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abominate; verb
“they abominated the idea of monarchy”
detest; loath; to hate
abridge; verb
to shorten
animosity; noun
“he no longer felt any animosity towards her and her family”
strong hostility
auspicious; adj
“it was not the most auspicious moment to spill the beans”
favorable ; conducive to success
beleaguer; verb
“he attempts to answer several questions that beleaguer the industry”
cause problems or difficulties for
constituent; noun
“the essential constituents of the human diet are”
a component part of something
iniquitous; adj
“an iniquitous consequence”
grossly unfair and morally wrong
inure; verb
“these children have been inured to violence”
accustom (someone) to something especially something unpleasant
inveigh; verb
“he liked to inveigh on all forms of academic training”
to speak or write about (something) with hostility
predecessor; noun
“my predecessor worked at this job for 12 years”
a person who had a job or position before someone else, or a thing that comes before another in time or in a series
sabotage; verb
“the spy tricked us and sabotaged our mission”
deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct (something), especially for political or military advantage.
sadistic; adj
"she took a sadistic pleasure in tormenting him"
deriving pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.
transpire; verb
"I'm going to find out exactly what transpired"
occur; happen
aura; noun
"the ceremony retains an aura of mystery"
the distinctive atmosphere or quality that seems to surround and be generated by a person, thing, or place.
banal; adj
“he just sat there making banal remarks all evening.“
boring, ordinary, unoriginal
cognizant
aware of or understand it
conundrum; noun
“one of the most difficult conundrums for the experts”
a confusing and difficult problem or question
evanescent; adj
“a shimmering evanescent bubble”
soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing
factotum; noun
“he was employed as the general factotum”
an employee that does all kinds of works
grandiose; adj
“the courts grandiose facade”
impressive and imposing in appearance or style especially pretentiously so
induce; verb
"the pickets induced many workers to stay away"
succeed in persuading or influencing(someone) to do something.
laudatory; adj
"enthusiastic and laudatory articles"
(of speech or writing) expressing praise and commendation.
panache; noun
"he entertained Palm Springs society with great panache"
flamboyant confidence of style or manner.
picayune; adj
“the picayune squabbling of party politicians”
petty; worthless
predilection; noun
“my predilection for asian food”
a preference or special liking for liking someone; a bias in favor of something
promontory; noun
“ a rocky promontory”
a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water; a headline
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