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rue
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to regret deeply, to wish something hadn't happened and could be undone; German reuen (to regret)
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sobriquet
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an assumed name or a nickname; also applies to and is more commonly understood as a nickname that sticks to a celebrity, with or without his contrivance. pr. so-brih-kay
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abrasive
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irritatingly or annoyingly harsh and grating; lit. any substance that can be used for polishing or grinding;
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antithesis
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the direct opposite; "heat is not the antithesis of light but rather the source of it."
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bibulous
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fond of alcohol;
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circumspect
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watchful, cautious; Latin circum (around) and spectare (to observe carefully) +no verb form
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dauntless
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fearless
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dissimulate
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to disguise, hide under a false exterior; Latin dissimulare (to disguise, conceal)
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envisage
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to visualize something or imagine it; can also imply foresee
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feasible
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possible; plausible
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grandiloquence
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high-flown, bombastic speech; Latin grandis (great, large) and loqui (to speak)
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impute
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to attribute or ascribe a result or quality to anything or anybody; impute often implies unjust accusation
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inauspicious
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unfavorable; unfortunate
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journeyman
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a reliable worker, competent but not exceptional; originally applied to a person hired to work for a day, or by the day;
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juxtapose
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to place two or more things side by side; the implication of this word is to call attention to the combining; ex. fauvists juxtaposed bright colors
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matriculate
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to enroll
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nomenclature
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a system of names such as those used in a particular branch of science, philosophy, art, etc.
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parsimonius
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stingy, niggardly; implies excessive frugality, and is clearly pejorative(derogatory)
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symbiosis
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the term for the living together of two different organisms which creates a mutually advantageous situation; adj. is symbiotic; Greek sym (together) and bios (life)
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voluble
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talkative, prone to use a great volume of words; the opposite of taciturn
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persona
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social façade, the "front" he presents to the world at large, as opposed to his real self
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prodigious
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"enormous" or "amazing, marvelous"
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quizzical
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mocking: playfully vexing; perplexed
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ruminate
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chew over: reflect deeply on a subject
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sodden
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soaked; soused; thoroughly wet
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