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majordomo
n
a chief butler or assistant
untenable
adj
impossible to defend or justify
groundless, indefensible, unsupported
perambulate
v
to walk about, to stroll
saunter, wander
veneer
n
a thin, attractive layer that conceals something common or coarse
disguise, gloss, facade
timorous
adj
timid
bashful, sheepish, reticent
luminous
adj
emitting light
glowing, radiant
circuitous
adj
indirect, roundabout
meandering
perquisite
n
a tip or payment in addition to regular wages
benefit, perk
probity
n
integrity, respectiability
rectitude, decency, trsutworthiness
polemical
adj
relating to controversy or argument
controversial, contentious
tacit
adj
indicated by not expressed, implied silently
hinted, unspoken, suggested
largesse
n
generosity
magnaminity, minuficence
indolent
adj
lazy
torpid, idle, lethargic
circumlocution
n
unnecessarily wordy or evasive language
evasion, discursiveness, indirectness
depredate
v
to plunder and pillage
pilfer, ransack, ravage
