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Petulantly

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: having or showing the attitude of people who become angry and annoyed when they do not get what they want

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Pontificate

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Expressing your opinion in a way that shows you think that you are always right

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Supposition

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A theory you believe to be true but is without evidence

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Axiomatic

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Obviously true

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Demure

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Quiet and polite

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Epoch

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A period of time in history that is very important

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Ubiquitous

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Seeming to be seen everywhere

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Pejorative

noun (pe·jo·ra·tive)

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Expecting criticism, insulting to someone

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Rescind

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To end officially, something is no longer valid

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Missive

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A letter or other written message

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Palanquin

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A convenience of travel where one sits in a litter suspended by poles on men’s shoulders

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Autonomous

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Having the power or right to govern itself

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Coalesce

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To come together to form one group or mass

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Sycophant

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A person who praises powerful people in order to get their approval

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Hale

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: healthy and strong

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Foible

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: a minor fault in someone’s character or behavior

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Cerebral

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: related to the mind rather than to feelings : intellectual and not emotional

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Gall

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To make someone feel annoyed or angry

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Equitable

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: just or fair : dealing fairly and equally with everyone

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Gorget

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a piece of armor protecting the throat

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Impetus

Im-pe-tus

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: a force that causes something (such as a process or activity) to be done or to become more active

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Sanctimonious

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: pretending to be morally better than other people

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Onerous

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: difficult and unpleasant to do or deal with

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Detract

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to diminish the importance, value, or effectiveness of something

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Accrued

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: to increase in value or amount gradually as time passes : to grow or build up slowly

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Prudery

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: the behavior or thinking of people who are too easily shocked or offended : prudish behavior or attitudes

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Euphoria

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: a feeling of great happiness and excitement

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Lucid

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: very clear and easy to understand

: able to think clearly

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Trephine

Tree-phine

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: a surgical instrument for cutting out circular sections (as of bone or corneal tissue)

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Exonerate

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to prove that someone is not guilty of a crime or responsible for a problem, bad situation, etc.

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Concierge

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: an employee at a hotel whose job is to provide help and information to the people staying at the hotel

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Destrier

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warhorse; also a charger used especially in medieval tournaments

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Vociferous

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: expressing feelings or opinions in a very loud or forceful way

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Nefarious

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: evil or immoral

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Pariah

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: a person who is hated and rejected by other people

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Cuisse

Kwis

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: a piece of plate armor for the front of the thigh

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Codices=Codex

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: a manuscript book especially of Scripture, classics, or ancient annals

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Proclivity

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: a strong natural liking for something that is usually bad : a tendency to do something that is usually bad

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Cosmopolitan

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: a person who has lived in and knows about many different parts of the world

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Patina

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: a thin usually green layer that forms naturally on the metals copper and bronze when they are exposed to the air for a long time

A thin layer

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Prolific

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: producing a large amount of something

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Caricature

noun (car·i·ca·ture)

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: someone or something that is very exaggerated in a funny or foolish way

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Sapience

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: wisdom, sagacity

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Crass

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: having or showing no understanding of what is proper or acceptable : rude and insensitive

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Ruminate

verb (ru·mi·nate)

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to think carefully and deeply about something

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Hedonism

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: the belief that pleasure or happiness is the most important goal in life

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