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Nouns
1. (n.) luxuriousness, luxury, opulence, sumptuousness;
  - wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living;

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Verbs
1. (verb) arrogate, assume, seize, take over, usurp;
  - seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one’s right or possession;
  - “He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town”; “he usurped my rights”; “She seized control of the throne after her husband died”;

2. (verb) usurp;
  - take the place of;
  - “gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder;
  - characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion;
  - “blunt talking and straight shooting”; “a blunt New England farmer”; “I gave them my candid opinion”; “forthright criticism”; “a forthright approach to the problem”; “tell me what you think–and you may just as well be frank”; “it is possible to be outspoken without being rude”; “plainspoken and to the point”; “a point-blank accusation”;

Adverbs
1. (adv.) forthright, forthrightly, squarely;
  - directly and without evasion; not roundabout;
  - “to face a problem squarely”; “the responsibility lies squarely with them”; “spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) feral, ferine, savage;
  - wild and menacing;
  - “a pack of feral dogs”;

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Verbs
1. (verb) aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad;
  - add details to;

2. (verb) adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, embellish, grace;
  - be beautiful to look at;
  - “Flowers adorned the tables everywhere”;

3. (verb) adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament;
  - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;
  - “Decorate the room for the party”; “beautify yourself for the special day”;

4. (verb) beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify;
  - make more beautiful;

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Nouns
1. (n.) dolor, dolour;
  - (poetry) painful grief;

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Nouns
1. (n.) pittance;
  - an inadequate payment;
  - “they work all day for a mere pittance”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) amative, amorous;
  - inclined toward or displaying love;
  - “feeling amorous”;

2. (adj.) amatory, amorous, romantic;
  - expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance;
  - “her amatory affairs”; “amorous glances”; “a romantic adventure”; “a romantic moonlight ride”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous;
  - having the sticky properties of an adhesive;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) discrepant, incompatible;
  - not compatible with other facts;

2. (adj.) discrepant, inconsistent;
  - not in agreement;

3. (adj.) at variance, discrepant, dissonant;
  - not in accord;
  - “desires at variance with his duty”; “widely discrepant statements”;

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