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Interesting words 4 Flashcards

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Unerring

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Always right or accurate

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Vista

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A pleasing view.

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Entomologist

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The study of insects

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Prurient

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Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, especially the sexual activity of others.

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Incidental

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Happening as a minor accompaniment to something else.

Or happening as a result of (an activity).

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Venal

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Showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery; corrupt.

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Beningantly

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Serenely mild and kindly

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Acrid

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Unpleasantly bitter or pungent.

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Saccharine

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Excessively sweet or sentimental.

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Abdicated

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Renounce one’s throne.

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Concatenate

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Link (things) together in a chain or series.

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Mickle

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Great or large

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Catachresis

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A figure of speech in which mixed metaphors in an inappropriate way to create rhetorical effect.

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Commingle

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Mix, blend

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Paradox

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A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true.
Or a statement or proposition which, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems logically unacceptable or self-contradictory.

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Rhetoric

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The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

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Portent

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A sign or warning that a momentous or calamitous event is likely to happen.

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Banal

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So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

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Mither

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Make a fuss; moan. (pestering)

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Malodorous

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Foul smelling

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Pecuniary

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Pertaining to monetary things

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Tempest

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A violent storm. Or a violent commotion or disturbance

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Peturbed

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Anxious or unsettled

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Tumultuos

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Making an uproar or loud, confused noise.

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Ardent

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Very enthusiastic or passionate

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Feign

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Pretend to be affected by

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Spurious

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Not being what it purports to be, fake.

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Lickspittle

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A person who behaves obsequiously to those in power.

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Ephemeral

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Lasting for a very short time.

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Fatuous

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Silly and pointless

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Preclude

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Prevent from happening

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Timorous

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Showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence.

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Truncate

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Shorten by cutting off the top or the end

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Papist

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A roman catholic

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Heretic

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Someone who practises and acts against their supposed religion

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Jesuit

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A member of the society of Jesus (catholic)

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Mendacious

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Lying

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Farrago

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A confused mixture

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Despotic

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Of or typical of a despot; tyrannical, dictatorial.

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Forswear

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Agree to give up or do without.

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Recant

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Say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical.

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Harridan

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A strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman.

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Staunch

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Very loyal and committed in attitude.

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Bawdy

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Dealing with sexual matters in a comical way; humorously indecent.

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Adage

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A proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.

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Gentry

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People of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth.

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Providence

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The protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power.

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Odious

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Extremely unpleasant; repulsive.

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Gambol

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Run or jump about playfully.

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Gadabout

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A habitual pleasure-seeker.

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Antechamber

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A small room leading to a main room

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Madrigal

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A part-song for several voices, especially one of the Renaissance period, typically unaccompanied and arranged in elaborate counterpoint.

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Mewling

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(especially of a baby) Cry feebly or querulously; whimper.

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Somnambulist

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Sleep walker

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Aberration

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A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one.

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Sceptred

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Invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter. empowered, sceptered.

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Harridan

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A strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman.

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Gladsome

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(of a person) Having a cheerful disposition.

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Supercillious

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Acting or behaving as if one thinks they are superior to others.

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Florid

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Having a red or flushed complexion

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Recapitulate

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Summarise and state again the main points

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Maladjust

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Difficulty to cope with the demands of a normal social environment

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Patsy

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A person who is easily taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something

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Imputed

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Represent something, (especially something undesirable) as being done or possessed by someone; attribute

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Confidant

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A person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others.

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Caustically

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Of a statement that has a “burning” effect.

67
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Transference

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The redirection to a substitute, usually a therapist, of emotions that were originally felt in childhood

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Clandestine

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Kept secret or done secretively, especially because ilicit

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Stenotype

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A machine resembling a typewriter that is used for recording speech in syllables or phonemes.

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Laudable

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Deserving praise and commendation (of an action, idea or aim)

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Embalming

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Preserving human remains to forestall decomposition

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Miuntiae

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The small, precise, or trivial details of something.

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Arbitrate

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(Of an independent person or body) reach an authoritative judgement or settlement.

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Peremptory

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Insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way.

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Gratis

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Done for free

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Onerous

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

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Demagogue

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A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument.

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Renegade

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A person who deserts and betrays an organisation, country, or set of principles.

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Menagarie

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A collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition.

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Hallowed

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Honoured as holy.

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Contemporary

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A person or thing living or existing at the same time as another.

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Fusty

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Smelling stale, damp, or stuffy.

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Erudite

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Having or showing great knowledge or learning.

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Badinage

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Humorous or witty conversation

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Rueful

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

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Epoch

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A particular period of time in history or a person’s life.

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Bumptious

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Irritatingly self-assertive.

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Girded

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Surround; Encircle

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Tetchy

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Irritable and bad-tempered.

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Divan

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A bed consisting of a base and mattress but no footboard or headboard.

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Carousing

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Drink alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way.

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Indubitably

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Undoubtedly

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Renege

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Go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract.

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Byzantine

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Of the byzantine empire, or (of a system or situation) excessively complicated, and typically involving a great deal of administrative detail.

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Baroque

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A period in the arts, visual and musical, from about 1600 to about 1750, marked by elaborate ornamentation and efforts to create dramatic effects.

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Remuneration

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Money paid for work or a service.

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Visceral

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Relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect.

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Unassaliable

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Unable to be attacked, questioned, or defeated.

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Salubrious

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Health-giving; healthy. or when a place is pleasant and not run down

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Nascent

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

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