 | Term | Definition |
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acrimonious |
harsh or biting, sharpness of language or feeling |
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agnostic |
unconvinced (in God, etc) |
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alacrity |
cheerful readiness or briskness, quickly |
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apropos |
appropriately, opportunely; incidentally; with regards to |
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atavism |
reappearance in an organism after generations of not; missing, comes back |
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billingsgate |
coarse or abusive language |
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cathartic |
inducing catharsis; cleansing or purging |
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circumlocution |
the use of wording in indirect language |
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commiserate |
to feel or express sympathy |
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contiguous |
touching, neighboring, or adjacent |
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diffident |
lacking self-confidence; shy, bashfull, reserved |
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duplicity |
deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech |
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empirical |
based on observation or experiment; observable, measureable |
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equivocate |
to evade or mislead (using words of double meaning) |
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fastidious |
difficult to please |
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fortuitous |
happening by chance or lucky (not necc. good) |
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germane |
being both pertinent and fitting; relevant |
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heinous |
grossly wicked or abominable |
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inculcate |
to teach by frequent instruction; instill |
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indiginous |
originating in an area (native) |
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intrepid |
fearless |
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lexicon |
dictionary or specialized vocabulary |
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ostracize |
to shun, to avoid |
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petulant |
finding fault, antagonizing |
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schemes |
arrangement of sentences (parallel sent, anaphoras) |
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sententious |
saying something serious or profound in few words, or *thinking* that you're doing such |
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tropes |
figures of speech (metaphor, simile, personification) |
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