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abscond
- to depart secretly and hide oneself
- escape, break out (of), clear out, flee, fly, get out, lam, run away, run off
- the subject ()ed to Canada
- Several prisoners ()ed from the jail.
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onerous (ahnerous)
- involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome ( a ____ task)
- having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages ( an _____ contract)
- bitter, brutal, burdensome, cruel, excurciating, grievous, grim, hard, hardhanded, heavy, inhuman, murderous, harsh, oppressive, rough, rugged, searing, severe, stiff, tough, trying
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benzene
a colorless volatile flammable toxic liquid aromatic hydrocarbon c6h6 used in organic synthesis as a solvent, and as a motor fuel.
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polonaise (pa lon aze)
- an elaborate short-sleeved overdress with a fitted waist and a draped cutaway overskirt
- a stately Polish processional dance popular in 19th century Europe
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impudent
- lacking modesty
- marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others : insolent
- arch, audacious, bold, bold-faced, brash, brassbound, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, cheeky, cocksure, cocky, fresh, impertinent, nervy, insolent, sassy, saucy, wise
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perenial
- present at all seasons of the year
- persistent, enduring
- ageless, continuing, dateless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, lasting, ongoing, abding, perpetual, timeless, undying
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resonant
- continuing to sound : echoing
- intinsified and enriched by or as if by resonance
- golden, orotund, plangent, resounding, reverberant, reverberating, reverberative, ringing, rotund, round, sonorous, vibrant
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solvent
- able to pay all legal debts
- that dissolves or can dissolve
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inimical
- being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence
- having the disposition of an enemy; hostile
- unfriendly, adversarial, antagonistic, antipathetic, inhospitable, hostile, juandiced, mortal, negative, unfriendly, unsympathetic
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enigma
- an obscure speech or writing
- something hard to understand or explain
- an inscrutable or mysterous person
- mystery, closed book, conundrum, mystery, head-scratcher, mystification, puzzle, puzzlement, riddle, secret
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pendulous
- poised without visible support
- suspended as to swing freely
- bowed, bowing, declined, descendant, descending, drooping, droopy, hanging, hung, inclining, nodding, sagging, stooping, weeping
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diadem
- crown: a royal headband
- something that adorns like a crown
- chaplet, coronal, coronet, crown
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insouciance (in soosyance)
- lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance
- apathy, casualness, complacence, disinterestedness, disregard, incuriosity, incuriousness, indifference, nonchalance, torpor, unconcern
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importunate
- troublesomely urgant : overly persistant in request or demand
- burning, clamant, compelling, critical, crying, dire, emergent, exigent, imperative, imperious, acute, instant, necessitous, pressing, urgent
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interlocutor
one who takes part in dialogue or conversation
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adroit
- having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefullness in handling
- clever, dexterious
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retinue (ret in oo)
- a group of retainers or attendants
- entourage, following, posse, cortege, suite, tail, train
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erudition
- extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books : profound, recondite, or bookish learning
- education, knowledge, learnedness, learning, literacy, scholarship
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