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Despisal :: Despisal (n.) A despising; contempt.

Bosh :: Bosh (n.) Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.

Vain :: Vain (superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt..

Temptation :: Temptation (n.) The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction..

Dispute :: Dispute (v. t.) To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments..

Ad Captandum :: Ad captandum () A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.

Flirt :: Flirt (v. t.) To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock.

Poltroon :: Poltroon (a.) Base; vile; contemptible; cowardly.

Enforce :: Enforce (v. i.) To attempt by force.

Ill-timed :: Ill-timed (a.) Done, attempted, or said, at an unsuitable or unpropitious time..

Paddy :: Paddy (n.) A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.

Mockery :: Mockery (n.) The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance..

Siege :: Siege (n.) Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession..

Unseconded :: Unseconded (a.) Not seconded; not supported, aided, or assisted; as, the motion was unseconded; the attempt was unseconded..

Alluring :: Alluring (a.) That allures; attracting; charming; tempting.

Scorn :: Scorn (n.) To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.

Attentat :: Attentat (n.) An attempt; an assault.

Syncretist :: Syncretism (n.) Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other.

Bite :: Bite (v. i.) To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer..

Pry :: Pry (v. i.) To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying reproach.

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