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fatty, oily
smooth and greasy in texture or appearance
full of unction; especially: revealing or marked by smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
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a servile self-seeking flatterer
(syn: unctuous) |
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| unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition: a rash or reckless act. |
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notably polite or polished in manner
Antonym: boorish |
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resisting control or authority
Syn: froward |
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extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding
Antonym: bright |
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| quench, allay, assuage, satisfy |
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convoluted, tangled, knotty; pertaining to or involving excruciating pain
Syn: racing, struggling, tearing, tormenting, excruciating, harrowing
Antonyms: straight |
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| imperturbability, cool, assuredness |
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causing or tending to cause sleep
Syn: drowsy, sleepy, somniferous, somnolent
Antonyms: stimulant |
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| written in capital letters |
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| bent at the tip like a hook |
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| difficult to guide, unruly, unpleasant |
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