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epicure |
a person who cultivates a refined taste, esp. in food and wine; connoisseur, gourmet |
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amortize |
to liquidate or extinguish esp. by periodic payments |
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minatory |
menacing; threatening |
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excoriation |
1) denouncing or berating severely 2)To tear or wear off the skin of; abrade. |
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salutary |
favorable to or promoting health / wholesome |
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exigent |
urgent and momentous |
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viscid |
sticky; viscous |
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turpitude |
vile, shameful, or base character; depravity |
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philistine |
lacking in or hostile to culture / smugly commonplace or conventional, related with biblical palestine non-Semitic population |
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odium |
intense hatred or dislike, hate coupled with disgust |
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panache |
a grand or flamboyant manner; dash or flamboyance in style and action |
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tendentious |
having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose |
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opprobrium |
something that brings disgrace |
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consternation |
fear resulting from the awareness of danger, sudden dread, confusion / dismay |
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prolixity |
wordiness |
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feckless |
1) lacking strength of character; irresponsible 2) ineffective / lazy |
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touting |
1) attempt to sell (something), typically by a direct or persistent approach 2)to spy on (esp. information) |
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probity |
integrity and uprightness; honesty |
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accretion |
a gradual build up or enlargement |
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cadge |
to borrow without intent to repay / to beg |
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abjure |
to renounce or reject; to officially disclaim |
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specious |
seemingly true, but actually false; deceptively attractive |
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ardor |
enthusiasm, fervor, zeal |
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inure |
To habituate to something undesirable, especially by prolonged subjection; accustom: |
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assay |
evaluate, try, test, an analysis of a substance to determine is components; the substance to be analyzed; the result |
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effrontery |
shameless or impudent boldness; an instance of it |
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pith |
the important or essential part; essence |
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obdurate |
unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn |
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disdain |
look with scorn on, to despise / haughty contempt |
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temerity |
reckless boldness |
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prosaic |
boring like prose, commonplace; dull; matter-of-fact |
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refractory |
stubbornly disobedient |
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colonnade |
a series of regularly spaced columns or trees |
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dejection |
depression or lowness of spirits / fecal discharge |
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axiomatic |
self-evident; obvious |
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permissive |
habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something / granting permission |
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inerrancy |
lack of error; infallibility / the belief that the Bible lacks error |
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fractious |
refractory or unruly / readily angered dilettant an amateur |
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impugn |
cast doubt upon , attack the credibility of, attempt to discredit, challenge |
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ignominious |
marked by disgrace, dishonor, public contempt |
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inveterate |
settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling assiduous constant / persevering |
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insidious |
beguiling but harmful;working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; ___disease |
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sedulous |
diligent in application or attention; persevering; assiduous / carefully maintained |
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