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saga
heroic story
The saga of a lone man confronting the turbulent oceans in a small boat is an exploit we find laudable.
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belated
late, delayed
The ingrate refused to accept Cindy's belated gift.
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decrepit
broken down, worn out
When released from incarceration he was gaunt and decrepit.
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imperturbable
calm, steady, serene
The speaker remained imperturbable while his audience shouted caustic comments about his mendacious activities.
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vacillate
hesitate fluctuate
Since the player did not vacillate in the game, they won, and his team was happy.
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staunch
strong, trusty, firm.
She is such a staunch friend, my reprehensible actions do not cause a schism between us.
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opprobrium
scorn, insult
The coach heaped opprobrium upon the fledgling ball player.
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Machiavellian
governed by opportunity, not principled
We are ready to rationalize Machiavellian activities on the part of our side if they are to the detriment of our adversary.
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unconscionable
without conscience, unreasonable
It was unconscionable to Abraham Lincoln to keep a book he had borrowed without making tenacious efforts to return it.
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pandemonium
disorder, uproar
There was pandemonium as the presidential nominee entered the convention site.
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flay
strip off skin, scold harshly
He castigated his opponents and went to great lengths to flay them with accusations of megalomania.
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demeanor
conduct bearing
His demeanor was atypical; usually phlegmatic, he was belligerent and garrulous during the broadcast.
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delineation
sketch, description in words
Then he gave an incisive delineation of his fulsome opponents as an antiquated group, complacent about the noisome conditions in a moribund city.
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vindicate
absolve, justify
The mayor tried to vindicate his actions that had been called capricious and irrational by critics.
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heinous
hatefully evil
"The most heinous thing i have done," he said in a stentorian voice, "is eradicate the untruth that my party is not compatible with progress."
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turpitude
vileness, evil wickedness
From any facet of his life, the acme of moral turpitude was reached by Adolph Hitler.
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infraction
violation
We do not condone or tolerate an infraction of even the most trivial kind.
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callous
unfeeling
It takes a callous person to watch with equanimity(composure) as a gullible, naive girl falls for the line of a loathsome boy.
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redress
to right a wrong, remedy
There seems to be no way to redress a grievance against at omnipotent ruler.
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vituperation
blame, abuse
How easy it is to heap vituperation upon someone at the nadir of his career.
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