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acrimonious
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adj 1: marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious
dispute"; "bitter about the divorce" [syn: acrimonious,
bitter]
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calumnious
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adj 1: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to
discredit or malign [syn: calumniatory, calumnious,
defamatory, denigrative, denigrating,
denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous]
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ceremonious
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adj 1: characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
[syn: pompous, ceremonious]
2: rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious
greetings did not seem heartfelt" [syn: ceremonious,
conventional]
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consanguineous
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adj 1: related by blood [syn: akin(p), blood-related,
cognate, consanguine, consanguineous,
consanguineal, kin(p)]
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consentaneous
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adj 1: in complete agreement; "a unanimous decision" [syn:
consentaneous, consentient, unanimous]
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contemporaneous
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adj 1: occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest
rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in
inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with
Mozart" [syn: contemporaneous, contemporary]
2: of the same period [syn: coetaneous, coeval,
contemporaneous]
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corneous
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adj 1: made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn) [syn:
corneous, hornlike, horny]
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disharmonious
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adj 1: lacking in harmony [syn: discordant, disharmonious,
dissonant, inharmonic]
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erroneous
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adj 1: containing or characterized by error; "erroneous
conclusions"
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euphonious
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adj 1: having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver
laughter" [syn: euphonious, euphonous] [ant:
cacophonic, cacophonous]
2: (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or
strident; "her euphonious Southern speech"
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extemporaneous
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adj 1: with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib
comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano
recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit";
"an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to
sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast";
"a few unrehearsed comments" [syn: ad-lib,
extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore,
impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff,
unrehearsed]
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extraneous
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adj 1: not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an
issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was
immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before
finally coming to the point" [syn: extraneous,
immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal]
2: not essential; "the ballet struck me as extraneous and
somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"
3: not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced
from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter";
"foreign particles in milk" [syn: extraneous, foreign]
4: coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera
spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income";
"disdaining outside pressure groups" [syn: external,
extraneous, outside]
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felonious
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adj 1: involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a
criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent"
[syn: criminal, felonious]
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genius
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n 1: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and
originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but
he's no Einstein" [syn: genius, mastermind, brain,
brainiac, Einstein]
2: unusual mental ability [syn: brilliance, genius]
3: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace,
adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin,
virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz,
whizz, wizard, wiz]
4: exceptional creative ability [syn: genius, wizardry]
5: a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a
genius for interior decorating" [syn: flair, genius]
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harmonious
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adj 1: musically pleasing [ant: inharmonious, unharmonious]
2: exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents
of an entity or between different entities [syn:
harmonious, proportionate, symmetrical]
3: suitable and fitting; "the tailored clothes were harmonious
with her military bearing"
4: existing together in harmony; "harmonious family
relationships"
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heterogeneous
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adj 1: consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or
nature; "the population of the United States is vast and
heterogeneous" [syn: heterogeneous, heterogenous]
[ant: homogeneous, homogenous]
2: originating outside the body [syn: heterogenous,
heterogeneous] [ant: autogenic, autogenous]
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homogeneous
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adj 1: all of the same or similar kind or nature; "a close-knit
homogeneous group" [syn: homogeneous, homogenous]
[ant: heterogeneous, heterogenous]
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igneous
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adj 1: produced under conditions involving intense heat;
"igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a
molten state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous
fusion is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrogenic strata" [syn:
igneous, pyrogenic, pyrogenous]
2: produced by the action of fire or intense heat; "rocks formed
by igneous agents" [syn: igneous, eruptive] [ant:
aqueous, sedimentary]
3: like or suggestive of fire; "a fiery desert wind"; "an
igneous desert atmosphere" [syn: fiery, igneous]
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ignominious
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adj 1: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing
disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest
records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel
Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat";
"an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful
display of cowardice" [syn: black, disgraceful,
ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful]
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impecunious
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adj 1: not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn:
hard up, impecunious, in straitened
circumstances(p), penniless, penurious, pinched]
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ingenious
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adj 1: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the
cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious
solution to the problem" [syn: clever, cunning,
ingenious]
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inharmonious
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adj 1: not in harmony [syn: inharmonious, unharmonious]
[ant: harmonious]
2: lacking in harmony of parts; "an inharmonious (or
incongruous) mixture of architectural styles"
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instantaneous
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adj 1: occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous";
"instant gratification" [syn: instantaneous,
instant(a)]
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ligneous
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adj 1: consisting of or containing lignin or xylem; "ligneous
(or woody) tissue"
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miscellaneous
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adj 1: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds;
"an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted
sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of
baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry
sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards [syn:
assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley,
sundry(a)]
2: having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted
undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious
noise of a great city"; "a miscellaneous crowd" [syn: many-
sided, multifaceted, miscellaneous, multifarious]
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parsimonious
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adj 1: excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift
relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most
penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence" [syn:
parsimonious, penurious]
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sanctimonious
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adj 1: excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening
sanctimonious smile" [syn: holier-than-thou,
pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical,
sanctimonious, self-righteous]
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sanguineous
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adj 1: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary
war" [syn: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous,
slaughterous, butcherly]
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simultaneous
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adj 1: occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of
coincident events" [syn: coincident, coincidental,
coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent,
cooccurring, simultaneous]
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spontaneous
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adj 1: happening or arising without apparent external cause;
"spontaneous laughter"; "spontaneous combustion"; "a
spontaneous abortion" [syn: spontaneous, self-
generated] [ant: induced]
2: said or done without having been planned or written in
advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks" [syn: ad-lib,
spontaneous, unwritten]
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subcutaneous
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adj 1: relating to or located below the epidermis; "hypodermic
needle"; "subcutaneous implant" [syn: hypodermic,
subcutaneous]
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unceremonious
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adj 1: without ceremony or formality; "an unceremonious speech"
[syn: unceremonious, unceremonial]
2: without due formalities; "unceremonious dismissal from
office"
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antonius
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n 1: Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars;
repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they
were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC) [syn:
Antony, Anthony, Mark Antony, Mark Anthony,
Antonius, Marcus Antonius]
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aeneas
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n 1: a mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan
side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid
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splenius
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n 1: either of two flat muscles that extend from the upper
vertebrae to the base of the skull and serve to rotate or
flex or extend the head and neck [syn: splenius,
splenius muscle]
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arsenious
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adj 1: relating to compounds in which arsenic is trivalent
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comenius
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n 1: Czech educational reformer (1592-1670) [syn: Comenius,
John Amos Comenius, Jan Amos Komensky]
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petronius
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n 1: Roman satirist (died in 66) [syn: Petronius, Gaius
Petronius, Petronius Arbiter]
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symphonious
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adj 1: harmonious in sound; "the symphonic hum of a million
insects" [syn: symphonic, symphonious]
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antimonious
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adj 1: relating to or derived from antimony; "antimonious oxide"
[syn: antimonic, antimonious]
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unharmonious
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adj 1: not in harmony [syn: inharmonious, unharmonious]
[ant: harmonious]
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arminius
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n 1: Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which
opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin
(1559-1609) [syn: Arminius, Jacobus Arminius, Jacob
Harmensen, Jakob Hermandszoon]
2: German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9
(circa 18 BC - AD 19) [syn: Arminius, Armin, Hermann]
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sanious
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adj 1: of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies; "an
ichorous discharge"; "the sanious discharge from an
ulcer" [syn: ichorous, sanious]
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calcaneus
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n 1: the largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel [syn:
heelbone, calcaneus, os tarsi fibulare]
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cutaneous
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adj 1: relating to or existing on or affecting the skin;
"cutaneous nerves"; "a cutaneous infection" [syn:
cutaneous, cutaneal, dermal]
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percutaneous
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adj 1: through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied
directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-
release forms (skin patches); "transdermal estrogen";
"percutaneous absorption" [syn: transdermal,
transdermic, percutaneous, transcutaneous]
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vilnius
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Lithuania; located in
southeastern Lithuania [syn: Vilnius, Vilna, Vilno,
Wilno, capital of Lithuania]
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selenious
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polonius
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suetonius
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apollonius
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phineas
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vimineous
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membraneous
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ennius
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