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Post by dilvish on Apr 29, 2024 12:57:52 GMT -5
Something described as palpable is obvious and notable. Palpable may also be used as a synonym of tangible to describe something that can be perceived by one's sense of touch.
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Post by dilvish on Apr 29, 2024 12:58:45 GMT -5
An exodus is a situation in which many people leave a place at the same time—in other words a mass departure or emigration.
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Post by dilvish on Apr 29, 2024 12:58:56 GMT -5
To bourgeon is to grow or develop quickly—in other words to flourish, blossom or sprout.
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Post by dilvish on Apr 29, 2024 12:59:08 GMT -5
Tendentious is a formal word used disapprovingly to describe someone or something expressing a strongly biased point of view in a way that may cause argument.
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Post by dilvish on Apr 29, 2024 12:59:36 GMT -5
An homage is something that is done to honor someone or something. It is often used with the word pay (as in “pay homage”) to mean “to respect or honor.”
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Post by dilvish on Apr 29, 2024 12:59:50 GMT -5
Assail has a number of meanings relating to violent or powerful confrontations. It can be a straightforward synonym of assault, as in "assailed by armed robbers," or it can mean "to oppose, challenge, or criticize harshly and forcefully," as in "citizens assailing the proposed changes." It can also mean "to trouble or afflict in a way that threatens to overwhelm," as in "assailed by fears." Assail can also apply to powerful perceptions: a smell that assails you, for example, is strongly noticeable and usually unpleasant. Occasionally, assail is used to mean "to encounter, undertake, or confront energetically," as in "with a deadline fast approaching, we assailed the project with renewed vigor."
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Post by dilvish on Apr 29, 2024 13:00:00 GMT -5
Ken refers to someone’s range of perception, knowledge, or understanding, and is most often used in phrases like “beyond/outside/within one’s ken.”
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Post by dilvish on Apr 29, 2024 13:00:20 GMT -5
Inviolable is a formal term that is used to describe something too important to be ignored or treated with disrespect.
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Post by dilvish on Apr 30, 2024 10:42:18 GMT -5
A demagogue is a political leader who tries to get support by making use of popular prejudices, as well as by making false claims and promises and using arguments based on emotion rather than reason.
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Post by dilvish on May 3, 2024 18:38:45 GMT -5
Something described as cohesive sticks together and forms something closely united. The word is usually used with abstract terms in phrases like "a cohesive social unit" or "a cohesive look/aesthetic." Cohesive can also be used to describe something, such as the design of a room or the plot of a movie, that is coherent—in other words, logically or consistently ordered.
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Post by dilvish on May 3, 2024 18:39:04 GMT -5
Forfend is used in contexts relating to some kind of real or pretended danger or other unpleasantness. In humorous and ironic use, forfend typically appears in the phrase “heaven forfend,” and, like “heaven forbid,” expresses a usually ironic desire that something not happen or be done. In general use, if you forfend something unwanted or undesirable, you ward it off or prevent it; and if you forfend yourself from or against something, you protect or preserve yourself from it.
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Post by dilvish on May 3, 2024 18:39:20 GMT -5
Melee refers to a confused fight or struggle, especially one involving hand-to-hand combat.
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