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Term Definition
heretical violating accepted dogma or convention
incipient begining to come into being or to become apparent
innocuous harmless; causing no damage
intransigent refusing to compromise
inveigle to obtain by deception or flattery
urbane sophisticated; refined; elegant
accolade an expression of praise
canon an established set of principles
caustic burning or stinging; causing corrosion
chary wary; cautious; sparing
cogent appealing forcibly to the mind; convincing
demur to question or oppose
dogmatic stubbornly opinionated
enigmatic mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
fallacy an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken believe
furtive marked by stealth (secret); covert; surreptious
harange to deliver a pompuos speech or tirade
flout to show contempt (mock, ridicule) for, as in a rule or convenction
inimical damaging; injurious; harmful
ostentatious characterized by or givien to pretentious display; showy
insouciant carefree, unconcerned, heedless
imbroglio difficult or embarazing situation
prolix extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length
saturnine gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
nonplussed baffled, bewildered, at lost for what to do or think
spurious lacking authensity or validity; false, counterfeit
singular exeptional, unusual, odd
remonstrate to protest, object
apotheosis deification, glorification to godliness, an exalted example, a model of excellence/perfection
gainsay to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose
ineluctable certain, inevitable, impossible to avoid or evade
sententious tending to moralize excessively; aphoristic
nice exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
stand a group of trees
strut the supporting structural cross-part of a wing
pusillanimous cowardly, craven (lacking courage)
specious seeming true but fallacious; misleadingly attractive
denouement an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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Creator janileny
Created July 16, 2008
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janileny : Changed intransiget → refusing to compromise to intransigent → refusing to compromise
janileny : Changed pusillanimous → cowwardly, craven (lacking courage) to pusillanimous → cowardly, craven (lacking courage)
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Most Missed Words

  1. pusillanimous → cowardly, craven (lacking courage) - 17 misses
  2. ineluctable → certain, inevitable, impossible to avoid or evade - 14 misses
  3. ostentatious → characterized by or givien to pretentious display; showy - 13 misses
  4. denouement → an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot - 13 misses
  5. inveigle → to obtain by deception or flattery - 12 misses
  6. spurious → lacking authensity or validity; false, counterfeit - 12 misses
  7. insouciant → carefree, unconcerned, heedless - 11 misses