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a priori
based on something known/assumed
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abase
to belittle somebody/act in an undignified way
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abate
to become less/to end or suppress/to reduce something
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abject
cast down in spirit/servile, spiritless
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ablution
ritual washing/washing yourself
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abrest
lined up/well informed
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Accentuate
to draw attention to something/to make a feature or something more noticeable
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accords
render somebody something/to be in agreement
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accretion
an increase in size in result of an accumulation
-
acrimonious
resentful and angry
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actuate
to make something work or act
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Acumen
sharpness of mind/the ability to make quick accurate intelligent judgments about people or situations
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adept
skillful/highly proficient or expert at something
-
admonished
rebuke somebody mildly but earnestly/advise
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Adulation
excessively admiring behavior
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alliteration
use of similar consonants
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altruism
selflessness/belief in acting for others' good
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anathema
object of loathing
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ancillary
subordinate/thing that provides supportt/subordinate part
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anglicized
to make or become english
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annus mirabilis
a year noted for disasters and wonders/a fateful year
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apocryphal
not true, but widely believed to be true
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apologetics
branch of theology concerned with proving the truth of christianity
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apostate
somebody who renounces belief
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Apposite
being of striking appropriateness or pertinence
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apposition
the relative position of two things that are next to eachother/juxtaposition
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Appreciably
to a noticeable degree
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appreciate
to understand fully the meaning or significance of a situation
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apropos
appropriate in a specific situation/in regard to/incidentally
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apt
very appropriate, especially suited to the circumstances/quick and enthusiastic to learn
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Arbiter
influential person
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arbiter
somebody making a judgment/influential person
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Arcane
requiring secret or mysterious knowledge
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archetype
typical specimen or example of something/the original model
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arrear
unpaid debt/failure to make regular payments
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arrest
take hold of something
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ashram
spiritual community
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assert
state something/behave forcefully
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assiduous
very careful/showing persistent and hard-working effort in doing something
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Assimilation
act of becoming part of something/integration into a group
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astute
clever and perceptive/shrewd and discerning, especially where personal benefit it to be derived
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at length
quality of being long/how long something takes
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atavistic
relating to genetic appearance/uncivilized and instinctive
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Atavistic
relating to or displaying the recurrence of a genetic feature that has been absent for several generations
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Athwart
opposing/so as to oppose or obstruct something
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atonement
making of amends/reconciliation between god and people
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atrophy
wasting away/lessening of ability/weaken
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attendant
occurring along with something
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attenuate
make or become weaker
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audacious
daring/bold/or fearlessness, especially in challenging assumptions or conventions
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auspice
omen/a sign or token for the future, especially a happy or promising one
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Avarice
reprehensible acquisitiveness/insatiable desire for wealth
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banal
dull and unoriginal/boringly ordinary
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banana republic
small dictatorship/a small country with an unstable government, dependent on the export of a single product.
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Baneful
destructive/causing ruin or destruction
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barbarism
cruel act/uncivilized quality/unconventional or unacceptable thing
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basest
fundamental principle/main supporting element
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bellicose
warlike/ready or inclined to quarrel, fight, or go to war
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bemuse
bewilder/to cause somebody to be confused, puzzled, or absorb ones attention
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bereave
deprive through death
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blight
destructive force/ruined state
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Bonny
attractive/substantial/excellent
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Borne
past participle of bear. Held up
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bourgeoisie
middle class people
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buttress
support for wall/somebody or something that gives support/projecting rock
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cabal
group of plotters/secret plot
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Calamity
disastrous situation, Distress from such an event.
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caliphate
caliph's territory
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Callous
emotionally hardened, indurate to public opinion
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calumnious
defamation/the making of false statements about somebody with malicious intent
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Canny
shrewdly knowing/accurate enough not to be easily deceived
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capacities
maximum productivity
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capitulation
giving up/terms of surrender/summary
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caprice
impulsive tendency/sudden change or action
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capricious
given to sudden changes
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catalepsy
state resembling trance/actual or apparent unconsciousness
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Catharsis
psychological purging of complexes/result of the surfacing of suppressed emotions.
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casuistry
application of principles to moral questions/misleading subtle reasoning
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Chanced
discovered by chance
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cistern
water tank/underground tank
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coffers
a supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization
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Coffers
funds/a supply or store of money
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collusion
secret cooperation
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comeuppance
deserved fate
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complacent
satisfied/eager to please
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concatenation
process or state of being linked
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concatenation
process or state of being linked/linking in units
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concern
caring feelings/relevant affair
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concessions
something unwillingly admitted
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concomitant
happening at the same time
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conflagration
large destructive fire
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confounded
bewildered/expressing annoyance
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consecrate
declare place holy/make custom revered
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consignment
delivery/disposal of somebody or something/entrusting of somebody or something
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consolation
source of comfort
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constraints
lack spontaneity
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corroborate
confirm/to give or represent evidence of the truth of something
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cosmopolitan
made up of diverse peoples/international in scope
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counsel
somebody who gives advice
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counterpose
counteracting weight
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creationism
belief that god created the universe
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credo quia absurdum
"I believe it because it is absurd"
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Cretin
an offensive term for somebody considered intelligent
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cupidity
greed/especially for money or possessions
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daft
not sensible/silly or unreasonable, frivolous/thoughtless
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debauch
lead somebody into immoral behavior
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Debauch
lead somebody into immoral behavior
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debauch
to lead somebody into immoral behavior. Seduce somebody. An episode of dissipation
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decadence
process of civilization�s decline/immorality
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deference
significant change/distinguishing feature
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defrock
to dismiss a priest
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deft
quick and skillful/clever
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delineate
describe something/portray something visually
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depose
remove from office/give or take evidence
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derelict
deserted/the quality of abandoning of duty
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Derelict
no longer lived in, used/neglected
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destitution
extreme poverty
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detrimentally
harmful/causing damage, harm, or disadvantage
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devotional
committed love/dedication/enthusiasm
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diatribe
bitter criticism
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disciplinary
relating to enforcement and punishment/relating to an academic subject
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disconcerting
causing somebody to feel uneasy
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disease
problem in society/specific disorder
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disseminate
spread/to distribute or spread something
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Dogma
a religious or group belief
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Dogmatically
expressing rigid opinions
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Dowry
money given to a bride upon marriage
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dowry
money paid to enter a nuns' order
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drivel
silly and irrelevant or inaccurate talk
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dubious
unsure about outcome
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dynamics
change-producing forces
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dynamism
vigorous and forceful quality
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ecumenical
concerning church unity
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Effusion
an unrestrained expression of emotion
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eloquence
notable speaking ability
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elucidate
explain or clarify something
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embryonic
in an early developmental state
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encyclical
roman catholic papal document
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encyclopedia
comprehensive reference work
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Entente
friendly understanding between countries/parties in agreement
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entrenched
firmly held/well established
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Epoch
a particular period of history, esp. one that is considered remarkable or noteworthy
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equivocal
ambiguous/open to more than on interpretation/raising doubts
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eschatological
doctrines about death and its aftermath
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evince
show clearly/reveal
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Excoriate
denounce/to severely criticize somebody or something. To remove skin
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exalt
praise somebody or something/intensify something
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existential
relating to human existence/crucial in shaping individual destiny
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expiate
atone for wrongdoing
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extirpate
completely remove something undesirable
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familial
common to families
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Fatalism
belief in all-powerful fate
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Fatuous
showing a lack of intelligence or thought combined with complacency
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fealty
allegiance to feudal lord
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fetter
restraint, put a restraint on someone
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fettle
trim casting/repair furnace
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finance
control of money/the money required
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fitful
in bursts/starting and stopping irregularly
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florid
ornate in wording and style
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forbear
long-dead relative/ancestor
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fratricide
killing of a brother
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Fungible
interchangeable or exchangeable/interchangeable
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futile
in vain/frivolous, lacking serious value or substance or sense of responsibility
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Futile
in vain/having no practical effect or useful result
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gainsay
to deny something
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gaoler
the keeper of a jail
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glib
casual and relaxed/fluent in a superficial or insincere way
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grounded
in touch with reality/based on evidence
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gymnasium
school that emphasizes academic subjects rather than technical training
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hadith
collection of islamic traditions
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Hallowed
holy or kept for religious use/respected
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hallowed
sanctified/respected
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Happenstance
coincidental/an event that might have been arranged although it was accidental
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harbinger
somebody or something that announces something
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Harbinger
someone or something that announces something
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harlot
a woman prostitute
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hedonism
seeking of pleasure/philosophy of pleasure
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hegemony
authority or control over a nation or society
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Ilk
like/a kind of person �we�ll not see his like around anymore�
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Immolation
kill as a sacrifice
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impetus
the energy or motivation to accomplish or undertake something
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Indurate
fixed or established
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Inert
motionless/not moving or able to move/lacking in energy or motivation
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Inexorable
not capable of being persuaded by entreaty/relentless
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Infernal
of or relating to hell
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Inordinate
excessive/beyond reasonable limits in amount or degree
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Insatiable
impossible to satisfy
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Insouciance
carefree attitude/cheerful lack of anxiety or concern
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Internecine
involving conflict within a group/mutually destructive
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Lucre
informal term for money
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Maimed �wounded/that which is wounded
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menagerie
diverse or exotic group
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mercantilism
commercialism/the principles and methods of commerce
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Mercurial
lively and unpredictable/witty, fast-talking
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Mirth
happiness or enjoyment, especially accompanied by laughter
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Mulcted
to deprive someone of something
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Mulcted
to deprive, cheat or fine someone
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Myopia
shortness of sight/lack of foresight
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Nadir
the lowest point of anything, an extreme state of adversity
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Nexus
the connection between things linked in a series
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Nostrum
ineffective remedy for social, political, or economic problems
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Notional
imaginary or hypothetical
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Noxious
injurious to physical or mental health
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Obscurity
state of being unknown or inconspicuous
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Oleaginous
unpleasantly eager to please, charm or be of service/ingratiatingly
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Ostensible
seeming to be true or genuine, but open to doubt
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Ostentatious
rich and showy/marked by a vulgar display of wealth and success designed to impress
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Parlance
particular way of talking/speech
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Peculation
embezzle/to appropriate money or property by embezzlement or theft
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Placid
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
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Precipitously
resembling a precipice/extremely steep
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proletariat
working class
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Prophylaxis
treatment to prevent a disease
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Propitiate
to win someone�s favor/to appease or conciliate someone or something
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Prosaic
lacking imagination/straight forward
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Proselytizing
to try to convert somebody to a religious faith or political doctrine
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prostrate
to lie face-downward/ incapacitate
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Punctuation
interrupt frequently/emphasize
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Quaint
strange or interesting in a pleasing way
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Rally
recovery or improvement
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rearguard
members of a political party opposed to change and progress
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Rebarbative
repellent/unpleasant, annoying or forbidding
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Reckon
regard somebody or something as something/count
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Reconcile �to put people back on friendly terms
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Rectitude
correct in judgment
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Reify
consider an abstract concept to be real
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Remunerate
pay somebody for goods or services
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Rentier
someone with unearned income
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Rescind
cancel something/to remove the validity or authority of something
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Restitution
the return of something to its rightful owner
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Revere
treat someone with admiring respect
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Rout
disorder/a disorderly retreat
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Sated
to satisfy completely somebody�s hunger or some other desire
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segregated political system
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Sequestration
the act of being confiscated
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Shrewd
clever and probably accurate
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Sinews- connective tissue, that which connects
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Solipsism
belief in self as only reality
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Speciation
formation of new species
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spendthrift
extravagant spender, wasteful with money
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Spurious
not genuine/different from what it is claimed to be
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Spurned
reject somebody or something with scorn
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Suborn
persuade someone to commit a crime or other wrongdoing
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subtler
pleasantly understated, able to make refined judgements
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Surreptitious
trying to be avoid being noticed/done in a concealed or underhanded way to escape notice, especially disapproval
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Tawdry
mean spirited/lacking human decency
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Tranched
divided, partitioned or portioned
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Transient
lasting for only a short time and quickly coming to an end, disappearing, or changing
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Treble
three times as many
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treble
triple, three times as many
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Usurer
people who lend money at interest
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Vested
having rights to do something
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vie
contend/to strive for superiority or compete with somebody or something
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Vouchsafe
promise something
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Watershed
turning point/an important period, time, event or factor that marks a change or division
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whett
to sharpen/make more keen, stimulate
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Windfalls
money obtained unexpectedly/something blown down wind.
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Zenith
the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected
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Virulence
the quality of being bitter, malicious, or hostile.
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relegate
demote somebody or something
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unscrupulous
oblivious to or contemptuous to what is right or honorable
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placate
to lessen the anger or agitation of
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putsch
a plotted revolt or attempt to overthrow a government
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nefarious
extremely wicked or villainous
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predicate
to base or establish
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fulminated
to issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation
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mendacious
tendency to lie
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repudiate
to refuse to acknowledge or pay
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reprieve
to delay the punishment of/tive relief or deliverance to for a time
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aphorism
a concise statement of a principle
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aberrant
straying from the normal way
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recant
to withdraw or repudiate
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mendacious
false or untrue
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insolent
boldly rude or disrespectful
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palliative
an agent of relief
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decist
to cease doing something
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flounder
to make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance
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hemmorhage
rapid or uncontrollable outflow
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interdict
to destroy, damage, or cut off
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precarious
dependent on circumstances beyond one's control
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chicanery
deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry
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piqued
to arouse anger or resentment in
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appent
to add as a supplement
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sententious
given to or abounding in concise principle expressions
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pall
to lose strength or effectiveness
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nascent
beginning to exist or develop
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exacerbate
to cause to become more severe
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profligate
utterly and shameless immoral or dissipated
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rector
one that directs, leader
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precipice
a very steep or overhanging place
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wrest
to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisted movements
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iconoclasm
the deliberate destruction of a culture's own religious icons or symbols
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stodgy
having a rich filling quality, heavy
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laudable
deserving praise, commendable
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goad
an effort or means of prodding or urging
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ambivalent
uncertainty or fluctuation of opinion
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derision
ridicule, mockery
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dearth
an inadequate supply
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attrition
a reduction in size or strength
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purported
alleged/reputed or claimed
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putschist
group who attempts to overthrow a government
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panacea
a remedy for all disease or ills/cure all.
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amenable
having a desire or inclination
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bulwark
protection against external danger, injury, or annoyance
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egregious
extraordinary in some bad way
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albeit
conceding the fact that/although it be
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evince
to display clearly
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ominous
foreboding or foreshadowing evil
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contrition
the state of feeling or showing remorse for a sin or shortcoming
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replete
abundantly supplied or provided
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endemic
natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place
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sinews
the source of strength, power, or vigor
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beholden
being under obligation for a favor or gift, indebted
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Allay
to put to rest, calm.
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denigrate
to attack the reputation of
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Culpability
deserving of blame or censure as being wrong.
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derisive
characterized by mocking, jeering
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predominate
to have or gain uncontrolled power or influence
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incessantly
without stopping, ceaseless, unbinding
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ramparts
a type of defensive wall
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inadvertently
not focusing the mind on a matter, inattentive
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emboldening
to instill with boldness or courage
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contested
a struggle between rivals for victory or superiority
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carrot
something promised or hoped for as a lure or incentive
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fledge
to take care of until it is ready
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plod
to move or walk slowly/trudge
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pilloried
to expose to public contempt, ridicule or scorn
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regent
a person to act as head of state
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devolve
to pass on to another or delegate
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desultory
lacking in consistency
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onus
burden, disagreeable necessity
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implicate
to incolce as a consequence, collorary, or natural inference
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capitulate
to surrender under specified conditions
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riven
to wrench open or tear apart
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impresario
an increasing poison, irritation, or bitterness
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stalwart
strongly and stoutly built
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legerdemain
sleight of hand
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malediction
a curse, slander, or evil talk about someone
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diluvial
pertaining to or cause by a flood or deluge
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deluge
anything that overwhelms like a flood
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perfidious
deliberately faithless/treacherous/deceitful
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decorous
characterized by dignified propriety in conduct or manners
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fecund
producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, or vegetation in abundance
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quixotic
visionary, impractical, unpredictable
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pedantic
overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching
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dyspeptic
pertaining to, subject to, or suffering from dyspepsia/gloomy
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odious
deserving or causing hatred/hateful/detestable
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conciliatory
tending to win over
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laudable
deserving praise/wholesome
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derogatory
tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing
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expurgate
to amend by removing words, passages, etc. deemed offensive or objectionable
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infaction
breach/violation/infringement
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temerity
reckless boldness/rashness
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ameliorate
to move or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory
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assuage
to make milder or less severe/relieve/ease/mitigate
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obfuscation
to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy/make unclear
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minotaur
a person or thing that devours or destroys
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magnaminous
generous in forgiving an insult or injury/high minded/noble
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ebullient
overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement/high spirited
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vitiate
to impair the quality of/make faulty/spoil/pervert
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deaden
to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible
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rectify
to ma, put, or set right/remedy/correct
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ineluctable
incapable of being evaded/inescapable
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modality
an attribute or circumstance that denotes mode or manner
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vilification
to make vicious or defamatory statements about
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cursory
rapidly and superficially preformed
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carping
marked by or inclined to querulous and often pervasive criticism
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repatriated
to go home again
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tacit
understood without being forcefully expressed
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inscrutable
incapable of being investigated
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depredations
a predatory attack/raid
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intransigent
a person who refuses to agree or compromise
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fait accompli
something already done and beyond alteration
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bonhomie
frank and simple good-heartedness
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irredentism
the idea of recovering a territory culturally or historically related to one's nation but now subject to a foreign government
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autarky
the quality of being self sufficient
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extirpation
to pull up by the roots, destroy totally
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burnish
to make smooth or glossy by rubbing out
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austere
marked simply or unadorned
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teetotaler
one who abstains from intoxication
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plaudits
an act or round of applause
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modicum
a moderate or small amount
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conciliate
to overcome the distrust or animosity of/to appease
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supplant
to take the place of another as through force
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recompense
payment to another for a loss or injury
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dubious
doubtful/marked by or occasioning doubt
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alacrity
promptness in response/cheerful readiness
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aloof
at a distance, especially in feeling or interest
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armistice
when warring parties agree to stop fighting
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ignominious
marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame
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mulish
sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of persuasion
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belied
to give a false impression of
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palpable
readily seen, heard, or recognized
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amalgamate
to combine into a unified or integrated whole
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reprisal
retaliation against an enemy, for injures received, by the infliction of more injuries
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prevaricated
to stray away from or evade the truth
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indissoluble
incapable of being undone or broken
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decry
to express strong approval
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promulgated
made known by formal declaration
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bastion
a fortified area or position
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quid pro quo
something given or received for something else
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bellicose
inclined or eager to fight
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prognostication
forecast or prediction
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proffer
to put before a person for acceptance
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implacable
not to be appeased
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connivance
a secret agreement between to parties for an illegal purpose
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chide
to scold mildly as to correct or improve
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sanguine
cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
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diffident
lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness
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enmity
a feeling or condition of hostility
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quiescent
quite or motionless
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reproached
to express disappointment in or displeasure with
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largess
liberality in bestowing gifts
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garrison
collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location
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epithet
a descriptive term accompanying or replacing a name
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truculence
feeling or displaying ferocity/cruel
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contravene
to go or act contrary to
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relinquish
to stop holding physically, release
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