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bespeak
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indicate
disregard someone
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flout
the quality of being obscure
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opacity
badly conceived or planned- (adjective) not deserving to be respected or thought valuable-
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Misbegotten Misbegotten social and economic policies.-ii. Her misbegotten father spent most of his adult life in prison.
a sign or warning that a momentous or calamitous event is likely to happen
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portent, Many birds are regarded as being portents of death.
beyond what is normal or natural-Autumn had arrived with preternatural speed.
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preternatural
a bitter attack or denunciation, especially a verbal one-The lecture was a tremendous philippic against our culture.
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philippic
the quality of having strong moral principles
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probity
The criminal knew he could not buy the judge who was known for his probity.
a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure-Both counsel and judges follow the punctillos of court procedure and conduct.
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punctillo
abandon a position or a course of action-He has resiled from both of these commitments, we'll have to look for someone else.
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resile
irritable and quarrelsome
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fractious
modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence-
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diffidence You shouldn't be so diffident about your achievements - you've done really well!
not able, wanting, or allowed to communicate with other people
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Incommunicado-i His secretary says he will be incommunicado for the rest of the day
pompous or pretentious generally used in context of speech, writing, or ideas-
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Highfalutin-i You don't want any highfalutin jargon when you give the speech.
to avoid going to school or work when you should go
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skive off (lesson)
characterized by exaggerated or affected politeness, refinement, or respectability-
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Genteel-i The judge was pleased by the genteel way the husband and wife treated each other during their divorce hearing.
a long or rambling story, especially one that is implausible
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yarn
a sprinkling of
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small amount
prescient
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prophetic
a brimful of
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big amount
prodigious
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large amount
chortle, giggle, sneer
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laugh
blubber, snivel, wail, whimper
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cry
shout
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yelp, holler, howl
a bear
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groan
a parrot
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squawk
pig
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grunts
turkey
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gobble
small worthless objects
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knick-knacks
used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty
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strait
make (someone or their way of life) more refined or polite
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gentrify
based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason
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arbitrary
lose momentum, will, or desire
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shrivel
arduous, onerous
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taxing
dumbfound
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confound
the flowers simply shrivelled up
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wrinkle
unffettered access to those dopamine producing devices
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not confined
infraction
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infringement of a law
scarcity
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paucity
beyond the province of the law
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extralegal
teed off
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annoyed
continue to demand (a particular thing)
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hold out for
looks up to code
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adequate
impertinence and style
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brashness and swagger
state of being extremely poor
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penury
arise hostility in
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antagonize
official order laying claim to the use of property or materials
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requisition
take posesion of, seize
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comandeer
demand the use of sth by official order
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requisition, requistion cereal products at fixed prices
organize differently
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rejig schedules
a piece of music because sb has died
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dirge
having committed a fault or sin
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(archaic) peccant officials
liable to change
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mutable nature of fashion
strike very hard
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wallop
smelling or tasting unpleasent because it's old and stale
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rancid meat
nauseouus
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queasy
practice, as distinueshed from theory
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theory and praxis of criminology
protect in an overindulgent way
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cosset
a group of particularly respected, famous people
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a pantheon of the all-time greats
a deviation from the norm
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solecism
laying down
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recumbent, in a reclining state
make an assumption about the past using present-day information
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retrodict several theories about what the dinosaurs might have eaten
a pouty expression to show annoyance
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