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repine
[ri-pahyn]
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain
jeremiad
[jer-uh-mahy-uhd]
a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint
dowdy
[dou-dee]
not stylish; drab; old-fashioned
sophistry
[sof-uh-stree]
a false argument; sophism
hector
[hek-ter]
to treat with insolence; bully; torment
insidious
[in-sid-ee-uhs]
intended to entrap or beguile
facile
[fas-il]
moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality
beamish
[bee-mish]
beaming with happiness, optimism, or anticipation
uitwaaien
[out-vahyn]
the Dutch practice of jogging or walking into the wind, especially in the winter, for the purpose of feeling invigorated while relieving stress and boosting one’s general health
comely
[kuhm-lee]
pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair
virulence
[vir-yuh-luhns]
venomous hostility or intense temper
synecdoche
[si-nek-duh-kee]
a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)
vindicate
[vin-di-keyt]
to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like
haughty
[haw-tee]
arrogantly superior and disdainful
complicit
[kuhm-plis-it]
choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity
adulate
[aj-uh-leyt]
to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely