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o·le·ag·i·nous [oh-lee-aj-uh-nuh s] –adjective

1. having the nature or qualities of oil.
2. containing oil.
3. producing oil.
4. unctuous; fawning; smarmy.

Usage example:

It had not escaped McCain’s attention that Palin had blasted through the oleaginous Alaska network dominated by Frank Murkowski and Ted Stevens, much in the same manner that McCain saw himself doing when he was a young congressman.

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pal·i·node [pal-uh-nohd] -noun

1. a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
2. a recantation.

Usage example: It seems to me that Palin's half of the campaign is full of palinodes - first she lies, then she spins to hide it.

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prof·li·ga·cy [prof-li-guh-see] –noun

1. shameless dissoluteness.
2. reckless extravagance.
3. great abundance.

Usage example:

Meanwhile, a movement that once fought for limited government has presided over the greatest growth of government in our history. That is not conservatism; it is profligacy using conservatism as a mask.