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| 4792097145 | august | pos: adjective d: respected and impressive - imposing, inspiring reverence and admiration, venerable, grand s: distinguished, majestic - prestigious a: undignified - mundane (mund - of the world), trivial, common ex: We stood up respectfully when the august guests entered the room. | 0 | |
| 4792144301 | contrite | pos: adjective d: sense of guilt, desire for atonement, showing great sorrow s: apologetic, remorseful, penitent a: indifferent, shameless ex: After getting into a minor car accident, one driver was contrite and apologized seven times. | 1 | |
| 4792166751 | contrition | pos: noun d: remorse, the state of having guilt s: repentance a: indifference, pride, joy ex: His contrition was overwhelming and he had to confess everything to his friend in order to unburden himself of the weight of his sin. | 2 | |
| 4792169240 | curmudgeon | pos: noun d: a bad-tempered person, a rude person, stingy person s: grouch, whiner - parsimony a: a happy, bubbly person, optimist, preppy ex: The curmudgeon busted his way into the room and, upon hearing bad news, put his fist in the wall. | 3 | |
| 4792169241 | despondent | pos: adjective d: feeling hopeless - having lost heart, courage or hope, forlorn s: discouraged a: cheerful, light-hearted, buoyant ex: The man, feeling despondent, could not think of any solutions, and had given up. | 4 | |
| 4792170763 | ensconce | pos: verb d: to hide, or shelter, cache, occult, settle comfortably s: conceal a: uncover, unveil, expose, reveal ex: The acorns were ensconced in the ground, waiting for the squirrel to return. | 5 | |
| 4792170764 | desultory | pos: adjective d: disconnected, lacking consistency, jumping from one thing to another s: aimless, chaotic - sporadic, erratic, mercurial, capricious a: organized, steady, orderly, systematic, stable, assiduous, determined, methodical, constant ex: The desultory conversation had four people speaking simultaneously, each one attempting to speak over the other. | 6 | |
| 4792171703 | hegemony | pos: noun d: leadership influence exercised by one nation over others, political domination s: command, authority, leadership, dominance, sovereignty, supremacy a: subordination ex: The country's hegemony was strong as they strived to take over the world. | 7 | |
| 4792171704 | supercilious | pos: adjective d: looking or acting as though you are superior to others, showing scorn, arrogant, superior s: condescending, snobby, haughty a: humble, inferior, subordinate, caviler ex: The supercilious man strode around his mansion, head held high as he walked past those whom he believed to be inferior to him. | 8 | |
| 4792172401 | nemesis | pos: noun d: an opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome, just punishment, retribution, and agent of retribution whom you cannot avoid s: rival, enemy, punishment, avenger a: friend, associate ex: He clashed with his nemesis daily, and it seems as though he'll never best her. | 9 | |
| 4792172402 | putative | pos: adjective d: commonly reputed, supposed s: presumptive a: proven, sure, known, demonstrated ex: The putative rumors spread like wildfire even though there was no evidence to prove it's truth. The boy's putative excuse was that his dog ate his homework, but it was discovered that he had no pets. | 10 | |
| 4792173575 | prognosticate | pos: verb d: to forecast or predict from fact, indicate beforehand s: foreshadow, forebode, auger, tend, prophecy a: hindsight, retrospect, recollection, reminiscent ex: The birds prognosticated the coming storm and burrowed into their nests. | 11 | |
| 4792173576 | puerile | pos: adjective d: relating to a child (puer - latin for boy), youthful, juvenile, babyish s: immature, infantile a: mature, aged ex: The puerile picture portrayed two stick figures. | 12 | |
| 4792174848 | splenetic | pos: adjective d: peevish, spiteful, having to do with the spleen, bad-tempered, whiny s: bitter a: happy, kind, easy going, complacent, forgiving ex: The splenetic man made a rude remark to everyone who tried to speak to him. | 13 | |
| 4792174849 | stultify | pos: verb d: to make, or cause to appear, foolish, make futile, reduce to foolishness s: mock, stagnate, trammel, discourage, inhibit a: excite, put something in a good light - foster, encourage, nourish, stimnulate ex: The boy's prank of having the principal fall onto a slip-n-slide stultified him, causing the principal to give him detention. | 14 | |
| 4792175785 | vapid | pos: adjective d: lacking life or sharpness, bland, dull, flavorless - jejune s: boring, stale, uninspiring a: vibrant, exciting, lively ex: The vapid soda was flat and tasted of nothing. | 15 | |
| 4792175786 | wrest | pos: verb d: to pull with a violent twist, to get by effort s: wrench, extort, wring a: give, yield ex: She wrested the wrench from the baby's fist to make sure that he didn't hurt himself. | 16 | |
| 4792175787 | zeitgeist | pos: noun d: the general thought or feeling at a particular time, climate of an era s: spirit, theme, outlook, feature, trait, indication a: --- ex: Her tear-jerking poem captured the zeitgeist of the night, as everyone was sad to leave and say goodbye the following day. | 17 |
