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luster Definition: (noun) The visual property of something that shines with reflected light. Synonyms: sheen, shininess Usage: Distant masses of plants and flowers, mingled in ever-varying forms of beauty, are touched by the melancholy luster of the rising moon.  
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go-between Definition: (noun) A negotiator who acts as a link between parties. Synonyms: intercessor, intermediary, mediator Usage: A skilled go-between can prove invaluable to businesses when negotiations become hostile or contentious. 
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coterie
Definition: (noun) An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose. Synonyms: clique, ingroup, camp, pack Usage: This little coterie of friends was composed of seven famous men, who possessed many talents in common, being poets and musicians, alchemists, philosophers, and mostly hard drinkers as well. 
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coterie
Definition: (noun) An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose. Synonyms: clique, ingroup, camp, pack Usage: This little coterie of friends was composed of seven famous men, who possessed many talents in common, being poets and musicians, alchemists, philosophers, and mostly hard drinkers as well.
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minatory Definition: (adjective) Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. Synonyms: menacing, ominous, sinister, baleful, forbidding Usage: Number 3, Lauriston Gardens wore an ill-omened and minatory look. 
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deadening
Definition: (adjective) So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness. Synonyms: boring, ho-hum, irksome, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, dull, slow Usage: He envied Joe, down in the village,… fantastically and gloriously drunk and forgetful of Monday morning and the week of deadening toil to come.
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grotesque Definition: (adjective) Characterized by ludicrous, repulsive, or incongruous distortion, as of appearance or manner. Synonyms: monstrous Usage: The addition of the grotesque, intentionally distorted sculpture entirely changed the character of the surrounding gardens. 
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bootless
Definition: (adjective) Unproductive of success. Synonyms: fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain Usage: He would like to have done with life and its vanity altogether—so bootless and unsatisfactory the struggle, so cheerless and dreary the prospect seemed to him.
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convolute
Definition: (verb) Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive. Synonyms: pervert, sophisticate, twist Usage: Her lawyer had warned her that the prosecutor would convolute her testimony and use it to implicate her in the crime, but it still shocked her to see him do it so shamelessly. 
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ameliorate
Definition: (verb) To make better. Synonyms: improve, amend Usage: I sought to improve her manners and ameliorate her general tone.
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