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frank J. (United States of America)
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  1. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  2. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  3. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  4. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  5. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  6. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  7. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  8. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  9. fleeting
    lasting for a markedly brief time
  10. temporal
    of or relating to or limited by time
  11. transient
    lasting a very short time
  12. magnanimous
    noble and generous in spirit
  13. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  14. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  15. altruistic
    showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  16. philanthropic
    of or relating to charitable giving
  17. esteem
    the condition of being honored
  18. exalt
    praise, glorify, or honor
  19. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  20. revere
    regard with feelings of respect
  21. lionize
    assign great social importance to
  22. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  23. malice
    the desire to see others suffer
  24. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  25. acrimony
    a rough and bitter manner
  26. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  27. hostility
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  28. zenith
    the highest point of something
  29. apex
    the highest point of something
  30. climax
    the highest point of anything
  31. acme
    the highest point of something
  32. pinnacle
    a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or a tower
  33. ardor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  34. ebullience
    eager enjoyment or approval
  35. zeal
    a feeling of strong eagerness
  36. fervor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  37. vehemence
    intensity or forcefulness of expression
  38. allay
    lessen the intensity of or calm
  39. appease
    make peace with
  40. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  41. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  42. mollify
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  43. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  44. pacify
    ease the anger, agitation, or strong emotion of
  45. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  46. sullen
    showing a brooding ill humor
  47. bleak
    unpleasantly cold and damp
  48. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
  49. lugubrious
    excessively mournful
  50. propensity
    a natural inclination
  51. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  52. inclination
    that toward which you are disposed to feel a liking
  53. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  54. penchant
    a strong liking or preference
  55. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  56. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  57. philippic
    a speech of violent denunciation
  58. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  59. salvo
    rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
  60. invective
    abusive language used to express blame or censure
  61. dexterous
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
  62. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
  63. adept
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  64. deft
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
  65. nimble
    moving quickly and lightly
  66. succinct
    briefly giving the gist of something
  67. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  68. concise
    expressing much in few words
  69. terse
    brief and to the point
  70. laconic
    brief and to the point
  71. miserliness
    total lack of generosity with money
  72. rapacity
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  73. avarice
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  74. cupidity
    extreme greed for material wealth
  75. covetousness
    reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
  76. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  77. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  78. cunning
    showing inventiveness and skill
  79. wily
    marked by skill in deception
  80. artifice
    the use of deception or trickery
  81. furtive
    secret and sly
  82. stealthy
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  83. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  84. sparseness
    the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
  85. scantiness
    the quality of being meager
  86. meagerness
    the quality of being meager
  87. scarcity
    a small and inadequate amount
  88. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  89. rapturous
    feeling great delight
  90. jubilant
    full of high-spirited delight
  91. elated
    exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits
  92. euphoric
    characterized by a feeling of well-being or elation
  93. enraptured
    feeling great rapture or delight
  94. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  95. sycophancy
    fawning obsequiousness
  96. obsequiousness
    abject or cringing submissiveness
  97. fawning
    attempting to win favor by flattery
  98. servility
    abject or cringing submissiveness
  99. denounce
    speak out against
  100. chide
    scold or reprimand severely or angrily
  101. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  102. censure
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  103. chastise
    scold or criticize severely
  104. spuriousness
    state of lacking genuineness
  105. duplicity
    the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
  106. fabrication
    the act of making a product from raw materials
  107. speciousness
    an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive
  108. sophistry
    a deliberately invalid argument in the hope of deceiving
Created on Thu May 23 12:39:18 EDT 2013 (updated Sun May 26 16:11:49 EDT 2013)

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