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adumbrate |
to outline or sketch broadly, to foreshadow or prefigure, indicate |
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apotheosis |
the elevation of a person to a divine rank or status, deification |
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ascetic |
practicing strict self-denial for the skae of personal or sprirtual discipine, austere, spartan, celibate |
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bauble |
a mall, showy ornament of little value of use |
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beguile |
to mislead or diceive, to cheat, to divert, to cause to vanish unnoticed, delude, dupe, lure, while away |
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burgeon |
to put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery, to develo rapidly or suddenly, sprout, blossom, bloom. flourish |
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complement |
something that completes a whole, balance, round out |
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contumacious |
obstinately or willfully disobedient, openly rebellious, impudent, unruly, defiant, refractory |
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curmudgeon |
an irascible, churlish perosn, grouch, crank, sorehead, churl |
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didactic |
intended to instruct, especially morally, educational, instructional, moralistic |
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disingenuous |
lacking in sincerity or candor, artful, sly, two faced, insincere |
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exculpate |
to clear of guilt or blame, absolve, exonerate, acquit |
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faux pas |
a slip in manners or conduct, a social blunder, indescretion, gaffe |
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fulminate |
to denounce or condemn vehemently, to explode, rail, inveigh |
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fustian |
inflated or pretentious language in speech or writing, rant, claptrap, bombast, grandiloquence |
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hauteur |
haughtiness of bearing or attitude, conciet, superciliousness, snobbishness |
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inhibit |
to restrain or hold back, to hinder or arrest, to prohibit, repress, check, suppress |
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jeremiad |
an elaborate or prolonged lamentation, any tale of woe |
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opportunist |
one who makes a practice of taking advantega of circumstances to further his own self interest, regardless of principles, or ultimate consquences, self seeker, exploiter |
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unconscionable |
not guided or restrained by conscience, prudence, or reason, unjustifiable, indefensible, inforgivable |
