schadenfreude
gravitas hubris quiteus
Gravitas (from Latin) is a quality of substance or depth of personality.
Gravitas (specifically dignity, seriousness, and duty) is one of the several virtues that ancient Roman society expected men to possess, along with pietas and dignitas.
Hubris or hybris (Greek ὕβρις), according to its modern usage, is exaggerated self pride or self-confidence (overbearing pride),
schadenfreude (SHAAD-n-froiduh) noun Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.[German : Schaden, damage (from Middle High German schade, from Old HighGerman scado) + Freude, joy, from Middle High German vreude, from Old HighGerman frewida, from fro, happy.]
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Pernicious
Causing great harm; destructive.
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Diminutive
Extremely small in size; tiny.
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Abnegate
To renounce or relinquish.
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Abstruse
Difficult to understand.
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Adamant
Unwilling to change one's opinion; stubborn.
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Ameliorate
To make a situation or condition better.
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Anathema
Something that is greatly hated.
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Anodyne
Anything that relieves pain or soothes feelings.
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Apotheosis
The ideal example.
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Asperity
Harshness of tone or manner; severity.
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Avuncular
Like an uncle; friendly and caring.
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Aagatelle
A thing of no importance.
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Baleful
Evil or harmful.
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Banal
(ba.NAL) Overused and boring.
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Bellicose
Eager to fight; aggressively hostile.
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Bête noire
(bet.nwar) Something that is greatly disliked.
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Blandishments
Words or actions intended to persuade or flatter.
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Calumny
A false and malicious statement; slander.
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Canard
A false and deceptive piece of information.
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Captious
Tending to criticize or find fault.
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Cavil
To raise trivial objections.
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Chimera
A hope or dream that will never be realized.
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Colloquy
A conversation or meeting.
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Concatenation
A linking together, as in a chain.
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Contretemps
An unlucky or embarrassing occurrence or situation.
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Contumacious
Willfully stubborn and rebellious.
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Coruscate
To flash brightly; sparkle.
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Denouement
The final outcome or result.
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Detritus
Waste material; debris.
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Diffident
Shy and lacking self-confidence.
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Disquisition
A long and detailed explanation.
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Dissemble
To hide one's true feelings or motives.
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Doctrinaire
Holding to doctrines or theories without regard for practical matters.
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Dolorous
Seeming sad or causing sorrow; mournful.
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Doppelganger
A ghostly double of a living person.
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Dystopia
An imaginary place where people lead brutish lives.
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Ebullient
Lively and happy.
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Effable
Able to be uttered or expressed.
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Effulgent
Shining forth brightly; radiant.
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Egregious
Extremely bad; outrageous.
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Eminence grise
Someone who has secret power or influence.
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Encomium
An expression of high praise.
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Enervate
To drain of energy; weaken.
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Entropy
A state of disorder or disorganization in a system.
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Epiphany
Sudden insight into the reality of something.
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Eschew
To avoid; shun.
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Evanescent
Lasting for only a brief time.
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Exacerbate
To make worse or more severe.
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Excoriate
To denounce or criticize severely.
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Extirpate
To remove or destroy completely.
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Factitious
False or artificial.
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Farrago
A confused mixture.
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Febrile
Feverish; hectic.
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Feckless
Weak or ineffective; worthless or irresponsible.
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Fecund
Fertile.
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Frangible
easily broken.
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Frisson
A shiver of excitement or fear.
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Fulgent
Dazzlingly bright.
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Fulsome
Excessive; insincere.
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Fungible
(of goods) Exchangeable or replaceable.
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Gainsay
To declare to be untrue; contradict.
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Garrulous
Too talkative.
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Gotterdammerung
Total downfall or destruction.
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Gravitas
Seriousness and importance of manner.
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Gustatory
Pertaining to taste or tasting.
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Halcyon
Peaceful; happy.
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Hector
To harass by bullying or scolding.
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Hegemony
Dominant influence or rule, as of one nation over others.
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Hegira
A journey, esp. an escape to a more desirable place.
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Heuristic
Encouraging learning through investigation and discovery.
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Hortatory
Urging to some course of action.
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Hubris
(YOO.bris) Arrogant pride.
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Imbroglio
A very difficult and confusing situation.
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Immured
Closed away, as in prison.
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Impecunious
Having very little money.
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Imprimatur
Official permission or approval.
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Inchoate
Not yet completely developed or formed.
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Inculcate
To fix ideas or beliefs in someone's mind.
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Inimical
Having a bad effect; harmful.
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Insouciant
Free of care or concern; indifferent; nonchalant.
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Intransigent
Refusing to compromise or be persuaded.
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Inure
To toughen or harden, as by exposure.
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Invidious
Causing resentment or envy.
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Jaundiced
Showing or influenced by distaste or hostility.
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Jeremiad
A prolonged complaint.
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Jihad
A holy war or vigorous crusade.
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Jingoism
Belligerent patriotism.
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Jocose
Joking; playful.
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Ken
Knowledge or understanding.
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Kinetic
Relating to or produced by motion.
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Kismet
Fate; destiny.
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Kudos
Praise; acclaim.
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Laconic
Using few words; concise.
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Lacuna
A gap or missing part.
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Lagniappe
(lan.YAP) A small gift or gratuity.
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Leitmotif
A theme that runs through a piece.
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Lineaments
Distinguishing features or details.
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Longueurs
A boring period of time.
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Luddite
One who opposes new technologies.
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Lugubrious
Sorrowful; mournful.
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Macerate
To soften by steeping in a liquid.
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Maudlin
Overly or embarrassingly sentimental.
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Meretricious
Seeming attractive but of little value; based on pretense.
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Metier
One's occupation or specialty.
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Miasma
A heavy, vaporous fog; an unpleasant, foreboding influence or atmosphere.
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Minatory
Threatening; menacing.
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Misanthrope
A person who dislikes other people.
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Mnemonic
Relating to the memory.
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Monitory
Serving as a warning.
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Nadir
The lowest or worst point.
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Nefarious
Evil; wicked.
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Nocent
Harmful.
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Noetic
Relating to the mind.
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Nugatory
Worthless or futile.
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Numinous
Spiritual or supernatural; mysterious.
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Obdurate
Stubbornly resistant to persuasion or influence.
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Obeisance
Obedience and respect.
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Obfuscate
To make unclear; confuse.
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Obloquy
Censure or blame; discredit or disgrace.
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Obsequious
Overly eager to please.
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Oeuvre
(OOV.ruh) The complete works of a writer or artist.
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Otiose
Idle; useless.
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Panacea
A cure for all ills or problems.
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Paradigm
An example that serves as a model or pattern.
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Parsimonious
Stingy; frugal.
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Paucity
Short supply; scarcity.
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Pejorative
Expressing a critical or negative judgment.
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Peripatetic
Walking or traveling about.
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Persiflage
Light, bantering talk.
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Perspicacious
Quick in noticing or understanding things accurately.
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Phlegmatic
Having a calm or unemotional temperament.
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Propinquity
Nearness in time or place.
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Puissance
Power; might.
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Pusillanimous
Cowardly and weak.
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Pyrrhic
(of a victory) Achieved at too great a cost.
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Quiddity
The essential nature of something; a trifling point or quibble.
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Quid
Pro quo something given or taken in return for something else.
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Quintessence
The purest essence or concentration of something.
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Quisling
A traitor to one's country.
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Quixotic
Visionary and impractical.
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Quotidian
Daily.
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Raconteur
A person who tells amusing or interesting stories,
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Raison d'être
(ray.zon DET.ruh) Reason for existence.
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Rapacious
Extremely greedy or grasping.
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Ratiocination
Logical reasoning.
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Recalcitrant
Unwilling to obey orders or be controlled.
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Refractory
Stubbornly disobedient.
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Refulgent
Shining brightly.
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Remonstrate
To plead in protest or complaint.
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Riposte
A quick, sharp reply.
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Risible
Laughable; ridiculous.
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Sagacious
Showing wisdom and good judgment.
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Salubrious
Promoting good health.
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Sardonic
Mockingly scornful.
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Sedulous
Persistent in character or application; persevering.
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Senescent
Growing old; aging.
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Sententious
Given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous.
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Sobriquet
A nickname.
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Solipsism
The belief that only the self can be proven to exist; self-absorption.
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Sui Generis
Of its own kind; unique.
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Supercilious
Haughtily superior; snobbish.
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Tabula
Rasa a blank slate.
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Tautology
Useless repetition of an idea in different words.
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Temerity
Reckless boldness.
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Tenebrous
Gloomy; obscure.
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Termagant
A bad-tempered, nagging woman.
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Torpid
Inactive and dull; sluggish.
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Trepidation
A state of anxiety or fear; apprehension.
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Truculent
Aggressively hostile; belligerent.
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Turpitude
Vile or depraved character.
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Übermensch
(German) Superman.
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Ululate
To howl or wail, esp. employing the tongue.
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Umbrage
Offense; resentment.
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Unconscionable
Without a conscience; unethical; immoral.
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Unctuous
Marked by a false earnestness and smooth manner.
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Uxorious
Excessively fond of or submissive to one's wife.
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Vagary
A whimsical or unpredictable action or notion.
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Vapid
Lacking spirit or interest; empty and dull.
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Venal
Corrupt; dishonest.
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Venerate
To regard with respect or reverence.
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Vertiginous
Spinning or whirling; liable to cause dizziness.
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Vitriolic
Bitterly scathing; caustic.
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Vituperative
Using, containing, or marked by harshly abusive censure.
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Vouchsafe
To condescend to grant or bestow (a privilege, for example); deign.
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