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slapdash slapdash : DEFINITION: (adverb) In a reckless haphazard manner. SYNONYMS: slam-bang. USAGE: The shelves were put up slapdash, and they soon collapsed under the weight of her schoolbooks. Discuss
bivouac bivouac : DEFINITION: (verb) Live in or as if in a tent. SYNONYMS: camp, camp out, encamp, tent. USAGE: Accustomed to live in tents, or to bivouac in the open air, he despises the comforts and is impatient of the confinement of the log-house. Discuss
plebeian plebeian : DEFINITION: (adjective) Of or associated with the great masses of people. SYNONYMS: common, unwashed, vulgar. USAGE: It is you, William, who are the aristocrat of your family, and you are not as fine a fellow as your plebeian brother by long chalk. Discuss
half-baked half-baked : DEFINITION: (adjective) Foolish; totally unsound. SYNONYMS: screwball, softheaded, crazy. USAGE: I refuse to be drawn into another half-baked scheme doomed to failure. Discuss
tyrannical tyrannical : DEFINITION: (adjective) Marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior. SYNONYMS: oppressive. USAGE: He was neither wrathful, cruel, nor tyrannical, but just and gentle as a king could be. Discuss