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tenuous?

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weak flimsy thin

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fugacious?

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temporary that are easy to pass by

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repudiate

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cast off reject

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assuage

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to relieve to ease to allay

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covetous

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greedy desire to own something that is someone else’s

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protracted

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careful exhaustive

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clement

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moderate mild calm

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defray

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cover the costs of, pay

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solicitous

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showing concern care and attention

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ingratiating

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to win favour of, flattering

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unctuous

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flattering

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extemporize

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to improvise

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expunge

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to expel erase eradicate

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quiescent

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quiet still inactive

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quandry

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state of uncertainty

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cavil

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nitpick, point put petty flaws

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clairvoyant

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having exceptional powers of perception

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fastidious

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finicky extremely delicate

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punctilious

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paying attention to extremely fine points of detail

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categorical

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absolute

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provident

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economical saving thrifty

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impute

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charge or assign a blame

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trenchant

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sharp acute

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laity

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non professionals

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prosaic
dull ordinary
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perfunctory
routine mechanical perform without enthusiasm
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morass
swamp march bog, sticky or troublesome situation
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sophistry
deceptive reasoning
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pontificate
speak in a pompous way
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surreptitious
stealthy sly shifty
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pugnacious
quarrelsome
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facile
Easy, easily done, performed or achieved in an easy effortless way
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Convivial
Festive, sociable
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Eschew
To abstain from, shun, avoid
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Approbation
Approval, acceptance
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Legerdemain
Deception, cleverly executed trick, slight of hand
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Puerile
Childish, immature
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Transmute
Transform or change the nature of, usually into something better
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Edify
Beach, to make better, enlighten
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Supercilious
Arrogant, haughty
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Vacuous
Empty vacant, devoid of any substance interest or intelligence
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Capacious
Rumi, spacious, ample
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Mnemonic
Related to memory
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Circuitous
Indirect, roundabout
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Tangential
Slightly connected or not connected
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Tenable
Easily defended, reasonable something you can defend
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Untenable
Something indefensible unreasonable
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supine
Lying on your back, face upward
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Heterodox
Having an opinion different from the conventional or the excepted opinion
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Malinger
To pretend to be sick to get out of responsibility
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Aver
State or declare with confidence
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Refractory
Resisting control or authority, unruly
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Discursive
Digressing, going from one topic to another
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Redress
Compensation Reparation 
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Obsequious
Submissive, subservient
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Truncate
Cut short, shortened by cutting
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Pernicious
Dangerous fatal deadly
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Catholic?
All inclusive, universal comprehensive
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Objuration
Harsh rebuke, vehement scolding
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Effusive
Gushing overflowing
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Umbrage
Offence, resentment
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Vicissitude
Mutation, fluctuation, change
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Obeisance
A gesture of respect, veneration, homage and attitude of respect or submission
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Assiduous
Hard-working, industrious careful
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Duplicity
Deceit, cunning double dealing
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Insouciant
Carefree, calm nonchalantI am concerned, free from worry
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Fortuitous
Happening by chance, accident
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Apprise
Inform to inform
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Appraise
To evaluate the worth of
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Myrmidon
A loyal follower
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Germane
Relevant, fitting precisely to the point
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Licentious
lustful, lewd, sexually abandoned, lacking moral restraint
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Libertine
Sexually abandoned, lacking moral restraint, lustful
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Lubricious
lustful, loose,
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Superannuated
Retired due to old age, obsolete, outmoded
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effete
Obsolete, outmoded ineffective
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descrepit
Outmoded, obsolete, old and worn out
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Vapid
Dull lifeless boring
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Crotchet
An old way more fancy that one clings onto stubbornly
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Epigraph
an scription in the beginning
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Epitaph
and inscription at the grave of somebody
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Epigram
A quick witty saying
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Expatiate
To write, speak at great length
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sinecure
A job or a position that requires no work but rewards handsomely
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Predilection
inclination
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Imbroglio
A tougher intricate situation, a difficult perplexing state of affairs
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Ineffable
Unable to be expressed in words
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Stolid
Not easily moved aroused or excited showing little or no feelings motions
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offal
Garbage, rubbish, waste
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lissome
Moving gracefully
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Surfeit
To feel excessively usually to the point of discomfort sickness or disgust
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Blandishment
An act or speech that flatters
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Prolixity
Wordy, long winded and boring, for
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Apocryphal
unauthentic false
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Cupidity
Greedy avarice
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vernal
Related to spring
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temerity
Recklessness rashness
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rapprochement
re-establishing of friendly relations
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Disquisition
Discourse
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Munificence
Great generosity
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Probity
Honesty integrity
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puissant
Powerful strong mighty
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Pusillanimous
Cowardly
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peculate
Embezzlement
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Diffident
Shy, scared to speak up
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Venal
Corruptible
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Extant
Existing
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Meretricious
gaudy, tawdry, flashy in a cheap way
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Quotidian
Daily, recurring every day
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bet noire
A great beast, something somebody dislikes or wants to avoid
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bon mot
A witty and clever remark
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elan
spirited self assurance
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chutzpa
Audacity
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on the qui vive
On the alert, ready and watchful
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coup de grâce
A final stroke that brings mercy to someone
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pro tempore
For the time being, temporary
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sine qua non
Something which is absolutely necessary
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Pulchritude
Beauty loveliness attractiveness
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Denouements
Unravelling of the plot
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fugacious
Temporary passing away
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Turbid
Mercury cloudy and clear
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indefeasible
In alienable - not subject to being loat
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Scurrilous
Foulmouthed, obscene vulgar
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Recrudescence
Something that occurs over a brief break again
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defenestrate
Throwing something out of the window
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desultory
Lacking a plan, purpose
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Salubrious
Health full, wholesome
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Noisome
Unwholesome harmful to health
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dilatory
Something that causes delay
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vilify
Slander, defame
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Phlegmatic
calm sluggish
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Adventitious
Accidentally or casually acquired
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Desiccated
Deprived of moisture
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Comity
civilness, politeness
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Specious
Appearing to be true at first glance but actually unauthentic false unreasonable
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Calumny
Defamation of character
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Excoriate
denounce someone harshly
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Lassitude
, fatigue. weariness
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traduce
To defame in public by using false or malicious statements
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dishabille
Partial undress
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Saturnalia
orgy licentious merrymaking 
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Extirpate
Exterminate abolish
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flagitious
Extremely wicked
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Peripatetic
Itinerant
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cachinnate
Laughing loudly and convulsively
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Manumit
To liberate, free from slavery or bondage
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Expiation
Atonement of sins
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jejune
dull, uninteresting, insipid, vapid
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minatory
Threatening
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Putative
supposed, reputed
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lucubration
Labour done at night
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Troglodyte
Lives in a cave, primitive man, act in a primitive way, lives in seclusion
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aleatory
Depending on luck or chance, unpredictable
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Farrago
Mix, especially a confusing mix
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cynosure
Focal point, centre of attention
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badinage
Friendly banter
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hieratic
Only by priests, used only for holy purposes
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Saturnine
gloomy, sombre
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Execrate
to denounce vehemently
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Vitiate
To corrupt to ruin
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Venial
Forgiveable
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Risible
Capable of arousing laughter
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Lionise
To treat somebody like a celebrity or an important personality
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contretemps
An embarrassing situation
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rodomontade
Arrogant bragging
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hebetude
dull, stupid
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deipnosophist
An adept conversationalist
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Frangible
Fragile
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apodictic
absolute
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fulminate
To explode, along with invective language
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hebdomadal
Weekly,or a period of seven days
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Divagate
Digress
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iatrogenic
Caused due to medical treatment
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tergiversation
Abandon, desertion
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Presage
To indicate something bad is about to happen
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Precipitate
Rash, acting impulsively
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Presentiment
Feeling that something bad is about to happen
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pretense
an action that makes people believe that something is not true example: she could not keep up the pretence that she likes him
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pyrrhic
A victory at great cost
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Jeremiad
A long speech full of complaints
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Spartan
Lacking comfort
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hector
Bully
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demur
Object
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parvenu
Somebody who recently rose to power but is not accepted in the general society
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rapport
General understanding between a community or a group of people
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PASSE
Not in fashion anymore
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cache
A collection of items hidden away for fiture use
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raconteur
A skilled storyteller
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Sangfroid
calm
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tete a tete
A private conversation between two people
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kaput
No longer in existence, no longer functioning
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littoral
Along the coast
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Insular
Separated from the rest of the world
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jaunt
A journey for pleasure
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Sedulous
Assiduous, hard-working
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Restive
Restless
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peruse
Go through carefully
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pre possessing
Attractive
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Intemperate
Given to access, especially in matters of imbibing alcohol
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Burnish
Making shiny
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quiescent
In activity
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Remiss
Neglect
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Obstreperous
Very loud and out of control
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chary
Careful and cautious, prudent
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Palaver
idle chatter
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Extraneous
Non-essential
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Superfluous
Excessive non-essential
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histrionics
excessively grammatical or theatric in style
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Adjunct
Something added, joined
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amenable
Friendly, cordial
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antidiluvian
Prehistoric
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apothegm
Witty remark
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apposite
Relevant, strikingly appropriate
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Approbation
Approval, prayers, acceptance
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apropos
Relevant
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argot
Specialised vocabulary of a group or community
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Artless
Guileless, natural
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asperity
Harshness, severity
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aspersion
False rumour, deliberately misleading rumour
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Astringent
Harsh severe
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Atavism
Return of traits after a period of time
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attenuate
exacerbate, weaken
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Austere
unadorned, stern
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avocation
Secondary occupation
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Axiomatic
Taken for granted
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bacchanalian
licentious merrymaking, drunken festivity
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beatify
to sanctify, to bless
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bedizen
dressing in an obscene manner
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belie
To contradict, to give false impression of
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badge
Beg
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canard
False, deliberately misleading story
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cant
Noiseless talk, insincere talk
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Carping
Fault finding
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caucus
A group within an organisation
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Centrifugal
Away from the centre
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Centripetal
Towards the centre
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Churlish
Boorish, rude
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clamour
Outcry, noise
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Cloister
to seclude to confine
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coalesce
To come together for a cause
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coda
Concluding part of a literary novel
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Concomitant
existing concurrently
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Confound
Baffled, perplex
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Consecrate
Declared sacred
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Continence
Self control, self abnegation, abstention from sexual activity
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Abstention
Self control, refraining from doing something especially alcohol
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Contumacious
rebellious, disobedient, recalcitrant
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Conundrum
Problem with no solution, riddle, Puzzle
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Convention
Practice that’s widely observed
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convulated
Twisted, complicated
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Coquette
Woman who flirts
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Covert
Secret, hidden
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 cozen
deliberately mislead, fraud trick
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Craven
cowardly
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Credence
Acceptance of something as true
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daunt
Intimidate, threaten, frighten
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Defunct
no longer existing no longer functioning, kaput
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Deference
Respect
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Delineate
depict, represent
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Demotic
relating to people 
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Denigrate
Defame, slur somebody’s reputation
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deride
Mock
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desuetude
State of disuse
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Diaphanous
transparent
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DIRGE
funeral hymn
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Discomfit
to make uneasy
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Disabuse
to free from misconception, exculpate
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Discordant
Not in tune
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Dissemble
Disguise one’s motives
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Discrete
Distinct, different
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Discretion
Minding one’s language and speech
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doctrinaire
Dogmatic, unyielding
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Dissident
Somebody who disagrees about beliefs
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Dissonance
Lack of harmony
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distrait
 inattentive, preoccupied
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Distill
Extract the important elements
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Thespian
dramatic, acting theatrical
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Expatriate
sent into exile
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Explicate
Explain clarify
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Expository
explanatory
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Facetious
Humorous
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Factotum
Handyman that does all sorts of jobs
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Fatuous
Self-satisfied foolishly
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felicitous
appropriate, well chosen
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Flout
, disregard treat scornfully
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Foment
to stir it up, instigate
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Forbearance
Patience
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Forswear
denounce renounce, repudiate
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fracas
Quarrel, loud
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Fractious
Quarrelsome
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Froward
Stubborn, disobedient, obstinate
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fulsome
excessively disgusting
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Gainsay
deter
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Gambol
Frolic
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halycon
Calm and composed
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Hallowed
Sacred, holy
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harangue
Long pompous speech
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homily
sermon
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idolatry
Idol worship
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Imprecation
curse
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inchoate
imperfectly formulated
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indolent
Lazy
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Ineluctable
Inevitable
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Insularity
Narrowmindedness, isolation
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peremptory
expected to be obeyed immediately
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insuperable
Unconquerable
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Interdict
For bid
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Internecine
Harmful to both sides
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Interpolate
Insert
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Interregnum
Gap in continuity
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Intransigence
Stubborn, opposing authority
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inured
Accustomed to, used to
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inveigh
To disapprove
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inveigle
To win over by flattery
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Invidious
Offensive
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jibe
to mock, insult
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Jocose
amusing jocular
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labile
Likely to change
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lambaste
To thrash verbally or physically
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Libertine
Having loose morals
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limn
To describe
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Limpid
Clear, transparent
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Diaphanous
Transparent
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lucre
Money or profit
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machiavellian
Crafty
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menagerie
Collection of variety of animals
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mettle
Courage
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minutia
Small details, petty details
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neophyte
tyro, amateur
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nexus
centre
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nugatory
Invalid
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occlude
Opposite of include,
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officious
Meddlesome
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Opprobrium
Disgrace
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paean
Song of joy
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pallid
lacking color, dull
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panegyric
elaborate praise
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Pathological
Away from normal
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patois
Regional dialect
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pellucid
Transparent
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Peregrination
Itinerant, travelling from one place to another
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Perfidious
Untrustworthy, disloyal
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Perrigee
closest to the earth
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physiognomy
Facial features
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pique
Fleeting feeling of hurt
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piquant
Attractive
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plumb
Examine deeply
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poseur
Somebody who changes themselves to appeal to others
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prate
idle chatter
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precept
law or principle
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Prevaricate
Evade the truth
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Propitiate
To appease, win over
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Propriety
Correct conduct
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purport
claim
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quagmire
Difficult situation
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quail
To lose heart
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qualms
moral restrictions
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raiment
Clothing
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rarefied
Different from the lives and concerns of ordinary people
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recant
taking back something said (publicly)
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recondite
Something about which little is known
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Abstruse
Difficult to understand
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relegate
to consign an inferior position
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renege
To go back on one’s word
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repine
Complain
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Reprise
Repetition
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Reproach
Blame
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Reprobate
Extremely wicked
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riposte
Retaliatory action
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Rubric
Heading, establish mood of procedure or conduct, protocols
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subterfuge
Trick
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stratgem
Trick
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Salutary
Favourable to health
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Sartorial
Pertaining to Tailor
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sedulous
Diligent, hard-working
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serville
Subservient
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sidereal
Related to stars
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Simiam
Ape like
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sinuous
intricate,
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Stentorian
Extremely loud
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Stultify
To impair
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stygian
Dark, hellish
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Sundry
Various
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sylvan
Relating to woodd and forest
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tome
Large. Old book
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torpor, torpid
Lethargy, sluggishness
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tout
Promote
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Tractable
Obedient, yielding
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travail
Work
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Travesty
Parody
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Tremulous
Trembling
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truculence
Aggressiveness
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Tutelary
Tutelage
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Untoward
Not wholesome, troublesome
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vaunt
boast, Brag
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veracious
Truthful
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veracity
Accuracy
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Virtuoso
Master
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visage
Appearance
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weltor
To be in turmoil
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zealot
Rebel
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abstemious
Moderate in appetite
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gourmand
Person who enjoys fine food
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hoodwink
To deceive
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charlaton
Some person who indulges in chicanery
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bilk
To cheat
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stalwart
Faithful, loyal, reliable
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dirisory
Derisive, disparaging
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Reproach
To express disappointment
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Slight
To insult by ignore 
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Vivacious
Lively and animated
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celerity
Swiftness
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Feckless
Irresponsible, unmotivated
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Portmanteau
Word formed by joining to words, example smog
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eponymous
Named after a person
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Bombastic
Pompous
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Sesquipedalian
Somebody who enjoys using very long words
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Benighted
unelightened
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Unlettered
Illiterate
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Collegial
Camaraderie within a group
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Brusque
Short and to the point, almost to the degree of being impolite
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Impolitic
Unwise
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Philistine
Ignorant of art and culture
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reverie
The state of being lost in day dreams
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palimpset
something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form.
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curio
rare, unusual, or intriguing object.
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educe
bring out or develop (something latent or potential).
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Bereavement
the state of having lost a relative or close friend who has recently died
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Ignoble
Having dishonourable character
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Contemptible
Despicable
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mullish
stubborn, obstinate
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waspish
Irascible, easily angered
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Apostate
Someone who rejects widely excepted beliefs
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priggish
Sanctimonious, holier than thou
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Sacrilege
blasphemy
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Inviolable
Pure
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Novitiate
Beginner in a religion
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syncretic
Fusion of several different beliefs
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ecclesiastical
Related to clergy or church
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Anathema
curse
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Ecumenical
Union of different churches
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Extenuate
lessen the severity
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Execrate
to express disappointment disapproval
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Expurgate
To remove objectionable content
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discreet
Not drawing attention to an activity that is generally kept private
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Flounder
Flail about
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Founder
to sink
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Ingratiate
To appease
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Cloying
Overly sentimental to the point of being disgusting
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mawkish
Synonym of cloying, overly sentimental
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besmirch
To slander
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Raillery
to tease
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Jingoist
patriotic and constantly calling for war
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Propitiate
To appease
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Phantasmagorical
Characterised by many suddenly changing images, as in a nightmare or hallucination
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Schism
A major rift within a large group
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coterie
A group that has shared interest
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Diminutive
Very tiny
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Prodigious
Great
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Slipshod
Careless
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Persnickety
Fault finding, nitpicky
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Moribund
Almost dying
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verdant
Lush and green
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Intermittent
Occurring on and off
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Interminable
Without an end
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Stasis
State of inactivity
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blithe
Calm and happy
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dour
morose, persistently glum
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crepuscular
Describing the evening
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fin de siecle
describing the period at the end of the 19th century
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Palatable
Agreeable, pleasant tasting
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toothsome
Delicious
473
Impertinent
Rude
474
Garish
gaudy, obtrusily bright and showy
475
Panache
Stylish
476
protean
able to take different forms
477
largesse
Munificent, generosity in giving gifts
478
sybarite
A person who indulges in highly luxurious and sensual things
479
Profligate
Excessively wasteful
480
Epicurean
devoted to a life of lavish living
481
maudlin
silly and sentimental
482
Hamstring
To make someone powerless
483
choleric
Easily angered
484
Bilious
Bad Tempered
485
Chimera
Illusion
486
Apollonian
Relating to peoples rational side
487
dionysian
Relating to peoples emotional side
488
Chereb
Baby or somebody with angelic features
489
Seraphic
Describing someone with an angelic feature
490
theodicy
belief that evil has a purpose
491
empyrean
Heavens
492
numinous
Supernatural
493
Polymath
somebody w skills in various fields
494
Destitute
Very poor
495
maven
Skilful, an expert
496
barnstorm
Go to rural places to collect vote
497
Apparatchik
Blindly loyal officer of an organisation
498
plenary
A meeting with all the members
499
Scapegoat
somebody who is blamed for things that isnt their fault
500
uproarious
Extremely humorous
501
Disconsolate
So sad that you can’t console
502
elegiac
Extremely mournful
503
snub
Ignore
504
cipher
Person of no importance
505
aquiesce
Agree reluctantly
506
Turpitude
Depraved
507
kowtow
Meek, To kowtow’ means to show somebody in authority too much respect and be too willing to obey them.
508
Imperious
Extremely bossy and commanding
509
Impudent
cheeky and Rude
510
Lugubrious
Excessively mournful
511
redowned
contribute greatly to (a person's credit or honour).
512
Tenacious
Determined
513
perspicacity
shrewdness
514
gravitas
Seriousness, dignity
515
Welsh
Break a promise
516
Rapture
Feeling of extreme happiness
517
Deliquesce
Melt away
518
comely
Pleasant to look at
519
Nebbish
meek
520
kvetch
Complain
521
kibitz
To talk to someone formally
522
nonpareil
Unparalleled
523
Fulcrum
The point on which something is supported
524
Entropy
Disorganised
525
Ascendant
Gaining influence
526
rife
Describing something that is very harmful but widespread
527
Entreat
To plead
528
Inexorable
Incapable of being stopped
529
Indomitable
Impossible to stop
530
armistice
An agreement between two parties to stop fighting
531
maraud
raid or Pillage
532
revanshism
Seeking of lost territory
533
Curmudgeon
Ill tempered person
534
Bromide
platitude
535
Self aggrandisement
Portraying one self as highly important
536
Self-effacing
Taking the conversation away from oneself
537
vie
To compete
538
Pith
The essence of something
539
Indefatigable
Not tiring not giving up
540
detente
The lessening of hostility between nations
541
ado
fuss
542
avant garde
Somebody who creates or invents new ideas or things
543
Flummox
To perplex
544
Discombobulate
Completely confused
545
Intrepid
Fearless
546
edict
A decree or proclamation
547
bailiwick
Somebody’s area of interest or knowledge
548
Malapropism
Using a word in a wrong way
549
eudaemonic
Promoting happiness
550
euphony
Harmonious pleasant sound
551
Anthropomorphic
Having human characteristics
552
Anthropophagy
Cannibalism
553
circumambulate
walk Around something
554
Circumvent
To figure your way around a problem
555
Protuberance
Something that sticks out, protrudes
556
Provenance
The origin of something
557
Providential
Opportune, fortunate, happening at the right time
558
Transmogrified
Transform in a surprising manner
559
transpose
Cause two things to swap places
560
Transgress
To stay away from what is moral behaviour
561
discry
To discern
562
periphrastic
long winded, talk in a roundabout way
563
Parapet
A protective wall
564
Paroxysm
A burst of emotion
565
panoply
A lavish display of something | 
566
Pantomime
use only hands to indicate something or communicate something
567
Pantheist
Somebody who is a believer in a great spiritual being
567
Pantheist
Somebody who is a believer in a great spiritual being
568
Pantheist
Somebody who is a believer in a great spiritual being
569
Apotheosis
A perfect example
570
apothegm
A old saying
571
Apoplectic
Extremely angry
572
Reconnoitre
To inspect and learn something about an area
573
Antebellum
before the Civil War
574
casus bellie
A justification for war war
575
Subterranean
Underground
575
Subterranean
Underground
575
Interloper
Intruder
576
Interlocutor
somebody’s engagement conversation
577
Inimical
Hostile
578
inter
To bury
579
Indoctrination
teaching instruction
580
Arrogate
Take something without justification
581
supererogatory
Unnecessary, beyond what is necessary
582
abut
Share boundaries with
583
Aficionado
Somebody who has special interest in something, somebody who is passionate about some subject or some field
584
Atrophy
Wearing down due to lack of use
585
Aphasia
Inability to speak
586
Consanguinity
Relatedness through blood
587
Contumacious
Stubborn
588
Decadent
Something that is inclined to disrepute
589
Detritus
To refuse
590
enjoin
To urge someone to do something
591
ensconce
To hide
592
Encomium
Speech with highest praise
593
Factoid
A false fact that has been around for so long that it accepted as true
594
Putrefaction
Decaying of body
595
Endogenous
Originating internally
596
Unmitigated
Aisa kuch Kam nahin hua Hai, absolute
597
Compendious
Comprehensive but concise
598
Antiquated
Old-fashioned
599
Bedlam
Utter chaos
600
beguile
To deceive in a charming way
601
carouse
To go around partying
602
Festoon festoon
Decorate something
603
Finagle
to get something through chicanery
604
foist
For someone to do something
605
Fritter
Waste
606
filigree
Fanciful decoration around the edges
607
Gentrification
Converting from low to high end
608
glom
Grab on to something
609
harry
harass incessantly
610
Impervious
Something that cannot be penetrated
611
Languorous
Pleasant lethargic
612
leery
Being suspicious
613
nary
Not any
614
Natter
Talk aimlessly and unnecessarily, idle chatter
615
natty
Dressing in fine clothes
616
Ossify
To get rigid, Harden
617
Ornery
mean spirited
618
oeuvre
The complete work of an artist
619
Quisling
Traitor
620
ululate
howl like a wolf
621
Prognosticate
Predict through currently available information
622
rarefy
to make rare, to weaken
623
Unwonted
Unaccustomed
624
Caparisoned
Adorn
625
DOUGHTY
Valiant, brave
626
paladin
Champion of a cause
627
rancor
Deep seated hatred
628
Bellwether
Leader
629
Contumacious
Stubborn
630
Ablutions
Act of Washing oneself, religious connotation
631
volte face
Complete change of attitude
632
savoir faire
the ability to act in a particular way in public
633
rechereche
To obsecure and unusual to be understood
634
pro rata
proportional
635
zephyer
Soft gentle breeze
636
putsch
secretly plotted and suddenly executed attempt to overthrow a government
637
paroxysm
a sudden attack or outburst of a particular emotion or activity.
638
auscultate
To listen to sounds within such cavities of the body as the chest and abdomen
639
effeminate
Having qualities that are feminine
640
immure
To build a wall around
641
Proffer
To bring forward, to offer
642
divulsion
Tearing apart
643
encaustic
Fixed by heat
644
Supernumerary
Not essential, superfluous above the number
645
secede
Go away, with draw
646
Hyperborean
Beyond the north
647
out herod
Exceed in violence
648
periphrastic
talk in a roundabout way
649
antepenult
Before almost the last
650
Prognosis
Forecast
651
nonage
Youth, immaturity
652
Unstinting
Not holding back
653
Countermands
Cancel, rescind
654
Obloquy
Disgrace, censure
655
dyspepsia
Bad digestion
656
Rectitude
Righteousness
657
autochthonous
Native, aboriginal, original, indigenous
658
bedight
Adorned
658
bedight
Adorned
659
paronomasia
Play on words, in which one uses words whose sounds are closely alike but whose meanings are different, pun
660
Oblation
a thing presented to God
661
colloquy
Conversation
662
prorogue
postpone, defer
663
penumbra
almost shade
664
Adumbrate
Foreshadow, indicate
665
perfidy
untrustworthy, deceitful
666
Apostate
Projector of religion,
667
Animadversion
Criticise, censure
668
accretion
gradual increase
669
sexton
Church custodian
670
eleemosynary
Dependent upon charity
671
asseverate
To declare solemnly
672
Benison
Blessing
672
costive
Slow, reluctant
672
desideratum
Something that was needed, required, prerequisite
673
solipsist
Extreme egocentrism
674
sequestered’
means isolated or separated.
675
Poltroon
means an utter coward.
676
portent
sign or warning tyat somethung cataclysmic is ab to happen
677
beleaguered
in a very difficult situation.
678
credulous
Having to greater readiness to believe things
679
inimical
Tending to obstruct, harm, hostile
680
emend
make changes or improvements to a text
680
palliate
lessen the severity, allay
680
exiguous
very small in size
681
preponderance
1 : a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength
682
emollient
attempting to avoid confrontation or anger; calming or conciliatory.
683
bedvil
something bad) cause great and continual trouble to.
684
conscientacious
wishing to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly.
685
obtrude
intrude
686
cthonic
relating to or inhabiting the underworld.
687
mordant
especially of humour) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting.
688
ignominy
public shame or disgrace.
689
impunity
pardon
690
lurid
unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect.
691
billious
(of a colour) lurid or sickly.
692
gravamen
the essence or the most serious part of a complaint or accusation
693
effluvium
bad odour
694
perspicuity
the ability to think write and speak clearly
695
regurgitate
to bring up or repeat information without understanding it
696
regurgitate
to bring up or repeat information without understanding it
697
redoubtable
formidable person
698
lodestar
a person or thing that serves as an inspiration or guide.
699
lodestar
a person or thing that serves as an inspiration or guide.
700
languorous
lazy, lethargic
701
impassive
not showing any emotion
702
bone idle
lazy
703
fainéant
an idle or ineffective person
704
otiose
serving no practical purpose, without any significance, vain, idle
705
bumfuzzle
confused, perplexed or flustered
706
cattywampus
something that is in disarray, something that is askewed
707
gardyloo
warning given by people to pedestrians before they dumped their loo buckets into the streets
708
taradiddle
something that is a great lie, or something/someone that is filled with pretentious nonsense
709
widdershins
something that is going in the opposite direction, synonym of counter-clockwise
710