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| n. sustained and bitter attack or condemnation; blame |
vituperation |
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| adj. bitterly severe; harsh; sharp |
vitriolic |
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| v. to reject or refuse disdainfully |
spurn |
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| adj. using or expressed in vulgar and abusive language; foul-mouthed |
scurrilous |
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v. to criticize or reprimand charply and sternly
n. words or actions expressing strong disapproval; a scolding |
rebuke |
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| v. to banish or exclude from a group; shun |
ostracize |
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adj. a) extremely inferior; very bad
b) detestable; hateful |
execrable |
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smiley Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:27:05 GMT |
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| v. to laugh at in scorn; scoff at; mock |
deride |
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v. a) to express disapproval of
b) to belittle; depreciate |
deprecate |
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n. a) a damaging or false statement
b) the act of defaming or slandering |
aspersion |
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smiley Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:27:05 GMT |
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n. a) unreasonable stubbornness
b) the inclination to impose one's will on others |
willfulness |
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| adj. easily managed or controlled; docile |
tractable |
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n. a) an act of willing, choosing, or deciding; power or capability of determining
b) a conscious choice; decision |
volition |
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| v. to prevent or reduce the anger of; soothe; appease |
propitiate |
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n. a) an act of doing as another wishes or yielding to a request or command
b) a tendency to yield to others |
compliance |
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| n. a spirit of loyalty, mutual trust, and good will between or among friends or comrades |
camaraderie |
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smiley Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:27:05 GMT |
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| adj. firm and unyielding in purpose or opinion; inflexible |
adamant |
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| v. to consent or comply passively or without protest |
acquiesce |
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n. a) agreement; harmony
b) a settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions
v. to give wholeheartedly; grand readily
to be in agreement, harmony, or unity |
accord |
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| adj. willing to help; obliging |
accommodating |
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adj. a) readily bent; pliant
b) moving and bending with agility; limber
c) yielding or changing readily; compliant or adptable |
supple |
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smiley Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:27:04 GMT |
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| v. to duplicate, copy, or repeat |
replicate |
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n. a) a copy or reproduction of a work of art, especially one made by the original artist
b) a copy or reproduction |
replica |
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| n. a condition or situation of difficult or adversity |
plight |
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smiley Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:27:04 GMT |
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| adj. incapable of being explained or interpreted |
inexplicable |
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adj. a) implied or understood although not expressed
b) contained in the nature of somehing, although not readily apparent
c. having no doubts; unquestioning |
implicit |
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v. a) to involve or connect incriminatingly
b) to involve or suggest by logical necessity |
implicate |
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| v. to explain; make meaning clear |
explicate |
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v. a) to station systematically over an area
b) to spread out to form an extended front |
deploy |
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| n. involvement as an accomplice in a crime or wrongdoing |
complicity |
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| v. to ask persistently; to beg |
importune |
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| adj. best; most favorable; ideal |
optimum |
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| n. a violent change |
cataclysm |
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smiley Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:27:04 GMT |
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| adj. open to more than one interpretation |
ambiguous |
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smiley Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:27:04 GMT |
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| v. improve someone morally |
edify |
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smiley Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:27:04 GMT |
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| v. to stare angrily |
glower |
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smiley Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:27:04 GMT |
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| adj. local; narrow; limited |
parochial |
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smiley Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:27:04 GMT |
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| v. to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses |
extenuate |
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| v. to pierce with a sharp stake through the body |
impale |
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| v. to confuse; to bewilder |
obfuscate |
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| v. to turn aside from a course; to stray |
deviate |
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smiley Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:27:04 GMT |
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| adj. fertile; productive |
fecund |
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| adj. accidental; nonessential |
adventitious |
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smiley Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:27:04 GMT |
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| adj. in good faith |
bona fide |
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| adj. ordinary or dull |
pedestrian |
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