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Gainsay

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Def: to deny, dispute, or contradict

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Catharsis

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Def: the purging of emotions or relieving of emotional tension

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Militate

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Def: to have a substantial effect (positive or negative)

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Segue

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Def: to make a transition from one thing to another

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Bespoke

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Def: made to individual order; custom made (of clothing)

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Sarcasm

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Def: harsh or bitter derision or irony; a sharply ironical taunt

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Existentialism

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Def: the philosophy that stresses the individual’s unique position as a self-determining agent responsible for the authenticity of his/her choices

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Slag

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Fed: the completely vitrified (turned to glass) matter removed during the reduction of metal from ore

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Precocious

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Def: unusually advanced or mature in development

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Surreptitiously

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Def: done, made, or obtained by stealth; clandestined

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Obsequious

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Def: characterized by or showing servile complaisance

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Didact

Didactic

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Def: a person who is over inclined to instruct others

Def: intended for instruction; tending or teaching a moral lesson

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Ergonomics

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Def: the study of how to design and arrange things to make them more user-friendly and safe; the parts or qualities of a design that make it easy to use

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Platitudes

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Def: a flat or dull remark; an overused phrase

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Vapid

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Def: lacking or having lost life; without liveliness or spirit

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Anachronism

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Def: a person or thing that is not in its correct chronological, especially when they belong to an earlier time

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Intelligentsia

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Def: intellectuals considered as a group; the community of intellectuals Ina. Given place, o a particular field

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Chagrin

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Def: distress or embarrassment felt because of a failure or humiliation

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Perspicacious

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Def: having keen mental perception; discerning

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Hyperbole

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Def: obvious and intentional exaggeration

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Catatonic

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Def: appearing to be in a daze; unresponsive

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Tautology

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Def: needless repetition of an idea without imparting additional force or clearness

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Erudite

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Def: characterized by great knowledge

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Syllogism

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Def: a logical argument with two premises and a conclusion that necessarily follows from that conclusion. the conclusion contains terms directly linked with the premises.

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Pejorative

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Def: having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force

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Rhetoric

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Def: the study of effective use of language

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Prodigal/profligate

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Def: recklessly extravagant; lavishly abundant

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Iconoclast

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Def: one who eschews conventional wisdom, who is eccentric; in Greek it means “breaker of idols”

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Lampooned

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Def: a sharp, virulent style of satire directed against an individual or institution; to mock or ridicule

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Deadpan

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Def: displaying no emotional or personal attachment

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Stasis

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Def: stagnation in the flow of any fluid in the body; state of inactivity or equilibrium

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Upbraid

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Def: to find fault with or reproach severely

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Reductio ad absurdum

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Def: an argument in which the speaker attempts to disprove a statement by showing it leads to an absurd conclusion

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Polemic/Polemical

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Def: (n) a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something; (adj) relating to strongly critical, or controversial writing or speech

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Parsimony

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Def: extreme or excessive frugality or economy

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Topography

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Def: the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area

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Protean

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Def: tending or able to change frequently or easily

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Mendacious

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Def: the quality of untruthfulness, the tendency to lie

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Sententious

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Def: given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner manner

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Jaunty

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Def: having or expressing a lively or self-confident manner

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Excoriate

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Def: to critics severely

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Expiate

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Def: to atone for (a sin)

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Hubris

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Def: excessive self-confidence or pride

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Invective

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Def: insulting, abusive, or highly critical language

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Ascetic

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Def: characterizes by the practice of severe self discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence

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Languid

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Def: having a disinclination to physical exertion; slow or relaxed

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Lascivious

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Def: feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire

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Quotidian

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Def: of or occuring every day; daily

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Paradigm

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Def: an accepted method of thinking about something; a framework containing basic assumptions, ways of thinking and methodologies commonly accepted

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Panoply

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Def: a complete or impressive collection of things

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