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laconic (adj)
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brief, using few words
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Spartans were intense soldiers
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succinct (adj)
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very clear and brief
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brusque (adj)
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rudely abrupt
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abridge (v)
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shorten text
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brevity (n)
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having clear way of expression
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schism (n)
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a political/religious division
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cis
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incisive (adj)
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having knowledge/wisdom
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judicious
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showing sound judgement
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jud-ious
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adjudicate (V)
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to hear and judge a case
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jud-ate
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astute (adj)
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shrewed;keen
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perjure (v)
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to lie under oath
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per-jur
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adjure v.
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to command solemnly
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ad-jur
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acumen n.
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keenness of judgment
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acus
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allegation n.
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a formal accusation
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ad-legare
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grandiloquent adj.
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speaking in pompous manner
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grand-loqu-ent
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garrulous adj.
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talkative
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pontificate v.
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to speak pompously
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pontifex
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discursive adj.
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straying from the topic
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dis-curs
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euphemism n.
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the subsitution of an inoffensive term for an offensive one
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eu-pheme
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ingratiate v.
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to put oneself in good favor with another
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in-grat
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gratis adj.
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free of charge
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grat
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euphoria n.
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a feeling of extreme happiness
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euphonious n.
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sweet sounding
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eu-phon
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amorphous
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lacking shape, changeable in form
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a-morph
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mercurial adj.
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erratic, subject to wild changes in character
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from the speedy god mercury
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fickle adj.
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likely to change opinion unpredictably
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vacillate v.
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to change ones mind repeatedly
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revamp v.
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to revise
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vacuous adj.
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lacking substance
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vac
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prosaic adj.
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unimaginative, ordinary
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unanimous adj.
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in full agreement
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un-anima
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equanimity n.
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the quality of being even tempered
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equa-anima
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magnanimous adj.
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noble of heart, generous, forgiving
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magna-anima
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sanguine adj.
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cheerfully optimistic
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sanguis
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phlegmatic adj.
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sluggish
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choleric adj.
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easily angered
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choler-ic
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recalcitrant adj.
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stubbornly resistant to authority
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re-calcitrare
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splenetic adj.
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irritable, easily angered
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splen
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querulous adj.
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disposed to complaining
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dolorous adj.
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marked by or expressive of sorrow or pain
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dolor
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animosity adj.y
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hostility,
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animosus
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pusillanimous adj.
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cowardly
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pusillus-anima
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lassitude n.
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feeling of weakness or listlessness
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spurious adj.
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fake; counterfeit
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guile n.
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trickery; deceit
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beguile v.
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to deceive with charm
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strategem n.
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a deceitful scheme
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surreptitious adj.
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deceptive; sneaky
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sub-rapere
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duplicity n.
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deceit; hypocritical deception
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duplit
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specious adj.
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false; but plausible
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specere
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furitive adj.
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secretive; sneaky
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fallacious adj.
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deceptive; false
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fallacia-ious
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rapacious adj.
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greedy; ravenous
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rapere-ious
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transient adj.
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fleeting; short lived
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transire
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ephemeral adj.
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short lived
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hemera
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capricious adj.
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whimsical; impulsive
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extemporaneous adj.
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done with little or no practice
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anachronism
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something out of place in time
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ana-chronos
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transitory adj.
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lashing for a short time
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transitus
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superfluous adj.
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beyond what is necessary or sufficient
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super-fluere
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interminable adj.
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never ending
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in-term
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protracted adj.
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prolonged; extended in time
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pro-tract
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calumny n.
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slander; false accusation
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diatride
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malicious criticism or abuse
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dia-tribein
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caustic adj.
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sarcastic
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repudiate
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to cast off publicaly
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derogatory
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belittling
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disparage v.
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to belittle; to demean
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dis-parage
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impugn v.
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to attack as untrue; to refute by argument
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in-pugn
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malediction n,
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a curse
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mal-dictus
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denigrate v.
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to attack the character of
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harangue n.
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a long, critical, pompous speech
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pejorative adj.
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tending to make worse
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pejor
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slander n.
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comments that injure another's reputation
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scandalum
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sanctimonious adj.
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falsely pious or self righteous
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sanctus
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sacrosanct adj.
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profoundly sacred
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sacer-sanctus
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sacrilegious adj.
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grossly irreverent; disrespectful of something sacred
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sacer
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revere v.
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to regard with honor and devotion
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re-vereri
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pious adj.
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showing religious reverence
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deference n.
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respect for the wishes of others
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de-ferre
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venerable adj.
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worthy of respect
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venus
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consecrate v.
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to declare to be holy
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saver
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disparage v.
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to belittle; to demean
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dis-parage
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impugn v.
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to attack as untrue; to refute by argument
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in-pugn
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malediction n,
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a curse
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mal-dictus
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denigrate v.
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to attack the character of
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harangue n.
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a long, critical, pompous speech
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pejorative adj.
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tending to make worse
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pejor
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slander n.
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comments that injure another's reputation
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scandalum
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sanctimonious adj.
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falsely pious or self righteous
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sanctus
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sacrosanct adj.
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profoundly sacred
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sacer-sanctus
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sacrilegious adj.
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grossly irreverent; disrespectful of something sacred
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sacer
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revere v.
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to regard with honor and devotion
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re-vereri
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pious adj.
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showing religious reverence
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deference n.
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respect for the wishes of others
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de-ferre
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venerable adj.
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worthy of respect
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venus
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consecrate v.
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to declare to be holy
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saver
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