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Ossified
adj tending to become more rigid, inflexible, conventional, sterile, and reactionary with age; literally, turned into bone
Nonplussed
adj baffled, bewildered, confused, stumped, at a loss for what to do or think
Nadir
n lowest point, perigee (the point in the orbit of a satellite, moon, or planet at which it comes nearest to the object it is orbiting), all-time low, rock bottom, depths of despair
Minatory
adj menacing, threatening (reminds you of the Minotaur, a threatening creature indeed)
Lubricious
adj cheap, gaudy, tawdry, flashy, showy; attracting by false show, lewd, obscene, or intended to be sexually exciting
Inveterate
adj deep rooted, ingrained, habitual, chronic, confirmed, hardened, incurable, entrenched, well-established
Insouciant
adj unconcerned, carefree, heedless
Inimitable
adj one of a kind, peerless, unique, matchless, unmatched, one and only, incomparable
Indefatigable
adj not easily exhaustible; tireless, dogged, unflagging, unrelenting, remorseless, unfaltering
Imbroglio
n difficult or embarrassing situation, mess, entanglement
Heterodox
adj unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic, profane, disagreeing with established opinions, especially in the field of religion
Gainsay
v to deny, to oppose, to naysay, to argue with, to dispute, contradict, oppose: I won’t gainsay you.
Fractious
adj quarrelsome, complaining, restless, awkward, unruly, refractory, irritable
Fatuous
adj silly, childish, stupid, idiotic, inanely foolish: I would ignore such a fatuous comment.
Extirpate
v to completely get rid of, kill off, or destroy somebody or something considered undesirable, to destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind
Expiate
v to compensate, to make up, to make amends, to redress, to apologize, to atone or make amends for: Pia Zadora has expiated her movie career by good works and charity.
Exegesis
analysis and interpretation of texts, the explanation or interpretation of texts, especially religious writings, n critical examination, explication
Execrate
v denounce, feel loathing for, curse, declare to be evil
Excoriate
v to censure scathingly, to criticize, to attack, to berate, to rebuke, to condemn, to upbraid, to peel, to tear someone’s skin off
Eschew
verb to turn your back on, to shun or avoid: She chose to eschew the movie theater, preferring to watch DVDs at home.
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