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Term
NACHES
Definition
Emotional gratification or pride, especially taken vicariously at the achievement of one's children. 
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SCHLOCHMEISTER
Definition
One who deals in inferior goods
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CALLIPYGOUS
Definition
Having well-shaped buttocks
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PROGNATHOUS
Definition

1. Protruding outwards

2. Having a jaw that protrudes outwards

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MAMMOSE
Definition
Having large breasts
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LISSOTRICHOUS 
Definition
Having straight or smooth hair
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MICKLE
Definition

1. Noun: a large amount

2. Adj: great, large

3. Adv: much

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INWIT
Definition

1. Conscience 

2. Reason, Intellect

3. Courage

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REECHY
Definition
Smokey, dirty, or rancid
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ABY
Definition

1. Verb, transitive: To pay the penalty for

2. Verb, intransitive: To suffer, to endure

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MAZARD
Definition
Face, head, or skull
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NUMINOUS
Definition

Supernatural, mysterious, or awe-inspiring

 

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NOOSPHERE
Definition
The sum of human knowledge, thought and culture
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NUTATE
Definition

1. To nod the head

2. To oscillate while rotating (as an astronomical body)

3. To move in a curving or circular fashion (as a plant stem, leaf, etc)

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NEWSPEAK
Definition
Deliberately ambiguous or euphemistic language used for propoganda
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PNEUMATIC 
Definition

1. Of or relating to air, wind or gases. 

2. Spiritual

3. Buxom, zaftig (full figured, pleasingly plump)

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DUOPSONY 
Definition
A market condition in which there are only two buyers, thus exerting great influence on price
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DYSTHEMIA
Definition
A mild depression
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AUTOLOGOUS
Definition
Involving a situation in which the donor and the recipient ( of bone, skin, blood) are the same person
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Gerontology 
Definition
The scientific study of aging
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SAGACITY 
Definition
Keen judgement or wisdom
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STOCHASTIC 
Definition
Involving chance; random, probabilistic 
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IMMANENT
Definition

1. Inherent, spread throughout

2. Subjective, taking place within the mind and having no effect outside of it

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VENIAL
Definition
Minor, easily excused 
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CONNUBIAL 
Definition
Pertaining to marriage or the married state
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ARGOSY
Definition

1. A large ship, or fleet of ships, especially one carrying valuable cargo

2. A rich source or supply

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PALADIN
Definition

1. A strong supporter of a cause

2. A heroic champion

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ABERRANT 
Definition
ADJ: deviating from normal or correct
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ABSCOND 
Definition

V: To leave secretly and hide, often to avoid the law

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ADVOCATE 
Definition

V: To speak, plead or argue for a cause, or in another's behalf

N: One who advocates

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AGGRANDIZE 
Definition
V: To make greater, to increase, thus to exaggerate 
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AMALGAMATE
Definition
V: To unite or mix
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AMBROSIAL 
Definition
1. Extremely pleasing to the senses, divine or delicious
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ANOMALOUS
Definition
ADJ: Peculiar, unique or contrary to the norm
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ANTEDILUVIAN 
Definition
ADJ: ancient, outmoded (literally, before the flood)
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ANTIPATHY
Definition
N: Hostility toward, objection or aversion to
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ATTENUATE 
Definition
V: Weaken
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AVER
Definition
V: To declare
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BAREFACED
Definition
ADJ: Unconcealed, shameless, or brazen
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BLANDISHMENT 
Definition
N: Speech or action intended to coax someone into doing something 
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BOMBAST
Definition
N: Pompous speech
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BURGEON 
Definition

V: To grow or flourish

N: A bud or new growth

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CADGE
Definition
V: To get something by taking advantage of someone
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CAPRICE
Definition
N. Impulse
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CASTIGATE 
Definition
V: To chastise or criticize severely 
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CAUSTIC
Definition

1. Capable of dissolving by chemical action

2. Highly critical

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CHICANERY 
Definition
N: Deception by trickery 
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CONFLAGRATION 
Definition
N: A great fire
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ENFRANCHISE
Definition
V: To give voting rights
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REMUNERATION 
Definition
N: Payment for work done
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BILK
Definition
V: To cheat, defraud 
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ABASEMENT
Definition
N: Humiliation, degradation 
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HARANGUE 
Definition
N: Noisy, attacking speech
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Abrogate  
Definition
V: Cancel, deny, repeal. To abolish by formal or legal terms
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Labyrinthine 
Definition
ADJ: Complicated, highly convoluted 
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PLAUDIT
Definition
N: A statement giving high praise
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ENSCONCE 
Definition
V: To establish firmly in a position
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CREDULOUS 
Definition
ADJ: Gullible, ready to believe anything
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LACHRYMOSE 
Definition
ADJ: Tearful, sad
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OBFUSCATE 
Definition
V: To deliberately make something difficult to understand 
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REPUDIATE 
Definition
V: To shun, eschew 
Term
TEDIUM
Definition
N: Boredom 
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ABSTEMIOUS 
Definition
ADJ: Self- denying, refraining from indulgence 
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BLITHE
Definition
ADJ: Free spirited, carefree
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CREPUSCULAR 
Definition
ADJ: Active at dawn and dusk 
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ABSTRUSE 
Definition
ADJ: Difficult to understand, obscure 
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BLUNDERBUSS
Definition
N: An ancient weapon, or a clumsy person
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ENVENOM 
Definition
V: To cause bitterness and bad feeling
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LACONIC 
Definition
ADJ: Using few words, to the point, brief 
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ACCOLADE 
Definition
N, V: Tribute, honor, praise
Term
EPHEMERAL
Definition
ADJ: Short lived
Term
Lampoon
Definition
Ridicule, spoof
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Epicure 
Definition
N: someone who appreciates good food and drink
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ABASH
Definition
V. Embarrass 
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SOPORIFIC
Definition
ADJ: causing sleepiness, boring
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LASSITUDE
Definition
N: weariness of body or mind
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PEDANT
Definition
N: person who adheres overly and strictly to certain language without common sense 
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ASSIDUOUS
Definition
ADJ: constant, unrelenting
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PECUNIARY
Definition
ADJ: of or pertaining to money (financial) 
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SINECURE
Definition
N: an office or position requiring little or no work
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MENDICANT
Definition

N: a beggar

ADJ: pertaining to beggars, begging

Term
PANACEA
Definition
ADJ: cure-all
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EXONERATE
Definition
V: to acquit, free from guilt
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PREVARICATE
Definition
V: to deliberately misstate or misconstrue facts
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HISTRIONIC 
Definition
ADJ: dramatic, exaggerated 
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MOLLIFY
Definition
V: to soften in feeling or temper
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EXAGITATE
Definition

V: To stir up, agitate. 

V: To satirize or censure severely 

Term
CENSURE
Definition
V: to express extreme disapproval 
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ENNUI
Definition

N: a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety 

N: lack of interest, boredom

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SATIETY 
Definition
N: the state of being satisfied, satiated (to the point of boredom)
Term
ERUDITE
Definition
ADJ: characterized by great knowledge or wisdom
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BELIE
Definition

V: to show to be false, to contradict

V: to misrepresent

V: To act unworthily according to the standards of something

Term
QUIESCENT
Definition
ADJ: dormant, latent
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BUCOLIC 
Definition
ADJ: pastoral, idyllic
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AFFABLE
Definition
ADJ: pleasant, easy to approach
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DISSEMBLE
Definition

V: to give false or misleading appearance to, to conceal the truth or real nature of

V: to put on the appearance of, feign

V: to let pass unnoticed, ignore 

Term
UMBRAGE 
Definition
N: offense, annoyance, displeasure
Term
DROSS
Definition
N: waste mater, refuse
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AXIOMATIC
Definition
ADJ: self evident, obvious
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RETICENT
Definition
ADJ: reluctant, restrained, quiet  
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QUIXOTIC
Definition

ADJ: extravagantly chivalrous or romantic, impractical

ADJ: impulsive, often rashly unpredictable 

Term
TENDENTIOUS 
Definition
ADJ: having or showing a definite tendency or purpose
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MELLIFLUOUS 
Definition
ADJ: sweet or smoothly flowing, flowing with honey
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EXECRABLE
Definition
ADJ: utterly detestable, abhorrent, abominable 
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OBSTREPEROUS 
Definition

ADJ: resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner, unruly. 

ADJ: noisy, clamorous or boisterous 

Term
ENERVATED
Definition
ADJ: without vigor or force, languid 
Term
RAPACIOUS 
Definition

ADJ: given to seizing for plunder or satisfaction of greed

ADJ: inordinately greedy, extortionate 

ADJ: (of animals) subsisting by the capture of living prey, predacious

Term
AVARICE
Definition
N: insatiable greed for riches
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PARLOUS
Definition

ADJ: perilous, dangerous

ADV: to a large extent, greatly

Term
CALUMNIATE 
Definition
V: to make false of malicious statements about, slander
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DIRGE
Definition
N: funeral song or generally mournful sound
Term
RECONNOITER
Definition
V: to inspect, observe or survey in order to gain information
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VITIATE
Definition

V: to impair the quality of, to spoil

V: to weaken the effectiveness of

V: to debase, corrupt, pervert

Term
LAMBAST
Definition
V: to beat or whip severely, to reprimand
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QUIESCENT 
Definition
ADJ: being quiet, still, at rest
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BURNISH
Definition

V: to polish

V: to make smooth and bright

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IMPUGN 
Definition
V: to challenge as false
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PUGNACIOUS
Definition
ADJ: inclined to fight or quarrel 
Term
APOGEE
Definition
N: climax, the highest or most distant point
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PERIGEE
Definition
N: the point in its orbit at which an astronomical body is nearest to earth
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INTEMPERATE
Definition

ADJ: immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion, unrestrained 

ADJ: extreme in temperature (climate)

Term
MONOMANIA
Definition
N: an inordinate or obsessive zeal for or interest in a single thing, idea, subject, or the like
Term
ACERBIC 
Definition

ADJ: astringent or sour in taste

ADJ: harsh and severe, as of temper or expression 

Term
GAMP
Definition
N: a large umbrella
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FAYGIN
Definition
N: one who trains others, especially children, in crime
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GASCON 
Definition

N: a braggart 

ADJ: boastful 

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SYBARITE
Definition
N: a person devoted to luxury and pleasure
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STOICISM 
Definition
N: repression of emotion and indifference to pleasure or pain
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SEDULOUS 
Definition

ADJ: diligent in application or attention, persevering

ADJ: persistently or carefully maintained 

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VITUPERATE 
Definition
V: to address with abusive language
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DESICCATE 
Definition

V: to dry thoroughly, dry up

V: to preserve (food) by removing moisture, dehydrate  

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PERSPICACITY 
Definition
N: keenness of mental perception and understanding
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ADULATION
Definition
N: excessive devotion to something
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INDOLENT 
Definition
ADJ: slothful, lazy, avoiding exertion 
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ALACRITY 
Definition
N: cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness 
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PETULANT 
Definition
ADJ: moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance 
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RECUMBENT 
Definition
ADJ: lying down, reclining
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FETID
Definition
ADJ: having an offensive odor
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AMBIVALENT 
Definition
ADJ: conflicted between two extremes or choices
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AUDACITY
Definition
N: boldness or daring, especially with arrogant disregard for safety
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FORTUITOUS
Definition

ADJ: produced accidentally or by chance

ADJ: lucky, fortunate 

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NATTY
Definition
ADJ: neat and trim in dress and appearance, spruce
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PROFLIGATE
Definition

ADJ: utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated, thoroughly desolute

ADJ: recklessly prodigal 

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PRODIGAL
Definition
ADJ: wasteful or recklessly extravagant 
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SENTENTIOUS
Definition
ADJ: given to excessive moralizing, self-righteous
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SCROOGE
Definition
N: a miser
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GRADGRIND
Definition
N: someone who is solely interested in cold, hard facts
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WASTREL 
Definition
N: a good for nothing, wasteful person
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DIONYSIAN 
Definition
ADJ: uninhibited, wild, spontaneous, undisciplined, orgiastic 
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LUMMOX
Definition
N: a clumsy, stupid person
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DILETTANTE 
Definition

N: one who takes up an activity or interest in a superficial or casual way

ADJ: superficial, amateurish 

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ROUE
Definition
N: a debauched man, especially an elderly man from a wealthy or aristocratic family. 
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POSEUR 
Definition
N: one who behaves in an affected manner to impress others
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PROMETHEAN 
Definition

ADJ: boldly defiant, creative, audacious 

N: a person who is boldly creative or defiantly  original

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PALLADIUM 
Definition

N: a safegaurd

N: a rare, silvery white metal

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JUNOESQUE

Definition
ADJ: Having a stately bearing and regal beauty, statuesque 
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APOLLONIAN
Definition
ADJ: serene, harmonious, disciplined, well-balanced
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GLOZE
Definition

TRANS VERB: to minimize or explain away

INTRANS VERB: 1. to use flattery, 2. to make an explanation, 3. to shine brightly

NOUN: 1. a comment, 2. flattery, 3. a pretense

Term
LYCEUM
Definition
NOUN: a lecture hall or secondary school
Term
JUBILEE
Definition

NOUN: 1. a special anniversary of an event, especially a 50th anniversary. 

2. rejoicing or celebration

 

Term
VISCERA 
Definition

NOUN: 1. the interior organs located in the main cavities of the body, especially the abdominal cavity

2. the interior parts

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CAPRICIOUS 
Definition
ADJ: whimsical, impulsive, unpredictable 
Term
GEDANKENEXPERIMENT 
Definition
NOUN: a thought experiment carried out in imagination only
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REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM 
Definition
NOUN: demonstration of the falsity of a premise by showing an absurdity to which it would logically lead
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PLURISIGNIFICATION 
Definition
NOUN: the use of a word to convey multiple meanings at the same time
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DOXY
Definition

NOUN: 1. a mistress or promiscuous woman

2. opinion or doctrine

Term
ENCEINTE 
Definition

NOUN: fortification around a castle, town, or area so enclosed

ADJ: pregnant 

Term
CANT
Definition

NOUN: 1. hypocritically pious talk

2. The private language of an underworld group

3. whining speech, especially of beggars

4. a slope or tilt

5. a motion that tilts something

6. an outer corner

TRANS VERB: to set at an oblique angle

ADJ: oblique

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SUBSUME
Definition
VERB: to include or incorporate under a more comprehensive catagory
Term
DISCOMFIT 
Definition

VERB: 1. to confuse or embarrass

2. to thwart the plans of

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BEGRUDGE
Definition

VERB: 1. to envy or resent someone else's good fortune

2. to be reluctant to give

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AVULSE
Definition
VERB: to pull or tear away
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MACHINATE
Definition
VERB: to plot or scheme
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PARRY
Definition

VERB: to ward off or evade

NOUN: a defensive movement or an evasive answer

Term
DOLDRUMS
Definition

NOUN: 1. a stage or period of stagnation or slump

2. a region of the ocean near the equator marked by calms and light variable winds

Term
SCUPPER
Definition

NOUN: an opening for draining water, as on the sides of a ship

VERB: 1. to prevent from succeeding,

2. to overwhelm, destroy, or disable

Term
SCUTTLEBUTT
Definition

NOUN: 1. rumors, gossip

2. a drinking fountain or cask of drinking water on a ship

Term
BONANZA
Definition

NOUN: 1. a source of sudden wealth or profits

2. a very large amount

2. a rich mine or pocket of ore

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GROUNDSWELL
Definition

NOUN: 1. a surge of opinion or feeling about someone or something

2. a broad deep swell of the ocean, caused by a distant storm or earthquake

Term
PARAGON
Definition

NOUN: 1. a very large and perfect pearl

2. a perfect diamond weighing 100 carats or more

3. a model of excellence or perfection

4. a match or an equal

VERB: to compare, parallel, rival, or surpass

Term
COUNTENANCE
Definition

VERB: to tolerate or support

NOUN: 1. appearance, especially the facial expression

2. the face

3. composure

4. approval or support

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