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to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain. |
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noun, plural -mas, -ma·ta [-muh-tuh] Show IPA.
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a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation: His disappearance is an enigma that has given rise to much speculation. |
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allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous: an equivocal answer.
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of doubtful nature or character; questionable; dubious; suspicious: aliens of equivocal loyalty. |
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characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: an erudite professor; an erudite commentary. |
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heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
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burning; glowing; intensely hot. |
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easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible: a lucid explanation. |
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not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through. |
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verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry. |
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to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
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wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure. |
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fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor. |
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to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from ): to abstain from eating meat.
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to refrain from casting one's vote: a referendum in which two delegates abstained. |
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to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article): to adulterate food. |
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noun, plural -thies.
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absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
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lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting. |
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extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer.
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extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive: an audacious vision of the city's bright future. |
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subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
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Obsolete . fanciful or witty. |
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to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident. |
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to dry thoroughly; dry up.
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to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dehydrate. |
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to produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engenders violence.
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to beget; procreate. |
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lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood. |
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Biology . corresponding in structure because of a common origin. |
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using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply. |
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deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea.
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Medicine/Medical Obsolete . healthy; wholesome; not noxious. |
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talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest. |
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a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
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of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations. |
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noun, plural -ties.
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conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.
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appropriateness to the purpose or circumstances; suitability.
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rightness or justness. |
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to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.
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to sway unsteadily; waver; totter; stagger. |
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evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent.
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tending or threatening to break out into open violence; explosive: a volatile political situation. |
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a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
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of an indefinitely great number; innumerable: the myriad stars of a summer night. |
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( sometimes initial capital letter ) resembling or befitting Don Quixote.
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extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
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impulsive and often rashly unpredictable. |
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ridicule; mockery: The inept performance elicited derision from the audience.
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an object of ridicule. |
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the act of provoking.
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something that incites, instigates, angers, or irritates. |
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noun, plural -nies.
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a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something: The speech was considered a calumny of the administration.
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the act of uttering calumnies; slander; defamation. |
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the act of commending; recommendation; praise: commendation for a job well done.
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something that commends, as a formal recommendation or an official citation or award: a commendation for bravery.
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Feudal Law . the placing of oneself or one's land under the protection of a lord so as to become his vassal. |
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a change or variation occurring in the course of something.
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prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
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projecting or pointing outward: a salient angle.
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leaping or jumping: a salient animal. |
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favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air. |
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conveying or expressing opprobrium, as language or a speaker: opprobrious invectives.
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outrageously disgraceful or shameful: opprobrious conduct. |
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adjective Also, en·dem·i·cal.
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natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous: endemic folkways; countries where high unemployment is endemic.
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belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place: a fever endemic to the tropics. |
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an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack: There is a dearth of good engineers. |
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expressed in few words; concise; terse.
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characterized by conciseness or verbal brevity. |
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moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance: a petulant toss of the head. |
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changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
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bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
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easily influenced; yielding to others; compliant: He has a pliant nature. |
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to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right: to arrogate the right to make decisions.
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to attribute or assign to another; ascribe. |
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to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid: to eschew evil. |
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to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.
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to saturate or impregnate with moisture, color, etc. |
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high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance.
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a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise: a compendium of medicine. |
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going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial: a cursory glance at a newspaper article. |
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neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
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abruptly concise; curt; brusque. |
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to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution: The cashier absconded with the money. |
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