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| absolve | to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt; to acquit, exonerate, vindicate, excuse, pardon |
| caricature | a representation (especially a drawing) in which the subject's characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated; a cartoon, burlesque, parody, to lampoon |
| clangor | a loud ringing aound, to make a loud ringing sound; a din, clamor, racket |
| contiguous | side by side, touching, near, adjacent in time; adjoining, next door to |
| cupidity | an eager desire for something, greed; avarice, rapacity, a craving, lust |
| deleterious | harmful, injurious; detriminal, destructive, pernicious |
| enhance | to raise to a higher degree, to increase the value or desirability of; to improve, magnify, heighten, elevate |
| enthrall | to enslave, to imprison, to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to fascinate, enchant, attract, bewitch |
| extenuate | to lessen seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses; to moderate, mitigate, diminish, downplay |
| exude | to ooze out, to discharge through pores, to emanate (as a quality or a personal impression); to perspire, secrete, to emit, to exhibit |
| implicit | implied or understood though unexpressed, without doubts or reservations, unquestioning, potentially contained in; inferred, tacit, unspoken, unconditional |
| incisive | sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness); acute, cutting, perceptive, trenchant |
| ostentatious | marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy; flashy, overdone, affected, flamboyant |
| paragon | a model of excellence and perfection; an exemplar, pattern, paradigm, model, good example |
| paraphrase | to restate in other words, a statement that presents a given idea in new language; to reword, rephrase, a rendition, version |
| politic | prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed, artful, expedient; tactful, diplomatic, judicious, circumspect |
| preeminent | superior, outstanding, prominent; peerless, distinguished, unequal |
| prosaic | dull, ordinary, lacking in distinction and originality, characteristic of prose, not poetic; commonplace, matter-of-fact, pedestrian |
| redundant | extra, excess, more than is needed, wordy, repetitive, profuse, lush; unnecessary, superfluous, verbose, prolix, superabundant |
| sanctimonious | making a show of virtue or righteousness, hypocritically moralistic or pious; self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou |
| scintillating | sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities): stimulating, witty, glittering, flashing |
| winsome | charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence): winning, engaging, delightful, prepossessing |
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