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amenable |
(adj.) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive, responsive; liable to be held responsible. (syn- agreeable, compliant, docile) |
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berate |
(v.) to scold sharply (syn- chide, rebuke, reprove, reprimand) |
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carnage |
(n.) large-scale slaughter or loss of life (syn- butchery, bloodbath, massacre) |
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credulous |
(adj.) too ready to believe, easily deceived (syn- gullible) |
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criterion |
(n.) a rule, test; a standard for judgment or evaluation (syn- yardstick, touchstone, gauge, canon) |
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deplete |
(v.) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly (syn- exhaust, empty, drain, bankrupt) |
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expatiate |
(v.) to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely (syn- elaborate, enlarge, descant, wander, roam) |
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extraneous |
(adj.) coming from the outside, foreign; presente but not essential, irrelevant) |
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inception |
(n.) in the beginning, start, earliest stage or some process, institution, ect. (syn- commencement, inauguration, outset) |
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infirmity |
(n.) a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, ect.) (syn- affliction, malady, defect) |
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jejune |
(adj.) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile (syn- vapid, insipid, puerile, childish) |
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obdurate |
(adj.) stubborn, unyeilding (syn- obstinate, adamant) |
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potpourri |
(n.) a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent (syn- hodgepodge, melange, farrago, medley) |
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precocious |
(adj.) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity) (syn- forward, gifted, advanced) |
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sadistic |
(adj.) delighting in cruelity, excessively cruel (syn- brutal, vicious, inhuman, fiendish) |
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sententious |
(adj.) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims and adages; saying much in few words, pithy (syn- aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic) |
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supplicate |
(v.) to beg earnestly and humbly (syn- plead, petition, implore, entreat) |
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surfeit |
(n.) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; (v.) to feed or supply with anything to excess (syn- excess, glut, cloy, satiate) |
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tortuous |
(adj.) winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex, devious (syn- circuitous, serpentine, labyrinthine) |
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turgid |
(adj.) swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language (syn- inflated, pompous, bombastic, overblown) |
