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awe-inspiring; worthy of honor; commanding or evoking of respect

Synonyms: awesome, brave, courageous,

I have no doubt that the candidate is redoubtable and will gain everyones vote.

authorative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to

The sanction against the football program was finally lifted after 2 years.

a literary work that ridicules or criticizes human vice through humor

Synonyms: parody, mockery

The Simpsons is a satire of the stereotypical American family.

sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect

His girlfriend was shocked when she saw the squalid kitchen with squirmy worms crawling over the food.

to take the place of; supersede; replace

The supply of phones will soon be supplanted with iphones.

lethargic; sluggish; dormant

After being and drinking in the sun all day, I always am torpid and want to go to bed.

existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread

Synonyms: all-over, everywhere, omnipresent, pervasive,ubiquitary, universal, wall-to-wall

The bites from the ubiquitous mosquitos are inevitable in the rain seasons.

sophisticated; refind; elegant

Urban neighborhoods do not have very urbane houses.

to defame; to characterize harshly

Synonyms: bad-mouth, blister, censure, denounce, disparage,

Lindsey Lohan is being vilified for her drug addictions.

to state as a fact; to declare or assert

Avery averred that she was a lesbo to her family.

to provide support or reinforcement

Bob's thought that he was becoming bald was bolstered when he found all of his hair in the sink.

departing from norms or convention

Synonyms:aberrant, abnormal, anomalous, capricious

The eccentric style of the clothing store made it go out of business.

characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people

The country accent is endemic of Texas.

tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

Evanescence made their name from the word evanescent because their music has completely disappeared.

greatly emotional or zealous

Synonyms:animated, ardent,

The fireman was very fervent as he escaped from the fire.

happening by accident or chance; fortunate

It was fortuitous that my fortune of winning the lottery came true.

relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

In german class it was completely not germane that it was taught by a chinese person.

pompous speech or expression

Synonyms: boastful, claptrap, eloquence, fustian,grandiosity, magniloquence, orotundity, rant,turgidity

I prefer a more informal style, so I was a bit put off by grandiloquence of the author's writing

rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

Synonyms: clichéd, conventional, corny, everyday,

I am really tired of the hackneyed use of the word homeboy.

calm and peaceful

The hawk looked very halcyon as he flew over the mountains.

devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses

Hank fondly remembered his years of hedonism when all that mattered was getting head.

the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others

Synonyms: authority, command, leadership, power,predominance

I hope Obama's hegemony over our country will soon be over.

given to intense or excessive devotion to something

After winning American Idol, he found that some fans were weirdly idolatrous towards him.

revealing no emotion

It is important to remain impassive when playing poker.

marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness

Synonyms: assured, complacent, hard as nails

I couldn't believe he was so imperturbable even though we were surrounded by the cutest puppies.