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| ENMITY [en'-mi-tee] | Noun. a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism. |
| CIRCUITOUS [cir·cu'·i·tous] | Adj. 1. having a circular or winding course . 2. roundabout; not direct. |
| SACRILEGE [sak'-ruh-lij] | Noun. 2 : gross irreverence toward a hallowed person, place, or thing. |
| PORTENT [pohr'-tent] | Noun. 1. an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous. |
| CHERUBIC [chuh-roo'-bik] | Adj. 1. of or having the nature of a cherub, or an angel represented as a rosy-cheeked child with wings; angelic. 2. having a plump, pretty innocence. |
| MOLLIFY [mol'-uh-fahy] | Tr. V. 1. to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease. 2. to mitigate or reduce; soften. |
| ARROGATE [ar'-uhgeyt] | Tr. V. 1. to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right: to ______ the right to make decisions.. 2. to attribute or assign to another; ascribe. |
| OBFUSCATE [ob'-fuh-skeyt | Tr. V. 1. to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy. 2. to make obscure or unclear: to ______ a problem with extraneous information. Synonyms 1. muddle, perplex. 2. cloud. |
| AUGUST [aw-guhst'] | Adj. 1. inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: a(n) ______ performance of a religious drama. 2. venerable; eminent: a(n) ______ personage. |
| REPUGNANT [ri-puhg'-nuhnt] | Adj. 1. distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a ______ smell. 2. making opposition; averse. 3. opposed or contrary, as in nature or character. Synonyms 3. antagonistic, adverse, hostile. |
| MALADROIT [mal-uh-droit'] | Adj. unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very ______ way. Synonyms clumsy, inept; gauche |
| FRENETIC [fruh-net'-ik] | Adj. feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance. frantic; frenzied. |
| BAWDY [baw'-dee] | Adj. adjective 1. indecent; lewd; obscene: another of his _____ stories. noun 2. coarse or indecent talk or writing. Synonyms 1. lascivious, salacious, prurient, earthy, risqué, ribald, coarse, licentious, raunchy. |
| VIABLE [vahy'-uh-buhl] | Adj. 1. Capable of living. 2. Physiology . a. Physically fitted to live. b. (of a fetus) having reached such a stage of development as to be capable of living, undernormal conditions, outside the uterus. 3. Botany able to live and grow. 4. Vivid; real; stimulating, as to the intellect, imagination, or senses: a period of history that few teachers can make _____ for students. 5. Practicable; workable: a ______ alternative. |
| CORPOREAL [kawr-pohr'-ee-uhl] | Adj. 1. of the nature of the physical body; bodily. 2. material; tangible: ______ property. Synonyms 1. See physical. Antonyms 1. spiritual. 2. intangible. |
