Hanoverian, usurpation

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  1. peroration
    the concluding section of a rhetorical address
  2. Hanoverian
    of or relating to the former English royal House of Hanover or their supporters
  3. usurpation
    wrongfully seizing and holding by force
  4. parody
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  5. satirical
    exposing human folly to ridicule
  6. pugnacity
    a natural disposition to be hostile
  7. paean
    a hymn of praise
  8. empurple
    color purple
  9. adumbrate
    describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
  10. obscurantist
    a person who is deliberately vague
  11. comity
    a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility
  12. admonitory
    expressing reprimand, criticism, or censure
  13. cockade
    an ornament usually worn on the hat
  14. obduracy
    resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible
  15. fulsome
    unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
  16. peerage
    the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
  17. evocation
    stimulation that calls up a particular class of behaviors
  18. peer
    look searchingly
Created on 十二月 20, 2010 (updated 一月 21, 2011)

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