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ADJUTANT
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1: a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence
2: one who helps : assistant |
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HORTATIVE
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giving exhortation : advisory
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FECKLESS
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weak, ineffective : worthless, irresponsible
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ENTROPY
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a measure of the unavailable energy in a closed thermodynamic system that is also usually considered to be a measure of the system's disorder, that is a property of the system's state, and that varies directly with any reversible change in heat in the system and inversely with the temperature of the system; broadly : the degree of disorder or uncertainty in a system
2 a : the degradation of the matter and energy in the universe to an ultimate state of inert uniformity b : a process of degradation or running down or a trend to disorder 3 : chaos, disorganization, randomness |
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EPONYM
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1 : one for whom or which something is or is believed to be named
2 : a name (as of a drug or a disease) based on or derived from an eponym |
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PROLETARIAN
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a member of the proletariat: the laboring class; especially : the class of industrial workers who lack their own means of production and hence sell their labor to live
2 : the lowest social or economic class of a community |
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SOTERIOLOGY
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theology dealing with salvation especially as effected by Jesus Christ
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CINEAST
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: a devotee of motion pictures
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ALLOPATHIC
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relating to or being a system of medicine that aims to combat disease by using remedies (as drugs or surgery) which produce effects that are different from or incompatible with those of the disease being treated
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APHASIC
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loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage
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FULSOME
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characterized by abundance
generous in amount, extent, or spirit aesthetically, morally, or generally offensive exceeding the bounds of good taste excessively complimentary or flattering |
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SEGUE
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1 : proceed to what follows without pause —used as a direction in music
2 : perform the music that follows like that which has preceded —used as a direction in music |
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INTERCALATE
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1 : to insert (as a day) in a calendar
2 : to insert between or among existing elements or layers |
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CO-OPTATIVE
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1 a : to choose or elect as a member b : to appoint as a colleague or assistant
2 a : to take into a group |
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APOTHEOSIS
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1 : elevation to divine status : deification
2 : the perfect example : quintessence |
