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| averse | (adj.) strongly opposed or disinclined; unwilling |
| aversion | (n) great dislike or disgust; repugnance / someone or something inspiring dislike or disgust |
| belabor | (v) to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of / to attack verbally or with blows |
| boisterous | (adj.) loud, unrestrained, and in high spirits; rowdy / rough and turbulent, as weather |
| bolster | (n) a pillow cushion, esp. a long, cylindrical one used at the end of a sofa or bed / something serving as a cushion (v) to give support with a bolster / to encourage or lend support to |
| buttress | (n) a structure that gives support to the outside of a building by absorbing excessive outward thrust / anything that gives support (v) to give structual support to with a butress / to add support or credibility to |
| confront | (v) to meet or face without evasion or avoidance / to present for solution or acknowledgment / to face with hostility or anaccusing attitude |
| convivial | (adj.) enjoy feasting, drinking, and socializing; sociable / of or appropriate to feasting and merrymaking |
| defamation | (n) the act or an instance of defaming; libel or slander |
| defame | (v) to damage or destroy the reputation of by slander or libel; speak ill of unfairly |
| deficiency | (n) the quality or condition of lacking something required; insufficiency or incompleteness / the amount lacking; shortfall |
| deficient | (adj.) lacking some essential part, element, or characteristic / inadequate in amount or extent |
| drove | (v) past tense of drive (n) a group of animals driven, or gathered for driving, as a herd; flock / a large number of people going or coming for a similar purpose or in a similar manner (v) to drive (animals, esp. cattle) |
| glutton | (n) someone who eats an excessive amount / someone who exhibits an unusual readiness to undergo or withstand something, esp. something hard or unpleasent |
| gluttonous | (adj.) inclined to eat excessively; voracious |
| gluttony | (n) the habit or an instance of excessive eating and drinking |
| inaugural | (adj.) fo or associated with an inauguration / marking or celebrating the beginning of something, such as a publication or new venture (n) a speech or address given at an inauguration |
| inaugurate | (v) to install in office with a formal ceremony / to start or initiate formally; introduce / to celebrate the opening of (a new building, exhibit, or the like) with a formal ceremony |
| magnanimity | (n) generosity or willingness to forgive |
| magnanimous | (adj.) having or showing a generous, forgiving, or noble nature |
| notoriety | (n) the condition of being widely known or spoken of, esp. for something unfavorable or bad |
| notorious | (adj.) widely known or spoken of, esp. for something unfavorable or bad |
| outset | (n) the first stage; beginning |
| penchant | (n) a strong liking for or inclination towards something |
| plebeian | (adj.) in ancient Roman society, of or belonging to the class of commoners; not partrician / pertaining to or characteristic or the common people; commonplace; crude (n) in ancient Roman society, a member of the class of commoners / one who is not a member of the upper class; common person / one whose tastes and manners are considered commonplace or coarse |
| predilection | (n) an inclination to favor something; partiality or preference |
| renown | (n) wide honor and acclaim; fame |
| renowned | (adj.) widely known and acclaimed; famous |
| replete | (adj.) well-supplied; full / filled with food and drink; satiated |
| repletion | (n) the condition of being replete; abundance or fullness / a condition of being too full of food or drink; surfeit; satiety |
| roister | (v) to revel boisterously, noisily, and without constraint / to brag and swagger |
| shortfall | (n) the act of falling short of a desired or expected quantity or level, or the amount by which something falls short |
| skulduggery | (n) wicked cunning and deception / an instance or the result of this |
| spate | (n) a sudden rush, outpouring, or flood / a large number or quantity |
| sway(1) | (v) to swing back and forth or from side to side; rock / to move or incline to one side or direction; veer; lean / to be attracted in sympathy or opinion / to hesitate in a decision or oppinion; waver |
| sway(2) | (v) to cause to swing back and forth or from side to side / to cause to move or incline to one side or direction / to cause to hesitate in or change a decision or opinion / to exercise influence over (a person, emotions, opinions, or the like) / to divert or deflect (someone or something) from the original direction taken |
| astute | (adj.) keen in understanding and judgement; shrewd |
| beguile | (v) to deceive or cheat using guile / to cause to be distarcted, as by charm, flattery, or the like / to give pleasure by charming |
| buffoon | (n) someone who behaves comically; clown |
| compel | (v) to affect or influence forcefully / to force or drive to some action or attitude; pressure / to make necessary; exact |
| compulsion | (n) constraint or coercion; act of compelling / the state of being compelled or coerced / an irresistible impulse, usu. to do or say something opposed by one's rational mind |
| cunning | (n) subtle or deceptive planning or action; craftiness; shrewdness / skill, dexerity, or ingenuity (adj.) adept at subtle or deceptive planning or action; crafty; shrewd / done with skill, dexerity, or ingenuity |
| deface | (v) to damage or deform the surface or appearance of; disfigure / to erase, blot out, or otherwise obliterate; make indistinct, illegible, or valueless |
| enshrine | (v) to put in or as if in place reserved for holy objects / to treat as if holy; cherish |
| flaunt | (v) to display ostentatiously; show off / to display oneself ostentatiously; show oneself off (n) an act of flaunting |
| flout | (v) to show scorn or contempt for, esp. by openly or deliberately disobeying / to be mocking or scornful (n) a contemptuous act or remark; act of mockery |
| forthright | (adj.) outspoken and to the point (adv.) frankly and without evasion |
| frippery | (n) ostentation in dress or manner, or an instance of such ostentation / something unnecessary and unimportant; trifle |
| genteel | (adj.) displaying traits such as refinement and politeness that traditionally associated with wealth and education / exaggeratedly or affectedly polite and refined |
| gentility | (n) the quality or state of one who is genteel; refinement of manners and behavior / the quality or state of one who is a member of the upper class |
| gravitate | (v) to move toward or be attracted to something by or as if by force of gravity |
| gravitation | (n) the force of mutual attraction, as between planets, stars, or particles / the act or process of moving in response to this force / a movement toward something attractive |
| insidious | (adj.) dangerous though cunning, subtlety, and underhandedness / seemingly or outwardly harmless, but actually very dangerous |
| larder | (n) a storage place or room for food, or the supply of food so stored |
| luminary | (n) a body that radiates or reflects light, such as the sun or moon / a famous, important, or inspirational person (adj.) of, concerning, or radiating light |
| luminous | (adj.) giving off light; glowing / easy to understand; lucid; clear / intellectually brilliant; enlightened |
| pillory | (n) in former times, a wooden structure that had holes for fastening the head and hands of someone who had violated the law and had been sentenced to public ridicule (v) to lock up and exhibit in a pillory / to mock or criticize strongly, as in public speech or in writing |
| precocious | (adj.) having the skills or mental capacity of a much older person / demonstraiting such skills or capacity |
| recoil | (v) to draw or start back, as in disgust or horror / to move sharply in the opposite direction from an extended force, as a rifle moves against one's shoulder when fired / to cause damage by an uvexpected return of negative effect (n) the movement that is an object's reaction to its own action, such as the kick of a firearm / the act or an instance of recoiling |
| repel | (v) to drive away or foce backwards / to resit integration or absorption / to refuse acceptance of / to cause revultion or distaste / to reject the advances of / to act with force to keep something away / to cause aversion, repulsion, or distaste |
| repellent | (adj.) causing distaste, aversion, or repultion / having the effect of driving away (n) something that repels or drives away / a substance added to cloth that causes it to repel water, used esp. for raincoats |
| ruse | (n) a trick, pretense, or diversion intended to decieve or mislead |
| sage | (n)a person honored as very wise or experienced / one of a group of herbs of the mint family, grown as ornamentals or for the leaves, which are used as a food seasoning and for medicinal purposes / the leaves of this plant / sagebrush (adj.) having or showing good judgement; wise; prudent |
| shrine | (n) a place or object, such as an altar or tomb, considered sacred and devoted to some holy person or deity / any place or object venerated as a memorial to some important person or historic event / a contianer holding sacred relics, or the site of such a container |
| spurn | (v) to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise / to show scorn; reject somethin scornfully (n) a scornful rejection or contemptuous treatment |
| threshold | (n) the sill underneath a door; doorway / the beginning of an occurence, undertaking, or the like / the point at which a stimulus produces a response |
| tycoon | (n) a rich, powerful person in business or industry; magnate |
| sway(3) | (n) an act or instance of swaying / sovereignty or authority; dominating influence; control |
| amulet | (n) a charm or talisman worn for good luck or to ward off evil |
| approbation | (n) approval; praise / official commendation |
| aspiration | (n) ambition, goal, or aim / the exhalation of breath during speech |
| aspirator | (n) a device that removes gas or fluids by suction, esp. one used to evacuate a body cavity |
| aspire | (v) to want strongly; have as an aim |
| bulwark | (n) a wall or wall-like structure, often made of earth and used for defense; rampart / anything or anyone that provides strength, support, or protection / the portion of the side of a ship that extends above the upper deck (v) to provide protection with or as though with a bulwark |
| commemorate | (v) to serve as a reminder of or memorial to / to honor the memory of with some special token or ceremony |
| commemoration | (n) the act of commemorating / a ceremony to honor the memory of a person or event |
| contempt | (n) the feeling or expression of angry disgust, as at something wicked or unworthy; scorn |
| contemptible | (adj) deserving of or viewed with contempt; disgraceful; dishonorable |
| contemptuous | (adj) feeling or expressing contempt; scornful |
| dapper | (adj) neat and stylish in dress and appearence |
| disfigure | (v) to mar the appearence or shape of |
| disfigurement | (n) the act of disfiguring / the result of being disfigured, such as a permanent scar |
| dishevel | (v) to undo and let fall loosely (hair or clothing) / to make (hair or clothing) untidy |
| disheveled | (adj) undone and loosely hanging; unkempt / in disarray; untidy |
| gallant | (adj) courageous, spirited, or chivalrous / majestic, grand, or showy / flirtatious or armorous (n) a courageous, spirited, or chivalrous man / a fashionable or courtly young man / an armorously attentive man or lover |
| gallantry | (n) admirable courage / courtesy or armorous attentiveness to women / a gallant action or utterance |
| garb | (n) clothes, esp. those characteristic of a particular profession, way of life, or the like / the external form or apperance of something (v) to place of fit clothes upon, or to cover as if with clothes |
| gibe | (v) to make mocking or derisive comments / to ridicule, taunt, or jeer at (n) a mocking or diversive comment |
| infuse | (v) to fill with, as if by pouring; instill / to fill or inspire |
| infusible | (adj) not able to be melted or fused / able to be infused |
| infusion | (n) something added or introduced / the act, process, or result of infusing / a liquid produced by infusing |
| jaunty | (adj) characterized by a light, lively, or confident manner / stylish or dashing in appearence |
| leach | (v) to extract (soluble matter) by means of a percolating liquid / to remove soluble matter from (a substance) by percolation / to pass or percolate (a liquid) through something, such as soil or rock / of a mineral, to be extracted or dissolved by a percolating liquid / to yeild or give up soluble matter by the same process / to pass or percolate through something, such as water or other liquids (n) the act or process of percolating a liquid through a substance to remove the soluble constituents / the permeable container or vessel used in such a process / the substance through which percolating liquid is passed, or the material extracted by percolation |
| malign | (v) to speak badly of; defame; slander (adj) evil in intent, effect, or character |
| malignity | (n) the condition or character of being malign or deadly / a malign act, feeling, or occurrence |
| pedestrian | (n) a person who is walking, esp. on or near a street (adj) of, concerning, or intended for pedestrians / going on foot / unimaginitive or commonplace |
| rally(1) | (v) to regather and reorganize after a fall into disorder, or to inspire with renewed spirit after a setback / to call together for some common goal; assemble; muster / to assemble for some common goal; muster / to come to some person's aid; take someone's side; give support (n) an assembly of persons for a common purpose; gathering; demonstration / a regathering or reorganization after a dispersal or fall into disorder |
| rally(2) | (v) to revive, as if from a faint or illness / to recover rapidly from or as if from weakness, illness, or loss; regain vigor or value (n) a rapid or sudden recovery from illness, a setback or loss, or the like |
| rally(3) | (v) in sports such as tennis or volleyball, to hit the ball back and forth several times before a point is score dor before the game begins (n) in a sport such as tennis or volleybal, an exchange in which the ball is hit back an dforth several times before a point is score or before a game begins / a long distance auto race over public roads |
| rally(4) | (v) to tease good-naturedly / to speak in a good-natured but teasing manner; banter |
| redundancy | (n) the state or quality of being redundant / an unnecessary repetition of words; tautology / an excessive supply; overabundance |
| redundant | (adj) unnecessary repetitive / excessive or superfluous |
| repast | (n) a meal, or the food eaten at a meal |
| rogue | (n) one who is dishonest or malicious; scoundrel / one who is mischievous or naughty; scamp or prankster / a vicious animal that has been isolated from the herd, esp. a solitary elephant of that disposition (v) to live or behave like a rogue / to cheat or defraud / to uproot or destroy (undesirable plant specimens) |
| roguery | (n) the conduct or an act of a rogue / good-natured mischief |
| roguish | (adj) of or having a roguelike nature; rascally / good-natured mischievous |
| rollick | (v) to act or move in a carefree or gay manner; romp and frolic |
| superfluity | (n) the state or quality of being unnecessary or excessive / an overly large amount; excess / something unnecessary, esp. a luxury |
| superfluous | being beyond a sufficient amount; excessive / not required; unnecessary |
| swill | (n) liquid food or food mixed with much liquid, esp. refuse to domestic animals; slop / garbage, esp. kitchen refuse / any largely liquid mess; slop / a deep, rapid, greedy swallow, esp. of liquor / writing or speech of a contemptibly poor quality, esp. as to logic, truthfulness, or literary value (v) to eat or drink in an uncouth manner, like an animal / to drink rapidly or greedily; gulp / to feed (domestic animals) with liquid or largely liquid food, esp. kitchen refuse |
| travail | (n) strenuous and often painful or exhausting work; toil / trouble, sorrow, or suffering; anguish / the effort and pain of childbirth (v) to work strenuously; labor |
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