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placate
to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease, pacify
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pander
- v.
- to provide gratification for others' desires.
- n.
- a go-between in love intrigues
- pimp
- someone who caters to or exploits the weaknesses of others
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gratuitous
adj
given unearned or without recompense; free
not called for by the circumstances : unwarranted (_____ violence)
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nefarious
flagrantly wicket or impious : evil; vicious
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Sous
: being an assistant
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scabrous (scabres)
difficult, knotty (a ____ problem)
rought to touch
dealing with suggestive, indecent, or scandalous themes
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salacious (sa lay shus)
adj
arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination : lascivious
lecherous, lustful
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lascivious
lewed, lustful
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lechery
inordinate indulgence in sexual activity
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inordinate
disorderly, unregulated
exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate, excessive
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acolyte (ak o lite)
n
One who assists a member of the clergy in a liturgical service by performing minor duties
one who attends or assists: follower
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insouciance (in soo see ance)
- lighthearted unconcern
- nonchalance
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perambulate (per am byoo late)
to travel over or through especially on foot: traverse
to make an official inspection of (a boundary) on foot.
stroll
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traverse
n
- something that crosses or lies across
- obstacle, adversity
v.
- to go against or act in opposition to : oppose, thwart
- to lie or extend across : cross (the bridge _______ a brook)
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imprimatur
a license to print or publish especially by Roman Catholic episcopal authority.
approval of a publication under circumstances of official censorship
sanction, approval
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billow
wave; a great wave or surge of water
a rolling mass (as of flame or smoke) that resembles a high wave
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vestibule
a passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building : lobby
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protean
of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms
displaying great diversity or variety : versatile
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commensurate (commensurut)
equal in measure or extent coextensive (live a life _____ with the early years of the republic)
proportionate
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voluble
easily rolling or turning : rotating
Characterized by ready or rapid speech : glib, fluent talkative
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maudlin
- drunk enough to be emotionally silly
- weakly and effusively sentimental
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effusive
marked by the expression of great or excessive emotion or enthusiasm
pouring freely
characterized or formed by a nonexplosive outpouring of lava.
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garish
adj
clothed in vivid colors
offensively or distressingly bright: glaring
Tastelessly showy : flashy : gaudy
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pell-mell
adv
in mingled confusion or disorder (papers strewn ______ on the desk)
in confused haste (ran ____ out the door)
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amorphous
adj
having no definite form: shapeless
being without definite character or nature: unclassifiable
lacking organization or unity
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