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Cataclysm

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an event resulting in great loss or misfortune

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Misattribute

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to erroneously attribute, to falsely ascribe, used especially of authorship

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Dissolution

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a living full of debauchery and indulgence in sensual pleasure, the act or process of disolving

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Countermand

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verb a contrary command canceling or reversing a previous command

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Verisimilitude

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the appearance of truth, appearance of being true or real

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Demonstrative

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given to or marked by the open expression of emotion

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Ebullient

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joyously unrestrained

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Dissemble

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conceal one’s true motives, usually through deceit

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Exiguity

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the quality of being meager

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Despot noun

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a cruel and oppressive dictator

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Oblique

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not straightforward, indirect

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Sardonic

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disdainfully or ironically humorous, scornful and mocking

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Exorbitant

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greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation, excessively big or expensive

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Panacea

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hypothetical remedy for ills and disease, a universal solution

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Veritable

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truthfully, without a doubt

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Trenchant

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characterized by or full of force and vigor; keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression or intellect

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Eponym

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the name derived from a person ( real or imaginary); the person for whom something is named

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Raillery

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light teasing

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Infelicitous

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inappropriate

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Chauvinism

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fanatical patriotism, belief that one’s group/cause is superior to all others

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Halcyon

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idyllically calm and peaceful, suggesting happy tranquility, marked by peace and prosperity

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Simulacrum

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a representation of a person ( especially in the form of a sculpture), a bad imitation

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Dissipate

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squander or spend money frivolously, to disperse or scatter

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Graft

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corruption, usually through bribery

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Row

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an angry dispute

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Capitulate

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to surrender ( usually under agreed conditions)

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Palaver

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speak ( about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

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Extrapolate

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-draw from specific cases for more general cases

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Pillory

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ridicule or expose to public scorn

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Obtain

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be valid, applicable or true

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Concomitant

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describing an event or situation that happens as that same time as or in connection

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Abrogate

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revoke or relinquish formally- do away with

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Modicum

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a small or moderate or token amount

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Loath

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unwilling to do something contrary to your custom

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Surfeit

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an excessive amount of something

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Lachrymose

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showing sorrow

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Promulgate

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state or announce

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Adjudicate

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to serve as a judge in a competition; to arrive at a judgment or conclusion

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Estimable

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deserving of esteem or respect

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Diminutive

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to indicate smallness, very small

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Splenetic

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very irritable

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Evanescent

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tending to vanish like vapor

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Canard

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a deliberately misleading fabrication

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Bereft

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unhappy in love, suffering from unrequited love, sorrowful through loss or deprivation, lacking something, deprived of love thorugh one’s death

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Ineluctable

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impossible to avoid or evade

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Hoodwink

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to deceive or trick someone

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Officious

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intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

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Flag

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droop, sink or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of taughtness, become less intense,

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Bastardization

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an act that debases or corrupts

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Enamored

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strongly attracted to or in love with

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