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| appease | (v) to make calm, soothe, to relieve, satisfy, to yield to (syn) pacify, mollify, placate, propitiate (ant) enrage, provoke, irritate |
| belated | (adj) late, tardy (syn) delayed, behindhand (ant) early, ahead of time |
| calamitous | (adj) causing great trouble or misfortune (syn) disastrous, catastrophic, ruinous, fatal (ant) fortunate, beneficial, salutary |
| cite | (v) to quote; to mention; to summon to appear in court; to commend, recommend (ant) refer to, enumerate, subpoena (ant) ignore, disregard |
| conventional | (adj) in line with accepted ideas or standards; trite (syn)ordinary, commonplace, orthodox (ant) outlandish, bizarre, unorthodox |
| decoy | (v) to lure into a trap; (n) a person or thing used to lure into a trap (syn) (v) entice, entrap, (n) lure, bait |
| delve | (v) to dig, to search deeply and thoroughly into (syn) probe, investigate |
| ensue | (v) to follow in order, come immediately after and as a result (syn) result, (ant) precede, come before |
| gallantry | (n) heroic courage; respect and courtesy; an act or statement marked by a high level of courtesy (syn) bravery, chivalrousness, valor, daring (ant) cowardice, boorishness |
| impart | (v) to make known, tell; to give, pass something on (syn) transmit, bestow, grant (ant) withhold, keep back, conceal |
| judicious | (adj) using or showing good judgment, wise, sensible (syn) thoughful, prudent, shrewd, astute (ant) foolish, thoughtless, ill-considered |
| mediate | (v) to bring about an agreement between persons or groups, act as a go-between; (adj) occupying a middle position; indirect, acting through an intermediary (syn) (v) settle, arbitrate, umpire, referee |
| milieu | (n) the setting, surroundings, environment |
| outlandish | (adj) strange, freakish, wierd, foreig-looking; out-of-the-way, geographically remore; exeeding reasonable limits (syn) peculiar, bizarre, odd, unorthodox, unconventional (ant) conventional, orthodox, staid, sober |
| overbearing | (adj) domineering, haughty, bulying: overpowering, predominant (syn) high-handed, overriding (ant) meek, unassuming, self-effacing |
| pert | (adj) high-spirited; lively, bold, saucy; jaunty (syn) vivacious, impudent, fresh (ant) sullen, gloomy, morose, peevish |
| quirk | (n) a peculiar way of acting; a sudden twist or turn (syn) peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity |
| regale | (v) to feast, entertain aggreeably (syn) amuse, divert |
| shiftless | (adj) lazy; lacking in ambition and energy; inefficient (syn) careless, sloppy, lackadaisical (ant) energetic, hardworking, ambitious |
| taint | (n) a stain or spot; a mark of corruption or dishonor; (v) to stain or contaminate (syn) (n) blot (v) soil, tarnish, pollute (ant) (v) purify, decontaminate, cleanse |
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