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corpulent |
–adjective large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat. |
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discursive |
–adjective 1. passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling. |
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enmity |
noun, plural -ties. a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism. |
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impervious |
adjective 1. not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain. |
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multitudinous |
–adjective 1. forming a multitude or great number; existing, occurring, or present in great numbers; very numerous. |
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tacitly |
–adjective 1. understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval. |
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tremulously |
1. (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness. |
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antiphonal |
1. containing or using responses; alternating; "responsive reading"; "antiphonal laughter" [syn: responsive] Answering responsively, as in antiphony. |
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derisive |
adj. Mocking; jeering. |
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ebullience |
–noun 1. high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance. |
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incursion |
An aggressive entrance into foreign territory; a raid or invasion. The act of entering another's territory or domain. |
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recrimination |
–verb (used without object) 1. to bring a countercharge against an accuser. |
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strident |
–adjective 1. making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges. |
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truculently |
–adjective 1. fierce; cruel; savagely brutal. 2. brutally harsh; vitriolic; scathing: his truculent criticism of her work. 3. aggressively hostile; belligerent. |
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diffidently |
–adjective 1. lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy. 2. restrained or reserved in manner, conduct, etc. |
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immured |
–verb (used with object), -mured, -mur·ing. 1. to enclose within walls. 2. to shut in; seclude or confine3. to imprison. 4. to build into or entomb in a wall. |
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impalpable |
–adjective 1. not palpable; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible. 2. difficult for the mind to grasp readily or easily: impalpable distinctions. 3. (of powder) so fine that when rubbed between the fingers no grit is felt |
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mooning |
lollygag, pass time aimlessly. expose buttocks to passerby |
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myopia |
lack of foresight or discernment; obtuseness. narrow-mindedness, intolerance |
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opalescence |
having a milky iridescence; displaying a play of colors like an opal |
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sanctity |
holiness, saintliness, or godliness. sacred or hallowed character; a sacred thing |
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ululation |
wail, lament loudly and shrilly; to howl as a dog or wolf; hoot as an owl; utter howling sounds as a shrill, wordless lamentation |
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inimical |
adverse in effect; unfavorable, harmful; unfriendly, hostile |
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interminable |
incapable of being terminated, unending; monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant; having no limits |
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pall |
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb. a coffin; anything that covers, shrouds, or overspreads, esp. with gloom |
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propitiatingly |
–verb (used with object) -at·ed, -at·ing. to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate. |
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specious |
apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments; pleasing to the eye but deceptive; |
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tempestuously |
turbulent, resembling a tempest, tumultulous |
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vicissitudes |
change or variation occuring in the course of things; interchange or alterations; regular change |
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abominable |
exceptionally bad or displeasing |
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conviction |
(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed, an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence |
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exulting |
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success, rejoice greatly |
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incredulous |
not disposed or willing to believe, skeptical |
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inarticulate |
without or deprived of the use of speech or words |
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ludicrous |
broadly or extravagantly humorous, completely devoid of wisdom or good sense |
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obtuseness |
the quality of lacking a sharp edge or point, the quality of being slow to understand |
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parody |
humorous or satirical mimicry, make a spoof or make fun of |
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purged |
to be rid of whatever is unpure or undesirable |
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somberly |
– adj. dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy; oppressively solemn or sober in mood; grave |
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constrainedly |
(1) forced, compelled, or obliged (2) stiff or unnatural; uneasy or embarrassed: |
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daunting |
discouraging through fear |
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furtive |
secret and sly or sordid, marked by quiet and caution and secrecy |
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inscrutable |
of an obscure nature, impenitrably mysterious or profound |
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jeeringly |
– adv. to make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice |
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mirages |
optical illusions that are caused by the bending of light rays |
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mutinously |
– adv. refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority; willful or disobedient, unruly, insubordinate |
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officious |
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner, esp. when the matter does not concern them |
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perilous |
fraught with danger |
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talisman |
a trinket or piece of jewelry thought to be a protection against evil |
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blatant |
conspicuously and offensively loud, without any attempt at concealment |
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contrite |
feeling regret for a fault or offence, feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses |
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demented |
affected with madness or insanity |
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expansively |
in an impressively expansive manner |
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incredulous |
doubt about the truth of something |
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lamentably |
in an unfortunate or deplorable manner |
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preposterous |
completely devoid of wisdom or good sense, utterly ridiculous or absurd |
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succulent |
a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs, full of juice |
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theological |
Based on or growing out of divine revelation. |
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brandishing |
To wave or flourish |
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contemptuously |
without respect, in a disdainful manner |
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demure |
affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way |
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eccentric |
a person with an unusual or odd personality, not having a common center |
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exasperation |
actions that cause great irritation (or even anger), feeling of annoyance |
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iridescent |
having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors, varying in color when seen in different lights and from different angles. |
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loathing |
hate coupled with disgust |
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mortification |
an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect, strong feelings of embarrassment |
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myriad |
a large indefinite number, cardinal number product of ten and one thousand |
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swarthiness |
– adj. dark-skinned |
