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| Perspicacious |
adj acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (n perspicacity) |
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| Perfunctory |
adj cursory; done without care or interest |
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| Perfidy |
n intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj perfidious) |
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| Perennial |
adj recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly |
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| Parody |
n a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art |
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| Paean |
n a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
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| Onerous |
adj troubling; burdensome |
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| Obviate |
v to anticipate and make unnecessary |
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| Obtuse |
adj lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression |
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| Noxious |
adj harmful, injurious |
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| Neologism |
n a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses |
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| Nebulous |
adj vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form |
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| Nascent |
adj coming into being; in early developmental stages |
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| Mundane |
adj of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
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| Martial |
adj associated with war and the armed forces |
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| Magnanimity |
n the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (adj magnanimous) |
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| Lucid |
adj clear; easily understood |
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| Laud |
v to praise highly (adj. laudatory) |
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| Irascible |
adj easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
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| Inured |
adj accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
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| Ingenuous |
adj artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication |
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| Fulminate |
v to loudly attack or denounce |
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| Filibuster |
n intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action |
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| Extemporaneous |
adj. improvised; done without preparation |
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| exigent |
adj urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention |
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| Exculpate |
v exonerate; to clear of blame |
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| Erudite |
adj very learned; scholarly (n erudition) |
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| Equivocate |
v to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj. equivocal) |
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| Ennui |
n dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
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| Enervate |
v to weaken; to reduce in vitality |
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| Eloquent |
adj well-spoken; expressive, articulate (n eloquence) |
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| Effrontery |
n extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
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| Disparate |
adj fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
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| Discordant |
adj conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound |
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| disabuse |
v to undeceive; to set right |
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| Convoluted |
adj complex and convoluted |
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| Connoisseur |
n an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert |
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| Chicanery |
n trickery or subterfuge (trick, ploy, ruse, stratagem) |
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| Censure |
v to criticize severely; to officially rebuke |
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| Capricious |
adj inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable |
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| Canonical |
adj following or in agreement with accepted; traditional standards (n canon) |
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| Axiomatic |
adj taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (n axiom) |
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| Austere |
adj w/o adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity) |
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| Audacious |
adj daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity) |
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| Assuage |
v to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify |
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| arduous |
adj strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort |
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| approbation |
n an expression of approval and praise |
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| Anomaly |
deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous) |
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| alacrity |
n eager and enthusiastic willingness |
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| aberrant |
adj. deviating from the norm (noun. Aberration) |
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| Abscond |
v. to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide |
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| etymology |
the study of words and their origin |
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