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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:35:04 GMT -5
Unfettered describes what is not controlled or restricted. It is a synonym of both free and unrestrained.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:35:37 GMT -5
To capitulate is to surrender to an enemy, often after negotiating terms, or to stop trying to fight or resist something.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:35:47 GMT -5
Someone or something described as vivacious is happy and lively in an appealing way.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:35:58 GMT -5
A lexicographer is an author or editor of a dictionary.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:36:16 GMT -5
Docile is used to describe those who are easily taught, led, or managed.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:36:27 GMT -5
Ne plus ultra refers to the highest point of development or success that something may achieve; it is a synonym of acme.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:36:37 GMT -5
To emote is to express emotion in a very dramatic or obvious way.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:36:50 GMT -5
Bailiwick refers to the domain or sphere in which someone has superior knowledge or authority.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:38:19 GMT -5
Something described as quotidian occurs every day or occurs routinely or typically. More broadly, quotidian is used as a synonym of commonplace and ordinary.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:38:30 GMT -5
Damask refers to a usually shiny, thick fabric (as of linen, cotton, silk, or rayon) made with patterns. The word can also be used as a synonym of Damascus steel, or for a grayish red color.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:38:40 GMT -5
To prognosticate is to predict or foreshadow something.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:38:52 GMT -5
Someone or something described as acquisitive is characterized by a strong desire to own or acquire more things.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:39:03 GMT -5
Zeitgeber refers to an environmental agent or event (such as the occurrence of light or dark) that provides the stimulus which sets or resets an organism’s biological clock.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:39:13 GMT -5
Gratuitous describes things that are not necessary, appropriate, or justified, as in "a gratuitous insult" or "a gratuitous assumption." Gratuitous can also mean "free."
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:39:23 GMT -5
Signet refers to a seal used officially to give personal authority to a document in lieu of a signature, or to the impression made by or as if by such a seal.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:39:35 GMT -5
To absolve someone is to free them from a responsibility or commitment, or from the consequences of guilt
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:39:54 GMT -5
Fissile describes materials that are capable of undergoing fission—that is, the process in which the nucleus of a heavy atom is split apart, releasing a large amount of energy. Fissile can also be used to describe something, such as wood or crystals, capable of or prone to being split or divided in the direction of the grain along natural planes.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:40:04 GMT -5
A MacGuffin is an object, event, or character in a film or story that serves to set and keep the plot in motion despite usually lacking intrinsic importance.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:40:17 GMT -5
Someone or something described as callous does not feel or show any concern about the problems or suffering of other people.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:40:29 GMT -5
Quirk refers to an unusual habit or way of behaving. It can also refer to something strange that happens by chance, as in “a quirk of fate.”
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:40:44 GMT -5
Inveigh is a formal word that means "to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently." Like its synonym rail, it's typically used with against.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:40:55 GMT -5
Maladroit is an adjective that means "incompetent" or "very awkward." It is usually used in formal speech and writing, and often describes people who lack skill in handling situations.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:41:15 GMT -5
Cupid is the Roman god of erotic love. The word cupid in lowercase refers to a figure that represents Cupid as a naked usually winged boy often holding a bow and arrow.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:41:27 GMT -5
Enervate is a formal word used for situations in which someone or something is being sapped of physical or mental vigor, vitality, or strength. The verb is most common in the participial forms enervated and enervating, as in "children enervated by the summer afternoon heat" and "a tedious discussion we found completely enervating."
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:41:39 GMT -5
Turbid is a formal word that has several meanings having to do with literal or figurative muddiness or cloudiness. It's most often used literally to describe water that is thick or opaque with stirred-up sediment, as in "the river's turbid waters"; similarly, turbid air is smoky or misty. In figurative use, turbid describes things that lack clarity, as in "efforts to clear my turbid mind."
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:41:51 GMT -5
When you have a rapport with someone, your relationship is characterized by agreement, mutual understanding, or empathy that makes communication possible or easy.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 19, 2024 1:42:02 GMT -5
To fathom something is to understand the reason for its existence or occurrence.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 23, 2024 11:05:30 GMT -5
Something described as prestigious has the respect and admiration that someone or something gets for being successful or important.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 23, 2024 11:05:51 GMT -5
A buttress is a structure built against a wall in order to support or strengthen it. More broadly, buttress may refer to anything that supports or strengthens. Buttress may also refer to something that resembles a buttress, such as a projecting part of a mountain or hill, a horny protuberance on a horse's hoof at the heel, or the broadened base of a tree trunk or a thickened vertical part of it.
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Post by dilvish on Feb 23, 2024 11:06:03 GMT -5
To lampoon someone or something is to ridicule that person or thing, especially through the use of harsh satire.
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