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euphemism

a less offensive term

pittance

a small amount

imminent

about to happen

affront

an insult

aperture

an opening

seraphic

angelic

cognizant

aware

rectitude

being correct

cynosure

center of attention

mutable

changeable

manifest

clear

desiccated

dehydrated

minutae

details

dissidence

disagreement

epicurean

discriminating

opprobrium

disgrace

efficacy

effectiveness

panegyric

eulogy

canard

false rumor

visionary

fantasy

captious

fault-finding

febrile

feverish

blandishment

flattery

nascent

growing

consign

hand down

beatific

happy

obstruse

hard to understand

Cacophonuous

harsh sounding

ethereal

heavenly

behemoth

huge creature

deign

lower oneself

ghoulish

monstrous

innate

natural

progeny

offspring

incongruous

out of place

pariah

outcast

amenity

pleasantness

decourous

proper

nostrum

remedy (medicine)

restive

restless

inviolable

sacred

machination

scheme

coup

seizure of power

wizened

shriveled

contrite

sorry

putative

supposed

moratorium

sus activity

facade

the front of a building

promulgate

to announce

engender

to cause

gansay

to deny

obeisance

to honor

mesmerize

to hypnotize

subsist

to live

presage

to predict

pillory

to punish

chicanery

trickery

loath

unwilling

improvident

wasteful

iniquity

wickedness


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