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Diety
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(n)Deity: a god or goddess
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Credence
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n)Credence: belief; acceptance as true
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Pantheism
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(n)Pantheism: identifying god with nature; belief in all gods
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Creed
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(n)Creed: a statement of belief or principle
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Pantheon
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(n)Pantheon: all of the gods of a people or religion
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Accredit
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(tr. V)Accredit: to authorize, to certify, to believe
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Creditable
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(adj)Creditable: deserving praise
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Credulous
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(adj)Credulous: believing easily; gullible
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Deify
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( verb)Deify: to make a god of
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Divine
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(tr. V)Divine: to foretell by supernatural means; to know by intuition or insight
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Divinity
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(n)Divinity: a god or goddess; a divine being, the state of being divine, the study of christian theology
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Apotheosis
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(n)Apotheosis: making a god of something; deification, a glorifies ideal, an essence
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Theocracy
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(n)Theocracy: government by divine power or priests
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Theology
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(n)Theology: the study of religion
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Atheist
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(n)Atheist: a person who believes there is no god
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Consecrate
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(tr. V)Consecrate: to make or declare something sacred to dedicate something to a goal
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Execrate
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(tr. V)Execrate: to denounce as vile or evil; to curse; to detest
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Sacraments
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(n)Sacrament: something considered to have sacred significance
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Sacrilege
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(n)Sacrilege: disrespect to something regarded as sacred
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Sacrosanct
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(adj)Sacrosanct: sacred
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Sanctimonious
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(adj)Sanctimonious: pretending to be righteous
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Sanction
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n)Sanction: approval; support; permission, a penalty for breaking with law or custom, transitive verb, to approve; to encourage
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Sanctity
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(n)Sanctity: godliness; holiness
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Sanctuary
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(n)Sanctuary: a sacred place; any place of refuge
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Hierarchy
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(n)Hierarchy: a group organized by rank
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Hieroglyphic
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(adj)Hieroglyphic: written pictures to represent sounds or meanings of words, hard to read
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Expiate
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(tr. V)Expiate: to make amends for; to atone for
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Piety
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(n)Piety: religious devotion; great respect toward something, especially parents
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Impious
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(adj)Impious: sacrilegious; profane; lacking appropriate reverence or respect
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Pittance
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(n)Pittance: a meager portion of anything, especially an allowance or salary
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Dogma
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(n)Dogma: a system of doctrines put forward by an authority especially a church, to be absolute truth
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Dogmatic
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(adj)Dogmatic: pertaining to dogma, expressed in an authoritative or arrogant manner
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Heterodox
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(adj)Heterodox: not in agreement with accepted beliefs; holding unorthodox opinions
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Agnostics
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(n)Agnostic: a person who believes nothing can be known about the existence of a god, adj. relating to the belief that the existence of a god is unknowable
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Physiognomy
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(n)Physiognomy: the art of judging human character by facial features; facial features when regarded as revealing character
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Prognosis
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(n)Prognosis: a prediction of the outcome of a disease; any forecast or prediction
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Criterion
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(n)Criterion: a standard, rule, or test on which a decision or judgment can be made
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Hypocrisy
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(n)Hypocrisy: pretending to have feelings, beliefs, or virtues that one does not have
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Amnesty
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(n)Amnesty: a general pardon for offenders especially for political offenses
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Mnemonic
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(adj)Mnemonic: relation to or assisting to the memory, noun, a device used in remembering
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Frenetic
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(adj)Frenetic: frantic; frenzied
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Schizophrenia
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(n)Schizophrenia: a severe mental disorder in which a person becomes unable to act or reason in a rational way, often with delusions and withdrawal from relationship, a situation of extreme conflict between choices, loyalties, or ways of life
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Arraigned
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(tr. V)Arraign: to call to court to answer charges, to accuse; to charge with wrongdoing
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Rationale
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(n)Rationale: the reasons underlying something, often presented as a statement (used with for)
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Rationalize
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(tr. V)Rationalize: to provide a rational basis for something, often by false or self-serving reasoning
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Sapient
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(adj)Sapient: wise insightful
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Sage
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(n)Sage: a person, usually elderly, who is honored for wisdom and experience; wise, judicious
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Cognition
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(n)Cognition: the act of perceiving or knowing
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Cognizant
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(adj)Cognizant: aware; having knowledge of something
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Connoisseur
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(n)Connoisseur: an expert or very discriminating person, especially in matters of art and taste
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Notorious
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(adj)Notorious: widely and unfavorably known, infamous
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Compute
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(tr. V)Compute: to determine by mathematics
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Impute
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(tr. V)Impute: to attribute or ascribe a quality, especially a fault, to a person
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Repute
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(tr. V)Repute: to assign a reputation to
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Putative
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(adj)Putative: supposed, reputed
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Presage
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(n)Presage: a sign or feeling concerning some future event; omen; foreboding, to give a sign or warning about the future
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Sagacious
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(adj)Sagacious: shrewd; having good judgment; perceptive
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Conscientious
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(adj)Conscientious: guided by one's senses of right and wrong; thorough, with careful attention
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Plebiscite
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(n)Plebiscite: a direct vote of all the people of a country or district on an important matter, a referendum
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Prescience
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(n)Prescience: knowledge of events before they occur; foresight; foreknowledge
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Alliteration
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(n)Alliteration: the occurrence of the same initial sound in several words succession.
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Literal
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(adj)Literal: in accordance with the explicit or primary meaning of a word or phrase, not its metaphorical meaning; word for word, verbatim; concerned mainly with the facts, unimaginative
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Literate
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(adj)Literate: able to read and write; knowledgeable, educated
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Obliterate
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(tr. V)Obliterate: to do away with completely, to wipe out, erase
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Ascribe
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(tr. V)Ascribe: to attribute to a particular cause, source, or origin(used with to)
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Circumscribe
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(tr. V)Circumscribe: to draw a line around, to encircle; to confine, to limit
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Conscription
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(n)Conscription: a military draft
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Proscribe
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(tr. V)Proscribe: to denounce or condemn; to prohibit or forbid
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Suscribe
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(intr. V)Subscribe: to pledge to pay for something or to contribute to something, to place an order by signing; to express consent or agreement, to assent; (tr. V) to sign one's name to something
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Transcribe
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(tr. V)Transcribe: to make a copy of, to write out fully; to make a sound recording for a later reproduction; to arrange music for an instrument different from the one first composed for
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Acronym
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(n)Acronym: a word composed of the first letters or parts of a name or series of words
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Onomatopoeia
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(n)Onomatopoeia: a word that sounds like the thing in names
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Pseudonym
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(n)Pseudonym: a fictitious name
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Ignominious
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(adj)Ignominious: shameful, disgraceful
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Nomenclature
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(n)Nomenclature: a system of naming, especially in the arts or sciences
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Epigram
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(n)Epigram: a short; witty saying
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Epigraph
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(n)Epigraph: an inscription on a monument or building, on a coin, or at the beginning of a book or chapter
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Choreography
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(n)Choreography: the art of creating dances
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Graffiti
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(n)Graffiti: words of drawings scratched or scribbled on a wall
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Graphic
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(adj)Graphic: relating to the visual arts like drawing, painting, lettering, or engraving; giving a vivid description
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Lithograph
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n)Lithograph: a print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that ink will adhere only to the design to be printed
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Topography
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(n)Topography: The features of an area such as its rivers, mountains, and roads
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Eclectic
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(adj)Eclectic: consisting of parts selected from various sources
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Lexicon
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(n)Lexicon: a specialized dictionary; the specialized vocabulary of a particular topic or profession
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Analogy
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(n)Analogy: a comparison between things that are alike in some ways
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Apologist
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(n)Apologist: a person who makes an argument in support of someone or something
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Epilogue
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(n)Epilogue: short concluding section in a literary work
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Logo
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(n)Logo: a symbol or design that serves to identify an organization or institution.
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Logistic
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(n)Logistic: the organization of supplies and services
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Eulogy
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(n)Eulogy: a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially honoring the dead.
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Affable
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(adj)Affable: easy to speak to; approachable; polite, friendly
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Ineffable
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(adj)Ineffable: beyond description; indescribable; not to be uttered, taboo
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Dictatorial
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adj)Dictatorial: domineering; autocratic, like a dictator
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Diction
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(n)diction: choice of words in speech or writing; a person's manner of uttering or pronouncing words
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Dictum
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(n)Dictum: an authoritative expression of opinion
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Ditty
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(n)Ditty: a simple song
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Edict
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(n)Edict: a decree or proclamation issued by an authority
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Indict
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(tr. V)Indict: to issue a formal charge of crime; to accuse
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Indite
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(tr. V)Indite: to write to compose
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Interdiction
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(n)Interdiction: a prohibition; the act of forbidding
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Jurisdiction
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(n)Jurisdiction: control and authority; especially to interpret and exercise the law; the specific area of someone's or something's control or authority
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Malediction
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(n)Malediction: a curse
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Valediction
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(n)Valediction: a bidding farewell; a leave-taking; a farewell speech
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Gloss
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(n)Gloss: an explanation of a difficult expression in a text; (tr. V) to explain a way
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Polyglot
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(n)Polyglot: a person who knows several languages well
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Acclamation
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(n)Acclamation: applause, enthusiastic approval; an oral vote, especially an enthusiastic vote of approval
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Clamor
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(n)Clamor: a loud outcry, especially in protest (intr. V) to insist or exclaim noisily
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Declaim
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(tr. and intr. V)Declaim: to speak loudly or passionately
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Forensic
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(adj)Forensic: referring to legal proceedings or formal debate or rhetoric (n) Forensics: the study or practice of formal debate
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Forum
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(n)Forum: the central square or market place or a Roman city; a public meeting or any situation for open discussion
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Lingo
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(n)Lingo: unfamiliar language; dialect or special jargon
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Lingua Franca
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(n)Lingua Franca: a language used by people who don not speak a common tongue; usually combines aspects of different languages
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Linguist
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(n)Linguist: a person who speaks several languages, a polyglot; a person who studies linguistics, the structure of human speech
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Circumlocution
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(n)Circumlocution: the use of many words when few would do; evasive talk, roundabout expression
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Colloquium
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(n)Colloquium: a meeting for discussion, especially in an academic setting.
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Locution
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(n)Locution: a word or expression; phraseology
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Loquacious
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(adj)Loquacious: very talkative
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Proverbial
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(adj)Proverbial: of or like a wise or witty folk-saying; well known notorious, frequently spoken of
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Verbatim
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(adj)Verbatim: word for word, in exactly the same words
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Verbose
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(adj)Verbose: wordy; using excessive words
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Apogee
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(n) the point in its orbit when a planet or satellite (usually is the farthest from the sun); the highest point, culmination, apex
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Geocentric
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(adj) referring to the center of the earth in measurement or observation; considering the earth as the center of a planetary system.
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Perigee
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(n) the point in its orbit when a planet or a satellite (usually nearest to the moon) is nearest the earth
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Inter
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(tr. V) to bury, to place in a grave
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Terra Cotta
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(n) ceramic clay used in pottery, statuary, and construction; (adj)referring to the color of the clay reddish brown that may vary from gray or orange to dark brown
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Terrestrial
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(adj) pertaining to the earth and its inhabitants; referring to land as distinct from water or air
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Exhume
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(tr. V) to dig out of the ground or from a grave, to disinter; to bring to light, to uncover
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Humus
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(n) rich, dark organic material formed by decay of vegetable matter, essential to soil's fertility
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Mountebank
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(n) a swindler, a charlatan, a ticket master
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Paramount
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(adj) of chief importance, primary, foremost
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Promontory
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(n) a high ridge of land jutting into a body of water, a headland
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Pastoral
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(adj) pertaining to christian minister or the duties accompanying the office; referring to life in open country or to fields for farming or grazing; pertaining to an idealized rural life
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Repast
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(n) a meal, food served at a meal
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Rustic
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(adj) typical of country life and people, simple and rough; (n)a rural person
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Rusticate
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(intr. V) to go to the country; (tr. V)to cause to become rustic
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Animus
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(n)a powerful feeling of hostility or antagonism; hatred: an animating spirit
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Equanimity
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(n)composure and calm in stressful conditions; equilibrium
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Pusillanimous
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(adj)cowardly, fearful
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Ether
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(n)the regions of space beyond the earth's atmosphere; the heavens: A highly flammable liquid anesthetic
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Ethereal
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(adj)spirit-like in lightness and delicacy: Heavenly, celestial
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Diaphanous
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(adj)allowing light to show through: translucent
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Epiphany
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(n)a revelatory manifestation of a divine being, a revaluation, a flash of understanding of the true nature of something: a Christian festival, January 6, celebrating the visit of the wise men to the Christ Child.
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phantasm
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(n)a phantom, an apparition, something unreal, as in a dream or a vision
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Sycophant
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(n)a flatterer seeking favors or gain, servile self-seeker
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Aspiration
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(n)strong desire for achievement, ambition toward a long-range goal; Expulsion of breath in speaking
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Dispirited
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(adj)dejected, discouraged, gloomy
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Hyperbole
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(n)an exaggeration, a figure expressing excess
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Hyperborean
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(adj)far north, Arctic; very cold, frigid
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Hyperventilation
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(n)the condition of taking abnormally fast, deep breaths
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Vent
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(n)an outlet, an opening for passage of liquids, fumes, or sometimes air; (tr.V) to utter, to express, especially in relieving strong feelings
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Fervid
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full of intense passion or zeal
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Effervescent
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bubbling up from a liquid; very exciting, bubbling over with high spirits
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Conflagration
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a large destructive fire
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Flagrant
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shockingly evident; outrageously conspicuous
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Inflammatory
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arousing strong emotion, especially anger or hostility; pertaining to redness, swelling, or pain following infection or injury
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Flamboyant
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colored or decorated in a showy way; having a showy appearance or manner
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Incendiary
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designed or intended to cause a fire; tending to stir up strife; inflammatory (n) a person who maliciously burns his or her own or another's property for monetary advantage.
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Incensed
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to infuriate; to enrage
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Caustic
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able to burn or eat away by chemical action; sarcastic marked by a biting wit
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Cauterize
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to burn with a hot iron or chemical to destroy abnormal tissue and/or to stop infection and/or bleeding
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Pyre
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a pile of wood, etc. for burning a corpse as part of a funeral rite; any pile of combustible materials
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Pyrotechnics
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a display of fireworks; a spectacular display of virtuosity in music, writing, wit, or other accomplishment.
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Pyromania
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a compulsion to set things on fire
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Scintilla
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very small amount; bit; an iota
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Scintillate
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to give off sparks, to flash, to sparkle; to be animated or brilliant
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Confluence
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the flowing together of two or more elements; streams or rivers, or ideas, influences or cultures; an assembling or flocking together in a crowd
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Effluent
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a stream or overflow from a larger body of water, or from a channel or sewer (adj) flowing out
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Flux
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a flow; continuous succession of changes
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Dehydrated
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to remove water or moisture; to lose water or moisture
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Hydrology
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the study of water and its effects on and in the earth and in the atmosphere
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Cormorant
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a dark, hook billed sea bird; a greedy person
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Marinade
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a liquid often seasoned with spices or herbs to flavor meat or fish for a period of time before cooking
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Nauseate
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to cause queasiness; to cause to feel sick; to cause the feeling of repulsion or disgust
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Nave
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the long central part of a church extending from the entrance to the altar with aisles along the side
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Pontiff
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a pope or bishop
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Pontificate
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to speak with pompous authority (n)the office of a pontiff; papacy
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Undulate
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to have or to cause to have a wavy motion
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Redound
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to reflect or come back either favorably or unfavorably
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Redundant
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superfluous, exceeding what is needed, or what is needed no longer; verbose, needlessly repetitious
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Inundate
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to submerge or overflow with water; to flood
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Insubordinate
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not submissive to authority
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Inordinate
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excessive; immoderate, not controlled
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Ordain
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to confirm priestly authority upon; to order by superior authority
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Ordinance
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a command or order; a law or regulation, especially by a city government ; a custom or practice established by tradition, especially a religious rite.
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Apostle
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a leader or teach of a (new) faith or movement
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Stolid
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showing or appearing to feel no emotion, apathetic
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Epistolary
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pertaining to letter writing or contained in letters
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Rectified
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to set right; to correct
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Rectitude
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moral uprightness, correctness of behavior
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Constellation
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a group of fixed stars; a brilliant gathering; a set of related objects or individuals
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Stellar
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pertaining to stars; outstanding, referring to a star performer
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Asterisk
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a star shaped figure used to indicate an omission or footnote
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Astral
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of or from the stars
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Cosmology
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the study of the whole universe; origin, evolution, and relationship of its parts
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Cosmopolite
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a person at ease in any part of the world and/or knowledgeable in many subjects
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