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1
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Fidelity

A

faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support.

“his fidelity to liberal ideals”

Similar:

loyalty

allegiance

obedience

constancy

fealty

homage

staunchness

fastness

2.

the degree of exactness with which something is copied or reproduced.

“the 1949 recording provides reasonable fidelity”

Similar:

accuracy

exactness

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Deft

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neatly skilful and quick in one’s movements.

“a deft piece of footwork”

demonstrating skill and cleverness.

“the script was both deft and literate”

Similar:

skilful

adept

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Inebriated

A

make (someone) drunk; intoxicate.

“I got mildly inebriated”

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Sensationalised

A

(especially of a newspaper) present information about (something) in a sensational way.

“the papers want to sensationalize the tragedy that my family has suffered”

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Rile up

A

make (someone) annoyed or irritated.

“he has been riled by suggestions that his Arsenal future is in doubt”

Similar:

irritate

annoy

bother

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Pared

A

trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges.

“Carlo pared his thumbnails with his knife”

Similar:

cut (off)

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Flaccid

A

lacking vigour or effectiveness.

“the flaccid leadership campaign was causing concern”

Similar:

lacklustre

ineffective

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Complacency

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a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements.

“the figures are better, but there are no grounds for complacency”

Similar:

smugness

self-satisfaction

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camaraderie

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mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together.

“the enforced camaraderie of office life”

Similar:

friendship

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ineffable

A

too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.

“the ineffable mysteries of the soul”

Similar:

inexpressible

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irrefutable

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impossible to deny or disprove.

“irrefutable evidence”

Similar:

indisputable

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Contend

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struggle to surmount (a difficulty).

“she had to contend with his uncertain temper

compete with others in a struggle to achieve (something).

“factions within the government were contending for the succession to the presidency”

assert something as a position in an argument.

“he contends that the judge was wrong”

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Moribund

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of a person) at the point of death.

“on examination she was moribund and dehydrated”

Similar:
dying

(of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour.

“the moribund commercial property market

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introspective

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characterized by or given to introspection.

“he grew withdrawn and introspective”

Similar:

inward-looking

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fiddle

A

an act of defrauding, cheating, or falsifying.

“a major mortgage fiddle”

Similar:

fraud

swindle

fix

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Brash

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self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way.

“he was brash, cocky, and arrogant”

Similar:

self-assertive

assertive

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atavism

A

a tendency to revert to something ancient or ancestral.

“the more civilized a society seems to be, the more susceptible it is to its buried atavism”

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vitiated

A

spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of.

“development programmes have been vitiated by the rise in population”

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derelict

A

in a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.

“a derelict Georgian mansion”

shamefully negligent of one’s duties or obligations.

“he wasderelict inhis duty to his country”

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Hoodwink

A

deceive or trick.

“staff werehoodwinked intothinking the cucumber was a sawn-off shotgun”

Similar:

deceive

trick

21
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heinous

A

of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.

“a battery of heinous crimes”

Similar:

odious

wicked

evil

22
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schmooze

A

talk intimately and cosily; gossip.

“we schmooze about New York, what she misses”

Similar:

talk (to)

23
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machinated

A

engage in plots; scheme.

“he machinated against other bishops”

24
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hobnobbing

A

mix socially, especially with those of perceived higher social status.

“he washobnobbing withthe great and good”

Similar:

associate

mix

25
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scheming

A

given to or involved in making secret and underhand plans.

“they had mean, scheming little minds”

Similar:

cunning

crafty

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muckraking

A

the action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people.

“a muckraking journalist”

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