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01/16/2014

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Term
CALUMNIATE
Definition
SLANDER , BESMIRCH , OPPROBRIUM , DEFAME , ASPERSION , VILIFICATION , TRADUCE ,OBLOQUY , INFAMY , IGNOMINY
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VENERATE
Definition
REVERE , HONOUR , HOMAGE , RESPECT , ESTEEM
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PALATIAL
Definition
MAGNIFICENT , LUXURIANT , SPLENDID , GRAND , OPULENT
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CASTIGATE
Definition
REBUKE , LAMBASTE , CENSURE , REPRIMAND , ADMONISH , FULMINATE , VITUPERATE , SLATE ,DENOUNCE , DISPARAGE , REPROACH
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NEBULOUS
Definition
INDISTINCT , HAZY , OPAQUE , VAGUE , DARK , OBSCURE
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PETULANT
Definition
PEEVISH , PERVERSE , CANTANKEROUS , MOROSE , IRRITABLE , GLOOMY , SULLEN , ILL-HUMOURED
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OBLITERATE
Definition
ANNIHILATE , EXTIRPATE , DECIMATE , EXTERMINATE , EXPUNGE
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DEPREDATION
Definition
PLUNDER , BURGLARY
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DISPARATE
Definition
DIFFERENT , DISSIMILAR . CONTRARY , DISTINCT , UNALIKE , UNLIKE
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SALUTARY
Definition
BENEFICIAL , HELPFUL , USEFUL , ADVANTAGEOUS , WORTHWHILE
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RENEGADE
Definition
TRAITOR , DESERTER , TURNCOAT , PERFIDY , DOSLOYAL , TREACHEROUS
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RECONDITE
Definition
ASBTRUSE , ESOTERIC , OCCULT , SECRET , ARCANE
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RECLUSE
Definition
HERMIT , SOLITARY
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INSTINCTIVE
Definition
INBORN , INNATE , NATURAL , NATIVE
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HEGEMONY
Definition
DIMINANCE , SUPREMACY , CONTROL ,POWER
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ENCUMBRANCE
Definition
BURDEN , OBSTACLE , HINDRANCE , IMPEDIMENT , RESPONSIBILITY
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PROPONENT
Definition
EXPONENT , SUPPORTER , ADVOCATE , PATRON , APOSTLE
Term
QUANDARY
Definition
DILEMMA
Term
IMPRECATION
Definition
MALEDICTION , CURSE
Term
LEEWAY
Definition
SPACE , MARGIN , SCOPE , ROOM , LIBERTY , INDEPENDENCE
Term
HOODWINK
Definition
DECEIVE , TRICK , DUPE , SWINDLE , DELUDE , CHEAT , COZEN
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MELEE
Definition
BRAWL , TUSSLE , QUARREL
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SPECIOUS
Definition
MISLEADING , DECEPTIVE , UNTRUE , SPURIOUS , INSINCERE
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APPURTENANCE
Definition
ACCESSORY
Term
DEFUNCT
Definition
DEAD , INOPERATIVE , EXTINCT , OBSOLETE
Term
ADJUNCT
Definition
ADDITION , COMPLEMENT , SUPPLEMENT
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SUNDRY
Definition
VARIOUS , SEVERAL
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SUPEREROGATORY
Definition
REDUNDANT , SUPERFLOUS
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DERIDE
Definition
MOCK , JEER , REDICULE
Term
CONJECTURE
Definition
SURMISE , GUESS
Term
contumacious
Definition
recalcitrant , refractory , mutinous , recusant , intractable , insubordinate
Term
melancholy
Definition
lugubrious , wistful , pensive , glum , cogitative , lament , disconsolate , forlorn , ruminant , despondent ,plaintive
Term
PROLONG
Definition
PROTRACT , LENGTHEN , EXTEND
Term
DESOLUTION
Definition
DESTRUCTION , BARRENNESS , DEJECTION
Term
OVATION
Definition
APPLAUSE , ACCOLADE , CHEERS , ACCLAIM
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CUNSUMMATE
Definition
ABSOLUTE , COMPLETE , TOTAL , PERFECT
Term
EXTRICATE
Definition
DISENTANGLE , UNTANGLE , DISENGAGE
Term
HIGHBROW
Definition
INTELLECTUAL , GENIUS , ACADEMIC
Term
DIURNAL
Definition
REGULAR , DAILY
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EPHEMERAL
Definition
TRANSIENT , EVANESCENT , FUGACIOUS
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STALWART
Definition
STEADFAST , LOYAL , FAITHFUL , RELIABLE , DEVOTED , STAUNCH
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POIGNANT
Definition
MOVING , TOUCHING , PATHETIC , EMOTIONAL , TENDER
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