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yeoman
[yoh-muhn]
performed in a workmanlike, valiant, and useful manner, especially in situations involving a great deal of effort
calumniate
[kuh-luhm-nee-eyt]
to make false and malicious statements about; slander
furphy
[fur-fee]
a false report; rumor
rapscallion
[rap-skal-yuhn]
a rascal; rogue; scamp
pusillanimous
[pyoo-suh-lan-uh-muhs]
lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid
pulchritude
[puhl-kri-tood]
physical beauty; comeliness
propitious
[pruh-pish-uhs]
presenting favorable conditions; favorable
corybantic
[kawr-uh-ban-tik]
wild; frenzied
legerdemain
[lej-er-duh-meyn]
sleight of hand; trickery
elegy
[el-i-jee]
a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead
pernicious
[per-nish-uhs]
causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful
pleonasm
[plee-uh-naz-uhm]
the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy
platitude
[plat-i-tood]
a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound
extrapolate
[ik-strap-uh-leyt]
to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture
austere
[aw-steer]
severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance
mordant
[mawr-dnt]
sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting
purl
[purl]
knitting; to knit with a reverse stitch
impute
[im-pyoot]
to attribute or ascribe
schmooze
[shmooz]
to chat idly; gossip
emollient
[ih-mol-yuhnt]
an emollient medicine, lotion, salve, etc.
enigma
[uh-nig-muh]
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation
logorrhea
[law-guh-ree-uh]
pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech; incessant or compulsive talkativeness
milquetoast
[milk-tohst]
a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated
tenacious
[tuh-ney-shuhs]
holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold