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jejune
immature, sophomoric, irreverent, unsofisticated
pusillanimous
timid, spineless, fearful, nervous
antediluvian
of the time before the flood, prehistoric, ancient, old
denouement
end, conclusion, clearing up at the end of a story, of the complications of the plot, the outcome of the tangled sequence of events
contentious
controversial, debatable, arguable, quarrelsome,
nugatory
having no importance whatsoever, worthless, trifling, futile, inoperative, not valid
plangent
resonant, reverberating or suggesting sadness, loud and mournful
invidious
unenviable, unpleasant, undesirable, likely to cause resentment b/c of real or imagined injustice - an invidious comparison
ineluctable
inescapable, that connot be avoided or overcome
spar
to quarral or argue
flimsy
fragile, weak, light and thin
wield
to hold and use, to have and use power, to exercise power
promulgate
to make known publically, to proclaim, to broadcast
banal
commonplace, uninteresting, ordianry, dull
putrid
decomposed, rotting, foul smell, very distasteful or unpleasant
purported
1. the meaning or intention of something said or written
2. to pretend, to be intendeed to seem, the lecture purported to come from you
unheed
to not pay attention to
censure
n. strong criticism or condemnation
v. to blame, to rebuke, to reproach
extolled
to praise enthusiastically
tacit
implied or understood w/o putting into words, unspoken, implicit
Excoriated
1. to remove part of the skin by abrasion, to streep or peel off
2. to renounce, to reproach harshly
3. to criticize, to attack, to rebuke
recount
to nerrate, to tell in detail, recounted his adventures
obviated
to make unnecessary, the bypass obviates the inconvenience of driving through the city
evince
to indicate, to show that one has quality, show, make clear, demonstrate
regale
to feed or entertain well, regaled themselves in caviar, regaled themselves with stories of the campain
renounce
1. to give up (a claim or right, etc) formally, renounced his title
2. to reject, to refuse to abide by
amulet
things worn as a charm against evil
clause
1. a single part of a treaty, contract, or law
2. a part of a compound or complex sentance, with its own verb and subject
dichotomy
devision into two parts or kinds
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