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- assuage
- To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe. Synonyms: appease, alleviate, relieve, palliate, pacify Usage: Food, however, became scarce, and I often spent the whole day searching in vain for a few acorns to assuage the pangs of hu
- besmirch
- Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; smear so as to make dirty or stained. Synonyms: asperse, calumniate, defame, slander, denigrate, sully, smear Usage: He denied everything the tabloids wrote about
- bucolic
- DEFINITION: (adjective) Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic. SYNONYMS: rustic, arcadian, pastoral. USAGE: The illustrations in the book depicted pleasant, bucolic scenes with farmers happily toiling in the fields.
- carrefour -
- A junction where one street or road crosses another. Synonyms: crossroad, crossway, intersection, crossing Usage: When his jalopy broke down right in the middle of a busy carrefour, he swore he would invest in a more reliable car. aegis - Protection.
- convolution -
- The shape of something rotating rapidly Synonyms: swirl, vortex, whirl Usage: It seemed as though her entire world was moving in a large convolution until she steadied herself and overcame her dizziness.
- djinni
- In Muslim legend, a spirit often capable of assuming human or animal form and exercising supernatural influence over people. Synonyms: genie, jinnee, jinni Usage: The djinni offered to grant Aladdin three wishes.
- exacerbate
- Make worse. Synonyms: aggravate, worsen, exasperate Usage: This drug aggravates the pain
- farrago -
- An assortment or a medley; a conglomeration. Synonyms: hodgepodge, omnium-gatherum, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, ragbag Usage: She eyed the farrago of newspaper clippings, stale coffee mugs, and chewed-on pencils strewn ar
- impede
- Be a hindrance or obstacle to. Synonyms: hinder Usage: She is impeding the progress of our project
- jointer
- DEFINITION: (noun) A long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together. SYNONYMS: long plane, jointer plane, jointing plane. USAGE: Eschewing electrical tools, the carpenter used a manual jointer to fit the two boards toge
- lachrymator - -
- - A gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds. Synonyms: teargas Usage: When the demonstration turned violent, the police used a potent lachrymator to disperse the mob.
- libelous
- DEFINITION: (adj.) Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign. SYNONYMS: calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, libellous, slanderous. USAGE: The article, being libelous, had to be returned as impossible; and I had to renounce my dream of drag
- magnanimity
- - The quality of being magnanimous. Synonyms: munificence, openhandedness, largess, largesse Usage: Never was there such a state for magnanimity as Rom
- miscellanea
- Miscellaneous items or written works collected together. Synonyms: assortment, miscellany, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, mixture Usage: The office was littered with papers, files, and assorted miscellanea.
- mnemonic -
- A device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering. Synonyms: aide-memoire Usage: The students came up with a mnemonic to help themselves remember the colors of the rainbow.
- mollify
- To calm in temper or feeling; to lessen in intensity. Synonyms: appease, conciliate, pacify, placate, soothe, temper Usage: She was so outraged that nothing her friends said could mollify her anger.
- panorama -
- An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area; a comprehensive presentation. Synonyms: vista, prospect, survey Usage: Although the book was advertised as a panorama of American literature, it only includes descriptions of a few major authors.
- parry -
- To deflect or ward off a thrust or blow. Synonyms: deflect, block, dodge Usage: To parry his move, I inched my knight closer to his king.
- pirogue
- - A canoe made from a hollowed tree trunk. Synonyms: dugout canoe, dugout Usage: Then I'll take you some night in the pirogue when the moon shines.
- redolence
- - A pleasingly sweet olfactory property. Synonyms: bouquet, fragrance, sweetness Usage: The moonlight and the redolence of flowers made the garden a romantic spot.
- sheepcote
- - A pen for sheep. Synonyms: fold, sheep pen, sheepfold Usage: It was the second time in a month that a predator had managed to tear through the sheepcote's wire.
- tarboosh -
- A brimless, usually red felt cap with a silk tassel, worn by some Middle Eastern Muslim men, either by itself or as the base of a turban. Synonyms: fez Usage: He purchased a tarboosh at a charming shop in Turkey, thinking it the perfect souvenir from