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| garish | adj. 2 a : excessively or disturbingly vivid <garish colors> <garish imagery> b : offensively or distressingly bright : GLARING 3 : tastelessly showy : FLASHY synonyms see GAUDY |
| soporific | adj. 1 a : causing or tending to cause sleep <soporific drugs> b : tending to dull awareness or alertness 2 : of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy |
| stolid | adj. : having or expressing little or no sensibility : UNEMOTIONAL synonyms see IMPASSIVE |
| gauche | adj. 1 a : lacking social experience or grace; also : not tactful : CRUDE <it would be gauche to mention the subject> b : crudely made or done <a gauche turn of phrase> |
| guile | n. deceitful cunning : DUPLICITY |
| usurp | v. 1 a : to seize and hold (as office, place, or powers) in possession by force or without right <usurp a throne> b : to take or make use of without right <usurped the rights to her life story> 2 : to take the place of by or as if by force : SUPPLANT |
| lament | v. 1 : to express sorrow, mourning, or regret for often demonstratively : MOURN 2 : to regret strongly synonyms see DEPLORE |
| vindicate | v. 1: to free from allegation or blame 2: CONFIRM, SUBSTANTIATE 3: to provide justification or defense for : JUSTIFY; to protect from attack or encroachment : DEFEND |
| omnipotent | adj. 1 often capitalized : ALMIGHTY 1 2 : having virtually unlimited authority or influence <an omnipotent ruler> |
| ingratiate | v. to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort usually used with with <ingratiate themselves with the community leaders |
