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subjugate

[suhb-juh-geyt]

to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master

equanimous

[ih-kwan-uh-muhs]

having or showing equanimity; even-tempered

effete

[ih-feet]

lacking in wholesome vigor; decadent

calumniate

[kuh-luhm-nee-eyt]

to make false and malicious statements about; slander

dirigible

[dir-i-juh-buhl]

an airship

juggernaut

[juhg-er-nawt]

any large, overpowering force or object, such as war, a giant battleship, or a powerful football team

cynosure

[sahy-nuh-shoor]

something that strongly attracts attention by its brilliance, interest, etc.

pernicious

[per-nish-uhs]

causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful

rapscallion

[rap-skal-yuhn]

a rascal; rogue; scamp

elegy

[el-i-jee]

a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead

cerulean

[suh-roo-lee-uhn]

deep blue; sky blue; azure

propitious

[pruh-pish-uhs]

presenting favorable conditions; favorable

lachrymose

[lak-ruh-mohs]

suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful

insouciance

[in-soo-see-uhns]

the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference

expatiate

[ik-spey-shee-eyt ]

to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion

dowdy

[dou-dee ]

not stylish; drab; old-fashioned

arabesque

[ar-uh-besk]

fine arts; a sinuous, spiraling, undulating, or serpentine line or linear motif

extrapolate

[ik-strap-uh-leyt]

to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture

gurn

[gurn]

make a comically or repulsively ugly face

mordant

[mawr-dnt]

sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting

miscreant

[mis-kree-uhnt]

a vicious or depraved person; villain

oblique

[oh-bleek]

neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping

solstice

[sol-stis]

either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point

spasmodic

[spaz-mod-ik ]

pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms