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Reliquary

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A container for holy relics.

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Pernicious

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Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

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Bacchanalian

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Characterized by or given to drunken revelry.

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Languish

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(Of a person, animal, or plant) lose or lack vitality; grow weak.

Fail to make progress or be successful.

Be forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.

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Commensurate

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Corresponding in size or degree; in proportion.

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(Un)assailable

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(Un)able to be attacked, questioned, or defeated.

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Salutary

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(Especially with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant) producing good effects; beneficial.

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Fiat

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A formal authorisation or proposition; a decree.

An arbitrary order.

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Acrimonious

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(Typically of speech or discussion) angry and bitter.

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Accolade

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An award or privilege granted as a special honour or as an acknowledgement of merit.

An expression of praise or admiration.

A touch on a person’s shoulders with a sword at the bestowing of a knighthood.

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Fecundity

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The ability to produce an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertility.

The ability to produce many new ideas.

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Vociferous

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Expressing or characterized by vehement opinions; loud and forceful.

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Temerity

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Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity.

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Ornery

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Bad-tempered or difficult to deal with.

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Facsimile

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An exact copy, especially of written or printed material.

Make a copy of.

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Capitulate

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Cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; yield.

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Recapitulate

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Summarize and state again the main points of.

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Congenial

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(Of a person) pleasing or liked on account of having qualities or interests that are similar to one’s own.

(Of a thing) pleasant or agreeable because suited to one’s taste or inclination.

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Denigrate

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Criticize unfairly; disparage.

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Pablum

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Bland or insipid intellectual matter, entertainment, etc.

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Insipid

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Lacking flavour; weak or tasteless.

Lacking vigour or interest.

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Aspersion

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

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Obsequious

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Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

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Servile

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Having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others.

Of or characteristic of a slave or slaves.

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Ascetic

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Characterised by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.

A person who follows an ascetic life.

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Mercurial

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Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.

Of or containing the element mercury.

Of the planet Mercury.

A drug or other compound containing mercury.

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Inculcate

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Instil (an idea, attitude, or habit) by persistent instruction.

Teach (someone) an attitude, idea, or habit by persistent instruction.

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Verisimilitude

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The appearance of being true or real.

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Cattail

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A plant with long, thin parts suggestive of cats’ tails.

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Dogma

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A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.

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Saccharine

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Excessively sweet or sentimental.

Relating to or containing sugar; sugary.

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Saccharin

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A sweet-tasting synthetic compound used in food and drink as a substitute for sugar.

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Portmanteau

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A large travelling bag, typically made of stiff leather and opening into two equal parts.

A word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, for example motel or brunch.

Consisting of or combining two or more aspects or qualities.

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Benediction

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The utterance of a blessing, especially at the end of a religious service.

(In the Roman Catholic Church) a service in which the congregation is blessed with the sacrament.

A prayer asking for divine blessing.

The state of being blessed.

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Reprobate

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An unprincipled person.

Unprincipled.

Express or feel disapproval of.

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Vehement

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Showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense.

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Propitiate

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Win or regain the favour of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them.

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Expedient

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(Of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.

(Of an action) suitable or appropriate.

A means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but possibly improper or immoral.

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Extricate

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Free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty.

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Disparage

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Regard or represent as being of little worth.

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