A Man For All Seasons Vocabulary

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HERESY

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the persistent rejection of faith by a baptized member of the church

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ADAMANTINE

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firm in attitude or opinion

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ABERRATION

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the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course

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SUBSERVIENT

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serving or acting in a subordinate manner

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DUTCH COURAGE

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courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor

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AMBIVALENT

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uncertainty or fluctuation

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ASCETIC

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a person who dedicates their life to the pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons

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ARDENT

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having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent

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MITIGATE

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to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate

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MEGALOMANIAC

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a person with a big ego

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SELF INDULGENCE

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giving into one’s own desires, passions, whims, etc., esp. without restraint

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RECTITUDE

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rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue

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SOLACE

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to make cheerful

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AFFABLE

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pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite

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FEROCITY

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savage fierceness

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CHAGRINED

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a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation

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DOCTRINE

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a particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government

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FARRIER

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a blacksmith or someone who shoes horses

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DISCONSOLATE

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hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable

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PRECEDENTS

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a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases

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DISPENSATION

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an act or instance of dispensing; distribution

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CHAOS

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state of utter confusion or disorder

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CARNIVORE

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an animal that eats flesh

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FELICITATED

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to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate

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MULTITUDINOUS

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forming a multitude or great number; existing, occurring, or present in great numbers; very numerous

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AMICABLY

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characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable

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STOLIDLY

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not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive

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HERETIC

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a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church

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EXCOMMUNICATE

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to cut off from communion with a church or exclude from the sacraments of a church by ecclesiastical sentence

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RUEFUL

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causing sorrow or pity; pitiable; deplorable

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PENSIVE

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dreamily or wistfully thoughtful

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DEPRECIATING

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to reduce the purchasing value of (money)

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FURTIVE

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taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret

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REPROACHFUL

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full of or expressing reproach or censure

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CARICATURE

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a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things

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TESTILY

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irritably impatient; touchy

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VESPERS

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a religious service in the late afternoon or the evening

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DEMUR

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to make objection, esp. on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object

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LICENTIOUS

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sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd

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IMPLACABLE

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not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable

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AMBIGUOUS

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open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal

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FORBODING

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a prediction

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PERTURBED

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to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate

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PUBLICAN

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a person who owns or manages a tavern; the keeper of a pub

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SARDONICALLY

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characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering

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CYNICISM

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cynical disposition, character, or belief

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BUFOONING

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acting like a fool

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FASTIDIOUS

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excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please

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DEGRADATION

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the act of degrading

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MALICIOUSLY

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spiteful

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TENUOUS

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thin or slender in form, as a thread

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OBSCURE

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(of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain

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CORROBORATE

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to make more certain; confirm

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INSTIGATED

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to cause by incitement; foment

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RAVENOUS

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extremely hungry; famished; voracious

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INIQUITOUS

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characterized by injustice or wickedness; wicked; sinful

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COMMODIOUS

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spacious and convenient; roomy

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OBSTRUCTING

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to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass

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INCESSANT

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continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending

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INDICTMENT

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the act of judging

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REPUGNANT

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distasteful, objectionable, or offensive

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RUMINATIVELY

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to chew the cud, as a ruminant

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AGILE

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quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe

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RESONANTLY

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sounding or echoing, as sounds

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JOCOSITY

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joking or jesting

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PRAGMATIST

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a person who is oriented toward the success or failure of a particular line of action, thought, etc.; a practical person

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APPALLED

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filled or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay

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PERJURE

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to render (oneself) guilty of swearing falsely or of willfully making a false statement under oath or solemn affirmation

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MUTABLE

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liable or subject to change or alteration

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SPLENETIC

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of, pertaining to, connected with, or affecting the spleen

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TREASONABLE

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of the nature of the betrayal of trust

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AVARICE

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insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth

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HEINOUSLY

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hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible

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OBSTINATE

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firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty

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DEPOSITION

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removal from an office or position

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DISCLAIM

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to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disown

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WASPISH

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like or suggesting a wasp, esp. in behavior