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    The document defines and provides examples for a series of words including: foment, torment, irate, put off, ambiguous, poignant, disparate, hog, aggrieved, extricate, unseemly, gall, hoopla, insipid, innocuous, inconsequential, posterity, consequential, yearning, yearn, beatify, and audacity. It explores meanings related to instigating problems, suffering, anger, postponing actions, unclear meanings, evoking sadness, differences, selfishly taking more than one's share, resentment, freeing from constraints, inappropriate behavior, annoyance, unnecessary fuss, lacking interest, harmlessness, insignificance, future generations

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    foment

    /fə(ʊ)ˈmɛnt/
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    verb
    verb: foment; 3rd person present: foments; past tense: fomented; past participle:
    fomented; gerund or present participle: fomenting

    1.
    instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action).
    "they accused him of fomenting political unrest"
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    instigate instigate
    incite provoke agitate excite stir up whip up arouse inspire encourage urge actuate
    initiate generate cause prompt start bring about
    kindle spark off trigger off touch off enkindle effectuate

    torment
    noun
    noun: torment; plural noun: torments
    /ˈtɔːmɛnt/

    severe physical or mental suffering.


    "their deaths have left both families in torment"

    irate
    /ʌɪˈreɪt/
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    adjective
    adjective: irate

    feeling or characterized by great anger.


    "a barrage of irate letters"

    put off
    phrasal verb of put

    1.
    postpone something.
    "they can't put off a decision much longer"
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    postpone

    defer
    delay
    put back
    adjourn
    hold over
    reschedule
    shelve
    table
    put over
    lay on the table
    take a rain check on
    put on ice
    put on the back burner

    cancel or postpone an appointment with someone.


    "he'd put off Martin until nine o'clock"

    2.
    cause someone to lose interest or enthusiasm.
    "she wanted to be a nurse, but the thought of night shifts put her off"
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    deter
    discourage
    dishearten
    demoralize
    dissuade
    daunt
    unnerve
    intimidate
    scare off
    offend
    repel
    disgust
    revolt
    repulse
    sicken
    nauseate
    turn off

    cause someone to feel dislike or distrust.


    "she had a coldness that just put me off"

    3.
    distract someone.
    "don't put me off—I'm trying to concentrate"

    ambiguous
    /amˈbɪɡjʊəs/
    adjective
    adjective: ambiguous

    open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning.
    "ambiguous phrases"
    not clear or decided.
    "the election result was ambiguous"

    poignant
    /ˈpɔɪnjənt/
    adjective
    adjective: poignant

    evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.


    "a poignant reminder of the passing of time"
    disparate
    /ˈdɪsp(ə)rət/
    adjective
    adjective: disparate

    essentially different in kind; not able to be compared.


    "they inhabit disparate worlds of thought"
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    contrasting
    different
    differing
    dissimilar

    Opposite:
    homogeneous

    containing elements very different from one another.


    "a culturally disparate country"

    hog
    /hɒɡ/
    noun: hog; plural noun: hogs; noun: hogg; plural noun: hoggs
    verb
    verb: hog; 3rd person present: hogs; past tense: hogged; past participle: hogged;
    gerund or present participle: hogging

    1.
    informal
    take or use most or all of (something) in an unfair or selfish way.
    "he never hogged the limelight"
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    monopolize
    2.
    cause (a ship or its keel) to curve up in the centre and sag at the ends as a
    result of strain.

    aggrieved
    /əˈɡriːvd/

    adjective
    adjective: aggrieved, angry

    feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated

    extricate
    /ˈɛkstrɪkeɪt/
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    verb
    verb: extricate; 3rd person present: extricates; past tense: extricated; past
    participle: extricated; gerund or present participle: extricating

    free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty.


    "he was trying to extricate himself from official duties"

    unseemly
    /ʌnˈsiːmli/
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    adjective
    adjective: unseemly; comparative adjective: unseemlier; superlative adjective:
    unseemliest

    (of behaviour or actions) not proper or appropriate.


    "an unseemly squabble"
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    indecorous
    improper
    inappropriate

    gall
    /ɡɔːl/
    noun
    noun: gall; plural noun: galls

    1.
    annoyance or resentment.
    "he was filled with gall at the suspected ambitions of his old enemies"
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    irritation

    irritant
    annoyance
    vexation
    pest
    nuisance
    provocation
    bother
    torment

    2.
    a sore on the skin made by chafing.
    "saddle galls"

    verb
    verb: gall; 3rd person present: galls; past tense: galled; past participle: galled;
    gerund or present participle: galling

    1.
    make (someone) feel annoyed or resentful.
    "it galled him to have to sit impotently in silence"
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    irritate

    annoy
    vex
    make angry
    make cross
    anger

    2.
    make sore by rubbing.
    "the straps that galled their shoulders"

    hoopla
    /ˈhuːplɑː/
    noun: hoopla; plural noun: hooplas
    1.
    informal•North American
    unnecessary fuss surrounding something.
    "I really didn't know what the hoopla was all about"

    insipid
    /ɪnˈsɪpɪd/
    adjective
    adjective: insipid

    lacking flavour; weak or tasteless.


    "mugs of insipid coffee"
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    tasteless

    flavourless
    unflavoured
    savourless

    Opposite:
    tasty

    lacking vigour or interest.


    "many artists continued to churn out insipid, shallow works"
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    uninteresting boring

    innocuous
    /ɪˈnɒkjʊəs/
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    adjective
    adjective: innocuous

    not harmful or offensive.


    "it was an innocuous question"
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    harmless

    safe
    non-dangerous

    inconsequential
    /ˌɪnkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃ(ə)l/
    adjective
    adjective: inconsequential

    not important or significant.


    "they talked about inconsequential things"
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    insignificant

    unimportant
    of little/no importance

    posterity
    /pɒˈstɛrɪti/
    noun
    noun: posterity

    all future generations of people.


    "the victims' names are recorded for posterity"
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    future generations

    succeeding generations
    those who come after us
    the future

    archaic
    the descendants of a person.
    "God offered Abraham a posterity like the stars of heaven"

    consequential
    /kɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃ(ə)l/
    adjective
    adjective: consequential

    1.
    following as a result or effect.
    "a loss of confidence and a consequential withdrawal of funds"
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    resulting

    resultant
    consequent
    following
    subsequent
    successive
    sequential

    Law
    resulting from an act, but not immediately and directly.
    "consequential damages"

    2.
    important; significant.
    "the new congress lacked consequential leaders"

    yearning
    /ˈjəːnɪŋ/

    noun
    noun: yearning; plural noun: yearnings

    a feeling of intense longing for something.


    "he felt a yearning for the mountains"
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    longing

    pining
    craving
    desire
    want
    wish
    hankering
    urge
    need

    adjective
    adjective: yearning

    involving or expressing yearning.


    "a yearning hope"

    yearn
    /jəːn/

    verb
    gerund or present participle: yearning

    have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one
    has lost or been separated from.
    "she yearned for a glimpse of him"
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    long

    pine
    crave
    desire
    want
    want badly

    archaic
    be filled with compassion or warm feeling.
    "no fellow spirit yearned towards her"

    beatify
    /bɪˈatɪfʌɪ/
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    verb
    past tense: beatified; past participle: beatified

    (in the Roman Catholic Church) announce the beatification of.


    "he beatified Juan Diego, an Indian believed to have had a vision of the Virgin
    Mary in 1531"
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    canonize

    bless
    sanctify
    hallow
    consecrate

    audacity
    /ɔːˈdasɪti/
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    noun
    noun: audacity

    1.
    a willingness to take bold risks.
    "he whistled at the sheer audacity of the plan"
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    boldness

    daring
    fearlessness
    intrepidity
    bravery
    courage
    courageousness
    valour
    valorousness
    heroism
    pluck
    recklessness
    adventurousness
    enterprise
    dynamism
    spirit
    mettle
    confidence
    guts
    gutsiness
    spunk
    grit
    bottle
    ballsiness
    moxie
    cojones
    sand
    venturousness
    temerariousness
    vulgar slang
    balls
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    Opposite:
    timidity
    2.
    rude or disrespectful behaviour; impudence.
    "she had the audacity to suggest I'd been carrying on with him"
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    impudence
    impertinence
    insolence
    presumption

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