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imprecation

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  • the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
  • a slanderous accusation
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Avuncular

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resembling a uncle in kindness or indulgence

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bruit

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tell or spread rumors

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malaise

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  • physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)
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volition

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  • the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
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malapropism

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  • the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
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assiduous

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  • marked by care and persistent effort
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esurient

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  • devouring or craving food in great quantities
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facetious

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cleverly amusing in tone

facetiously - not seriously
facetiousness - playful humor

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relapse

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  • a failure to maintain a higher state
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innocuous

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innocuous - not injurious to physical or mental

  • not causing disapproval
  • lacking intent or capacity to injure
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sly

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marked by skill in deception

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deleterious

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  • harmful to living things
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inveigle

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  • influence or urge by deception or flattery
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wheedle

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  • influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
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depraved

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  • deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good
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iniquity

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  • wicked act
  • absence of moral or spiritual values
  • an unjust act
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intransigent

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  • unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something
  • impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
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peremptory

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(esp. of a person’s manner or actions) insisting on immediate attention or obedience, esp. in a brusquely imperious way.
““Just do it!” came the peremptory reply”

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willful

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willful - habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

willful - done by design

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glee

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malicious satisfaction

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mirthfulness

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  • great merriment
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sanitarium

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  • a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
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abstract

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  • a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
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aerate

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impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen

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alacrity

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  • liveliness and eagerness or readliness, often manifested by quick, lively action
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ancillary

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subordinate

- furnishing added support

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apprise

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  • increase valueof

- notify

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aver

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to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

affirm

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balletOMANE

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  • a ballet enthusiast
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bellwether

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  • sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell

- someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity

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bibulous

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  • given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol

- highly absorbent

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billow

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  • a large wave

- move with great difficulty(soldiers billowed through mud)

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bolster

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  • a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows
  • support
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bowdlerize

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  • edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
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buffet

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  • strike against forcefully ( wind buffeted the tent )
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chevron

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  • V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
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cloister

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convent , monastry

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camatose

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  • in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness
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contemplation

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  • a long and thoughtful observation
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culpable

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  • deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
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cursory

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  • hasty and without attention to detail
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cynosure

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  • something that strongly attracts attention and admiration
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empathy

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empathy - understanding and entering into another’s feelings

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envisage

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  • to face, confront

form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

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erudite

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erudite - having or showing profound knowledge

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familial

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  • relating to or having the characteristics of a family
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felon

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  • someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
  • a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail
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flint

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  • showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
  • a fine-grained , very hard, siliceous rock, usually grey, that produces sparks when struck with steel and that breaks into pieces with sharp cutting edges
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fortitude

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the strength to bear misfortune,pain etc calmly and patiently

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furtive

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secret and sly or sordid

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grimace

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  • a contorted facial expression
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humdrum

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humdrum - tediously repetitious or lacking in variety

  • the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
  • not challenging
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inimitable

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too good to be imitated/copied/equalled

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laud

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praise

laudatory

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laurel

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  • (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
  • any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
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lax

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lax - emptying easily or excessively

lax - lacking in strength or firmness or resilience

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liturgy

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  • a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship

- a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine

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martinet

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someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms

military-like discipline

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maverick

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someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
- stray animal

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morass

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  • a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot , marsh , swamp , often used figuratively of a difficult, troublesome, or perplexing stTe of affairs
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oblivion

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state of being forgotten

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oddly

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being one of a pair of which the other is missing

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palisade

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  • fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
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panegyric

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panegyric - a formal expression of praise

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panhandler

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a beggar especially someone who begs on the street

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parisian

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of or like Paris , its people , or culture

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perforate

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to make a hole, penetrate

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perpetrates

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to do or perform

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plausible

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plausible - apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful

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prosaic

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prosaic - not challenging

prosaic - lacking wit or imagination

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quizzical

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odd, comical

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rapacious

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rapacious - living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

  • excessively greedy and grasping
  • plundering
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rue

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  • feel remorse for

- sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment

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scanning

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to analuze(verse) in terms of its rhythmic components, as by counting accents and syllables and marking the metrical feet

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stultify

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  • prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone’s incompetence
  • to make seem foolish , stupid, inconsistent, to make dull
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sybarite

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any of the people of ancient

77
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plausible

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plausible - apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful

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prosaic

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prosaic - not challenging

prosaic - lacking wit or imagination

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quizzical

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odd, comical

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rapacious

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rapacious - living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey

  • excessively greedy and grasping
  • plundering
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rue

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  • feel remorse for

- sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment

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scanning

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to analuze(verse) in terms of its rhythmic components, as by counting accents and syllables and marking the metrical feet

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stultify

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  • prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone’s incompetence
  • to make seem foolish , stupid, inconsistent, to make dull
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sybarite

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any of the people of ancient

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truculent

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  • defiantly aggressive

a truculent speech against the govt

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verbiage

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  • the manner in which something is expressed in words
    e. g. use concise military verbiage
  • overabundance of words
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trench

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cut or carve deeply into

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verbiage

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  • the manner in which something is expressed in words

- overabumdance of words

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trench

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  • cut or carve deeply into
    letters trenched in the stone
  • fortify by surrounding with trenches
  • impinge or infringe upon
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unscruplous

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unscrupulous - without scruples or principles

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Narcissist

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A person characterized by egotism, vanity, pride, or selfishness; an erotic gratification derived from admiration of one’s own physical or mental attributes

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