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acclaim
(n) loud applause; approval (When used as a verb, acclaim means "to applaud; to praise")
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admonish
(v) to advise against something; to warn; to scold gently; to urge strongly
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anthropoid
(adj) resembling humans
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bizarre
(adj) strikingly odd in appearance or style; grotesque
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carping
(adj) complaining, fault finding
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emulate
(v) to try to equal or surpass; to imitate
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hierarchy
(n) organization by rank, class, or grade
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judicious
(adj) wise; careful; showing sound judgement, prudent
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plebeian
(adj) coarse; vulgar (from the Latin name for the lower classes)
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polyglot
(adj) speaking many languages; (n) a mixture of languages; someone who speaks many languages
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precocious
(adj) having or showing much more ability or knowledge than is usual at such a young age; early or prematurely ripe or developed
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repugnant
(adj) disgusting; loathsome; objectionable
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tenuous
(adj) flimsy, weak
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thwart
(v) to oppose directly; to baffle; to block; to frustrate
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verbatim
(adj) word for word; exact quotation
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