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insouciance

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casual lack of concern

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Quelle horreur

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What horror!

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myopic

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lacking foresight or intelligence.

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retributive

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giving sentence- vengeance for wrong

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disproportionate

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Too large or too small in comparison with something else

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meteoric

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rapid is rapid rise

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inferred

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deduce or conclude from evidence

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aberrant

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departing from an acceptable standard

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licentious

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promiscuity and unprincipled regarding sexuality

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comparatively recently

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moderately recent

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monolith

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block of stone for monument/symbol

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Herculean

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Great strength

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Paragon

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perfect example..a parison of virtue not to feel viciously jealous

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broderie anglaise

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White floral patterns

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oligarchy

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small group of people controlling an organisation

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mores

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customs of a community

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irascible

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easily angered

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sinecures

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a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.

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irremediably

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impossible to put right

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interstices

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an intervening space, especially a very small one.

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vilification

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abusively disparaging speech or writing.

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aberrations

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

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bemoan

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express discontent or sorrow over (something). Humorous

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semiotics

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the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation.

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Munchausen’s disease

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is a psychological disorder where someone pretends to be ill ordeliberately producessymptoms of illness in themselves.

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bolshie

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of a person or attitude) deliberately combative or uncooperative.

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sardonically

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characterized by bitter or scornful derision;mocking; cynical; sneerin

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inexorable

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impossible to stop or prevent.

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dichotomy

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

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deleterious

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causing harm or damage.

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shibboleths

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a custom, principle, or belief distinguishing a particular class or group of people, especially a long-standing one regarded as outmoded or no longer important.

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obdurately

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stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.

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summative

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refers to the assessment of participants where the focus is on the outcome of a program.

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draconian

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excessively harsh and severe

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coercion

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the action or practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.

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remunerated

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services paid for work done.

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Libel

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damaging and faults statements

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emblematic

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serving as a symbol of a particular quality or concept; symbolic.
“this case is emblematic of a larger problem”

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envisaged

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contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.

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abolitionist

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anti slavery and anti capital punishment.

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rubenesque

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Flemish painter 1640’s mythology & full figure women

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obdurate

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stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.”I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate”

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Acuity

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noun, sharpness of mind

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truculent

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eager or quick to argue or fight.

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assiduously

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adj-showing great care and preservation.

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nolo contendere

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USA law, a plea by which a defendant in a criminal prosecution accepts conviction but does not plead or admit guilt.

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Decentralised Horizontal

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(everyone is equal)

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rapporteur

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a person who is appointed to report on organisations meetings

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Egregious

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allegations -outrageous

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Internment

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The state of being confined as a prisoner especially for political or military reasons

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didactic

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role.instructive teaching -moral

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epitomized

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Perfect example of

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definitively

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Decisively and with Authority

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disseminated

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Spread widely

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purported

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Appear to be doing something especially falsely

She is not the person she purports to be

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Castigated

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Reprimand someone severely

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Credulous

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Having or showing too great a readiness to believe things

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galimatias

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confused or unintelligible talk.

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conjecture

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And opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information

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Formulate,

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create or prepare methodically.

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Antipathy

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A deep seated feeling of adversion

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subversion

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to cause the downfall, ruin, or destruction of.

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Meted out

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Dispense or allot-justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment

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Aspersions

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an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something.

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Dicker

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To bargain

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imperilled

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Put at risk of being harmed

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conciliatory

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Intended or likely to placate or pacify

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febrile

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Character iced by a great deal of nervousness and excitement or energy.

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byzantine

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characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue, especially for the gaining of political power or favor: Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship.

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Enumerate

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to mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list: Let me enumerate the many flaws in your hypothesis.

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inextricably

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A way that is impossible to disentangle or separate

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incumbent

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necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility.
“the government realized that it was incumbent on them to act”
synonyms: binding, obligatory, mandatory, necessary, compulsory, required, requisite, essential, imperative
“it is incumbent on the government to give a clear lead”

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retrograde

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Going back

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moribund

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Terminal decline

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anomaly

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Moved away from what is standard

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envisaged

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Understand what would happen into the future

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Ejusdem generis

E just um generous

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Of the same type

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Noscitur a sociis (nessetare a so fee ice)

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By the company it keeps

Statue looked at in context

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contextualise

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Examine in context

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Subsistence

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Maintaining or supporting oneself especially at a minimal level

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standardisation

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Making something conform to standard

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Disingenuous

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Not candid or sincere. Pretending to know less than they do.

83
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Expressio unius est exclusion alterius

Expressio unions esta exclusion altree us

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Mention of one thing excludes others coal Ines exclusive. Not other mines.

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Pursuant

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In accordance with a law or legal document

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Ambit

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the scope, extent, or bounds of something:

“within the ambit of federal law”

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