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Conglomerate company, business, anything composed of heterogeneous materials or elements.
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Consanguineous Having the same ancestry or descent
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Consentaneous Done by common consent, unanimous…
Contravene to violate, to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement.
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Contrite ( lib-er-teen) remorseful. Roseanne was truly contrite about the harsh words she had spoken in anger
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ContumaciousRebellious, disobedient...the contumacious behavior got her grounded.
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Corpulent large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat.
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Cosset [kos-it] to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle. You need not to cosset him, he grown man.
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Coterie [koh-tuh-ree] an exclusive group; clique: A tightly-knit coterie of executive powerbrokers made all the real decisions in the company.
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Countermand To revoke or cancel (a command or oder)...the IRS countermanded my stimulus check.
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Craven cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous. to make cowardly.
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Credulous gullible, too trusting. The credulous teen still believes in santa.
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Cupidity eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something...he had cupidity written all over his face as he stared at the women.
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Dearth Inadequate supply, scarcity, lack...there is a dearth of food in africa.
Decimate To destroy greatly....the population was decimated a plague.
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Decorous [dek-er-uhs, dih-kawr-uhs, -kohr-] characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc. The appreciative guest displayed decorous behavior toward his host
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Deference respect, courtesy...she treated the princess wit the utmost deference. respect, courtesy...she treated the princess wit the utmost deference.
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Delectable delightful, highly pleasing, enjoyable. delicious. a delectable dinner.
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Deleterious Injurious to health, harmful....he has a deleterious influence on him
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Deleterious [del-i-teer-ee-uhs] Injutious to health: deleterious gases. harmful; injurious: deleterious influences.
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Demur to object, or to make objection. They wanted to make him the treasurer, but he demurred.
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Denude To strip the covering from. to make naked or bare; strip: The storm completely denuded the trees.
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Depredation "The act of preying upon or plundering; robbery..... he gained all of this goods by way of depredation
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Deride To ridicule. To speak of or treat with contempt. to make fun of.
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Descry To see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully. To detect, discover....The lookout descried land on the other side of the water.
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Desiccate to dry thoroughly; dry up. The summer heated desiccated the grass on the terrain.
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Desultory lacking in consistency....Deion has a desultory academic history.
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Detest to hate, dislike intensely.
Devoir a person's or one's Duty.
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Dexterous (Dk-Struhs)smart, clever, done with skill, skillful in the use of the hands or body....a dexterous fighter.
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Diaphanous see-through, translucent, transparent. I will be the first one with a diaphanous car.
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Didactic Instructive, Inclined to teach or lecture others too much....a didactic father in-law.
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Diffident lacking self confidence. restrained or reserved in manner, conduct, etc. timid; shy. While eating with the adults, the diffident youth did not speak for fear of seeming rude.
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Dilate To make wider or larger, cause to expand.
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Dilatory Intended to cause delay or procrastinate, causing delay to gain time...spitting out the mouth piece a common dilatory strategy used by boxers.
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Dilatory Tending to delay, or procrastinate..intended to cause delay. spitting out the mouth piece was a dilatory move.
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Disabuseto free from deception or error
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Disconsolate Hopelessly unhappy,inconsolable. sad, cheerless...losing the matvh made her disconsolate.
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Disconsolate hopelessly unhappy, cheerless, gloomy
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Disdain to look upon wit contempt, despise.
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Disheveled untidy,unkempt, disarranged
"Disparate (diss puh-rit)
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Potent Powerful (a potent fighting force), cogent; persuasive: Several potent arguments were in his favor.
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Preamble Introduction. An introductory statement. preface, introduction,
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Precarious risky Exposed to or involving danger..dangerous, perilous. the precarious life of a street hooker.
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Precis (Prey-see) A concise Summary. give me a precis summary of the story.
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Prescience (preh.shuhns) knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight. He had prescience of what Is to come, which was death, so he ran.
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Proclivity "natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness. Furthermore, jeremiah does not elsewhere demonstrate a proclivity for making such specific predictions.
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Prodigious Extraordinary in size, amount, extent, force. A prodigious research grant.
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Profligate [prof-li-git, or gate] recklessly prodigal or extravagant. utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute. A profligate person. The profligate young lottery winner.
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Puerile of or pertaining to a child. Childishly foolish; immature or trivial: a puerile piece of writing.
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Puissance power, might, or force.
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Pulchritudinous Physically beautiful
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Pusillanimous Cowardly, timid, lacking courage…
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Querulous (kwer-yuh-les) full of complaints, complaining...characterized by complaints.....a querulous voice tone.
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Quiescent [kwee-es-uhnt] being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
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Rax "to stretch oneself, as after sleeping.
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Sycophant (sik-uh-fuhnt) a yes-man, a a servile person....a dick rider…
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Tacit understooo without being openly expressed. Silent, saying nothing. done without using words.
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Tangential digressing, diverting....irrelevant....: your argument is interesting, but its tangential to what we are debating. Let's get back on task, shall we?
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Tendentious expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, esp. a controversial one : a tendentious reading of history. The football player's opinion that his was the superior sport was tendentious.
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Tenuous Weak. lacking a sound basis, as reasoning. unsubstantiated. That tenuous argument will not help his client at all.
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Terrestrial earthly, pertaining to this world, and earthling: i've been trying to tell you that im not a terrestrial, im from another place.
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Timorous [tim-er-uhs] full of fear; fearful: The noise made them timorous. characterized by or indicating fear: a timorous whisper.
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Tortuous "full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting, winding, or crooked: a tortuous path.
not direct or straightforward, as in procedure or speech: tortuous negotiations lasting for months.
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Tractable "(of a person or animal) easy to control or influence : the tractable dogs that have had some obedience training. (of a situation or problem) easy to deal with : trying to make the mathematics tractable.
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Trenchant Vigorous, effective, distinct....his trenchant observation made him the teacher's favorite.
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Triage the process of sorting out victims as of battle to determine medical priority in order increase the number of survivors.
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Truculent Belligerent, hostile. Brutally harsh. cruel, brutal,...his truculent criticism of her made her weep.
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Ubiquitous Existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time....i cannot escape the ubiquitous fog.
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Umbrage offense, I take umbrage at your disclaimer.
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Unassailable Not open to attack or assault...as by force or argument
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Usurp to sieze and hold (position, power, property etc) by force or without legal right.
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"Vacillate" to physically sway- to osscilate. To be indecisive: he vacillated between ordeing a big mac or a cheese Boogah.
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Vacuous empty, without contents; lacking in ideas or intelligence: the vacuous air. a vacuous mind.Vagabond Wandering from place to place without any settled home.Variegated varied in appearance or Multicolor
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"Venerable" highly respected (usu..due to age): the venerable old lady's advice.
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Veracious Habitually speaking the truth. honest....truthful. true, accurate.
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Verity the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality: to question the verity of a statement.
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"Vernal" related to spring, fresh, spring-like, youthful: winter is coming to an end because I can feel the vernal breeze.
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Vex to irritate; annoy; provoke to worry: Lack of money vexes many. His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
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Vim energy and vitality: she's the boss' favorite, maybe its because she works with vim.
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Vituperateto use or address with harsh or abusive language; revile. He ran away from home to avoid being vituperated by his dad for his behavior in school.
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Voluble (Vol-uh-bul) Fluent, talkative,...Characterized by a continuous flow of words....a voluble spokesman.
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Voracious insatiable. craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite. exceedingly eager or avid: voracious readers; a voracious collector.
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"Wan" pale, ashy...the sick child had a wan face, in contrast to her rosy cheeks.
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"Waver" to fluctuate between choices: dont waver for too long, you might loose your pick.
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Winsome Sweetly or innocently charming, engaging...he has a winsome smile.
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Yahoo A brutish and crude person
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Zenith The highest point or state, culmination.
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