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anamoly |
noun: anything irregular or abnormal; unusual |
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acumen |
noun: the quickness of perception, mental acuteness; keenness of insight |
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abscond |
verb: to run away; to flee from justice |
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adroit |
adjective:skillful and clever in difficult circumstances |
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amalgamate |
verb: to mix as to make a unifed whole; to blend |
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austere |
adijective:stern and forbidding in appearance and manner; somber grave; rigidly abstemious; unadorned; simple |
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aver |
verb: to verify or prove to be true in pleading a cause; to allege or assert in pleading |
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aesthetic |
noun: having a love for beauty; pertaining to the sense or study beauty or taste |
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assuage |
verb:to lessen the intensity of pain; ease, appease; quench |
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ahtithetical |
adjective:direct opposition or contrast |
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balk |
verb: block; thwart; to stop short and refuse to go on |
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broach |
verb:to pierce (as a cask) in order to draw up contents |
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belie |
verb: misrepresent; to show (something) to be false |
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blandish |
verb: to coax by flattery |
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bolster |
noun: a long pillow or cushion / verb: to support with or as if with a bolster; reinforce |
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burgeon |
verb: to put forth fresh growth (as from buds); grow vigorously; flourish |
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banter |
verb: to speak in a witty or teasing manner / noun: good-natured, witty, joking |
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blithe |
adjective: happily lighthearted |
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bombastic |
adjective: pretentious wordy speech or writing |
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boisterous |
adjective: noisily turbulent or exuberant |
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churlish |
adj:rude or surly behavior; boorish; difficult to work of deal with |
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catalyst |
noun:an agent of change; causes an important event to happen |
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credulous |
adjective: disposed to believe readily; gullible; showing lack of judgement or experience |
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capricious |
adjective: impulsive and unpredictable |
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convoluted |
adjective: having numerous overlapping coils or folds; intricare or complex; twisted; complicated |
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cynicism |
noun: the belief that people act with selfish motives; an attitude of scornful or jaded negativity |
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cajole |
verb: to wheedle, persuade and coax; to persuade by flattery and promises |
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castigation |
noun: the action or an act of chastisement; severe scolding; verbal punsihment |
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censure |
noun: an official rebuke; an expression of disapproval / verb: to criticize severely, blame |
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cogent |
adjective: forcefully convincing; to the point; powerly persuasive |
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derision |
noun: a laughing at what seens ridiculous or contemptable |
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diatribe |
noun: a bitter, almost malicious criticism or denunciation |
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debacle |
noun: a sudden downfall, collapse, or failure |
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decorum |
noun: proper behavior; good or fitting conduct |
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digress |
verb: to turn a way or aside from the main subject in a discourse; to wander |
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desultory |
adjective: something that occurs by chance; lacking continuity; aimless |
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deprecate |
verb: to express regret for or disapproval of; to belittle |
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dogma |
noun: a rigidly held doctrine procliamed to be true by a religious group; a principle or idea considered to be the absolute truth |
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divulge |
verb: to reveal or nake known; to disclose; to reveal a secret |
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daunt |
verb: to intimidate or discourage |
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evince |
verb: to show or demonstrate clearly; manifest |
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erudition |
noun: deep wide learning |
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eschew |
verb: to avoid; shun |
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edify |
verb: to instruct especially as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement |
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exculpate |
verb: to clear of guilt or blame |
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effusive |
adjective: unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy; profuse; overflowing |
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exacerbate |
verb: to increase the severity, violence or bitterness of; aggravate |
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enigmatic |
adj: resembling an enigma; puzzling |
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earnest |
adjective: marked by or showing deep sincerity or seriousness; of an important nature; grave |
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ephemeral |
adjective: lasting for a markedly brief time; living or lasting only for a day / noun: a markedly short-lived thing |
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