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Coerce-
Coerce– to make someone do something by using force or threats
Usage: It is incorrect to coerce someone into giving away their belongings
Insensate-
Insensate- lacking logic or reasoning
Usage: Nearly all the animals on this planet are insensate in nature. As they lack the ability to consider things in a logical or reasonable light insensate
Pseudonym
Pseudonym- a fictitious name
Usage: Jane Austen was advised by many to use a male pseudonym
Hauteur-
Hauteur– arrogant; proud; conceit Hauteur- arrogance; bumptiousness; haughtiness; pomposity; superciliousness
Humility; modesty; unpretentiousness;
Usage: The vain Prince offended many people with his hauteur limerence the overwhelming need to be with or receive similar feelings from another person that manifests in physical trembling and pain when the other person is not around. Beyond simple infatuation or lust When Romeo first laid eyes on Juliet, he was struck with such limerence that his need for her became like a drug that could only be satisfied by returned feelings.
Vainglorious-
Vainglorious– proud of one’s own achievements Boasting about personal accomplishments
Usage: Giving a vainglorious speech, the self-important CEO went on and on about how much he had done for the company
Intransigent- inflexible
Intransigent- unbending; unwavering; stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; bull-headed; iron-willed; immovable; rigid; adamant
Usage: She remained intransigent in her opposition to the proposal
tenacious
Tenacious- not easily letting go or giving up
Usage: The clingy child had a tenacious grip on his mother’s hand
Jejune-
Jejune- dry and uninteresting; dull Jejune (Similar words)- boring; colorless; drab; dry; dull; uninteresting; wearisome
Engaging;
Engaging; engrossing; gripping; intriguing; riveting
Usage: The jejune lectures were never liked by Shyam
Feckless
Feckless– irresponsible; generally incompetent; not fit to assume responsibility
Usage: The journalist labelled all the politicians of the party to be feckless especially after the recent
fiasco
Fiasco- failure; disaster Exhume- dig out from the ground
Usage: Our mysterious neighbour was trying to exhume something last night. This incident has made us all exceptionally suspicious of him Epoch- era; age; period; time; span A memorable event or a day
Epoch-
Epoch- a significant period in time
Usage: As a result of the scientist’s discoveries, an epoch of genetic manipulation was triggered
Sybarite-
Sybarite- a self indulgent person; hedonist; sensualist; libertine; pleasure seeker; epicure; glutton; gastronome
Usage: Paris in the ancient Greek world was remembered as a sybarite, not as a statesman or warrior
Retroflex-
Retroflex- curved or turned in a backwards direction
Usage: As the plane took off, I looked out of the window to see a retroflex view of the airport behind me
Gobbledygook
Gobbledygook- wordy and generally unintelligible jargon; gibberish The report is just a bunch of gobbledygook