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Definition: (verb) To confuse; perplex.
Synonyms: baffle, bewilder, nonplus, puzzle.
Usage: The game was designed to flummox its players, presenting them with a series of complex riddles.
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Definition: (adjective) Excessively ornate or complex in style or language.
Synonyms: bombastic, declamatory, orotund, tumid, large.
Usage: Growing impatient with the politician's turgid prose, she turned off her television.
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Definition: (adjective) Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine.
Synonyms: specious, unauthentic.
Usage: The professor explained to the student that her essay had received a "C" due to numerous examples of spurious reasoning.
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Definition: (noun) One who wastes, especially one who wastes money; an idler or a loafer.
Synonyms: prodigal, profligate.
Usage: Despite his parents' best efforts to teach him responsibility, Sam grew up to be a wastrel who squandered his entire fortune.
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Definition: (noun) A state of alarm or dread.
Synonyms: apprehension.
Usage: With trepidation, the children approached the haunted house.
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Definition: (verb) To censure strongly.
Synonyms: abrade, condemn, denounce.
Usage: The newspaper printed an editorial that excoriated the administration for its inaction.
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Definition: (verb) To lie or creep in a prostrate position, as in subservience or humility.
Synonyms: cower, cringe, fawn.
Usage: The prisoners groveled before the emperor, hoping that he would commute their sentences.
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Definition: (adjective) Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity.
Synonyms: overblown, grandiloquent, portentous.
Usage: He read the proclamation aloud in a pompous voice, although nobody was paying attention.
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Definition: (noun) A jumble; a hodgepodge.
Synonyms: patchwork, melange, ragbag.
Usage: Inside the chest, he found a gaudy gallimaufry of old dresses, feathers, and sequins.
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Definition: (noun) An agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place.
Synonyms: assignation, rendezvous.
Usage: They tried to keep their weekly meetings a secret, but soon neighbors began to whisper about their trysts.
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