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diffident
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(s) lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"

(s) showing modest reserve; "she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture"

execrate
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(v) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment

(v) find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"

implacable
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(a) impossible to placate; "an implacable enemy"

pique
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(n) tightly woven fabric with raised cords

(n) a sudden outburst of anger; "his temper sparked like damp firewood"

(v) cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me"

mite
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(n) any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods

(n) a slight but appreciable addition; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"

encumber
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(v) hold back

uncouth
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(s) lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence";

petulant
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(s) easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

expiate
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(v) make amends for; "expiate one's sins"

cavalier
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(n) a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War

(n) a gallant or courtly gentleman

(s) given to haughty disregard of others

banter
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(n) light teasing repartee

(v) be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

bluster
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(n) a swaggering show of courage

(n) vain and empty boasting

(n) a violent gusty wind

(n) noisy confusion and turbulence; "he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations"

(v) act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

(v) show off

(v) blow hard; be gusty, as of wind; "A southeaster blustered onshore"; "The flames blustered"

debase
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(v) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"

(v) lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

(v) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"

retainer
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(n) a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment

(n) a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

(n) a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone

subjugate
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(v) put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

(v) make subservient; force to submit or subdue

extol
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(v) praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"

fraught
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(s) marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship"

august
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(n) the month following July and preceding September

(s) profoundly honored; "revered holy men"

(s) of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage"

fissure
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(n) (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

(n) a long narrow opening

(n) a long narrow depression in a surface

(v) break into fissures or fine cracks

knoll
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(n) a small natural hill

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