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| 221054478 | ostentatious | adj. S: pretentious, affected, showy, brazen A: modest | |
| 221054479 | invective | n. S: diatribe, criticism, tirade, abuse, denunciation A: praise | |
| 221054480 | cumbrous | adj. S: large & unwieldy, cumbersome, bulky, heavy A: manageable | |
| 221054481 | peruse | v. S: examine, scrutinize, inspect A: skim | |
| 221054482 | tawdry | adj. S: cheap, gaudy, flashy, tasteless, crude | |
| 221054483 | dregs | n. S: remains, sediment, lees, waste, scum, rabble, losers, trash | |
| 221054484 | oblique | adj. S: slanted, tilted, leaning A: upright | |
| 221054485 | fortuitous | adj. S: accidental occurrence with a happy outcome, lucky chance A: ominous | |
| 221054486 | oblique | adj. S: indirect, implicit, circuitous A: direct | |
| 221054487 | lees | n. remains, residue, silt, wine sediment | |
| 221054488 | irremediable | adj. S: permanent, irreversible, irrevocable, severe A: transitory, mutable | |
| 221054489 | ameliorate | v. S: improve, amend, revolutionize A: worse, deteriorate | |
| 221054490 | allegory | n. S: a work in which the characters & events are to be understood as representing other things & symbolically expressing a deeper, often more spiritual, moral, or political meaning. | |
| 221054491 | suffice | v. S: be sufficient, be enough, be adequate, do A: insufficient | |
| 221054492 | quotidian | adj. S: commonplace, done daily A: exceptional | |
| 221054493 | morose | adj. S: miserable, glum, sullen, depressed A: cheery | |
| 221054494 | vertiginous | adj. S: dizzying, whirling | |
| 221054495 | excoriate | v. S: criticize, attack, berate, condemn A: commend | |
| 221054496 | excoriate | v. S: peel, pare, skin, strip | |
| 221054497 | conundrum | n. S: puzzle, mystery, challenge, riddle, problem | |
| 221054498 | incorrigible | adj. S: habitual, inveterate, irredeemable, persistent, incurable, hopeless | |
| 221054499 | fallacious | adj. S: untrue, misleading, erroneous, deceptive, wrong | |
| 221054500 | regionalism | n. S: in linguistics, a feature, e.g. a word, pronunciation, or expression that is found only in a particular region or area | |
| 221054501 | classicism | n. commonly refers to a body or thought or work that is derived from or reflects the qualities of ancient Greek & Roman culture. It is commonly opposed to romanticism & realism & generally includes restraint, restricted scope, dominance of reason, sense of form, unity of design and aim, clarity, simplicity, balance intellectualism, moderation & self control. | |
| 221054502 | romanticism | n. S: generally a synonym for idealism, optimism, & impracticality. A reaction to classicism. Characteristics include primitivism, sensibility, love of nature, interest in the past, esp. medieval or gothic, mysticism, individualism, natural language, & freer forms and topics, etc. A: realism is its opposite. | |
| 221054503 | realism | n. S: pragmatism & practicality. Refers to work of the 19th cent. Reaction vs. Romanticism. Finds its subjects in bourgeois life & manners & fixes its attention on the immediate, the here & now, specific action & the verfiable consequence. | |
| 221054504 | naturalism | movement or school advocating factual or realistic description of life including its less pleasant aspects. |
