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  1. veer
    turn sharply; change direction abruptly
    But every so often, satire can veer off course, lampooning scientific findings as if they were the latest sex scandal.
  2. veering
    the act of turning aside suddenly
    Veering from those parts could at worst harm patients or at best get us in trouble. Scientific American (Oct 10, 2013)
  3. yield
    give or supply
    Indonesian stocks have slipped and bond yields have soared as international investors pulled money out of Indonesia. Wall Street Journal (Oct 8, 2013)
  4. scourge
    something causing misery or death
    Cut your chances of being mowed down prematurely by major scourges like heart disease and cancer by exercising regularly.
  5. scourger
    a torturer who flogs or scourges
    The convict “scourger” was one of the regular officials attached to every chain gang. Various
  6. utterly
    completely and without qualification
    "It's utterly frivolous as a matter of law," he said.
  7. confide
    reveal in private
    While she was still his student, they embarked on a chastely passionate friendship that ended abruptly after he confided deeper feelings.
  8. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
    Expressive writing is known to help assuage psychological trauma and improve mood.
  9. assuagement
    the feeling that comes when something unpleasant is removed
    It not only responded to the ache she felt within herself, but gave a promise of assuagement. Kline, Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren)
  10. spurious
    plausible but false
    Surely, some of the fears may be founded, others are probably spurious. Scientific American (Oct 17, 2013)
  11. lampoon
    ridicule with satire
    But every so often, satire can veer off course, lampooning scientific findings as if they were the latest sex scandal.
  12. barren
    completely wanting or lacking
    When investigators later entered his barren apartment, they found rolls of paper towels on a card table.
  13. satire
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
    "The satire on sexism was very seductive," he said.
  14. scorn
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
    This is just a story of two people pouring scorn on one another, each from their own perceived moral high ground.
  15. ridicule
    language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
  16. ridiculous
    incongruous or absurd
  17. ridiculously
    so as to arouse or deserve laughter
  18. ridiculousness
    a message whose content is at variance with reason
  19. ridiculer
    a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
  20. satirist
    a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
  21. satirise
    ridicule with satire
  22. dead-on
    accurate and to the point
  23. dead on target
    accurately placed or thrown
  24. achievement
    the action of accomplishing something
  25. cakewalk
    a strutting dance based on a march
  26. masterpiece
    the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman
  27. achieve
    gain with effort
  28. masterstroke
    an achievement demonstrating great skill or mastery
  29. innuendo
    an indirect and usually malicious implication
  30. compatible
    able to exist and perform in harmonious combination
  31. compatibility
    capability of existing in harmonious combination
  32. capacity
    capability to perform or produce
  33. capable
    having ability
  34. capacious
    large in the amount that can be contained
  35. capability
    the quality of being able to do something
  36. capableness
    the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
  37. howling
    a long loud emotional utterance
  38. howl
    cry loudly, as of animals
  39. ululate
    emit long loud cries
  40. ululation
    a long, loud, emotional howl or cry
  41. utterance
    the use of spoken sounds for auditory communication
  42. utter
    without qualification
  43. uttered
    communicated in words
  44. utterable
    capable of being uttered in words or sentences
  45. peril
    a state of danger involving risk
  46. speculativeness
    the quality of being a conclusion or opinion based on supposition and conjecture rather than on fact or investigation
  47. precariousness
    being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
  48. uncertainness
    being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
  49. fortuitousness
    the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance
  50. building
    the act of constructing something
  51. jerry-building
    construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit
  52. grading
    evaluation of performance by assigning a score
  53. leveling
    the act of making equal or uniform
  54. tearing down
    complete destruction of a building
  55. whippersnapper
    someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
  56. fraught
    filled with or attended with
  57. awkward
    lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
  58. awkwardly
    in a clumsy manner
  59. awkwardness
    trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
  60. clumsy
    lacking grace in movement or posture
  61. clumsy person
    a person with poor motor coordination
  62. clumsiness
    the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
  63. clumsily
    in a clumsy manner
  64. freight
    goods carried by a large vehicle
  65. freighter
    a cargo ship
  66. freight train
    a railroad train consisting of freight cars
  67. freightage
    transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates
  68. now and then
    now and then or here and there
  69. high and low
    everywhere
  70. spick-and-span
    completely neat and clean
  71. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  72. self-effacing
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  73. restrained
    under control
  74. taciturn
    habitually reserved and uncommunicative
  75. reluctant
    not eager
  76. loath
    strongly opposed
  77. steadfast
    marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
  78. steadfastness
    steadfast resolution
  79. steadfastly
    with resolute determination
  80. excoriate
    express strong disapproval of
  81. abrader
    a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing
  82. steel-wool pad
    abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing
  83. assailant
    someone who attacks
  84. attacker
    someone who attacks
  85. profound
    situated at or extending to great depth
  86. unfathomed
    situated at or extending to great depth
  87. unfathomable
    impossible to come to understand
  88. snooty
    overly conceited or arrogant
  89. snotty
    (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
  90. stuck-up
    (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
  91. snot-nosed
    (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
  92. muddy
    soft and watery, of soil
  93. muddled
    confused and vague; used especially of thinking
  94. wooly-minded
    confused and vague; used especially of thinking
  95. muddleheaded
    stupid and confused
  96. puddingheaded
    stupid and confused
  97. dissimilar
    not alike
  98. unalike
    not alike or similar
  99. fallow
    left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
  100. farmland
    a rural area where farming is practiced
  101. rural area
    an area outside of cities and towns
  102. tame
    brought from wildness into a domesticated state
  103. subdued
    restrained in style or quality
  104. derelict
    a person without a home, job, or property
  105. dereliction
    willful negligence
  106. deregulation
    the act of freeing from rules
  107. deregulate
    lift the authoritative rules on
  108. derecognise
    cause to be no longer approved or accepted
  109. neglect
    leave undone or leave out
  110. neglected
    lacking a caretaker
  111. neglectful
    not showing due care or attention
  112. neglect of duty
    (law) breach of a duty
  113. neglecter
    a person who is neglectful and gives little attention or respect to people or responsibilities
  114. impede
    be a hindrance or obstacle to
  115. hinder
    be an obstacle to
  116. hindrance
    any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
  117. hinderance
    any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
  118. hindrance
    any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
  119. diffused
    (of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material
  120. distributed
    spread out or scattered about or divided up
  121. distribute
    give to several people
  122. distributer
    someone who markets merchandise
  123. distributed data processing
    data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities
  124. distributed fire
    fire dispersed so as to engage effectively an area target
  125. vagrant
    a wanderer with no established residence or means of support
  126. drifting
    aimless wandering from place to place
  127. vagabond
    a wanderer with no established residence or means of support
  128. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  129. defer
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  130. defendant
    someone against whom an action is brought in a court of law
  131. defeasible
    capable of being annulled or voided or terminated
  132. wild
    wild, free, and not controlled or touched by humans
  133. untamed
    wild, free, and not controlled or touched by humans
  134. savage
    without civilizing influences
  135. barbarian
    a member of an uncivilized people
  136. peasant
    one of a class of agricultural laborers
  137. present times
    the circumstances and ideas of the present age
  138. contemporary world
    the circumstances and ideas of the present age
  139. present
    happening or existing now
  140. nowadays
    in these times
  141. here and now
    at this time
  142. nonce
    the present occasion
  143. meager
    deficient in amount or quality or extent
  144. meagerly
    deficient in amount or quality or extent
  145. meagerness
    the quality of being meager
  146. hand-to-mouth
    providing only bare essentials
  147. scrimpy
    deficient in amount or quality or extent
  148. exiguous
    extremely scanty
  149. complaisance
    a tendency to try to please or yield to the will of others
  150. compliance
    the act of submitting, usually surrendering power to another
  151. compliancy
    a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
  152. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
  153. adjure
    command solemnly
  154. beseech
    ask for or request earnestly
  155. ludicrous
    inviting ridicule
  156. cockeyed
    turned or twisted toward one side
  157. wonky
    turned or twisted toward one side
  158. crooked
    having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
  159. tortuous
    marked by repeated turns and bends
  160. tyrant
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  161. autocrat
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  162. wield
    handle effectively
  163. handle
    touch, lift, or hold
  164. byname
    a familiar name for a person
  165. dub
    new sounds added to a soundtrack
  166. sense datum
    an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
  167. visual sensation
    the perceptual experience of seeing
  168. unanalyzed
    not analyzed or broken down for detailed examination
  169. crude
    belonging to an early stage of technical development
  170. rude
    belonging to an early stage of technical development
  171. smorgasbord
    a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
  172. assortment
    the act of distributing things into classes of the same type
  173. persuadable
    being susceptible to persuasion
  174. persuade
    cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief
  175. persuasive
    intended or having the power to induce action or belief
  176. persuasiveness
    the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty
  177. creep
    move slowly
  178. creepy
    causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin
  179. creepy-crawly
    an animal that creeps or crawls
  180. creeper
    a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
  181. creeping
    a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
  182. creep feed
    feed given to young animals isolated in a creep
  183. feedlot
    a building where livestock are fattened for market
  184. budge
    move very slightly
  185. pigwash
    wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
  186. slops
    wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
  187. pigswill
    wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
  188. beset
    assail or attack on all sides
  189. embellish
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
  190. beautify
    make more beautiful
  191. garland
    a circular band of flowers or other foliage
  192. callous
    emotionally hardened
  193. fragile
    easily broken or damaged or destroyed
  194. flimsy
    a thin strong lightweight translucent paper
  195. mislead
    take someone in the wrong direction or give wrong directions
  196. misleading
    designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
  197. misleadingly
    in a misleading way
  198. misleader
    someone who leads astray (often deliberately)
  199. cheater
    someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
  200. scrounge
    obtain or seek to obtain by begging, pleading, or flattering
  201. cadge
    obtain or seek to obtain by wheedling
  202. wheedle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  203. wheedling
    the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
  204. wheedler
    someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing
  205. flatter
    praise somewhat dishonestly
  206. adulate
    flatter in an obsequious manner
  207. flattery
    excessive or insincere praise
  208. flattering
    showing or representing to advantage
  209. flatterer
    a person who uses flattery
  210. ass-kisser
    a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
  211. adulator
    a person who uses flattery
  212. bootlicker
    someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect
  213. shudder
    tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
  214. shuddering
    shaking convulsively or violently
  215. shuddery
    provoking fear or terror
  216. shudderingly
    with a shudder
  217. incessant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  218. incessantly
    without interruption
  219. endlessly
    continuing forever without end
  220. length
    the linear extent in space from one end to the other
  221. lengthy
    extended in duration
  222. lengthen
    make longer
  223. lengthwise
    in the direction of the length
  224. long run
    a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out
  225. long-run
    relating to or extending over a relatively long time
  226. long haul
    a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out
  227. demise
    the time when something ends
  228. imminent
    close in time; about to occur
  229. gruesome
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  230. writhing
    moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion
  231. settlement
    the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
  232. chaotic
    completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing
  233. humility
    a lack of arrogance or false pride
  234. embolden
    give encouragement to
  235. tyrannical
    characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
  236. authoritative
    of recognized power or excellence
  237. erode
    remove soil or rock
  238. wrong
    not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
  239. contrary
    exact opposition
  240. contrary to fact
    going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)
  241. gory
    covered with blood
  242. overly
    to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
  243. unjust
    not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception
  244. ghastly
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  245. posture
    the arrangement of the body and its limbs
  246. limb
    one of the jointed appendages of an animal
  247. grisly
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  248. grizzly
    powerful brownish-yellow bear of western North America
  249. gristly
    difficult to chew
  250. rubbery
    having an elastic texture
Created on Wed Oct 23 00:40:08 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Nov 20 14:30:04 EST 2013)

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