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Obsequious-Parody

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obsequious exhibiting a fawning attentiveness; kowtowing
obstinate stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
obstreperous noisy; defiant; unruly
obtuse lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression; thickheaded, simple-minded, dull-witted
obviate to anticipate and make unnecessary; intervene, preclude, avert
occlude to obstruct or block; clog, congest
odious evoking intense aversion or dislike; repugnant
officious meddlesome; pushy in one's services; intrusive
ombudsman a person who investigates citizens' complaints; mediator
onerous troubling; burdensome; arduous, grueling, laborious
opaque impenetrable by light; not reflecting light; turbid
opprobrium disgrace; contempt; scorn
ossified tending to become more rigid; conventional; turned into bone
ostensible seeming; appearing as such; outward
ostentatious characterized by or given to pretentiousness; showy
overweening presumptuously arrogant; overbearing; excessive
palliate to make something appear less serious; to make less severe; mitigate
panegyric formal praise; encomium
pariah an outcast; a rejected and despised person; leper
parody a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art; satire, lampoon, caricature
Created by: kr_edwards04
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