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abstruse
(adj) difficult to understand; ambiguous, mysterious
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attrition
(n) the act of wearing down; friction; abrasion
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cogent
(adj) forcibly convincing
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harbinger
(n) a forerunner
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inscrutable
(adj) so mysterious that it cannot be understood
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malaise
(n) feeling of discomfort, as before an illness
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malefactor
(n) an evildoer, criminal
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nadir
(n) the lowest point; time of greatest depression
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naive
(adj) simple, childlike; foolish
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obfuscate
(adj) darken, obscure; confuse
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palliate
(v) to mitigate, ease without curing
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pique
(v) to hurt the feelings of or make resentful; to arouse or excite
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sectarian
(adj) pertaining to a group within a larger group that is limited by common beliefs or interests; narrow-minded; parochial; bigoted
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titanic
(adj) of enormous magnitude, force, or power; gigantic
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vitriolic
(adj) bitterly scathing; caustic
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adulation
(n) flattery; compliment
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aplomb
(n) self-assurance; self-possession; poise
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chicancery
(n) trickery, especially in legal proceeding; deception; fraud
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claustrophobia
(n) fear of closed places
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docile
(adj) easily taught; tractable; obedient
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implacable
(adj) not able to be pacified; inexorable
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oblique
(adj) having a slanting direction; indirect; devious
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palpable
(adj) capable of being touched; obvious
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posthumous
(adj) born after the death of the father; following or occuring after one's death
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quixotic
(adj) caught up in the romance of noble deeds or ideals; romantic without regard to practicality
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rationalize
(v) interpret logically, to devise self-satisfying but incorrect reasons
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raucous
(adj) harsh; strident
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scourge
(v, n) to whip; to punish severely; an infliction
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surfeit
(v, n) excess; superfluity; to overindulge
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surmise
(v) to imagine or infer on slight grounds
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