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recant
to retract, esp. a previously held belief
—Synonyms 1. revoke, recall, rescind, deny.
Jessica claimed she was a vegetarian, but at a barbeque she recanted and ate a burger.
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refute
to disprove; to successfully argue against
—Synonyms 1. disprove, rebut. 1, 2. confute.
In a trial, the defense attorney's job is to refute the evidence against his client.
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relegate
to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
—Synonyms 2. delegate, entrust.
Mallory was relegated to the JI team, although she had been cheering her entire life.
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solicitous
concerned and anxious; eager
—Synonyms 1. mindful, regardful, attentive.
solicitous about a person's health.
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sordid
characterized by filth, grime or squalor; foul
—Synonyms 1. degraded, depraved.
He lived in a sordid little house, covered with leftover food and beer bottles.
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squander
to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
—Synonyms 1. waste, dissipate, lavish
Jimmy has a small trust fund and squanders it on vacations and expensive clothes
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stymie
to block; thwart
We made great time all morning, then were stymied by an accident on the Bay Bridge
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tortuous
winding, twisiting; excessively complicated
—Synonyms 1. bent, sinuous, serpentine. 2. evasive, roundabout, indirect.
The scary thing about driving in mountains are the narrow, tortuous roads.
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truculent
fierce and cruel; eager to fight
After a few drinks, Kevin becomes truculent and angry.
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virulent
extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
—Synonyms 1. venomous. 5. vicious, acerbic
he came down with a virulent type of disease
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voracious
having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
—Synonyms 1. See ravenous. 2. rapacious, insatiable.
Even as a young girl, she was a voracious eater, which is why she is fat.
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waver
to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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accolade
an expression of praise
Ashley recieved a lot of accolades after climbing the appalacians.
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adulation
excessive praise; intense adoration
Though the girl was pretty, I did not think she deserved the intense adulation she recieved.
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aesthetic
dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
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ameliorate
to make better or more tolerable
—Synonyms amend, better
Amelia ameliorated the tense situation when she proposed to drink a lot of beers.
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ascetic
one who practices rigid self-denial esp. as an act of religious devotion
—Synonyms 3. anchorite, recluse; cenobite
The priest lives an ascetic life now without acid which he used to do everyday.
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avarice
greed, esp. for wealth
The avatar had no avarice because she was not real and had no idea what wealth was.
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burgeon
to grow rapidly or flourish
—Synonyms 1. bloom, blossom, mushroom, expand.
After fertilizing the seeds, the small weed burgeon into roses.
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bucolic
rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
—Synonyms 2, 3. georgic.
Buckley could never leave the farm because of his bucolic nature.
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