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War and Loathing

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truculent
fierce; cruel; savagely brutal
asperse
to attack with false and damaging charges or insinuations; also, to sprinkle or bespatter
calumniate
to make false and malicious statements about; slander
rancorous
full of or showing bitter, rankling resentment
contumely
a humiliating insult
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dolor
sorrow; grief
invidious
calculated to create ill will or give offense
extirpate
to remove or destroy totally; to kill
animus
strong dislike or enmity
lassitude
weariness of body or mind from strain; listlessness
iniquitous
characterized by injustice or wickedness; sinful
altercate
to argue or quarrel with zeal, heat, or anger
restive
impatient of control, restraint, or delay
flagitious
heinous, as a crime; infamous
mephitic
noxious; pestilential; poisonous
monomachia
fighting in single combat
famacide
a person who destroys another's reputation; a slanderer
vitiate
to debase; corrupt; pervert
enervate
to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of
prostrate
to overthrow, overcome, or reduce to helplessness
abase
to reduce or lower; humble
oppugn
to assail by criticism, argument, or action
impracticable
hard to deal with because of stubbornness, stupidity, etc.
Pyrrhic victory
a victory or goal achieved at too great a cost
gudgeon
a person who is easily duped or cheated

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