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Redress

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Remedy

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Anomalous

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Deviating from common order, abnormal

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Obsequious

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Servile compliance, obedient, dutiful

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Didactic

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Instructive

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Truncate

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Shorten, cut short

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Abstemious

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Moderate/sparing in eating

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Bombastic

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(Of speech, writing) High sounding, inflated, pretentious

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Senescent

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Growing old, aging

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Pernicious

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Causing harm or ruin

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Catholic

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Roman church, universal in extent

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Objurgation

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Berate sharply

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Effusive

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Unduly demonstrative, overflowing

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Umbrage

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Offense, to take

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Vicissitude

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A change during the life of something

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Contentious

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Tending to argument or strife

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Obeisance

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a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy, as before a superior; a bow, curtsy, or other similar gesture. Show obeisance to king.

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Assiduous

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Continuous, unremitting (reading)

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Duplicity

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Double dealing, being deceitful by saying two things to two different people about the same subject.

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Insouciant

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Free from worry, nonchalant

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Myrmidon

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(lowercase) . a person who executes without question or scruple a master’s commands. Classical Mythology . one of the warlike people of ancient Thessaly who accompanied Achilles to the Trojan War.

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Nascent

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Beginning to exist or develop

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Accede

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To give consent, approval, _ to terms of contract

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Magnanimous

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Generous in forgiving, noble, high-minded

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Nonage

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the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21. any period of immaturity.

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Invective
Abusive vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.
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Machination
Act of plotting with evil purpose
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Docile
Easily managed, submissive, not intractable
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Redoubtable
Formidable, to be feared, evoking respect.
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Prognosticate
To forecast or predict
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Engender
To cause, give rise to
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Fetid
Having an offensive odor, stinking
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Pedantic
Ostentatious in ones learning, overly concerned with minute details in learning
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Capitulate
to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms.
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Inchoate
not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary. just begun; incipient. not organized; lacking order: an inchoate mass of ideas on the subject.
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Exponent
a person or thing that expounds, explains, or interprets: an exponent of modern theory in the arts. a person or thing that is a representative, advocate, type, or symbol of something: Lincoln is an exponent of American democracy.
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Mendacious
telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person. false or untrue: a mendacious report.
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Strident
making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges. having a shrill, irritating quality or character: a strident tone in his writings.
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Oligarchy
a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
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Refulgent
shining brightly; radiant; gleaming: Crystal chandeliers and gilded walls made the opera house a refulgent setting for the ball.
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Nepotism
patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics:
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Ribald
vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous.
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Avuncular
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an uncle: avuncular affection.
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Supplicate
to pray humbly to; entreat or petition humbly.
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Irascible
Easily provoked to anger
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Inexorable
unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
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Parvenu
a person who has recently or suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings, etc.
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Salubrious
Favorable or promoting health. salubrious air.
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Hyperbole
obvious and intentional exaggeration. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”
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Sanctimonious
making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.
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Ethereal
Light, airy, delicate

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