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14680436551Colloquial(col-o-kwee-ul) -adj-conversational, used in informal speech; idiomatic0
14680447599colloquialism -n-slang1
14680449684corroborate -v- corroboration-n corroborative-adjto support w/ evidence; to strengthen, confirm, or substantiate (in terms of an argument or testimony)2
14680472363tryst(trist) -n-a secret meeting of lovers; a rendezvous3
14688542475laconic -adj-unwilling or unlikely to talk or communicate; silent ; brief in speech, using very few words4
14688551061extol -v-to praise highly ; to exalt or admire5
14688556050faction -n-a group, or part of a large group, united on one issue6
14696109346abdicate -v- abdication -nto relinquish (a high office, power or responsibility) formally, as in a king stepping down; to resign7
14696111312imp -n- impish -adja mischievous child; a small demon8
14696115236absolve -v- absolution -nto pronounce clear of guilt or blame; to relieve of a requirement/obligation; to pardon or remit (a sin)9
14715005706nepotism -n-showing a bias or partiality to friends/family, esp. in regards to politicians granting jobs, contracts, or favors10
14715040393tony -adj-marked by an elegant or exclusive manner or quality fashionable, trendy, aristocratic11
14715054694impugn (im-Pune) -v-to attack as a false or questionable; to challenge in argument (as in a person's testimony or reputation)12

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