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alleviate v. DEFINITIONS: relieve; to make less severe or more bearableSYNONYMS: allay, assuage, palliate
paramount adj. DEFINITONS: principle; primary; dominantSYNONYMS: commanding, foremost, preeminent
efficacy n. DEFINITIONS: efficiency; productivenessSYNONYMS: effect, potency, strength
unctuous adj. DEFINITIONS: sycophantic; ingratiatingSYNONYMS: smarmy, obsequious, groveling
stringent adj. DEFINITIONS: rigid; tightSYNONYMS: confining, exacting, rigorous
peccadillo n. DEFINITION: small faultSYNONYMS: impropriety, indiscretion
oblique adj. DEFINITIONS: slanting; at an angleSYNONYMS: distorted, inclining, sloped
sequacious adj. DEFINITION: easily led or influencedSYNONYMS: compliant, subservient, servile
expeditious adj. DEFINITIONS: immediate, speedySYNONYMS: hasty, prompt, punctual
invidious adj. DEFINITION: behavior arousing animosity or hostilitySYNONYMS: defamatory, hateful, maligning
paladin n. DEFINITIONS: a person revered especially for noble courage; fighter for a causeSYNONYMS: hero, champion
gainsay v. DEFINITION: contradictSYNONYMS: contravene, disclaim, repudiate
emulate v. DEFINITION: to strive to equal, excel, or match actions by imitatingSYNONYMS: mimic, pattern after
eschew v. DEFINITION: to have nothing to do withSYNONYMS: abjure, forswear, renounce
somnolent adj. DEFINITION: sleepySYNONYMS: drowsy, soporific
obfuscate v. DEFINITION: confuseSYNONYMS: befuddle, confound, obscure
bumptious adj. DEFINITION: offensively self-assuredSYNONYMS: cocksure, egotistic, obnoxious
barrage n. DEFINITIONS: bombardment (as with weapons); profusion of somethingSYNONYMS: cannonade, deluge, plethora
eradicate v. DEFINITION: destroy; removeSYNONYMS: annihilate, expunge, liquidate
tyro n. DEFINITION: beginnerSYNINYMS: apprentice, neophyte,novice
nascent adj. DEFINTION: developing; floweringSYNONYMS: budding, burgeoning, fledgling
expunge v. DEFINITION: destroy; obliterateSYNONYMS: delete, eradicate, extirpate
quaff v. DEFINITION: drink downSYNONYMS: gulp, guzzle, imbibe
remand v. DEFINITION: cause stop in actionSYNONYMS: impede, filibuster, hold
assimilate v. DEFINITION: absorb mentally; become adjustedSYNONYMS: comprehend, grasp, acclimatize
malinger v. DEFINITON: evadeSYNONYMS: dodge, shirk
compelling adj. DEFINITION: irresistibleSYNONYMS: fascination, imperative
munificent adj. DEFINITION: giving; generousSYNONYMS: benevolent, magnanimous, philanthropic
incorrigible adj. DEFINITION: bad; hopelessSYNONYMS: incurable, irredeemable, uncorrectable
anecdote n. DEFINITION: interesting or amusing storySYNONYMS: narrative, recital, reminiscence
finis n. DEFINITION: completionSYNONYMS: conclusion, culmination, finalization
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