affable
adj.1) showing warmth and friendliness; kindly; mild; benign.
2) easy to converse with; approachable; amicable.
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belie
vb. -lies, -lying, -lied (tr).
1) to show to be untrue; contradict.
2) to misrepresent; disguise the nature of.
3) to fail to justify; disappoint.
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emaciated
adj.abnormally thin
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unkempt
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qualified
adj.1) having the abilities, qualities, attributes, etc., necessary to perform a particular job or task.
2) limited, modified, or restricted; not absolute.
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ascetic
n.1) a person who practises great self-denial and austerities and abstains from worldly comforts and pleasures, esp for religious reasons.
2) (in the early Christian Church) a monk.
;adj. also as'cetical.
3) rigidly abstinent or abstemious; austere.
4) of or relating to ascetics or asceticism.
5) intensely rigorous in religious austerities.
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trepidation
n.1) a state of fear or anxiety.
2) a condition of quaking or palpitation, esp one caused by anxiety.
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satirical
adj.1) of, relating to, or containing satire.
2) given to the use of satire.
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exemplify
vb. -fies, -fying, -fied (tr).
1) to show by example.
2) to serve as an example of.
3) law.
a) to make an official copy of (a document from public records) under seal.
b) to transcribe (a legal document).
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verbose
adj.using or containing an excess of words, so as to be pedantic or boring; prolix
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abridge
vb. (tr).
1) to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting.
2) to curtail; diminish.
3) archaic to deprive of (privileges, rights, etc.).
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garrulous
adj.1) given to constant and frivolous chatter; loquacious; talkative.
2) wordy or diffuse; prolix.
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apocryphal
adj.1) of questionable authenticity.
2) (sometimes capital) of or like the Apocrypha.
3) untrue; counterfeit.
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inconsequential
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glutton
n.1) a person devoted to eating and drinking to excess; greedy person.
2) often ironic a person who has or appears to have a voracious appetite for something.
;n.another name for wolverine
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inadvertently
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deterrent
n.1) something that deters.
2) a weapon or combination of weapons, esp nuclear, held by one state, etc., to deter attack by another.
;adj.3) tending or used to deter; restraining.
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spurn
vb.1) to reject (a person or thing) with contempt.
2) (when intr, often foll by against) archaic to kick (at).
;n.3) an instance of spurning.
4) archaic a kick or thrust.
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scanty
adj. scantier, scantiest.
1) limited; barely enough; meagre.
2) insufficient; inadequate.
3) lacking fullness; small.
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perfunctory
adj.1) done superficially, only as a matter of routine; careless or cursory.
2) dull or indifferent.
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incongruous
adj.1) (when postpositive, foll by with or to) incompatible with (what is suitable); inappropriate.
2) containing disparate or discordant elements or parts.
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obdurate
adj.1) not easily moved by feelings or supplication; hardhearted.
2) impervious to persuasion, esp to moral persuasion.
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replete
adj. (usually postpositive).
1) (often foll by with) copiously supplied (with); abounding (in).
2) having one's appetite completely or excessively satisfied by food and drink; stuffed; gorged; satiated.
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distend
vb.1) to expand or be expanded by or as if by pressure from within; swell; inflate.
2) (tr) to stretch out or extend.
3) (tr) to magnify in importance; exaggerate.
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devise
vb.1) to work out, contrive, or plan (something) in one's mind.
2) (tr) law to dispose of (property, esp real property) by will.
3) (tr) obsolete to imagine or guess.
;n. law.
4).
a) a disposition of property by will.
b) the property so transmitted.
5) a will or clause in a will disposing of real property.
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insularity
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assiduous
adj.1) hard-working; persevering.
2) undertaken with perseverance and care.
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volatile
adj.1) (of a substance) capable of readily changing from a solid or liquid form to a vapour; having a high vapour pressure and a low boiling point.
2) (of persons) disposed to caprice or inconstancy; fickle; mercurial.
3) (of circumstances) liable to sudden, unpredictable, or explosive change.
4) lasting only a short time.
5) computing (of a memory) not retaining stored information when the power supply is cut off.
6) obsolete flying or capable of flight; volant.
;n.7) a volatile substance.
8) rare a winged creature.
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mirth
n.laughter, gaiety, or merriment
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assuage
vb. (tr).
1) to soothe, moderate, or relieve (grief, pain, etc.).
2) to give relief to (thirst, appetite, etc.); satisfy.
3) to pacify; calm.
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servile
adj.1) obsequious or fawning in attitude or behaviour; submissive.
2) of or suitable for a slave.
3) existing in or relating to a state of slavery.
4) (when postpositive, foll by to) submitting or obedient.
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fervor
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inclusive
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spurious
adj.1) not genuine or real.
2) (of a plant part or organ) having the appearance of another part but differing from it in origin, development, or function; false.
3) (of radiation) produced at an undesired frequency by a transmitter, causing interference, etc.
4) rare illegitimate.
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surreptitious
adj.1) done, acquired, etc., in secret or by improper means.
2) operating by stealth.
3) characterized by fraud or misrepresentation of the truth.
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meticulous
adj.very precise about details, even trivial ones; painstaking
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compile
vb. (tr).
1) to make or compose from other materials or sources.
2) to collect or gather for a book, hobby, etc.
3) computing to create (a set of machine instructions) from a high-level programming language, using a compiler.
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gregarious
adj.1) enjoying the company of others.
2) (of animals) living together in herds or flocks.
3) (of plants) growing close together but not in dense clusters.
4) of, relating to, or characteristic of crowds or communities.
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susceptible
adj.1) (postpositive; foll by of or to) yielding readily (to); capable (of).
2) (postpositive; foll by to) liable to be afflicted (by).
3) easily impressed emotionally.
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discerning
adj.having or showing good taste or judgment; discriminating
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ironic
adj.of, characterized by, or using irony
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invert
vb.1) to turn or cause to turn upside down or inside out.
2) (tr) to reverse in effect, sequence, direction, etc.
3) (tr) phonetics.
a) to turn (the tip of the tongue) up and back.
b) to pronounce (a speech sound) by retroflexion.
4) logic to form the inverse of a categorial proposition.
;n.5) psychiatry.
a) a person who adopts the role of the opposite sex.
b) another word for homosexual.
6) architecture.
a) the lower inner surface of a drain, sewer, etc.
b) an arch that is concave upwards, esp one used in foundations.
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nurture
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falter
vb.1) (intr) to be hesitant, weak, or unsure; waver.
2) (intr) to move unsteadily or hesitantly; stumble.
3) to utter haltingly or hesitantly; stammer.
;n.4) uncertainty or hesitancy in speech or action.
5) a quavering or irregular sound.
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degradation
n.1) the act of degrading or the state of being degraded.
2) a state of degeneration, squalor, or poverty.
3) some act, constraint, etc., that is degrading.
4) the wearing down of the surface of rocks, cliffs, etc., by erosion, weathering, or some other process.
5) chemistry a breakdown of a molecule into atoms or smaller molecules.
6) physics an irreversible process in which the energy available to do work is decreased.
7) Roman Catholic Church the permanent unfrocking of a priest.
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vaporize
vb.1) to change or cause to change into vapour or into the gaseous state.
2) to evaporate or disappear or cause to evaporate or disappear, esp suddenly.
3) to destroy or be destroyed by being turned into a gas as a result of extreme heat (for example, generated by a nuclear explosion).
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lampoon
n.1) a satire in prose or verse ridiculing a person, literary work, etc.
;vb.2) (tr) to attack or satirize in a lampoon.
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corroborate
vb.1) (tr) to confirm or support (facts, opinions, etc.), esp by providing fresh evidence.
;adj. archaic.
2) serving to corroborate a fact, an opinion, etc.
3) (of a fact) corroborated.
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disseminate
vb. (tr).
to distribute or scatter about; diffuse
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pariah
n.1) a social outcast.
2) (formerly) a member of a low caste in South India.
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tenacity
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uniformity
n., pl -ties.
1) a state or condition in which everything is regular, homogeneous, or unvarying.
2) lack of diversity or variation, esp to the point of boredom or monotony; sameness.
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facilitate
vb. (tr).
to make easier; assist the progress of
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accessible
adj.1) easy to approach, enter, or use.
2).
3) obtainable; available.
4) easy for disabled people to enter or use.
5) logic (of a possible world) surveyable from some other world so that the truth value of statements about it can be known. A statement possibly p is true in a world W if and only if p is true in some worlds accessible to W.
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indolent
adj.1) disliking work or effort; lazy; idle.
2) pathology causing little pain.
3) (esp of a painless ulcer) slow to heal.
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intractable
adj.1) difficult to influence or direct.
2) (of a problem, illness, etc.) difficult to solve, alleviate, or cure.
3) difficult to shape or mould, esp with the hands.
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tantamount
adj. (postpositive; foll by to).
as good (as); equivalent in effect (to)
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bolster
vb. (tr).
1) (often foll by up) to support or reinforce; strengthen.
2) to prop up with a pillow or cushion.
3) to add padding to.
;n.4) a long narrow pillow or cushion.
5) any pad or padded support.
6) architecture a short horizontal length of timber fixed to the top of a post to increase the bearing area and reduce the span of the supported beam.
7) a cold chisel having a broad blade splayed towards the cutting edge, used for cutting stone slabs, etc.
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endorse
vb. (tr).
1) to give approval or sanction to.
2) to sign (one's name) on the back of (a cheque, etc.) to specify oneself as payee.
3) commerce.
a) to sign the back of (a negotiable document) to transfer ownership of the rights to a specified payee.
b) to specify (a designated sum) as transferable to another as payee.
4) to write (a qualifying comment, recommendation, etc.) on the back of a document.
5) to sign (a document), as when confirming receipt of payment.
6) chiefly Brit to record (a conviction) on (a driving licence).
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censure
n.1) severe disapproval; harsh criticism.
;vb.2) to criticize (someone or something) severely; condemn.
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repugnant
adj.1) repellent to the senses; causing aversion.
2) distasteful; offensive; disgusting.
3) contradictory; inconsistent or incompatible.
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transient
adj.1) for a short time only; temporary or transitory.
2) philosophy a variant of transeunt.
;n.3) a transient person or thing.
4) physics a brief change in the state of a system, such as a sudden short-lived oscillation in the current flowing through a circuit.
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deleterious
adj.harmful; injurious; hurtful
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trite
adj.1) hackneyed; dull.
2) archaic frayed or worn out.
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enmity
n., pl -ties.
a feeling of hostility or ill will, as between enemies; antagonism
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diminution
n.1) reduction; decrease.
2) music the presentation of the subject of a fugue, etc., in which the note values are reduced in length.
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extraneous
adj.1) not essential.
2) not pertinent or applicable; irrelevant.
3) coming from without; of external origin.
4) not belonging; unrelated to that to which it is added or in which it is contained.
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artifact
n.a variant spelling of artefact
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witticism
n.a clever or witty remark
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inexorable
adj.1) not able to be moved by entreaty or persuasion.
2) relentless.
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appease
vb. (tr).
1) to calm, pacify, or soothe, esp by acceding to the demands of.
2) to satisfy or quell (an appetite or thirst, etc.).
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malicious
adj.1) characterized by malice.
2) motivated by wrongful, vicious, or mischievous purposes.
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brevity
n., pl -ties.
1) conciseness of expression; lack of verbosity.
2) a short duration; brief time.
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proximity
n.1) nearness in space or time.
2) nearness or closeness in a series.
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gratuitous
adj.1) given or received without payment or obligation.
2) without cause; unjustified.
3) law given or made without receiving any value in return.
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indefatigable
adj.unable to be tired out; unflagging
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parody
n., pl -dies.
1) a musical, literary, or other composition that mimics the style of another composer, author, etc., in a humorous or satirical way.
2) mimicry of someone's individual manner in a humorous or satirical way.
3) something so badly done as to seem an intentional mockery; travesty.
;vb. -dies, -dying, -died.
4) (tr) to make a parody of.
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raucous
adj.(of voices, cries, etc.) harshly or hoarsely loud
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articulate
adj.1) able to express oneself fluently and coherently.
2) having the power of speech.
3) distinct, clear, or definite; well-constructed.
4) zoology (of arthropods and higher vertebrates) possessing joints or jointed segments.
;vb.5) to speak or enunciate (words, syllables, etc.) clearly and distinctly.
6) (tr) to express coherently in words.
7) (intr) zoology to be jointed or form a joint.
8) (tr) to separate into jointed segments.
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laconic
adj.(of a person's speech) using few words; terse
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