[Mani_23]

Originally Posted by ank_kumar

URCHIN - A mischievous and often poor and raggedly clothed youngster.

Usage - I certainly have had plenty of urchins in my classes over the years as a teacher.

Next - Obdurate

obdurate:
- stubbornly resistant to moral influence; persistently impenitent
- unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding

synonyms:
hard nosed,relentless,inflexible,adamant

Next word:OBJURGATE

[P@GALGUY]

Originally Posted by Mani_23

obdurate:
- stubbornly resistant to moral influence; persistently impenitent
- unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding

synonyms:
hard nosed,relentless,inflexible,adamant

Next word:OBJURGATE

To scold or rebuke sharply; berate.
Usage: The girls disliked those boys who objurgated the group.

Next --- obfuscate

[uhhh...]

Originally Posted by P@GALGUY

To scold or rebuke sharply; berate.
Usage: The girls disliked those boys who objurgated the group.

Next --- obfuscate

obfuscate: something to do wit encryption, hiding... etc

obliterate ?

[Sapyy]

OBLITERATE--blot out, destroy, leave no clear traces of.

USAGE: It has a virus that rewrites your hard drive, obliterating anything on it.

WEAN???

[er.shaan887]

Originally Posted by Sapyy

OBLITERATE--blot out, destroy, leave no clear traces of.

USAGE: It has a virus that rewrites your hard drive, obliterating anything on it.

WEAN???

1. To accustom (the young of a mammal) to take nourishment other than by suckling.
2. To detach from that to which one is strongly habituated or devoted: usage:She weaned herself from cigarettes.

next word........buccal

[ank_kumar]

Buccal - Related to the cheeks or the mouth cavity.

Usage- Half of the buccal surface of each tooth in the experimental group was infected.

Next - Stultify

[prateekg23]

Stultify-to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.

next-veneer

[manickavasagam]

Originally Posted by prateekg23

Stultify-to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.

next-veneer

Veneer- an attractive appearance that disguises true nature or feelings...


Next-HOI POLLOI

[er.shaan887]

Originally Posted by manickavasagam

Veneer- an attractive appearance that disguises true nature or feelings...


Next-HOI POLLOI

the common people; the masses

next word...........tendentious

[P@GALGUY]

Originally Posted by er.shaan887

the common people; the masses

next word...........tendentious

expressing a strong opinion that people are likely to disagree with.
SYNONYM: controversial

Next --- tenet