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extirpate [ EK-ster-peyt, ik-STUR-peyt ]
[ noun ]
MEANING :
1. an argument about or concerning words
2. a meaningless battle of words
vie [ vahy ]
[ intransitive verb, transitive verb ]
MEANING :
1. (tr.v.) to compete or struggle for supremacy
2. (intr.v.) to strive for victory or compete
discordant [ dis-KAWR-dnt ]
[ adjective ]
MEANING :
1. disagreeing, contradicting or quarrelsome
2. harsh, dashing or cacophonous
vituperative [ vahy-TOO-per-uh ‘-tiv, -puh-rey-tiv, -TYOO-, vi- ]
[noun ]
MEANING :
abusive or containing abusive censure
sublime [ suh’-BLAHYM ]
[ noun, verb, adjective ]
MEANING :
1. (adj.) absolute or sheer
2. (adj.) high or grand in thought
3. (adj.) stir the mind with a sense of grandeur
4. (n.) the quality of the greatest
5. to convert a solid into vapour by heating