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ADROIT

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dexterous, skillful

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ACRONYM

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An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g. ASCII, NASA). Compare with initialism.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

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AEGIS

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shield of Zeus, patronage, protection

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AGGREGATION

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forming into a dense cluster, act of collecting into a total

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ANATHEMA

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something highly distasteful, an accursed thing (RC church)

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ANODYNE

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mentally soothing, bland or meaningless, ‘anodyne platitudes’

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ANOMALOUS

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irregular, abnormal

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ANTIPATHY

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antipathy

a deep-seated feeling of aversion.
“his fundamental antipathy to capitalism”
synonyms: hostility, antagonism, animosity, aversion, animus, opposition, enmity, dislike, distaste, ill will, ill feeling, hatred, hate, abhorrence, loathing, repugnance, odium; More

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ANTITHESIS

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  1. a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
    “love is the antithesis of selfishness”
    synonyms: (direct) opposite, converse, reverse, reversal, inverse, obverse; More
    a contrast or opposition between two things.
    “the antithesis between occult and rational mentalities”
    synonyms: contrast, opposition
    “the antithesis between sin and grace”
    a rhetorical or literary device in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed.
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APHORISM

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A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; and adage. A brief statement of principle.

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APOCRYPHAL

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sham, doubtful, not authentic

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APOPLEXY

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old fashioned medical term for ‘bleeding’. state of extreme rage. Derives from Greek word for ‘seizure’ apoplixia

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Apotheosis

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the highest point in the development of something; a culmination or climax.
“his appearance as Hamlet was the apotheosis of his career”
synonyms: culmination, climax, crowning moment, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith, apex, acme, apogee, high point, highest point, height, high water mark
“his appearance as Hamlet was the apotheosis of his career”

the elevation of someone to divine status.
“death spared Pompey the task of having to account for the apotheosis oCulmination, climax, highest point in the development of something

…after substance abuse by fellow members reached an apotheosis…

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APPOSITE

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Appropriate or relevant: chose an apposite name for the dog; felt the comments were not apposite to the discussion.

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ARCANE

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secret

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ARGOT

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list know to a specialist team

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ASININE

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extremely stupid or foolish.
“Lydia ignored his asinine remark”

synonyms: stupid, foolish, pointless, brainless, mindless, senseless, doltish, idiotic, imbecilic, imbecile, insane, lunatic, ridiculous, ludicrous, absurd, preposterous, nonsensical, fatuous, silly, childish, infantile, puerile, immature, juvenile, inane, witless, half-baked, empty-headed, unintelligent, half-witted, slow-witted, weak-minded; More

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ASSIDUOUS

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constant in the application or attention; diligent, an assiduous worker who strove for perfection

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ATROPHIED

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wasting away through lack of nutrients, emaciated

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AVARICIOUS

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greedy

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Avuncular

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Resembling an uncle, friendly

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AXIOMATIC

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self evident

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Bien pensant

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Right-thinking, orthodox, conformist.

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BODACIOUS

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bodacious is probably a blend of the words bold and audacious; remarkable prodigious, audacious, gutsy

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BOURGEOISIE

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middle class, grossly respectable, conventional, humdrum

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BROUHAHA

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An uproar, a hubhub

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Bucolic

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relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.
“the church is lovely for its bucolic setting”
synonyms: rustic, rural, pastoral, country, countryside, agricultural, agrarian, outdoor, idyllic, unspoilt

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BURGEON

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to sprout, bud, to put forth branches

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CANDID

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unprejudiced, blunt

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CAPACIOUS

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large, roomy

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CAPRICIOUS

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incalculable, liable to change of mind/conduct

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Carpe Deim

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To “seize the day” and/or a certain moment in time. To put aside all differences, all fears, all worries, and just go for it.

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Cassoulet

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French stew made with meat (typically pork, goose, and duck) and beans.

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CASTIGATE

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criticise severely

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CAVEAT

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warning, look out, beware

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CHAGRIN

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acute disappointment, mortification

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CHARNEL

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containing dead bodies - charnel house

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CHASTISE

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punish

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COGENT

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having great force, powerful, convincing

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Cognitive Dissonance

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The state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioural decisions and attitude change.

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COGNISANT

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knowledge, perception, observation

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CONCOMITANT

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accompanying

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CONDUIT

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a pipe or channel for conveying water, a passage, a route

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CONTENTIOUS

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quarrelsome, perverse wrangling, argument, discussion, dispute, difficulty

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CONTRITE

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broken with sorrow, & repentance, full of remorse

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CORNUCOPIA

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the horn of plenty, abundance

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COROLLARY

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consequence of

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Coruscating

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flashing; sparkling.
“a coruscating kaleidoscope of colours”
synonyms: sparkling, shining, bright, brilliant, gleaming, glittering, twinkling, scintillating, flashing, shimmering, shimmery; rarescintillant
“a coruscating kaleidoscope of colours”
antonyms: dull, matte
brilliant or striking in content or style.
“the play’s coruscating wit”
synonyms: brilliant, dazzling, scintillating, exhilarating, stimulating, invigorating; More

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COTERIE

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a clique, circle of people with a common interest

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Coterminous

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having the same boundaries or extent in space, time, or meaning.
“the coterminous Borough and Parliamentary Constituency of Blyth Valle

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DEBACLE

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a rout, collapse, reverse, disaster

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DEPRECATE

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disparage, underrate, lower in value

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DESULTORY

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off and on

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DETRITUS

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waste or debris of any kind.
“the streets were foul with detritus”
synonyms: debris, waste, waste matter, discarded matter, refuse, rubbish, litter, scrap, flotsam and jetsam, lumber, rubble, wreckage; More

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DICHOTOMY

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division of ideas into two classes

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DIDACTIC

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opinionative, rather dictatorial

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DIFFIDENT

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modest, timid, shy, wanting confidence

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DILETTANTE

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amateur, dabbler

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Dystopia

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an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one.

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EBULLIENT

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exuberant, enthusiastic, boiling over, over flowing

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ECSTATIC

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enthusiastic frenzy

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Egregious

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Outstandingly bad; shocking:

egregious abuses of copyright

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ENIGMATIC

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puzzling, riddle

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Ennui

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a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
“he succumbed to ennui and despair”
synonyms: boredom, tedium, listlessness, lethargy, lassitude, languor, restlessness, weariness, sluggishness, enervation

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EPHEMERAL

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fleeting, transitory, momentary

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Epiphany

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  1. the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi (Matthew 2:1–12).
  2. a moment of sudden and great revelation or realization.
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EPISTLE

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letter written for effect or instruction

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EPITHET

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phrase or word used adjectively

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EQUIVOCAL

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double/doubtful meaning, questionable, ambiguous, dubious, uncertain

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ERUDITE

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learned

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ESCHEW

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shun, avoid

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ESCUTCHEON

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heraldry, family shield - a blot on the escutcheon, a stain on the good family name

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ESOTERIC

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intended of an inner circle, secret, mysterious, private, select few

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EVANESCENT

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to vanish

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EXCORIATING

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to strip, wear or rub the skin off

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FACTOTUM

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servant managing his masters affairs

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FARRAGO

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miscellaneous collection, medley

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Febrile

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  1. having or showing the symptoms of a fever.
    “a febrile illness”
    synonyms: feverish, fevered, hot, burning, burning up, fiery, flushed, sweating, in a cold sweat; More
  2. characterized by a great deal of nervous excitement or energy.
    “the febrile atmosphere of the city”
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FUROR (e)

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excitement

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GERMANE

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appropriate, relevant

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GRAVITAS

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importance, solemnity, soberness

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HALCYON

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peaceful, tranquil

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HEDONISTIC

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the doctrine that pleasure is the chief good, doctrine of pleasure

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HEGEMONY

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leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.
“Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871”
synonyms: leadership, dominance, dominion, supremacy, ascendancy, predominance, primacy, authority, mastery, control, power, sway, rule, sovereignty

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HIATUS

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gap in a series

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HIGH DUDGEON

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anger or resentment

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HUBRIS

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Extreme pride or confidence

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Hubristic

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An ancient Greek word meaning pride or arrogance.

The definition of hubristic is extremely arrogant behavior resulting from pride or passion.

Someone who worked very hard to achieve a skill and thinks he is better than everyone else is an example of a person who is hubristic.

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HYPERBOLE

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figure of speech, exaggeration

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ICONOCLASTIC

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breaking of images, questioning accepted ideas/theories

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INCIPIENT

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beginning, originating, inception

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INCONGRUOUS

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odd, out of character

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INCULCATE

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urge forcibly & repeatedly, to implant, to impress be admonition, foster

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INEXORABLE

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not to be persuaded

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INFRADIG

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beneath ones dignity

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IRASCIBLE

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easily provoked, hot tempered, irritable

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INSIPID

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flavourless, lifeless

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INSOUCIANT

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careless, indifferent, heedless

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Internecine

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destructive to both sides in a conflict.
“the region’s history of savage internecine warfare”
synonyms: deadly, bloody, violent, fierce, destructive, ruinous; More
relating to conflict within a group.
“the party shrank from the trauma of more internecine strife”

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JUDICIOUS

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wise, prudent, showing discrimination

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KUDOS

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glory

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LACONIC

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brief concise, maximum meaning in minimum words

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LAGGARDS

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slowcoach, listless person

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Leitmotif

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a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation.
“there are two leitmotifs in his score marking the heroine and her Fairy Godmother”
1. Classical Music; music a recurring short melodic phrase or theme used, esp in Wagnerian music dramas, to suggest a character, thing, etc
2. Literary; an often repeated word, phrase, image, or theme in a literary work.

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LEVIATHAN

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monstrous beast, sea monster (bible), any huge or powerful thing

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LITANY

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earnest prayer, recital

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LURID

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ghastly, startling

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MALADROIT

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clumsy, awkward

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MELLIFLUOUS

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soft, rich, flowing

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MENDACITY

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The condition of being mendacious, untruthfulness, a lie, falsehood.

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MIASMA

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a noxious atmosphere or infuence. a poisonius atmosphere. “The novel spun a miasma of death and decay”. Formerly thought to rise from swamps and putrid matter and cause disease.

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Militate

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to have a substantial effect; weigh heavily:

His prison record militated against him.

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MISANTHROPIC

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marked by hatred or contempt for humankind

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MISOGAMY

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hatred of marriage

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MISOGYNIST

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hatred of women

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MORDENT (wit)

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biting

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Narcissist

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Narcissism is a less extreme version of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Narcissism involves cockiness, manipulativeness, selfishness, power motives, and vanity-a love of mirrors. Related personality traits include: Psychopathy, Machiavellianism. Narcissists tend to have high self-esteem.

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NASCENT

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birth

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Neologisms

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a newly coined word or expression.
synonyms: new word, new expression, new term, new phrase, coinage, newly coined word, made-up word, invented word, invention, nonce word; portmanteau word
the coining or use of new words.

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NEOPHYTES

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beginners

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NON SEQUITORS

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“it does not follow” The term usually means that a conclusion does not logically follow from the facts or law. “That’s a non sequitor”.

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OBFUSCATE

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To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand

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Obdurate

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stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.
“I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate”

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OBSEQUIOUS

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servile, cringing, subservient

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Oleaginous

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  1. rich in, covered with, or producing oil; oily.
    “fabrics would quickly become filthy in this oleaginous kingdom”
  2. exaggeratedly and distastefully complimentary; obsequious.
    “candidates made oleaginous speeches praising government policies”
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Omphaloskepsis

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navel-gazing, contemplation of one’s navel as an aid to meditation. The word comes from Greek omphalos (navel) + skepsis (act of looking, examination).

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OMNIPRESENT

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present in all places at the same time

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OPPROBRIUM

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Harsh criticism or censure

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OSSARIUM

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charnel house, memorial place holding bones of the deceased

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Otiose

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1.serving no practical purpose or result.
“there were occasions when I felt my efforts were rather otiose”

2.archaic, indolent or idle.

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OTIOSENESS

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serving no useful purpose, otiose language, indolent, lazy

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Panglossian

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characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.

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PARADIGM

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A typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model.
“society’s paradigm of the ‘ideal woman’”

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PARANDIAL

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pertaining to dinner

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PARIAH

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social outcast

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PAROCHIAL

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provincial, narrow minded, petty

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PEJORATIVE

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deprecating, detracting

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Patrician

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  1. a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.

2. a person of very good background, education, and refinement.

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PER SE

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by itself, of itself

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PERIPATETIC

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traveling, circuitous, wanderer

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PERSIFLAGE

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light frivolous conversation, friendly teasing

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PLETHORA

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over supply, super abundant

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POIGNANT

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acutely painful, stinging, sharp

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POLEMIC

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controversial, an argument, controversy

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PORTENT

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an omen (of evil), a warning

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PRAGMATIC

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Dealing with or concerned with facts or actual occurrences, practical

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PREDICATE

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to affirm, assert, declare

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Prescient

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having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.
“a prescient warning”
synonyms: prophetic, predictive, visionary; More

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PRESPICACITY

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quick mental insight, keen understanding, acute discernment, insight

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Priapic

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relating to or resembling a phallus.

“priapic carvings”

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PROGNOSTICATION

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predicting the future by reading present signs

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PROSAIC

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commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.

of or having the character or form of prose, the ordinary form of spoken or written language, rather than of poetry.

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PROPRIETY

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properness, correct conduct

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Proselytising

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  1. To attempt to convert someone to one’s own religious faith.
  2. To attempt to persuade someone to join one’s own political party or to espouse one’s doctrine.
    To convert (a person) from one belief, doctrine, cause, or faith to another.
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Protaganist

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1.the leading character or one of the major characters in a play, film, novel, etc.
“the novel’s main protagonist is an American intelligence officer”

  1. an advocate or champion of a particular cause or idea.
    “he’s a strenuous protagonist of the new agricultural policy”
    synonyms: supporter, upholder, adherent, backer, proponent, advocate, promoter, champion, exponent, standard-bearer, torch-bearer, prime mover, moving spirit, mainstay, spokesman/spokeswoman/spokesperson
    “the EC is a great protagonist of deregulation”
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PUERILE

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boyish, childish, juvenile

157
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PURDAH

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Indian curtain to screen women, “having gone onto purdah”

158
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PUSILLANIMOUS

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lacking in courage, faint hearted

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PYROTECHNICS

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fireworks, figurative, brilliant, dazzling, scintillating

160
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PYRRHIC

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hollow victory, as bad as defeat

161
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PYRRHOISM

A

doubting results

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Quid pro quo

A

a favour or advantage granted in return for something.
“the pardon was a quid pro quo for their help in releasing hostages”
synonyms: exchange, trade, trade-off, swap, switch, barter, substitute, substitution, reciprocity, reciprocation, return, payment, remuneration, amends, compensation, indemnity, recompense, restitution, reparation, satisfaction; rarerequital
“a congressman’s support for the president on a particular issue may not represent a straightforward quid pro quo”

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QUIESCENT

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dormant, inert

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REPREHENSIBLE

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deserving censure, disapproval, blameworthy, despicable

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RHETORIC

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persuasive or effective speech

166
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Risible

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provoking laughter through being ludicrous.
“a risible scene of lovemaking in a tent”
synonyms: laughable, ridiculous, absurd, comical, comic, amusing, funny, chucklesome, hilarious, humorous, droll, entertaining, diverting, farcical, slapstick, silly, facetious, ludicrous, hysterical, uproarious, riotous, side-splitting, zany, grotesque; More

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SCLEROTIC

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Definition of sclerotic in English:
ADJECTIVE

  1. Medicine of or having sclerosis.
  2. Becoming rigid and unresponsive; losing the ability to adapt:
    sclerotic management
  3. Anatomy Relating to the sclera.
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SCOTOMA

A

blind spot

169
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SOBRIQUET

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a person’s nickname.

“she was a vast and haughty person who answered to the sobriquet ‘Duchesse’”

170
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SOLIPSISM

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is the philosophical idea that “I am the only mind that exists” The theory that the self is the only thing that can be known and verified.

171
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SOLIPSISTIC

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

172
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“Spursy”

A

Consistently and inevitably to fail to live up to expectations

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Stoicism

A

the endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint.

synonyms: patience, forbearance, resignation, lack of protest, lack of complaint, fortitude, endurance, acceptance, acceptance of the inevitable, fatalism

174
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STYGIAN

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When you describe something as Stygian, you’re comparing it to the murky and terrible river Styx, which flows through the underworld in ancient Greek mythology. The word itself comes from the Greek word Stygios, from Styx, which literally means “the hateful.”

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TABARD

A

short coat, sleeveless

Related; bib, vest

176
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Terpsichorean

A

relating to dancing.
“‘the twist’ was a revolutionary terpsichorean innovation”

a dancer.

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Traduce

A

speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation.
“it was regarded as respectable political tactics to traduce him”
synonyms: defame, slander, speak ill of, speak evil of, gossip about, misrepresent, malign, vilify, calumniate, denigrate, disparage, slur, decry, sully, impugn, smear, besmirch, dishonour, back-bite, revile, run down, blacken the name of, cast aspersions on; More

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TITULAR

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  1. holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority.
    “the queen is titular head of the Church of England”
    synonyms: nominal, in title/name only, formal, official, ceremonial; More
    (of a cleric) nominally appointed to serve a diocese, abbey, or other foundation no longer in existence, and typically in fact having authority in another capacity.
  2. relating to or denoted by a title. “the work’s titular song”
    synonyms: eponymous, identifying
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UNGULATE

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A hoofed mammal, such as a horse, pig, deer, buffalo, or antelope, belonging to the former order Ungulata, now divided into several orders including …

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ULTRACREPIDARIANISM

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the habit of giving opinions and advice on matters outside one’s knowledge or competence.

181
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Perfidious Albion

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“Perfidious Albion” is a pejorative phrase used within the context of international relations diplomacy to refer to alleged acts of diplomatic sleights, duplicity, treachery and hence infidelity (with respect to perceived promises made to or alliances formed with other nation states) by monarchs or governments of the UK (or England prior to 1707) in their pursuit of self-interest.

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