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| ancillary | (adj) subordinate or supplementary. syn: auxiliary, subsidiary, accessory. ant: central, key, primary, principal, main |
| bowdlerize | (v) to remove material considered offensive(from a book, play, film,etc.). syn : censor, purge, expurgate |
| condescend | (v)to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner. syn: deign |
| cozen | (v) to trick; to cheat or swindle. syn: dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle |
| enclave | (n) an enclosed district, region or area inhabited cy a particular group of people or having a specail character. syn: island, subgroup |
| forte | (n) a person's strong poing; what a person does best. syn: gift, aptitude, specialty. ant: weakness, shortcoming, foible |
| gratis | (adj) free; (adv) without charge syn:(adj) on the house (adv) freely. ant: (adv) for a price |
| icon | (n) a representation or image of a sacred personage, ofter considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer moniter display; an object of blind devotion. syn: emblem, idol |
| interstice | (n) a small, narrow space between things or parts of things. syn: gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna |
| macrocosm | (n) the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something. syn: cosmos, entirety ant: model, miniature, microcosm |
| mountebank | (n) a trickster or swindler; a charlatan. syn: imposter, quack ant: sucker, dupe, "mark", "pigeon" |
| paean | (n) a song of praise, joy, or triumph. syn: hymn, ode, anthem. ant: dirge, elegy, lament, threnody |
| persiflage | (n) lighthearted joking, talk, or writing. syn: banter, jesting, repartee, badinage |
| plethora | (n) overfullness; superabundance; superfluity. syn: surplus, surfeit, glut, excess. ant: shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity |
| pragmatic | (adj) concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiff in ones opinions. syn: down-to-earth, buisnesslike. ant: idealistic, impractical, visionary |
| quizzical | (adj) puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal. syn: peculiar, perplexed, mysticfied, derisive. ant: enequivocal, crystal-clear, unambiguous |
| rapacity | (n) inordinate greed; the dispostition to obtain ones desires by force, extortion, or plunder. syn: avarice, cupidity, voraciousness. ant: liberality, generosity, altruism |
| schism | (n) a formal split within a religious orginization; any division or seperation of a group or orginization into hostile factions. syn: rift, breach. ant: united front, reconciliation |
| theraputic | (adj) having the power to heal or cure; beneficial. syn: curative,salutary, salubrious. ant: harmful, injurious, deleterious |
| virtuoso | (n) a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique; (adj) masterly or brilliant. syn: (n) expert, master, prodigy, maestro. ant: (n) amateur, beginner, novice (adj) mediocre |
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