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Nascent

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Coming into existence and showing signs of future potential.

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Iteration

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The repetition of a process.

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Remitance

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A sum of money sent, especially by mail.

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Parasite

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An organism that lives on or in another organism and benefits by deriving nutrients from it’s host.

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Cyclical

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Occurring in cycles; reoccurring.

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Bigot

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A person who is intolerant towards those holding different opinions.

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Heliophile

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One attracted or adapted to sunlight.

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Ubiquitous

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Present, appearing or found everywhere.

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Emancipation

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The process of being set free from legal, political, or social restrictions; liberation

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Anthropomorphize

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To ascribe human features to something.

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Ascribe

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To attribute something to.

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Unsolicited

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Not asked for.

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Volatilize

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To cause a substance to evaporate or disperse in vapour.

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Filament

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A slender or threadlike object or fibre, especially one found in animal and plant structures.

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Expatriate

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A person who lives outside of their native country.

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Effervescence

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Bubbles in a liquid.

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Hiraeth

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A longing for a home that you can’t return to, or that never was.

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a very short time.

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Limerance

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State of being infatuated with another person.

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Sonorous

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An imposingly deep and full sound.

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Mellifluous

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A sound that is sweet and smooth, pleasing to hear.

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Aurora

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Dawn.

23
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Epoch

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A particular period of in history or in a person’s life.

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Petrichor

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The pleasant, earthy smell after rains.

25
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Nefarious

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Wicked, villainous, despicable.

Example: Sometimes politicians oppose reform for nefarious reasons.

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Serendipity

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The chance occurrence of events in a beneficial way.

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Supine

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Lying face upwards.

28
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Denouement

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The resolution of a narrative.

29
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Sonder

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The realization that every passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own.

30
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Cromulent

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Appearing legitimate but actually being spurious.

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Vindicated

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To show that someone that has been criticized, or doubted is correct, true or reasonable.

Example: He insists the documents will vindicate him by showing that the CIA program was vital and produced important information.

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Disillusioned

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Disappointed in someone or something that one discovers to be less good than one had believed.

Example: Smith was disillusioned with his own compensation and position in the firm.

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Vitriolic

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Filled with bitter criticism or malice.

34
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Rhetoric

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The art of effectively persuading someone in

35
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Semiotics

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The study of signs and symbols and how they are used.

36
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Simulacrum

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An image or representation of someone of something.

37
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Panoptic

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Showing or seeing the whole at one view.

38
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Atopia (2 definitions)

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A society which does not have territorial borders.

OR

An inhospitable location that cannot be turned into a dwelling-place

39
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Agglomoration

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A mass collection of things; an assemblage.

40
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Symbiosis

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A close and often long-term interaction between two different biological species.

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Predicate

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To declare; to connote; imply.

Example: His retraction predicates a change of attitude.

42
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Aberration

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Something that differs from the norm (n)

43
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Acquiesce

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To agree without protesting (v)

44
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Clandestine

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Secret (adj)

45
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Deride

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To laugh at mockingly, scorn (v)

46
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Erudite

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Characterized by great knowledge; learned (adj)

47
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Extol

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To praise, revere (v)

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Inveterate

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Settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like (adj)

Example: an inveterate gambler.

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Lithe

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Bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible (adj)

Example: the lithe body of a ballerina.

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Modicum

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A moderate or small amount (n)

Example: He hasn’t even a modicum of common sense.

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Myriad

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A very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things (n)

52
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Reify

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To convert into or regard as a concrete thing (v)

Example: to reify a concept.

53
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Multiplicity

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A large number or variety (n)

Example: a multiplicity of errors.

54
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Corollary

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An immediate consequence or easily drawn conclusion.

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