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decrepit
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dilapidated, worn out or ruined because of age or neglect
exigent
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pressing; demanding
forebode
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act as an advance warning of something bad; presage, augur
stultify
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cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative; hamper, impede, obstruct
fanciful
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over-imaginative and unrealistic
ever more fanciful proposals were raised
court
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pay special attention to someone in an attenpt to win their support or favour
tv show courted abour the judge and juror
prohibitive
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so high as to prevent something being done or brought
soporific
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tending to indice drowsiness or sleep
servitude
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slavery, enslavement
factious
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relating or inclined to dissention; divided split sectarian schismatic
subliminal
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subconscious, below the threshold. OPP explicit
fanaticism
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the quality of being fanatical, zealotry, extremism, chauvanism
unwittingly
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unintentional, unknowing
foist/foisted 📪
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impose an unwelcome or unnecessary person or thing on
she had no desire to have an elderly relative foisted on her
plaudits
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praise, commendation, acclamation
euphemism
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a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt
excoriation/ excoriate
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criticize severly
dissipation
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debauchery, overindulgence in sensual pleasures; dissipated living
subjugate
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conquer, bring under domination or control, defeat, vanquish
renege
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go back on a promise, undertaking or contract
the govt had reneged on its election promises
desolate
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miserable, sad, unhappy
revile
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criticize, censure
he was now reviled by the party that he had helped to lead
impugn
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call into question
precursor
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forerunner, predecessor
pulverize
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grind, defeat
precipitate
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cause
allege
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claim or assert
he alleged that he had beeb assaulted
desolate
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miserable
disquietude
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a state of uneasiness or anxiety
uncouth
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uncivilized, uncultured, lacking good manners, refinement or grace
jack titanic
felicitate
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congratulate
gluttonous
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greedy
parsimonious
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miserly, niggardly
penurious
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poor
impassive
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not feeling or showing emotion
reprehend
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reprimand
munificent
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generous
languorous
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langour, lassitude
platitude
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cliché
retribution
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punishment
abnegation
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renouncing or rejecting something
dispel
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make a doubt feeling or belief disapper
he dispelled all by anxiety
verisimilar
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like truth, appears to be true but is not
confer
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consult, have discussion, exchange opinions
verity
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truth
incognizant
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lacking knowledge or awareness
injunction
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order
supplication
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supplicate, entreaty, plea
cozened
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cozen, trick or deceive
do not think to cozen your contemporaries
abscised
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cut off
eulogistic
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eulogy
ardent
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avid, enthusiastic, passionate
bequeath
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leave property to a person or other beneficiary by a will
he bequeathed his art collection to the town
flagitious
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criminal, villainous
festoon
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adorn, decorate, garland
iniquity
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wickedness, immoral
inequity makes a person iniquity

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