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Turret

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n. a small tower on top of a larger tower or at the corner of a building or wall, typically of a castle; a mollusk with a large, slender, pointed spiral shell, typically brightly colored adn living in tropical seas

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Dotage

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n. ther period of life in which a person is old and weak

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Hermeneutic

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adj. concerning interpretation, especially of the Bible or literary texts; a method or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist

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Solipsism

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n. quality of being very self-centered or selfish; the view or theroy that the self is all that can be known to exist

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Inchoate

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adj. just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary; (of an offense) anticpiating or preparatory to further criminal act

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Bloviate

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v. talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way

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Progenitor

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n. a person of thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent; a person who originates an artistic, political or intellectual movement

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Philistinism

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the attitude or quality of not caring about, understaning, or likign good art, music or literature; (Nietzsche atamonized what he called the culture-Philistine; that is the person whose minf fed on middling ideas and “genteel” tastes halfway between those of the populace and those of genuinely cultivated (Britannica))

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Riposte

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n. quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism; a quick return thrust following a parry; v. make a quick, clever reply to an insult or critcism

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Avuncular

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adj. relating to an uncle; relating to the relationship between men and their siblings’ children

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Verisimilitude

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n. the appearance of being true or real

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Hermeticism

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(of a seal or closure) complete and airtight; relating to the ancient occult tradition encompassing alchemy, astrology, and theosophy

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Triptych

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n. a picture or relief of carvings on three panels, typically hinged together side by side and used as an alterpiece; a set of three associated artistic, literary, or musical works intended to be appreciated together

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Tautologically

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adv. using two words or phrases that express the same meaning, in a way that is unnecessary and usually unintentional; in a way that is always true (used in logic (= a formal scientific method of examining ideas))

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Polemical

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adj. expressing or consulting a strongly critical attack on or controversial opinion about someone or something

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Flotsam

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n. the wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on or washed up by the sea; people or things that have been rejected and are regarded as worthless

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Acuity

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n. sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing

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Amalgams

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n. a mixture or blend; an alloy of mercury with another metal, especially one used for dental fillings

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Platitudinous

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adj. (of a remark or statement) used too often to be interesting or thoughtful; hackneyed

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Pugnacious

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adj. eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or flight

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Winnowing

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v. below a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff; (of the wind) blow

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Archetypal

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adj. very typical of a certain kind of person or thing; recurrent as a symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology; relating to or denoting an original that has been imitated

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Ornithology

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n. the scientific study of birds

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Synecdoche

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n. a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa (ex. the word hand in “offer your hand in marriage”; mouths in “hungry mouths to feed”; and wheels referring to a car

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Prerogative

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n. a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class
adj. arising from the prerogative of the Crown (usually delegated to the government or the judiciary) and based in common law rather than statutory law

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Ineluctable

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adj. unabel to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

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Invidious

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adj. (of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others; (of a comparison or distinction) unfairly discriminating; unjust

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Plangent

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adj. (of a sound) loud, reverberating, and often melancholy

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Nugatory

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adj. of no value or importance; useless or futile

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Denouement

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n. the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved; the climax of a chain of events, usually when something is decided or made clear

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Pedantic

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adj. of or like a pedant

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Antediluvian

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adj. of or belonging to the time before the biblical flood; ridicously old fashioned

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Pusillanimous

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adj. showing a lack of courage or determination, timid

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Jejune

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adj. naive, simplistic, and superficial; (of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting

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Insurgencies

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n. an active revoly or uprising

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Imbibe; Imbibement

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v. drink (alcohol); absorb or assimilate (ideas or knowledge); (especially of seeds) absorb (water) into ultramircoscopic spaces or pores; imbibement = the act or process of imbibing

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Disencumber

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v. free from relieve of an encumberance

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Belies

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v. (of an appearance) fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict; fail to fulfill or justify (a claim or expectation); betray

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Demarcates

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v. set the boundaries or limits of; separate or distinguish from

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Antedates

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v. precede in time; come before (something) in date; indicate or discover that (a document, event or word) should be assigned to an earlier date

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Apocryphal

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adj. (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely ciculated as being true; of or belonging to the Apoccrypha

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Superannuation

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n. regular payment made into a fund by an employee toward a future pension; a pension paid to a retired employee who has contributed to a fund; the retirment of an employee; especially with a pension

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Senescence

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n. the condition or process of deterioration with age

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Fastidious

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adj. very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail; very concerned about matters of cleanliness

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Illustrious

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adj. well-known, respected, and admired for past achievements

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Anachronism

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n. a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old fashioned

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Quagmire

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n. a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot; an awkward, complex, or hazardous situation

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Inculcate

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v. instill (an attitude, idea or habit) by persistent instruction; teach (someone) an attitude, idea, or habit by persistent instruction

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Foment

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v. instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action); bathe (a part of the body) with warm or medicated lotions

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Providential

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adj. occurring at a favorable time; opportune; involving divine foresight or intervention

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Rancor

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n. bitterness or resentfulness, especially when long-standing

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Capitulate

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v. cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender

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Peregrination

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n. a journey, especially a long or meandering one

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Atavistic

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adj. relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral

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Cataclysm

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n. a large-scale and violent event in the natural world; a sudden upheaval, especially in a political or social world

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Facile

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adj. (especially of a theory or argument) appearing neat and comprehensive only by ignoring the true complexities of an issue; superficial

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Gerontophobia

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an irrational or disproportionate fear of old age, especially growing old

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Erudition

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n. the quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship

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Ineluctable

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adj. unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

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Ephemeral

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adj. lasting for a very short time; n. an ephemeral plant

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Troglodyte

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n. a person who lived in a cave; a hermit; a person who is regarded as being deliberately ignorant or old-fashioned

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Climacteric

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n. a critical period or event; adj. having extreme and far-reaching implications or results; critical

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Rotogravure

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n. a printing system using a rotary press with intaglio cylinders, typically running at high speeds and used for long print runs of magazines and stamps; a sheet or magazine printed by rotogravure, especially the color magazine of a Sunday paper

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Intransigence

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n. refusal to change one’s views or to agree about something

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Corpulence

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n. the state of being fat; obesity

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Innocuous

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adj. not harmful or offensive

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Convalescence

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time spent recovering from an illness or medical treatment; recuperation

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Languor

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n. the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia

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Sangfroid

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n. composure or coolness, sometimes excessive, as shown in danger or under trying circumstances

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Hermeticism

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a philosophical and religious system based on the purported teachings of Hermes Trismegistus

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Transient

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lasting only for a short time; impermanent

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Salaciousness

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arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination

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Atavistic

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adj. relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral

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Ossuary

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n. a container or room in which the bones of dead people are placed

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Profundity

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n. deep insight; great depth of knowledge or thought; great depth or intensity of a state, quality, or emotion; a statement or idea that shows great knowledge or insight

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Pernicious

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dj. having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

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Reliquary

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n. a container for holy relics

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Puerile

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adj. childishly silly and trivial

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Profligate

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adj. recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources; (n) a licentious, dissolute person

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Faits Accomplis

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n. a thing that has already happened or been decided before those affected heat about it, leaving them with no option but to accept it

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Languid

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adj. (of a person, manner, or gesture) displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed; weak or faint from illness or fatigue

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Propitious

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adj. giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable; favorably disposed toward someone

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Internecine

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adj. destructive to both sides in a conflict; relating to conflict within a group or organization

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Assiduous

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dj. showing great care and perseverance

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Hendecasyllabic

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a classical Greek and Latin metrical line consisting of 11 syllables

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Lacustrine

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adj. relating to or associated with lakes

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Propitious

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adj. giving or indicating of a good chance of success; favorable

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Vacillation

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n. the inability to decide different opinions or actions; indecision

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Impertinence

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n. lack of respect; rudeness

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Ignoble

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adj. not honorable in character or purpose

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Prognostication

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n. the action of foretelling or prophesying future events

Greek Roots/prefix (24 decks)

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