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Affinity
Relationship, attraction
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Bilious
Peevish, irritable, unpleasant
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Cognate
Closely related in orign, nature, or function
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Corollary
Proposition that follows from one already proven, consequence
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Cul-de-sac
Dead-end street or situation, impasse
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Derring-do
Valor, heroism, daring deeds
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Divination
Act of predicting the future
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Elixir
cure-all potion, panacea
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Folderol
Nonsense, a trifle
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Gamut
Entire range or series
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Ineffable
Too great or too sacred to be uttered
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Lucubration
Laborious study or thought (at night)
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Mnemonic
Designed to assist the memory
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Obloquy
Public abuse indicating strong disapproval
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Paramter
Determining or characteristic element
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Pundit
One who gives authoritative opinions
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Risible
Pertaining to laughter
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Symptomatic
Typical or characteristic
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Volte-face
About face, complete reversal
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Browbeat
Intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner
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Commensurate
Equal in size
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Diaphonous
Almost completely transparent
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Foray
Quick rade (usually for plunder)
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Genre
Type (literary); a painting style where everyday scences are realistically depicted
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Homily
Sermon stressing moral principles
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Matrix
Mold, surrounding situation or environment
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Obsequies
Funeral rites or ceromonies
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Panache
Confident and styleish manner
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Persona
A character in a novel or play
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Philippic
A bitter verbal attack
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Prurient
Having lustful desires or interests
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Sacrosanct
Very saccred or holy, inviolable, set apart from questioning or attack
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Systemic
Relating to a system or systems, pertaining to entire body
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Tendentious
Biased or partisan
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Vicissitude
Change, alteration (in life)
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Bruit
To spread news or rumors
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Contumelious
Insolent, insulting
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Dictum
Short saying, authoritative statement
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Ensconce
Settle comfortably in position
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Iconclastic
Attacking or seeking to overthrow status quo
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In medias res
In the middle of things
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Internecine
Mutually destructive (murderous)
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Maladroit
Lacking skill or dexterity
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Maudlin
Mushy (emotional)
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Modulate
To change intensity or pitch, moderate
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Portentous
Foreshadowing an event
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Quid pro quo
Soemthing given in exchange for something else
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Saturnalian
Characterized by rioutous revelry or licentiousness
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Touchstone
Means of testing worth
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Traumatic
Emotional shock causing pyschological damage
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Vitiate
To weaken, degrade
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