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  1. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  2. evocation
    stimulation that calls up a particular class of behaviors
  3. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  4. bucolic
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  5. exemplar
    a person or thing to be imitated; ideal model
  6. exhortation
    an earnest attempt at persuasion
  7. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  8. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  9. predilection
    a predisposition in favor of something
  10. desecrate
    violate the sacred character of a place or language
  11. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  12. beleaguer
    annoy persistently
  13. odium
    hate coupled with disgust
  14. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  15. accommodate
    have room for; hold without crowding
  16. vacillate
    be undecided about something
  17. peripatetic
    traveling especially on foot
  18. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  19. plaintively
    in a manner expressing sorrow
  20. vestige
    an indication that something has been present
  21. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  22. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  23. implicate
    bring into intimate and incriminating connection
  24. recondite
    difficult to understand
  25. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  26. dilatory
    wasting time
  27. truncheon
    a short stout club used primarily by police officers
  28. rancor
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  29. obviate
    do away with
  30. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  31. renege
    fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
  32. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  33. redoubtable
    inspiring fear
  34. insipid
    lacking interest or significance or impact
  35. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  36. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  37. incipience
    beginning to exist or to be apparent
  38. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  39. moor
    come into or dock at a wharf
  40. heath
    a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae
  41. petulantly
    in an easily irritated or annoyed manner
  42. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
  43. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  44. forbearance
    a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges
  45. intransigence
    stubborn refusal to compromise or change
  46. ingratiate
    gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
  47. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  48. farcical
    broadly or extravagantly humorous
  49. disintermediate
    remove brokers between suppliers and buyers
Created on Fri Jan 17 19:00:36 EST 2014 (updated Wed Jul 30 14:50:36 EDT 2025)

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