1. Sour or bitter tasting; acid. See Synonyms at bitter.
2. Sharp or biting, as in character or expression: “At times, the playwright allows an acerbic tone to pierce through otherwise arid or flowery prose” Alvin Klein.
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abnegation – the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief; “abnegation of the Holy Trinity”
denial – the act of refusing to comply (as with a request); “it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges”
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abnegation – renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
forgoing, forswearing, renunciation – the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
self-sacrifice, selflessness – acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity
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1. Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull: vapid conversation.
2. Lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat: vapid beer.
Scornfully or cynically mocking. See Synonyms at sarcastic.
1. Having an abnormally pale or wan complexion: the pallid face of the invalid.
2. Lacking intensity of color or luminousness.
3. Lacking in radiance or vitality; dull: pallid prose.
1. Capable of being handled, touched, or felt; tangible: “Anger rushed out in a palpable wave through his arms and legs” Herman Wouk.
2. Easily perceived; obvious: “There was a palpable sense of expectation in the court”Nelson DeMille. See Synonyms at perceptible.
3. Medicine That can be felt by palpating: a palpable tumor.
1. A dais, pulpit, or other elevated platform for public speaking.
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a. The curved, beak like prow of an ancient Roman ship, especially a war galley.
b. The speaker’s platform in an ancient Roman forum, which was decorated with the prows of captured enemy ships.
3. Biology A beak like or snout like projection.
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1. Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent: turgid prose.
2. Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated: a turgid bladder; turgid veins.
1. To walk through.
2. To inspect (an area) on foot.
v.intr.
To walk about; roam or stroll.
