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Terse
Adjective.
Neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy; as language. Curt; brusque.
Collude
Verb.
To come to a secret understanding for harmful purpose; to conspire.
Impecunious
Adjective.
Having little or no money; penniless; poor.
Nepotism
Noun.
Patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business or politics.
Pedantic
Adjective.
Ostentatious in one’s learning. Overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.
Perspicacious
Adjective.
Having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning.
Restive
Adjective.
Impatient of control, restraint, or delay; as persons; restless, uneasy. Refractory, stubborn. Refusing to go forward; balky; a restive horse.
Polemic
Noun.
A controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
A person who argues in opposition to another; controversialist.
Acerbic
Adjective.
Sour or astringent in taste: Lemon juice is acerbic.
Harsh or severe, as of temper or expression: acerbic criticism.
Miser
Noun.
A person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
A stingy, avaricious person.
Illiberal
Adjective.
Narrowminded; bigoted.
Archaic: Miserly, niggardly, stingy or unrefined, unscholarly, vulgar.
Plutocracy
Noun.
A government or state in which the wealthy class rules.
Propound
Verb.
To put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.
Aver
Verb.
To assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
Law. to allege as a fact.
Penitence
Noun.
The state of being penitent; regret for one’s wrongdoing or sinning; contrition; repentance.
Prolix
Adjective.
Extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
(of a person) Given to speaking or writing at great or tedious length.
Prodigal
Adjective.
Wastefully or recklessly extravagant. Lavish
Voluble
Adjective.
Characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative: a voluble spokesman for the cause.
Pellucid
Adjective.
Allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
Clear or limpid: pellucid waters.
Clear in meaning, expression, or style: a pellucid way of writing.
Prosaic
Adjective.
Commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
Of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry.
Shore
Verb.
To support by or as if by a shore (supporting post or beam, esp for ships) or shores; prop (usually followed by up ): to shore up a roof; government subsidies to shore up falling corn prices.
Vociferous
Adjective.
Crying out noisily; clamorous.
Recalcitrant
Adjective.
Resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
Hard to deal with, manage, or operate.
Hubris
Noun.
Excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
Avarice
Noun.
Insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
Amortize
Verb.
To liquidate or extinguish (a mortgage, debt, or other obligation), especially by periodic payments to the creditor or to a sinking fund.
To write off a cost of (an asset) gradually.
Restitution
Noun.
Reparation made by giving an equivalent or compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused; indemnification.
The restoration of property or rights previously taken away, conveyed, or surrendered.
Restoration to the former or original state or position.
Acme
Noun.
The highest point; summit; peak: The empire was at the acme of its power.
Nadir
Noun.
Astronomy. The point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
The lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair.
Notorious
Adjective.
Widely and unfavorably known: a notorious gambler. Synonyms: infamous, egregious, outrageous, arrant, flagrant, disreputable.
Eminent
Adjective.
High in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished: eminent statesmen.
Conspicuous, signal, or noteworthy: eminent fairness.
Lofty; high: eminent peaks.
Prominent; projecting; protruding: an eminent nose.
Dispassionate
Adjective.
Free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm: a dispassionate critic.
