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| Perfidy | n. the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal : TREACHERY |
| Abrogate | v. to abolish by authoritative action : ANNUL |
| Pecuniary | adj. consisting of or measured in money |
| Lucrative | adj. producing wealth : PROFITABLE |
| Vicarious | adj. experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| Vilify | v. to lower in estimation or importance 2 : to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : DEFAME synonyms see MALIGN |
| Stagnant | adj. Not flowing in a current; b : STALE <long disuse had made 2 : not advancing or developing |
| Anathema | n. someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| Intractable | adj. : not easily governed, managed, or directed; unruly |
| Perspicacious | adj. of acute mental vision or discernment : KEEN synonyms see SHREWD |
| Aphorism | n. 1 : a concise statement of a principle 2 : a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment : ADAGE |
| Unequivocal | adj. 1 : leaving no doubt : CLEAR, UNAMBIGUOUS 2 : UNQUESTIONABLE |
| Obstinate | adj. perversely adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion; stubborn |
| Capricious | adj. governed or characterized by whim or sudden impulse : IMPULSIVE, UNPREDICTABLE |
| Gratuitous | adj. not called for by the circumstances : UNWARRANTED; not called for |
| Pseudonym | n. a fictitious name; especially : PEN NAME |
| Pandemic | n./adj. occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population |
| Depredate | v. transitive verb : to lay waste : PLUNDER, RAVAGE intransitive verb : to engage in plunder |
| Picayune | adj. of little value : PALTRY; also : PETTY, SMALL-MINDED |
| Punctilious | adj. marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions synonyms see CAREFUL |
| Cogent | adj. 2 a : appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : CONVINCING |
| Query | n. : QUESTION, INQUIRY |
| Empathy | n. the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner; also : the capacity for this |
| Myriad | n./adj. a great number |
| Lugubrious | adj. MOURNFUL; especially : exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful <dark, dramatic and mournful brooding |
| Cacophony | n. harsh or discordant sound |
| Remonstrate | v. to say or plead in protest, reproof, or opposition |
| Surreptitious | adj. done, made, or acquired by stealth : CLANDESTINE 2 : acting or doing something clandestinely : STEALTHY; Synonym: secret |
| Amorphous | adj. having no definite form : SHAPELESS b : being without definite character or nature |
| Obtuse | adj. lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect : INSENSITIVE, STUPID |
| Odium | n. the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance 2 : hatred and condemnation accompanied by loathing or contempt : DETESTATION |
| Cerebral | adj. appealing to intellectual appreciation b : primarily intellectual in nature |
| Circumlocution | n. the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| Purloin | v. to appropriate wrongfully and often by a breach of trust synonyms see STEAL |
| Platitude | n. a banal, trite, or stale remark |
| Officious | adj. volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : MEDDLESOME |
| Invective | n. an abusive expression or speech 2 : insulting or abusive language |
| Supplicate | v. to make a humble entreaty; Synonym: beg |
| Pine | v. to yearn intensely and persistently especially for something unattainable Synonym: long |
| Collusion | n. secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
| Diffident | adj. hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence Synonym: shy |
| Contrite | adj. feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin or shortcoming |
| Condescend | v. to assume an air of superiority |
| Debacle | n. a great disaster b : a complete failure : FIASCO |
