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Hot Potato (India)
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  1. deluge
    a heavy rain
    usually singular
    noun
    verb
    1 sth
    2 sb/sth with sth
  2. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
    vapidity
  3. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  4. bandy
    discuss lightly
    I am not going to bandy words with you.
    bandy about/around sth is mentioned frequently
    bandy words with aargue pointlessly and rudely
  5. vitiate
    make imperfect
    formal
  6. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
    formal
  7. valedictory
    a farewell oration
    formal
    goodbye on a formal occasion
  8. refulgent
    radiating or as if radiating light
    formal
  9. paean
    a hymn of praise
    literary
  10. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
    1 Doctors extol the virtues of less fat. 2 she was extolled as a genius.
    1 sth/sb
    2 sth/sb as sth
  11. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  12. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
    1 to/of sb/sth praise
    2 to/for sb funeral speech
    pl. eulogies
  13. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
    formal
    pl. encomiums/encomia
  14. dyslogia
    impaired ability to express ideas verbally
  15. suborn
    incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
    (law)
    ~sb
  16. profane
    grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
    1 (formal)sacrilegious
    2 (technical)secular/not connected to religion
  17. sacrilegious
    grossly irreverent toward what is considered holy
    uncountable singular It would be sacrilege to alter the composer's original markings.
    noun sacrilege
  18. otiose
    serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
    formal
  19. specious
    plausible but false
    formal
    syn. misleading
  20. parsimony
    extreme stinginess
    uncountable formal
  21. profusion
    the property of being extremely abundant
    singular+singular/plural verb?
    formal/literary
  22. prodigality
    the trait of spending extravagantly
  23. alluvion
    gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment
  24. effulgent
    radiating or as if radiating light
    literary
    n. effulgence
  25. pompous
    puffed up with vanity
    usually disapproving
    usually marked by usage of long formal words
    n. pomposity
    adv. pompously
  26. highfalutin
    pretentious or excessively fancy
    informal
    (esp. of speech,ideas,writing etc)
    syn. pretentious
  27. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
    1 literary definition given
    2 formal/disapproving pompous
  28. exalt
    praise, glorify, or honor
    1 extol
    2 raise higher in position sometimes undeservedly
  29. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
    disapproving
    1 tasteless
    2 boring
  30. retrograde
    moving or directed or tending in a backward direction
    (of an action)
    formal usually disapproving
    syn retrogressive regressive
  31. clammy
    unpleasantly cool and humid
    clammier clammiest
  32. decimate
    kill in large numbers
    decimation
  33. titillate
    stimulate or excite
    usually disapproving
  34. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
    sb
    pacify
  35. appease
    make peace with
    formal usually disapproving
  36. nonplus
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  37. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
    a prodigious achievement/memory/talent
    prodigality
    compare prodigal and prodigy
    prodigious is colossal
    prodigal is extravagance
    prodigy is young talent
  38. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  39. plaintively
    in a manner expressing sorrow
  40. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
  41. cabal
    a clique that seeks power usually through intrigue
    formal usually disapproving
  42. rarefied
    of high moral or intellectual value
    1 often disapproving
    2 (of air) having less oxygen
  43. bibulous
    given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
    (old fashioned,humorous)
  44. travail
    use of physical or mental energy; hard work
    literary plural
  45. antedate
    be earlier in time than
  46. suave
    having a sophisticated charm
    esp. of a man generally when its not sincere.
    suavely
  47. attenuated
    reduced in strength
    formal
  48. decant
    pour out
    decant sth(into sth)
  49. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
    the ubiquitous song, gaganam style.
    formal
    generally before noun
    ubiquitously
    ubiquity/ubiquitousness
  50. imbibe
    take in liquids
    He imbibed the elements of oriental mysticism in India.
    formal
    1 (sometimes humorous )take liquid esp. alcohol
    2 absorb an idea
  51. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
    A program of music for everyone,even those with esoteric tastes.
    formal
  52. clique
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
    he found the school very cliquey and elitist
    often disapproving
    cliquey
  53. kibitz
    make unwanted and intrusive comments
    the kibitzers were second guessing every move
    informal
    1. (often diss.) comment/advice annoyingly
    2. talk in a friendly way
    kibitzer
  54. daft
    foolish or mentally irregular
    informal
    daft dafter daftest
    daftness
    idm daft as a brush - very silly
  55. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  56. plaintiff
    a person who brings an action in a court of law
    compare defendant accused
  57. prodigy
    an unusually gifted or intelligent person
  58. prodigal
    recklessly wasteful
    The/A prodigal son a person who leaves home enjoys life,wastes money but later is sorry about this and returns home.
  59. prodigally
    to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree
  60. parlance
    a manner of speaking natural to a language's native speakers
    similar to jargon but jargon is often disapproving while parlance simply means lingo
    both are uncountable
  61. aspersion
    a disparaging remark
    plural formal
  62. snicker
    laugh quietly
    at sb/sth
    syn. giggle
  63. bucolic
    idyllically rustic
    I enjoyed my vacation in the bucolic pleasures of villages.
  64. idyll
    a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
    n.
    1 a happy place/event/experience esp. of countryside
    2 a poem describing this
    adj. idyllic
  65. unctuous
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  66. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  67. snort
    a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
  68. moniker
    a familiar name for a person
  69. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  70. travesty
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  71. stricture
    a principle that restricts the extent of something
  72. solace
    comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable
  73. odium
    hate coupled with disgust
  74. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  75. astringent
    tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
  76. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  77. swarthy
    naturally having skin of a dark color
  78. portend
    indicate by signs
  79. effete
    excessively self-indulgent, affected, or decadent
  80. decadent
    relating to indulgence in something pleasurable
  81. appurtenant
    furnishing added support
  82. pertinent
    being of striking appropriateness
  83. adjunct
    something added to another thing but not essential to it
  84. ancillary
    furnishing added support
  85. auxiliary
    furnishing added support
  86. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  87. nonchalant
    marked by casual unconcern or indifference
  88. prolix
    tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at length
  89. astringent
    tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue
  90. utopian
    pertaining to or resembling an ideally perfect state
  91. germane
    relevant and appropriate
    remarks that are germane to the discussion
    formal
    (of ideas,remarks etc)
    ~to sth
  92. dissemble
    hide under a false appearance
    She was a very honest person who was incapable of bissembling.
    formal
    ~sth
  93. blithe
    lacking or showing a lack of due concern
    He drove with blithe disregard to the rules of the road.
    adj.
    usually before a noun
    1(usually disapproving) careless
    2(literary) carefree and happy
  94. recreant
    having deserted a cause or principle
    literary
    compare miscreant
  95. sequester
    keep away from others
    law
    1 sequestrate/confiscate/impound/seize
    2 keep away/seclude/segregate
  96. conflagration
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire
    formal
    origin fulgere see also flagrant
  97. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
    formal/humorous
  98. legerdemain
    an illusory feat
    Last years gains were more a result financial legerdemain(sleight of hand) than actual growth.
    from french
    syn. sleight of hand
  99. contretemps
    an awkward clash
    from french
    formal/humorous
  100. skirmish
    a minor short-term fight
Created on Mon Aug 05 08:09:19 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Aug 22 02:26:58 EDT 2013)

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