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Ineluctable

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inescapable; not to be avoided

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Inquietude

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uneasiness; restlessness

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Inured

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to become accustomed to something undesirable

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Jejune

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dull; lacking interest; empty of food

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Labile

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unstable; adaptable; liable to change

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Lachrymose

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tearful; mournful

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Lambent

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radiant; flickering; marked by lightness

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Lissome

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supple

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Luminary

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a person of great intellectual; creative or spiritual stature

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Lupine

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having the characteristics of a wolf

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Manqué

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a failure to realize one’s aspirations

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Manumit

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to release from slavery

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Matrix

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something from which something else originates or takes from

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Mélange

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a mixture of incongruous elements

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Mien

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demeanor; the air bearing of a person

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Minion

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a hanger on; a follower; an underling

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Moue

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a pout; usually playful; a little grimace

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Mugwump

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a person or politician who can’t make up his mind; an independent

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Nefandous

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unspeakable; unutterable

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Nimbus

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an atmosphere that surrounds a person or thing; a rain cloud;

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Obloquy

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strong language of condemnation

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Obstreperous

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stubbornly defiant; angry and clamorous

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offal

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the waste parts of a product (often as in a butchered animal); refuse; rubbish

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Opine

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to express an opinion

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Pace
with deference to
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Pachyderm
a thick skinned animal
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Paralogism
illogical reasoning of which the reason is not aware
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Paroxysm
a fit
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Parvenu
an upstart who has acquired wealth and class but hasn’
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Pastiche
a piece that imitates or is made up from pieces of other works;
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Percipience
keen perception
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Perdition
eternal damnation
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Plenary
complete; fully attended; not deficient in any way
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Pluvial
rainy
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Poltroon
a coward
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Proscenium
the part of the stage in front of the curtain; the wall frame for the stage
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Proselytize
to seek to convert someone to a religion; cause or political position
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Pulchritude
physical beauty
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Qua
in the capacity of
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Quiddity
the real nature of a thing; the essence ; a hairsplitting distinction
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Quisling
a traitor who helps an enemy who occupies his country
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Quotidian
occurring every day; commonplace
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Retinue
a group of attendants to an elevated person
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Roué
a lecherous man; a rake; a person devoted to sensual pleasures
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Saporous
tasty; flavorsome
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Satrap
a subordinate ruler
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Sciolism
superficial knowledge
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Senescence
beginning of old age
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Sequacious
slavish; obsequious; following in logical sequence
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Serried
crowded together
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Serviette
a table napkin
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Shantung
a heavy nubby fabric; made of wild silk
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Supervene
to follow immediately after; to ensue
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Surcease
cessation
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Tatterdemalion
a ragged person; always in tatters
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Teleology
the study of design or purpose in natural phenomena
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Temerarious
recklessly daring; rash
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Tenebrous
dark and gloomy
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Termagant
a quarrelsome woman; a shrew
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Tor
a high rock; a high rocky hill; or pile of rocks
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Trilemma
a problem for which there are three possible courses of action; and none perfect
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Tumid
swollen; distended; a bulging shape; overblown; bombastic
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Ukase
an authoritative decree; official edict
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Usufruct
the right to use someone else’s property as long as its not damaged in the process
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Vernal
occurring in spring; springlike youthful
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Vitiate
to impair the quality of; to corrupt morally
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Vituperative
harshly scolding; acrimonious
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Votary
a person bound by vows to live a life of religious service
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Welter
to write; toss; wallow
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Winnow
to blow of; or away; to separate the good from the bad
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Wraith
a specter; ghost of a dead person
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Ziggurat
a terrace

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