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intransigent

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unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something.
“her father had tried persuasion, but she was intransigent”

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invidious

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(of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others.
“she’d put herself in an invidious position”

unpleasant, unfair/unjust

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sonorous

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capable of producing a deep or ringing sound.

“the alloy is sonorous and useful in making bells”

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conviviality

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the quality of being friendly and lively; friendliness.

“the conviviality of the evening”

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specious

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having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic

“Blake’s reputation for weakness is specious”

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quandary

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: a state of perplexity or doubt

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recapitulate

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to summarize

to give new form or expression to

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panoply

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a magnificent or impressive array

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portent

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something that foreshadows a coming event. omen, sign

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querulous

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: habitually complaining

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anachronism

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: a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place

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innocuous

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harmless

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opprobrious

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oppobrium, bringing disgrace

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autumnal

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of, characteristic of, or occurring in autumn.

“chilly autumnal weather”

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apolitical

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not interested or involved in politics.

“he took an apolitical stance”

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epistles

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a letter

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appurtenances

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an accessory or other item associated with a particular activity or style of living.
“all the appurtenances of luxurious travel”

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chauvinism

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exaggerated or aggressive patriotism.

“public opinion was easily moved to chauvinism and nationalism”

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adducing

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cite as evidence.

“a number of factors are adduced to explain the situation”

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rebuke

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express sharp disapproval or criticism of (someone) because of their behavior or actions.
“she had rebuked him for drinking too much”

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panegyric

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a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.
“Vera’s panegyric on friendship”

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apposite

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apt in the circumstances or in relation to something.
“an apposite quotation”

suitable, appropriate

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dilettante

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a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.
“a wealthy literary dilettante”

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philistine

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a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them.
“I am a complete philistine when it comes to paintings”

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prurience
prurient = marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire
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hypostatize
: to attribute real identity to (a concept) | "the mind has a tendency to hypostatize abstractions"
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evince
to display clearly, reveal "she evinced a proclivity for the arts"
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stymie
: to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of | "stymied by red tape"
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moribund
2: being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence | a moribund virus
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excoriate
censure
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immolate
to kill or destroy. to sacrifice
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parley
to speak with another. to confer | "the government refused to parley with the rebels"
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posterity
all future generations "some monarchs have been accused by posterity of murder and treason"
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abnegate
deny, renounce, surrender
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charlatan
a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud. "a self-confessed con artist and charlatan"
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retribution
punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act. "employees asked not to be named, saying they feared retribution"
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riotous
marked by or involving public disorder. "a riotous crowd" riot
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jejune
1. naive, simplistic, and superficial. "their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions" 2. of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting. "the poem seems to me rather jejune"
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bombastic
high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated. "bombastic rhetoric" pompous
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revanchism
a policy of seeking to retaliate, especially to recover lost territory. "a recipe for deep future resentment, revanchism and renewed conflict"
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antiquity
the ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages. "the great civilizations of antiquity"
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adventitious
happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature. "my adventures were always adventitious, always thrust on me" unpremeditated, accidental
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extirpate
root out and destroy completely. | "the use of every legal measure to extirpate this horrible evil from the land"
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paliate
allay
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invective
insulting, abusive, or highly critical language. | "he let out a stream of invective"
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retrenchment
the reduction of costs or spending in response to economic difficulty. "this period of retrenchment will see companies shed staff"
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despotic
typical of a despot, tyrannical | "a despotic regime"
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effluvium
an unpleasant or harmful odor, secretion, or discharge. | "human's effluvium have caused habitat loss to many animals"
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cower before
to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays
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perpetuate
make (something, typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely. "the law perpetuated the interests of the ruling class"
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ingenuous
(of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting. "he eyed her with wide, ingenuous eyes" think geniuine
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maladroit
ineffective or bungling; clumsy. | "both men are unhappy about the maladroit way the matter has been handled"
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tendentious
expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one. "a tendentious reading of history"
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perspicuous
clearly expressed and easily understood; lucid. | "it provides simpler and more perspicuous explanations than its rivals"
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vociferously
in a loud and forceful manner. | "the country vociferously opposed the war"
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espouse
adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life). | "he turned his back on the modernism he had espoused in his youth"
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lambaste
criticize (someone or something) harshly. | "they lambasted the report as a gross distortion of the truth"
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deride
express contempt for; ridicule. | "critics derided the proposals as clumsy attempts to find a solution"
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penance
voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong. "he had done public penance for those hasty words"
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approbation
approval or praise. | "the opera met with high approbation"
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obseqious
obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. "they were served by obsequious waiters" servile, ingratiating, sycophantic, fawning, toadying
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ingratiating
intended to gain approval or favor; sycophantic. | "an ingratiating manner"
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moribund
(of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigor. | "the moribund commercial property market"
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devolve
transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration. "measures to devolve power to the provinces"
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occlude
stop, close up, or obstruct (an opening, orifice, or passage). "thick makeup can occlude the pores"
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atavistic
relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral. "atavistic fears and instincts" think fight (attack) or flight
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soothsayer
prophet
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betoken
be a sign of; indicate. "she wondered if his cold, level gaze betokened indifference or anger" indicate, signify
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untoward
unexpected and inappropriate or inconvenient. | "both tried to behave as if nothing untoward had happened"
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crabbed
(of style) contorted and difficult to understand. | "crabbed legal language"
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reprehensible
deplorable deserving censure or condemnation. "his complacency and reprehensible laxity"
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profligacy
profligate reckless extravagance or wastefulness in the use of resources. "the government returned to fiscal profligacy"
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demur
raise doubts or objections or show reluctance. "normally she would have accepted the challenge, but she demurred" the geologists demurred the work of the physicists
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perspicacity
insightful, shrewd the department director was a feeble contributor, but had a reputation for perspicacity
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probity
the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency. "financial probity"
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dissemblance
: to hide under a false appearance dissemble
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rectitude
morally correct behavior or thinking; righteousness. | "Maddie is a model of rectitude"
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duplicity
deceitfulness; double-dealing. the book captures the duplicity of several politicians who spoke publicly of old time virtues to mask private vices
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gadfly
an annoying person, especially one who provokes others into action by criticism. "always a gadfly, he attacked intellectual orthodoxies"
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pernicious
having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way. "the pernicious influences of the mass media"
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sketchy
superficial, incomplete, inadequate not thorough or detailed. "the information they had was sketchy"
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adduce
cite as evidence. "a number of factors are adduced to explain the situation" "evidence adduced and inferences drawn"
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canny vs uncanny
uncanny = strange/mysterious, unsettling canny = shrewd, good judgement
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despotic
of or typical of a despot; tyrannical. | "a despotic regime"
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emancipate
set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions. "the citizen must be emancipated from the obsessive secrecy of government"

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