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Specious
spe·cious ((spēˈshəs))
Definition
- adjective
1. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious: a specious argument.
2. Deceptively attractive.
n.
hedonist [heed-n-ist]
noun
1.
adjective
2.
in·ter·ne·cine/ˌintərˈnesēn/
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n.
pre·co·cious/priˈkōSHəs/
Adjective:
(of a child) Having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual.
(of behavior or ability) Indicative of such development: "a precocious talent for computing".
Verb:
Make a quick, nervous movement of the face or body as an instinctive reaction to fear or pain.
Noun:
An act of flinching.
Synonyms:
noun. Wince
hack·neyed/ˈhaknēd/
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fly high
To be elated: They were flying high after their first child was born.
To become suddenly enraged: flew off the handle when the train was finally canceled.
let fly
2. To lash out; assault: The mayor let fly with an angry attack on her critics.
on the fly
1. On the run; in a hurry: took lunch on the fly.
lo·qua·cious/lōˈkwāSHəs/
Adjective:
Talkative.
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Verb:
It is a duty or responsibility for someone to do something; it is incumbent on: "it behooves any coach to
study his predecessors".
Verb:
Make false and defamatory statements about: "Ezra Pound calumniated the Jews over the airwaves
in·ex·o·ra·ble/inˈeksərəbəl/
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͞
in·sa·lu·bri·ous/ˌinsəˈloobrēəs/
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a·poc·ry·phal (-pkr-fl)
adj.
2. Erroneous; fictitious: "Wildly apocryphal rumors about starvation in Petrograd . . . raced through
Russia's trenches" (W. Bruce Lincoln).
a·pocry·phal·ly adv.
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apocryphal [əˈpɒkrɪfəl]
adj
1. of questionable authenticity
3. untrue; counterfeit
apocryphally adv
or·ner·y/ˈôrn(ə)rē/
Adjective:
Stubborn.
un·sa·vor·y/ˌənˈsāv(ə)rē/
Adjective:
Synonyms:
: not seemly: as
a : not according with established standards of good form or taste <unseemly bickering>
noun
swiftness; speed.
Origin:
1480–90; earlier celerite < Middle French < Latin celeritās, equivalent to celer swift + -itās -ity
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un·seem·ly/ˌənˈsēmlē/
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fos·ter/ˈfôstər/
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Denoting someone that has a specified family connection through fostering rather than birth.
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adjective. Adopted
un·re·lent·ing/ˌənriˈlentiNG/
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1.
natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous: endemic folkways; countries
where high unemployment is endemic.
2.
bur·ly/ˈbərlē/
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