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to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree
to attain or assume an office, title, or dignity verb |
Accede
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caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior,
Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous adjective |
Acrimonious
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(of a person) greatly saddened at being deprived by death of a loved one.
Suffering the loss of a loved one adjective |
Bereaved
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serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
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Curative
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the exercise of absolute authority.
absolute power or control; tyranny. an absolute or autocratic government. noun |
Despotism
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a representative sent on a mission or errand
an agent sent on a mission of a secret nature, as a spy noun |
Emissary
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to explode with a loud noise; detonate
to issue denunciations or the like (usually fol. by against verb |
Fulminate
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a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.
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Hardtack
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a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity
the liquid poured out. noun |
Libation
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gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible
of, pertaining to, dealing with, or representing death, esp. its grimmer or uglier aspect. of or suggestive of the allegorical dance of death adjective |
Macabre
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esp. in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
the agency or medium giving such responses a shrine or place at which such responses were given a person who delivers authoritative, wise, or highly regarded and influential pronouncements noun |
Oracle
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of or pertaining to the pope
of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church adjective |
Papal
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to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation
to set forth or teach publicly verb |
Promulgate
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lustful or lecherous
of writings, pictures, etc.) obscene; grossly indecent adjective |
Salacious
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Having an oddly dreamlike or unreal quality
having features typical or reminiscent adjective |
Surrealistic
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a rich cake, esp. one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs
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Torte
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a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
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Treatise
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being beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed:
coming at a subsequent time or stage; future; further lying beyond or outside of some specified or understood boundary; more remote adjective |
Ulterior
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full of, characterized by, or ministering to indulgence in luxury, pleasure, and sensuous enjoyment
derived from gratification of the senses directed toward or concerned with sensuous enjoyment or sensual pleasure sensuously pleasing or delightful adjective |
Voluptuous
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deliberate and without motive or provocation; uncalled-for; headstrong; willful:
sexually lawless or unrestrained adjective |
Wanton
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