The Holy Webster

Question 1

flabbergasted

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feeling or showing intense shock, surprise,

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Pyrrhic

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achieved at excessive cost

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Syncretism

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(synk-ra-tisim)the combining of different forms of belief or practice

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sacrilegious

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having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object

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centenarian

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(center-narion)100 years or older

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socialism

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movements advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

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antonym

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word of opposite meaning

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antecedents

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(anta ceedents)he significant events, conditions, and traits of one’s earlier life

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substantive

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(sub-stan-tive) involving matters of major or practical importance

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enthymemes

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(en-tha-meme)a syllogism in which one of the premises is implicit

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implicit

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implied

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sceptre

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a staff for monks or high preists

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extricate

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(ex-tra-cate) to free or remove someone or something from a difficulty

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perplexed

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filled with uncertainty

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gawky

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awkward

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labarum

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(la-ba-rum) an imperial standard of the later Roman emperors

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labyrinth

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(lab-ber-renth) a maze

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predisposed

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make someone liable or inclined to a specified attitude, action, or condition

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susceptible

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(sus-sep-table) capable of submitting to an action,

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cursory

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done or made quickly.

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superficial

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concerned only with the obvious or apparent

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Etymology

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(ed-da-mology) the history of a linguistic form

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canonised

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officially declare (a dead person) to be a saint

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beatified

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(be-ad-dif-fied)Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person’s entrance into Heaven

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avant-garde

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innovative or experimental concepts or works

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Psephology

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(see-fology) the scientific study of elections

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acrimonious

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(typically of speech or a debate) angry and bitter.

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rancorous

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(ran-cor-ru) characterized by bitterness or resentment.

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feign

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(fain)to pretend to feel or be affected by something

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emancipate

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to free from restraint, control, or the power of another
especially : to free from bondage

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sui juris

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(sur-eye juris) : having full legal rights or capacity

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malarkey

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insincere or foolish talk

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molecular

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dealing with molecules

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promiscuity

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(promis-squrity) promiscuous sexual behavior