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Treatise
[N] A formal piece of writing, usually long, on a particular subject
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Nexus
[N] A connection or intersection
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Chronic
[Adj] Continuing for a long time; recurrent
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Forbear
[V] To be patient or avoid doing
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Bliss
[N] Perfect Happiness
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Putative
[Adj] Put forth or accepted as true on inadequate grounds; supposed
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Gingerly
[Adv] Very carefully; cautiously
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Loathe
[V] To dislike something greatly
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Ebullient
[Adj] In high spirits; boiling or seeming to boil
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Eerie
[Adj] Causing inexplicable fear or uneasiness, often because of an apparently supernatural origin
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Conventional
[Adj] Following ordinary practice; unoriginal
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Fallacy
[N] A false notion, esp. one based on incorrect reasoning
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Hibernate
[V] To sleep throughout the winter
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Volatile
[Adj] Tending to vary widely; unstable; quickly evaporating
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Prevaricate
[V] To speak or write evasively in order to avoid telling the truth
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Encrypt
[V] To put into code
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Nostalgia
[N] A general longing for the past or to return home
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Increment
- [N] An increase in quantity
- [V] To increase
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Peruse
[V] To read carefully
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Arbitrate
[V] To settle a dispute or a fight between two parties
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Anthropomorphism
[N] The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
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Cache
[N] A hiding place for storage of provisions or valuables
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Corpulent
[Adj] Very fat; obese
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Livid
[Adj] Extremely angry; discolored, as from a bruise; pale, ashen
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Austere
[Adj] Stern or severe in appearance; without luxury
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Myriad
[N] An indefinitely large number
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Impinge
[V] To have an effect on something, esp. a negative one; to encroach
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Android
[N] An automaton that resembles a human being
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Turbid
[Adj] Cloudy, muddy; in a state of turmoil
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Dismay
[V] To destroy courage or resolution; to cause to lose enthusiasm, to disillusion
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Façade
[N] Outward appearance; the face of a building
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Cadence
[N] A rhythmic beat
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Encumber
[V] To burden or weigh down
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Caricature
[N] A drawing or description that ridiculously exaggerates features
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Occasion
[V] To cause; to provide an appropriate opportunity for
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Imposter
[N] A person using a false identity
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Ingratiate
[V] To bring oneself into another's favor or good graces by conscious effort
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Sanctify
[V] To make holy; to make legitimate or binding
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Avant-garde
[N] A group active in inventing and applying new techniques, esp. in the arts
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Liberal
[Adj] Generous; giving freely
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Vulgar
[Adj] Lacking refinement or taste; crude
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Fictitious
[Adj] Not real; false
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Pastiche
[N] Something (esp. a work of art, literature, or music) created from many different sources
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Factitious
[Adj] Produced artificially; not genuine
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Malignant
[Adj] Very harmful; threatening death; cancerous (of a tumor)
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