness.
- mansard
- The upper story formed by the lower slope of a mansard roof.
- recidivism
- To return to a previous pattern of behavior, especially to return to criminal habits.
- homiletics
- the art of preaching
- sententious
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Terse and energetic in expression; pithy. ; Abounding in aphorisms. ; Given to aphoristic utterances. ; Abounding in pompous moralizing. ; Given to pompous moralizing.
saying , maxim , adage , saw 2 , motto , epigram , proverb , aphorism - galley
- A large, usually single-decked medieval ship ; The kitchen of an airliner, ship, or camper.
- gangway
- An opening in the bulwark of a ship through which passengers may board.
- slough
- A depression or hollow, usually filled with deep mud or mire. ; A state of deep despair or moral gradation.
- elegiac
- Of, relating to, or involving elegy or mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past
- strident
- Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill; discordant
- bluster
- A violent, gusty wind. ;Loud, arrogant speech, often full of empty threats.
- drawl
- To speak with lengthened or drawn-out vowels
- peroration
- To conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation. ; To speak at great length, often in a grandiloquent manner; declaim.
- stanza
- One of the divisions of a poem, composed of two or more lines usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines.
- fawn
- To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior.
- smite
- To inflict a heavy blow on, with or as if with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
- skinflint
- One who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser.
- leaven
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To cause to rise, especially by fermentation. ;To pervade with a lightening, enlivening, or modifying influence.
An element, influence, or agent that works subtly to lighten, enliven, or modify a whole. - extemporize
- To do or perform (something) without prior preparation or practice: extemporized an acceptance speech
- fresco
- The art of painting on fresh, moist plaster with pigments dissolved in water.
- plutocracy
- Government by the wealthy.
- ligneous
- Consisting of or having the texture or appearance of wood; woody.
- parquet
- type of wood flooring
- veneer
- A thin surface layer, as of finely grained wood, glued to a base of inferior material.
- lugubrious
- Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
- hidebound
- Stubbornly prejudiced, narrow-minded, or inflexible.
- descry
- To catch sight of (something difficult to discern).
- clearsighted
- Having sharp, clear vision.
- quizzical
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1. Suggesting puzzlement; questioning
2. eccentric; odd
3. teasing, mocking - temerity
- Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness.
- rarefied
- esoteric; lofty
- dissipated
- to squander
- licentious
- lacking moral discipline especially in sexual conduct
- shrewd
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Characterized by keen awareness, sharp
intelligence, and often a sense of the practical.
Disposed to artful and cunning practices; tricky. - decry
- to condemn openly
- obluquy
- abusive language; ill repute
- objurgate
- to scold sharply
- esurient
- hungry; greedy
- acolyte; proselyte
- beginner
- fulsome; unctuous
- offensively flattering or insincere
- invidious
- tending to rouse ill will
- decamp
- to depart secrely or suddenly
- fealty
- faithfulness; allegiance
- recreant
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(adj) unfaithful; craven
(n) coward, disloyal person - renitent
- resitant to physical pressure
- stultify
- to cripple
- periphrastic
- using circumlocution
- novitiate
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The period of being a novice.
A place where novices live. - espouse
- to give one's loyalty or support
- mainstay
- a chief support
- munificent
- generous in giving
- compendious
- terse