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Verb. To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide.
Ex. The dishonest cashier absconded with the bank's money. |
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Adjective. Arranged or made in a stealthy or underhanded manner; secret; private; concealed.
Ex. The spy's clandestine entry into the country went undetected. |
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Adjective. Deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration)
Ex. A rocket on an aberrant course. |
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Noun. Eager and enthusiastic willingness.
Ex. Although the man was very old, he still moved with alacrity. |
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Noun. Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality. (Adj. form: anomalous)
Ex. My giant cock is an anomaly. |
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Noun. An expression of approval or praise.
Ex. The teacher gave her approbation to the science committee's class report. |
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Adjective. Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort.
Ex. an arduous lesson |
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Verb. To ease or lesson; to appease or pacify.
Ex. He did all he could to assuage her fears. |
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Adjective. Daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun form: audacity)
Ex. John Glenn was the audacious pilot of the first U.S. spacecraft. |
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Adjective. Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity) |
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Adjective. Taken as given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)
Ex. It is axiomatic that a whole is greater than any one of its parts. |
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Adjective. Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun form: canon).
Ex. ...challenging all those who may be disinclined to accept his criticism as canonical. |
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Adjective. Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable
Ex. A spoiled child is often capricious. |
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Verb. To criticize severely; to officially rebuke.
Ex. Censure is sometimes harder to bear than punishment. |
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Noun. Trickery or subterfuge.
Ex. He used chicanery to outwit his partner and take over the business. |
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Noun. An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert.
He is a connoisseur of antique furniture. |
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Adjective. Complex or complicated.
Ex. The inner ear or labyrinth...consists of tiny convoluted channels in the bone. |
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Verb. To undeceive; to set right.
Ex. Education should disabuse people of foolish prejudices. |
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Adjective. Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound.
Ex. A quarrel started after several discordant opinions had been expressed. |
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Adjective. Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar.
Ex. A dog and a snaked are disparate animals. |
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Noun. Extreme boldness; presumptuousness.
Ex. The politician had the effrontery to ask the people he had insulted to vote for him. |
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Adjective. Well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence)
Ex. Your mom's eloquent tits are fun to bat around while she sucks me off. |
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