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::: countermand - cancel; revoke (an order)
::: exhilarating - invigorating and refreshing; cheering; V. exhilarate: make cheerful and excited; Ex. exhilarated by the ride in the sports car
::: tribune - official of ancient Rome elected by the plebians to protect their rights; protector of the people
::: ruthless - pitiless; merciless; cruel
::: buoyant - able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N. buoyancy; Ex. buoyancy of wood/water/American market
::: mealymouthed - indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive
::: diffuse - wordy; verbose; rambling; spread out (like a gas); V: spread out in all directions; disperse; N. diffusion; CF. suffuse
::: transcendental - going beyond common thought or ideas; impossible to understand by practical experiences or practices; known only by studying thoughts or intuition; OP. empirical; CF. transcendentalism
::: lopsided - heavier or larger on one side than the other; Ex. lopsided way of walking
::: provisional - tentative; temporary