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retribution

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n. punishment for offenses; compensation
s: chastisement, condemnation, discipline
a: acquittal, forgiveness, overlooking, pardoning

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reticence

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n. inclination to be silent
s: reserve, silence, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness
a: frankness, ingenuousness, openness, talkativeness

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respite

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n. an interval of relief or rest; a delay of punishment
s: intermission, lull, pause, postponement, recess, suspension
a: activity, continuity, movement; action, execution

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reprisal

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n. forcible seizure in retaliation for injuries received; injury done in return for injury received
s: counterattack, retaliation, revenge
a: compromise, reconciliation, submission

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reprehensible

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adj. deserving of blame, rebuke, or censure
s: blameworthy, condemnable, reprovable
a: blameless, commendable, laudatory

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replete

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adj. abundantly supplied; well-filled
s: bountiful, complete, full, plenary
a: drained, empty, insufficient

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renunciation

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n. the act of formally or voluntarily giving up a claim or title
s: abnegation, sacrifice, self-denial, surrender
a: assertion, claim, demand

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remonstrance

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n. the act of objecting or protesting
s: expostulation, objection, protestation
a:acquiescence, agreement, assent, consent

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recumbent

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adj. reclining; lying down; resting
s: couchant, dormant, prone, prostrate, supine
a: erect, standing, upright

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discomfit

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v. to cause uneasiness, embarrassment, or confusion
s: disconcert, fluster, unnerve

v. to thwart the plans or purposes of
s: foil, frustrate, hinder
a: accomplish, effect,fulfill

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corroborate

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v. to strengthen or confirm by agreeing statements or new evidence
s: authenticate, certify, document, substantiate, validate, verify
a: contradict, invalidate, negate, nullify

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coerce

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v. to force someone to comply or obey, as by pressure, threats or intimidation; to effect by force
s: bully, compel, constrain, extort, oblige
a: blandish, cajole, coax, entreat, inveigle, persuade

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sporadic

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adj. occuring in occasional or isolated instances
s: infrequent, irregular, occasional, random, spotty
a: frequent, regular, unbroken, unremitting

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pseudonym

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n. a fictitious name ,as one assumed by an author
s: alias cryptonym, nom de plume, pen name

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plethora

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n. excess, superabundance
s: oversupply, profusion, superfluity
a: dearth, inadequacy, insufficiency, scantiness

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panacea

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n. a supposed remedy for all diseases or ills
s: cure-all, elixir, nostrum

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idiosyncrasy

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n. a temperament peculiar to an individual; any personal peculiarity or mannerism
s: eccentricity, oddity, pecularity, singularity
a: commonness, normality, ordinariness

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epithet

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n. a name or title used to describe or characterize a person or thing
s: appellation, designation, label, nickname

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eon

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n. an indefinitely long time
s: ages, eternity, forever, years

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demagogue

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n. a leader who appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace in order to obtain power
s: agitator, haranguer, rabble-rouser

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criterion

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n. a test, rule, or standard by which something is judged
s: barometer, gauge, guideline, norm, touchstone, yardstick

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caustic

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adj. capable of burning, corroding, or destroying tissue by chemical action
s: acidic, cankerous, corrosive
a: healing, restorative

adj. cutting or sarcastic in utterance
s: sardonic, scathing
a: amiable, cordial, gracious, kind

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anathema

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n. a person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation; a formal ecclesiastical curse or ban
s: banishment, damnation, excommunication, interdiction
a: acceptance, reception, sanction

n. a person or thing greatly detested
s: abhorrence, abomination, nuisance
a: admiration, delight, joy

n. a curse or imprecation generally
s: denunciation, execration, malediction
a: benediction, blessing, praise

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agnostic

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n. one who holds that the existence of God is unknown and unknowable; one who asserts that all claims to knowledge are uncertain
s: nonbeliever, skeptic
a: believer

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trajectory
n. **the direction of an object through space** n. **a course taken** s: curve, direction, flight, flow, movement, route, track, trail a: deviation, misdirection
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sanction
n. **authoritative permission for an action** s: approcal, authorization, endorsement, ratification a: disapprobation, disapproval n. **a penalty imposed to encourage compliance to law** s: ban, injunction
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precursor
n. **a person or thing that goes before and heralds the coming of another person or thing; one who precedes another in a course or office** s: harbinger, herald, messenger; forerunner, predecessor
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plagiarism
n. ** the act of stealing and using the ideas or writings of another as one's own** s: appropriation, arrogation, theft
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perdition
n. **condition of the sould lost in eternal punishment** s: condemnation, damage, deprivation, desolation, destruction, doom, torment, wreckage a: salvation
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penury
n. **extreme poverty** s: destitution, indigence, privation, want a: affluence, luxury, opulence, wealth
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hiatus
n. **a break or interruption in something; a gap; a pause** s: intermission, interval, lacuna, recess, respite a: continuation, continuity
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frugality
n. **the quality of being thrifty; not spending or using unnecessarily** s: economy, moderation, self-denial, thrift a: extravagance, lavishness, prodigality, wastefulness
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dirge
n. **a funeral song or lament; any song or poem expressing mourning** s: elegy, requiem, threnody
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clemency
n. **mercy in the exercise of authority or power; leniency toward an offender or enemy** s: beneficence, easement, magnanimity, mitigation, relief a: harshness, rigidity, severity, strictness
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cadence
n. **intonation of the voice** s: accent, inflection, lilt, tone n. **measured movement, such as in music and writing** s: beat, pace, pulse, rhythm, stroke, tempo
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belligerence
n. **revealing hostility and a readiness to fight** s: aggression, antagonism, combativeness, militarism, violence a: civility, peace, submission, surrender
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vulnerable
adj. **susceptible to wounds; open to attack** s: defenseless, exposed, unprotected a: impregnable, invulnerable, unconquerable
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strident
adj. **loud, harsh, grating** s: earsplitting, hoarse, loud, raucous, stentorian a: low, low-pitched, muted, soft
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ruminate
v. **to chew the cud; to meditate or reflect on** s: meditate, muse, ponder
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procrastinate
v. **to put off doing something until a future time; to postpone habitually** s: dawdle, delay, lag, loiter a: hasten, hurry
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pestilent
adj. **tending to destroy life; dangerous to the moral, social, or political welfare of society** s: baleful, destructive, detrimental, inurious, ruinous a: harmless, innocuous, healthful, uncorrupting
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penitent
adj. **feeling sorrow for one's sins and being willing to repent** s: contrite remorseful, repentant a: adamant, inexorable, obdurate
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insurgent
adj. **rising in active revolt against constituted authority** s: factious, insubordinate, rebellious a: acquiescent, resigned, submissive
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indomitable
adj. **not easily discouraged or defeated; unconquerable** s: determined, invincible, invulnerable, irrepressible, resolute, unbeatable a: capitulating, conquerable, yielding
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impeccable
adj. **not capable of sin; faultless** s: errorless, flawless, infallible, sinless, undefiled a: blameworthy, culpable, fallible, imperfect, sinful
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elucidate
v. **to make clear or plain especially by explanation** s: clarify, explicate, expound, illuminate, interpret a: complicate, confuse, distract, muddle, obscure
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augment
v. **to make greater, as in size, quantity, and strength; to supplement** s: amplify, boost, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, intensify, strengthen a: decrease, deduct, degrade, diminish, lessen, reduce
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abdicate
v. **to officially renounce power or neglect to complete a responsibility or duty** s: hand over, relinquish, resign, step down a: assume, claim, continue, maintain
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inundate
v. **to cover with water; to overwhelm as if with a flood** s: drown, overpower, overwhelm, submerge a: extricate, uncover
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intrepid
adj. **fearless** s: brave, courageous, daring, unafraid, undaunted a: cowardly, craven, fearful, scared
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insipid
adj. **without excitement or appeal** s: banal, bland, boring, dull, inane,lifeless, trite a: exciting, exhilarating, fascinating, fresh, interesting, lively, relevant
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indemnify
v. **to protect against or compensate for damage or loss** s: assure, cover, guarantee, insure, protect, refund, reimburse, repay a: deprive, forfeit, lose
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incarcerate
v. **to imprison** s: confine, immure, impound, jail a: emancipate, free, liberate, release
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imbibe
v. **to drink; to absorb or take in with the senses as if by drinking**\ s: quaff; absorb, assimilate, digest, ingest a: disgorge, eject, exude; dispel, disseminate, teach
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extenuate
v. **to lessen the seriousness of the circumstance by giving excuses** s: explanation, justification, mitigation, qualification, vindication
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exorbitant
adj. **going beyond what is reasonable; excessive** s: extravagant, inordinate, unreasonable a: inadequate, insufficient
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exemplify
v. **to illustrate something by acting as an example** s: demonstrate, embody, epitomize, illustrate, personify, represent a: distract, misrepresent, obscure
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emanate
v. **to flow forth or originate from a source** s: arise, derive issue, originate, proceed a: cease, decrease, stop terminate
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egregious
adj. **outstandingly bad** s: flagrant, gross, infamous, notorious, outrageous a: honorable, illustrious, noble, notable
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efface
v, **to erase or remove something as if by rubbing** s: destroy, erode, obliterate, rub out, wear away a: ameliorate, build construct, restore
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aggrandize
v. **to make greater, richer, more powerful** s: enlarge, expand, increase, upgrade a: decrease, degreade detract, lessen, lower, minimize v. **to exaggerate** s: amplify, boast, inflate, magnify, overstate, overvalue, puff up a: belittle, debase
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banal
adj. **lacking freshness or originality; commonplace, ordinary s: insipid, pedestrian, platitudinous, vapid a: original, piquing, pithy, stimulating
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chicanery
n. **trickery, especially in legal dealings; the use of subterfuge or trickery in debate** s: beguilement, deception, duplicity, fraud, sophistry, stratagem a: candor, forthrightness, frankness, sincerity, straightforwardness
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denote
v. **to indicate** s: convey, express, imply suggest
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entrepreneur
n. **one who organizes and manages a business, assuming the risk of profit or loss** s: businessman, director, enterpriser, financier, manager
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fetish
n. **an inanimate object thought to have inherent magical powers, and therefore worshiped** n. **anything irrationally reverenced; obession** s: amulet, attachment, charm, fixation, idol, talisman
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heinous
adj. **hatefully bad or wicked; abominable** s: atrocious, monstrous, outrageous a: humane, noble, virtuous
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pensive
adj. **thinking deeply or seriously, often of sad or melancholy things** s: contemplative, meditative, reflective, thoughtful a: carefree, flippant, heedless, unreflecting
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pique
v. **to evoke resentment in** s: anger, annoy, displease, irritate a: appease, assuage, placate, soothe v. **to arouse** s: attract, interest, intrigue, provoke, stimulate a: bore, disenchant, disenthrall, disinterest
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plaintive
adj. **expressing sorrow; mournful** s: doleful, dolorous, lugubrious, melancholy, rueful, sorrowful a: cheerful, joyful, jubilant
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trenchant
adj. **forceful and effective, keen, penetrating** s: expressive, striking , vigorous; biting, cutting, incisive a: banal, flat; dull, feeble
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verdant
adj. **green with growing plants or grass; green in color** s: grass-covered, grassy, green, plant-covered, verdurous a: barren, waste adj. **unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated** s: inexperienced, immature, naive a: knowledgeable,sophisticated

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