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bitterness of feeling; harsh words
ex.)It was unlike her to be bitter, so her acrimony over what happened came as a shock |
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| harsh smelling or tasting |
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| very conspicuous; annoyingly loud |
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| worthy of reproach or censure |
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conspicuously bad; flagrant(flay-grant); shocking
ex.)egregious abuses of copyright |
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offensively bad; reprehensible
ex.)his flagrant bad taste |
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| astringent (ah-stren-gent) |
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1. caustic (burning; severely critical); pungent
ex.)his astringent criticism
2. a cosmetic that cleans the skin and constricts the pores |
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capable of moving around
ex.)After undergoing hip surgery, it took several weeks before he was ambulatory again |
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| to serve or deflect; depart from an established course |
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| peripatetic (para-per-teh-tik) |
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traveling from place to place
ex.)the peripatetic nature of military life |
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| itinerant (eye-ten-er-et) |
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| traveling from place to place |
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| wandering from place to place |
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| located on the outer boundary |
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| perambulate (per-am-bue-late) |
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to move about; walk or travel through or around a place or area, especially for pleasure and in a leisurely way
ex.)he grew weary of perambulating over rough countryside in bad weather |
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to throw/drop overboard
ex.)six aircrafts jettisoned their loads in the sea |
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| to cleanse of something unwanted |
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lack; scarcity
ex.)there is a dearth of evidence |
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to take back; cancel
ex.)the government eventually rescinded the directive |
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| to erase; to wipe out; expunge |
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to give up in formal announcement
ex.)these agreements were renounced after the fall of the czarist regime |
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to voluntarily abandon; give up
ex.)he relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive |
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having a purging effect; inducing the release of emotional tension
ex.)Holding the child turned out to be a very cathartic experience for the new mother |
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selflessness; the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others
ex.)some may choose to work with vulnerable elderly people out of altruism |
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| amiable/amicable & congenial |
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| friendly; agreeable; polite |
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| philanthropist (fil-lan-thruh-pist) |
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| one who does good; lover of humankind |
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propriety; good manners
ex.)you exhibit remarkable modesty and decorum |
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exhibiting good taste in behavior or appearance; dignified; polite and restrained
ex.)dancing with decorous space between partners |
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| geniality (gene-eh-ality) |
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1. showing about knowledge; ostentatious in one's learning
2. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching
ex.)Professor Jones's lectures were so pedantic that his students sometimes had a tough time understanding the big picture |
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| pretentious; ridiculously exaggerated |
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pompous using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
ex.)bombastic rhetoric |
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| one who boasts; a showoff |
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| possessing excessive self esteem; pretentious |
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| to walk or strut in an arrogant manner |
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| overly decorated; made in an intricate shape or decorated with complex patterns |
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| extravagantly ornate and convoluted in (a period, artistic) style |
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| intransigent (in-trans-seh-gent) |
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| unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something/ uncompromising |
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| contentious (con-ten-tious) |
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| pertinacity (per-tin-as~eh-tee) |
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stubbornness; persistence
ex.)Even though they face many failures, doctors still search for cures with great pertinacity |
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| recalcitrant (re-calci-trunt) |
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intractable; not easily persuaded
ex.)the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart |
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hard to manage; stubborn
ex.)intractable economic problems |
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| prone to bringing lawsuits/contest at law |
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committing no mistakes; perfect; always right or accurate
ex.)an unerring sense of direction |
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| a natural ability; intelligence |
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a model of excellence; perfection
ex.)it would have taken a paragon of virtue not to feel viciously jealous |
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showing good judgement or keen insight
ex.)the restaurant attracts discerning customers |
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perfect in every respect; impeccable(flawless)
ex.)she dressed with consummate elegance |
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| unusually advanced or mature in development (esp. in mental attitude) |
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| worthy of dislike; arousing feelings of dislike |
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| malevolent (muh-lev-ah-lent) |
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| wishing harm to others; evil |
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| intolerance toward those who are different |
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1.unfriendly
2.adverse in tendency or effect; harmful |
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| curmudgeon (cur-mah-ghen) |
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| misanthrope (mis-un-thrope) |
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deliberate breach of trust; treachery
ex.) He had a poor reputation because he was more known for acts of perfidy than for anything else |
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| subterfuge (sub-ter-fyooge) |
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a scheme; an attempt to deceive
ex.)"The dog ate my homework" is a popular subterfuge when children fail to do assignments |
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| to steal money from one's employer (steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works)) |
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| machination (mac-ah-nation) |
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a crafty scheme
ex.)In other words, after a lot of machination and arguing, you still may not win in the end |
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theft
ex.)The police arrested Lenny for stealing a magazine from a newsstand and charged him with petty larceny |
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| a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification |
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| one who lives a holy life of self-denial |
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| nihilist (nigh-ah-les-em) |
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1. one who rejects moral distinctions and knowable "truths"
2. total rejection of established laws and institutions |
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| a tyrant; one who rules oppressively |
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| one in love with his/her own image |
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| one who engages passionately in a cause |
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| an individual who seeks luxury |
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to clear from blame
ex.)They said they welcomed the trial as a chance to vindicate themselves |
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| to soothe anger or pain; to satisfy hunger |
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| to soothe the anger of/mollify |
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to free from blame
ex.)the article exculpated the mayor |
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a substance that softens
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to pardon
ex.)the pardon absolved them of any crimes |
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