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Apprise
(verb)

1: to give notice to; tell.

Synonyms for apprise: acquaint, advise, brief

Words Related to apprise: advertise, alert, notify

Examples of apprise in a sentence:




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Loquacious
(adj)

1: full of excessive talk : WORDY
2: given to fluent or excessive talk : GARRULOUS

Synonyms for loquacious: blabby, chatty, conversational, gabby

Words Related to loquacious: loquaciousness

Examples of loquacious in a sentence:
Our actions follow our thoughts. Every thought, however
Why Bob always seemed to seek out the



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Fallacious
(adj)

1: not correct

Synonyms for fallacious: illegitimate, illogical, inconsequent

Words Related to fallacious: fallaciousness

Examples of fallacious in a sentence:
Elena liked Joe a great deal, but she soon tired of his
That the psychopharmacological journal had already published




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Neologism
(noun)

1: a new word, usage, or expression

Synonyms for neologism: coinage, modernism, language, lingo

Words Related to neologism: neologistic

Examples of neologism in a sentence:
The player’s exploits both on the field and in the finest night





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Risible
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1: capable of laughing; arousing or provoking laughter

Synonyms for risible: comedic, comic, comical, droll, farcical

Words Related to risible: risibly

Examples of risible in a sentence:
Seeing (i)_________as perhaps the most significant
It was apparent to everyone present that upon
The substitute French teacher accidentally walked



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Collusion
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1: secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose

Synonyms for collusion: complicity, connivance, conspiracy

Words Related to collusion: collusive

Examples of collusion in a sentence:
Because outlaws were denied (i) _______ under medieval law
At Midwest University, there is no collusion between



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Incipient
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1: beginning to come into being or to become apparent

Synonyms for incipient: aborning, budding, inceptive, inchoate

Words Related to incipient: incipiently

Examples of incipient in a sentence:
The incipient (i)________ regarding taxes could affect
In a way, the environmental movement can still be said



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Clement
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1: inclined to be merciful; LENIENT

Synonyms for incipient: balmy, equable, genial, gentle

Words Related to incipient: clemently

Examples of incipient in a sentence:
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Salutary
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1: producing a beneficial effect : REMEDIAL,CURATIVE

Synonyms for salutary: advantageous, benefic, beneficent

Words Related to salutary: salutariness

Examples of incipient in a sentence:
The novel, once widely banned for what was thought of as
Some argue that profiting from terrible suffering by publishing photographic books



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Diatribe
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1: a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing

Synonyms for diatribe: harangue, jeremiad, philippic, rant, tirade

Words Related to diatribe: assault, attack, broadside, invective, lambasting

Examples of diatribe in a sentence:
In modern literary history, both budding and well-establishe



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Halcyon
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1: characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity

Synonyms for halcyon: peaceful, placid, quiet, serene

Words Related to halcyon: balmy, clement, equable, gentle

Examples of halcyon in a sentence:
The halcyon days of the new administration belied the president’s
The artist, who specialized in _______ scenes, eagerly



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Caustic
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1: capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : CORROSIVE; marked by incisive sarcasm

Synonyms for caustic: acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulous

Words Related to caustic: acrimonious, bitter, resentful, vitriolic harsh, rough, severe, stringent

Examples of caustic in a sentence:
Davis is an opprobrious and (i) _______ speaker
(i) ___________ is unlikely to gain a reputation for reliability



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Disabuse
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1: to free from error, misconception, or fallacy

Synonyms for disabuse: disenchant, disillusion, undeceive

Words Related to disabuse: sophisticate, advise, apprise

Examples of disabuse in a sentence:
In order to defend downloading music illegally, it’s necessary to engage in a bit of ethical
The politician’s tendency to___________left even his



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Waggish
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1: resembling or characteristic of a wag

Synonyms for waggish: arch, devilish, elvish, espiègle

Words Related to waggish: antic, coltish, coy, frisky,

Examples of waggish in a sentence:
There is perhaps some truth in that waggish old definition
Cary Grant's reputation as a suave and_____________ ladies man



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Scathing
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1: bitterly severe

Synonyms for scathing: acerb, acerbic, acid, acidic

Words Related to scathing: brisk, cross, sharp-tongued, sour

Examples of scathing in a sentence:
Ever a demanding reader of the fiction of others,
Because Inspector Morse could not contain his scorn for



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Sardonic
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1: disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking

Synonyms for sardonic: pungent, sarcastic, satiric (or satirical)

Words Related to sardonic: brisk, cross, sharp-tongued, sour, sourish

Examples of sardonic in a sentence:
Before feminist literary criticism emerged in the 1970s, the nineteent
The stock market having plunged drastically, the investor’s



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Cow
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1: to destroy the resolve or courage of:
2: to bring to a state or an action by intimidation

Synonyms for cow: INTIMIDATE, COW, BULLDOZE, BULLY, BROWBEAT

Words Related to cow: demoralize, psych (out), unman, unnerve

Examples of cow in a sentence:
The disappearance of Steller's sea cow from the Bering




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