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    akimbo -- 1. (adv.

    ) in a position in which the hands are on the hips and elbows


    extend outwards
    2. (adj.) placed in a way such that the hands are on the hips and the
    elbows extend outward
    guttural -- harsh, throaty or unpleasant utterance...Marvin Gaye's voice was a
    remarkably versatile instrument, sometimes gossamer, sometimes guttural..
    glib -- marked by ease and fluency of speech or writing but superficial or
    insincere...glib assurances of a corruption-free administration
    delirium -- a state of uncontrolled and frenzied emotion...The news of her son's
    death left her in a state of delirium
    lambent -- flickering lightly over or on a surface, effortlessly brilliant...The
    lambent light over the surface of the water

    officious -- characterized by excessive intrusiveness, offering unwanted services


    or advice to others; meddlesome...Officious interference in almost all matters by
    the bureaucracy
    smite -- Strike with a firm blow...She smote him on the back with her
    umbrella...smitten by polio
    snarky -- testy or irritable
    gainsay -- to deny or contradict

    gratuitous -- 1.unjustified or without apparent reason...gratuitous insult,


    gratuitous decision..
    2. given or granted without having to pay or
    return...gratuitous breakfast..
    gratulate -- to hail with joy; express joy at
    lampoon -- 1. (v.) to criticize an individual or an institution through humorous
    writing or work of art...To lampoon George W. Bush seemed to have been a major
    pastime of..
    2. (n.) to make the subject of a lampoon..Many cartoonists target
    politicians as a subject for their lampoons..
    decapitate -- to behead; to cut off the head of...a guillotine was used to
    decapitate people
    guffaw -- 1. (n.) a loud and boisterous burst of laughter...He burst into a loud
    guffaw.
    2. (v.) to laugh loudly and boisterously..hsi speech made people
    guffaw..
    dawdle -- 1. (intr. v.)to idle away; to waste time...it would be unwise to dawdle
    away one's time
    2. (intr. v.)to loiter or saunter; to move slowly

    conflagration -- a huge and destructive fire


    grovel -- to lie or crawl with the body prostrate and face downward in fear,
    humility etc.

    facile -- 1. easily obtained or accomplished...Barcelona recorded a facile 2-0


    victory over Manchester United
    2. superficial, shallow...These are very facile studies that..
    immanent -- inherent; dwelling or existing within...Values immanent in our culture
    humdrum -- (adj.) not challenging; dull and tedious; lacking excitement and variety
    cortege -- a train of attendants...The cortege of the dead leader, movie star..

    emetic -- 1. (adj.) causing vomiting


    2. (n.) a substance that causes vomiting
    exiguous -- scanty; meagre; inadequate
    quietus -- final settlement; finishing stroke that settles or ends...His lengthy
    speech served as a quietus to the argument
    gauche -- lacking social grace or civility; tactless; crude...Other critics find
    the association's fundraising efforts gauche
    cynosure -- a focal point of attraction and attention...French Open champion Rafael
    Nadal was the cynosure of all eyes at last year's Chennai Open.

    inculpate -- incriminate, to accuse


    dour -- 1. gloomy; sullen; bleak
    2. stubborn; obstinate
    3. extremely strict and harsh; forbidding

    hypochondria -- a persistent apprehension about one's health, usually when illness


    is neither present nor likely

    acquiesce -- to agree without protest; to consent or comply tacitly


    obsequious -- marked by or displaying servility

    lachrymose -- 1. crying or inclined to cry


    2. causing or tending to cause tears
    cornucopia -- an abundant, inexhaustible supply...The cornucopia of channels on
    television..
    maudlin -- tearfully or weakly emotional...maudlin love ballads

    impolitic -- unwise, imprudent or not expedient...impolitic poll tax, remarks..


    expedient -- convenient and practical, although possibly improper or immoral.

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