Tiffany Group 1
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- abscond
- to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
- aberrant
- deviating from the norm
- alacrity
- eager and enthusiastic willingness
- anomaly
- deviation fromt he normal order, form or rule; abnormality
- approbation
- an expression of approval or praise
- arduous
- strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort
- assuage
- to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
- audacious
- daring and fearless; recklessly bold
- austere
- without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
- axiomatic
- taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth
- canonical
- following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards
- capricious
- inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable
- censure
- to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
- chicanery
- trickery or subterfuge
- connoisseur
- an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
- convoluted
- complex or complicated
- disabuse
- to undecieve; to set right
- discordant
- conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
- disparate
- fundamentally distinct or harsh in sound
- effrontery
- extreme boldness; presumptuousness
- eloquent
- well-spoken, expressive, articulate
- enervate
- to weaken, to reduce in vitality
- ennui
- dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
- equivocate
- to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
- erudite
- very learned; scholarly
- exculpate
- exonerate; to clear of blame
- exigent
- urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
- extemporaneous
- improvised; done without preparation
- filibuster
- intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
- fulminate
- to loudly attack or denounce
- ingenuous
- artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
- inured
- accustomed to accepting something undesireable
- irascible
- easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
- laud
- to praise highly
- lucid
- clear; easily understood
- magnanimity
- the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp, in forgiving
- marital
- associated with war and the armed forces
- mundane
- of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
- nascent
- coming into being; in early developmental stages
- nebulous
- vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
- neologism
- a new word, expression or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
- noxious
- harmful, injurious
- obtruse
- lacking sharpness or intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
- obviate
- to anticipate and make unnecessary
- onerous
- troubling; burdensome
- paean
- a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
- parody
- a humerous imitation intended for ridicule or coming effect, esp. in literature and art
- perennial
- recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
- perfidy
- intentional breach of faith; treachery
- perfunctory
- cursory; done without care or interest
- perspicacious
- acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
- prattle
- to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
- precipitate (adj)
- acting with excessive haste or impulse
- precipitate (v)
- to cause or happen before anticipated or required
- predilection
- a disposition in favor of something; preference
- prescience
- foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occuring
- prevaricate
- to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
- qualms
- misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
- recant
- to retract, esp. a previously held belief
- refute
- to disprove; to successfully argue against
- relegate
- to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
- reticent
- quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
- solicitous
- concerned and attentive; eager
- sordid
- characterized by filth, grime or squalor; foul
- sporadic
- occuring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
- squander
- to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
- static
- not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
- stupify
- to stun, baffle or amaze
- stymie
- to block; thwart
- synthesis
- the combination of parts to make a whole
- torque
- a force that causes rotation
- tortuous
- winding, twisting; excessively complicated
- truculent
- fierce and cruel; eager to fight
- veracity
- truthfulness, honesty
- virulent
- extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
- voracious
- having and insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
- waver
- to move to and fro; to sway; to be usettled in opinion