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Quasi

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Apparent but not really; seemingly

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Chary

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Cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something

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Contemporaneous

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Existing at or occurring in the same period of time

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Plethora

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A large or excessive amount of something

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Monotonous

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Dull, tedious, repetitious; lacking in variety or interest

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Dichotomy

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A division or contrast between two things that are represented as being opposed or entirely different

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Holistic

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Characterized by the belief that the parts of something are intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole

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Indoctrinate

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Teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs intrinsically

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Explicate

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Analyse and develop (an idea or principle) in detail

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Partisan

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A strong supporter of a party, cause, or person

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Parsimonious Model

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A model that accomplishes a desired level of explanation or prediction with as few predictors as possible

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Prima facie

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Based on the first impression; accepted as correct until proved otherwise

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Salient

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More noticeable and important

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Heuristic (adjective)

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Enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves

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Commensurate (adjective)

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Corresponding in size or degree; in proportion

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Sadist

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A person who derives pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from inflicting pain or humiliation on other

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Pejorative

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Expressing contempt or disapproval

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Analogous

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Comparable in certain aspects, typically in a way that makes things clearer when compared

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Granger causality

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How the past of one variable affects the current values of another variable

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Orthogonal (adjective)

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(of variates) statistically independent

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Elucidate (verb)

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make (something) clear; explain

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Asymptotically (adjective)

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(of a function) approaching a given value as an expression containing a variable that tends to infinity

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Altruistic

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Showing a disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; unselfish

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Paternalism (noun)

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The policy or practice of people in authority restricting the freedom and responsibility of those subordinate to or otherwise dependent on them in their supposed interest.

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Ebullient (adjective)

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Cheerful and full of energy

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Fortuitous (adjective)

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Happening by chance rather than intention

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Secular (adjective)

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Not connected with religious or spiritual matters

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Xenophobic (adjective)

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Having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries

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Acquiescence (noun)

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The reluctant acceptance of something without protest

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Acerbic (noun)

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(especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright

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Franking credits

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A type of tax credit paid by corporations to their shareholders along with dividend payments. It helps reduce double taxation (dividend imputation)

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Lauded (adjective)

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Highly praised or admired

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Neo-liberalism (noun)

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A modified form of liberalism tending to favour free-market capitalism

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Agnostic (noun)

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A person who believed that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God.

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Diffident (adjective)

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Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence

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Precarious (adjective)

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Not securely held in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse

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Semantics (noun)

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The meaning of a word, phrase, or text

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Vociferous (adjective)

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Expressing or characterized by vehement opinions; loud or forceful

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Indictment (noun)

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A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime

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Rhetoric (noun)

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The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing

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Belligerent (adjective)

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Hostile and aggressive

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Fungible (adjective)

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(of goods contracted for without an individual specimen being specified) replaceable by another identical item; mutually interchangeable.

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Gratuitous (adjective)

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  1. Done without good reason; uncalled for

2. Given or done free of charge

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Inimitable (adjective)

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So good or unusual as to be impossible to copy; unique

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Depraved (adjective)

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Morally corrupt; wicked

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Tyranny (noun)

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Cruel and oppressive government or rule

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Intrinsic (adjective)

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Belonging naturally; essential

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Exalted (adjective)

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  1. (of a person or their rank or status) at a high or powerful level
  2. In a state of extreme happiness
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Animism (noun)

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The belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe

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Bigot (noun)

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A person who is intolerant towards those holding different opinions

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Bespoke (adjective)

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Made for a particular customer or user

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Unilateral (adjective)

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(of an action or decision) performed by or affecting only one person, group, or country involved in a situation, without the agreement of another or the others.

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Contrite (adjective)

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feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong.

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Evanescent (adjective)

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Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing

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Ephemeral (adjective)

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Lasting for a very short time

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Sentient (adjective)

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Able to perceive or feel things

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Hypocrisy (noun)

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The practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case

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Extol (verb)

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Praise enthusiastically

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Virtue (noun)

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Behaviour showing high moral standards

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Caprice (noun)

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A sudden and unaccountable change in mood or behaviour

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Mollify (verb)

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Appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)

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Fallible (adjective)

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Capable of making mistakes it being wrong

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Perspicacious (adjective)

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Having a ready insight into and understanding of things

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Clandestine (adjective)

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Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit

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Onerous (adjective)

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(Of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty

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Vicarious (adjective)

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Experience in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person

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Brusque (adjective)

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Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner

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Subsist (verb)

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Maintain or support oneself, especially at a minimal level

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Auspicious (adjective)

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Conducive to success; favourable

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Thespian (adjective)

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Relating to drama and the theatre

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Geriatric (noun)

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An old person who is receiving special care

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Monosyllabic (adjective)

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  1. Of one syllable

2. (of a person) using brief or few words to signify reluctance to engage in conversation

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Masochism (noun)

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The tendency to derive sexual certification from one’s pain or humiliation

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Apathetic (adjective)

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Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm or concern

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Propaganda (noun)

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Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view

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Demagogue (noun)

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A political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices if ordinary people rather than by using rational argument

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Hyperbole (noun)

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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Nebulous Nebulous

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(Of a concept or idea) unclear, vague, or ill-defined

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Contempt (noun)

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Lack or respect or reverence for something

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Esoteric (noun)

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Intended to or likely understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest

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A priori (adjective)

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Relating to or denoting reasoning or knowledge which proceeds from theoretical deduction rather than from observation or experience.

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Despot (noun)

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A ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppressive way.

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Plebiscite (noun)

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The direct vote of all members of an electorate on an important public questions as a change in constitution

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Vindictive (adjective)

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Having it showing a string or I reasoning desire for revenge

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Dogma (noun)

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A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true

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Dissident (noun)

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A person who opposes official play, especially that of an authoritarian state

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Malign (noun)

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Evil in nature or effect

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Benevolent (adjective)

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Well meaning and kindly

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Lament (noun)

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  1. A passionate expression of grief or sorrow

2. A complaint

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Delineate (noun)

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  1. Describe or portray (something) precisely

2. Indicats the exact position of (border or boundary)

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Demure (adjective)

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Reserved, modest, and shy (typically of a woman)

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Laudable (adjective)

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Deserving praise and commendation, for an action, idea, or aim

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Rancorous (adjective)

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Characterized by bitterness or resentment

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Peccant (adjective)

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  1. Having committed a fault or sin

2. Diseased or causing disease

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Misogynist (noun)

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A person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women

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Sudorific (adjective)

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Relating to or causing sweating

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Armament (noun)

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The process of requiring military forced for war

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Heretical (adjective)

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Holding an opinion that is at odds with what is generally accepted

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Populist (noun)

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A person (especially a politician) who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups

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Determinism (noun)

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The philosophical view that all events are determined completely by previously existing causes

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Revere (verb)

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Feel deep respect or admiration for (something)

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Platanic (adjective)

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(Of love or friendship) intimate and affectionate but not sexual

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Admonish (verb)

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Warn or reprimand someone firmly

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Parable (noun)

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A simple story told to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson

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Specious (adjective)

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Superficially plausible, but actually wrong

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Anecdote (noun)

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A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

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Tempestuous (adjective)

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Characterised by string or turbulent or conflicting emotion

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Laggard (noun)

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A person who makes slow progress or falls behind others

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Eschew (verb)

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Deliberately avoid using; abstain from

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Indolent (adjective)

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Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy

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Incipient (adjective)

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Beginning to happen or develop

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Paragon (noun)

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A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality

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Tacit (adjective)

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Understood or implied without being stated

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Pernicious (adjective)

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Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

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Imperialism (noun)

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A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through colonization, or use of military force

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Homage (noun)

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Special honour or respect shown publically

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Pragmatic (adjective)

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Dealing with things sensibly and realistically

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Ratify (verb)

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Sign or give formal consent to (a contract or agreement)

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Incipient (adjective)

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Beginning to happen or develop

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Blasphemy (noun)

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The action or offence of speaking sacrilogieously about God or sacred things; profane talk

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Sacrilege (noun)

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Violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred

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Reverence (noun)

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Deep respect for someone or something

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Thenatuc (adjective)

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Having or relating to subjects or a particular subject

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Frugal (adjective)

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Sparing or economical as regards to money or food

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Rapacious (adjective)

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Aggressively greedy or grasping

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Chaste (adjective)

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  1. Abstaining from extramaritial, or from all, sexual intercourse
  2. Without unnecessary ornamental; simple or restrained
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Ernest (adjective)

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Resulting from or showing sincere or intense conviction

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Gentrification (noun)

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The process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle class taste

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Scion (noun)

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A descendant from notable family

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Rueful (adjective)

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expressing sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous way.

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ambivalent (adjective)

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Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

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Nascent (adjective)

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(Especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of suture potential

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Sanguine (adjective)

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Optimistic or positive especially in an apparently hard or difficult situation

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Soothsayer (noun)

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A person supposed to be able to foresee the future

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Megalomania (noun)

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  1. Obsession tin the exercise of power

2. Delusion about one’s own power or importance

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Antipathy (noun)

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A deep-seated feeling of dislike

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Maladroit (adjective)

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Ineffective or bungling; clumsy

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Indefatigable (adjective)

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(Of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly

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Tonic (noun)

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Something with an invogarting effect

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Dour (noun)

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Relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance

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Peripatetic (adjective)

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Travelling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods.

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Quixotic (adjective)

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Extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical

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Largesse (noun)

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Generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others

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Perverse (adjective)

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  1. Showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable
  2. Contrary to the accepted standard or practice
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Pugnacious (adjective)

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Eagre or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight

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Glub (adjective)

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(Of words or a speaker) fluent but insincere and shallow

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Sultry (adjective)

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(Of a person, especially a woman) attractive in a way that suggests a passionate nature

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Pertinent (adjective)

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Relevant or applicable to a particular matter

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Bourgeois (adjective)

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  1. Of or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference go it’s perceived value
  2. (In Marxist context) upholding the interests of capatalism
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Capatalism (noun)

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An economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state

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Primogeniture (noun)

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  1. The State of being the firstborn child
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Tenacious (adjective)

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Clinging or adhering closely

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Tautology (noun)

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Saying of the same thing twice in different words

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Agrarian societies

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And society whose economy is based on producing and maintaining crops and farmland

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Proliferate (verb)

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Increase in numbers rapidly

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Indignation (noun)

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Anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment

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Egalitarianism (noun)

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The doctrine that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities

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Axiomatic (noun)

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Taken for granted; self evident an axiomatic truth

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Idiosyncrasy (noun)

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An unusual feature of person

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Verisimilitude (noun)

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The appearance of being true or real

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Fallacy (noun)

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The use if invalid or otherwise faulty reasoning in the construction of an argument

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Unkempt (adjective)

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(Especially of a person) having an untidy or dishevelled appearance

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Neurotic (noun)

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Afflicted by neuroisis, describe mental, emotional, or physical reactions that are drastic or irrational

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Conduit (noun)

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  1. A channel or conveying neater or other fluid

2. A tube or trough for protecting electrical wiring

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Autocracy (noun)

A

A system of government in which supreme power is concentrated in the hands of one person

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Trepidation (noun)

A

A feeling of deal or anxiety that something may happen

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Concerted (adjective)

A

Done with great effort or determination

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Inexorable (adjective)

A

Impossible to stop or prevent

169
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Austerity (noun)

A

Sternness or severity of manner or attitude

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Misanthropic (noun)

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A person who dislikes humankind and avoids society

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Artisanal (adjective)

A

(Of a product) made in a traditional or non-mechanized way

172
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Buccolic (adjective)

A

Relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside

173
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Treatise (noun)

A

A written work dealing formally & systematically with a subject

174
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Nepotism (noun)

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The practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs

175
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Pseudonym (noun)

A

A fictitious name, especially one used by an author

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Recalcitrant (adjective)

A

Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline

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Loath (adjective)

A

Reluctant; unwilling

178
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Alchemy (noun)

A

A seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination

179
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Paramour (noun)

A

A lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person

180
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Insouciancne (noun)

A

Casual lack of concern; indifference

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Enamor (verb)

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  1. Be filled with a feeling if love for

2. Have a liking or admiration for

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Qualm (noun)

A

An uneasy feeling of doubt, or fear, especially about one’s own conduct

183
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Collegial (adjective)

A

Relating to or involving shared responsibility, as among a group of colleagues

184
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Equanimity (noun)

A

Calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation

185
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Invective (noun)

A

Insulting, abusive or highly critical language

186
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Parlance (noun)

A

A particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest; jargon.

187
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Welsh (verb)

A

Fail to honour (a debt or obligation incurred through a promise or agreement)

188
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Disenfranchise (verb)

A

Deprive someone of a right or privilege

189
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Perverse (adjective)

A

Contrary to the accepted or expected standard or practice

190
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Emaciated (adjective)

A

Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of an illness or a lack of food.

191
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Insidious (adjective)

A

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects

192
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Pithy (adjective)

A

(Of a language or style) terse & vigorously expressive

193
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Stoic (noun)

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  1. a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.
  2. a member of the ancient philosophical school of Stoicism.
194
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Munificent (adjective)

A

characterized by or displaying great generosity

e.g. a munificent bequest

195
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Theology

A

systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief.

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divine (adjective)

A
  1. Of or like God or a God

2. Very pleasing; delightful

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derision (noun)

A

contemptuous ridicule or mockery.

198
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Plight (noun)

A

a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation.

199
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Tantamount (adjective)

A

a dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation.

200
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Detent (noun)

A

the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.

201
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Patronage (noun)

A

the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges.

202
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Jaundiced

A

Affected by bitterness, resentment, and cynicism

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Caveat (noun)

A

a warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations

204
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Proviso or Provision

A

is thatprovisionis an item of goodsorsupplies, especially food, obtained for future use whileprovisois a conditionalprovisionto an agreement.

205
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Taboo (adjective)

A

prohibited or restricted by social custom.

206
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Wry (adjective)

A

sing or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour

207
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Hegemony (noun)

A

1 : preponderant influence or authority over others : domination. 2 : the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group.

208
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Adulate

A

to praise effusively and slavishly : flatter excessively : fawn upon

209
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euphemism

A

noun

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

210
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Euphemism

A

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt

211
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Ancillary (adjective)

A

Providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organisation etc.

212
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Arbiter (noun)

A

A person who settles a dispute or had ultimate authority on a matter

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Austere (adj)

A

Severe or strict in a manner or attitude

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Enigmatic (adjective)

A

Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious

215
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Anguish (noun)

A

Severe mental or physical pain or suffering.

216
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Omniscient (adjective)

A

Knowing everything

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