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Savant

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Noun: a person with knowledge

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Unctuous

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Adj: using flattery

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Magnanimous

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Adj: generous, big hearted

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Cavalcade

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Noun: procession of vehicles

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Palliative

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Adj: improves symptom but doesn’t cure cause

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Presentiment

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Noun: feeling that something will happen

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Extraneous

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Adj: irrelevant

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Censorious

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Adj: disapproving, critical

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Malediction

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Noun: curse

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Unfrock

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Verb: to remove a priest form his position

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Visceral

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Adj: relating to deep inward feelings rather than intellectual

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Diffident

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Adj: lacking confidence

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Malefactor

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Noun: a wrong-doer

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Certitude

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Noun: certainty

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Indelible

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Adj: cannot be wiped out

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