gratuitous

Dorota B. (United Kingdom)
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  1. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  2. jolt
    move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
  3. defuse
    remove the triggering device from
  4. persevere
    be persistent, refuse to stop
  5. supposition
    the cognitive process of conjecturing
  6. deposition
    the act of putting something somewhere
  7. instigate
    provoke or stir up
  8. conspicuous
    obvious to the eye or mind
  9. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  10. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  11. clamant
    conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
  12. clamorous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  13. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  14. procrastinate
    waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing
  15. dilly-dally
    waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing
  16. shillyshally
    waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing
  17. drag one's feet
    waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing
  18. verbose
    using or containing too many words
  19. vulgar
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  20. plebeian
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  21. vernacular
    the everyday speech of the people
  22. defy
    resist or confront with resistance
Created on Wed Aug 13 04:21:22 EDT 2008

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