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Repugnates

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fights against, to oppose

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Reprobate

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one who is morally unprincipled; a sinner

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Vassal

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a person loyal to a feudal lord

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Bromide

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  • a trite saying;
  • a person wh is boring
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Tenebrous

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dark and gloomy; obscure; shadowy;

the tenebrous spiral staircase of the self

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Inerrant

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without error

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Quietus

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-a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles:

Having given a quietus to the argument, she left.

  • discharge or release from life.
  • a period of retirement or inactivity.
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Potlatch

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A wild party

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Rota

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a period of work done in rotation with others

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Approbations

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approval;commendations

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Declaim

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  1. to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
  2. to inveigh (usually followed by against ): He declaimed against the high rents in slums.
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Deigned

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to think fit or in accordance with one’s dignity; condescend:

He would not deign to discuss the matter with us.

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shun

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to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.

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Otiose

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  1. lazy
  2. ineffective, futile
  3. superfluous, useless
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Fastidious

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  1. excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
  2. requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking.
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Prolix

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Speaks or writes at great unneccesary length

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Sedulous

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  1. diligent in application or attention; persevering; assiduous.
  2. persistently or carefully maintained: sedulous flattery.
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Multifarious

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made up of many different parts

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Prosaic

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commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.

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Jejune

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  1. without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
  2. juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior.
  3. lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed: jejune attempts to design a house.
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Ontology

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“The general theory of the nature of being; a certain paradigm

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Epistemology

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the theory of knowledge; study of the nature of knowledge

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Diachronic

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concerned with the way in which something, especially language, has developed and evolved through time: Often contrasted with synchronic.

the census is also a diachronic data set
linguistic change is the diachronic aspect of linguistic variation

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**Dionysian **

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recklessly uninhibited; unrestrained; undisciplined; frenzied; orgiastic.

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Saturnine

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sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.

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Saturnalian

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unrestrained revelry; orgy.

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Plutonian

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of, pertaining to, or resembling Pluto or the lower world; infernal.

-Stydgian, hell

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Putative

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commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed:

the putative boss of the mob.

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Pastiche

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  1. a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
  2. an incongruous combination of materials, forms, motifs, etc., taken from different sources; hodgepodge.
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Bucolic

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**1. of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral.

  1. of, pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life.**
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Pastoral

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1.having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.

2.pertaining to the country or to life in the country; rural; rustic.

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Vouchsafe

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  1. to grant or give, as by favor, graciousness, or condescension: to vouchsafe a reply to a question.
  2. to allow or permit, as by favor or graciousness: They vouchsafed his return to his own country.
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Citadel

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  1. a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
  2. any strongly fortified place; stronghold.
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Auto-Catalytic

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Something that once it occurs, increases the probability of other things happening, and it happening again

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Repertory

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  1. a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season.
  2. a theatrical company that presents productions in this manner.
  3. a store or stock of things available.
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Primacy

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the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.

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Insuperable

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incapable of being passed over, overcome, or surmounted:

an insuperable barrier.

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Undergirding

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to give fundamental support; provide with a sound or secure basis:

ethics undergirded by faith.

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Obeisance

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deference or homage:

The nobles gave obeisance to the new king.

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Auto-Catalytic

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When something happens, it incresaes the probability of it happening again

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Maudlin

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Overly sentimental; one who would share all of their deepest thoughts with the person sitting next to them

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Panglossian

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Dr. Pangloss in Candide;

Blindly optimistic

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Malapropism

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the mixing up of words

*Picasso was a protein artist, able to mix elements of african art with the oven guard. *

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Quisling

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Traitor, sellout;

*Viktor Quisling sold out Norway *

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Supercilious

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haughty and disdainful;

Tending to look down on ppl as if to raise one’s eyebrows

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Sartorial

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“the way we dress”

Sartorially he was found wanting; he typically would attempt to complement his beige tie with a white suit and ym pants

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Saturnine

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to be morose; gloomy;

Deprived of su nlight humans become saturnine

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**Defenestrate **

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throw sb. out of a window

Defenestration is rare in the days of sealed windows

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**Invective **

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inveigh; harsh crirical language;

the internet has unleased invectives in many of us; many people post stinging criticesm in comments under youtube video

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**Screed **

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Crazy angry rant about something

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