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consequential
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adj
pompous, self-important
(primary defintions: logically following, important)
Javier thinks that his views are the most consequential
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pusillanimous
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adj
cowardly, craven
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contumacious
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adj
insubordinate, rebellious
think "con too much" "going too far"
contumely
means insult of scorn
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puissance
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noun
power, strength
pussiant means powerful, strong
Women (pussy) are pussiant.
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singular
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adj
exceptional, unusual, odd
"He was singularly well-suited for the job."
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fell
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adj
inhumanly cruel
Fell beasts surrounded the explorers
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diaphanous
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adj
transparent, guazy
think ph | light, see through
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jejune
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adj
vapid, uninteresting, nugatory, childish, immature, puerile
Like children chasing June bugs, you are very jejune.
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salacious
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adj
lustful, lascivious, bawdy
The sala was filled with salacious people wanting all the Oscar goodies.
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assiduous
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adj
diligent, hard-working, sedulous
I sit on my assiduous ass and just do it.
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plangent
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adj
pounding, thundering, resounding
The sound of the plates banging was plangent.
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grouse
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verb
to complain or grumble
"That´s grouse"
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wag
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noun
wit, joker
Every office has their own wag to keep everyone happy!
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plastic
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adj
moldable, pliable, not rigid
Plastic has a plastic quality when placed under heat.
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mince
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verb
pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize, speak too carefully
"Don't mince words during your speech"
to take tiny steps, tiptoe
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brook
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verb
to tolerate, endure, countenance
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obstreperous
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adj
noisily and stubbornly defiant, agressively boisterous
Ostriches are often obstreperous with anyone but their parents
Think agressive ostriches
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descry
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verb
to discriminate or discern
I cry when people descry against me as I am a gringa.
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puerile
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adj
childish, immature, jejune, nugatory
You little jejune nuggat! You're so puerile, juvenil.
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salutary
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adj
remedial, wholesome, causing improvment
Salud: remedy, remedial, causing improvment
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diffident
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adj
reserved, shy, unassuming, lacking in self-confidence
When speaking Spanish, Anca can turn rather diffident different to her outgoing personality.
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panegyric
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noun
formal praise, eulogy, encomium
panegyrical means expressing elaborate praise
gyric: churchy, formal praise
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tendentious
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adj
biased, showing marked tendencies
He showed his marked political tendencies obviously. He's now marked by his tendentious behavior.
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tyro
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noun
novice, greenhorn, rank amateur
Tyra is a tyro when it comes to talk shows.
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indefatigable
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adj
not easily exhaustible, tireless, dogged
fatigue: un fatiguable
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inveterate
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adj
deep rooted, ingrained, habitual
inbeded: inveted: inveterated
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encomium
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noun
glowing and enthusiastic praise: tribute, eulogy
In good company, my parents frequently resort to encomium.
in company | encomium
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lumber
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verb
to move heavily and clumsily
"Walruses are lumbering giants on land, not in the water"
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cardinal
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adj
major, as in cardinal sin
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table
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verb
to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration
"They tabled the motion and will consider it again later"
"The motion was tabled, shoving it down the table"
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exact
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verb
to demand, call for, require, take
Even a victorious war exacts a heavy price
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obtain
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adj
to be established, accepted, or customary
Those standards no longer obtain. Now Panera is working under new Red Robin's obtained standards.
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adumbrate
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verb
to foreshadow vaguely or intimate, to suggest or outline sketchily, to obscure or overshadow
For dumb people, oranges adumbrate death in the Godfather. For smart people, it foreshadows death.
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apogee
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noun
farthest or highest point, culmination, zenith
They got to the apogee on the mountain! Gee that's high!
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stygian
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adj
gloomy and dark
Stars | stygain
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voluble
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adj
fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language
The talkative child was voluble in many languages, including one of his own.
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inimitable
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adj
one of a kind, peerless
Noone can imitate him, he´s inimitable.
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excoriate
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verb
to censure scathingly, to upbraid
Ex-corrupte government of Romania excoriated everything.
ex-cor
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execrate
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verb
denounce, feel loathing for, curse, declare to be evil
Romanians execrate gypsies, some declaring that they are so evil, they must exit the country in crates
Think gypsies in crates
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broach
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verb
bring up, announce, bring to talk about
We recently broached the topic of...
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guy
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noun/verb
a rope, cord or cable attached to something as a brace or guide, to steady of reinforce using a guy
Think of a guy supporting his girlfriend with a rope
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expiate
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verb
to atone or make amends for
Kim Kardashian has expiated her movie career by good clothing line and husband.
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ossified
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adj
tending to become more rigid, conventional, sterile and reactionary with age, litterally turned into a bone
fossil | ossified
My dad is on his way to becoming ossified.
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prize
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verb
to pry, to press or force with a lever: something taken by force or spoils
"Tortured, the information was prized from him."
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list
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verb
to tilt or lean to one side
"The ship's broken mast listed helplessly in the wind"
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credible
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plausible
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chicanery
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trickery
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adversity
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hardship
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effrontery
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brazen boldness
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convoluted
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intricate; complex
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impudent
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saucy; impertinent
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dogmatic
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stubbornly opinionated
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blithe
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carefree; merry
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duplicitous
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deliberately deceptive
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sophistry
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plausible but misleading
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circumspect
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careful; prudent; discreet
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opprobrium
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disgrace; contempt; scorn
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calumny
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to slander; aspersion
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validity
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soundness or truthfulness
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inopportune
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ill-timed; unsuitable; inappropriate
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quell
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to put down forcibly
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disingenuous
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insincere; lacking in honesty
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cower
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shrink in fear; cringe
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chasten
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to chastise or correct
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byzantine
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extremely complicated or devious
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detraction
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slandering; verbal attack; aspersion
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cacophony
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harsh, jarring, discordant sound
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obsequious
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exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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insinuate
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to introduce or communicate stealthily
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furtive
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marked by stealth, covert, surreptitious
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spurious
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lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
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artless
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completely without guile; natural; without artificiality
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curative
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able to heal or cure
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disabuse
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to undeceive to set right
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craven
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contemptibly fainthearted; lacking any courage
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lethargic
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lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy
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diffuse
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dispersed or scattered; not centralized
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retard
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to slow delay or hamper
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rudimentary
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basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development
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bombast
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self-important or pompous writing or speech
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intemperance
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excessive indulgence of appetite or passion, esp. in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint
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anodyne
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soothing; something that assuages or allays pain or comforts
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abscission
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act of cutting off or removing
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boor
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a rude or intensive person; lout
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expurgate
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to remove objectionable content before publication or release
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rescind
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to invalidate; to repeal to retract
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corrigible
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capable of being set right; correctable; reparable
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eradicate
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to remove completely; to annihilate; to pull out by the roots
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enervate
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to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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gaffe
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a clumsy social error; a faux pas
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conspire
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to secretly work together with the intent to commit a wrong or illegal act
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burnish
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to polish; to rub to a shine
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abscond
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to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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amalgam
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a combination of diverse elements; a mixture
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equivocate
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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denouement
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an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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sever
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to remove or separate by cutting off
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extrapolate
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to infer or estimate by extending or projecting know information
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superficial
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lacking depth; existing on or near the surface
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denigrate
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to blacken; to belittle; to sully; to defame; to disparage
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mollify
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to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intesity
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effluvia
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outflow in a stream of particles; a noxious odor or vapor
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by a small, specific group
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aver
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to state as a fact; to confirm or support
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prune
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to cut back or clip branches or other parts of a plant, esp parts that are dead
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digress
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to stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
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