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Flabbergasted
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Feling shocked, usually because of something you were not expecting:
When they announced her name, the winner just sat there, flabbergasted.
She is flabbergasted by the whole affair.
2
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Uncouth
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Rude or unpolished
3
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Tautology
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Unnecessary repetition of ideas or statements
4
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Slovenly
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Messy in appearance
5
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Scholar
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Specialist with advanced education in a subject
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Plaintiff
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Someone who brings legal action
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Pervade
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Spread through or permeate
8
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Peerless
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Incomparable or unequaled
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Nebulous
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Cloudy or vague
10
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Baroque
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Having bold and complex ornamentation
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Piquant
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Spicy
12
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Saunter
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To walk in a slow, relaxed manner without purpose. Stroll.
13
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Loaf of bread
A
Rebanada de pan
14
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Agglutinate
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To unite or combine
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Commodify
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To make something commercial, sometimes inappropriately
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Disgruntled
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In a state of sulky dissatisfaction
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Eulogize
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To praise formally and eloquently
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Indolent
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Lazy or inactive
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Frivolous
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Silly and not serious
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Irksome
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Irritating or annoying
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Berserk
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Extremely violent or totally out of control
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Abstruse
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Incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding
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Blithe
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Showing a cheerful indifference
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Conjoin
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To combine or join
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Discord
Disagreement between people
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Disburse
Pay out
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Assiduous
Taking great caution with attention to detail
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Cajole
To persuade someone to do something through flattery
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Caustic
Abrasive or bitterly sarcastic
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Officious
Assertive of authority, particularly on trivial issues
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Aberrant
Deviating from an accepted or normal way
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Debonair
Stylish and suave
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Deft
Skillful in physical movement
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Derision
Use of ridicule to demonstrate contempt
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Disparage
To express a negative opinion or regard as being of little worth
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Adamant
Stubborn or refusing to change one's views
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Languorous
Listless or lacking energy
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Flounder
To have difficulties or behave awkwardly
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Sensible
Reasonable or showing sound judgment
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Congeal
To become solid or gelatinous
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Disdain
Feeling of intense dislike
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Diversion
Activity that deflects your attention
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Maudlin
Effusively or insincerely emotional
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Churlish
Rude and boorish
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Appalling
Causing shock or disgust
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Commendable
Worthy of high praise
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Interpolate
To insert something between two points
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Notoriety
State of being well-known for a bad quality
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Pungent
Strong or harsh smell or taste
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Unkempt
Not properly maintained or cared for
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Deadpan
1. A blank, expressionless face.
| 2. A person, especially a performer, who has or assumes a blank expression.
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Matter-of-fact
1. Relating or adhering to facts; literal.
2. Straightforward or unemotional: "the matter-of-fact tones in which the local guides describe the history of the various places" (New York Times).
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Face value
1. The value printed or written on the face, as of a coin or postage stamp.
2. See par value.
3. Apparent significance or value: took their compliments at face value.
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Dumbfounded
Astonished or amazed
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Appraisal
1. the act of estimating or judging the nature or value of something or someone.
2. a valuation, as for sale or taxation.
3. an estimate or considered opinion. Sometimes, ap•praise′ment.
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Disheveled
1. Being in loose disarray; unkempt, as hair or clothing.
| 2. Marked by disorder; untidy: a disheveled pile of books on the library table.
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ill-at-ease
uncomfortable; embarrassed.
| "She feels ill-at-ease at parties"
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Sparingly
he spends his money sparingly → es cuidadoso con el dinero, mira mucho lo que gasta
we used water sparingly → tuvimos cuidado de no gastar mucha agua
he uses colour sparingly → es parco en el uso de los colores
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Gauge
a measuring device; to test; a size: twelve-gauge shotguns; the fineness of knitted fabric: sixty-gauge stockings
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Chastise
1. to discipline or punish, esp by beating
| 2. to scold severely
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Hogwash
1. Worthless, false, or ridiculous speech or writing; nonsense.
2. Garbage fed to hogs; swill.
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Chagrin
A keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance or embarrassment, caused by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event: To her chagrin, the party ended just as she arrived.
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Bewilder
1. To confuse or befuddle, especially by being complicated or varied. See Synonyms at perplex.
2. To cause to lose one's bearings; disorient: "The whirling snow bewildered him"
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Salutary
1. Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice.
2. Favorable to health; wholesome: a salutary climate.
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Daft
1. Crazy; deranged.
| 2. Foolish; stupid.
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Philanderer
Galanteador.
Philander
1. To have a sexual affair with someone who is not one's spouse or partner. Used especially of a man.
2. To have many casual sexual affairs. Used especially of a man.
3. Archaic To flirt. Used especially of a man.
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Cajole
To persuade someone to do something through flattery
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Debonair
Stylish and suave
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Derision
Use of ridicule to demonstrate contempt
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Disparage
Express a negative opinion or regard as being of little worth
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Officious
Meddlesome
| To interest oneself in what is not one's concern : interfere without right or propriety
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Assiduous
Showing great care, attention, and effort: marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application
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Wrought iron
Malleable metal often used to make decorative fences and furniture
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Brunt
The greater part or impact
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Assuage
Alleviate
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Dispel
Drive off
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Farcical
Comical
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Mellifluous
Smooth or mellow
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Pageant
a mere show: PRETENSE
| an ostentatious display
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Prairie
A large, open area of grassland
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Bilious
Feeling or causing nausea
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Effulgent
Shining brightly
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Radicchio
Reddish or green plant eaten in salad
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Umbrage
Feeling of rage, annoyance, or resentment
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Setting off on holiday
Start a journey
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Get away for a weekend
Go to a place for a rest
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Ask my friends to put me up
Ask my friends to let me sleep at their place
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Stopped over
Visit a place temporarily
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Cache
1a: a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements
b: a secure place of storage
discovered a cache of weapons
2: something hidden or stored in a cache
The cache consisted of documents and private letters.
3: a computer memory with very short access time used for storage of frequently or recently used instructions or data
— called also cache memory
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Alcove
a small recessed section of a room: NOOK
| an arched opening (as in a wall): NICHE
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Haggle
```
transitive verb
1: to cut roughly or clumsily: HACK
2archaic: to annoy or exhaust with wrangling
intransitive verb
BARGAIN, WRANGLE
haggling over the price
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Hapless
having no luck: UNFORTUNATE
tale of a hapless sailor
hapless beings caught in the grip of forces we can do little about
— W. H. Whyte
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Sleuth
1. Detective
| 2. To act as a detective : search for information
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Match wits
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match wits (with one)
To engage one in a clash or competition of intelligence or shrewd resourcefulness.
My friend and I love matching wits whenever we get together, though some people mistake our banter for actual arguments.
Don't try to match wits with the professor, John—he'll talk you round in circles.
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Shrewd (shro͞od)
adj. shrewd·er, shrewd·est
1. Having or showing a clever awareness or resourcefulness, especially in practical matters.
2. Disposed to or marked by artful and cunning practices; tricky.
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Befuddle
transitive verb
1: to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink
… befuddled with drink all the time.
— Ellen Glasgow
2: CONFUSE, PERPLEX
a problem that still befuddles the experts
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Lavish
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1: expending or bestowing profusely: PRODIGAL
lavish donors
lavish in giving praise to her employees
2a: expended or produced in abundance
the lavish attentions of his mother
— George Meredith
b: marked by profusion or excess
a lavish feast
a lavish home
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Ajar
Slightly open
| left the door ajar
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Erstwhile
in the past: FORMERLY
cultures, erstwhile unknown to each other
— Robert Plank
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Wanton
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MERCILESS, INHUMANE
wanton cruelty
b: having no just foundation or provocation: MALICIOUS
a wanton attack
2: being without check or limitation: such as
a: unduly lavish: EXTRAVAGANT
wanton imagination
b: luxuriantly rank
wanton vegetation
3a: LEWD, BAWDY
b: causing sexual excitement: LUSTFUL, SENSUAL
4a: playfully mean or cruel: MISCHIEVOUS
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