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usurp to take illegally or by force (v) indolence laziness (n) axiom a self-evident statement; maxim (n) craven cowardly (adj) libation a drink poured out as and offering (n) ardent enthusiastic or passionate (adj) truculent eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant (adj) specious misleading; superficially plausible, but actually wrong (adj) mien a person's look or manner, esp. indicative of character or mood (n) ineffable intangible, indescribable; too great to be expressed by words (adj) apoplectic overcome with anger; extremely indignant (related to "apoplexy" meaning a stroke) (adj.) panegyric a public speech published in praise of someone/something; a eulogy sepulchre a tomb cut out of rock (n) portentous done in an overly solemn way; can be an ominous sort of warning clandestine kept secret or done secretly (adj) peripatetic traveling from place to place for short periods (adj) effiminancy having unsuitable feminine qualities. Characterized by weakness and refinement. Derogatory for a man to be called this because it relates to general 'feminine' qualities (n) belligerent TONE hostile and aggressive (adj) timorous showing or suffering from fear, nervousness, or lack of confidence (adj) TONE indignant anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment (adj) TONE penitent repentant; sorry and regretful (adj) TONE acerbic sharp and forthright (adj) TONE pompous self-important; irritatingly grand or solemn (adj) TONE apologetic regretful, sorry (adj) TONE resigned give up; accept that something undesirable can't be avoided TONE irreverent lack of respect for a serious thing (adj) TONE disgruntled angry or dissatisfied (adj) TONE wrathful full of intense anger (adj) TONE zealous passionate, eager (adj) TONE bombastic high sounding language with little meaning; passionate (adj) TONE effusive over-the-top (adj) TONE restrained unemotional, detached (adj) TONE wry dry in whit, sarcasm, humor (adj) TONE matter-of-fact straightforward TONE tongue-in-cheek airy TONE foreboding ominous foreshadow TONE lugubrious excessively gloomy, melancholy (adj) TONE