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Naffandous

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adj. unspeakable, unutterable, appalling

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Hegira

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n. escape from danger, flight, exodus or migration

orig. Arabic> late Medieval Latin

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Bathos

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n. an anticlimax, abrubt change in style creating a ludicrous effect, insincere pathos, gross sentimentality

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Banausic

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adj. routine, mechanical, boring

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Adumbrate

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v. disclose partly, hint at, foreshadow, give sketchy outline

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Aleatory

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adj. based on chance, luck, characterized by gambling

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Zaftig

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adj. plump, full figured

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Ukase

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n. official edict or decree

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Antinomy

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n. paradox, a contradiction between two true conclusions or beliefs that are both reasonable. Originally used to mean a conflict between two laws (early science).

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Satrap

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n. subordinate ruler, bureaucrat

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Quiddity

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n. the essence of, the real nature of, a hairsplitting distinction between, a quibble

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Shibboleth

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n. identifying knowledge belonging to a specific group, like a tell but for ethnicity/culture

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Conduce

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v. to contribute to a specific result,
orig. Middle English
Combination of “conduct” and “induce”

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Pellucid

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adj. clear in style, transparent or translucent, admitting the passage of light

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Apotheosis

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n. exaltation to divine status, trancendent

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Mephitic

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adj. poisonous, foul smelling

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Daedal

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adj. ingenious, complex in design, intricate

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Plenary

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adj. complete, unlimited, full, attended by all members

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Junta

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n. group that rules after a coup, can be military but doesn’t have to be

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Caducity

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n. perishable, impermanent, the frailty of old age, senility

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Ana

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n. a collection reflecting the character of a person or place

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Homoglate

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v. confirm officially, approve

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Perorate

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v. declaim, to speak at great length, to conclude with a recapitulation

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Sciolism

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n. superficial knowledge

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Agnate

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adj. from the father’s side of the family, coming from a common source, akin

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Usafruct

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n. the right to use another’s property as long as it isn’t damaged in the process

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Clerisy

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n. literati, cognoscenti, educated people considered as a group

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Qua

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prep. “in the capacity of”

as, or that

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Sina qua non

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n. an essential element or condition

translates as “without that not”

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Esculent

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adj. suitable for eating

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Adjure

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v. to plea earnestly, command solemnly (as under oath)

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Sententious

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adj. given to moralizing and aphorisms, pithy

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Tenebrous

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adj. dark and gloomy

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Sui Generis

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adj. unique, one of a kind

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Apostacy

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n. renunciation of religious or political belief, abandonment of one’s principals

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Bosky

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adj. wooded, covered in trees, shrubs or bushes

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Hortative

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adj. exhortative, advice giving, instructive?

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Etiolate

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v. to make weak by stunting growth, to cause pale or sickly appearance

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Recondite

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adj. little known, cryptic, abstruse

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Quisling

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n. traitor, collaborator

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Agathism

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n. ultimate end of things is good, even if intermediate means are evil (things turn out for the best)

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Incohate

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adj. incomplete, unfinished

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Gemeinschaft

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n. group bound by kinship, tastes, or interests

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Supervene

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v. to follow immediately after, ensue

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Temerarious

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adj. rash, reckless, presumptuously daring

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Acidulous

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adj. sour, bad-tempered

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Vitiate

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v. to reduce in value or quality, to invalidate

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Defulcate

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v. to embezzle, to misuse funds

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Nadir

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n. from astrology: celestial body directly below observer in the heavens, used metaphorically for “lowest point”

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Apogee/Perigee

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n. the furthest/nearest point away in orbit: astronomy, apogee also used to mean “highest point”

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Encomium

syn. Panegyric

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n. warm, glowing praise, a tribute, formal public compliment

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Paean

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n. song or poem of thanksgiving

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Sedulous

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adj. done diligently and carefully

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Feckless

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adj. lazy and irresponsible

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Exegesis

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n. critical explanation of a text, analysis (as of Bible)

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Zenith

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n. astrology: directly above observer in heavens, use metaphorically to mean “highest point” as in the zenith of a performer’s career

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Sycophant

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n. servile self-seeker, flatterer, curries the favor of the influential

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Insouciant

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adj. nonchalant, light-hearted, unconcerned

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Abrogate

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v. to nullify

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Perquisite

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n. a perk of the job, a privilege

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Imago

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n. adult insect stage

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Grig

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adj. a lively person

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Cavil

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v. to raise trivial objections

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Afflatus

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n. creative impulse, divine inspiration

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Serried

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adj. crowded together (particularly in rows)

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Manque´

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n. a person who has failed to realize potential, unfulfilled person, a person of frustrated ambition

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Tendentious

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adj. biased

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Raconteur

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n. a witty speaker who uses anecdotes

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Mulct

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v. to penalize by fine, to the acquire by trickery/deception

n. a fine

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Expurgate

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v. to remove erroneous, obscene, or objectionable material prior to publishing

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Nugatory

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adj. trifling, invalid, unimportant, unenforceable

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Eclat

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n. conspicuous success, brilliant performance or achievement, acclaim

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Argot

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n. specialized vocabulary, idioms (ie. jargon or slang)

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Eupeptic

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adj. relating to good digestions, cheerful or happy

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Pulchritude

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n. great physical beauty

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Coruscate

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v. to sparkly, glitter or shimmer, give off flashes of light

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Homiletics

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n. the art of preaching or writing sermons

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Tocsin

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n. alarm bell or signal

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Equipoise

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n. a balance of forces or interests, counterbalance

v. to balance forces or interests

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Involute

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adj. intricate, involved, curled spirally

v. to curl up

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Fustian

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n. pompous or pretentious speech or writing

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Repine

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v. feel or express discontent; fret

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Refulgent

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adj. shining brightly

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Nostrom

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n. an ineffective medicine especially one prepared by an unqualified person; used to refer to bringing about some social or political reform or improvement ineffectively

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Edacious

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adj. relating to or given to eating

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Acarpous

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adj. botany: not producing fruit, sterile

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Mettlesome

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adj. full of spirit, courage (mettle)

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Cadge

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v. ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled)

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Puissance

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n. archaic: great power, influence, or prowess

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Sententious

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adj. given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner

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Atavistic

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adj. relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral

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Sophistry

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n. the use of fallacious arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving

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Meretricious

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adj. apparently attractive but having no value or integrity, flashy, pretentious

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Contumacious

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adj. stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority

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Synecdoche

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n. A figure of speech where a part is used for the whole (as in using hand for sailor), the whole for the part (as in law for police), the specific for the general (cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (thief for pickpocket), or the material the thing is made from (steel for sword)

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Syllogism

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n. a subtle, specious, or crafty argument

n. deductive reasoning, formal argument with a major and minor premise and a conclusion

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Balkanize

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v. to divide a group or country into smaller, possibly hostile or incompatible units. Fragment, disintegrate, break-up
Could be used to describe the “silo” effect in corporations

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Lagniappe

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n. a small gift or benefit given to a valued customer. Similar to a baker’s dozen. Started as New Orleans French Quarter tradition. Can be applied to any unexpected bonus, “a little something extra”. (pronounced ‘lanny-yap’)

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Chyrons

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n. An electronically generated caption superimposed on a television or movie screen

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Orthogonal

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adj. of or involving right angles; at right angles

Not pertinent to the matter, one does not imply the other (syn. immaterial, unrelated)

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Petrichor

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n. pleasant smell of first rain after a long dry spell

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Defenestration

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v. to throw someone or something out of a window

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Vellichor

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adj. the strange wistfulness of used bookstores

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Mimetic

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adj. Relating to, characteristic of, or exhibiting mimicry.
adj. Of or relating to an imitation; imitative.
adj. Using imitative means of representation: a mimetic dance.

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Jeremiads

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n. a long literary work, usually in prose, but sometimes in verse (poetry), in which the author bitterly laments the state of society and its morals in a serious tone of sustained invective, and always contains a prophecy of society’s imminent downfall. Lamentation. Doleful complaint. Rhetoric of indignation.

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Imprimatur

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n. Seal of approval. Official approval or sanction.

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Lacuna

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la•cu•na (ləˈkyu nə)

n. , pl. -nae (-nē), -nas.
1. a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript; hiatus, gap, break in continuity

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Reification

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is a fallacy of ambiguity, when an abstraction (abstract belief or hypothetical construct) is treated as if it were a concrete real event or physical entity.

In other words, it is the error of treating something that is not concrete, such as an idea, as a concrete thing.

“the map is not the territory”

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Reify

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v. re·​ify | \ ˈrā-ə-ˌfī  , ˈrē-\
reified; reifying
Definition of reify
transitive verb
\: to consider or represent (something abstract) as a material or concrete thing : to give definite content and form to (a concept or idea)

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