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- consternation (n)
consternate |
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| bewilderment, panic, confusion, paralyzing dismay |
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| worn out, sterile, exhausted, tired, unable to reproduce |
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- injunction (n)
injuctive
to enjoin |
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court order
"the injunction forbid the estranged father from coming within 200 yards to his family" |
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in vain, futile, of no real force or value, insignificant,
"they tried to save the drowning man but their efforts proved nugatory" |
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decisive, final, completely destroying or taking away future options.
IMPERATIVE, undeniable, absolute, unconditional, leaving no room or opportunity for debate or refusal |
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synthesis (n)
synthetic (adj)
synthesist
synthesizer
synthesize (v) |
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the placing of something with
thesis: greek-> an idea |
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+ vindicate (v)
vindicable, vindication, vindicatory |
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to exonerate, to free from blame or suspicion or accusation, to resotre the reputation of
"vindicate someone's honor, name, reputation" |
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- antithesis (n)
antithetical, antithetically |
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| opposite, the direct contradictory, the counterpoint, the contrast |
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- chauvinism
chauvanistically, chauvinist |
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| fanatical pride or excessive devotion to one's cause, blind patriotism, |
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- derision (n)
derisive,derisible, to derive |
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| to laugh at in a scornful way, ridicule, mockery, something you would laugh scornfully about |
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evanescent (adj)
evanescently, evanescence |
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| disappearance, vanishing, fleeting, ephemeral, |
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- insipid (adj)
insipidity, insipidness, insipidly |
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tasteless, dull, bland, dull, lacking flavor
literally, food. |
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- maladroit (adj)
maladroitly, -ness |
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| clumsy, tactless, inept, awkward, unskillful, gauche |
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- onerous (adj)
onerosity
onus |
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| burdensome, laborious, troublesome, crushing, involving obligations and responsibilities that aren't worth it |
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| mixture, medley, miscellany |
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- salacious (adj)
-ness, -ly, salacity |
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arouses or intended to arouse
lustful, obscene, lude, vile, lecherous, grossly indecent |
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| a state of popularity, high style or fashion, |
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| an inventory, a catalogue, the entire list of works you can perform |
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