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1 boisterous (adjective satellite) violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"

(adjective satellite) noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of or

(adjective satellite) full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"

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2 bolster (noun) a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows

(verb) support and strengthen; "bolster morale"

(verb) add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair"

(verb) prop up with a pillow or bolster

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3 boorish (adjective satellite) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"

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4 braid (noun) trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains

(noun) a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

(verb) form or weave into a braid or braids; "braid hair"

(verb) decorate with braids or ribbons; "braid a collar"

(verb) make by braiding or interlacing; "lace a tablecloth"

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5 brash (adjective satellite) offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"

(adjective satellite) presumptuously daring; "a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff"

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6 brass (noun) a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

(noun) a memorial made of brass

(noun) an ornament or utensil made of brass

(noun) impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

(noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became rec

(noun) the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments

(noun) an alloy of copper and zinc

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7 brazen (verb) face with defiance or impudence; "brazen it out"

(adjective satellite) unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bold-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick materi

(adjective) made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)

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8 breach (noun) a failure to perform some promised act or obligation

(noun) a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"

(noun) an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

(verb) make an opening or gap in

(verb) act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"

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9 brisk (verb) become brisk; "business brisked up"

(adjective satellite) very active; "doing a brisk business"

(adjective satellite) quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"

(adjective satellite) imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"

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10 brisket (noun) a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef

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11 brittle (noun) caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets

(adjective satellite) having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"

(adjective satellite) (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured

(adjective satellite) lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman"

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12 broach (noun) a decorative pin worn by women

(verb) bring up a topic for discussion

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13 brook (noun) a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"

(verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

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14 buoyant (adjective satellite) characterized by liveliness and light-heartedness; "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s"

(adjective satellite) tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf"

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15 burgeon (verb) grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population"

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16 burnish (noun) the property of being smooth and shiny

(verb) polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"

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17 bust (noun) an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"

(noun) a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person

(noun) a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop"

(verb) break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst"

(verb) go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"

(verb) ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"

(verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"

(verb) search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"

(adjective satellite) lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term"

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18 cabal (noun) a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)

(noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

(verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"

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19 cadge (verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends"

(verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite

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20 calipers (noun) an instrument for measuring the distance between two points

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21 calumniate (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

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22 calumny (noun) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

(noun) a malicious attack

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23 candid (adjective satellite) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me wh

(adjective satellite) starkly realistic; "I have never lacked candid critics in my own ranks"-Clement Atlee

(adjective satellite) openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk"

(adjective satellite) informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared; "a candid photograph"; "a candid interview"

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24 canvass (noun) heavy closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)

(noun) the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas"

(noun) an oil painting on canvas

(noun) a tent made of canvas

(noun) a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

(noun) an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people

(noun) the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"

(verb) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"

(verb) get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions

(verb) solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign

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25 capricious (adjective satellite) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions"

(adjective satellite) changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather"

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26 capricious (adjective satellite) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions"

(adjective satellite) changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather"

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27 castigate (verb) censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

(verb) inflict severe punishment on

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28 castigation (noun) verbal punishment

(noun) a severe scolding

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29 casual (adjective satellite) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"

(adjective satellite) marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasi

(adjective satellite) not showing effort or strain; "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"; "careless grace"

(adjective satellite) suited for everyday use; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"

(adjective satellite) natural and unstudied; "using their Christian names in a casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style"

(adjective satellite) characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"

(adjective satellite) occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"

(adjective satellite) without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand; "a casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"

(adjective satellite) employed in a specified capacity from time to time; "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"

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30 catalyst (noun) something that causes an important event to happen; "the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country"

(noun) (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected

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31 caustic (noun) any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue

(adjective satellite) of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

(adjective satellite) harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts

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32 censure (noun) harsh criticism or disapproval

(noun) the state of being excommunicated

(verb) rebuke formally

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33 census (noun) a period count of the population

(verb) conduct a census; "They censused the deer in the forest"

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34 centurion (noun) (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers

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35 chary (adjective satellite) characterized by great cautious and wariness; "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"; "chary of the risks involved"; "a chary investor"

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36 chastened (adjective satellite) punished especially by reproof or reprimand

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37 chastisement (noun) verbal punishment

(noun) a rebuke for making a mistake

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38 chauvinist (noun) an extreme bellicose nationalist

(noun) a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind

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39 chisel (noun) an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge

(verb) carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble"

(verb) deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"

(verb) engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"

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40 churl (noun) a bad-tempered person

(noun) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

(noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

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41 cite (verb) call in an official matter, such as to attend court

(verb) advance evidence for

(verb) commend; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements"

(verb) repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"

(verb) refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"

(verb) make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

(verb) refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work"

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42 clamor (noun) loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd"

(noun) a loud harsh or strident noise

(verb) make loud demands; "he clamored for justice and tolerance"

(verb) utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; "The delegates clamored their disappointment"

(verb) compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring; "They clamored the mayor into building a new park"

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43 cleanse (verb) clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"

(verb) purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"

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44 clot (noun) a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid

(verb) coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots"

(verb) turn into curds; "curdled milk"

(verb) change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state; "coagulated blood"

(verb) cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state

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45 cloture (noun) a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

(verb) terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"

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46 coax (noun) a transmission line for high-frequency signals

(verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"

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47 coddle (verb) cook in nearly boiling water; "coddle eggs"

(verb) treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

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48 codicil (noun) a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will

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