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08/07/2013

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Austere
Definition
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: 
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Impertinent
Definition
rude and insolent
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Munificent
Definition
extremely liberal in giving; very generous.
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puported
Definition
reputed, claimed, alleged
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Dilatory
Definition
Very slow. Take time. Delaying.
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Prevaracation
Definition
lying.
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Vetting
Definition
to appraise, verify, or check for accuracy, authenticity, validity,
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Legion
Definition
Roman Army word. 3000 to 6000 soldiers
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Moot
Definition
Of little or no practical value. "rendered moot"
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Pristine
Definition
perfect and untouched
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Corroborate
Definition
Make more certain. To confirm.
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customary disdain
Definition
 Constantly to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn. "elitist" constantly putting people down.
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Petulant
Definition
Irritable Whining
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Philanthropy
Definition
Give lots of money to charity etc. "Tony Stark is a billionaire playboy philantropist."
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untenable
Definition
incapable of being defended
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Tropes
Definition
any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy,synecdoche, and ironythat consists in the use of words inother than their literal sense.
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BASE MOTIVES
Definition
means despicable!!!
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touted
Definition
to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like,importunately (urgent/persistant) OVER THE TOP.
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Hampered
Definition
to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progressof the work. synynoum: stultified
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Accolades
Definition
PRAISE :) building someone up.
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perfunctory
Definition
hasty and careless fashion
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LIFT text
Definition
plagiarism. Pass it off as your own!
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Dated
Definition
OLD OUTDATED!!!!!! etc. 
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SARTORIAL
Definition
SEW. CLOTHING RELATED!!!!!!! of or pertaining to tailors or their trade:
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persnickity
Definition
overparticular; fussy. snobbish. requiring painstacking care. 
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moribund
Definition
dying
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l A-B l < 3rd side < A+B

 

Definition
given lengths of sides a and b of a triangle, the 3rd side must be between this range.
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GERMANE
Definition
relevant and appropriate (adjective)
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Tangential Remarks....
Definition
divergent or digressive, as from a subject under consideration:
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Precarious
Definition
Not secure. Beset with many difficulties.
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Fastidious
Definition
fastidious and PAINSTACKING Manner
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Reprisal
Definition
a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
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Blanched
Definition

*cooking. barely cook vegetables.

*Just barely turn pale.

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Vitriol
Definition
abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
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Patent
Definition
readily open to notice or observation; evident; obvious: or goverment approval on an invention.
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Arcane
Definition
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure;esoteric: She knew a lot about Sanskrit grammar and other arcanematters.
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Garrulous
Definition
excessive talking. trivial manner.
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Laconic
Definition
using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconicreply.
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EQUIVOCAL vs. UNEQUIVOCAL
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Paucity
Definition
smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with apaucity of resources.
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Maladroit
Definition
Clumsy
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Adroit
Definition
Skillful or dexterity
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Gaffe
Definition
Socially inappropriate. SOCIAL BLUNDER. President Obama says, "I bowl like the special olympics."
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Gauche (Gowch)
Definition
Socially awkward. Oh my "gauche" I can't believe they did that.
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Solecism
Definition
breach of proprioty/social ettiquete. Grammar mistakes.
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Copious
Definition
In abundant amounts. Plenty.
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Acerbic
Definition
bitter and pointed.
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Abstruse
Definition
Difficult to understand
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Recondite
Definition
*Confusing probably difficult to understand. May have to have a special jargon to talk about it.
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Recondite
Definition
*Confusing probably difficult to understand. May have to have a special jargon to talk about it.
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Portentous
Definition

* Speak of Something ominous/about to happen

*or someone ARROGANT takes themself too seriously.

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Seamy
Definition
*Distorted details of something unseemly.
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Parsimony
Definition
*Extreme frugality
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ANNEX
Definition
Take territory. as if by conquest.
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Fecund
Definition
producing or capable of producing offspring, fruit, vegetation, etc., in abundance; prolific; fruitful:
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