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11940833966archaic(adj.) related or belonging to an earlier time (outdated, old-fashioned, ancient, antiquated, obsolete, primitive, antique)0
11940833967carouse(v.) to take part in wild, noisy merrymaking (booze, drink, frolic, imbibe, play, quaff, revel, riot, roister, spree, wassail)1
11940837734chicanery(n.) clever deception through the use of misleading or confusing words or acts (dishonesty, duplicity, cheating, deviousness, fraud, ploy, dodge)2
11940841328contentious(adj.) causing or marked by argument or conflict (antagonistic, combative, argumentative, aggressive, barbaric, disputatious, battling)3
11940841330dissemble(v.) to conceal with an intent to deceive (camouflage, cloak, counterfeit, cover, fake, falsify, hide, mask, sham, shroud)4
11940846344egregious(adj.) conspicuously bad; flagrant (atrocious, deplorable, heinous, intolerable, scandalous, nefarious, preposterous)5
11940848996execrate(v.) to utterly abhor; to denounce as detestable (abominate, excommunicate, censure, condemn, curse, despise, denounce, execrate)6
11940848997fealty(n.) faithfulness; allegiance (loyalty, constancy, devotion, fidelity, obligation, duty)7
11940852766microcosm(n.) a small system that operates or develops like a larger system; a miniature world (planet, globe, earth, nature, cosmos, creation, star, universe, heavenly body)8
11940855695paroxysm(n.) a sudden, violent, and uncontrollable action or occurrence (convulsion, agitation, anger, eruption, explosion, frenzy, fury, outbreak, rage, outburst, passion)9
11940858240pecuniary(adj.) having to do with money (banking, budgeting, business, economic, fiscal, commercial, financial)10
11940858241rectitude(n.) high moral character (decency, honesty, integrity, morality, righteousness, virtue, goodness)11
11940861032stratagem(n.) a clever scheme for gaining an end (gimmick, ruse, subterfuge, wile, con, deception, hoax, fabrication)12
11940863766stultify(v.) to render useless or ineffectual; to weaken (mock, decay, decline, fester, rust, rot, stagnate, decline, languish, atrophy)13
11940863767vendetta(n.) a blood feud; a prolonged and bitter feud (bickering, grudge, hostility, quarrel, revenge, rivalry, squabble, conflict, discord, dispute)14

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