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abjure
- to
- renounce under oath; to abandon forever; to abstain from
blasphemous
- cursing,
- profane; extremely irreverent
censorious
- critical;
- tending to blame and condemn
constituent
- component,
- part; citizen, voter
deride
- to
- laugh at contemptuously, to make fun of
enjoin
- to
- direct or impose with urgent appeal, to order with emphasis; to forbid
febrile
- feverish,
- marked by intense emotion or activity
gauche
- lacking
- social refinement
imprecation
- a
- curse
interregnum
- a
- temporary halting of the usual operations of government or control
milieu
- the
- physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops, environment
obdurate
- stubbornly
- persistent, resistant to persuasion
panegyric
- elaborate
- praise; formal hymn of praise
pique
- to
- arouse anger or resentment in; provoke
proliferate
- to
- grow by rapid production of new parts; increase in number
saccharine
- excessively
- sweet or sentimental
specious
- having
- the ring of truth but actually being untrue; deceptively attractive
tawdry
- gaudy,
- cheap, showy
uncanny
- so
- keen and perceptive as to seem supernatural, peculiarly unsettling
wan
- sickly
- pale