EC Vocab
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- Asperity
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1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.
2. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
3. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
4. Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.
5. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
- Clemency
- Mercy
- Abhor
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\Ab*hor"\, v. i. To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with from. [Obs.] ``To abhor from those vices.'' --Udall.
- Punctilious
- particular about details
- Umbrage
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Offense; resentment: took umbrage at their rudeness.
Something that affords shade.
Shadow or shade. See Synonyms at shade.
A vague or indistinct indication; a hint.
- Urbane
- pride, polite
- Fruition
- enjoyment, accomplish
- Aplomb
- poise, confidence
- Vivacious
- lively
- Antipathy
- A strong dislike (aversion)
- Irascible
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Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered.
Characterized by or resulting from anger. - Animus
- Animating spirit; intention; temper.
- Fractious
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Inclined to make trouble; unruly.
Having a peevish nature; cranky. - Bellicose
- Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
- Equanimity
- Balance mind
- Incensed
- To cause to be extremely angry; infuriate.
- Soporific
- Sleepy not aware
- Pugnacious
- Disposed to fight; inclined to fighting; quarrelsome; fighting.
- Ameliorate
- To improve some one/situation.
- Truculent
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Disposed to fight; pugnacious.
Expressing bitter opposition; scathing: a truculent speech against the new government.
Disposed to or exhibiting violence or destructiveness; fierce. - Splenetic
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Of or relating to the spleen.
Affected or marked by ill humor or irritability. - Compunction
- Raising of guilt
- Altruism
- Concern about others
- Acerbity
- Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
- Beneficence
- Active Charity, goodness
- Dolor
- sorrow, mental suffering
- Philanthropy
- Love of humankind
- Prescience
- foresight
- Sanguine
- Optimistic, confident or sheerful
- Altercation
- Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
- Sagacity
- Keeness judgment
- Pique
- A cotton fabric, figured in the loom,
- Alacrity
- Quick willingness, egerness
- Torpor
- not aware
- Coruscate
- Sparkle
- Convivial
- Festive, jovial, or sociable
- Circumspect
- Discreet, prudent
- Saturnine
- gloomy, saturn
- Lassitude
- laziness
- Forbearance
- forgiving
- Expedient
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appropriate, useful
- Poignant
- painfully effecting the feeling
- Stolidity
- impassive, no sensibility
- Lugubrious
- Mornful(Death)
- Sapient
- wise
- Ennui
- boredom
- Rancor
- Deep resentment, ill
- Judicious
- wise, good sense
- Tirade
- A long angry speech with violent
- Acrimony
- bitterness/sharpness speech