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- pretensions
- A specious allegation; a pretext.
- timorous
- full of apprehension, timid
- carping
- to find fault to a disagreeable way, complain fretfully
- piety
- the state of being religiously devote
- Pharisee
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A member of an ancient Jewish sect that emphasized strict interpretation and observance of the Mosaic law in both its oral and written form.
2. A hypocritically self-righteous person - confound
- to confuse, mix-up (be mixed-up), to worsen, to cause to be ashamed.
- artifice
- trick, sleight of hand
- virulent
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Extremely infectious, malignant, or poisonous. Used of a disease or toxin.
Capable of causing disease by breaking down protective mechanisms of the host. Used of a pathogen.
Bitterly hostile or antagonistic; hateful: virulent criticism. See Synonyms at poisonous.
Intensely irritating, obnoxious, or harsh - Aperture
- opening, hole
- perjured
- make oneself guilty of perjury by testifying falsely under oath.
- propensity
- inclination
- tumult
- uproar, commotion
- opprobrium
- ignominy
- insolent
- rude, cheeky, disrespectful
- acrid
- pungent, bitter, sharp, harsh
- aversion
- dislike, loathing, hatred
- retrospective
- display, show, demonstration
- consecration
- the act of setting aparting or declaring sacred
- ample
- abundant, plently
- reproach
- blame, criticize, reprimand
- ignominy
- humiliation, disgrace, embarrassment
- antipathy
- aversion, antagonism, opposition
- pining
- yearning, infatuated, obsessed, longing
- sallow
- yellow, sickly, pallid
- Fervently
- ardently, passionately, zealously, excitedly
- Torpid
- lazy
- Rectitude
- righteousness, morality, goodness
- Denunciation
- condemnation, criticism, accusation
- censure
- fault, critisize, reprimand