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Word	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms	Parts of speech
Obsequious	Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery	Fawning ; toadyish	sincere	adjective
Xenophobia	A fear of foreigners or strangers	A kind of social phobia	Unafraid	Noun
Jollification	A boisterous celebration; a merry festivity	Merry making ; conviviality	Joyless	Noun
Deus ex machina	Any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty	Crusade	pull	Noun
Bellwether	Someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity	Leader	Follower	Noun
Ostentation	A gaudy outward display; Pretentious or showy or vulgar display ; Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity	Pomposity ; splashiness ; puffiness	Unpretentiousness	Noun
Camarilla	A clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue	Cabal ; faction	Disassociate	Noun

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Word	meaning	synonyms	antonyms	Parts of speech
anathema	A detested person , A formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication	Bete noire	bless	noun
plethora	Extreme excess, over plus	Superfluity	Valuable, worthy	noun
repine	Express discontent	Complain, kvetch	cheer	verb
misnomer	An incorrect or unsuitable name	Describe , Determine or distinguish the nature	Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to	noun
acrid	Strong and sharp; harsh and corrosive in tone	Bitter , blistering	Pleasant	Adjective
hullabaloo	Disturbance usually in protest	Excitement ,exhilaration ,joyfulness	Sorrow , dull	noun
excrescence	Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings	Gibbousness , protuberance ,swelling	Curving inward	noun

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word	meaning	synonyms	antonyms	Parts of speech
chagrin	Acute vexation	Embarrassment, humiliation	pride	noun
indolent	Lazy ,work shy	Inactive, slothful	Active, hard working	adjective
nefarious	Wicked in the extreme	villainous	virtuous	adjective
transmute	To change from one nature ,form, substance , or state into another	Metamorphose, transform	unalterable	verb
acerbic	Sharp ,biting, or acid in temper, expression, or tone	Sour or bitter in taste, blistering	Pleasant , pacifying tone	adjective
myriad	Consisting of a very great but indefinite number	Innumerable, uncounted	Numerous, calculable	adjective
remunerate	To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss ,or expense	Recompense ,compensate	Free service , equivalent of slavery, Work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay	verb

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Word	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms	Parts of speech
gewgaw	A showy trifle; a trinket;	a bauble	N/A	noun
inchoate	In an initial or early stage; just begun.	Imperfectly formed or formulated.	Completed, brought to an end	adjective
assuage	To make milder or less severe; to reduce the intensity of; to ease; to relieve.	To appease; to satisfy; To soothe or calm; to pacify.	harsh	verb
diffident	Lacking self-confidence; distrustful of one’s own powers; timid; bashful	Characterized by modest reserve; unassertive.	Aggressive. confident	adjective
rodomontade	Vain boasting; empty bluster; pretentious	Bragging speech; rant.	Reserved, unpretentious	noun
bedizen	To dress or adorn in gaudy manner.	loud	Mundane, sophisticated	Transitive verb
sojourn	A temporary stay.	Visit	Permanent residing	noun

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word	meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms	Parts of speech
garrulous	Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things;	Wordy; talkative; Verbose.	Reticent; uncommunicative; taciturn; close-mouthed.	adjective
recherche	Excessively refined; affected; Pretentious; overblown.	Rare; exotic; Exquisite; choice.	common	adjective
probity	Complete and confirmed integrity	Uprightness; virtue	deceit, dishonesty, unfairness, untrustworthiness	noun
busker	A person who entertains (as by playing music) in public places.	Street musician	N/A	noun
Rara avis	A rare or unique person or thing.	Rare bird; unusual person; rarity	Often; normal; common.	noun
cabal	A secret, conspiratorial association of plotters or intriguers whose purpose is usually to bring about an overturn especially in public affairs.	The schemes or plots of such an association; Conspiracy; Combination; Crew;	Decamp; Disagreement;	noun
kismet	Fate; fortune	Destiny; karma	Ill-fate; unfavorable destiny	noun

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