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| 266256325 | abstruse | Dealing with matters difficult to be understood. | |
| 266256326 | obtuse | dull, stupid | |
| 266256327 | subjugate | Bring under domination or control, esp. by conquest. Make someone or something subordinate to. | |
| 266256328 | chicanery | trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry: He resorted to the worst flattery and chicanery to win the job. a quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive, or evade. | |
| 266256329 | capricious | subject to whim, fickle (The young girl's capricious tendencies made it difficult for her to focus on achieving her goals.) | |
| 266256330 | gauche | lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless: Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche. inept, clumsy, maladroit; coarse, gross, uncouth. | |
| 266256331 | winnow | to subject to some process of separating or distinguishing; analyze critically; sift: to winnow a mass of statements. to separate or distinguish (valuable from worthless parts) (sometimes followed by out): to winnow falsehood from truth. | |
| 266256332 | castigate | to criticize or reprimand severely. to punish in order to correct. | |
| 266256333 | kowtow | to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference. to touch the forehead to the ground while kneeling, as an act of worship, reverence, apology, etc., especially in former Chinese custom noun the act of kowtowing | |
| 266256334 | sanguine | cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations; reddish; ruddy: a sanguine complexion; (in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc. | |
| 266256335 | paradigm | the way we believe things ought to be done. | |
| 266256336 | paradox | sounds like it couldn't be true, but it is. | |
| 266256337 | nuance | small differences | |
| 266256338 | dilettante | a person who claims knowledge in a subject without having real knowledge. | |
| 266256339 | dichotomy | two mutually exclusive, contradictory ideas or groups. | |
| 266256340 | non sequitur | does not follow. | |
| 266256341 | epiphany | sudden insight. | |
| 266256342 | conundrum | a problem. | |
| 266256343 | demure | not showy. | |
| 266256344 | cavalier | don't take a serious thing seriously. | |
| 266256345 | torpor | state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility. | |
| 266256346 | apathy | dullness. | |
| 266256347 | quid pro quo | something given or received for something else. | |
| 266256348 | bildungsroman | a novel about the moral and psychological growth of the main character. | |
| 266256349 | impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity. | |
| 266256350 | conversant | having knowledge or experience. | |
| 266256351 | layman | a person who does not belong to a particular profession or who is not expert in some field. | |
| 266256352 | impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion. | |
| 266256353 | bowdlerize | to expurgate (as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar. | |
| 266256354 | churlish | marked by a lack of civility or graciousness. | |
| 266256355 | acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters. | |
| 266256356 | maudlin | showing or expressing too much emotion especially in a foolish or annoying way. | |
| 266256357 | elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis. | |
| 266256358 | untrammeled | Not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered. | |
| 266256359 | redolent | Fragrant; smelling, reminiscent | |
| 266256360 | curmudgeon | crusty, ill-tempered, opinionated | |
| 266256361 | pariah | despised, rejected or outcasted | |
| 266256362 | mercurial | rapid and unpredictable changes of mood | |
| 266256363 | loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance | |
| 266256364 | coddle | to treat someone with too much care or kindness, to pamper | |
| 266256365 | ignominious | humiliating or dishonorable |
