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affable
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courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable |
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aggrandize
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to increase in greatness, power or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
augment, amplify, enhance, exalt reduce, decrease, diminish |
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amorphous
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shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; with organization, unity, or cohesion
formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate definite, well-defined, clear-cut |
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aura
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that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality
ambience, atmosphere |
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contraband
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illegal traffic, smuggled goods, illegal, prohibited
illicit, bootleg, unlawful legal, lawful licit |
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erudite
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scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
profoundly educated, well-read ignorant, uneducated, iliterate |
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gossamer
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thin, light, delicate, insubstantial, a very thin, light cloth
filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy thick, dense, solid, massive |
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infer
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to find out by reasoning, to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply
gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate |
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inscrutable
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incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
inpenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable |
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insular
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relating to; characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
narrow-minded, parochial, provincial catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal |
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irrevocable
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incapable of being changed or called back
irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable reversible, changeable |
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propensity
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a natural inclination or predilection toward
natural bent, proclivity, penchant natural incapacity or inability |
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querulous
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peevish, complaining, fretful
petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable uncomplaining, stoical, serene, placid |
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remonstrate
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to argue or plead with against something, protest against, object to
reason against, expostulate |
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repudiate
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to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
disavow, abjure, renounce avow, affirm, aver, avouch |
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resilient
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able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly
springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy rigid, stiff, inflexible, unyielding |
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reverberate
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to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
rumble, thunder, boom, echo |
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scurrilous
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coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed
obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified |
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sedulous
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persistent, showing industry and determination
assiduous, tireless, indefatigable lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose |
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sleazy
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thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferiorin quality or character; ethically low, mean, disreputable
inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty superior, first-rate, quality, sturdy |