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bespeak start learning		indicate
disregard someone start learning		flout
the quality of being obscure start learning		opacity
badly conceived or planned- (adjective) not deserving to be respected or thought valuable- start learning		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 start learning		portent, Many birds are regarded as being portents of death.
beyond what is normal or natural-Autumn had arrived with preternatural speed. start learning		preternatural
a bitter attack or denunciation, especially a verbal one-The lecture was a tremendous philippic against our culture. start learning		philippic
the quality of having strong moral principles start learning		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. start learning		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. start learning		resile
irritable and quarrelsome start learning		fractious
modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence- start learning		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 start learning		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- start learning		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 start learning		skive off (lesson)
characterized by exaggerated or affected politeness, refinement, or respectability- start learning		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 start learning		yarn
a sprinkling of start learning		small amount
prescient start learning		prophetic
a brimful of start learning		big amount
prodigious start learning		large amount
chortle, giggle, sneer start learning		laugh
blubber, snivel, wail, whimper start learning		cry
shout start learning		yelp, holler, howl
a bear start learning		groan
a parrot start learning		squawk
pig start learning		grunts
turkey start learning		gobble
small worthless objects start learning		knick-knacks
used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty start learning		strait
make (someone or their way of life) more refined or polite start learning		gentrify
based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason start learning		arbitrary
lose momentum, will, or desire start learning		shrivel
arduous, onerous start learning		taxing
dumbfound start learning		confound
the flowers simply shrivelled up start learning		wrinkle
unffettered access to those dopamine producing devices start learning		not confined
infraction start learning		infringement of a law
scarcity start learning		paucity
beyond the province of the law start learning		extralegal
teed off start learning		annoyed
continue to demand (a particular thing) start learning		hold out for
looks up to code start learning		adequate
impertinence and style start learning		brashness and swagger
state of being extremely poor start learning		penury
arise hostility in start learning		antagonize
official order laying claim to the use of property or materials start learning		requisition
take posesion of, seize start learning		comandeer
demand the use of sth by official order start learning		requisition, requistion cereal products at fixed prices
organize differently start learning		rejig schedules
a piece of music because sb has died start learning		dirge
having committed a fault or sin start learning		(archaic) peccant officials
liable to change start learning		mutable nature of fashion
strike very hard start learning		wallop
smelling or tasting unpleasent because it's old and stale start learning		rancid meat
nauseouus start learning		queasy
practice, as distinueshed from theory start learning		theory and praxis of criminology
protect in an overindulgent way start learning		cosset
a group of particularly respected, famous people start learning		a pantheon of the all-time greats
a deviation from the norm start learning		solecism
laying down start learning		recumbent, in a reclining state
make an assumption about the past using present-day information start learning		retrodict several theories about what the dinosaurs might have eaten
a pouty expression to show annoyance start learning		moue

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