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Brazen
Shameless or impudent.
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Compunction
A feeling of uneasiness or anxity of the conciece caused by regret.
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Din
A loud confused noise.
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Edict
A decree issued by a sovereign or other authority.
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Indiscretion
Lack of discretion
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Perquisites
An incidental payment, benefit privilage.
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Sepulcher
A tomb, grave, or burial place.
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Suppliant
A person who supplicates.
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Tumult
Violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd.
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Marauding
Engaged in raiding for plunder.
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Admonish
To caution, advise, or counsel against something.
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Akimbo
With one hand on hip and elbow bent outward.
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Lassitude
Wariness of body or mind from strain.
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Licentious
Sexually unrestrained;lascivious; libertine; lewd.
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Muse
To think or meditate in silence.
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Pecuniary
Of or pertaining to money.
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Plight
A condition, state or situation.
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Presumptuous
Full of, characterized by or showing presumption.
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Suversive
An attempt ot overthrow or cause the destruction of a goverment.
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Avacation
Something a person does in addition to a principal accupation.
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Callous
Made hard; harden.
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Capricious
Subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim.
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Disparity
Lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference.
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Efficacy
Capacity for producing a desired result or effect.
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Epistle
A letter, especially a formal or didatic one.
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Hospice
A house of shelter or rest for pilgrims, stangers.
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Impetus
A moving force; impulse; stimulus.
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Moribund
In a dying state; near death.
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Vacillate
To waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute.
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Inexorable
Unyielding; unalterable
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Insipid
Without distinctive, interating or stimulanting.
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Nefarious
Extremly wicked or villainous plot.
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Physiognomy
The face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the charter.
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Retinue
A body of retainers in attendance upon on; important person.
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Suppliant
A person who supplicates.
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Tedium
The quality or state of being wearisome.
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Torrid
Subject to praching or burning heat, especially of the sun as a geographical area.
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Affront
Offensive ac or word.
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Cajole
To persuade by flattery or promises.
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Choleric
Extremily irritable or easily angered.
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Encumber
To impede or hinder; hamper; retard.
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Feckless
Ineffective; incompetent; futile.
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Impass
A positon or situation from which there is no escape.
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Indolent
Having or showing a disposiotn to avid exertion; slothful.
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Lugubrious
Mournful,disnal, or gloomy.
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Ribald
Vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarselymocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous.
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Adulation
to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admireservilely
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Censure
Strong or vhement expression of disapproval.
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Dissemble
To give a flase or misleading apperance to.
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Dissimulation
The act of dissimulation; feigning; hypocrisy.
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Droll
Amusing in an odd way; whisically humoroug; waggish.
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Expectorate
To eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungsby coughing or hawking and spitting; spit.
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Palpate
To examine by touch, especially for the purpose of diagnosingdisease or illness.
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Peremptory
Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative.
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Pusillanimous
Lacking courage or resolutio; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid.
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Surfeit
Excess; an excessive amount.
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Allay
To put (fear, doubt, suspicion, andger) to rest.
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Capacious
Capable of holding much.
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Didactic
Intended to teach or lecture others. Intended for instruction.
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Diurnal
Of or pertaining to a day or each day; daily.
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Ignominious
Marked by or attended with ignomy.
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Mitigate
To lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief.
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Palpitate
To pulsate unsual rapidity from exertion emotion.
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Phlegmatic
Hot easily excited to action or display of emotion.
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Propitious
Presenting favorable conditions.
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Prostrate
To cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
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Acquiese
To assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest;agree; consent
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Amity
Friendship; peaceful harmony.
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Arduous
Requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult.
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Gestalt
A configuration, pattern, or organized field having specificproperties that cannot be derived from the summation of itscomponent parts; a unified whole.
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Inundate
To flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
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Perjury
The willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation,before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legalinquiry.
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Perspicuity
Clearness or lucidity, as of a statement.
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Preposterous
Completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd;senseless; utterly foolish.
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Trepidation
Tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
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Voluble
Characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent;glib; talkative
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Alacrity
Cheerful readiness, prmptness, or willingness.
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Aplomb
Imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance.
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Barrage
A heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's ownadvancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance ofenemy troops.
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Cognizant
having cognizance; aware.
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Collusion
A secret agreement, especially for fraudulent or treacherouspurposes; conspiracy
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Deleterious
Injurious to health
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Hegemony
Leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nationover others, as in a confederation.
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Paradigm
A set of forms all of which contain a particular element, especially the set of all inflected forms based on a singlestem or theme.
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Unctuous
Characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave,or smug.
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Urbane
Having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities.
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Ambulatory
Of pertaining to, or capable of walking.
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Brazen
Shameless or impudent.
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Churlish
Like a churl; boorish; rude.
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Diffident
Lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
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Ennui
A feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satietyor lack of interest; boredom.
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Iscrutable
Incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
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Prognosticate
To forecast or predict (something future) from presentindications or signs; prophesy.
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Schism
Division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties.
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Sedition
Incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
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Wizen (ed)
Withered; shriveled.
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Austere
Severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding.
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Corpulent
Large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat.
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Derisive
Characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking.
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Effeminate
(of a man or boy) Having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy.
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Jocund
Cheerful; merry; gay; blithe; glad.
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Manifest
Readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain.
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Ostentatious
Characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuousshow in an attempt to impress others.
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Sanguine
Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident.
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Strident
Making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking.
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Vehement
Zealous; ardent; impassioned.
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Elegiac
Used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy.
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Fecund
Producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful.
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Infirmity
A physical weakness or ailment.
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Malady
Any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.
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Nuance
A subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
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Profligate
Utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
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Remonstrance
An act or instance of remonstrating.
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Scintillate
To emit sparks.
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Terse
Neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
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Vitiate
To impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
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Ambivalent
Uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inabilityto make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or dotwo opposite or conflicting things.
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Analogous
Having analogy; corresponding in some particular.
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Emissary
A representative sent on a mission or errand.
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Felicity
The state of being happy, especially in a high degree; bliss.
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Incendiary
Used or adapted for setting property on fire.
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Magnanimous
Generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness.
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Morose
Gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
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Repartee
A quick, witty reply.
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Ubiquitous
Existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent.
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Venerable
commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character.
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Countenance
Appearance, especially the look or expression of the face.
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Deposition
Removal from an office or position.
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Discursive
Passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
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Epigram
Any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.
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Feign
To represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of.
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Interpolate
to introduce (something additional or extraneous) betweenother things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
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Laconic
Using few words; expressing much in few words; concise.
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Mien
Air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc..
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Veracity
Habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness.
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Wry
Produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features.
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Confound
To perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse.
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Curate
Any ecclesiastic entrusted with the cure of souls, as a parishpriest.
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Ethereal
Light, airy, or tenuous.
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Gambol
To skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
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Mutability
Liable or subject to change or alteration.
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Nascent
Beginning to exist or develop.
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Nonplused
To render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
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Pedeantic
Ostentatious in one's learning.
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Quail
To lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear.
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Rhetorical
Used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
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Effusive
Unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve.
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Fatuous
Foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
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Febrile
Pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish.
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Incredulous
Not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
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Interminable
Incapable of being terminated; unending.
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Obliquely
In an oblique manner or direction.
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Pernicious
Causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful.
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Sardonic
Characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering.
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Ultimatum
A final proposal or statement of conditions.
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Writhe
To twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
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Astute
Of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious.
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Beseech
To implore urgently.
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Capitulate
To surrencder unconditionally or on stipulated terms.
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Deprecating
To express earnest disapproval of.
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Glean
To gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
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Obfuscate
To confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
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Pathos
Pity. The quality or power in an actual life experience or inliterature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion.
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Primeval
Of or pertaining to the first age or ages, especially of the world.
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Salubrious
Favorable to or promoting health; healthful.
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Solicitous
Anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc.,or a clause).
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Albeit
Although; even if.
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Gratis
Without charge or payment; free.
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Intercession
An act or instance of interceding.
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Lineaments
Often, lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour.
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Presage
A presentiment or foreboding.
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Prodigal
Wastefully or recklessly extravagant.
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Prolixity
Extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
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Sinecure
An office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns.
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Visage
The face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.
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Accordant
Agreeing; conforming; harmonious.
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Accouterments
Personal clothing, accessories, etc.
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Deportment
Demeanor; conduct; behavior.
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Exposition
A large-scale public exhibition or show, as of art or manufactured products.
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Impugn
To challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
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Impute
to attribute or ascribe (something discreditable), as to aperson.
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Parapet
Any low protective wall or barrier at the edge of a balcony, roof, bridge, or the like.
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Perinacity
The quality of being pertinacious; persistence.
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Temperance
Moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
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Viands
An article of food.
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Brevity
Shortness of time or duration; briefness.
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Copious
Large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful.
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Gout
An acute, recurrent disease characterized by painful inflammation of the joints, chiefly those in the feet and hands, and especially in the great toe, and by an excess of uric acid in the blood.
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Habiliments
Clothes or clothing.
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Irksome
Annoying; irritating; exasperating; tiresome.
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Ponderous
Of great weight; heavy; massive.
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Scrupulous
Having scruples; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled.
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Sundry
Various or diverse.
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Timorous
Full of fear; fearful.
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Transcendent
Going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
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Caustic
Capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
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Dissolute
Indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improperconduct; licentious; dissipated.
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Ebullient
Overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited:
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Entourage
A group of attendants or associates, as of a person of rank or importance.
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Extol
To praise highly; laud; eulogize.
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Mete
to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually followed by out ).
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Poignant
Keenly distressing to the feelings.
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Resolute
Firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion.
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Turgid
Swollen; distended; tumid.
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Xenophobic
An unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange.
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Chastening
To inflict suffering upon for purposes of moral improvement; chastise.
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Corporeal
Of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
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Derive
to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed by from ).
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Dubious
Doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt.
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Ethos
The character or disposition of a community, group, person, etc.
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Equivocal
Of doubtful nature or character; questionable; dubious; suspicious.
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Errant
Deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
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Goad
A stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
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Replendent
Shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid.
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Ruminate
To chew the cud, as a ruminant.
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Aphorism
a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, as “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corruptsabsolutely” (Lord Acton).
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Assail
To attack vigorously or violently; assault.
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Beget
(especially of a male parent) To procreate or generate (offspring).
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Bellicose
Inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent;pugnacious.
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Discourse
Communication of thought by words; talk; conversation.
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Garrison
A body of troops stationed in a fortified place.
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Inculcate
To implant by repeated statement or admonition; teachpersistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon or in ).
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Recourse
Access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection.
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Usurp
To seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right.
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Vexation
The act of vexing.
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Adroit(ly)
Expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
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Allocation
The act of allocating; apportionment.
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Ascetic
A person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
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Beguile
To influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
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Enjoin
To prescribe (a course of action) with authority or emphasis.
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Envoy
A diplomatic agent.
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Ideology
The body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.
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Interloper
To intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
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Kowtow
To act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
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Vicarious
Performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another.
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