deride

[dih-RYD]

transitive verb

To laugh at with contempt; to subject to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at…

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lacuna

[luh-KYOO-nuh]

noun

A blank space; a missing part; a gap…

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innocuous

[ih-NOK-yoo-uhs]

adj

Harmless; producing no ill effect.

The cocaine they purchased turned out to be innocuous; they got got.

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sapient

Possessing or expressing great wisdom or judgement.

The journeymen politicos wagged their heads with Stalinesque deference as the arena around them reverberated with Donald Trump’s sapient remarks…

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plangent

[PLAN-juhnt]

adjective

Expressing sadness.

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churlish

Rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal.

The date with Kristy had been going so well for Lawrence that he thought changing venues from bar to bedroom would be a simple maneuver…

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atrabilious

[at-ruh-BIL-yuhs]

adjective

Melancholic; gloomy.

I’ll never grow tired of Gordon Ramsay’s atrabilious reactions to shitty sous chefs and piss-drunk restaurateurs.

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