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EMBARRASS

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abash, chagrin, compunction,, contrition, diffidence, expiate, foible, gaucherie, rue.

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abash

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to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; disconcert; make ashamed or embarrassed EMBARRASS:
He said nothing but looked abashed.

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chagrin

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a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation EMBARRASS:
To his parents’ chagrin, he had no intention of becoming a lawyer.

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compunction

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a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or causing pain; contrition; remorse, when you feel slightly guilty for something you have done or might do EMBARRASS:
I wouldn’t have any compunction about telling him to leave.

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contrition

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sincere penitence or remorse EMBARRASS:

a contrite apology/expression.

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foible

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a weak point, failing, minor flaw EMBARRASS:

Married couples must learn to accept each other’s little foibles.

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gaucherie

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a socially awkward or tactless act EMBARRASS:
She was wearing cubic zircons with a silk moiré Givenchy ballgown, and he was mortified by the gross gaucherie of which she was unaware.

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NAG

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admonish, cavil, belabor, enjoin, exhort, harangue, hector, martinet, remonstrate, reproof.

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admonish

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to urge to a duty; remind NAG:

to admonish them about their obligations.

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cavil

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to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually followed by at or about ) to make unreasonable complaints, especially about things that are not important NAG:
He finds something to cavil at in everything I say.
The one cavil I have about the book is that it is written as a diary.

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belabor

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to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary, to assail persistently NAG:
He kept belaboring the point long after we had agreed.

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hector

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a blustering, domineering person; a bully NAG:

He had a loud, hectoring manner.

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martinet

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a strict disciplinarian, authoritarian, bully, despot NAG

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PREDICT

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augur, auspice, fey, harbinger, portentous, precursor, pressage, prescient, prognosticate

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augur

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to divine or predict, as from omens; prognosticate, foreshadow PREDICT:
The company’s sales figures for the first six months augur well for the rest of the year.

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auspice

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Often, auspices. a favorable sign or propitious circumstance, a divination or prognostication, with the protection of PREDICT:
Financial aid is being provided to the country under the auspices of the International Monetary Fund.

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fey

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mysterious and strange, or trying to appear like this PREDICT:
He dismissed her later poems as fey and frivolous.

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harbinger

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anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign PREDICT:
Frost is a harbinger of winter.

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precuror

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an indication of the approach of something or someone, forerunner, predecessor PREDICT:
Infection with HIV is a precursor to AIDS.

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presage

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something that portends or foreshadows a future event; an omen, prognostic, or warning indication PREDICT:
But still the economy is not showing signs of any of the excesses that normally presage a recession.

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prescient

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knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight PREDICT:
The prescient economist was one of the few to see the financial collapse coming.
the prescience of her remarks

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prognosticate

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to forecast or PREDICT:

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LUCK

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adventitious, amulet, auspicious, fortuitous, kismet, optimum, portentous,

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adventitious

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not expected or planned LUCK:

an adventitious event/situation

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amulet

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an object worn because it is believed to protect against evil, disease or unhappiness LUCK:

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auspicious

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promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable LUCK:

an auspicious occasion.

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fortuitous

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lucky, happening by chance PREDICT:

fortunate: a series of fortuitous events that advanced her career.

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kismet

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fate; destiny LUCK:

It was simply kismet; they were meant to be together.

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propitious

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presenting favorable conditions; favorable LUCK: propitious weather.

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serendipity

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good fortune; luck LUCK:

The scientist’s discovery was a real case of serendipity.

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talisman

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any amulet or charm LUCK:

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HARSH-SOOUNDING

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cacophony, din, dissonant, raucous, strident,

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PLEASANT-SOUNDING

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euphonious, harmonious, melodious, sonorous

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sonorous

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having a deep pleasant sound:

a sonorous voice

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abdicate

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to give up power, relinquish:

The people of the state do not wish to abdicate their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them.

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abject

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utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched:

abject poverty.

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averse

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having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, ; opposed:
He is not averse to having a drink now and then.

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ambidextrous

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able to use both hands equally well:

an ambidextrous surgeon.

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preamble

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an introductory statement; preface:

The Declaration of Independence had a preamble when it was first written.

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animadversion

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an unfavorable or censorious comment:

to make animadversions on someone’s conduct.

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animosity

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enmity that tends to display itself in action:

a deep-seated animosity between two sisters; animosity against one’s neighbor.

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equanimity

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mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium:
Her equanimity during the ominous trial was astonishing to her husband and family.

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unanimity

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a consensus or undivided opinion, agreed by everyone:
The jury was unanimous in finding him guilty.
The unanimity of the delegates was obvious on the first ballot.

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anticlimax

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letdown/disappointment in thought or emotion:

After so much preparation, the party was a bit of an anticlimax.

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subaqueous

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existing or situated under water; underwater

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embellish

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to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn:

In a seemingly paradoxical fashion, a new technology was used to embellish nature.

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bellicose

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inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious:
The general made some bellicose statements about his country’s military strength.

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benefactor

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donor:

Every Christmas, the students on scholarships send thank-you cards to their benefactors.

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biped

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a two-footed animal.

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bifurcate

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to divide into two parts:

A sample of water was taken from the point where the river bifurcates.

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debonair

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courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm:

a debonair gentleman.

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bursar/bursary

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a treasurer or business officer, especially of a college or university/ the treasury of a monastery.

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desiccate/Parch

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to dry thoroughly; dry up:

Trees lose their leaves so that they don’t desiccate.

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malleable

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capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure from rollers, adaptable or tractable:
the malleable mind of a child.

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ABATE

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ebb, lapse, let up, moderate, relent, slacken, subside, wane.

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lapse

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become void; fall back into previous pattern:

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slacken

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ABATE to make or become less active, vigorous, intense, etc:

Economic growth is slackening.

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subside

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ABATE to sink to a low or lower level:

The violence seems to be subsiding at last.

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abscond

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to leave secretly:

The thieves intended to abscond with several of the museum’s most valuable paintings but failed.’

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abyss

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Extremely deep hole:

She stood facing the abyss, uncertain whether to turn towards life or to take a final step into the darkness.

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apotheosize

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aggrandize, apotheose, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, glorify, idealize, idolize, laud, put on a pedestal, worship:
She is attracted to the idea of violent social disruption but doesn’t apotheosize killing for its own sake.

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exalt

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to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate:
He was exalted to the position of president.

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swell

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to increase in size:

One side of his face had swollen up where he’d been stung.

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commingle/intermingle/mingle

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to mix or mingle together; combine AMALGAMATE:

The schools regularly commingled funds between accounts.

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fuse

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to combine or blend by melting together; melt AMALGAMATE:

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nebulous

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vague, obscure, ambiguous:

She has a few nebulous ideas about what she might like to do in the future, but nothing definite.

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preternatural

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out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal:
preternatural powers.

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incite

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to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
to incite a crowd to riot.

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pester

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to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:

Don’t pester me with your trivial problems.

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arbitrate

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to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine:

to arbitrate a dispute.

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adjudge

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to declare or pronounce formally:

In October 1990, Mirchandani was adjudged bankrupt.

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adjudicate

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to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence:

Occasionally, he has to adjudicate on a pensions matter.

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bygone

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past; gone by; earlier; former:

The faded OLD photograph brought memories of bygone days.

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fusty

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OLD having a stale smell; moldy; musty:
fusty rooms that were in need of a good airing.
old-fashioned or out-of-date, as architecture, furnishings, or the like:
They still live in that fusty, gingerbread house.

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antediluvian

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very OLD, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive:
antediluvian ideas.

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outmoded

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OLD gone out of style; no longer fashionable:

outmoded styles.

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stale

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OLD not fresh, musty; stagnant, having lost novelty or interest; hackneyed; trite:
a stale joke.
Cake goes stale quickly if it’s not covered.

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dowdy

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OLD not stylish; drab; old-fashioned:

Why do you always wear those dowdy old dresses?

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passe

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OLD old-fashioned:

Wines from that region were quite popular for a while, but now they’re rather passé.

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devitalize

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WEAKEN diminish, debilitate, enervate,

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unnerve

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upset, intimidate, agitate, bewilder:

he angry look in his eyes unnerved me a lot.

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dilute

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WEAKEN make thinner:

You need to dilute this before you drink it.

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rarefy

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to make rare or rarer; make less dense: to rarefy a gas to make more refined, spiritual, or exalted:

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plucky

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AUDACIOUS having or showing pluck or courage; brave:

The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.

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valorous

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AUDACIOUS having valor; courageous; valiant; brave:

The valorous act of the solider in battle earned him great respect.

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gallant

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AUDACIOUS brave, splendid, spirited, noble-minded, or chivalrous:
a gallant knight; a gallant rescue attempt.

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stout

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AUDACIOUS bold, brave, or dauntless, ALSO fat:

a short, stout man

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undaunted/dauntless

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AUDACIOUS undiminished in courage or valor; not giving way to fear; intrepid: Although outnumbered, he was undaunted.

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venturesome/venturous

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AUDACIOUS having or showing a disposition to undertake risky or dangerous activities; daring:
a venturesome investor; a venturesome explorer.

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mettlesome

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AUDACIOUS spirited; courageous, brave, bold:

Here she mounts some a mettlesome horse and trains him with d wonderful skill and boldness.

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valiant

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AUDACIOUS boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted:

a valiant soldier.

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palpable

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very obvious:

There was a palpable sense of tension in the crowd.

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inundate

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to overwhelm:

Laura was inundated with flowers, cards, and other gifts.

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contemptuous

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showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful:

The look she gave him was contemptuous

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tranquil

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quit and peaceful:

a tranquil garden

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BANAL

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bromidic, shopworn, threadbare, jejune, vapid

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bromidic

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BANAL trite

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shopworn

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BANAL trite; hackneyed:

Because of the nature of his effort, Gormley necessarily repeats some shopworn tales.

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threadbare

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BANAL meager, scanty, or poor: a threadbare emotional life.

hackneyed; trite; ineffectively stale: threadbare arguments.

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vapid

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BANALwithout liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious: a vapid party; vapid conversation.

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BOLSTER

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prop, underpin

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prop

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BOLSTER Support,
to prop an old fence;
to prop up an unpopular government.

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underpin

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BOLSTER to prop up or support from below; strengthen:

He presented the figures to underpin his argument.

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BOMBASTIC

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bloated, declamatory, fustian, grandiose, magniloquent, orotund,

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fustian

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BOMBASTIC inflated or turgid language in writing or speaking:
Fustian can’t disguise the author’s meager plot.

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grandiose

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BOMBASTIC more complicated or elaborate than necessary; overblown:
a grandiose scheme.

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magniloquent

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speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful:
It was difficult to listen to the magniloquent speaker especially after finding out that the gift was rescinded.

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CACOPHONY

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chaos, clamor, din, noise, discord,

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clamor

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CACOPHONY a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people:

the clamor of the crowd at the gates.

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chide

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to express disapproval of; scold; reproach:

The principal chided the children for their thoughtless pranks.

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CHAOS

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clutter, jumble, muddle, snarl, turmoil

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turmoil

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CHAOS turbulence, disorder, uproar:

The whole region is in turmoil.

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CHICANERY

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conniving, deviousness, pettifoggery,

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conniving

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CHICANERY To cooperate secretly in wrongdoing:

They connived to take over the business.

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devious

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CHICANERY departing from the most direct way; circuitous; indirect:
a devious course.

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pettifog

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CHICANERY to practice chicanery of any sort:

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CONDONE

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overlook, pardon, disregard

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CRESCENDO

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steadily increasing in volume or force:

the crescendo of tension became unbearable.

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obeisance

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deference or homage: The nobles gave obeisance to the new king.

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parch

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to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.

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fulmination

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DIATRIBE a violent denunciation or censure:

a sermon that was one long fulmination.

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jeremiad

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DIATRIBE a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint Tirade:
Unable to control himself at his dog’s funeral, Tim delivered a jeremiad (unparalleled in pet mourning circles) decrying the world’s foremost injustices

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omniscient

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having or seeming to have unlimited knowledge:

an omniscient narrator.

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laggard

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inclined to waste time and lag behind:

But the company is saddled with an awful public image as the perennial laggard.

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tardy

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late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?

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dabbler

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DILETTANTE to work at anything in an irregular or superficial manner:
to dabble in literature.

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cloak

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something that covers or conceals; disguise; DISSEMBLE pretense:
He conducts his affairs under a cloak of secrecy.

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counterfeit

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DISSEMBLE made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged:
counterfeit dollar bills.

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masquerade

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DISSEMBLE disguise:

She’s just a teacher masquerading as an academic.

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strife

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vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:

to be at strife.

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magisterial

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DOGMATIC imperious; domineering:

a magisterial tone of command.

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humbug

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DUPE something intended to delude or deceive:

the usual political humbug

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beget

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ENGENDER to procreate or generate to cause; produce as an effect:
a belief that power begets power.

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conundrum

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ENGIMA anything that puzzles:

It may be the biggest, but it is far from the only temporal conundrum.

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tabulate

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ENUMERATE to put or arrange in a tabular, systematic, or condensed form; formulate tabularly.

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fleet

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EPHEMERAL passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory:
fleeting beauty; a fleeting glance.

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foment

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to arouse, incite, provoke:

The song was banned on the grounds that it might foment racial tension.

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instigate

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FOMENT to cause by incitement:

to instigate a quarrel.

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effusive

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GARRULOUS emotionally excessive; overly demonstrative:
Eruptive behavior has varied from vigorous explosions, accompanied by tephra falls and pyroclastic flows, to effusive lava flows.

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amorphous

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having no fixed form or shape, lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless:
an amorphous mass of jelly

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ornery

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stubborn:

I can’t do a thing with that ornery mule.

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bewail

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to express deep sorrow for; lament:

a little child bewailing the loss of her dog.

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shirk

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MALINGER to evade work, duty, etc: to shirk your duties/responsibilities

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ductile

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malleable, pliant:

Ductile iron pipe shall comply with the requirements listed in this specification section.

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drone

A

a person who lives on the labor of others; parasitic loafer:

146
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preclude

A

to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible:
The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction

147
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barricade

A

to obstruct or block with a barricade:

barricading the streets to prevent an attack.

148
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formidable

A

causing fear, apprehension, or dread:
a formidable opponent.
onerous, cumbersome:
a formidable task

149
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plethora

A

overabundance; excess: a plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance.

150
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perjure

A

The judge warned the witness not to perjure herself:

give false testimony

151
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decorum

A

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc:

Attorneys and parties should conduct themselves with decorum and manners.

152
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standoffish

A

somewhat aloof or reserved; cold and unfriendly:

The kitty could be called adorable, if a little standoffish.

153
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gorge

A 
a small canyon.
a gluttonous meal.
something that is swallowed; contents of the stomach.
an obstructing mass: an ice gorge.
to eat or swallow greedily
154
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narcotic

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SOPORIFIC anything that exercises a soothing or numbing effect or influence:
Television is a narcotic for many people.

155
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slumberous

A

SOPORIFIC sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.

causing or inducing sleep.

156
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somnolent

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SOPORIFIC tending to cause sleep:

a somnolent summer’s afternoon

157
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blemish

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STIGMA to destroy or diminish the perfection of:

The book is blemished by those long, ineffective descriptions.

158
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blot

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STIGMA a blemish on a person’s character or reputation:

He had been haunted by a blot on his past.

159
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sublime

A

extremely good, beautiful, or enjoyable:

the music was so sublime that it transformed the rude audience into accepting.

160
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august

A

SUBLIME inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic:
an august performance of a religious drama.

161
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exasperate

A

VEX to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely:
He was exasperated by the senseless delays.

162
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irk

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VEX to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:

It irked him to wait in line.

163
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chafe

A

VEX to irritate; annoy: The dripping of the faucet chafed her nerves.

164
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nettle

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VEX to irritate, annoy, or provoke:

He was nettled by her manner.

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