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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 GUSTATORY | adj. relating to the sense of taste The Thai restaurant offered an unusual *** experience for those used to a bland cuisine., |
| FOLIATE | to grow, sprout leaves, grow leaves "the tree *** pring" |
| bowdlerize | to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc. |
| FRACAS | noisy dispute, a loud quarrel or fight |
| FILIAL | relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring "**** respect" , appropriate to or due to a son or daughter, adj. of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| FORSWEAR | verb renounce, disclaim, reject, formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure |
| ESCHEW | to abstain from, avoid, (v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from |
| EXTOL | to praise |
| FULSOME | excessive, overdone, sickeningly abundant, unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech buttery praise"; "gave him a *** introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep" |
| EXORCISE | to expel evil spirits, (v.) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive "**** evil spirits" |
| GAMBOL | to dance or skip around playfully, An instance of running or skipping about playfully; To run and skip about playfully; to frolic |
| ENCOMIUM | warm praise, (n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute |
| EFFLUVIA | outpouring of gases or vapors, waste; odorous fumes given off by waste, (noun) waste; odorous fumes given off by waste |
| EPICURE | person with refined taste in food and wine, a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) |
| EMEND | to correct a text, make improvements or corrections to "the text was *** in the second edition" |
| FRENETIC | wildly frantic, frenzied, hectic |
| EXPIATE | to atone for, make amends for, (v.) to make amends, make up for; to avert "**** one's sins" |
| EXPUNGE | to erase, eliminate completely, remove by erasing or crossing out "Please strike this remark from the record" , (v.) to obliterate, eradicate (Fearful of an IRS investigation, Paul tried to **** all incriminating evidence from his tax files.) |
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