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Dolorous

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feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress

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Dole

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  1. Benefit paid by the government to the unemployed
  2. A persons’s lot of destiny.
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Janky

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Unreliable poor quality

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Trope

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A figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression

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Bromide

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  1. A compound or bromine with another element or group
  2. A trite and unoriginal idea or remark, typically intended to soothe or placate
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Ipso Facto

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By the very fact or act

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Vilify

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Speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner.

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Epistemic

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Relating to knowledge or to the degree of its validation.

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Prolepsis

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1.
the anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech.
2.
the representation of a thing as existing before it actually does or did so, as in he was a dead man when he entered.
“the destruction of the Vendôme Column and his part in it are foreshadowed in moments of haunting prolepsis”

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Dearth

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A scarcity or lack of something

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Deevy

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Slang: Incredible or neat but in a smooth way.

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Propaedeutic

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(of an area of study) serving as a preliminary instruction or as an introduction to further study.

noun
noun: propaedeutic; plural noun: propaedeutics

an introduction to a subject or area of study.
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Orthogonal

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Of or involving right angles; at right angles

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Otiose

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Serving no practical purpose or result.

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Iteration

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The repetition of a process or utterance.

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Bayesian or Bayesian inference

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Update the probability of a hyphothesis as more evidence or information becomes available.

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Phantasmagoria

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A sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream

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Efficacious

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Of something inanimate or abstract. Successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective.

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Votary

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person, such as a monk or nun, who has made vows of dedication to religious service.

a devoted follower, adherent, or advocate of someone or something.
"he was a votary of John Keats"
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Puerile

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Childish silly and trivial

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Erudition

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The quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; science scholarship.

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Cosmogony

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The orgin of the universe especially the solar system.

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Fecundate

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Fertilize make fruitful

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Coup de Grace

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Blow of mercy or killing blow to put someone out of misery.

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Sepulcher

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A small room or monument cut in rock or built of stone in which a dead person is laid or buried.

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Elegiac

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Something that relates to mournfullness or sorrow.

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Adavastic

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Reversion to something ancient or ancestral.

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Estrangement

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No longer on friendly terms

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Monopsony

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Market condition only one buyer

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Recalcitrance

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Resisting authority; not obedient or complaint hard to deal with.

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Bradytelic

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Evolution slower than the standard for a group or plant or animals.

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Desiderata

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Things wanted or needed - poem by Max Eherman 1927

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Quincunx

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An arrangement in a square or rectangle with one at each corner and one in the middle.

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Marplot

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A meddlesome person whose activity integrates with the plans of others.

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Pedant

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A person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.

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Odious

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Extremly unpleasant; repulsive.

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Expiate

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Atone for

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Maugre (Mo-Ger)

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In spite of
*French Orgin -
“mal” or “mau” = evil
“gre” = grace,favor

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Chancellor

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A Senior state or legal official.

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Covenant

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An agreement or legal one.

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Antinomian

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  1. One who holds that under the gospel dispensation of grace the moral law is of no use or obligation because faith alone is necessary to salvation.
  2. One who rejects a socially established morality.
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Importune

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  1. Harass persistently
  2. Approach to request or offer several services.
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Petulance

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The quality of being childishly sulky or bad tempered.

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Sanctity

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The state or quality of being holy, sacred or saintly
- ultimate importance and inviobility.

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Precinct

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  1. Police area
  2. The area with the walls or perceived boundaries of a particular building or place.
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Lethe

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  1. A river in Hades whose waters cause drinkers to forget their past.
    2.Oblivian, forgetfullness.
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Eclat

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Brilliant display or effect.

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Rebuke

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Express sharp disapproval or criticism because of behavior or actions.

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Admonition

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A firm rebuke
- Cautionary advice about something imminent (unpleasant)

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Pule

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Cry querulously or weakly.

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Querulous

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Complaining in a petulant or whining maner.

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Acrostic

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A poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.

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Obsequious

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Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree

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Sychophant

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A person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.

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Timorous

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Showing or sufferring form nervousness, fear or a lack of confidence.

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Empiricism

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The theory that all knowledge is derived from sense experience. Expounded by - Locke, Berkly and Hume.

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Perpetuate

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  1. Make (Something typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefintely
  2. Preserve from oblivion or extinction.
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Turbid

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(Of a liquid) Cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter.

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Prodigious

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Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

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Capacious

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Having a lot of space inside; roomy.

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Chimera

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(In Greek Mythology) A fire breathing female monster with a lions head, a goats body and a serpents tail.

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Ineluctable

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Unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable.

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Upraid

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Find fault with someone; scold.

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per·spi·cac·i·ty

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the quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness.

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Sangfroid

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Composure or coolness, sometimes excessive as shown in danger or under trying circumstances.

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Asperity

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Harshness of tone or manner.

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Capricious

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Given to sudden and unaccountable changes in behavior or mood.

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Disconcerted

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Unsettled or confused

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Enviable

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Arousing or likely to arouse envy.

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Denouement

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The final part of a play, movie etc.. wehre the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.

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Obstreperous

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Nosy and difficult to control.

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Insouciance

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Casual lack of concern; indifference.

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Phrenology

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The detailed study of the shape of the cranium as a supposed indication of character and mental abilities.

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Solipism

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The view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist.

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Solemnity

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The state or quality of being serious and dignified.
- A formal, dignified rite or ceremony.

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Gratuitous

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  1. Uncalled for; lacking good reason;
  2. Given or done free of charge.
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Prodigality

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Excessive or estravagent spending
- squander, waste

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Itinerant

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Traveling from place to place.

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Excrescence

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  1. A distinct outgrowth on a human, animal or plant, especially one that is the result of disease or abnormality.
    -An unattractive or superfluous addition or feature.
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Sanguine

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Optimistic or positive especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.

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Iconoclast

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  1. A person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.
  2. A destroyer of images used in religious worship.
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Temerity

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Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity.

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Perihelion

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The point in the orbit of a planet or comet at which it is closest to the sun.

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Incipient

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In an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop.

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Physiognomy

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A persons facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin.

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Celerity

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[archaic] Swiftness of movement.

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Capricious

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Given to sudden and unaccountable charges of mood or behavior.

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Perfidious

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Deceitful and untrustworthy

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Diadem

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A jeweled crown or headband worn as a symbol of sovereignty.

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Lassitude

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A state of physical or mental weakness; lack of energy.

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Cryptomnesia

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Occurs when a forgotten memory returns without its being recognized as such by the subject, who believes it is something new and original.

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Demonstrative

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  1. Tending to show feelings, especially of affection, openly.
  2. Serving as conclusive evidence of something; giving proof.
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Repugnant

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Extremely distasteful; unaccountable.

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Inexorable

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Impossible to stop or prevent.

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Mendicant

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  1. Given to begging
  2. A beggar
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Piquant

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  1. Having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor.
  2. Pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind.
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Vitiate

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  1. Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of
  2. Destroy or impair the legal validity of
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Torpor

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A state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy

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Insouciant

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Showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent.

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Otium

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Leisure time or withdrawing from daily affairs to engage in activities that were considered to be artistically valuable or enlightening.

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Loquacious

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Tending to talk a great deal; talkative.

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Sardonic

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Grimly mocking or cynical.

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Tortuosity

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  1. The quality or state of being tortuous
  2. Something winding or twisted; bend.
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Recalcitrant

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Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.

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Effable

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Able to be described in words.

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Numinous

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Having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity.

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Compunction

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A feeling of guilt or moral sruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad.

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Countenance

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  1. A person’s face or facial expression
  2. Support

Verb - admit as acceptable or possible.

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Apotropaic

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The power to avert evil influences or bad luck.

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Fecundity

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The ability to produce an abudance of offspring or new growth; fertility.

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Assiduity

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Constant or close attention to what one is doing.

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Indolence

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Avoidance of activity - laziness.

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Avowal

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Affirmation of the truth of what you believe.

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Bathos

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An effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from sublime to the trivial or ridiculous.

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Unenviable

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Difficult, undesirabl or unpleasant.

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Beneficent

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Generous or doing good resulting in good.

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Enantiodromia

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The tendency of things to change into their opposites, especialy as a supposed governing principle of natural cycles and of psychological development.

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Ululations

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Howl or wail as an expression of strong emotion, typically grief.

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Tenebrous

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Dark; shadowy or obscure

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Rapacious

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Aggressively greedy or grasping

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Noisome

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Having an extremely offensive smell.

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Unctuous

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Excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily

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Compunctious

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A feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad.

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Dolorous

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Feeling great sorrow or distress

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Vociferating

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Shout, complain, or argue loudly or vehemently

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Scourge

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  1. A whip used as an instrument of punishment.
  2. A person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering.
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Vaunt

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Boast about or praise especially excessively.

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Iniquitous

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Grossly unfair and morally wrong.

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Attentuate

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Reduce the force, effect, or value of

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Imperious

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assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering

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Effete

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Affected and overly refined

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Coterie

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A small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people.

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Lamentable

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(of circumstances or conditions) deplorably bad or unsatisfactory.

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Ameliorate

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make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.

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Quintessence

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the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.

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Sonorous

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(of a person’s voice or other sound) imposingly deep and full.

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Invidious

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(of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others.

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Sedulous

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(of a person or action) showing dedication and diligence.

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Vestigial

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Forming a very small remnant of something that was once much larger or more noticeable.

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Inculcate

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instill (an attitude, idea, or habit) by persistent instruction.
“the failures of the churches to inculcate a sense of moral responsibility”

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Vulpine

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relating to a fox or foxes.
“the thriving vulpine population”
crafty; cunning.
“Karl gave a vulpine smile”

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Ignominy

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Public shame disgrace

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Fortitude

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Courage in pain and adversity

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Noumenon

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(In Kantian philosophy) a thing as it is in itself, as distinct from a thing as it is knowable by the senses through phenomenol attributes.

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Pusilanimous

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Showing a lack of courage or determination; timid

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Odious

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Extremly unpleasant;repulsive

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Vitiate

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Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of. Destory or impair the legal validity of.

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Munificense

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The quality or action of being lavishly genergou; great generosity.

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Aphelion

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{Astronomy} - The point in orbit that is furthest from the sun.

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Proclivity

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A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition toward a particular thing.

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Debauched

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Indlugence in sensual pleasures that is morally harmful.

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Veracity

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Conformity to facts; accuracy

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Succor

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Assistance and support in times of hardship and distres - {verb} give assistance or aid to.

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Amity

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A friendly relationship

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Meliorate

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To make or become better: improve

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Contumely

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Insolent or insluting language or treatment

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Taciturn

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Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little

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Fugacity

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The quality of being fleeting or evanescent

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Veracity

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Conformity to facts; accuracy; habitual truthfulness

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Recondite

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Little known; abstruse

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Undulation

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The action of moving smoothly up and down.

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Adroitness

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Cleverness or skill

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Bedaub

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Smear or daub with a sticky substance

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Vitiate

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Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of.

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Sylvan

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Consisting of or associated with the woods.

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Phlegmatic

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Having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition

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Beneficence

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Generous giving or the quality of being generous and doing good.

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Propinquity

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The state of being close to someone or something; proximity

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Munificent

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A gift or money that is larger or more generous than usual.

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Seraphic

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Beautiful in a way that suggest someone is morally good and pure.

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Sententious

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Given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner

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Effrontery

A

Insolent or impertinent behavior.

173
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Dulcet

A

{Often ironic} - especially of sound | sweet and soothing

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Loquacious

A

Tending to talk a great deal; talkative

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Oleaginous

A

Rich in, covered with, or producing oil; oily or greasy.

Exaggeratedly and distastefully complimentary; obsequious

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Wiseacre

A

One who pretends knowledge or cleverness.

Note: Middle Dutch wijssegger which means soothsayer

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Numinous

A

Having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence of a divinity.

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Inimical

A

tending to obstruct or harm - unfriendly hostile.

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Concupiscence

A

Strong sexual desire - lust

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Spiritual Cartography

A

First heard on Aubry Marcus

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Perdition

A

(in Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death.

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Invidious

A

(of an action or situation) likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others.
“she’d put herself in an invidious position”

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Syncretism

A

the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought.
“interfaith dialogue can easily slip into syncretism”

185
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Synarchy

A

joint rule or government by two or more individuals or parties.

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187
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Empyrean

A
  1. (adj) belonging to or deriving from heaven
  2. (noun) heaven, in particular the highest part.
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Besotted

A

strongly infatuated

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Prolix (adj)
prolixity (noun)
prolixly (adverb)

A

Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy

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Prolix (adj)
prolixity (noun)
prolixly (adverb)

A

Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy

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Susurrus

A

Whispering, murmuring, or rustling

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Petard

A

Phrase: ones own petard - have ones plans to cause trouble for others backfire on one.

193
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Elide

A

Omit when speaking

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ululate

A

howl or wail as an expression of strong emotion usually grief.

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Inchoate

A

Just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.

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prodigality

A

spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant

(prodigal son) a person who leaves home and behaves recklessly, but later makes a repentant return.

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Erudite

A

Having or showing great knowledge or learning:

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profundity

A

deep insight; great deprh of knowledge or thought

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Peripatetic

A

Traveling from place to place, especially working or based in various places for relatively short periods.

200
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Perfunctory

A

Carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection.

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Empyrean

A

Belonging to or a part of heaven.

The visible part of heaven; the sky

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Corpulent

A

Fat

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Venal

A

Showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery.

204
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prescriptivist

A

of or relating to the imposition of a rule or method

205
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Conjecture

A

An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.

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intactable

A

hard to control or deal with

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telluric

A

of the earth as a planet | of the soil

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ignominy

A

public shame or disgrace

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profane

A

relating or devoted to that which is not sacred or biblical; secular view rather than religious.

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Anathema

A

someone or something one vehemently dislikes.

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