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| pulchritude | n. physical beauty; comeliness ( having a pleasing appearance) |
| abstemious | adj. marked by restraint especially in the consumption of food or alcohol |
| ascetic | adj. practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline 2 : austere in appearance, manner, or attitude synonyms see SEVERE |
| laconic | adj. using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious synonyms see CONCISE |
| misogyny | n. a hatred of women |
| misanthrope | n. a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| embroil | v. 1. to throw into disorder or confusion 2 : to involve in conflict or difficulties |
| dissuade | v. 1. to advise (a person) against something 2. to turn from something by persuasion <unable to dissuade him from going> |
| confer | v. intransitive verb : to compare views or take counsel : CONSULT 2. transitive verb: to bestow from or as if from a position of superiority <conferred an honorary degree on her> |
| ignominy | n. 1 : deep personal humiliation and disgrace 2 : disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action synonyms see DISGRACE |
| 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 |
| cajole | v. 1 a : to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : COAX <had to cajole them into going> b : to obtain from someone by gentle persuasion <cajoleed money from his parents> 2 : to deceive with soothing words or false promises |
| obsequious | adj. marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness synonyms see SUBSERVIENT |
| ethos | n. the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution; also : ETHIC |
| sardonic | adj. disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking <a sardonic comment> synonyms see SARCASTIC |
