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perfunctory
ex: shook hands in a perfunctory manner |
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| hasty; superficial; everyday manner |
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balderdash
ex: full of balderdash |
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apocryphal
ex: the apocryphal story ended his career, showing the power of rumors |
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| of doubtful authorship or authenticity |
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egregious
ex: an egregious mistake |
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| extraordinary in a bad way |
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ulterior
ex: the criminal had ulterior motives |
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| more distant; going beyond what is said or shown |
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conciliatory
ex: the owners' conciliatory acts did not end the worker strike |
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| gaining goodwill by pleasing acts |
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peremptory
ex: he said alright in a peremptory manner, signaling the conversation was over |
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| putting an end to or precluding a debate or conversation |
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vociferous
ex: he was vociferous in his applause |
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dissident
ex: the politician was dissident in his beliefs |
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disconcert
ex: the math problem disconcerted him |
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| to confuse; to disturb the composure of |
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assiduous
ex: while some say Detective Holmes conjured the plan spontaneously, Watson claims it was done assiduously. |
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| marked by careful constant attention or persistent application |
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incipient
ex: the incipient dawn caused the vampires to flee |
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| beginning to come into being or become apparent |
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ardent
ex: ardent sun
ex: ardent eyes
ex: even his most ardent wouldn't support the president on this decision |
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characterized by warmth of feeling expressed in eager support;
shining;
fiery; hot |
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apoplexy
ex: he screamed himself into near apoplexy |
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deprecatory
ex: he made a deprecatory gesture |
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contemptuous
ex: the man said to his rival contemptuously |
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stolid
ex: the torturer beat his detainees with a stolid, stoic face |
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| with little or no sensibility |
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heathen
ex: the fraternity honored their pledge to a point where a rogue was marked a heathen |
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| an unconverted member of a community; and irreligous person |
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pious
ex: I'm tired of hearing politician make pious speeches |
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| sacred; showing loyal reverence to; deserving commodation |
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sonorous
ex: the sonorous bullet that started the Revolutionary War |
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dupery
ex: try not to be subject to dupery |
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| act or practice of duping |
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voluminous
ex: voluminous literature on the subject;
Shakespeare was a writer of voluminous output;
the bride wore a voluminous dress |
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consisting of many coils or folds; winding
having marked by having a large volume
writing or speaking to great length; filling or capable of filling a large volume or several volumes |
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incisive
ex: the incisive man mustered a way to be sensitive and sentimental to the widow |
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| impressively direct and decisive |
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ostentation
ex: the unpretentious actress avoided ostentation |
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ostentation
ex: the unpretentious actress avoided ostentation |
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garrulous
ex: he became more garrulous with each beer he drank |
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| wordy; given to rambling; pointlessly talking |
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charlatanry
ex: the salesman was called out on his charlatanry |
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| act of making usually showy pretenses to knowledge or ability; acting as a fraud, faker |
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complacency
ex: the momentary complacency was quickly dispelled by the cold reality |
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| unaware self-satisfaction |
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indignant
ex: the accusation left him feeling indignant over the whole situation |
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| feeling or showing anger because of something unjust or unworthy |
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indulgence
ex: ask for you indulgence on that matter |
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| the act of giving free rein to |
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vacillate
ex: a bank CEO cannot vacillate over financial decisions |
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| to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
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pygmy
ex: a yacht is not a pygmy boat |
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dotage
ex: the teacher, now in his dotage, was in no condition to educate students |
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| a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
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abhor
ex: democrats abhor all republican propositions |
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demogogue
ex: that politician is just a demagogue who preys upon people's fears and prejudices |
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| a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
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