
Description of vituperation (noun) harsh rebuke; abusive condemnation; denunciation
Samples of vituperation The Old Testament has a nice line in vituperation of other cultures and their beliefs when its writers suggest that non-Israelites worship, not the true God, but satyrs or he-goats or demons.
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Description of virago (noun) scolding or ill-tempered woman
Samples of virago It had been a fairly commonplace murder, a henpecked husband at the end of his tether who had taken a hatchet to his virago of a wife.
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Description of longevity (noun) prolonged duration of life
Samples of longevity Longevity was once a rarer phenomenon than it is in the late twentieth century.
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Description of blandishment (noun) flattering speech or act; persuasion
Samples of blandishment Edward came to Corfe from a hunt, and while his attendants were seeing to the dogs she allured him to her with female blandishment and made him lean forward.
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Description of genesis (noun) origin; beginning; creation
Samples of genesis In Port Elizabeth, within the fold of the South African Air Force Museum, a small group of volunteers have taken on not only the genesis of a regional museum, but the task of bringing an Airspeed Oxford back to life.
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Description of masquerade (noun) disguise; group of people in disguise or fancy costumes
Samples of masquerade She was, perhaps, an amalgam of the two, and her masquerade, begun, she now knew, almost as the game Dr Neil had called it, had, in turning into something more serious, changed her as well. Dressing up, role playing and masquerade form the conceptual basis of Kahlo's work.
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Description of obsession (noun) compulsive thought; fixation; excessive preoccupation
Samples of obsession Her obsession has taken the form of compulsive exercising: huge amounts of daily exercise, without which she feels panic-stricken and lost.
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Description of antithesis (noun) contrast; direct opposite
Samples of antithesis I do not mean being reactionary, simply going back to a past state of affairs, I mean reaction as the antithesis of action. It was the community in its purest form, the antithesis to the divisive individualism of capitalism.
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Description of exposition (noun) setting forth facts; public exhibition; show; clarification
Samples of exposition The exposition by the witness substantiated the story given by the prisoner.
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Description of entreat (noun) attempt to persuade someone to do something
Samples of entreat My usually brief notes expanded to quite an entreat. Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) tracks down the 9th authentic engraving of the ninth gate and is granted an entreat with the Prince of Darkness.
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