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| CHARY | adjective: 1. cautious or careful; wary: He was chary of investing in oil wells. 2. shy; timid. 3. fastidious; choosy: She is excessively chary about her friends. 4. sparing (often followed by of ): chary of his praise. |
| ESOTERIC | adjective: 1. understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite: poetry full of esoteric allusions. 2. belonging to the select few. 3. private; secret; confidential. |
| SATIATED | adjective: satisfied, as one's appetite or desire, to the point of boredom. |
| ABSCOND | intransitive verb: to depart in a sudden and secret manner, especially to avoid capture and legal prosecution: The cashier absconded with the money. |
| EGREGIOUS | adjective: 1. extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar. Synonyms: gross, outrageous, notorious, shocking. Antonyms: tolerable, moderate, minor, unnoticeable. |
| RESPLENDENT | adjective: shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid: troops resplendent in white uniforms; resplendent virtues. |
| GUTTURAL | adjective: 1. of or pertaining to the throat. 2. harsh; throaty. |
| PANDER | noun: 1. a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp. 2. a person who caters to or profits from the weaknesses or vices of others. 3. a go-between in amorous intrigues. |
| GALL | noun: 1. impudence; effrontery. 2. bile, especially that of an animal. 3. something bitter or severe. 4. bitterness of spirit; rancor. |
| ABDICATE | transitive verb: 2. to give up or renounce (authority, duties, an office, etc.), especially in a voluntary, public, or formal manner: King Edward VIII of England abdicated the throne in 1936. |
| MOROSE | adjective: 1. gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood. 2. characterized by or expressing gloom. |
| GLIB | adjective: 1. readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers. |
| SUFFUSE | Transitive verb: to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc. |
| DUPLICITY | noun: 1. deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing. Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissimulation, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, trickery. Antonyms: candidness, directness, honesty, straightforwardness. |
| WANTON | adjective: 1. done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty. 2. deliberate and without motive or provocation; uncalled-for; headstrong; willful: Why jeopardize your career in such a wanton way? 3. without regard for what is right, just, humane, etc.; careless; reckless: a wanton attacker of religious convictions. 4. sexually lawless or unrestrained; loose; lascivious; lewd: wanton behavior. |
