Deck20 Flashcards
(94 cards)
1
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Abut
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- to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, or against ): This piece of land abuts on a street.
- to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
2
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Amendment
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- the act of amending or the state of being amended.
2.
an alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc.
3.
a change made by correction, addition, or deletion: The editors made few amendments to the manuscript.
3
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Articulate
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- uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- capable of speech; not speechless.
- using language easily and fluently; having facility with words: an articulate speaker.
- expressed, formulated, or presented with clarity and effectiveness: an articulate thought.
- made clear, distinct, and precise in relation to other parts: an articulate form; an articulate shape; an articulate area.
- Having parts connected by joints; jointed
- expressive. See eloquent. 9. enunciate.
- 4. inarticulate, unintelligible. 9. mumble.
4
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Avid
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1.enthusiastic; ardent; dedicated; keen: an avid moviegoer.
2.
keenly desirous; eager; greedy (often followed by for or of ): avid for pleasure; avid of power.
Avid, eager, keen
5
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Benediction
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1.an utterance of good wishes.
2.
the form of blessing pronounced by an officiating minister, as at the close of divine service.
3.
a ceremony by which things are set aside for sacred uses, as a church, vestments, or bells.
6
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Brandish
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- to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
- a flourish or waving, as of a weapon.
swing, flaunt, wield, display.
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Casual
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1.happening by chance; fortuitous: a casual meeting.
2.
without definite or serious intention; careless or offhand; passing: a casual remark.
3.
seeming or tending to be indifferent to what is happening; apathetic; unconcerned: a casual, nonchalant air.
1 unexpected, fortuitous, unforeseen. See accidental. 5. random.
-1. planned.
8
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Cogent
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1.convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
2.
to the point; relevant; pertinent.
9
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Congenital
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1 of or pertaining to a condition present at birth, whether inherited or caused by the environment, especially the uterine environment.
2.
having by nature a specified character: a congenital fool.
innate
10
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Counterfeit
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1 made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged: counterfeit dollar bills.
2.
pretended; unreal: counterfeit grief.
- spurious, bogus. See false. 2. sham, feigned, simulated, fraudulent; mock, fake, ersatz. 3. falsification, sham. 7. copy; falsify.
11
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Defer
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1 to put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time: The decision has been deferred by the board until next week.
2.
to exempt temporarily from induction into military service.
Defer, delay, postpone
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Desultory
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1 lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
2.
digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
See haphazard
13
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Dislodge
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1 to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one’s foot.
2.
to drive out of a hiding place, a military position, etc.
14
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Dud
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1 a device, person, or enterprise that proves to be a failure.
2.
a shell or missile that fails to explode after being fired.
1 fiasco, debacle, fizzle, miscarriage.
15
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Embryonic
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1 pertaining to or in the state of an embryo.
2.
rudimentary; undeveloped.
underdeveloped, immature, unfinished.
16
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Epicurean
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1 fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking.
2 fit for an epicure: epicurean delicacies.
gourmet, luxury, lavish, deluxe, rich.
Antonyms
2. austere, simple, plain, modest, frugal.
17
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Evolve
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1 to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
2.
to give off or emit, as odors or vapors.
- to come forth gradually into being; develop; undergo evolution: The whole idea evolved from a casual remark.
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Extralegal
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1being beyond the province or authority of law: There were only extralegal recourses for their grievances.
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Feud
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1 Also called blood feud. a bitter, continuous hostility, especially between two families, clans, etc., often lasting for many years or generations.
2.
a bitter quarrel or contention: a feud between labor and management.
- argument, difference.
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Foil
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1 to prevent the success of; frustrate; balk: Loyal troops foiled his attempt to overthrow the government.
2. to keep (a person) from succeeding in an enterprise, plan, etc.
1 thwart; impede, hamper.
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Fulminate
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1 to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
2.
to issue denunciations or the like (usually followed by against ): The minister fulminated against legalized vice.
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Groove
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1 a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint), a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
2.
the track or channel of a phonograph record for the needle or stylus.
3. a fixed routine: to get into a groove.
- A habitual way of doing something
- rut, habit, pattern.
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Hoary
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1 gray or white with age: an old dog with a hoary muzzle.
2.
ancient or venerable: hoary myths.
3.
tedious from familiarity; stale: Please don’t tell that hoary joke at dinner again tonight.
- grizzled, grizzly; hoar. 2. old, dated, aged; venerated, revered.
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Immolate
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1 to sacrifice.
2.
to kill as a sacrificial victim, as by fire; offer in sacrifice.
3.
to destroy by fire.
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**Incredulous**
1 not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
2.
indicating or showing unbelief: an incredulous smile.
unbelieving. See doubtful.
26
**Inhibit**
1 to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
2.
to prohibit; forbid.
3. To hold back or keep some action, feeling, etc, check, repress
1. repress, discourage, obstruct. 2. interdict. See forbid.
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**Inveigle**
1 to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into ): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
2.
to acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods (usually followed by from or away ): to inveigle a theater pass from a person.
- kandırmak ayartmak, baştan çıkarmak
induce, beguile, persuade. 2. wheedle.
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**Legacy**
1 Law . a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
2.
anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor: the legacy of ancient Rome.
3.
an applicant to or student at a school that was attended by his or her parent.
1, 2. inheritance.
29
**Massacre**
1 the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
2.
a general slaughter, as of persons or animals: the massacre of millions during the war.
1, 2. carnage, extermination, butchery, genocide. 4. slay. See slaughter.
30
**Morbid**
1 suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
2. affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease.
3. pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
4. gruesome; grisly.
-marazi
unwholesome, diseased, unhealthy, sick, sickly; tainted, corrupted, vitiated.
- 1. cheerful. 2. healthy.
31
**Obloquy**
1 censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, especially by numerous persons or by the general public.
2.
discredit, disgrace, or bad repute resulting from public blame, abuse, or denunciation.
-kötüleme, yerme, kınama
reproach, calumny; aspersion, revilement.
Antonyms
1. praise. 2. credit.
32
**Palliate**
1 to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
2.
to try to mitigate or conceal the gravity of (an offense) by excuses, apologies, etc.; extenuate.
33
**Perjury**
1 the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
-yalan yere yemin
34
**Plaque**
1 a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal, porcelain, etc., intended for ornament, as on a wall, or set in a piece of furniture.
2.
an inscribed commemorative tablet, usually of metal placed on a building, monument, or the like.
35
**Preempt**
1 to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
2.
to acquire or appropriate before someone else; take for oneself; arrogate: a political issue preempted by the opposition party.
3.
to take the place of because of priorities, reconsideration, rescheduling, etc.; supplant: The special newscast preempted the usual television program.
1 claim, appropriate, usurp.
36
**Protract**
1 to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
continue. See lengthen.
- 1. curtail.
37
**Raconteur**
1 a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
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**Refractory**
1 hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
2.
resisting ordinary methods of treatment.
3.
difficult to fuse, reduce, or work, as an ore or metal.
1 obstinate, perverse, mulish, headstrong, intractable, disobedient, recalcitrant, ungovernable. See unruly.
- 1. obedient, tractable
39
**Resurrect**
1 to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
2.
to bring back into use, practice, etc.: to resurrect an ancient custom.
40
**Scabbard**
1 a sheath for a sword or the like.
41
**Skit**
1 a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
2.
a short theatrical sketch or act, usually comical.
42
**Steep (v)**
1 to soak in water or other liquid, as to soften, cleanse, or extract some constituent: to steep tea in boiling-hot water; to steep reeds for basket weaving.
2. to wet thoroughly in or with a liquid; drench; saturate; imbue.
3. to immerse in or saturate or imbue with some pervading, absorbing, or stupefying influence or agency: an incident steeped in mystery.
1. infuse. 2. permeate. 3. bury, engulf.
43
**Summarily**
1 in a prompt or direct manner; immediately; straightaway.
2.
without notice; precipitately: to be dismissed summarily from one's job.
44
**Tedious**
1 marked by tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey.
2.
wordy so as to cause weariness or boredom, as a speaker or writer; prolix.
1 wearing, boring, tiring, monotonous, dull.
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**Trite**
1 lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter.
2.
characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc.: The commencement address was trite and endlessly long.
1 ordinary. See commonplace.
- 1. original.
46
**Vapid**
1 lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
2.
without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious: a vapid party; vapid conversation.
1. lifeless, flavorless. 2. spiritless, unanimated, tiresome, prosaic.
- 1. pungent. 2. stimulating.
47
**Waft**
1 to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water: The gentle breeze wafted the sound of music to our ears.
2.
to send or convey lightly, as if in flight: The actress wafted kisses to her admirers in the audience.
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1. to be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon, or against ): This piece of land abuts on a street.
2. to be adjacent to; border on; end at.
**Abut**
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1. the act of amending or the state of being amended.
2.
an alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc.
3.
a change made by correction, addition, or deletion: The editors made few amendments to the manuscript.
**Amendment**
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1. uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
2. capable of speech; not speechless.
3. using language easily and fluently; having facility with words: an articulate speaker.
4. expressed, formulated, or presented with clarity and effectiveness: an articulate thought.
5. made clear, distinct, and precise in relation to other parts: an articulate form; an articulate shape; an articulate area.
6. Having parts connected by joints; jointed
4. expressive. See eloquent. 9. enunciate.
- 4. inarticulate, unintelligible. 9. mumble.
**Articulate**
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1.enthusiastic; ardent; dedicated; keen: an avid moviegoer.
2.
keenly desirous; eager; greedy (often followed by for or of ): avid for pleasure; avid of power.
Avid, eager, keen
**Avid**
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1.an utterance of good wishes.
2.
the form of blessing pronounced by an officiating minister, as at the close of divine service.
3.
a ceremony by which things are set aside for sacred uses, as a church, vestments, or bells.
**Benediction**
53
1. to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
2. a flourish or waving, as of a weapon.
swing, flaunt, wield, display.
**Brandish**
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1.happening by chance; fortuitous: a casual meeting.
2.
without definite or serious intention; careless or offhand; passing: a casual remark.
3.
seeming or tending to be indifferent to what is happening; apathetic; unconcerned: a casual, nonchalant air.
1 unexpected, fortuitous, unforeseen. See accidental. 5. random.
-1. planned.
**Casual**
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1.convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
2.
to the point; relevant; pertinent.
**Cogent**
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1 of or pertaining to a condition present at birth, whether inherited or caused by the environment, especially the uterine environment.
2.
having by nature a specified character: a congenital fool.
innate
**Congenital**
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1 made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged: counterfeit dollar bills.
2.
pretended; unreal: counterfeit grief.
1. spurious, bogus. See false. 2. sham, feigned, simulated, fraudulent; mock, fake, ersatz. 3. falsification, sham. 7. copy; falsify.
**Counterfeit**
58
1 to put off (action, consideration, etc.) to a future time: The decision has been deferred by the board until next week.
2.
to exempt temporarily from induction into military service.
Defer, delay, postpone
**Defer**
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1 lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
2.
digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
See haphazard
**Desultory**
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1 to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
2.
to drive out of a hiding place, a military position, etc.
**Dislodge**
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1 a device, person, or enterprise that proves to be a failure.
2.
a shell or missile that fails to explode after being fired.
1 fiasco, debacle, fizzle, miscarriage.
**Dud**
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1 pertaining to or in the state of an embryo.
2.
rudimentary; undeveloped.
underdeveloped, immature, unfinished.
**Embryonic**
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1 fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking.
2 fit for an epicure: epicurean delicacies.
gourmet, luxury, lavish, deluxe, rich.
Antonyms
2. austere, simple, plain, modest, frugal.
**Epicurean**
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1 to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
2.
to give off or emit, as odors or vapors.
3. to come forth gradually into being; develop; undergo evolution: The whole idea evolved from a casual remark.
**Evolve**
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1being beyond the province or authority of law: There were only extralegal recourses for their grievances.
**Extralegal**
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1 Also called blood feud. a bitter, continuous hostility, especially between two families, clans, etc., often lasting for many years or generations.
2.
a bitter quarrel or contention: a feud between labor and management.
2. argument, difference.
**Feud**
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1 to prevent the success of; frustrate; balk: Loyal troops foiled his attempt to overthrow the government.
```
2.
to keep (a person) from succeeding in an enterprise, plan, etc.
```
1 thwart; impede, hamper.
**Foil**
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1 to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
2.
to issue denunciations or the like (usually followed by against ): The minister fulminated against legalized vice.
**Fulminate**
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1 a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint), a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
2.
the track or channel of a phonograph record for the needle or stylus.
3. a fixed routine: to get into a groove.
4. A habitual way of doing something
3. rut, habit, pattern.
**Groove**
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1 gray or white with age: an old dog with a hoary muzzle.
2.
ancient or venerable: hoary myths.
3.
tedious from familiarity; stale: Please don't tell that hoary joke at dinner again tonight.
1. grizzled, grizzly; hoar. 2. old, dated, aged; venerated, revered.
**Hoary**
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1 to sacrifice.
2.
to kill as a sacrificial victim, as by fire; offer in sacrifice.
3.
to destroy by fire.
**Immolate**
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1 not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
2.
indicating or showing unbelief: an incredulous smile.
unbelieving. See doubtful.
**Incredulous**
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1 to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
2.
to prohibit; forbid.
3. To hold back or keep some action, feeling, etc, check, repress
1. repress, discourage, obstruct. 2. interdict. See forbid.
**Inhibit**
74
1 to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into ): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
2.
to acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods (usually followed by from or away ): to inveigle a theater pass from a person.
- kandırmak ayartmak, baştan çıkarmak
induce, beguile, persuade. 2. wheedle.
**Inveigle**
75
1 Law . a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
2.
anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor: the legacy of ancient Rome.
3.
an applicant to or student at a school that was attended by his or her parent.
1, 2. inheritance.
**Legacy**
76
1 the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
2.
a general slaughter, as of persons or animals: the massacre of millions during the war.
1, 2. carnage, extermination, butchery, genocide. 4. slay. See slaughter.
**Massacre**
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1 suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
2. affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease.
3. pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
4. gruesome; grisly.
-marazi
unwholesome, diseased, unhealthy, sick, sickly; tainted, corrupted, vitiated.
- 1. cheerful. 2. healthy.
**Morbid**
78
1 censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, especially by numerous persons or by the general public.
2.
discredit, disgrace, or bad repute resulting from public blame, abuse, or denunciation.
-kötüleme, yerme, kınama
reproach, calumny; aspersion, revilement.
Antonyms
1. praise. 2. credit.
**Obloquy**
79
1 to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
2.
to try to mitigate or conceal the gravity of (an offense) by excuses, apologies, etc.; extenuate.
**Palliate**
80
1 the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
-yalan yere yemin
**Perjury**
81
1 a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal, porcelain, etc., intended for ornament, as on a wall, or set in a piece of furniture.
2.
an inscribed commemorative tablet, usually of metal placed on a building, monument, or the like.
**Plaque**
82
1 to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy.
2.
to acquire or appropriate before someone else; take for oneself; arrogate: a political issue preempted by the opposition party.
3.
to take the place of because of priorities, reconsideration, rescheduling, etc.; supplant: The special newscast preempted the usual television program.
1 claim, appropriate, usurp.
**Preempt**
83
1 to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
continue. See lengthen.
- 1. curtail.
**Protract**
84
1 a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
**Raconteur**
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1 hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
2.
resisting ordinary methods of treatment.
3.
difficult to fuse, reduce, or work, as an ore or metal.
1 obstinate, perverse, mulish, headstrong, intractable, disobedient, recalcitrant, ungovernable. See unruly.
- 1. obedient, tractable
**Refractory**
86
1 to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
2.
to bring back into use, practice, etc.: to resurrect an ancient custom.
**Resurrect**
87
1 a sheath for a sword or the like.
**Scabbard**
88
1 a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
2.
a short theatrical sketch or act, usually comical.
**Skit**
89
1 to soak in water or other liquid, as to soften, cleanse, or extract some constituent: to steep tea in boiling-hot water; to steep reeds for basket weaving.
2. to wet thoroughly in or with a liquid; drench; saturate; imbue.
3. to immerse in or saturate or imbue with some pervading, absorbing, or stupefying influence or agency: an incident steeped in mystery.
1. infuse. 2. permeate. 3. bury, engulf.
**Steep (v)**
90
1 in a prompt or direct manner; immediately; straightaway.
2.
without notice; precipitately: to be dismissed summarily from one's job.
**Summarily**
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1 marked by tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey.
2.
wordy so as to cause weariness or boredom, as a speaker or writer; prolix.
1 wearing, boring, tiring, monotonous, dull.
**Tedious**
92
1 lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter.
2.
characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc.: The commencement address was trite and endlessly long.
1 ordinary. See commonplace.
- 1. original.
**Trite**
93
1 lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
2.
without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious: a vapid party; vapid conversation.
1. lifeless, flavorless. 2. spiritless, unanimated, tiresome, prosaic.
- 1. pungent. 2. stimulating.
**Vapid**
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1 to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water: The gentle breeze wafted the sound of music to our ears.
2.
to send or convey lightly, as if in flight: The actress wafted kisses to her admirers in the audience.
**Waft**
