Friday, December 4, 2009

*Assiduousadjective;
1.Constant in application or attention; devoted; attentive.
2.Performed with constant diligence or attention; unremitting; persistent; as, "assiduous labor."

Synonyms:active, attentive, busy, constant, diligent, eager beaver, exacting, grinding, indefatigable, industrious, laborious, persevering, plugging, scrupulous, sedulous, steady, studious, unflagging, untiring, whiz, zealous
Antonyms:lazy, neglectful, negligent




*Voluptuary , noun;
1.A person devoted to luxury and the gratification of sensual appetites; a sensualist.

Synonyms:Epicurean,hedonic, hedonistic, hot*, passionate, pleasure-seeking, sensualistic, voluptuous .



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panache
, noun;
1.Dash or flamboyance in manner or style.
2.A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.


Synonyms:Brio, charisma, dash, flair, flamboyance, flourish, style, swagger, verve, vigor, élan
Antonyms:Spiritlessness.




*Logorrhea
, noun;
1.Pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
2.Incessant or compulsive talkativeness; wearisome volubility.

Synonyms:Garrulous, logorrhea, long-windedness, loquaciousness, loquacity, prolixity, talkativeness, verbiage, verboseness.




*Immolate
, transitive verb;
1.To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill as a sacrificial victim.
2.To kill or destroy, often by fire.

Definition:deprive of existence; destroy
Synonyms:X-out, annihilate, asphyxiate, assassinate, crucify, dispatch, do away with, do in, drown, dump, electrocute, eradicate, erase*, execute, exterminate, extirpate, finish, garrote, get*, guillotine, hang, hit*, immolate, liquidate, lynch, massacre, murder, neutralize, obliterate, off*, poison, polish off, put away, put to death, rub out, sacrifice, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff, strangle, suffocate, waste*, wipe out, zap
Antonyms:bear, create, give birth .



*Susurrus
, noun;
1.A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.

Synonyms:Babble, buzz*, buzzing, drone, grumble, hum, humming, mumble, murmuration, mutter, muttering, purr, rumble*, rumor, sigh, sough, susurration, undertone, whisper, whispering .

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