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01/15/2013

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consequential (person)
Definition
pompous, self-important
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scurvy (adj)
Definition
contemptible, despicable
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to brook
Definition
to tolerate; to endure; to countenance
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nice
Definition
exacting; fastidious, extremely precise
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to table
Definition
to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration
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obtain (adj)
Definition
to be established, accepted or customary
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die (noun)
Definition
a tool for shaping
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to waffle
Definition
to equivocate; to change one's position
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to quail
Definition
to lose courage; to turn frightened
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to abjure
Definition
to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
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trenchant
Definition
sharply perceptive, penetrating. e.g. a trenchant wit.
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to vituperate
Definition
to use harsh, condemnatory language, to abuse or censure severely
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tacit
Definition
implied, not explicitly stated
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contiguous
Definition
sharing a border; touching; adjacent
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phlegmatic
Definition
calm; sluggish; unemotional
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inimical
Definition
damaging; harmful; injurious
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dilettante
Definition
one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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insipid
Definition
bland; without taste or flavour; lacking in spirit
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inchoate
Definition
in an initial stage; not fully formed
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opprobrium
Definition
disgrace; scorn; contempt
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germane
Definition
relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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quiescence
Definition
stillness; motionlessness
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redoubtable
Definition
awe-inspiring; worthy of honour
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adumbrate
Definition
to foreshadow vaguely or intimate; to suggest or outline sketchily
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anathema
Definition
a solemn or religious curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
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apogee
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farthest or highest point; zenith or culmination
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apostate
Definition
one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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to asseverate
Definition
to aver, allege or assert
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bellicose
Definition
belligerent; pugnacious; warlike
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asperity
Definition
severity, rigor, roughness, harshness, acrimony, irritability
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