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| looking or sounding sad and dismal. |
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| feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt: a broken and a contrite heart. |
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replete
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filled or well-supplied with something: sensational popular fiction, replete with adultery and sudden death.
• very full of or sated by food: I went out into the sun-drenched streets again, replete and relaxed. |
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| shameless audacity; impudence. |
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1 [ predic. ] (redolent of/with) strongly reminiscent or suggestive of (something): names redolent of history and tradition.
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| with an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval: the reformers looked askance at the mystical tradition | a waiter looked askance at Charlie's jeans. |
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| (of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting. |
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| (esp. of a person's body) thin, supple, and graceful. |
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abjure
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| solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim): his refusal to abjure the Catholic faith. |
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| avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness: my failure is probably due to my own indolence. |
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castigate
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reprimand (someone) severely: he was castigated for not setting a good example.
castigare! |
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| feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment: he was indignant at being the object of suspicion. |
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| (esp. of a young person) inexperienced and immature: earnest and callow undergraduates. |
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| (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words: his laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic. |
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| (of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse (difficult to understand): the book is full of recondite information. |
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| public shame or disgrace: the ignominy of being imprisoned. |
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| (of a person) tending to find fault or raise petty objections. |
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elucidate
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| make (something) clear; explain: work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter | [ with clause ] : in what follows I shall try to elucidate what I believe the problems to be | [ no obj. ] : they would not elucidate further. |
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| destiny; fate: what chance did I stand against kismet? |
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an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation: the Watergate imbroglio.
• archaic a confused heap.
ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: Italian, from imbrogliare ‘confuse’; |
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extol
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| praise enthusiastically: he extolled the virtues of the Russian peoples. |
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excoriate
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1 formal censure or criticize severely: the papers that had been excoriating him were now lauding him.
2 chiefly Medicine damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin). |
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| not showing a serious or respectful attitude: a flippant remark. |
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the pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence.
• the ethical theory that pleasure (in the sense of the satisfaction of desires) is the highest good and proper aim of human life. |
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| not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily: she was extremely reticent about her personal affairs. |
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| (esp. of a person or their appearance) messy and dirty: |
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festooned
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(often be festooned with)
adorn (a place) with chains, garlands, or other decorations: the room was festooned with balloons and streamers. |
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| a member of the lowest hereditary titled British order, with the status of a commoner but able to use the prefix “Sir.” |
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| eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight: the increasingly pugnacious demeanor of politicians. |
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| having or showing great knowledge or learning. |
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a tract of open uncultivated upland; a heath.
• a tract of such land preserved for shooting: a grouse moor.
• a fen. |
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cajole
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(often cajole someone into doing something)
persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery: he hoped to cajole her into selling the house | [ no obj. ] : she pleaded and cajoled as she tried to win his support. |
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| lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual: a protracted and bitter dispute. |
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discomfiting
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| make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed: he was not noticeably discomfited by her tone. |
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| a group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history; a tableau vivant. |
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| a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something: a diatribe against the Roman Catholic Church. |
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unable to be placated: he was an implacable enemy of Ted's.
• relentless; unstoppable: the implacable advance of the enemy.
no se puede aplacar! |
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| the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals: he always behaved with the utmost propriety. |
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| a person's social environment: he grew up in a military milieu. |
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circumvent
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find a way around (an obstacle).
• overcome (a problem or difficulty), typically in a clever and surreptitious way: I found it quite easy to circumvent security.
• archaic deceive; outwit: he's circumvented her with some of his stories. |
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| (of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way: the canal followed a circuitous route | figurative : a circuitous line of reasoning. |
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| the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event: the advent of television. |
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| fallacy; logically unsound, misleading |
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| to survey/examine in detail |
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| to know or receive by intuition |
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| analyze or describe based on grammar, syntax or parts of speech. |
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| deviation from common rules, forms |
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| several meanings; double interpretations; deliberately ambigious |
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| easily understood, clear perception, rational, shining |
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| hasten the occurrence of, to cast down, send |
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| to make less severe, appease, so the, calm--mollify |
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| puzzling situation, of contradictory character, riddle |
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| heated, enthusiasm; burning glowing, intensely hot |
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| make (someone) less angry or hostile: |
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| fervor for a person or cause; ardor; enthusiastic dillegence |
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| to hold oneself back voluntarily; refrain from voting |
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| extremely bold, recklessly brave, brazen, extremely original |
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| to dry thoroughly, dry up; dehydrate, usually for preservation of food |
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| a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning. |
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| to debase, or make impure by adding inferior materials (production of goods) |
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| given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior: a capricious and often brutal administration | a capricious climate. |
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| produce, cause rise to; beget, procreate |
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of the same kind; alike:
timbermen prefer to deal with homogeneous woods. |
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| tending to talk a great deal; talkative. |
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| pertaining to a particular point of view or practical considerations |
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| evaporating rapidly, tending to break out into open violence; mercurial, flighty |
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| to make more certain; confirm |
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| lessen in force; moderate; making less severe; lessen the gravity of an offense |
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| lasting for a very short time: fashions are ephemeral. |
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deny or contradict (a fact or statement): the impact of the railroads cannot be gainsaid.
• speak against or oppose (someone). |
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| showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish: it was an entirely altruistic act. I question how altruistic his motives were. |
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| (esp. of a person or speech) vehement or clamorous: he was a vociferous opponent of the takeover. |
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expressing sorrow; mournful: a doleful look.
• causing grief or misfortune: doleful consequences. |
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1 (of a person) surprised and confused so much that they are unsure how to react:
"he would be completely nonplussed and embarrassed at the idea."
" the hostility of the new neighbor's refusal left Mrs. Walker nonplussed. " |
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| cause to feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed: she was not abashed at being caught. |
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