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Connoisseur

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(N)

A person with special knowledge or appreciation in a field, especially in the arts.

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Cognizant

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(Adj)

Aware, fully informed

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Polyglot

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(N)
A person able to speak or write several languages.
A book containing texts in several languages.

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Circumscribe

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(V)

To draw a line around, to enclose within borders, to restrict

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Transcribe

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To make a written copy of

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Braggadocio

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(N)
A boasting person, bragger, cocky manner.
Literature
The personification of vainglory in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser(1552-1599)

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Gargantuan

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(Adj)
Gigantic, enormous
Literature
The giant hero of Gargantuan and of Pantagrue by Francois Rabelais.

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Chimerical

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(Adj)
Unreal, imaginary, visionary
Greek mythology
A fire-breathing monster unusually represented as a composite of a lion, goat, and serpent.

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