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Odium (n)

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Tedium, Dislike, Hatred.

He incurred widespread odium for military failures.

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Officious (adj)

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Tending to give advice.

An officious bystander.

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Opaque (adj)

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Not transparent.

Bottles filled with a pale opaque liquid.

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Opportune (n)

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Appropriate, Favorable, Suitable.

He couldn’t have arrived at a less opportune moment.

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Superfluous (adj)

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More than necessary, needless.

The purchaser should avoid asking for superfluous information.

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Supersede (v)

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To replace in authority by someone else.

The older models of car have now been superseded.

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Supplant (v)

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To replace with something else.

Domestic production has been supplanted by imports.

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Supplicate (v)

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Humble petition, beg or ask earnestly.

The plutocracy supplicated to be made peers.

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Surmount (v)

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Overcome hardship.

All manner of cultural differences were surmounted.

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Surreptitious (adj)

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In a hidden underhand manner .

Low wages were supplemented by surreptitious payments from tradesmen.

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Symbiotic (adj)

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Living off one another.

The reader can have a symbiotic relationship with the writer.

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Synapse (n)

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Gap between nerve endings.

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Synchronous (adj)

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Happening at the same time.

Glaciations were approximately synchronous in both hemispheres.

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Tacit (adj)

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Understood by not spoken.

Your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement.

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Taciturn (n)

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Reserved in speech.

After such gatherings she would be taciturn and morose.

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Exacerbate (v)

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Worsen the condition of.

The exorbitant cost of land in urban areas only exacerbated the problem.

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Exact (v)

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Demand, extract, force or compel.

He exacted promises that another Watergate would never be allowed.

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Exculpate (v)

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Free from blame or charge.

The article exculpated the mayor.

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Exhort (v)

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To urge, advice or caution

The army did exhort soldiers to “take a stand.”

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Exigent (n)

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Requiring immediate attention.

The exigent demands of her contemporaries’ music took a toll on her voice

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Exonerate (v)

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Free from guilt or blame.

An inquiry exonerated those involved.

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Expedient (n)

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Fit or suitable to the purpose.

Either side could break the agreement if it were expedient to do so.

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Expedite (v)

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Hasten.

He promised to expedite economic reforms.

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Expiate (v)

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To atone or make amends.

Their sins must be expiated by sacrifice.

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Extemporaneous (adj)

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On the spot.

An extemporaneous prayer.

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Extol (v)

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Praise.

He extolled the virtues of the Russian peoples.

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Extrapolate (v)

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Infer from other events.

The results cannot be extrapolated to other patient groups

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Extricate (v)

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Remove from a difficult situation.

He was trying to extricate himself from official duties.

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Churl (n)

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A rude and mean-spirited person

This trio are used whenever some churl wants to have a pop at progressive rock.

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Circuitous (adj)

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Round about.

The canal followed a circuitous route.

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Circumscribe (adj)

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Draw a circle around or restrict.

The minister’s powers are circumscribed by tradition.

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Circumspect (adj)

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Watchful, well-considered.

The officials were very circumspect in their statements.

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Cleave (v)

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Hold on to dearly OR split or sever (something).

She cleaved on to her memories long after the event was over.

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Cloister (n)

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Monastery.

He was inclined more to the cloister than the sword.

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Coagulate (v)

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Solidify.

Blood had coagulated round the edges of the gash.

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Coalesce (v)

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Stick together.

The puddles had coalesced into shallow streams.

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Cogent (adj)

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Clear.

They put forward cogent arguments for British membership.

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Intransigent (n)

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Stubborn.

Her father had tried persuasion, but she was intransigent.

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Cohere (v)

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Stick together of form a unified whole.

He made the series of fictions cohere into a convincing sequence.

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Intransigent (adj)

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Stubborn.

Her father had tried persuasion, but she was intransigent.

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Intrepid (adj)

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Fearless.

Our intrepid reporter.

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Instrinsic (adj)

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Inherent quality

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Inure (v)

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Get accustomed to something unpleasant.

These children have been inured to violence.

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Invective (n)

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Harsh words.

He let out a stream of invective.

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Irrevocable (adj)

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That which cannot be reverted.

An irrevocable step.

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Jocular (adj)

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Joking, humorous.

She sounded in a jocular mood.

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Kernel (n)

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The heart of something.

The kernel of a walnut.

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Lackluster (adj)

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Unexciting, boring.

No excuses were made for the team’s lacklustre performance.

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Refactory (adj)

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Stubborn, disobedient.

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Regiment (n)

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An army unit.

The Royal Highland Regiment

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Remonstrate (v)

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To object or protest

They will remonstrate, but they will not go to war with their own Colonies.

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Remunerate (v)

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Payment in service of.

They should be remunerated fairly for their work.

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Render (v)

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To cause to happen.

The rains rendered his escape impossible.

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Repose (n)

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Calm, collected state.

In repose her face looked relaxed.

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Repudiate (v)

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Disclaim the ownership of.

She has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders.

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Reticent (adj)

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Sparing in words.

He was extremely reticent about his personal affairs.

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Retiring (adj)

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Withdraw from and fond of being on one’s own.

You have to be fairly resilient and not too much of a shy retiring type.

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Revere (v)

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Hold in high esteem.

Cézanne’s still lifes were revered by his contemporaries.

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Platitude (n)

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Dull commonplace trite remark.

She began uttering liberal platitudes.

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Pliant (adj)

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Agreeable, amenable.

Pliant willow stems.

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Poignant (adj)

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Keen, incisive.

A poignant reminder of the passing of time.

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Polar (adj)

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Diametrical opposite.

Depression and its polar opposite, mania.

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Polemic (n)

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Harsh criticisms.

His polemic against the cultural relativism of the Sixties.

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Ponderous (adj)

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Heavy burden.

A swarthy, ponderous giant of a man.

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Portend (adj)

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An indication of something to happen.

The eclipses portend some major events.

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Posit (v)

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Accept as true.

The Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature.

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Postulate (v)

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Assume the truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning.

His theory postulated a rotatory movement for hurricanes.

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Bolster (v)

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Support.

The fall in interest rates is starting to bolster confidence.

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Bombastic (adj)

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Big and bold.

Bombastic rhetoric.

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Brood (v)

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To think or worry over something.

A brood of chicks.

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Burgeon (v)

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Grow rapidly.

Manufacturers are keen to cash in on the burgeoning demand.

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Exacting (adj)

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Demanding.

The exacting standards laid down by the organic food industry.

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Rebuke (v)

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Criticize, censure.

She had rebuked him for drinking too much.

74
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Dulcet (adj)

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Sweet sounding.

Record the dulcet tones of your family and friend.

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Toady (n)

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Servile follower.

A person who behaves obsequiously to someone important.

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Gall (n)

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Impudence.

The bank had the gall to demand a fee.

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Cloying (adj)

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Sweeting.

A romantic, rather cloying story.

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Sully (v)

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To stain or tarnish.

They were outraged that anyone should sully their good name.

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Defile (v)

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Spoil.

The land was defiled by a previous owner.

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Pithy (adj)

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Brief or terse

Her comments were pithy and to the point.

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Slovenly (adj)

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Lazy.

A fat, slovenly ex-rock star.

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Onerous (adj)

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Heaven burden.

He found his duties increasingly onerous.

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Scourge (n)

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Curse.

The scourge of mass unemployment.

84
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Candor (adj)

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Frankness.

A man of refreshing candor.

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Boor (n)

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Churlish, rude.

A rough and bad-mannered person.

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Moribund (adj)

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In a death like state.

On examination she was moribund and dehydrated.

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Pine (v)

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Earning, longing for something or somebody.

She pined for him all day long.

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Siren (n)

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An attractive young woman.

89
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Cache (n)

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Temporary Store.

An arms cache.

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Lionize (v)

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Praise.

Modern sportsmen are lionized and feted.

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Skulk (v)

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Move around furtively.

Don’t skulk outside the door like a spy!

92
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Emendation (n)

A

Correction to text.

Here are some suggested emendations.

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Euphony (n)

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Pleasing sound.

The poet put euphony before mere factuality.

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Terse (adj)

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Brief, laconic.

A terse statement.

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Trite (adj)

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Common place, hackneyed.

This point may now seem obvious and trite.

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Malefactor (n)

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A person who commits a crime or some other wrong.

97
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Obtuse (adj)

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Dull, stupid.

Some of the lyrics are a bit obtuse.

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Ingratiate (v)

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Get into someone’s favor by flattery.

A sycophantic attempt to ingratiate herself with the local aristocracy,

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Travesty (n)

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A false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.

The absurdly lenient sentence is a travesty of justice.

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Philology (n)

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Study of language.

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