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anathema
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Someone or something that is intensely disliked, cursed, or shunned.
Certain things are anathema to a lot of people. |
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1. to satisfy
2. to lessen or reduce the intensity of.
His kind words assuage the feelings of his friend. |
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avuncular
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like a benevolent uncle;familiar and indulgent.
I'm my sister's children's favorite avuncular.
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convivial
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sociable;concerned with good company and festivities.
There was a convivial meeting at my work place yesterday. |
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combining elements froma variety of sources.
My sister eclectic her whole room. |
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a short, witty poem or saying.
My brother wrote a epigram that almost everybody liked, but him. |
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to explain in detail; to set forth.
My sister expounded her friends belief in a different things the her. |
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intrinsic
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relating to the essential nature of something;real or actual.
we learned about intrinsic in the classroom. |
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inveterate
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habitual or deeply rooted; persistent.
some people have a inveterate even if they do not know they do. |
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a very powerful or wealthy person; a magnate
the person in charge was a very mongul person that everybody wanted to be like. |
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munificent
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extremely generous; liberal in giving.
My aunt is a munificent person once you get to know her. |
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beginning to exist; emerging
the baby was just know starting to nascent, and they just found out about the baby. |
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perspicacious
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clear- sighted; shrewd
the boy was so happy to be perspicacious that he was smiling all day long. |
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philistine
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1. one who is indifferent to or |
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