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| Beatific | (adj.) blissful; rendering or making blessed. Syn: rapturous, ecstatic, transcendent. Ant: disconsolate, dejected, doleful. |
| Behemoth | (n.) a creature of enormous size, power, or appearance. Syn: mammoth, whale, elephant, colossus. Ant: dwarf, pygmy, midget. |
| Blandishment | (n.) anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk, apple-polishing. Syn: allurement, enticement, cajolery. Ant: threat, intimidation. |
| Cacophonous | (adj.) harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant. Ant: harmonious, melodious, mellifluous. |
| Chicanery | (n.) trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double-dealing. Ant: fair dealing. |
| Consign | (v.) to give over to another's care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use. Syn: transfer, remit, convey |
| Coup | (n.) a highly successful stroke, masterstroke, tour de france, act, plant, or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership. Ant: blunder, faux pas, gaffe |
| Euphemism | (n.) a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasent one; a substitute. |
| Febrile | (adj.) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic. Ant: leisurely, relaxed. |
| Gainsay | (v.) to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose. Ant: confirm, corroborate, support, admit |
| Imminent | (adj.) about to happen, threatening. Syn: impending, looming. Ant: distant, remote, faraway. |
| Innate | (adj.) natural, inborn, inherent; built-in. Syn: intrinsic, congenital. Ant: learned, acquired, extrensic, accidental. |
| Loath | (adj.) unwilling, reluctant, disinclined. Syn: averse, indisposed. Ant: willing, eager, inclined. |
| Manifest | (adj.) clear, evident to the eyes or mind; (v.) to show plainly, exhibit, evince; ((n.) a list of cargo and/or passengers. Syn: (adj.) apparent; (v.) reveal, disclose. Ant: (adj.) unrevealed, hidden; (v.) hide, conceal. |
| Minutiae | (n.) small or trivial details, trifling matters. Syn: trivia, trifles. Ant: essentials. |
| Moratorium | (n.) a suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay.Syn: postponement, stoppage. Ant: acceleration, escalation. |
| Nostrum | (n.) an alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness. Syn; panacea, elixir. |
| Pariah | (n.) one who is rejected by a social group or organization. Syn: outcast, untouchable, persona non grata. |
| Visionary | (adj.) not practical, lacking in realism; having the nature of a fantasy or dream; (n.) one given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight. Syn: (adj.) utopian, idealistic, impractical. Ant: (adj.) realistic, practical. |
| Wizened | (adj.) dry, shrunken, a wrinkled (often as the result of aging.) Syn: withered, shriveled. Ant: bloated, distended. |
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