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1. marked by a foreboding of death or calamity
2. marked by an otherworldly air or attitude; crazy
3. excessively refined: precious; quaintly unconventional: campy |
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| 1. propagandistic language marked by euphemism, circumlocution, and the inversion of customary meanings: double-talk |
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circumlocution
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1. the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
2. evasion of speech |
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1. drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion: weak
2. sluggish in character or disposition: listless
3. lacking force or quickness of movement: slow |
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1. the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture
2. a mass departure: emigration |
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| 1. a scam by which an e-mail user is duped into revealing personal or confidential information which the scammer can use illicitly |
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1. to abolish by authoritative action: annul
2. to treat as nonexistent |
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1. to claim or seize without justification; to make undue claims of having: assume
2. to claim on behalf of another: ascribe |
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| 1. to give notice to: tell |
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1. to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting
2. to cause to become soft or separated into constituent elements by or as if by steeping in fluid; broadly: steep, soak |
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1. to cause to become less harsh or hostile: mollify
2. to make less severe or painful: alleviate; extenuate |
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1. to soothe in temper or disposition: appease
2. to reduce the rigidity of: soften
3. to reduce in intensity: assuage, temper |
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assuage
\ə-ˈswāj also -ˈswāzh or -ˈswäzh\ |
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| 1. to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses): ease
2. pacify, quiet
3. to put an end to by satisfying: appease, quench |
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gentrification
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| 1. the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents |
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