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Charismatic

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Full of personal charm and magnetism

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Ineffable

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  • Hard to express

- Difficult to put into words

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Lugubrious

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  • expressing the grief and sorrow associated with an irreparable loss
  • mournful, gloomy
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Elucidate

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  • to make clear by explanation

- clarify

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Conundrum

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-a puzzling question or problem that is difficult to resolve

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Pernicious

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Causing harm in a hidden or injurious way

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Incredulous

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  • not willing to believe

- unbelieving

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Pantheon

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  • a select group of illustrious people who have done the same thing
  • Henry Ford, Walt Disney, and Steve Jobs form a pantheon of inventors and entrepreneurs
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Chagrin

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-strong feelings of embarrassment and mortification caused by a failure or keen disappointment

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Inimical

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-injurious
-harmful in effect
(Smoking is inimical to your health)

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Refractory

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  • obstinately resistant to authority or control

- unmanageable and unruly

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Disconcerted

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Describes a condition of being unsettled and thrown into a state of confusion

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Conciliatory

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  • Describes an approach that is flexible and yielding

- willing to make concessions to restore harmony

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Precipitate

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-to cause to happen especially suddenly or prematurely

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Confluence

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  • a merger or coming together of several factors

- flowing together

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Phelegmatic

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  • sluggish

- lethargic and thus not easily aroused into action

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Seminal

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-highly influential in an original way

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Contentious

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  • always ready to argue or provoke a dispute

- quarrelsome

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Ruminate

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  • To think deeply about a subject
  • to relfect
  • to contemplate
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Harbinger

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  • a precursor or forerunner

- an indicator that someone or something is approaching

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Truncate

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  • to cut short

- to abbreviate

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Indefatigable

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-tireless
-filled with an inexhaustible supply of energy
(An indefatigable defender of human rights)

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Circumvent

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  • to cleverly go around or bypass a rule

- to evade and thus avoid

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Acquiesce

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  • to accept passively

- to give your assent to a plan or action without protest

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Urbane

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  • characterized by elegant manners

- discriminating taste and a broad education

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Salutary

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-beneficial and thus tending to promote physical well being

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Volatile

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  • subject to sudden and violent changes

- unstable

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Dilatory

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  • inclined to waste time and be habitually late

- prone to tardiness

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Artifice

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  • a deceptive maneuver
  • a crafty ruse
  • a crafty stratagem
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Forbearance

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-to show great patience or tolerance

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Enervate

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  • to feel mentally and physically weakened

- to lack strength and energy

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Squalid

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  • run-down and foul

- very dirty and wretched

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Juxtaposition

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-to put to things side by side to show something meaningful

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Unequivocal

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  • admitting no doubt or misunderstanding

- having only one meaning and interpretation

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Sqourge

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  • Something that causes misery, affliction, or destruction

- a bane

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Impunity

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-freedom from punishment or pain

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Implacable

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  • characterized by a relentless hatred that cannot be appeased
  • merciless and unforgiving
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Impugn

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  • to attack or assail with words

- to verbally challenge something as false or wrong

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Polemic

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-a controversial argument often published as an essay or pamphlet attacking a specific opinion or doctrine

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Perfidious

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  • Characterized by treacherous and deceitful behavior

- traitorous

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Cursory

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-performed in a hasty and superficial manner without attention to details

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Galvanize

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  • to energize and stir into action

- to arouse

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Extemporize

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  • to perform without preparation

- improvise

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Tactiturn

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  • reserved and not talkative

- laconic

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Unambiguous

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  • clear and precise
  • exhibiting no uncertainty
  • categorical
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Consternation

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-a sudden and alarming amazement that results in confusion and dismay

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Portend

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  • to serve as an omen or warning

- to foreshadow danger

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Inscrutable

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  • very hard to figure out

- incomprehensible

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Crystallize

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-to take a definite form or shape

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Puerile

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  • childish and immature

- callow

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Prolifigate

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-characterized by squandering(wasting) time and money

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Foreboding

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-a strong inner feeling or premonition of future misfortune

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Irascible

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  • Easily angered

- prone to outbursts or anger

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Indulgent

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  • characterized by excessive generosity

- overly lenient or tolerant

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Pendantic

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  • characterized by being ostentatious (showy) in displaying one’s knowledge
  • bookish
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Officious

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  • describes someone who acts more official than they actually are
  • annoyingly meddlesome
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Bohemian

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  • describes a person who is known for unconventional behavior
  • a nonconformist
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Proscribe

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-to forbid or prohibit an activity

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Facetious

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  • cleverly amusing in tone

- not meant to be taken seriously

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Punctilious

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  • strictly attentive to minute details of conduct

- very precise and meticulous

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Aplomb

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  • Poise under pressure

- coolness under strain

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Eclectic

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  • composed of elements drawn from various sources and styles
  • diverse
  • heterogenous
  • multifarious
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Bombastic

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-marked by pretentious writing or speech that is stilted or unnatural

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Credulous

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  • disposed to believe reports and stories based upon little evidence
  • disposed to be overly gullible
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Nuance

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  • a very small difference in color, meaning, or feeling
  • a delicate shade of deifference
  • a subtle hint or feeling
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Dichotomy

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-characterized by a division in two parts

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Vituperative

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  • marked by harshly abusive criticism

- scathing

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Innuendo

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  • an indirect and usually negative reference

- an insinuation

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Effusive

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-gushing with unrestrained enthusiasm

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Venal

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  • marked by a corrupt dealings

- open to bribery

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Chicanery

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  • deception by artful trickery

- subterfuge

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Anachronism

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-an error in chronology that occurs when a person, event, or object is chronologically out of place

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Idiosyncrasy

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  • a behavior that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
  • an eccentricity
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Obstreperous

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-characterized by loud, unruly behavior and noisy, stubborn defiance

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Copious

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  • large in quantity
  • plentiful
  • abundant
  • voluminous
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Watershed

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-a historic turning point that marks a momentous change of course

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Ubiquidous

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  • characterized by being everywhere at the same time

- pervasive

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Licentious

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  • characterized by a lack of moral discipline
  • especially in sexual conduct
  • dissolute
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Rectitude

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  • the quality of great moral integrity and honesty

- probity

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Spate

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-a large number or amount of something

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Soporific

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-causing or tending to cause drowsiness or sleepiness

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Prodigious

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-extraordinarily large in size, amount, or extent

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Incongruous

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  • lacking harmony

- inconsistent or incompatible with something else

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Myopic

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  • shortsighted

- lacking foresight

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Apoplectic

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  • filled with rage

- irate

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Edify

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-to instruct and enlighten

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Acerbic

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-characterized by a bitter, cutting tone, caustic

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Baleful

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  • portending evil and harm

- sinister and forbidding

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Epitomize

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  • to embody the essential characteristics of a trait

- go typify

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Ephemeral

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  • brief
  • short-lived
  • fleeting
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Ignominous

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-a condition of great public shame, dishonor, and huniliation

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Disingenuous

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  • characterized by giving false appearance of honesty

- deceptive and therefore not straitforward, candid, or frank

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Indelible

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  • impossible to remove, erase, or wash away

- memorable

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Equanimity

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-emotional calmness and composure in times of stress

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Mellifluous

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-a sound that is full and sweet and thus pleasing to hear

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Ethereal

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  • very delicate
  • airy and light
  • exquisitely refined
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Bastion

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  • a stronghold or fortification

- a group or place that defends a way of life

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Amalgam

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  • a blend of different elements
  • a mixture
  • a synthesis
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Entrentched

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  • solidly established
  • dug in
  • strongly ingrained
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Cupidity

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  • extreme greed for material wealth

- characterized by avarice

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