Shashi Tharoor's Vocabulary

Yesh (India)
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  1. certitude
    complete assurance or confidence
  2. atavistic
    characteristic of a throwback
  3. atavism
    a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
  4. quotidian
    found in the ordinary course of events
  5. cuckold
    a man whose wife committed adultery
  6. cuckoldry
    the practice of making cuckolds
  7. cuckold
    a man whose wife committed adultery
  8. glib
    artfully persuasive in speech
  9. hagiology
    literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints
  10. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  11. repression
    control by holding down
  12. supplication
    the act of communicating with a deity
  13. supplication
    the act of communicating with a deity
  14. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  15. ingenuity
    the power of creative imagination
  16. iniquity
    absence of moral or spiritual values
  17. cull
    remove something that has been rejected
  18. sublime
    of high moral or intellectual value
  19. renegade
    someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
  20. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  21. livery
    a uniform, especially worn by servants and chauffeurs
  22. impishness
    the trait of behaving like an imp
  23. sybarite
    a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
  24. declaim
    recite in a skilled and formal way
  25. kosher
    conforming to the dietary laws of Judaism
  26. benight
    overtake with darkness or night
  27. figurehead
    a leader in name only, without real power or authority
  28. grandee
    a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal
  29. suave
    having a sophisticated charm
  30. rostrum
    a platform raised above the surrounding level
  31. desideratum
    something sought after as a necessity
  32. populism
    political doctrine that supports the rights of common people
  33. savant
    a learned person
  34. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  35. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  36. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  37. sylph
    a slender graceful young woman
  38. pudgy
    short and plump
  39. gall
    a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  40. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
  41. cozen
    be dishonest with
  42. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  43. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  44. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  45. reify
    consider an abstract concept to be real
  46. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  47. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  48. rabble-rousing
    inciting action or rebellion
  49. equable
    not varying
  50. exhort
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  51. exhortation
    an earnest attempt at persuasion
  52. stalking-horse
    something serving to conceal plans
  53. hamstring
    one of the tendons at the back of the knee
  54. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  55. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  56. namby-pamby
    weak in willpower, courage or vitality
  57. comeuppance
    a usually negative outcome or fate that is well deserved
  58. beatitude
    a state of supreme happiness
  59. beatific
    resembling or befitting an angel or saint
  60. ennui
    the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  61. flaccid
    drooping without elasticity
  62. natter
    talk socially without exchanging too much information
  63. attrition
    the act of rubbing together
  64. concubine
    a woman who cohabits with an important man
  65. credo
    any system of principles or beliefs
  66. inexorable
    impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
  67. porcine
    relating to pigs or swine
  68. amanuensis
    someone skilled in the transcription of speech
  69. cower
    crouch or curl up
  70. pontificate
    administer a pontifical office
  71. pontifical
    proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope
  72. dapper
    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
  73. retribution
    a justly deserved penalty
  74. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  75. atrophy
    a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
  76. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  77. capacious
    large in the amount that can be contained
  78. proclivity
    a natural inclination
  79. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
  80. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  81. squabble
    a quarrel about petty points
  82. commiserate
    feel or express sympathy or compassion
  83. soiree
    a party of people assembled in the evening
  84. deracinate
    pull up by or as if by the roots
  85. invective
    abusive language used to express blame or censure
  86. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
Created on Mon Dec 16 06:17:02 EST 2013 (updated Wed Dec 21 07:51:52 EST 2016)

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