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Orotund

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Adj

Of the voice or phrasing, full, round and imposing:

An orotund singing voice.

Synonym: strong; loud

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Obdurate

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Adj

Hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion:

The president was completely obdurate on the issue.

Synonym: intransigent; recalcitrant; inexorable

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Oblique

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Adj

Indirect, evasive; misleading, devious:

Usually open and friendly, Mike has been behaving in a curiously oblique manner lately.

Synonym: tangential; slanted; glancing

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Obsequious

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Adj

Overly submissive and eager to please:

The obsequious new associate made sure to compliment her supervisor’s tie and agree with him on every issue.

Synonym: compliant; deferential; servile; subservient

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Obstinate

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Adj

Stubborn; unyielding:

The obstinate child could not be made to eat any food.

Synonym: intransigent; pertinacious; intractable; obdurate

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Obviate

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Verb

To prevent; to make unnecessary:

The river was shallow enough to wade across at many points, which obviated the need for a bridge.

Synonym: forestall; preclude; prohibit

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Occlude

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Verb

To stop up, prevent the passage of:

Thick makeup can occlude the pores.

Synonym: barricade; obstruct; block

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Officious

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Adj

Too helpful, meddlesome:

While planning her wedding, Maya discovered just how officious her future mother-in-law could be.

Synonym: eager; intrusive; unwanted

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Onerous

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Adj

Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome:

The assignment was so extensive and difficult to manage that it proved onerous to the team in charge of it.

Synonym: arduous; cumbersome; formidable; taxing

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Opaque

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Adj

impossible to see through

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Opine

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Verb

To express an opinion:

At the talk show, the audience member opined that the guest was in the wrong.

Synonym: point out; voice

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Opprobrium

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Noun

Public disgrace:

After the scheme to embezzle the elderly was made public, the treasurer resigned in utter opprobrium.

Synonym: stigma; ignominy; discredit

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Orotund

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Adj

Pompous:

Mike soon grew tired of his date’s orotund babble about her new job.

Synonym: bombastic; declamatory; euphuistic

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Ossify

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Verb

To change into bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern:

The forensics expert ascertained the body’s age based on the degree to which the facial structure had ossified.

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Ostensible

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Adj

Apparent:

The ostensible reason for his visit was to borrow a book, but he secretly wanted to chat with his neighbor.

Synonym: represented; supposed; surface

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Ostentation

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Noun

excessive showiness:

The ostentation of the Sun King’s court is evident in the lavish decoration and luxuriousness of his palace at Versailles.

Synonym: conspicuousness; flashiness

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Overwrought

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Adj

Agitated, overdone:

The lawyer’s overwrought voice on the phone made her clients worry about the outcome of their case.

Synonym; elaborate; excited; nervous; ornate

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Opulent

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Adj

ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish.

“the opulent comfort of a limousine”

synonyms: luxurious, sumptuous, palatial, lavish, lavishly appointed, rich, splendid, magnificent, grand, grandiose, fancy; More

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Obloquy

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Noun

strong public criticism or verbal abuse:

He endured years of contempt and obloquy.

Synonym: vilification, opprobrium, denigration, calumny

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Objurgate

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verb:

rebuke severely; scold