Direct Hits: History

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Draconian

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Characterized by very strict laws, rules, and punishments

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laconic

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very brief; concise;

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spartan

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plain; simple; austere

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halcyon

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Idyllically calm and tranquil

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sophistry

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a deliberately misleading arguments

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chimerical

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fantastic schemes; unchecked imagination

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ostracize

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to deliberately exclude from a group

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impecunious

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poor; penniless; not affluent

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nefarious

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famous for being wicked; villainous; vile

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jovial

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good-humored; cheerful; jocular

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dirge

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a funeral hymn; mournful music

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maudlin

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excessively sentimental

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quixotic

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foolishly impractical;

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pandemonium

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a wild uproar; tumult

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martinet

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a strict disciplinarian;

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fiasco

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a complete failure; a debacle

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bowdlerize

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to remove or delete parts of a book, song or other work that are considered offensive; to expurgate

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galvanize

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to electrify; to stir into action as if with an electric shock

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picayune

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something of small value; petty; trifling

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gerrymander

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to divide a district so as to give advantage to one side

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maverick

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an independent person

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juggernaut

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an irresistible force that crushes everything in its path

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Serendipity

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an accidental but fortunate discovery

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zenith

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the highest point; the peak; apex

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nadir

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the lower point; the bottom

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succinct

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very brief

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terse

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very brief

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Austere

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simple

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debacle

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complete failure