noun:a person who flatters someone to gain advantage
Example: The prime minister is surrounded by sycophants
obsequious
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adjective:obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
Example: they were served by obsequious waiters
servile
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adjective:having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others
Example: he bowed his head in a servile manner
fecund
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adjective:highly fertile, capable of producing an abundance of offspring
Example:fecund ant queen produces enough progeny
imperious
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adjective:arrogant and domineering
Example: his imperious demands
forebear
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noun:ancestor
Example: generations of his forebears had lived in London
harbinger
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1. noun <br>
2. verb:1. one who initiates a major change <br>
2. to give a warning or prediction of
Example: 1. her father's successful job interview was seen as a harbinger of better times to come
2. the hope that the housing slump does not harbinger a general economic recession
aver
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verb:assert
Example: he averred that he was innocent of the allegations
sanguine
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adjective:optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation
Example: with his pleasingly sanguine personality, he approaches event the bitterest disputes
supplant
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verb:supercede and replace
Example:supplanted the broader goal of returning to profitability
paltry
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adjective:small amount
Example: the shrimp can discriminate only a paltry range of colors
write off
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phrasal verb:dismiss someone or something as insignificant
Example: Her poor grades might easily be written off as simple laziness
sedate
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adjective:calm, serene
Example: his comparably sedate writings
solvent
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adjective:able to pay one's debts
Example: the company was solvent
spokesperson
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noun:person who makes statements on behalf of someone
Example: The mayor’s top aide and spokesperson
pundit
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noun:an expert, who gives opinion in authorative manner
Example: forehead of a Hindu pundit is also partly composed of it
arbiter
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noun:a person who settles dispute in authorative manner
Example: the Secretary of State is the final arbiter
idiosyncrasy
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noun:a mode of behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual
Example: manage the mayor’s idiosyncrasies was her sole qualification
neophyte
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noun:newbie
Example: began her tenure as a political neophyte
concede
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verb:admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it
Example: Critics of the media concede that blatant misstatement of the truth is rare for the media
blatant
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adjective:very obvious, done openly
Example: Critics of the media concede that blatant misstatement of the truth is rare for the media
clamorous
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adjective:noisy
Example: over the clamorous objections of preservationists
preservationist
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noun:person who wants to preserve (historic buildings, artefacts)
Example: over the clamorous objections of preservationists
detract
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verb:diminish in value
Example: these objections in no way detract from her achievement
quibble
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noun:objection
Example: these quibbles in no way detract from her achievement
rove
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verb:wander
Example: he spent most of the 1990s roving about the Caribbean
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noun:the action or practice of acting as if one were morally superior to other people.
Example: Her demeanor should not be misinterpreted as sanctimony
scrupulous
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adjective:careful, extremely attentive to details
Example: the research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail
prim
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adjective:showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper
Example: a very prim and proper lady
pontificate
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verb:express one's opinions in a pompous and dogmatic way
Example: she is not the one to pontificate about the moral frailties of others
foreboding
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noun:feeling that something bad will happen
Example: with a sense of foreboding she read the note
frailty
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noun:the condition of being weak and delicate
Example: she is not the one to pontificate about the moral frailties of others
behest
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noun:a person's orders or command.
Example: they had assembled at his behest
lest
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conjunction:for fear that (clause expressive of an action/occurrence requiring caution)
Example: Art museums must carefully determine the provenance of works they acquire, lest they inadvertently fuel a market for stolen art
larceny
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noun:theft of personal property
Example:You don't need it!
luridly
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adverb:in a shocking way
Example: The book is one in a series of sensational, luridly titled crime stories
repertory
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noun:the performance of various plays, operas, or ballets by a company at regular short intervals
Example: a repertory actor
amble
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verb:walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace.
Example: they ambled along the riverbank
respose
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noun:a state of rest, sleep, or tranquillity
Example: in repose her face looked relaxed
saunter
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verb:walk in a slow, relaxed manner
Example: Adam sauntered into the room
jaunt
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noun:a short excursion or journey made for pleasure
Example: her regular jaunts to Europe
avant-garde
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noun:new and experimental ideas
Example: her fragmented geometric designs – considered by some too avant-garde to actually be built
stark
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adjective:complete; sheer.
Example: he came running back in stark terror
unembellished
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adjective:not decorated
Example: the unembellished truth
outmoded
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adjective:old fashioned
Example: Although the aerospace company has a reputation for being an outmoded manufacturer
adept
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adjective:skilled and proficient
Example: she is adept at cutting through red tape
mercenary
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adjective:primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics
Example: she's nothing but a mercenary little gold-digger
lackey
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noun:servant
Example:lackeys were waiting to help them from the carriage
slanderous
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adjective:(of a spoken statement) false and malicious.
Example:slanderous allegations
doyenne
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noun:the most respected or prominent woman in a particular field
Example: the fashion doyenne commented
amuse
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verb:cause (someone) to find something funny.
Example: he made faces to amuse her
lackadaisical
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adjective:lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy
Example: calling its own progeny lackadaisical
slacking
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verb:less active
Example: Every generation is accused of slacking by preceding ones
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noun:a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
Example: her husband's sharp vicissitudes of fortune
serendipity
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noun:the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
Example: a fortunate stroke of serendipity
akimbo
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adverb:position - with hands on the hips and elbows turned outwards
Example: she stood with arms akimbo, frowning at the small boy
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adverb:Stay or cause to stay up-to-date
Example: the professor takes pains to remain abreast of latest developments
obtuse
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adjective:annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand
Example: he wondered if the doctor was being deliberately obtuse
subservient
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adjective:he wondered if the doctor was being deliberately obtuse
Example: she was subservient to her parents
askance
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adverb:with an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval
Example: the reformers looked askance at the mystical tradition
retrospective
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noun:a show of the work an artist has done in their life so far
Example: The exhibit is not so much a retrospective
dissolution
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noun:act or process of ending a work/agreement
Example: any evidence of his ultimate dissolution is absent
paean
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noun:a creative work expressing enthusiastic praise
Example: he's created a filmic paean to his hero
polemic
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noun:a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something
Example: his polemic against the cultural relativism of the Sixties
panacea
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noun:a cure to all problems
Example: technology is not a panacea for all our problems.
hale
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adjective:(of an old person) strong and healthy
Example: he's only just sixty, very hale and hearty
flagging
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adjective:becoming tired or less dynamic
Example: the players were visibly flagging
lissome
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adjective:(of a person or their body) thin, supple, and graceful.
Example: that outfit that should be left to lissom teenagers