words with their meanings
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give some words....
words meanings called synonyms
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mendicant
a pauper who lives by begging
In others are the broken-down mendicants who live on soup-kitchens and begging.
meretricious
tastelessly showy
Mediocre actors are often undone by great material, but good ones can burnish even meretricious nonsense with craft and conviction.
vitiate
make imperfect
The new blood, however, instead of redeeming the tainted stock, itself became vitiated.
vapid
lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
Tired of constantly hearing this same vapid truism, I asked him, ‘What then?
ruddy
inclined to a healthy reddish color
The prime minister, his face ruddy with disdain, responded by calling Balls a “muttering idiot.”
bourgeois
being of the property-owning class
Ashamed of being only a bourgeois, he was squandering his fortune at Paris under an assumed title.
augur
predict from an omen
Republicans believe the special election augurs well for them in November.
prosaic
lacking wit or imagination
But inside Greece, local leaders are struggling with more prosaic concerns, like trash pickups.
profligate
unrestrained by convention or morality
German voters are even more skeptical than their leaders about financing their “slothful” and “ profligate” neighbors.
hoary
having gray or white hair as with age
By thy glad youth, and tranquil prime Assured, I smile at hoary time!
blase
nonchalantly unconcerned
Westwood is blase about going to next week's major as world number one or being favorite to win at Royal St George's.