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esoteric (adj)

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something only understood by a niche or very specialized group of people

“esoteric philosophical debates”

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histrionic (adj)

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overly theatrical, melodramatic

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homily / homiletic(n/adj)

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relating to sermons or preaching

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dearth (n)

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scarcity / lack of

“the dearth of Peruvian manuscripts”

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lassitude (n)

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a state of weariness, debility, fatigue

“he fell into a general lassitude”

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punctilious (adj)

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showing great attention to detail / correctness

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penitent (adj)

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repentant, feeling or showing remorse or sorrow

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pugilistic (adj)

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relating to boxing or a boxer

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pernicious (adj)

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

“the pernicious influences of the mass media”

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spendthrift (n/adj)

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spending money in an irresponsable, extravagante way

“He lived like a spendthrift millionaire”

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insolent (adj)

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rude, disrespectful, arrogant

“he looked into her face with an insolent stare”

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indolent (adj)

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lazy, wanting to avoid activity

“they were indolent and addicted to a life of pleasure”

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titivate (v)

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to make small enhancements or alterations to something

“She slapped on her war paint and titivated her hair”

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eschatological (adj)

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relating to death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.

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impenitent (adj)

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not showing regret or remorse about ones actions / a situation

“because of your hard and impenitent heart”

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turpitude (n)

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wickedness, depravity

“moral turpitude”

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gelid (adj)

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extremely cold

“constantly blasted with gelid air”

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leitmotif (n)

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a dominant recurring theme; something associated with a character or thing

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sallow (adj)

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unhealthy in appearance, yellowish in color

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tawdry (adj)

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showy but cheap and poor quality; camp lmao

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avuncular (adj)

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relating to an uncle

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piscatorial (adj)

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relating to fishing or the sea

“The captain asked me if I liked piscatorial idylls”

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assiduous (adj)

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showing great care or perseverance

“she sewed day and night, assiduously”

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probity (n)

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the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency

“he was probity personified”

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recalcitrant (n/adj)

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obstinate; having an uncooperative attitude toward authority

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sagacious (adj)

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very wise; shrewd

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specious (adj)

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superficially plausible, but actually wrong

“a specious argument”
“his hesitations were almost always specious”

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captious (adj)

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tending to find fault or raise petty objections; critical

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pithy (adj)

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(of language or style) concise and forcefully expressive

“Solomon would have had a few pithy words for the occasion”

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desultory (adj)

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lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm

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facetious (adj)

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flippant; treating serious things as if they weren’t serious

“please don’t be facetious, PK. this is a serious matter on which i need some serious advice”

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fulgent/effulgent (adj)

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shining brightly; of a person, emanating goodness or joy

“again i had the same little effulgent flash of intuition”

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tenet (n)

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a founding principle or belief, often if a religion or philosophy

“a core tenet of science”

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tome (n)

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a big, scholarly book

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effluvium (n)

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an unpleasant or harmful odor or secretion

“No matter how hard a writer tries to recreate the recipe, the sleepless jangle, effluvium of words”

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aberration (n)

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a (usually negative) deviation from what’s normal or expected

“i ignored the rapid burnout of his love for that first born; i pretended it was an aberration” [The Wife]

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doltish (adj)

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stupid, idiotic

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paramour (n)

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a lover; especially illicit, extramarital

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contrite (adj)

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remorseful

“he was contrite as a cat that had xxx”

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ancillary (adj)

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providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, institution, industry, or system; additional

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abeyance (n)

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temp state of disuse or suspension

“Matters were held in abeyance until a later date”

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profligate (adj)

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wasteful or extravagant w money; spendthrift

“A father reproaching his profligate son”

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boon (n)

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a big help

“it’s a boon for English-speaking readers”

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inert (adj)

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lacking the ability to move; lacking vigor

“Lying inertly on his back”

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lurid (adj)

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vivid in color, attractive visually

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sordid (adj)

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ignoble; morally bad/frowned upon

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hubris (n)

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extreme pride or arrogance

“claiming that you “know God’s will” is an act of incredible hubris”

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verdant (adj)

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green with grass or other rich vegetation

referring to the bright green color of grass

“verdant fields just out of reach”

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totemic (adj)

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regarded as being symbolic or representative of a particular quality or concept

“the signing of laws … a kind of totemic moment”

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usury (n)

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the illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest

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inimical (adj)

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unfriendly; hostile

“he spoke with a most inimical feeling”

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desiccated (adj)

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to become thoroughly dried or dried up

“filling her desiccated spirit with nice, cool, sweet lemonade”

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Maecenas (n)

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a generous patron especially of literature or art

“the doctor had become a maecenas to the weekly [newspaper]”

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hale (adj)

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free from disease or infirmity; robust; vigorous

“hale and hearty men in the prime of life” 

[nickel boys]

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impropriety  (n)

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the quality or condition of being improper; incorrectness

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maquette (n)

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a sculptor’s small or preliminary model or sketch of something

“like a maquette being manipulated by its master”

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cobbler (n)

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zapatero; someone who mends shoes

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perfidy (n)

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deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery

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leonine (adj)

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like or resembling a lion

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succor (n)

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assistance and support in times of distress

“seeking succor”

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voltaic (adj)

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noting or pertaining to electricity or electric currents, especially when produced by chemical action, as in a cell

“his voltaic gait”

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coruscate/ coruscation

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to emit vivid flashes of light; sparkle
a flash of brilliance or wit

“the night’s coruscation”

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aureate (adj)

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golden

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aplomb (n)

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self-confidence, or self-possession

“my sister carried on with what she was doing with remarkable aplomb, even as the other woman wailed and shouted

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surreptitious (adj)

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obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine:

“shoving one [tablet] down his throat surreptitiously so that his supervising officer won’t notice”

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levity (n)

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lightheartedness; frivolity

“she was glad some levity had returned to his expression”

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plaintive (adj)

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sad, mournful

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perfunctory (adj)

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performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial:

“The perfunctory glance she gave me made me feel I was no more to her than a handkerchief” [lsitc]

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sessile (adj)

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Permanently attached or not freely moving; like a barnacle

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loath (adj)

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reluctant

“Loath as I am to admit it …”

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limpid (adj)

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free from obscurity; lucid; clear; completely calm; without distress or worry

“A limpid Roman evening was settling over the roofs”

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cognoscenti (n)

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persons who have superior knowledge and understanding of a particular field, especially in the fine arts, literature, and world of fashion

“The novel became the object of a cult among the literary cognoscenti”

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soporific (adj)

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causing sleep or drowsiness

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feckless (adj)

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ineffective; incompetent; futile

having no sense of responsibility

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maudlin (adj)

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tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental:

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panacea (n)

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a remedy for all disease or ills;
an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties

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rueful (adj)

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feeling, showing, or expressing sorrow, repentance, or regret: especially in a humorous way

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provenance (n)

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place or source of origin

“Did Mr. Beckman give you any information regarding the provenance of the books?”

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asterism (n)

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a group of stars

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neurasthenic

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relating to or having neurasthenia (nervous exhaustion)

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frondescence (n)

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foliage; leafage

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interminable (adj)

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seemingly endless; countless

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adage (n)

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saying; un dicho

“the popular adage”

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doxology (n)

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a hymn or form of words containing an ascription of praise to God

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epicurean (n)

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fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking

“He was in epicurean in his make up, remnants of a farm boyhood” [DoaF]

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schism (n)

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division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties; can have a religious connotation

“I had engineered a schism of my own making” [DoaF]

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beguiling (adj)

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charming or enchanting, often in a deceptive way

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anachronism/istic (n/v)

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something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time

“I sensed how anachronistic this character was” [TLT]

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oneiric (adj)

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of, relating to, or characteristic of dreams

“There are traces of other styles as well; futuristic and oneiric”

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corollary (n)

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an immediate consequence or easily drawn conclusion;
a natural consequence or resist

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sundry (n)

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of various kinds; several

“Sonnets can communicate a sundry of details”

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oeuvre (n)

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the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole

“the civilization and barbarism axis in your oeuvre” [TWFU]

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tautological (adj)

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(of a phrase) needlessly repetitive without adding information or clarity

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paltry (adj)

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ridiculously or insultingly small; utterly worthless

“their lives were nearly all paltry, lacking in wit or invention” [GBYMR]

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coppice/coppiced (n/adj)

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a thicket or dense growth of small trees or bushes, esp one regularly trimmed back to stumps so that a continual supply of small poles and firewood is obtained

“… the woman pretended to inspect another of the coppiced trees” [NH]

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dirge (n)

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a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead

“let the dirges disappear” [MW]

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cur (n)

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a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
a mean, cowardly person.

“biting the hand that fed him like the wily cur he was” [TB]

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florilegium/florilegia (n)

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un compendio, colección, antología o miscelánea de trozos selectos de obras literarias

Editors who compile florilegia can be thought of as gathering a bouquet of sweet literary blossoms. Florilegium initially applied to a collection of flowers, and later to books about flowers, but it wasn’t long before the word began to be used for “a collection of the flowers of literature.”

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hirsute (adj)

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covered with hair

(of plants or their parts) covered with long but not stiff hairs

(of a person) having long, thick, or untrimmed hair

“two hirsute guys with big hair and big beards”

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epistemological (adj)

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relating to the branch of philosophy that investigates the origin, nature, methods, and limits of human knowledge

“Claims … which sparked an epistemological crisis in Twyla”

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plangent (adj)

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resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell

“October with it’s plangency, it’s glow”

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plangent (adj)

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resounding loudly, especially with a plaintive sound, as a bell

“October with its plangency, it’s glow”

103
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ersatz (adj)

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serving as a substitute; synthetic; artificial:

104
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brio (n)

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vigor; vivacity

“The brio of a Harlem street speaker” 

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cogent (adj)

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to the point; relevant; pertinent / forcefully convincing

“[his] most cogent argument to date”

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vituperation (n)

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verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.

“A tall, vituperative man with a hunched back”

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denouement (n)

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the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.

108
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fecund (adj)

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producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful:

“fecund parents; fecund farmland.”

very productive or creative intellectually

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lapidary (adj)

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characterized by an exactitude and extreme refinement that suggests gem cutting

something that would be engraved on a stone; heavy

“His sentences can be lapidary, but others are intricate, centripetal…”

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centripetal (adj)

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directed towards a center

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protean (adj)

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readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable.

changeable in shape or form, as an amoeba.

“His style is protean.”

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transliterate (v)

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to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language:
to transliterate the Greek Χ as ch.

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aphorism

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a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation

“The title of this exhibit alluded to an aphorism attributed to August …”

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picayune (adj)

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of little value or account; small; trifling; petty

“a picayune amount”

“Pages and pages of picayune legal detail”

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numinous (adj)

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of, relating to, or like a numen; spiritual or supernatural.

surpassing comprehension or understanding; mysterious:

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inchoate (adj)

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not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.

just begun; incipient.

not organized; lacking order:

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axiomatic (adj)

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pertaining to or of the nature of an axiom; self-evident; obvious.

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shrew (n)

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a woman of violent temper and speech

mouselike rodent with a long snout

“I’m sorry for being a shrew; I feel like I’m ruining the trip for everyone” [TWL]

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termagant (n)

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a violent, turbulent, or brawling woman.

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lineament(s) (n)

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distinguishing features; distinctive characteristics

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epicene (adj)

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lacking the typical characteristics of a particular gender or sex; sexless; androgynous

“Epicene faces”

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bilious (adj)

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relating to bile; extremely unpleasant or distasteful

“I felt dejected and bilious, and I talked little and ate even less”

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philatelist (n)

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a person who collects stamps as a hobby or investment:

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epigrammatic (adj)

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of or like an epigram; terse and ingenious in expression

epigram- any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.

ingenious- characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction

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warren (n)

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a building or area containing many tenants in limited or crowded quarters.

a place where rabbits breed or abound [?]

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celadon (adj)

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color; sea greenish; Camila’s sweater

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pleonasm (n)

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the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.

“… although that sounds like a pleonasm.”

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mutable (adj)

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changeable; subject to alteration; inconstant

“Our wickedness is mutable (thank God)”

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anodyne (adj)

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not likely to cause dissent or offense; inoffensive

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patrician (n)

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a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
a person of very good background, education, and refinement.

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carapace (n)

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a bony or chitinous shield, test, or shell covering some or all of the dorsal part of an animal, as of a turtle

“Shame dealt a blow against the still fragile carapace of his lucidity and self esteem” [3SW]

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bulwark (n)

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a wall of earth or other material built for defense; rampart.
any protection against external danger, injury, or annoyance

“It had seemed to him that his stubbornness was a bulwark against the complete disintegration of the erudition acquired in his former life” [3SW]

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opprobrium (n)

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the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy.

a cause or object of such disgrace or reproach.

“He realized, then that the opprobrium had left him” [3SW]

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byzantine (adj)

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overly complex or detailed; refers to laws in city of
Byzantium (was Constantinople, is now Istanbul)

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