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defray
pay,settle, discharge, clear
beset
overwhelmed, inundated, snowed under, weighed down
ambivalence
conflict of ideas or attitudes, uncertainty
apathy
indifference, lack of concern, lazyness, lethargy
impute
assign, attribute, accredit
scathing
hurtful, sarcastic, mocking, scornful, contemptuous
stray
wander away, drift, lost
encryption
to convert text into code, computer encryption data
deluge
flood, induntation, overflow, heavy rain, torrenial rain
quibble
beat around the bushes, slightly criticize, equivocate, falsify
gainsay
oppose, contradict, to deny, there is no gainsay in it
dearth
lack, shortage, scarcity
plethora
overabundance, excess, surplus, glut
incriminate
cause to look guilty, implicate, lay the blame on, to indicate as involved in wrongdoing, his statement incriminated the guard
redact
to edit or draft something, to put into literary form, to arrange for publication
disingenuous
untruthful, hypocritical, insincere, dishonest, not frank
hackneyed
trite, wornout, stale, having lost its original impact through overuse
sorbid
disgusting, low, distasteful, dirty, squelid, lacking dignity, mercenary
garrulous
talkative, chatty
taciturn
distant, quiet, aloof, habitually saying very little, uncommunicative
obstreperous
defiant, arguementative, aggressive, unruly, obstreperous children
insipid
lacking in flavor, lacking in interest or liveliness, dull, wishy-washy
duplicitous
deceitful, double-dealing, two faced, tricky
acquiescent
agreeable without protest
obsequious
excessively or sickeningly respectful, flattering, submissive
bashful
shy, timid, self-conscious
quotidian
recurring daily, commonplace, trivial
reticent
reserved, quiet, restrained, not revealing ones thoughts and feelings readily, discreat
catholic
aka careful
amenable
willing to be guided or controlled by some influence, she is not amenable to discipline, agreeable, acquiescent
obstinate
stubborn, pigheaded, inflexible, keeping firmly to ones opinion or to one's course of action, not easily overcome, an obstinate cold
tenuous
weak, having little substance validity, of very thin form and or constituency
carnal
relating to the body, flesh,and physical needs, sensual, not spiritual, carnal desires
dexterous
showing dexterity, adroit
maladroit
inept, awkward, bungling, to attemp clumsily and without success
squelch
to hush up, to kill, to censor, to smother
arid
1. dry, having too little rainfall to support agriculture
2. dull, uninteresting, an arid lecture or life
prim
tidy, neat, proper, primary, primitive
scorn
disdain, disrespect, contempt
begrudge
1. to grudge to do or to give
2. to concede reluctantly or with ill or annoyance
senescence
the state or process of getting old
superannuation
retire with pension, discard as old for use
apocryphal
untrue, legendary, invented, apocryphal account of his travels
ornithology
study of birds
ichthyology
study of fish
herpetology
a branch of biology dealing with reptiles and amphibians
musket
a large-caliber gun with a long barrel formerly used in infantry
antedate
1. to put an earlier date on something than that on which it was issued
2. to proceed in time, to be earlier
peroration
a lenthy speech, the last part of this
prestidigitation
sleight of hand - great skill in using hands to perform conjuring tricks,etc.
peregrination
traveling, a journey
tautology
linguistic redundency, saying the same thing twice in different words, especially as a fault of style
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