Meaning pt 5 Flashcards

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Addle

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confuse

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aggrieved

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distressed or suffering from a lack of legal rights

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aplomb

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self confidence and assurance especially in demanding situation.

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appraise

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examine

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attune

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Make aware, to adapt

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benevolently

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intending to do good

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Bewail

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express grief

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brazen

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shameless

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burgeoning

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begin to grow

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concurring

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agreeing

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Conducive

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helpful

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iniquitous

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unrighteous, morally wrong

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cull

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(root word: “col” meaning “to pick” or “gather”)

The farmer culled the ripest apples from the tree to sell at the market.

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detract

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to reduce the strength, value, or importance of

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discernment

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keenness of understanding

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dissenting

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differing from the common opinion

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ebullient

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cheerful and full of energy

She was in an ebullient mood after receiving the good news.

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Emaciate

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make thin by starvation

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Eminence

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recognized superiority

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evince

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reveal, or indicate something

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expository

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Explanatory, Descriptive

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exuberant

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full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness.
“a noisy bunch of exuberant youngsters”

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feat

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achievement

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Felicitous

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appropriately and pleasingly expressed

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fervid
very enthusiastic
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fetid
ghan vas
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fickle
capricious
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finesse
fineness, artfulness
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flippant
lacking appropriate respect or serious
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Flit
to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another | The butterflies flit from flower to flower in the garden.
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Florid
a] excessively intricate or elaborate. b] having a red or flushed complexion./red-faced
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furtively
in a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively.
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garrulous
excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.
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gloss
conceal or disguise
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hilarity
extreme amusement
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imbibe
ingest
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imbroglio
confusion
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impeded
prevent
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imperturbation
calmness | "perTLJRB' similar to "disturb"... perturbation means disturbance
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impetus
incentive, a thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something.
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incorrigible
uncorrectable
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indelible
making marks that cannot be removed
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insolence
rude and disrespectful behaviour. | she was banished from her class for her insolence
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languid
lazy
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lugubrious
looking sad and dismal The *lugubrious* melody of the song brought tears to her eyes. | (root word: "lugere" - Latin, meaning "to mourn")
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malapropism
absurd misuse
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malevolent
evil, benevolent cha opposite
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nonchalant
someone who does not learn from his mistakes OR unconcerned
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opprobrious
(root word: "opprobrium" - Latin, meaning "disgrace" or "reproach") | The critics wrote opprobrious reviews about the controversial film.
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perplexing
puzzling
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peruse
examine
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Poignant
Don Meaning dhungnache 1] sadness chi feeling (negative connotation) 2] pleasantly stimulating (positive connotation)
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portentous
of momentous significance | The sudden appearance of dark clouds was seen as a portentous sign of an
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prodigious
great in size | "the cost of these proposals is prodigious"
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prodigy
talented
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ramble
a] to talk for a long time in a confused way. b] to walk in the countryside for pleasure
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rambunctious
uncontrollably exuberant; boisterous | The children were so rambunctious during the birthday party that they knocked over some decorations.
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rankle
to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness | Her harsh words continued to rankle in his mind long after the argument.
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rapacious
aggressively greedy or grasping | The rapacious business tycoon acquired multiple companies to expand his
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regurgitate
bring back to mouth, cow jasa karte
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Rendition
version or interpretation
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resiliently
ability to resist, or recover quickly from difficult situation
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resurgence
renewal
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Reviling
denouncing
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scornfully
lack of respect
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sinecure
easy job
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spew
eject
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Staid
sedate, respectable, and unadventurous | The staid businessman always wore a formal suit to work.
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stealthily
Sneaky and secret cautious manner.
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stentorian
powerful sound. loud.
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subjugation
bring under domination or control
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swerve
to change or cause to change direction abruptly | The driver had to swerve to avoid hitting the deer.
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sycophantic
behaving or done in an excessively obedient or attentive way in order to gain advantage | She flattered her boss with sycophantic remarks to gain a promotion.
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Thwarted
Oppose, prevent (someone) from accomplishing something | "he never did anything to thwart his father"
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trepidation
fear
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trifling
unimportant or trivial
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Vernacular
applicable to everyday language (Sthanik bhasa)
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vocation
life's mission
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fissiparous
Inclined to cause or undergo division into separate parts or groups | The political situation was highly fissiparous, with various factions
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Portentous
of momentous significance, very important
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standoffish
uncongenial, unfriendly
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brawl
quarrels
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demur
raise objection
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skirmish
engage in combat
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dissents
disagree
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rudimentary
involving or limited to basic principles, Primitive
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radical
relating to OR affecting the basic nature of something
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obliqueness
chicanery
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declivity
a downward slope
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baloney
foolish, nonsense
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bewitched
delighted, to attract and interest somebody very much
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discombobulated
addled/confused
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sedulous
hardworking
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cordial
friendly
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perplexing
confounding
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incisive
display perceptions of great accuracy
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pernicious
destructive | Pernicious sounds like vicious in the end which means very harmful Pernicious sounds like vicious in the end which means very harmful
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veracious
truthful | "VER" means TRUE
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amicability
amiable-ness
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palliative
something that relieves pain
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sycophantic
behaving in servile sarkha way to gain advantage
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fledgling
immature
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mellifluous
pleasing and musical to hear
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divest
deprive someone of
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defanging
making harmless
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lagniappe
Something given as a bonus
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avarice
Greed
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proliferate
multiply
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corroboration
evidence which confirms or supports a statement
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tout
attempt to sell (something), praise
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apotheosize
idolize | Gerald Ford should be _______ as our football president
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benefactor
a person who gives money or other help to a person
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despondency
loosing hopes | DESPair - DESPondence.
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elation
great happiness and exhilaration.
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overwrought
in a state of nervous excitement or anxiety. | sounds like OVER HOT
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panacea
doing something for good cause
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mendicant
begging
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mince
cut or chop, exscind
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waffle about
lengthy manner chat
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monetary
related to money or currency
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precarious
dangerously held
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timorous
cowardly
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squabbles
ladna zagdna
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debilitated
weakened
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acute
severe, critical
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tenuous
very weak or slight, insubstantial
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rhetorical
stylistic, art of persuasive speech
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moiling
working hard
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corporeal
relating to a person's body, especially as opposed to their spirit.
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epithets
characteristic of the person
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heterodoxy
deviation from orthodox
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hegemony
leadership or dominance
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impotence
helplessness
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parlous
full of danger, precarious OR excessive "the parlous state of the economy" "she is parlous handsome"
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Prolific
Vast number madhe aslela
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Inconsequential
not important or significant
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Underwrite
support financially
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Surfeit
Abundance
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Apex
Culmination, highest point
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Deftness
the quality of being skillful, clever, or quick
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courteous
polite, respectful
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impudence
rude, arrogant, insolent puddle madhe zaun pud
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nettle
annoy
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Prescient
clairvoyant
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happenstance
Coincidence
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Acumen
the ability to make good judgements | root: *Acuity* meaning - sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing
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shrewdness
Acumen
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Evocative
reminiscent, eloquent, poignant, stimulating
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endemic
provincial
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explicit
clear, not hiding anything
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inveterate
habitual
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Aloof
not involved or not friendly to other | Her shyness made her seem aloof.
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Improvise
act without preparation (improvisation := कामचलाऊ व्‍यवस्‍था)
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riveting
engrossing, absorbing everyone's attention
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apt
suitable in a particular situation
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imbued
to fill somebody/something with deep feelings
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flustered by
confused
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beseeched
to ask somebody for something in a worried way because u need it very much Vinanti purvak maangna,begged
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plangent
loud and mournful
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invidious
causing envy
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odium
disgust
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choleric
bad-tempered
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omen, augury
a sign that something will happen in the future
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belittle
insult
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piquant
1. tasting pleasant but strong and spicy 2. interesting and exciting in mysterious way
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queasiness
ulti yene, nausea
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exuberance
excitement
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toiled over
to work continually, strenuously
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coruscant
glittering, sparkling | barbie laa jaut
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ruddy
healthily red
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sanguinary
causing bloodshed, bloodlust
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brevity
concise, short
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aloof
arrogant
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placid
calm
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restive
restless
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restive
unable to remain silent, restless
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skittish
restive
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besieged
surrounded
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fraught
filled with something unpleasant
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enfeeble
weaken
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invigorate
make something bad better/energize
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delineate
describe in detail
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overshadow
make more prominent or important/ gharala zhadyanni obscure kela
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evince
reveal the presence of, indicate, show
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exscind
to cut off
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obloquy
prompt public condemnation/opprobrium/vituperation
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ossification
bone formation, inflexible
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redolent
1. to bring to mind, evocative 2. smelling strongly of something
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recondite
little known about, obscure difficult or impossible for ordinary people to understand
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limpid
clear phrasing
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droll
curious, funny, humorous
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unabashedly
shamelessly
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adroit
clever, skillful especially dealing with people
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obdurate
refusing to change mind, stubborn DURABILITY--STUBBORN
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vituperate
bitter and abusive
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capitulate
resign, to stop fighting and accept that you lost
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dissent
disagreement with official
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pan out for
work out for
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temperament
personality
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infamous
famous for bad deed
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proscribe
ban, denounce
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daunting
seemingly difficult