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Insufferable

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– adjective

1) not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.

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Abet

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– verb

1) to encourage/support/countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing: to abet a swindler; to abet a crime.

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Lummox

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– noun

1) a clumsy, stupid person.

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Bête noire (beyt-noire)

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– noun

1) bane / a person or thing especially disliked or dreaded.

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Mishap

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– noun

1) an unfortunate accident.

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Postulate

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– verb

1) to assume.

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Propound

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– verb

1) to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.

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Solemn

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– adjective

1) grave, sober, dignified or serious formality, as proceedings: She made solemn remarks.

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Decorum

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– noun

1) dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

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Churlish

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– adjective

1) boorish/rude/mean: churlish behavior.

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Meteoric

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– adjective

1) resembling a meteor in transient brilliance, suddenness of appearance, swiftness: his meteoric rise in politics.

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Puffery

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– noun

1) undue or exaggerated praise.

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Tornadic

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– adjective

1) like a tornado.

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Vestibular system

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– noun

1) the sensory mechanism in the inner ear that detects movement of the head and helps to control balance.

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Conniption

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– noun

1) Often, conniptions. a fit of hysterical excitement or anger.

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Endure

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– verb

1) to sustain without impairment or yielding: to endure great financial pressures with equanimity.

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Fugitive

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– noun

1) a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.

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Photogrammetry

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– noun

1) the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.

Related forms

    • photogrammetric [foh-toh-gruh-me-trik] (Show IPA),
    • photogrammetrical, adjective
    • photogrammetrically, adverb
    • photogrammetrist, noun
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Prodigious

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– adjective

1) extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.

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Flout

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– verb

1) to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock: to flout the rules of propriety.

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