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Contentious
Causing or likely to cause an argument, controversial
Conscientious
Following ones conscience or careful
Aggrandize
Increase in power, status or wealth OR go overboard in enhacnig someone’s reputation
Lionize
To give a lot of public attention and approval to, celebrity like
Subsidize
Support financially
Skulduggery
Unfair or dishonest practices carried out secretively to trick other or be deceitful
Unseemly
Not proper or appropriate
Syn: unbecoming, indecorous, indecent, improper
Solecism
A breach of etiquette or decorum, a minor blunder in speech, deviating from the normal, proper order
Strident
Loud or strongly expressed, grating, presenting a point of view in an excessive,unpleasant, or forceful way.
Quiescent
Quiet, being at rest, still, inactive, sluggish or dormant
Syn: inert, in abeyance, latent, stagnant, passive
Sportive
Playful, frolicsome
Impartiality
Fairness, justness, not biased, unprejudiced
Gallantry
Dashing courage, heroic bravery
Asperity
Harshness or sharpness of tone, temper or manner, acrimony
Syn:acerbity, churlishness,
OR hardship, difficulty, rigor
Forestalled
Prevent or obstruct by taking action ahead of time
Syn: anticipate, prevent
Trenchant
Vigorous or incisive in expression or style and articulating
Syn: sharp, poignant, keen, cutting, caustic
Unimpeachable
Not able to be doubted or criticized, entirely trustworthy
Sun:irreproachable, impeccable, faultless
Decry
Publicly denounce, condemn, disparage, censure,
Syn: derogate, depreciate
Many critics disparage psychoanalysis as being pseudoscience
Collusion
A secret agreement or conspiracy, especially for fraudulent or treacherous purposes
Substantiate
Provide evidence to support of prove the truth of
Syn: corroborate, verify, confirm
Innuendo
An indirect intimation about a person or thing, especially of a disparaging or derogatory nature, indirect information
Cower
Shrink/cringe in fear
Indemnify
Protect against loss or damage or to compensate for damage or loss sustained
S: often the duty to indemnify cannot be determined until the facts of the underlying litigation have been developed
Recoil
Shrink or draw back as in fear, disgust, etc.
Sham
False, often having to do with a trick, not what it purports to be, a fraud
Galvanize
To startle into sudden activity, stimulate
Syn: inspire, invigorate, provoke
Sanction
Endorse
Inoculate
Prevent contraction, especially of a disease
Wallow
To devote oneself, submerge oneself in, roll about or lie relaxed
Veracity
Truth
Syn: verity (the quality or state of being true) accuracy, conformity to facts
Uncanny
Unsettling, mysterious
Runic
Mysterious or secret in meaning
Profane
irreverent (showing a lack of respect for people or things)
Syn: flippant, impious
Vitiate
Spoil or Impair in quality
Syn:spoil, corrupt, taint
Eviscerate
To remove something of central significance, deprive something of its essential content
Derogate I
Detract from, belittle, disparage (represent as being of little worth)
