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Adjure

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To earnestly urge or request someone to do something.

The human rights group adjured the dictator to free the hostages.

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Abjure

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Telling everyone that you are formally giving up your vice.

If you proclaim on Facebook that you are now a vegetarian, doing so is an abjuration of your carnivore ways.

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Sonorous

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Deep sounding and resonant.

Pavarotti was known for his sonorous voice.

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Poignant

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Something that touches you emotionally.

Witnessing a family embrace after years apart is poignant.

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Sultry

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Humid, hot, torrid, expressing or arousing desire.

Adele’s sultry singing can be poignant.

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Lurid

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Gruesome. Causing shock or horror.

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Cull

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v. present participle of cull.
n. The act of culling; the process of selecting for acceptance or removal.
n. Anything separated or selected from a mass.

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Hapless

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Unfortunate.

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unscrupulous

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unethical

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chimera

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figment of imagination

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redress

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remedy

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galling

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annoying, humiliating

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Vestige

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Something that is going out of existence. A trace.

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Virulent

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Harmful, destructive.

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Valorous

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Brave, courageous

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Vanguard

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A group that forms the innovative front of any new idea or movement.

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Vouchsafe

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To give or grant someone or something in a condescending manner.

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tropes

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metaphor; tired, conventional idea

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anodynes

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something that provides relief

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heretical

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dissenting, deviating

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apocryphal

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of questionable authenticity

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ineluctable

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inescapable, inevitable

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levied

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taxed, enlisted in the military

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inveigh

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to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently

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peripatetic
wandering from place to place
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lugubrious
sad, mournful
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supervening
ensuing, occurring after
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genial
Friendly and cheerful. | (esp. of air or climate) Pleasantly mild and warm.
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sclerotic
adjective – of or relating to the sclera of the eyeball | adjective – relating to or having sclerosis; hardened
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pillory
noun – a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn verb – punish by putting in a pillory verb – expose to ridicule or public scorn verb – criticize harshly or violently
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litany
long tedious accounts
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harried
adjective – troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
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besiege
verb – harass, as with questions or requests verb – surround so as to force to give up verb – cause to feel distressed or worried
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disbar
verb – remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action
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fete
noun – an elaborate party (often outdoors) noun – an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place) verb – have a celebration
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promulgate
verb – state or announce | verb – put a law into effect by formal declaration
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parsimony
noun – extreme stinginess | noun – extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
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diminution
noun – the act of decreasing or reducing something noun – change toward something smaller or lower noun – the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
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inveterate
adverb – in a habitual and longstanding manner | adjective – habitual
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din
a loud, clamorous noise
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occult
secret or withheld form the uninitiated; mysterious, inscrutable, difficult or impossible to comprehend; of, related to, or concerned with magic or the supernatural
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abscission
Cutting off; sudden termination; the separation of leaves, petals, or other parts from a plant or animal
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accede
Agree, give consent; assume power (usually as "accede to")
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accretion
Gradual increase; an added part or addition
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adumbrate
Give a rough outline of; foreshadow; reveal only partially; obscure
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amortize
Gradually pay off a debt, or gradually write off an asset
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apostle
Pioneer of a reform movement (originally, an early follower of Jesus)
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apposite
Highly appropriate, suitable, or relevant
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arrogate
Claim or take presumptuously or without the right to do so
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asperity
Rigor, severity; harshness or sharpness of tone; roughness of surface
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aspersions
Damaging remarks, defamation, slander
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assail
Attack violently, assault
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bevy
Group of birds or other animals that stay close together; any large group
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bilk
Cheat or defraud
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bonhomie
Friendliness, open and simple good heartedness
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Brandish
Shake, wave, or flourish, as a weapon
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brook
Suffer or tolerate
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circumspect
Cautious, prudent; careful to consider the circumstances and consequences
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cloying
Disgustingly or distastefully sweet
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collude
Conspire; cooperate for illegal or fraudulent purposes
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contumacious
Rebellious; stubbornly disobedient
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convoke
Call together, as to a meeting
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cosset
Treat as a pet, pamper
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coterie
Close or exclusive group, clique
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declivity
Downward slope
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abate
Reduce, diminish
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disquieting
Disturbing, causing anxiety
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exacting
Very severe in making demands; requiring precise attention
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gauche
Tactless, lacking social grace, awkward, crude
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disquieting
Disturbing, causing anxiety
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lampoon
A harsh satire (noun); ridicule or satirize (verb)
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languid
Drooping from exhaustion, sluggish, slow; lacking in spirit
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libertine
Morally or sexually unrestrained person; freethinker (regarding religion)
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requite
Reciprocate, repay, or revenge
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rife
Happening frequently, abundant, currently being reported
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sacrosanct
Sacred, inviolable, not to be trespassed on or violated; above any criticism
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sentient
Conscious; experiencing sensation or perceiving with the senses
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spate
Sudden outpouring or rush; flood
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supplicate
Pray humbly; ask, beg, or seek in a humble way
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surfeit
Excess, excessive amount, overindulgence
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ascribe
Assign or credit to a certain cause or source
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demagogue
A leader who lies and gains power by arousing the passions and especially prejudices of the people
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diaphanous
Very sheer, fine, translucent
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dictum
Formal or authoritative pronouncement; saying or proverb
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distaff
Female, esp. relating to the maternal side of the family; women or women's work; a staff that holds wool or flax for spinning
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doff
Take off (such as clothes), put aside; remove one's hat as a gesture
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dyspeptic
Grumpy, pessimistic, irritable; suffering from dyspepsia (indigestion)
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edify
Uplift, enlighten, instruct or improve in a spiritual or moral way
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effigy
Representation or image of a person, esp. a crude facsimile used to mock a hated person
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egress
An exit or the action of exiting
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encomium
Warm, glowing praise, esp. a formal expression of praise
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euphony
Pleasing or sweet sound, especially as formed by a harmonious use of words
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fracas
Noisy disturbance or fight; brawl
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fulminate
Explode, detonate; attack verbally in a vehement, thunderous way
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gambol
Frolic; skip or leap playfully
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glower
Stare in an angry, sullen way

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