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abase

to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem

altruism

unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selfessness

cajole

to urge with repeated appeals, teasing or flattery

chicanery

trickery

conciliatory

appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile

credible

capable of being believed;plausible

defunct

no longer exisiting

deride

to mock contemptuously

derogatory

insulting or intended to insult

disparage

to speak of negatively; to be little

effrontery

brazen boldness; presumptuosness

eminent

distinguished; prominent

empathy

identification with understanding of another's situation, feelinss, and motives

eradicate

to get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots; abolish

exonerate

to free from blame

expurgate

to remove objectionable content before publivation or release

extirpare

to destroy

extol

to praise highly

ignominy

great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraceful conduct

impugn

to attack as false or questionable

incontrovertible

indiputable; not open to question

indict

to officially charge with wrongdoing or crime

laudatory

full ot praise

litifious

prone to engage in lawsuits

mananimous

courageously or generously noble in mind and heart

mar

to damagem, especially in a disfiguring way

obsequious

fawning and servile

parity

equalitym as in amount, status or calue

partisan

decoted to or biased in support of a partym group, or cause

pejorative

disparaging, belittlinf, insulting

philanthropic

humanitarian


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