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amenable

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ADJ If you are amenable to something, you are willing to do it or accept it.

  • Synonyms: willing, inclined
  • Antonyms: unamenable, unwilling, disinclined

ADJ An amenable child can be easily persuaded by his teacher or his parents.

  • Synonyms: obedient
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venerate

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V-T If you venerate someone or something, you value them or feel great respect for them.

  • Synonyms: revere
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involved

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ADJ If a situation or activity is involved, it has a lot of different parts or aspects, often making it difficult to understand, explain, or do.

  • Synonyms: complicated, complex, elaborate
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laconic

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ADJ If you describe someone as laconic, you mean that they use very few words to say something, so that they seem casual or unfriendly.

  • Synonyms: terse
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undermine

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V-T If you undermine something such as a feeling or a system, you make it less strong or less secure than it was before, often by a gradual process or by repeated efforts.

  • Synonyms: weaken
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galvanize

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V-T To galvanize someone means to cause them to take action, for example by making them feel very excited, afraid, or angry.

  • galvanize support for
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aberration

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N-VAR An aberration is an incident or way of behaving that is not typical.

  • exception, deviation, anomaly, abnormality
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censure

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V-T If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.

  • Synonyms: castigate, rebuke, reprimand
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mercurial

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ADJ If you describe someone as mercurial, you mean that they frequently change their mind or mood without warning.

  • Synonyms: moody, volatile, capricious, temperamental
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intimate

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V-T If you intimate something, you say it in an indirect way.

  • Synonyms: hint, suggestion
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prevaricate

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V-I If you prevaricate, you avoid giving a direct answer or making a firm decision.

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castigate

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V-T If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.

  • Synonyms: rebuke, censure, reprimand, chastise
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demur

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V-I If you demur, you say that you do not agree with something or will not do something that you have been asked to do.

  • Synonyms: object, dissent, refuse
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auspicious

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ADJ Something that is auspicious indicates that success is likely.

  • an auspicious beginning
  • Synonyms: favorable, promising, propicious
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ambivalent

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ADJ If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.

  • Synonyms: uncertain
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restive

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ADJ If you are restive, you are impatient, bored, or dissatisfied.

  • The audience grew restive.
  • The stakes are high: Investors have become increasingly restive as the scandal continues to spread.
  • Synonyms: restless
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amalgam

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N-COUNT Something that is an amalgam of two or more things is a mixture of them.

  • Synonyms: mixture, blend
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maintain

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V-T If you say that someone maintains that something is true, you mean that they have stated their opinion strongly but not everyone agrees with them or believes them.

  • Synonyms: insist, assert
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anomalous

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ADJ Something that is anomalous is different from what is usual or expected.

  • abnormal, aberrant, unusual
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egregious

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ADJ Egregious means very bad and offensive.

  • the most egregious abuses of human rights
  • Synonyms: shocking
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impertinent

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ADJ If someone talks or behaves in a rather impolite and disrespectful way, you can say that they are being impertinent.

  • Synonyms: rude, impolite, disrespectful
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acrimony

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N-UNCOUNT Acrimony is bitter and angry words or quarrels.

  • bitterness, anger, ill feeling, ill will, resentment
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parochial

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ADJ If you describe someone as parochial, you are critical of them because you think they are too concerned with their own affairs and should be thinking about more important things.

  • Synonyms: narrow-minded
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disinterested

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ADJ Someone who is disinterested is not involved in a particular situation or not likely to benefit from it and is therefore able to act in a fair and unselfish way.

  • Synonyms: impartial, detached, dispassionate
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parsimonious
**ADJ** Someone who is **parsimonious** is very unwilling to spend money. * Synonyms: cheap, mean, miserly, ungenerous, stingy
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vindicate
**V-T** If a person or their decisions, actions, or ideas are **vindicated**, they are proved to be correct, after people have said that they were wrong. * Even seven Tour de France wins cannot vindicate Lance Armstrong in the eyes of the public.
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frugal
**ADJ** People who are **frugal** or who live frugal lives do not spend much money on themselves. * Monte was no miser, but was simply frugal, wisely spending the little that he earned. * Synonyms: thrifty
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prodigal
**ADJ** Someone who behaves in a **prodigal** way spends a lot of money carelessly without thinking about what will happen when they have none left. * Synonyms: wasteful, extravagant, profligate, spendthrift **ADJ** You can describe someone as a **prodigal** son or daughter if they leave their family or friends, often after a period of behaving badly, and then return at a later time as a better person.
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amorphous
**ADJ** Something that is **amorphous** has no clear shape or structure. * the amorphous egg group(Pokemon) * an amorphous plan/proposal * amorphous silicon
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belie
**V-T** If one thing **belies** another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something. * Belial(Diablo III) * Her looks belie her age. * Synonyms: disguise
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betray
**V-T** If you **betray** a feeling or quality, you show it without intending to. * The wrinkles betray her age. * Synonyms: reveal
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indignation
**N-UNCOUNT** **Indignation** is a feeling of shock and anger when you think that something is unjust or unfair. * She was filled with indignation at the conditions under which the miners were forced to work.
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equivocal
**ADJ** If you are **equivocal**, you are deliberately vague in what you say, because you want to avoid speaking the truth or making a decision. * Synonyms: vague, ambiguous **ADJ** If something is **equivocal**, it is difficult to understand, interpret, or explain, often because it has aspects that seem to contradict each other. * The findings of the study were equivocal.
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gregarious
**ADJ** Someone who is **gregarious** enjoys being with other people. * People do not typically associate nerdy programmers of having a gregarious personality. * Synonyms: sociable, outgoing **ADJ** **Gregarious** animals or birds normally live in large groups. * gregarious bird species * Synonyms: social
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qualify
**V-T** If you **qualify** a statement, you make it less strong or less general by adding a detail or explanation to it. * Boyd qualified his opinion, noting that the evidence could be interpreted in other ways.
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veracious
**ADJ** habitually truthful or honest * a veracious witness * a veracious account * Synonyms: honest, truthful
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calumny
**N-VAR** **Calumny** or a calumny is an untrue statement made about someone in order to reduce other people's respect and admiration for them. * Synonyms: slander, libel
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chastise
**V-T** If you **chastise** someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done. * Synonyms: reprimand, castigate, rebuke
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harangue
**N-COUNT** A **harangue** is a long pompous speech or tirade. * Synonyms: tirade
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innocuous
**ADJ** Something that is **innocuous** is not at all harmful or offensive. * Synonyms: harmless
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upbraid
**V-T** If you **upbraid** someone, you tell them that they have done something wrong and criticize them for doing it. * Synonyms: scold, reprimand, chastise, rebuke,
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venal
**ADJ** If you describe someone as **venal**, you disapprove of them because they are prepared to do almost anything in return for money, even things that are dishonest or immoral.
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enervate
**V-T** If something is **enervated**, it is deprived of strength or vitality. * Synonyms: weaken, debilitate, exhaust

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