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EFFRONTERY

“the little squirt had the effrontery to deny eating any cookies, even with the crumbs still on his lips”

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EFFRONTERY. Shameless boldness: insolence

SYN: audaciousness, audacity, brashness, brass, brazenness, cheekiness, chutzpah, gall, presumptuousness, TEMERITY

ANT: DIFFIDENCE, hesitancy, modesty, timidity, TIMOROUSness, civility, courtesy, gentility, graciousness,

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RAPACIOUS

“nothing livens things up like a whole team of rapacious basketball players descending upon the pizza parlor”

“rapacious mammals, such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats”

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RAPACIOUS. 1. Excessively grasping or covetous;

  1. Living on prey
  2. Ravenous <a></a>

SYN: EDACIOUS, ESURIENT, gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, piggish, voracious, ravenous, swinish; predacious, fierce, savage, ferocious, AVARICIOUS, coveting, avid, covetous, grabby, greedy,

Near ANT: content, full, sated, glutted

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VORACIOUS

“He has a voracious appetite.”

“it seemed like the voracious kitten was eating her weight in food every day”

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VORACIOUS. 1. having a huge appetite: ravenous
2. excessively eager: insatiable

SYN: EDACIOUS, ESURIENT, gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, piggish, rapacious, ravenous, swinish

ANT: apathetic, indifferent, uneager, unenthusiastic

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IMPRIMATUR

“He gave the book his imprimatur.”

“could not begin the project without the boss’s imprimatur”

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IMPRIMATUR. n. 1. a license to print or publish under circumstances of official censorship.

2a. sanction, approval
b. imprint, a mark of approval or distinction

SYN: APPROBATIO, blessing, approval

ANT: DISAPPROBATION, disapproval, disfavor

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DIDACTIC

“the poet’s works became increasingly didactic after his religious conversion”

“Slaves related human as well as animal trickster tales; they told Bible stories, explanatory tales, moralistic and didactic tales, supernatural tales and legends”

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DIDACTIC. adj. 1a. designed or intended to teach

    b. intended to convey instruction and information as well as pleasure or entertainment  2. making moral observations

SYN: sermonic, homiletic, moralistic, moralizing, preachy, SENTENTIOUS

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SENTIENT

“sentient of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane”

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SENTIENT. adj. 1. responsive to or conscious of sense impressions

  1. aware
  2. finely sensitive in perception or feeling

SYN: apprehensive, aware, cognizant, mindful, sensible, conscious, ware, witting

ANT: insensible, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, unwitting

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ASPERITY

“doesn’t like the asperity of most experimental music”

“she responded with such asperity that we knew she was deeply offended by the question”

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ASPERITY. n. 1. rigor, severity

2a. roughness of a surface, unevenness (also a tiny projection from a surface)
b. roughness of a sound
3. roughness of manner or of temper: harshness

SYN: acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, edge, bite, harshness, poignance, poignancy, pungency, roughness, sharpness, tartness, adversity, hardship, rigor, bitterness, corrosiveness, MORDANCY, virulence, vitriol

Near ANT: gentleness, kindness, civility, unctuousness, URBANITY, tenderness, graciousness,

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DISSIPATED

“the dissipated and drunken son of the wealthiest man in the county”

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DISSIPATED. adj: given to or marked dissipation; dissolute

SYN: debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, corrupt, DISSOLUTE, jackleg, LIBERTINE, perverse, perverted, rakehell, rakish, reprobate, sick, unclean, unwholesome, warped

ANT: pure, uncorrupt,

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INVECTIVE

“an overbearing, bullying boss who is fond of sending invective e-mails to long-suffering assistants”

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INVECTIVE. adj: of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse

n: 1. an abusive expression or speech
2. insulting or abusive language

SYN: billingsgate, FULMINATION, abuse, OBLOQUY, scurrility, vitriol, VITUPERATION, OPPROBRIOUS, scurrilous, TRUCULENT,

ANT: acclaim, commendation, praise, endearments, FELICITATIONS, adulation,

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SENTENTIA

“a handbook of sententiae and advice for those about to enter the state of matrimony”

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SENTENTIA. aphorism- usually used in plural; aphorism (a concise statement of a principle, or truth, or sentiment)

SYN: adage, APHORISM, APOTHEGM, byword, EPIGRAM, maxim, proverb, saw, saying

Related: bromide, cliche, platitude, axiom, truism,

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VITUPERATE

“every week the minister would ascend the pulpit and vituperate the parishioners for a litany of vices”

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VITUPERATE. v. to abuse or censure severely or abusively: berate; to use harsh condemnatory language

SYN: assail, castigate, EXCORIATE, lambaste, savage, attack,

Related: berate, harangue, REVILE, scold, blaspheme, EXECRATE, IMPRECATE, slur, asperse, disparage, TRADUCE, slander, villify, chastise, REBUKE, FULMINATE,

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OBDURATE

“He is known for his obdurate determination.”

“the obdurate refusal of the crotchety old man to let the neighborhood kids retrieve their stray ball from his backyard”

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OBDURATE. adj. 1a. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

     b. hardened in feelings
   2. resistant to persuasion or softening influences

SYN: affectless, callous, case-hardened, cold-blooded, compassionless, desensitized, hard-boiled, heartless, INDURATE, inhumane, insensate, insensitive, merciless, pachydermatous, pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, soulless, stony, uncharitable, unfeeling,

SYN: adamant, bullheaded, dogged, hardened, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inconvincible, inflexible, intransigent, mulish, obstinate, ossified, PERTINACIOUS, perverse, self-opinionated, stubborn, unbending, unyielding,

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PROSAIC

“He has a prosaic writing style.”

“the prosaic life of a hardworking farmer”

“She believes the noises are made by ghosts, but I think there’s a more prosaic explanation.”

“For the most part, the descriptions of the books listed in the “Catalog,” though informative, are relentlessly prosaic, even hackneyed”

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PROSAIC. adj. 1a dull, unimaginative

1b. characteristic of prose vs poetry
2. everyday, ordinary, commonplace

SYN: average, commonplace, everyday, garden-variety, ordinary, routine, unexceptional, unremarkable,

ANT: abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary,

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TRUCULENT

“die-hard fans who became truculent and violent after their team’s loss”
“a theater critic who was notorious for his titanically truculent reviews”

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TRUCULENT. adj. 1. feeling or displaying ferocity

  1. deadly, destructive
  2. scathingly harsh: vitriolic
  3. aggressively self-assertive: belligerent

SYN: aggressive, argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, combative, confrontational, contentious, discordant, disputatious, feisty, militant, pugnacious, belligerent, quarrelsome, scrappy

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INSOUCIANCE

“wandered into the meeting with complete insouciance to the fact that she was late”

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INSOUCIANCE. n. lighthearted unconcern: non-chalance

SYN: apathy, casualness, complacence, disinterestedness, disregard, incuriosity, incuriousness, indifference, nonchalance, TORPOR, unconcern

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DEMUR

“She suggested that he would win easily, but he demurred, saying he expected the election to be close.”

“don’t hesitate to demur to the idea if you have any qualms”

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DEMUR. v. to take exception: object (to or at)

n. 1. hesitation (as in doing or accepting) usually based on doubt of acceptability of something offered or proposed.
2. the act or an instance of objecting: protest

SYN: challenge, complaint, objection, demurral, demurrer, difficulty, exception, expostulation, fuss, kick, protest, REMONSTRANCE

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OMINOUS

“an ominous threat of war”

“He spoke in ominous tones”

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OMINOUS. adj. being or exhibiting an omen: portentous especially foreboding or foreshadowing evil: inauspicious.

SYN: baleful, dire, direful, foreboding, ill-boding, inauspicious, menacing, MINATORY, PORTENTOUS, sinister, threatening

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DOLOROUS

“dolorous ballads of death and regret”

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DOLOROUS: adj. causing, marked by or expressing misery or grief

SYN: aching, agonized, anguished, bemoaning, bewailing, deploring, doleful, mournful, grieving, lamentable, lugubrious, plaintive, rueful, sorrowful, wailing, woeful
ELEGY - mournful song; ELEGIAC related to ELEGY.

Rel: dirgelike, elegiac, melancholy, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, dispirited, downcast, heartsick, inconsolable, crestfallen, downcast, forlorn, gloomy, glum, miserable, sad, triste, woebegone, desolate, dismal, dreary, funereal, morbid, morose, pathetic, piteous, saturnine, somber, sullen, wretched.

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APOPHASIS

“‘I will not bring up my opponent’s questionable financial dealings’ is an example of apophasis”

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APOPHASIS: n. the raising of an issue by claiming not to mention it (as in “we won’t discuss his past crimes”)

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SENTENTIOUS

“a smug and sententious writer”

“a sententious crank who has written countless letters to the editor about the decline in family values”

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SENTENTIOUS: adj. 1. having or expressing strong opinions about what people should and should not do; given to or abounding in excessive moralizing
2. terse

Syn(1): didactic, homiletic (or homiletical), moralistic, moralizing, preachy, sermonic

Rel:(1)
dogmatic (also dogmatical), prescriptive; admonishing, admonitory, cautionary; advisory, enlightening, instructive; holier-than-thou, self-righteous

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EXECRATE

“She came to execrate the hypocritical values of her upper-class upbringing.”

“leaders from around the world execrated the terrorists responsible for the bomb blast”

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EXECRATE: vt. to dislike and criticize (someone or something) very strongly

Syn: anathematize, censure, damn, decry, denounce, condemn, reprehend, reprobate

Rel: attack, blame, blast, criticize, dis (also diss) [slang], dispraise, fault, knock, pan, slam; belittle, deprecate, disparage; doom, sentence; convict; blacklist, excommunicate, ostracize; castigate, chastise, rebuke, reprimand, reproach; admonish, chide, reprove; berate, lambaste (or lambast), rake, scold, upbraid, vituperate; curse, imprecate; abhor, abominate, detest, hate, loathe, revile

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REBUKE

“the father was forced to rebuke his son for the spendthrift ways he had adopted since arriving at college”

“strongly rebuked the girl for playing with matches”

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REBUKE: 1: to criticize sharply : reprimand
2: to turn back or keep down : check

Syn: admonish, chide, reprimand, reproach, reprove,

Rel: berate, castigate, chew out, dress down, flay, harangue, jaw, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), lecture, rail (at or against), rate, scold, score, upbraid; abuse, assail, attack, bad-mouth, blame, blast, censure, condemn, criticize, crucify, denounce, dis (also diss) [slang], excoriate, fault, knock, lash, pan, reprehend, slam; belittle, deprecate, disparage, minimize, mock, put down; deride, ridicule, scoff, scorn

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ESURIENT and EDACIOUS

“the deli is frequented by young, single professionals, esurient after those long hours spent staring at the monitor of a computer”

“my edacious dining companion could always be counted on to order the largest—and often most expensive—item on the menu”

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ESURIENT / EDACIOUS: Hungry and greedy; voracious

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HISTRIONIC

“a penchant for dish throwing, door slamming, and other histrionic displays of temper”

“we never tired of his histrionic reenactment of how he found money under the floorboards of a house he was renovating”

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HISTRIONIC: Melodramatic; too emotional or dramatic

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ARDOR

“the sudden ardors of youth”

“candidates for citizenship reciting the oath of allegiance to the United States with all the ardor that they could muster”

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ARDOR: A strong feeling of energy or eagerness; a strong feeling of love

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CONTUMACIOUS

“the judge threatened to charge the contumacious witness with contempt of court”

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CONTUMACIOUS: stubbornly disobedient : rebellious
Synonyms: balky, contrary, disobedient, defiant, FROWARD, incompliant, insubordinate, INTRACTABLE, OBSTREPEROUS, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, REFRACTORY, restive, ungovernable, unruly, UNTOWARD, wayward, willful (or wilful)

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ARTIFICE

“He spoke without artifice or pretense.”

“The whole story was just an artifice to win our sympathy”

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ARTIFICE: dishonest or insincere behavior or speech that is meant to deceive someone

1a: clever or artful skill : ingenuity
b : an ingenious device or expedient
2. a: an artful stratagem : trick
b : false or insincere behavior

Synonyms: trick, device, dodge, fetch, flimflam, gambit, gimmick, jig, juggle, knack, play, ploy, scheme, shenanigan, sleight, stratagem, wile

Related Words: bluff, end run, feint; cheating, chicanery, COZENAGE, craft, crookery, cunning, deception, dupery, duplicity, fakery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery (or skullduggery), subterfuge, swindling, trickery; fraud, gaff, hoax, sham, swindle; blind, front, smoke screen. MANNERED

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IMBROGLIO

“a celebrated imbroglio involving some big names in the New York literary scene”

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IMBOGLIO: 1. : a confused mass
2a : an intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel)
b : an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding
c : a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation : embroilment
d : scandal

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IMPERTURBATION

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IMPERTURBATION n.1. Freedom from perturbation or agitation of mind; calmness; quietude

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ONTOLOGY

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ONTOLOGY. he philosophical study of the nature of being, becoming, existence, or reality, as well as the basic categories of being and their relations.

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WAGGISH

“a waggish disposition that often got him into trouble as a child”

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WAGGISH: done or made in playful way or for sport : humorous
Synonyms: arch, devilish, elvish, espiègle, impish, knavish, leprechaunish, pixie (also pixy), pixieish, prankish, PUCKISH, rascally, roguish, scampish, sly, tricksy, mischievous, wicked

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MIEN

“He has the mien of an ancient warrior.”

“the stern mien of the librarian suggested that she was not one to put up with any nonsense”

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MIEN: : a person’s appearance or facial expression

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RECONDITE

“geochemistry is a recondite subject”

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RECONDITE. 1: hidden from sight : concealed

2: difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep
3: of, relating to, or dealing with something little known or obscure

Synonyms: ABSTRUSE, ARCANE, deep, ESOTERIC, HERMETIC (also hermetical), profound

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AMBROSIAL

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AMBROSIAL: adj.

  1. Suggestive of ambrosia; fragrant or delicious. See Synonyms at delicious.
  2. Of or worthy of the gods; divine.
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OROTUND

“the tenor’s orotund voice was just what this soaring aria needs”

“a master of the orotund prose that is favored by academic journals of literary criticism”

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OROTUND: 1: marked by fullness, strength, and clarity of sound : SONOROUS (deep, pleasant sound)

2: pompous, bombastic

OROTUND voices as in singing or presenting is a GOOD thing, but OROTUND speeches, perhaps not.

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DEPILATION

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DEPILATION: the removal of hair, wool, or bristles by chemical or mechanical methods

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ARROGATE

“They’ve arrogated to themselves the power to change the rules arbitrarily.”

“She arrogated the leadership role to herself”

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ARROGATE: to take or claim (something, such as a right or a privilege) in a way that is not fair or legal

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DIAPHANOUS

“the bride wore a diaphanous veil”

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DIAPHANOUS: 1: characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through

2: characterized by extreme delicacy of form : ethereal
3: insubstantial, vague

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EXTANT

“There are few extant records from that period.”

“one of the oldest buildings still extant”

“There is, he reports, no extant copy of the Super Bowl I television broadcast; nobody bothered to keep the tapes”

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EXTANT: : in existence : still existing : not destroyed or lost

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APPELLATION

“a twisting road that deserved the appellation “Sidewinder Lane””

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APPELLATION: a designation, name, title.

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INURE

“Does violence on television inure children to violence in real life?”

“the hardship of army training inured her to the rigors of desert warfare”

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INURE: : to cause (someone) to be less affected by something unpleasant : to cause (someone) to be less sensitive to something unpleasant

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PROVINCIAL

“the confidence man figured that fleecing these provincials would be easy”

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PROVINCIAL: 1.: one living in or coming from a province
2a : a person of local or restricted interests or outlook
b : a person lacking urban polish or refinement
3: of, relating to, or coming from a province
2a : limited in outlook : narrow
b : lacking the polish of urban society : unsophisticated
3: of or relating to a decorative style (as in furniture) marked by simplicity, informality, and relative plainness;

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MALIGN

“both parties to the divorce showed a malign desire to make each other’s future life utterly miserable”

“Her supporters say she is being unfairly maligned in the press”

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MALIGN is an adj as well as a verb.
adj: 1a : evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious
b : malignant, virulent
2: having or showing intense often vicious ill will : malevolent

vt:: to utter injuriously misleading or false reports about : speak evil of

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LUGUBRIOUS

“a comic actor known for his lugubrious manner”

“the diner’s dim lighting makes eating there a particularly lugubrious experience”

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LUGUBRIOUS: 1: mournful; especially : exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful
2: dismal <a></a>

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QUERULOUS

“car trips that were frequently spoiled by a couple of querulous passengers in the back”

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QUERULOUS: 1: habitually complaining; complaining in an annoyed way
2: fretful, whining <a></a>

Synonyms: crabby, cranky, grouchy, grumpy, fussy

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PIQUANT

“piquant vegetables seasoned with pepper”

“He served the fish with a piquant sauce.”

“a piquant bit of gossip”

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PIQUANT: 1: agreeably stimulating to the palate; especially : spicy
2: engagingly provocative; also : having a lively arch charm

Synonyms: pert, poignant, pungent, salty, savory (also savoury), zesty, zingy

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CLEMENT

“Hawaii is known for its delightfully clement climate.”

“his clement application of authority was a welcome change after years of managerial heavy-handedness”

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CLEMENT: 1: inclined to be merciful : lenient <a>
2: mild</a>

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LIMINAL

“in the liminal state between life and death”

“observation of liminal hues is beset with difficulties”

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LIMINAL: 1: of or relating to a sensory threshold

2: barely perceptible
3: of, relating to, or being an intermediate state, phase, or condition : in-between, transitional

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PERTINACIOUS

“a pertinacious little boy who was determined to catch and collect reptiles”

“a pertinacious salesman who would simply not take “No!” for an answer”

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PERTINACIOUS: 1a : adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design
b : perversely persistent
2: stubbornly tenacious

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ADAMANTINE

“the adamantine opposition of his parents to his marriage to a girl from a poor family”

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ADAMANTINE: 1: made of or having the quality of adamant

2: rigidly firm : unyielding
3: resembling the diamond in hardness or luster

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ADJUVANT

“adjuvant chemotherapy following surgery”

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ADJUVANT: 1: serving to aid or contribute : auxiliary
2: assisting in the prevention, amelioration, or cure of disease

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ALEATORY

“an aleatory contract”

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ALEATORY: 1: depending on an uncertain event or contingency as to both profit and loss
2: relating to luck and especially to bad luck

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ANATHEMA

“a politician who is anathema to conservatives”

“ideas that are an anathema to me”

“this notion was anathema to most of his countrymen “

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ANATHEMA: Someone or something that is very disliked
1a : one that is cursed by ecclesiastical authority
b : someone or something intensely disliked or loathed —usually used as a predicate nominative
2a : a ban or curse solemnly pronounced by ecclesiastical authority and accompanied by excommunication
b : the denunciation of something as accursed
c : a vigorous denunciation : curse

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ANOMIE

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ANOMIE: : social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values; also : personal unrest, alienation, and uncertainty that comes from a lack of purpose or ideals

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ANTEDILUVIAN

“He has antediluvian notions about the role of women in the workplace.”

“found evidence in the Middle East of an antediluvian people previously unknown to history”

“an antediluvian automobile” “an antediluvian prejudice”

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ANTEDILUVIAN: : very old or old-fashioned

1: of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
2a : made, evolved, or developed a long time ago
b : extremely primitive or outmoded

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APPROBATION

“The company has even received the approbation of its former critics.”

“that plan has the approbation of the school board”

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APPROBATION: a : an act of approving formally or officially

b : commendation, praise

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ARCADIAN

“the painter is fond of depicting mute, slightly mysterious figures in arcadian settings”

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ARCADIAN: 1: idyllically pastoral; especially : idyllically innocent, simple, or untroubled

  1. of or relating to Arcadia or the Arcadians
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ASSEVERATION

“he always asseverated that he did not know”

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ASSEVERATION: : to affirm or declare positively or earnestly

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AUTODIDACT

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AUTODIDACT: Self-taught person

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BALKANIZE

“now pop culture has been balkanized; it is full of niches, with different groups watching and playing their own things”

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BALKANIZE: : to break up (as a region or group) into smaller and often hostile units
: divide, compartmentalize

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CATHARSIS

“Acting is a means of catharsis for her.”

“Painting is a catharsis for me.”

“She has learned to have her catharsis, take a deep breath and move on. … she does not dwell on the negative anymore.”

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CATHARSIS: : the act or process of releasing a strong emotion (such as pity or fear) especially by expressing it in an art form

1: purgation
2a : purification or purgation of the emotions (as pity and fear) primarily through art
b : a purification or purgation that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension
3: elimination of a complex by bringing it to consciousness and affording it expression

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CELERITY

“From the celerity with which the headwaiter approached her I decided she must be very rich or very distinguished”

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CELERITY: : rapidity of motion or action

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CLAPTRAP

“His entire speech was nothing but claptrap.”

“I’m tired of hearing all that claptrap about how hard her life is.”

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CLAPTRAP: words, ideas, etc., that are very foolish or stupid
: pretentious nonsense : trash

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CONCATENATE

“concatenate several lists of instructions into a single master file”

“the movie actually concatenates into one extended narrative several episodes from various books in the series”

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CONCATENATE: : to link together in a series or chain

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CONFABULATE

“an Alzheimer’s support group in which caregivers can confabulate as well as commiserate”

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CONFABULATE: 1: to talk informally : chat

2: to hold a discussion : confer
3: to fill in gaps in memory by fabrication

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CONTRETEMPS

“The senator dismissed his disagreement with the President as a minor contretemps.”

“there was a bit of a contretemps over the seating arrangements for the upcoming wedding”

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CONTRETEMPS: : an unfortunate or embarrassing event, argument, or disagreement

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CONTRIVANCE

“The story is filled with plot contrivances that do not fit the ending.”

“He told the story honestly and without contrivance.”

“a contrivance to get out of doing the work”

“He convinced her to go without using contrivance”

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CONTRIVANCE: : something that causes things to happen in a story in a way that does not seem natural or believable

: the use of contrivances in a story

: a machine or piece of equipment made with skill and cleverness

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CONVIVIAL

“the hiking club attracts a wide range of convivial people who share a love of the outdoors”

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CONVIVIAL: : relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company

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COSTIVE

“You must be frank, but without indiscretion, and close, without being costive.”

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COSTIVE: 1a : affected with constipation
b : causing constipation
2: slow in action or expression
3: not generous : stingy

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DEFEASIBLE

“a defeasible claim”

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DEFEASIBLE: : capable of being annulled or made void

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DESUETUDE

“despite the long years of desuetude, the old manual typewriter seemed to work just fine”

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DESUETUDE: : discontinuance from use or exercise : disuse

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DIONYSIAN

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DIONYSIAN: of or relating to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature.; recklessly unrestrained;

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DISSEMBLE / DISSIMULATE

“he dissembled happiness at the news that his old girlfriend was getting married—to someone else”

“children learn to dissemble at a surprisingly early age”

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DISSEMBLE: vt1: to hide under a false appearance
2: to put on the appearance of : simulate
vi : to put on a false appearance : conceal facts, intentions, or feelings under some pretense

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FECKLESS

“She can’t rely on her feckless son.”

“a well-intentioned but feckless response to the rise in school violence”

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FECKLESS: : having or resulting from a weak character or nature

1: weak, ineffective
2: worthless, irresponsible

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FACTOTUM

“He was the office factotum”

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FACTOTUM: : a person whose job involves doing many different types of work

76
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FAUX-NAIF

“faux–naïf prose”

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FAUX-NAIF: : spuriously or affectedly childlike : artfully simple

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FECUND

“a fecund imagination”

“a fecund breed of cattle”

“the Franklin stove, bifocals, and the lightning rod are just a few of the inventions that we owe to the fecund creativity of Benjamin Franklin”

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FECUND: 1: fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific
2: intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree

fecundity n.

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ODOROUS

“Odorous cheeses need to be tightly wrapped”

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ODOROUS: : having a strong smell

ODOROUS, FRAGRANT, REDOLENT, AROMATIC mean emitting and diffusing scent.

  • ODOROUS applies to whatever has a strong distinctive smell whether pleasant or unpleasant .
  • FRAGRANT applies to things (as flowers or spices) with sweet or agreeable odors <a>. AMBROSIAL: extremely pleasing to taste or smell.</a>
  • REDOLENT applies usually to a place or thing impregnated with odors .
  • AROMATIC applies to things emitting pungent often fresh odors .

ODIFEROUS, ODORIFEROUS, also are synonyms.

FETID: having a strong, unpleasant smell; MALODOROUS; STINKING, FETID, NOISOME, PUTRID, RANK, FUSTY, MUSTY mean bad-smelling.
MALODOROUS may range from the unpleasant to the strongly offensive .
- STINKING and FETID suggest the foul or disgusting .
- NOISOME adds a suggestion of being harmful or unwholesome as well as offensive <a>.
- PUTRID implies particularly the sickening odor of decaying organic matter .
- RANK suggests a strong unpleasant smell .
- FUSTY and MUSTY suggest lack of fresh air and sunlight, FUSTY also implying prolonged uncleanliness, MUSTY stressing the effects of dampness, mildew, or age <a> .</a></a>

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FETTLE

“a visit to the relatives on the other side of the state revealed them all to be in fine fettle”

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FETTLE: : state or condition of health, fitness, wholeness, spirit, or form —often used in the phrase in fine fettle

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FICTIVE

“Books don’t have tools to help readers make up that fictive world, and so they do it more with their own minds.”

“Naturally this is often fictive , but that matters little.”

“Descent-groups, whether real or fictive , loom large in the human imagination.”

“Thus the novel is an intriguing amalgam of meditation, fictive autobiography and numerous spy stories.”

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FICTIVE: 1: not genuine : feigned

2: of, relating to, or capable of imaginative creation
3: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of fiction : fictional

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FLAGITIOUS

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FLAGITIOUS: : marked by scandalous crime or vice : villainous. heinous or flagrant;
:shamefully wicked

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GADFLY

“a loud sports commentator who was a tactless gadfly during post-game interviews with the losing team”

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GADFLY: : someone who annoys people by being very critical

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GALLIVANT

“They’ve been gallivanting all over town.”

“He’s been gallivanting around the country when he ought to be looking for a job”

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GALLIVANT: 1: to go about usually ostentatiously or indiscreetly with members of the opposite sex
2: to travel, roam, or move about for pleasure

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GLIB

“Politicians need to do more than provide glib answers to difficult questions.”

“the actor’s glib portrayal of a drug addict”

“glib answers”
“glib solutions to knotty problems”

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GLIB: : said or done too easily or carelessly : showing little preparation or thought
: speaking in a smooth, easy way that is not sincere
: lacking depth and substance : superficial

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HEURISTIC

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HEURISTIC: : involving or serving as an aid to learning, discovery, or problem-solving by experimental and especially trial-and-error methods <a>; also : of or relating to exploratory problem-solving techniques that utilize self-educating techniques (as the evaluation of feedback) to improve performance <a></a></a>

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IRREDENTA

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IRREDENTA: : a territory historically or ethnically related to one political unit but under the political control of another

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JINGOISTIC

“When the war began many people were caught up in a wave of jingoism.”

“his loudmouthed jingoism will not win us any foreign allies”

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JINGOISTIC: : the feelings and beliefs of people who think that their country is always right and who are in favor of aggressive acts against other countries

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LABILE

“a labile mineral”

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LABILE: 1: readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable “a labile mineral”
2: readily open to change

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LACUNAE

“despite all these lacunae, those reforms were a vast improvement”

“She found a lacuna in the historical record.”

“attributes many of the nation’s problems to a lacuna of leadership at the top”

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LACUNAE: : a gap or blank space in something : a missing part

1: a blank space or a missing part : gap ; also : deficiency 1
2: a small cavity, pit, or discontinuity in an anatomical structure
— la·cu·nar also la·cu·nate adjective

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LEITMOTIF

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LEITMOTIF: 1: an associated melodic phrase or figure that accompanies the reappearance of an idea, person, or situation especially in a Wagnerian music drama
2: a dominant recurring theme

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LISSOME

“the lissome actress’s dance training is apparent in the way she moves on stage”

“rattan is such a lissome material that it can be used for all manner of furniture and baskets”

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LISSOME: : thin and graceful; lithe

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LUBRICIOUS

“back in the days when lubricious employers could, with impunity, take advantage of naive factory girls”

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LUBRICIOUS: 1: marked by wantonness : lecherous; also : salacious
2: having a smooth or slippery quality <a></a>

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LURID

“a lurid tale of violence and betrayal”

“the lurid lighting of a nightclub”

“The light from the fire cast a lurid glow on everything”

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LURID: : causing shock or disgust : involving sex or violence in a way that is meant to be shocking
1a : causing horror or revulsion : gruesome
b : melodramatic, sensational; also : shocking
2a : wan and ghastly pale in appearance
b : of any of several light or medium grayish colors ranging in hue from yellow to orange
3: shining with the red glow of fire seen through smoke or cloud

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MANUMIT

“though he was an outspoken defender of liberty, this son of Virginia did not manumit his own slaves until he was on his deathbed”

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MANUMIT: : to release from slavery

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MELANGE

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MELANGE: a mixture of different things;
OLIO: a : a miscellaneous mixture : hodgepodge
b : a miscellaneous collection (as of literary or musical selections)

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MERETRICIOUS

“meretricious relationships”

“the paradise they found was a piece of meretricious trash”

“scholarly names to provide fig-leaves of respectability for meretricious but stylish books”

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MERETRICIOUS: attractive in a cheap or false way
1: of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution
2a : tawdrily and falsely attractive
b : superficially significant : pretentious

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MIRTH

“Her clumsy attempt to cut the cake was the cause of much mirth.”

“as charming as your mutual mirth is, could you refrain from nudging each other and giggling during class?”

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MIRTH: : happiness and laughter

: gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter

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MYRMIDON

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MYRMIDON:
2: a loyal follower; especially : a subordinate who executes orders unquestioningly or unscrupulously

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NUGATORY

“the congressional resolution has symbolic value only, as it relates to a matter governed by the states and is thus nugatory”

“the book is entertaining, but its contributions to Shakespearean scholarship are nugatory”

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NUGATORY: 1: of little or no consequence : trifling, inconsequential
2: having no force : inoperative

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PANACHE

“She played the role of hostess with great panache”

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PANACHE: 1: dash or flamboyance in style and action : verve
2: an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet (knight’s helmet)

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PARLOUS

“The company is in a parlous financial situation.”

“He talked about the parlous state of the country”

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PARLOUS (Perilous): full of danger or risk:

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PARVENU

“the kind of trophy house that a parvenu buys to prove to people, and to himself, that he has indeed arrived”

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PARVENU: : a person from usually a low social position who has recently or suddenly become wealthy, powerful, or successful but who is not accepted by other wealthy, powerful, and successful people

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PECUNIARY

“that makes good pecuniary sense”

“the judge recused himself from the case because he had a pecuniary interest in the company that was being sued”

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PECUNIARY: : relating to or in the form of money

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PENITENTIAL

“She from that time led a penitential retired life, and dying fifteen years after, was buried near his relics.”

“The penitential austerities which she practised, were such as seemed rather to suit a recluse than one who lived in a court.”

“In these dispositions he embraced the penitential and laborious state of a poor monk.”

“Pepita did not wish to retire to a convent, nor did she incline to a penitential life.”

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PENITENTIAL: : relating to the feeling of being sorry for doing something wrong : relating to penitence or penance

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PENUMBRA

“a penumbra of secrecy”

“a penumbra of somber dignity has descended over his reputation”

“the lunar eclipse began with a subtle darkening of the lunar surface as it passed within the Earth’s penumbra”

“a penumbra of despair fell over the doomed city”

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PENUMBRA (:shadow)
1a : a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light
b : a shaded region surrounding the dark central portion of a sunspot
2: a surrounding or adjoining region in which something exists in a lesser degree : fringe
3: a body of rights held to be guaranteed by implication in a civil constitution
4: something that covers, surrounds, or obscures : shroud <a> </a><a>
— pen·um·bral adjective</a>

</a><a></a>

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PHILIPPIC

“the head coach was briefly suspended after launching into a foul-mouthed philippic during a press conference”

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PHILIPPIC:: a discourse or declamation full of bitter condemnation : tirade

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PLAUDITS

“received the plaudits of the critics”

“the proud parents bragged that their daughter had received many plaudits for her academic achievements”

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PLAUDITS: 1: an act or round of applause
2: enthusiastic approval —usually used in plural

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PLENARY

“plenary power”

“a plenary session of the legislature”

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PLENARY: 1: complete in every respect : absolute, unqualified
2: fully attended or constituted by all entitled to be present

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PUCKISH

“He had a puckish smile on his face.”

“he takes a puckish delight in teasing her about her love life, or lack thereof”

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PUCKISH: : having or showing a desire to cause trouble in a playful or harmless way
: impish, whimsical; WAGGISH;

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PULCHRITUDE

“A slim build is currently popular in the West but many African societies see a fuller figure as the height of pulchritude.”

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PULCHRITUDE: : great physical beauty

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PUTATIVE

“the putative reason for her dismissal was poor job performance”

“This has always been a nation willing to sell out its past for putative progress”

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PUTATIVE: generally believed to be something.
1: commonly accepted or supposed
2: assumed to exist or to have existed
— pu·ta·tive·ly adverb

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PUTSCH

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PUTSCH: : a secretly plotted and suddenly executed attempt to overthrow a government

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QUISLING

“warned that all quislings would be punished without mercy”

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QUISLING: : a person who helps an enemy that has taken control of his or her country
: traitor 2, collaborator

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REJOINDER

“The article was a stinging rejoinder to her critics.”

“he always has a smart-aleck rejoinder to everything”

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REJOINDER: : a usually rude or angry reply to something written or said

1: the defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s replication
2: reply; specifically : an answer to a reply

related: RIPOSTE

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REQUITE

“the company requited the employee who had fallen on the ice while leaving work by promptly paying all his medical bills, hoping that would stave off a lawsuit”

“the future writer would later requite the abuse he suffered at the hands of his classmates by creating scathing portraits of them in his novels”

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REQUITE: : to give or do something in return for (something that another person has given or done)
re·quit·ed; re·quit·ing

1a : to make return for : repay
b : to make retaliation for : avenge
2: to make suitable return to for a benefit or service or for an injury
— re·quit·er noun

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RESTIVE

“the restive horse threw its head and refused to move when the rider urged it forward”

“spent a restive night worrying about the next day’s exam”

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RESTIVE: : feeling bored or impatient while waiting for something to happen or change

1: stubbornly resisting control : balky
2: marked by impatience or uneasiness : fidgety

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REVIVIFICATION

“looking for ways to revivify the city’s economy”

“a new director hoping to revivify the region’s oldest repertory company”

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REVIVIFY: : to make (someone or something) strong, healthy, or active again

Synonyms: freshen, recharge, recreate, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, rejuvenate, repair, restore, resuscitate, revitalize, revive, renew

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RISIBLE

“The suggestion was downright risible.”

“a risible comment that made the whole class laugh”

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RISIBLE: : deserving to be laughed at : very silly or unreasonable
1a : capable of laughing
b : disposed to laugh
2: arousing or provoking laughter; especially : laughable
3: associated with, relating to, or used in laughter ‘risible muscles’

119
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SANGFROID

“He displayed remarkable sangfroid when everyone else was panicking during the crisis.”

“the professional gambler seemed to take both his wins and his losses with remarkable sangfroid”

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SANGFROID: : the ability to stay calm in difficult or dangerous situations

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SATURNINE

“a saturnine smile”

“He is saturnine in temperament.”

“the men awaiting interrogation by the police shared a saturnine silence”

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SATURNINE: : very serious and unhappy
1: born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn
2a : cold and steady in mood : slow to act or change
b : of a gloomy or surly disposition
c : having a sardonic aspect

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SEDULOUS

“an impressively sedulous suitor, he was constantly sending her flowers and other tokens of his affection”

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SEDULOUS: 1: involving or accomplished with careful perseverance -“sedulous craftsmanship”
2: diligent in application or pursuit “a sedulous student”

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SEMIOTIC

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SEMIOTIC: : the study of signs and symbols and how they are used
plural semiotics

: a general philosophical theory of signs and symbols that deals especially with their function in both artificially constructed and natural languages and comprises syntactics, semantics, and pragmatics

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SENESCENT

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SENESCENCE: : the state of being old or the process of becoming old

1: the state of being old : the process of becoming old
2: the growth phase in a plant or plant part (as a leaf) from full maturity to death

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SEQUELAE

“the emotional sequelae of early parental death”

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SEQUELAE: 1: an aftereffect of disease, condition, or injury
2: a secondary result

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SERE

“a sere region that can’t support agriculture”

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SERE: : being dried and withered

126
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SIDERAL

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SIDERAL: : of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral

127
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SIMULACRUM

“a reasonable simulacrum of reality”

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SIMULACRUM: 1: image, representation “a reasonable simulacrum of reality”
2: an insubstantial form or semblance of something : trace

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SOBRIQUET

“Baseball player Ty Cobb was also known by the sobriquet “The Georgia Peach.””

“tagged her with the sobriquet “peanut” because of her diminutive size”

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SOBRIQUET: a name or phrase that describes the character of someone or something; EPITHET

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OTIOSE

“since you haven’t read the book, I suppose that it would be otiose to inquire what you thought of it”

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OTIOSE: 1: producing no useful result : futile

2: being at leisure : idle
3: lacking use or effect : functionless

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IMBUE

“A feeling of optimism imbues her works.”

“her training at the school for the deaf imbued her with a sense of purpose that she had never known before”

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IMBUE: 1: to permeate or influence as if by dyeing “the spirit that imbues the new constitution”

2: to tinge or dye deeply
3: endow 3 “Spanish missions imbue the city with Old World charm”

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ULULATE

“a widow ululating in sorrow”

“Korean women ululating with grief”

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ULULATE: : to cry loudly; howl, wail

132
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REGNANT

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REGNANT: 1: exercising rule : reigning

2: having the chief power : dominant
3: of common or widespread occurrence: prevalent

133
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SOI DISANT

“threw the soi–disant epic novel aside in disgust”

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SOI DISANT: : self-proclaimed, so-called

134
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SOLECISM

“the solecism of asking one’s hosts how much something in their house cost them”

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SOLECISM: : a mistake in speech or writing;
: an impolite or improper way of behaving;
1: an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence; also : a minor blunder in speech
2: something deviating from the proper, normal, or accepted order
3: a breach of etiquette or decorum

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SOLIPSISM

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SOLIPSISM: : a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing;

also : extreme egocentrism

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SYCOPHANT

“when her career was riding high, the self-deluded actress often mistook sycophants for true friends”

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SYCOPHANT: : a person who praises powerful people in order to get their approval
: a servile self-seeking flatterer

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TARRY

“Tarry with us a while.”

“upon seeing the sun beginning to sink in the sky, we realized we had tarried too long on the summit of the mountain”

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TARRY: : to be slow in going : to stay somewhere
1a : to delay or be tardy in acting or doing
b : to linger in expectation : wait
2: to abide or stay in or at a place

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TERGIVERSATION

“like most politicians, he has the gift for tergiversation”

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TERGIVERSATION:

1: evasion of straightforward action or clear-cut statement : EQUIVOCATION
2: desertion of a cause, position, party, or faith

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TITULAR

“Although retired, he remains the titular chairman of the company.”

“he’s the titular head of the department, though it’s the assistant managers who largely run things around her”

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TITULAR: : having an important or impressive title but not having the power or duties that usually go with it

: having the name of the character that is featured in the title of a movie, play, etc.

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TONY

“tony private schools”

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TONY: : very expensive and fashionable

141
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TRANSMORGRIFY

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TRANSMORGRIFY: : to change or alter greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect

142
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TRUNDLE

“trundled him off to school”

“buses trundling through the city”

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TRUNDLE: : to roll (something) on wheels slowly and noisily

: to move noisily on wheels

: to walk slowly and heavily

143
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TUMESCENCE

“our pregnant kitty’s tumescent middle”

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TUMESCENCE: : the quality or state of being tumescent; especially : readiness for sexual activity marked especially by vascular congestion of the sex organs

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UMBRAGE

“took umbrage at the slightest suggestion of disrespect”

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UMBRAGE: : a feeling of being offended by what someone has said or done

1: shade, shadow
2: shady branches : foliage
3a : an indistinct indication : vague suggestion : hint
b : a reason for doubt : suspicion
4: a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult “took umbrage at the speaker’s remarks”

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VAPID

“a gossipy, vapid woman, obsessed by her own elegance”

“London was not all vapid dissipation”

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VAPID: : not lively or interesting : dull or boring

: lacking liveliness, tang, briskness, or force : flat, dull

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VERDANT

“verdant fields”

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VERDANT: : green with growing plants
1a : green in tint or color
b : green with growing plants “verdant fields”
2: unripe in experience or judgment : green

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AUSPICIOUS

“His acclaimed first novel was an auspicious debut.”

“told him she couldn’t dance with him just then, but her auspicious smile encouraged him to ask again later”

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AUSPICIOUS: : showing or suggesting that future success is likely

1: showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious
2: attended by good fortune : prosperous “an auspicious year”

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GAINSAY

“it can’t be gainsaid that most people wish they had more time and money”

“repeatedly tried to gainsay me, though every point I made was backed up by facts”

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GAINSAY: : to deny or disagree with (something) : to show or say that (something) is not true

1: to declare to be untrue or invalid
2: contradict, oppose

Synonyms: contradict, DISAFFIRM, disallow, disavow, disclaim, DISCONFIRM, disown, deny, negate, negative, refute, reject, REPUDIATE

149
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PROFUNDITY

“the profundity of his thoughts”

“Her books are a mixture of playfulness and profundity.”

“the depth and profundity of her feelings”

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PROFUNDITY: 1a : intellectual depth
b : something profound or abstruse
2: the quality or state of being profound or deep

Synonyms:deepness, profoundness, depth

Related Words: discernment, perception, perceptiveness, perceptivity, percipience, sagacity, sapience, sense, sensibility, wisdom; braininess, brightness, brilliance, intellect, intelligence, judgment (or judgement), reason, sense, smartness, wit; acuity, acuteness, keenness, penetration, perspicacity, sensitivity, sharpness

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SAPIENCE

“the kind of sapience that comes from a lifetime of experience as an educator”

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SAPIENCE: : wisdom, sagacity

Synonyms: discernment, insight, perception, perceptiveness, perceptivity, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, wisdom

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STULTIFY

“The government has been stultified by bureaucracy.”

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STULTIFY: : to cause (someone or something) to become dull, slow, etc.
2: to cause to appear or be stupid, foolish, or absurdly illogical
3a : to impair, invalidate, or make ineffective : negate
b : to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on

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