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anthropocentrism analgesic amalgamation abstemious

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cacophony byzantine bromide avuncular

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churlish chicanery canonical calumny

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abstemious amalgamation analgesic anthropocentrism

(adj.) sparing in consumption, (n.) a combination (adj.) capable of relieving pain (n.) theory that regards humans as the
especially of food and drink central element of the universe
Amy’s new dance routine is an amalgamation of Although Andy was in the most painful stages of the
Abby’s emaciated figure was the result of her styles, including ballet and jazz. disease, his daughter’s visit was analgesic; he was People who support the theory of anthropocentrism
abstemious lifestyle; she never ate breakfast or lunch, so happy to see her that his pain was significantly have a difficult time believing in the existence of
and rarely ate dinner. Word Forms: amalgam, amalgamate, amalgamable, reduced. intelligent life on other planets.
amalgamative, amalgamator Word Forms: analgesic (n.), analgetic
Word Forms: abstemiously, abstemiousness Related Word: analgesia Word Forms: anthropocentric, anthropocentrically,
Related Word: abstinent anthropocentricity

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avuncular bromide byzantine cacophony

(adj.) resembling an uncle in (n.) a common saying (adj.) highly complex or intricate (n.) harsh, jarring sound
kindness or indulgence
As true as the old bromides are, such as “It is better In a home loan, the byzantine language and On the first day of school, the band’s output was a
Mr. Avery developed an avuncular affection for his to have loved and lost than never to have loved at unfamiliar terminology can be intimidating to a first- cacophony of trumpets and horns; however, by the
neighbor’s children after having spent so many years all,” none of them are much comfort to a newly- time home buyer. end of the year, the horn section blended well with the
next door to them. broken heart. rest of the ensemble.
Word Forms: bromidic, bromidically Word Forms: cacophonic, cacophonous,
Word Forms: avuncularly, avuncularity
Related Word: uncle cacophonously

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calumny canonical chicanery churlish

(n.) a false statement intended to (adj.) authorized or accepted (n.) the use of tricks to deceive someone (adj.) rude and vulgar
harm someone’s reputation
Pluto is no longer a canonical planet; due to its small The con artist relied on chicanery to get his victims Cheryl did not think the man’s churlish jokes were
Callie delivered the calumny about Brittany to an mass, it was reclassified as a “dwarf planet” in 2006. to reveal their Social Security numbers; he promised appropriate, and asked that he apologize for his
audience in the cafeteria; she hoped the lie would them a tropical vacation for simply listing their vulgarity.
keep the other girl from becoming Prom queen. Word Forms: canonically, canon, canonic personal information. Word Forms: churlishly, churlishness, churl
Antonym Forms: uncanonical, uncanonically Word Forms: chicane, chicaner
Word Forms: calumniate, calumniation, calumnious,
calumniously, calumniatory, calumniator

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cumbersome corpulent concomitant circumlocution

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egalitarian draconian disenfranchise demarcate

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epistolary ephemeral emollient egregious

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circumlocution concomitant corpulent cumbersome

(n.) an indirect way of expressing something (adj.) existing or occurring at the same time (adj.) excessively fat (adj.) clumsy, awkward, and heavy

Sergio hoped that his circumlocution would stall the Building a home can be an exciting and enjoyable The corpulent man purchased two adjacent airline The old television set was cumbersome, making it
reporters long enough for him to think of a better process, but it also has concomitant stress associated seats in order to have a more comfortable flight. difficult to move into the other room.
answer to their question. with the difficult decisions that must be made daily. Word Forms: corpulently, corpulence, corpulency
Word Forms: cumbersomely, cumbersomeness
Word Forms: circumlocutory, circumlocutorily, Word Forms: concomitant (n.), concomitantly, Related Words: cumber, encumber
circumlocutional, circumlocutionary concomitance

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demarcate disenfranchise draconian egalitarian

(vb.) to set, mark, or draw the (vb.) to deprive of voting rights (adj.) harsh and severe (adj.) characterized by the belief in
boundaries of something equal rights for all people
American citizens who are convicted of a felony are In the novel, the king used draconian forms of
The twins demarcated the room after their fight; disenfranchised, losing their right to vote in any punishment—such as torture or starvation—against Edgar’s egalitarian beliefs made him an excellent
Demarcus was only allowed access to the right side of election. any one caught plotting against the monarchy. husband; he divided the housework equally, helping
their room, while Demonte had to stay on the left side. Word Forms: draconic, draconically his wife with cooking, cleaning, and childcare.
Word Forms: demarcation, demarcator Word Forms: disenfranchisement, disfranchise
Antonym Forms: enfranchise, franchise Word Forms: egalitarian (n.), egalitarianism, egality
Related Word: equality

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egregious emollient ephemeral epistolary

(adj.) outrageously bad or offensive (adj.) having a softening or soothing (adj.) lasting a very short time (adj.) relating to letters
effect, especially to the skin
Edie made the egregious mistake of asking the Effie’s sadness over her breakup is ephemeral; she The couple has developed an epistolary relationship;
slightly overweight woman if she were expecting a Emmaline applied an emollient lotion to the rough will quickly find a new boyfriend to help her forget the although they have never met, they communicate
baby. calluses on her hands. last. regularly through emails and letters.
Word Forms: egregiously, egregiousness Word Forms: emollience
Word Forms: ephemeral (n.), ephemerally, Word Forms: epistle, epistolatory, epistolic,
ephemeralness, ephemerality, ephemerous, epistolical, epistolize, epistoler, epistolist
ephemeron
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flotsam exegesis exculpate erudition

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gustatory foppish fomentation foible

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impious ignominious histrionic halcyon

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erudition exculpate exegesis flotsam

(n.) knowledge gained from study (vb.) to clear from blame (n.) an explanation or critical interpretation (n.) 1. floating wreckage
(especially of the Bible) 2. useless, discarded items

Erik’s erudition is sure to help him win a lot of money The arson suspect was exculpated when forensics The minister is delivering an exegesis on the first two In the filthy city, the gullies are filled with flotsam that
on the trivia-based quiz show. revealed that the fire had been the result of faulty books of the Bible, where he will interpret the lessons finds its way into the sewer after a heavy rain.
wiring. from Genesis and Exodus and apply them to modern
Word Forms: eruditional, erudite, eruditely, times.
eruditeness Word Forms: exculpable, exculpation, exculpatory Related Word: jetsam

Antonym Forms: inculpate, inculpable, inculpation, Word Forms: exegetic, exegetical, exegetically, Note: Flotsam originally referred to the floating
exegete, exegetist wreckage of a boat, while jetsam referred to
inculpably, inculpatory, inculpability, the items discarded by a ship in distress.

inculpableness Both are loosely used today to refer to
useless, discarded items.
X Related Words: culpable, culprit X X X

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foible fomentation foppish gustatory

(n.) a minor flaw or weakness of character (n.) a push for trouble or rebellion (adj.) affecting extreme elegance (adj.) relating to the sense of taste
in dress and manner
Foster’s only foible is his inability to make a decision. The juniors would never have participated in senior The restaurant provides a unrivaled gustatory
Related Word: feeble skip day if it weren’t for the fomentation of their The foppish fellow wore a three piece suit and a top experience by offering skewers of beef, pork, and
friends in the higher grade. hat to the wedding. poultry marinated in exotic oils.
Word Forms: foment, fomenter Word Forms: foppishly, foppishness, foppery, fop
Word Forms: gustatorily, gustation, gustative,
gustativeness

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halcyon histrionic ignominious impious

(adj.) joyful, peaceful, or prosperous (adj.) overly dramatic (adj.) disgraceful and shameful (adj.) lacking respect or devotion,
usually for a god or religion
During the company’s halcyon days, the employees The histrionic patient pretended to faint when he saw Izzy’s ignominious crime brought shame and
were making higher than average wages and enjoying the needle used for the vaccination. embarrassment to her entire family. Imogene had a difficult time convincing her impious
benefits unmatched by other corporations. husband to attend church with the family.
Word Forms: halcyonian, halcyonic Word Forms: histrionic (n.), histrionics, histrionical, Word Forms: ignominiously, ignominiousness,
histrionically ignominy Word Forms: impiously, impiousness
Antonym Forms: pious, piously, piousness

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insidious inimical inchoate impute

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loquacious lexicography irascible invidious

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mélange malodorous malediction lugubrious

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impute inchoate inimical insidious

(vb.) to attribute or credit to (adj.) in the early stages of development (adj.) harmful or hostile (adj.) intended to entrap, deceive, or harm

The doctors imputed her sudden weight loss to a I think your inchoate plan for the fund-raiser has a Oscar cast an inimical sneer at Melissa when she Sid devised an insidious plan to get the witness to
problem with her thyroid gland. lot of potential, but we need to sit down and discuss took credit for his idea. admit he hadn’t really witnessed the crime.
some important details before moving forward. Word Forms: insidiously, insidiousness
Word Forms: imputable, imputably, imputative, Word Forms: inchoately, inchoateness, inchoation, Word Forms: inimically, inimicalness, inimicality,
imputatively, imputativeness, imputedly, imputer inimicable
inchoative, inchoatively
Related Word: putative Related Word: enemy

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invidious irascible lexicography loquacious

(adj.) intended to hurt, offend, or discriminate (adj.) quickly aroused to anger (n.) the act of writing dictionaries (adj.) extremely talkative

Ivan’s invidious remarks to his wife shocked their The irascible old lady caused a scene at the Noah Webster’s career in lexicography developed Lance was disappointed in his loquacious date; she
guests; they had no idea that he could be so cruel. restaurant by yelling at the manager when her from his dissatisfaction with British school books; talked so much that she never had time to listen to any
Word Forms: invidiously, invidiousness hamburger was overcooked. he wrote his first dictionary to help his elementary of his own stories.
students learn to spell.
Word Forms: irascibly, irascibleness, irascibility
Related Word: ire Word Forms: lexicographic, lexicographical, Word Forms: loquaciously, loquaciousness, loquacity
lexicographically, lexicographer Related Words: eloquent, ventriloquist,
soliloquy
Related Words: lexicon, dyslexic

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lugubrious malediction malodorous mélange

(adj.) excessively mournful; sad and gloomy (n.) a curse (adj.) having an unpleasant smell (n.) a mixture

Lucy’s lugubrious behavior has started to annoy her The members of the team feared that the old woman My malodorous shoe smelled so terrible that my mom Melanie’s walls are decorated with a mélange of
friends; it has been two months since her breakup had placed a malediction upon their season because threw it away. surfing posters and beach photographs.
with Josh, but she is still as gloomy as if it had they hadn’t won a game since accidentally shattering
happened yesterday. her windshield with a foul ball.
Word Forms: lugubriously, lugubriousness,
Word Forms: maledictive, maledictory, maledict Word Forms: malodorously, malodorousness
lugubriosity Antonym Forms: benediction, benedictive, Related Words: odor, odorously

benedictory

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munificent moratorium morass mendicant

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nihilism neophyte nascent myopic

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parsimonious panacea obstreperous obfuscate

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mendicant morass moratorium munificent

(adj.) begging (n.) 1. a swamp (n.) suspension of an ongoing activity (adj.) very generous
2. a difficult situation
In the poverty-stricken country, mendicant children Because a large number of students had been The munificent donor gave the hospital enough
approach tourists to ask for food and money. After Morgan accepted Jill’s invitation to the dance, late returning from lunch, the principal placed a money to build a specialized center for heart patients.
Word Forms: mendicancy, mendicity he found himself in a morass; his friend offered him a moratorium on off-campus lunch privileges.
ticket to a concert that he really wanted to see, but it Word Forms: moratory Word Forms: munificently, munificentness,
happened to be on the same night as the dance. munificence

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myopic nascent neophyte nihilism

(adj.) lacking long-term vision (adj.) being born or beginning (n.) a beginner (n.) belief in the rejection of rules and the
destruction of social and political order
Maya has a myopic outlook when it comes to The nascent hockey team did not have much Neil is a neophyte at downhill skiing, so he should
investment; she complains about the money she is experience, as this was their first year in the league. stick to the smaller hills today. During the rebellion, the followers of nihilism were
investing now, rather than focusing on the money she Word Forms: nascence, nascency Word Forms: neophytic, neophytish, neophytism the first to break the laws in the city.
will make in the future. Word Forms: nihilistic, nihilistically, nihility, nihilist
Word Forms: myopically, myopia

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obfuscate obstreperous panacea parsimonious

(vb.) to confuse or make unclear (adj.) noisily defiant or aggressive (n.) a cure for all diseases, or (adj.) extremely reluctant to spend money;
a solution to all problems frugal and stingy
If the solution requires the units to be in inches, the The obstreperous students crowded the school board
makers of the SAT may obfuscate the question by meeting to protest the new dress code. The manager believed the new software was a The parsimonious woman told her grandchildren
describing the problem in feet. panacea for all of the company’s computer problems, that the gumballs in the candy machine were too
Word Forms: obfuscation, obfuscatory Word Forms: obstreperously, obstreperousness, but Pam was skeptical of its ability to improve the expensive.
obstreperosity entire system.
Word Form: panacean Word Forms: parsimoniously, parsimoniousness,
parsimony

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pernicious perfidious penurious paucity

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potentate polyglot picayune perquisite

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pugnacious proselytize proletarian progenitor

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paucity penurious perfidious pernicious

(n.) an insufficient quantity or number (adj.) extremely reluctant to spend money; (adj.) tending to betray (adj.) exceedingly harmful
stingy and frugal or extremely poor
As four more uninvited guests arrived at the barbecue, The perfidious soldier was selling classified secrets to The pernicious rumor could ruin several lives if
Pam realized there was a paucity of hamburger buns. The penurious old man refused to donate his spare the army’s enemies. permitted to spread.
change to the charity. Word Forms: perfidiously, perfidiousness, perfidy Word Forms: perniciously, perniciousness
Word Forms: penuriously, penuriousness, penury

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perquisite picayune polyglot potentate

(n.) a payment or benefit in addition (adj.) small and of little importance (adj.) able to speak, read, or write (n.) a powerful ruler
to one’s regular pay in many languages
The man is a fool to let a picayune argument destroy The potentate was born into the power of the
While working at the marina, my perquisites included his friendship with his neighbor. The polyglot woman was an asset to the international monarchy; his family had ruled the three countries for
free boat storage, a discount at the tackle shop, and company; she could converse with customers in over six hundred years.
daily tips from the customers. Word Forms: picayunish, picayunishly, Japan, Germany, Spain, and Italy. Related Word: potent
picayunishness
Word Forms: polyglot (n.), polyglotism
Related Word: monoglot

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progenitor proletarian proselytize pugnacious

(n.) a direct ancestor or originator (adj.) of the working class (vb.) to convert someone to another (adj.) tending to quarrel or fight easily
belief, religion, party, or cause
Although dogs now come in all shapes, sizes, and Education is an important proletarian value; working Paul cannot walk his pugnacious dog in the park
temperaments, the progenitor of their species was the class parents believe that a college degree will offer Prewitt spent the summer proselytizing for the because she always starts fights with the other dogs.
wild wolf. their children many more career choices. governor’s re-election campaign.
Word Forms: pugnaciously, pugnaciousness,
Word Forms: progenitorial, progenitorship Word Forms: proletarianly, proletarianness, Word Forms: proselytistic, proselytization, pugnacity
Related Word: genitor proletarianism, proletary, proletariat proselytism, proselytical, proselytizer, proselyte
Related Word: pugilistic
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recalcitrant raiment quixotic punctilious

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sentient schism rhapsodize remuneration

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sophistry sonorous somnolent sibilant

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punctilious quixotic raiment recalcitrant

(adj.) marked by precise (adj.) not sensible about practical matters; (n.) clothes (adj.) stubbornly resistant to
accordance with details idealistic and unrealistic authority or control
Raymond brought a change of raiment with him
Mr. Putnam is punctilious about punctuation; all of I let Quincy make his quixotic plans for our summer so that he could shower and dress after basketball The recalcitrant protesters were not fazed by the
his students must correctly use periods, commas, and vacation; he would soon realize that his itinerary was practice. presence of the campus security officer, and only a
semicolons if they want a good grade. too expensive and unrealistic. Related Word: array handful of them disbanded when the police arrived.

Word Forms: punctiliously, punctiliousness, Word Forms: quixotical, quixotically, quixotism, Word Forms: recalcitrant (n.), recalcitrance,
punctilio quixote recalcitrancy, recalcitrate, recalcitration

Related Word: punctual Related Name: Don Quixote

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remuneration rhapsodize schism sentient

(n.) payment (vb.) to talk with great enthusiasm (n.) division of a group into opposing factions (adj.) experiencing sense perception
and consciousness
Each of the workers received remuneration for The saleswoman rhapsodized about the benefits of her The disagreement in the teacher’s lounge created two
helping Remy paint his house. company’s product. schisms in the school: teachers who approved of the In the film, the robot becomes sentient, experiencing
rule change, and those who opposed it. human emotions and senses.
Word Forms: rhapsody, rhapsodic, rhapsodical,
Word Forms: remunerate, remunerable, rhapsodically, rhapsodist Word Forms: schismatic, schismatically, Word Forms: sentiently, sentience, sentiency
remunerability, remunerably, remunerative, schismaticalness, schismatize, schismatist Antonym Forms: insentient, insentience, insentiency
remuneratively, remunerativeness,
X X Antonym Form: schismless X X
remuneratory, remunerator
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sibilant somnolent sonorous sophistry

(adj.) having a hissing sound (adj.) sleepy or drowsy (adj.) full and loud and deep, as a sound (n.) a false argument meant to trick someone

The patient’s respiration was weak and sibilant, the The somnolent truck driver had been awake all night The sound from the sonorous bell echoed throughout The mayor used sophistry to trick most of the town
result of smoking for so many years. and was anxious to find a rest area so she could sleep. the cathedral. residents into believing that the property tax increase
Word Forms: sibilantly, sibilance, sibilancy was necessary.
Word Forms: somnolently, somnolence, somnolency, Word Forms: sonorously, sonorousness, sonority Word Forms: sophism, sophist, sophister
somnolescent Antonym Form: insonorous

X Antonym Forms: insomnia, insomnolent, X X
insomnolently, insomnolence, insomnolency X
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stricture stevedore specious soporific

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tinder temerity supercilious stultify

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unctuous turpitude truncated treacly

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soporific specious stevedore stricture

(adj.) tending to make sleepy or drowsy (adj.) 1. plausible but false (n.) a laborer who loads and (n.) a criticism
2. deceptively pleasing unloads vessels in a port
Sophie sang the soporific lullaby to help her young The film critic made several strictures about the
daughter fall asleep. The merits of the diet are specious; while we want to Before the ship left port, the stevedores loaded it with movie’s poor dialogue.
believe we can eat unlimited protein, there are many nearly four tons of food and supplies for the long Word Form: strictured
Word Forms: soporifically, soporiferous, health risks associated with the high-cholesterol plan. voyage.
soporiferously, soporiferousness Word Forms: speciously, speciousness, speciosity Word Form: stevedore (vb.)

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stultify supercilious temerity tinder

(vb.) to make one appear (adj.) arrogantly disdainful (n.) fearless daring (n.) easily combustible material
foolish, stupid, or useless used for starting a fire
Sue, who always wore designer clothes, glanced at my Tim jumped from the plane with temerity; he seemed
The high school student stultified herself by insisting generic shoes with a supercilious sneer. so fearless and relaxed that it was difficult to tell that The scout leader found dried grass and dried leaves
that Pittsburgh was in Tennessee. Word Forms: superciliously, superciliousness this was his first skydiving experience. to use as tinder when starting the camp fire.
Word Forms: stultifyingly, stultification, stultifier
Word Forms: temerarious, temerariously, Word Forms: tindery
temerariousness Related Word: tinderbox

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treacly truncated turpitude unctuous

(adj.) overly sweet or sentimental (adj.) shortened by cutting off a part (n.) vile, shameful behavior (adj.) unpleasantly and excessively suave

The movie is quite treacly, with several emotional The author published a truncated version of the In the play, the character’s turpitude exceeds the The unctuous salesman winked at the ladies and
scenes, and should be viewed with a box of tissues original novel, as he knew most people would not villainous behavior exhibited by typical antagonists. flashed his college football ring at the men; ironically,
instead of a box of popcorn. want to read a book with so many pages. his “charm” chased most customers away.
Word Forms: treacle Word Forms: unctuously, unctuousness, unctuosity
Word Forms: truncate, truncately, truncation
Related Word: trunk

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vainglorious verisimilitude vitiate vitriolic

(adj.) feeling excessive self-importance or (n.) the appearance of truth; (vb.) to make imperfect; to corrupt (adj.) harsh or corrosive in tone
pride for one’s own accomplishments the quality of seeming to be true
The king was vitiated by power; soon after his The orchestra teacher’s vitriolic criticism stung
The vainglorious actor brushed aside the reporter’s Even though the movie was based on a true story, the coronation, he began to abuse his subjects and Victoria; she had practiced all week only to be
question about the charity event in order to talk about film lacked verisimilitude. destroy the fair laws his father had enacted. harshly critiqued in front of the entire class.
the oscar he won. Word Forms: vitiable, vitiation, vitiator Word Forms: vitriolically, vitriol

Word Forms: vaingloriously, vaingloriousness, Word Forms: verisimilitudinous, verisimilar,
vainglory verisimilarly

Related Word: vain Related Words: veracity, similitude

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