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Metamorphose

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To change into a different physical form especially by supernatural means.

transfigure, transform, transmute, transpose.

Na.

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Mettle

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Vigor and strength of spirit or temperament.

Fortitude, tenacity, potency, grit.

Puniness, timidity, tenderness, weakness.

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Nadir

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The lowest point.

Bedrock, rock bottom, zero.

Peak, pinnacle.

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Perigee

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The point nearest a planet or satellite reached by an object orbiting it.

Periapsis.

Apoapsis.

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Truculent

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Eager or quick to argue or fight.

Antagonistic, asssaultive, bellicose, brutal, brutal, vitriolic.

Amiable, paciifc, tame.

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Poignant

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Painfully affecting the feelings.

Emotional, impactful, impressive, passionate, stirring.

Unaffecting, unemotional, unimpressive, cheerful.

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Precarious

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Not surely held or in position

Insecure, treacherous, uncertain, dangerous, grave, hazardous.

Advantageous, beneficial, good, ultrasafe.

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PRECEPT

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A command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action.

Axiom, tenet, ordinance, statute.

Na

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PRECIS

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A Concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts.

Abstract, synopsis, abridgement.

Amplification, enlargement, expansion.

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PROVIDENT

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Making provision for the future.

Economical, economizing, frugal, scrimping, sparing.

Myopic, shortsighted, heedless.

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Disparate

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Markedly distinct in quality or character.

Different, dissimilar, distinct.

Identical, kin, kindred.

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Eloquent

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Marked by forceful and fluent expression.

Articulate, fluent, silver-tongued, well-spoken.

Inarticulate, mute, speechless.

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Resolute

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Marked by firm determination.

Intent, purposeful, resolved, single-minded.

Distrustful, mistrustful, skeptical.

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Pundit

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A person who gives opinions in an authoritative manner.

Sage, Savant, scholar.

Fool, half-wit, idiot.

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Solder

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Something that unites.

na

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Sophistry

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Subtly deceptive reasoning or augmentation.

Deception, deceptiveness, delusion, dishonesty.

Genuineness, credibility, honesty, trustworthiness, truthfulness.

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Sophomoric

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Lacking in maturity, taste, or judgment.

Naive, reckless.

experienced, professional.

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Salient

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Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention.

Outstanding, arresting, brilliant, conspicuous, stiking.

Subtle, faint, obscure.

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Striated

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Having long, thin lines, marks, or strips of colour.

Streaked, banded, polychromatic.

Pale, pallid.

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Sundry

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Including many things of different kinds.

Various, different, diverse.

Same, single.

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Supplicant

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humble person.

petitioner, pleader, solicitor.

na.

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Tawdry

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Cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality.

Crude, dirty, flaring, flashy.

Nice, sophisticated, tasteful.

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Tremulous

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Of a timid disposition.

Fainthearted, fearful, timid, tremulous.

adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold.

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Travesty

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A debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation.

Farce, mockery, parody, caricature.

Seriousness, solemnity.

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Turgid
being in a state of distension. Blown, distended, overinflated, puffed, swollen. Reserved, self-effacing, simple.
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Umbrage
Feeling of pique or resentment, shady branches, shade, reason for doubt. Offense, resentment, pique, huff. Contentment, gratification, appeasement, mollification.
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Untoward
Marked by trouble, not favourable, improper. Balky, unruly, restive. Amenable, docile, comfortable.
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Toady
One who flatters in the hope of gaining favors. Sycophant, apple-polisher, lackey, minion. Na.
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Torrid
Giving off intense heat, passionate, ardent. Broiling, fiery, scalding, fervent, ardent. Bitter, cold, frozen, impassive, dispassionate.
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Venerate
To regard, respect, honor. Revere, worship, adore, glorify. Offend, dishonor, affront.
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Veritable
True, real, factual. Authentic, genuine. Dubious, equivocal, questionable.
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Turbid
Opaque as if with roiled sediment, deficient in clarity/purity. Obscure, muddy, unclear. Clear, crystalline, lucid.
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Enervate
To reduce the mental, physical, or moral vigor. Disable, fatigue, exhaust, debilitate, sap. Refresh, strengthen, empower.
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Volubility
Fluency, eloquence. Loquacity, verbosity. Taciturnity, silence, muteness.
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Waft
To move lightly. Drift, float, glide, meander, progress. Settle, sink.
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Equivocate
Use ambiguous language to hide the truth. Fudge, waffle, weasel. Na.
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Waver
To vacillate irresolutely between choices: fluctuate in opinion, allegiance or direction. Falter, hesitate, vacillate. Decide, persist, remain.
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Exigent
Requiring immediate aid of action. Demanding, extreme, immediate, insistent. Incidental, minor, negligible, trivial.
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Ameliorate
To make better or more tolerable. Relieve, mitigate, improve. Damage, aggravate, worsen.
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Aberrant
Deviating from the usual or natural type. Abnormal, anomalous, atypical. Normal, ordinary, typical.
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Solicitous
Manifesting or expressing. Attentive, considerate, kind, thoughtful, ardent. Heedless, inconsiderate, thoughtless.
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Censure
A judgement involving condemnation to find fault with and criticize as blameworthy. Condemn, denounce, rebuke. Cite, commend, endorse.
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Magnanimity
The quality of showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit. Chivalry, philanthropy. Meanness, selfishness.
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Nebulous
In the form 0f a cloud or haze, vague or a ill-defined concept. Arcane, cryptic, obscure, murky. Fathomable, lucid, pellucid.
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Obtuse.
Slow to comprehend Blunt, dull. Honed, keen, pointed.
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Obtuse.
Slow to comprehend Blunt, dull. Honed, keen, pointed.
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Prescience.
Foreknowledge of events, divine omniscience. Foreknowledge, foresight, foreboding, premonition, presage. Myopia, short-sightedness.
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Tortuous
Marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns. Curvy, devious, serpentine, sinuous, twisted, meandering, circuitous. Straight, straightaway.
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Voracious
Having a huge appetite. Gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, ravenous, avid, rapacious. Full, satisfied, quenched.
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Sporadic
Occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances. Intermittent, desultory, choppy, discontinuous, episodic. Continuous, habitual, periodic, pegular.
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Abscond
To leave hurriedly Escape, flee, bolt. Remain, stay, wait.

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