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bolshie
Meaning:
Refusing to obey or help; defiant and uncooperative; deliberately combative or uncooperative
Usage:
The driver maintained a bolshie attitude before his arrest
excoriate
Verb
Meaning:
Censure or criticize severely; severely berate; express strong disapproval of; lambaste
Usage:
He was excoriated for his mistakes
facetious
Adjective
Meaning:
Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; anything intended to be amusing or funny but that comes off as inappropriate or annoying; joking inappropriately; not serious
Usage:
Jane had a few friends because she was overbearing and facetious
pundit
Noun
Meaning:
Somebody who expresses an opinion; somebody who acts as a critic or authority on a particular subject especially in the media; somebody who is wise; expert; consultant
Usage:
The election results threw the political pundits into confusion
egress
Noun
Meaning:
The action of going out of or leaving a place
Usage:
The company’s egress procedures
redact
Verb
Meaning:
Edit something; to edit, revise or delete content in preparation for publication; edit for publication
Usage:
The documents were redacted so personal information wasn’t released to the public
savant
Noun
Meaning:
A person of learning; wise or scholarly; a learned person especially a distinguished scientist; a scholar
Usage:
That girl in your school with a GPA over 100, she is a savant in making
It might take a savant only five minutes to do an entire Math test
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