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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| censure | |
| censure | An official rebuke, as by a legislature of one of its members. |
| censure | To express strong disapproval of or criticize severely, especially in an official capacity |
| censure | to condemn or reprove |
| refute | To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof |
| refute | To deny the accuracy or truth of |
| refute | To repudiate. |
| refute | Deny or contradict (a statement or accusation) |
| contrite | Feeling regret and sorrow for one's sins or offenses; penitent. |
| contrite | Arising from or expressing remorse or sins |
| contrite | Feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong. |
| supplicant | Making or expressing a plea, especially to someone in power or authority. |
| supplicant | A person making a humble or earnest plea to someone in power or authority. |
| supplicant | (verb form) A person making a humble or earnest plea to someone in power or authority. |
| eviscerate | To remove the entrails of; disembowel. |
| eviscerate | To take away a vital or essential part of; weaken, damage, or destroy |
| eviscerate | To remove the contents of (an organ). |
| eviscerate | To remove an organ, such as an eye, from (a patient). |
| meretricious Attracting attention in a vulgar manner | |
| meretricious Plausible but false or insincere; specious | |
| meretricious Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution | |
| meretricious Apparently attractive but having no real value. | |
| meretricious synonym to tawdry | |
| interloper One that interferes with the affairs of others, often for selfish reasons; a meddler. | |
| interloper One that intrudes in a place, situation, or activity | |
| interloper One that trespasses on a trade monopoly, as by conducting unauthorized trade in an area designated to a chartered company. | |
| interloper A ship or other vessel used in such trade. | |
| interloper A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong. | |
| demur To voice opposition; object | |
| demur An objection. | |
| demur To delay. | |
| demur Raise objections or show reluctance. | |
| demur The action of objecting to or hesitating over something. | |
| tentative Not fully worked out, concluded, certain, or agreed on; provisional | |
| tentative Indicating a lack of confidence or certainty; hesitant | |
| compunction A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad. | |
| compunction synonym to a contrite | |
| compunction A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt | |
| compunction A sting of conscience or a pang of doubt aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing | |
| abet To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on. | |
| abet Encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime. | |
| abet providing support | |
| mellifluous (of a sound) pleasingly smooth and musical to hear. | |
| mellifluous Having a pleasant and fluid sound | |
| mellifluous mellow and soft | |
| mellifluous antonym to cacophonous | |
| schism A separation or division into factions | |
| schism A formal breach of union within a religious body, especially a Christian church. | |
| schism b. The offense of attempting to produce such a breach. | |
| schism A split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief | |
| tout To promote or praise energetically in attempt to sell; publicize | |
| tout To solicit or importune (request) | |
| tout To solicit customers, votes, or patronage, especially in a brazen way. | |
| tout To obtain and deal in information on racehorses. | |
| tout One who informs against others; an informer. | |
| tout Spy out the movements and condition of (a racehorse in training) in order to gain information to be used when betting. | |
| tout A person who buys up tickets for an event to resell them at a profit. | |
| tout Used before the name of a city to refer to its high society or people of importance. | |
| noisome Offensive to the point of arousing disgust; foul | |
| noisome Harmful or dangerous | |
| noisome Having an extremely offensive smell. | |
| noisome Very disagreeable or unpleasant. | |
| skeptic One who instinctively or habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions. | |
| skeptic One inclined to skepticism in religious matters. | |
| skeptic A person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions | |
| skeptic Not easily convinced | |
| collude To act together, often in secret, to achieve an illegal or improper purpose | |
| collude to connive or conspire | |
| impervious . Incapable of being penetrated | |
| impervious Incapable of being affected | |
| impervious inpenatrable | |
| impervious resistant to | |
| impervious Not allowing fluid to pass through. | |
| censure | |
| censure | An official rebuke, as by a legislature of one of its members. |
| cacophony a racket (sound) | |
| censure | To express strong disapproval of or criticize severely, especially in an official capacity |
| instill To introduce by gradual, persistent efforts; implant | |
| censure | to condemn or reprove |
| instill to inculcate or imbue | |
| refute | To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof |
| instill Put (a substance) into something in the form of liquid drops. | |
| refute | To deny the accuracy or truth of |
| tawdry Showy but cheap and of poor quality. | |
| refute | To repudiate. |
| refute | Deny or contradict (a statement or accusation) |
| tawdry Shameful or indecent | |
| contrite | Feeling regret and sorrow for one's sins or offenses; penitent. |
| rift A crack, split, or break in something. | |
| contrite | Arising from or expressing remorse or sins |
| contrite | Feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong. |
| rift To split open; break. | |
| supplicant | Making or expressing a plea, especially to someone in power or authority. |
| rift . A shallow area in a waterway. | |
| supplicant | A person making a humble or earnest plea to someone in power or authority. |
| supplicant | (verb form) A person making a humble or earnest plea to someone in power or authority. |
| remonstrate Make a forcefully reproachful protest. | |
| eviscerate | To remove the entrails of; disembowel. |
| remonstrate sold or repremend something because you do not agree with something | |
| eviscerate | To take away a vital or essential part of; weaken, damage, or destroy |
| eviscerate | To remove the contents of (an organ). |
| vaunted Speech of extravagant self-praise. | |
| eviscerate | To remove an organ, such as an eye, from (a patient). |
| meretricious Attracting attention in a vulgar manner | |
| meretricious Plausible but false or insincere; specious | |
| meretricious Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution | |
| meretricious Apparently attractive but having no real value. | |
| meretricious synonym to tawdry | |
| interloper One that interferes with the affairs of others, often for selfish reasons; a meddler. | |
| interloper One that intrudes in a place, situation, or activity | |
| interloper One that trespasses on a trade monopoly, as by conducting unauthorized trade in an area designated to a chartered company. | |
| interloper A ship or other vessel used in such trade. | |
| interloper A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong. | |
| demur To voice opposition; object | |
| demur An objection. | |
| demur To delay. | |
| demur Raise objections or show reluctance. | |
| demur The action of objecting to or hesitating over something. | |
| tentative Not fully worked out, concluded, certain, or agreed on; provisional | |
| tentative Indicating a lack of confidence or certainty; hesitant | |
| compunction A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad. | |
| compunction synonym to a contrite | |
| compunction A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt | |
| compunction A sting of conscience or a pang of doubt aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing | |
| abet To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on. | |
| abet Encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime. | |
| abet providing support | |
| mellifluous (of a sound) pleasingly smooth and musical to hear. | |
| mellifluous Having a pleasant and fluid sound | |
| mellifluous mellow and soft | |
| mellifluous antonym to cacophonous | |
| schism A separation or division into factions | |
| schism A formal breach of union within a religious body, especially a Christian church. | |
| schism b. The offense of attempting to produce such a breach. | |
| schism A split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief | |
| tout To promote or praise energetically in attempt to sell; publicize | |
| tout To solicit or importune (request) | |
| tout To solicit customers, votes, or patronage, especially in a brazen way. | |
| tout To obtain and deal in information on racehorses. | |
| tout One who informs against others; an informer. | |
| tout Spy out the movements and condition of (a racehorse in training) in order to gain information to be used when betting. | |
| tout A person who buys up tickets for an event to resell them at a profit. | |
| tout Used before the name of a city to refer to its high society or people of importance. | |
| noisome Offensive to the point of arousing disgust; foul | |
| noisome Harmful or dangerous | |
| noisome Having an extremely offensive smell. | |
| noisome Very disagreeable or unpleasant. | |
| skeptic One who instinctively or habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions. | |
| skeptic One inclined to skepticism in religious matters. | |
| skeptic A person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions | |
| skeptic Not easily convinced | |
| collude To act together, often in secret, to achieve an illegal or improper purpose | |
| collude to connive or conspire | |
| impervious . Incapable of being penetrated | |
| impervious Incapable of being affected | |
| impervious inpenatrable | |
| impervious resistant to | |
| impervious Not allowing fluid to pass through. | |
| cacophony jarring, discordant sound; dissonance | |
| cacophony A harsh discordant mixture of sounds. | |
| cacophony a racket (sound) | |
| instill To introduce by gradual, persistent efforts; implant | |
| instill Gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude) in a person's mind. | |
| instill to inculcate or imbue | |
| instill Put (a substance) into something in the form of liquid drops. | |
| tawdry Showy but cheap and of poor quality. | |
| tawdry Sordid or unpleasant. | |
| tawdry Cheap and gaudy finery. | |
| tawdry Shameful or indecent | |
| rift A crack, split, or break in something. | |
| rift A major fault separating blocks of the earth's surface | |
| rift A serious break in friendly relations. | |
| rift To split open; break. | |
| rift . A shallow area in a waterway. | |
| rift The backwash of a wave that has broken upon a beach. | |
| remonstrate To say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof. | |
| remonstrate Make a forcefully reproachful protest. | |
| remonstrate sold or repremend something because you do not agree with something | |
| vaunted To speak or write about (something) in a strongly positive way; praise or boast about. | |
| vaunted To speak boastfully; brag | |
| vaunted Speech of extravagant self-praise. | |
| vaunted Praised about or admired, especially in an excessive way. | |
| vaunted antonym to critisize | |
| censure | |
| censure | An official rebuke, as by a legislature of one of its members. |
| censure | To express strong disapproval of or criticize severely, especially in an official capacity |
| censure | to condemn or reprove |
| refute | To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof |
| refute | To deny the accuracy or truth of |
| refute | To repudiate. |
| refute | Deny or contradict (a statement or accusation) |
| contrite | Feeling regret and sorrow for one's sins or offenses; penitent. |
| contrite | Arising from or expressing remorse or sins |
| contrite | Feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong. |
| supplicant | Making or expressing a plea, especially to someone in power or authority. |
| supplicant | A person making a humble or earnest plea to someone in power or authority. |
| supplicant | (verb form) A person making a humble or earnest plea to someone in power or authority. |
| eviscerate | To remove the entrails of; disembowel. |
| eviscerate | To take away a vital or essential part of; weaken, damage, or destroy |
| eviscerate | To remove the contents of (an organ). |
| eviscerate | To remove an organ, such as an eye, from (a patient). |
| meretricious Attracting attention in a vulgar manner | |
| meretricious Plausible but false or insincere; specious | |
| meretricious Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution | |
| meretricious Apparently attractive but having no real value. | |
| meretricious synonym to tawdry | |
| interloper One that interferes with the affairs of others, often for selfish reasons; a meddler. | |
| interloper One that intrudes in a place, situation, or activity | |
| interloper One that trespasses on a trade monopoly, as by conducting unauthorized trade in an area designated to a chartered company. | |
| interloper A ship or other vessel used in such trade. | |
| interloper A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong. | |
| demur To voice opposition; object | |
| demur An objection. | |
| demur To delay. | |
| demur Raise objections or show reluctance. | |
| demur The action of objecting to or hesitating over something. | |
| tentative Not fully worked out, concluded, certain, or agreed on; provisional | |
| tentative Indicating a lack of confidence or certainty; hesitant | |
| compunction A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad. | |
| compunction synonym to a contrite | |
| compunction A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt | |
| compunction A sting of conscience or a pang of doubt aroused by wrongdoing or the prospect of wrongdoing | |
| abet To approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on. | |
| abet Encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime. | |
| abet providing support | |
| mellifluous (of a sound) pleasingly smooth and musical to hear. | |
| mellifluous Having a pleasant and fluid sound | |
| mellifluous mellow and soft | |
| mellifluous antonym to cacophonous | |
| schism A separation or division into factions | |
| schism A formal breach of union within a religious body, especially a Christian church. | |
| schism b. The offense of attempting to produce such a breach. | |
| schism A split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties, caused by differences in opinion or belief | |
| tout To promote or praise energetically in attempt to sell; publicize | |
| tout To solicit or importune (request) | |
| tout To solicit customers, votes, or patronage, especially in a brazen way. | |
| tout To obtain and deal in information on racehorses. | |
| tout One who informs against others; an informer. | |
| tout Spy out the movements and condition of (a racehorse in training) in order to gain information to be used when betting. | |
| tout A person who buys up tickets for an event to resell them at a profit. | |
| tout Used before the name of a city to refer to its high society or people of importance. | |
| noisome Offensive to the point of arousing disgust; foul | |
| noisome Harmful or dangerous | |
| noisome Having an extremely offensive smell. | |
| noisome Very disagreeable or unpleasant. | |
| skeptic One who instinctively or habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions. | |
| skeptic One inclined to skepticism in religious matters. | |
| skeptic A person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions | |
| skeptic Not easily convinced | |
| collude To act together, often in secret, to achieve an illegal or improper purpose | |
| collude to connive or conspire | |
| impervious . Incapable of being penetrated | |
| impervious Incapable of being affected | |
| impervious inpenatrable | |
| impervious resistant to | |
| impervious Not allowing fluid to pass through. | |
| cacophony jarring, discordant sound; dissonance | |
| cacophony A harsh discordant mixture of sounds. | |
| cacophony a racket (sound) | |
| instill To introduce by gradual, persistent efforts; implant | |
| instill Gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude) in a person's mind. | |
| instill to inculcate or imbue | |
| instill Put (a substance) into something in the form of liquid drops. | |
| tawdry Showy but cheap and of poor quality. | |
| tawdry Sordid or unpleasant. | |
| tawdry Cheap and gaudy finery. | |
| tawdry Shameful or indecent | |
| rift A crack, split, or break in something. | |
| rift A major fault separating blocks of the earth's surface | |
| rift A serious break in friendly relations. | |
| rift To split open; break. | |
| rift . A shallow area in a waterway. | |
| rift The backwash of a wave that has broken upon a beach. | |
| remonstrate To say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof. | |
| remonstrate Make a forcefully reproachful protest. | |
| remonstrate sold or repremend something because you do not agree with something | |
| vaunted To speak or write about (something) in a strongly positive way; praise or boast about. | |
| vaunted To speak boastfully; brag | |
| vaunted Speech of extravagant self-praise. | |
| vaunted Praised about or admired, especially in an excessive way. | |
| vaunted antonym to critisize | |
| conjecture Opinion or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork | |
| conjecture An unproven mathematical or scientific theorem. | |
| conjecture An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information. | |
| conjecture a presumption | |
| conjecture Form an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information. |
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