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Word: permissive

Definition: allowing much freedom; lenient; Ex. permissive society


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::: circuitous - roundabout
::: wrath - anger; fury
::: advocacy - support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something
::: ravenous - extremely hungry; voracious
::: subordinate - occupying a lower rank; inferior; submissive; N. V: put in a lower rank or class
::: imperious - domineering; too commanding; haughty; CF. imperial/emperor
::: unseemly - unbecoming; not proper in behavior; indecent; Ex. leave with unseemly haste
::: dispatch - speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed; V: send to a specified destination; finish promptly; kill
::: panegyric - formal praise; encomium; Ex. I don't deserve such panegyrics.