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(adjective) deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration)
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(noun) deviation from the normal order, form , or rule.
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noun, verb, -sured, -sur·ing.
–noun 1. strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
2. an official reprimand, as by a legislative body of one of its members.
–verb (used with object) 3. to criticize or reproach in a harsh or vehement manner: She is more to be pitied than censured.
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Fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar: "This mixture of apparently disparate materials—scandal and spiritualism, current events and eternal recurrences—is not promising on the face of it" (Gary Wills).
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–noun, plural -ter·ies. 1. shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity: She had the effrontery to ask for two free samples.
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Vividly or movingly expressive: a look eloquent with compassion. See Synonyms at expressive. |
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–verb (used with object) 1. to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
–adjective 2. enervated.
[Origin: 1595–1605; < L énervātus weakened (ptp. of énervāre) equiv. to é- e- + nerv(us) sinew (see nerve) + -ātus -ate1; cf. AF enervir, F énerver]
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–noun a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom: The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui.
[Origin: 1660–70; < F: boredom; OF enui displeasure; see annoy]
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–adjective 1. done, spoken, performed, etc., without special advance preparation; impromptu: an extemporaneous speech.
2. previously planned but delivered with the help of few or no notes: extemporaneous lectures.
3. speaking or performing with little or no advance preparation: extemporaneous actors.
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–noun 1. U.S. Politics. a. the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to force a decision against the will of the majority.
b. an exceptionally long speech, as one lasting for a day or days, or a series of such speeches to accomplish this purpose.
c. a member of a legislature who makes such a speech.
2. an irregular military adventurer, esp. one who engages in an unauthorized military expedition into a foreign country to foment or support a revolution.
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–verb (used without object) 1. to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
2. to issue denunciations or the like (usually fol. by against): The minister fulminated against legalized vice.
–verb (used with object) 3. to cause to explode.
4. to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation, condemnation, or the like.
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–verb (used without object) 2. to come into use; take or have effect.
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| The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart. Especially in forgiving. |
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Synonyms: avidity, close-fistedness*, covetousness, cupidity, frugality, grabbiness, greediness, miserliness, niggardliness, parsimony, penny-pinching, penuriousness, rapacity, stinginess, thrift
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She was the one who committed the crime but he was culpable also. |
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There is a dearth of good engineers.
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| v. to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; waver |
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| v. to commingle; to debase by mixing with something inferior; unalloyed means pure. |
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Yellow journalism colored the truth. |
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The newly born fawn essayed a few wobbly steps. |
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Even victorious war exacts a heavy price. |
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The lumberjacks arrived and felled many trees.
adj. inhumanely cruel
Fell beasts surrounded the explorers |
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Think of a flag on a windless day, as in her flagging spirits. |
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| adj. sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant; a flip remark |
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Are you intimating that I cannot be trusted? |
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The ship's broken mast listed helplessly in the wind. |
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It is altogether meet that Jackie Robinson is in the baseball hall of fame. |
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Don't mince words.
Also, to take tiny steps, tiptoe |
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He made a nice distinction between two cases. |
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Churchill's speeches insprired the pluck of his countrymen during the war. |
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The information was prized from him. |
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Early American progressives railed against the railroad against the railroad barons. |
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Let me qualify that statement. |
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(n. form: a fool or nitwit: don't be a sap!) |
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The tabled the motion and will consider it again later. |
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He tendered his resignation |
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His detractors say that the President waffles too much; he can never make up his mind. |
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| n. wit, joker: Groucho Marx was a well-known wag. |
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| v. to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid |
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n. a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thouroughly loathed person or thing
–noun, plural -mas. 1. a person or thing detested or loathed: That subject is anathema to him.
2. a person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation or destruction.
3. a formal ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication.
4. any imprecation of divine punishment.
5. a curse; execration. |
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n. deification, glorification to godliness, an exalted example, a model of excellence or perfection
–noun, plural -ses /-siz, -ˌsiz/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[-seez, -seez] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. 1. the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god.
2. the ideal example; epitome; quintessence: This poem is the apotheosis of lyric expression. |
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adjective 1. apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.
2. proceeding from a faultfinding or caviling disposition: He could never praise without adding a captious remark.
3. apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, esp. in argument: captious questions |
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| v. to shun or avoid: She chose to eschew the movie theater, preferring to watch DVD's at home. |
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an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible) |
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| v. to make something seem less serious, to gloss over, to make less severe or intense. |
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| n. formal prasie, eulogy, encomium; pnaegyrical means expressing elaborate praise |
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| adj. long winded, verbose; prolixity means verbosity: Michael Gorbochev is famous for his prolixity |
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| v. to appease; to concilliate; propitious means auspicious, favorable |
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1. favorable to or promoting health; healthful.
2. promoting or conducive to some beneficial purpose; wholesome. |
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adj. aphoristic or moralistic; tending to moralize excessively
adjective 1. abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
2. given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous.
3. given to or using pithy sayings or maxims: a sententious poet.
4. of the nature of a maxim; pithy. |
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