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Humongous

: extraordinarily large.

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Onus

burden or responsibility.

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Hosanna

: an expression of fervent or worshipful praise.

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Contumely

= a noun meaning (1) arrogant contempt, or (2) an arrogant act or scornful insult.

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Jeremiad

: a literary work or speech expressing bitter lament, prophecies of doom, or mournful complaints about society.

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Light vs. lite

Lite is mainly a commercial variant.

Pollyanna

a blindly or foolishly optimistic person.

Untoward

1. not favorable; 2. troublesome; 3. hard to guide or control; 4. improper.

About-face

= to turn in the opposite direction, literally or figuratively. It is hyphenated as both a noun and a verb.

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Guesstimate

= a fusion of guess and estimate and synonymous with both.