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abrogate
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adjudicate
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afford
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alacrity
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anachronism
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anathema
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anemic
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anodyne
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antic
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aplomb
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apogee
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apostate
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apothegm
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apotheosis
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approbatory
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appropriate
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appurtenant
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arch
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arrant
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arriviste
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arrogate
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artifice
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artless
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artlessness
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asperity
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assiduously
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atavism
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attenuate
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autocratic
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baleful
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base
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bastardization
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beg
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bemoan
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benighted
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bereft
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besotted
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bilious
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blinkered
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bowdlerize
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bridle
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bristle
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broadside
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bromide
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brook
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browbeat
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byzantine
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callow
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canard
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capitulate
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cataclysm
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catholic
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cede
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celerity
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chagrin
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charlatan
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chary
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chastise
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chauvinism
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chimera
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choleric
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churlish
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complaisant
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complicit
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conciliate
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concomitant
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conflagration
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conflate
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contentious
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corollary
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cosseted
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coterminous
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countermand
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cow
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verb: to intimidate
Synonyms : overawe
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crestfallen
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crystallize
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cupidity
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curmudgeon
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debonair
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decry
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defray
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deign
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demonstrative
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denouement
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derelict
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desiccated
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desideratum
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despot
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diatribe
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diminutive
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disabuse
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discursive
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disingenuous
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dispensation
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dissemble
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dissipate
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dissolution
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doleful
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dolorous
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doughty
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dovetail
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duplicity
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ebullient
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effervescent
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effrontery
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elegiac
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embryonic
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empiricism
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enamor
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encumber
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enjoin
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enormity
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enthrall
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epigram
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epiphany
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eponym
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equitable
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equivocate
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ersatz
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estimable
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ethereal
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evanescent
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excoriate
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execrate
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exegesis
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exemplar
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exiguity
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exorbitant
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expansive
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expunge
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expurgate
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extrapolate
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facile
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factious
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factitious
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feckless
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fecund
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fell
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firebrand
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flag
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flippant
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flummox
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fractious
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gaffe
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gambit
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gerrymander
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graft
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grandiloquent
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gumption
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hagiographic
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hail
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halcyon
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hauteur
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hector
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hedge
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histrionic
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hoary
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adjective: ancient
Synonyms : rusty
Most workout gurus are young, fit people,
whereas most yoga gurus are hoary men
with long white beards.
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hobble
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hoodwink
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hubris
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illustrious
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imbibe
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imbroglio
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immure
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impecunious
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imperious
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impervious
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impetuous
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importuned
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improvident
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impugn
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impute
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inanity
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inchoate
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incontrovertible
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indigent
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ineffable
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ineluctable
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inequity
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infelicitous
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adjective: inappropriate
Synonyms:defective
During the executive meeting, the marketing
director continued to make infelicitous comments
about the CEO's gambling habit.
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inimitable
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insouciance
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insufferable
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internecine
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intimation
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inure
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invective
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invidious
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inviolable
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inviolate
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irrefutable
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jaundice
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jejune
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jingoist
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juggernaut
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kowtow
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lacerate
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lachrymose
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lampoon
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languish
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lascivious
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limpid
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litany
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loath
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lugubrious
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machinate
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magisterial
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malapropism
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malfeasance
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malingerer
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martinet
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maudlin
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maunder
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mellifluous
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mendicant
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meteoric
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mettlesome
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misattribute
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modicum
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mordant
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moribund
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mulct
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nadir
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nettlesome
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noisome
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nonchalant
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objurgate
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oblique
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obstreperous
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obtain
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obtuse
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officious
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ossify
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overweening
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palatable
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palaver
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palimpsest
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panacea
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panegyric
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paragon
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pariah
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noun: an outcast
Synonyms : castaway , ishmael
The once eminent scientist, upon being
found guilty of faking his data, has become a
pariah in the research community.
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parvenu
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patent
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pecuniary
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pellucid
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penurious
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percipient
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peremptory
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perfunctory
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peripatetic
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perspicacious
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phantasmagorical
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philistine
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phlegmatic
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picayune
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pillory
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pith
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plucky
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Pollyannaish
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ponderous
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pontificate
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portentous
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precipitate
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presentiment
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primacy
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probity
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prognostication
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prolixity
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promulgate
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propitiate
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prosaic
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proscribe
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proselytize
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protean
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provident
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puerile
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puissant
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adjective: powerful
Over the years of service, and quite to his
surprise, he became a puissant advisor to
the community.
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punctilious
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pyrrhic
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quail
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quisling
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noun: a traitor
Synonyms : collaborationist , collaborator
History looks unfavorably upon quislings; indeed
they are accorded about the same fondness as
Nerohe who watched his city burn down while
playing the violin.
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quixotic
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raconteur
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raillery
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rapprochement
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rarefied
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recapitulation
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recrimination
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recrudesce
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redoubtable
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remonstrate
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reprisal
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ribald
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row
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sagacious
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sangfroid
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sardonic
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sartorial
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saturnine
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schadenfreude
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sedulous
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self-effacing
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semblance
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sententious
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simulacrum
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sinecure
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solecism
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solicitous
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solicitude
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spartan
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splenetic
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squelch
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stalwart
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stultify
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subterfuge
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supercilious
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surfeit
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surreptitious
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sybarite
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temerity
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tempestuous
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tendentious
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transmute
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trenchant
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truculence
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truculent
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turgid
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turpitude
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tyro
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umbrage
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unassailable
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unflappable
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unforthcoming
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unimpeachable
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unprepossessing
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unpropitious
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unstinting
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untenable
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untoward
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untrammeled
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unviable
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vaunted
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venial
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verisimilitude
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veritable
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vicissitude
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vitriol
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vitriolic
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vituperate
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zeitgeist
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