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  1. aggrandize
    embellish; increase the scope, power, or importance of
  2. broach
    bring up a topic for discussion
  3. intricate
    having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate
  4. convoluted
    highly complex or intricate
  5. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  6. bemused
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
  7. enormity
    the quality of extreme wickedness
  8. atrocity
    an act of shocking cruelty
  9. nonplussed
    filled with bewilderment
  10. baseness
    unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
  11. maven
    one who is very skilled in or knowledgeable about a field
  12. aspersion
    a disparaging remark
  13. iteration
    the act or process of doing or saying again
  14. coinage
    metal money collectively
  15. concoct
    make something by mixing
  16. derogate
    cause to seem lesser or inferior
  17. mirth
    great merriment
  18. glee
    great merriment
  19. merriment
    activities that are enjoyable or amusing
  20. juxtaposition
    the act of positioning close together
  21. oxymoron
    conjoined contradictory terms
  22. vituperative
    marked by harshly abusive criticism
Created on Sat Mar 07 09:16:00 EST 2009

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