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Beard :: Beard (v. t.) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt..

Despicably :: Despicably (adv.) In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly; as, despicably stingy..

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

Copy :: Copy (n.) To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life..

Rhymery :: Rhymery (n.) The art or habit of making rhymes; rhyming; -- in contempt.

Endeavorer :: Endeavorer (n.) One who makes an effort or attempt.

Despisable :: Despisable (a.) Despicable; contemptible.

Spalpeen :: Spalpeen (n.) A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule.

Essay :: Essay (n.) To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try.

Sneer :: Sneer (n.) A smile, grin, or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or insinuation of contempt..

Aim :: Aim (v. i.) To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; -- followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well..

Tribune :: Tribune (n.) An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by the senate and consuls..

Suck :: Suck (v. i.) To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube..

Momier :: Momier (n.) A name given in contempt to strict Calvinists in Switzerland, France, and some parts of Germany, in the early part of the 19th century..

Abandon :: Abandon (v. t.) Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.

Proffer :: Proffer (v. t.) To essay or attempt of one's own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake..

Syncretist :: Syncretist (n.) One who attempts to unite principles or parties which are irreconcilably at variance.

Metemptosis :: Metemptosis (n.) The suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years. The opposite to this is the proemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years, and another every 2,400 years..

Snide :: Snide (a.) Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snide goods..

Puritanical :: Puritanical (a.) Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.

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