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contumacy
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Stuborn resistence in the face of society.
"to swell + thoroughly" |
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convivial
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To be good company, friendly, or agreeable. Fun to be with.
"together + to live" |
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indomitable
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Unconquerable, incapable of being subdued or tamed.
"out + to tame" |
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millennium
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-A thousand years.
-Biblical based, rectitude and happiness, esp. in indefinite future) Long period of. |
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emasculate
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To deprive of virile procreation power, masculine vigor, spirit.
Weaken. "Out + male" |
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digress
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to turn aside, esp. from the main subject of attention.
"away + step" |
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kaleidoscope
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-an optical instrument
-consistently changing sets of colors, like fall foliage. "beautiful + shape + to view" |
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jargon
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-Unintelligible & meaningless talk
-The vocabulary peculiar to a particular trade, profession or group "chattering" |
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humor
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One's disposition. Natural state/ tendencies.
--Medieval side track *sanguine-excess of blood, cheerful *choleric- bad tempered, excess of yellow bile/choler *melancholy- sad, excess of black bile *phlegmatic- excess of phlegm, sluggish & dull "fluid or moisture" |
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aberrant
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-Departure from a normal or typical course.
-To characterize an abnormal alteration in one's mental state. |
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animosity
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An active display of ill will or hatred. Generally followed by against or between.
"animus/ wrath" |
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antemeridian
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Before noon/ a.m.
"before the middle of the day" |
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ecumenical
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All-encompassing, universal.
"Belonging to the whole inhabited world" |
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travail
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Pain or suffering resulting from mental or physical anguish
"torture chamber" |
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pernicious
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tending to cause death or serious injury
"intensifies violent death" |
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nostrum
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-Quack remedy
-A cure for all the ills of mankind, panacea. "our own" |
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epitaph
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Carved or written inscriptions found on gravestones.
"upon + tomb" (NOT epithet) |
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feckless
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Lacking in purpose or vitality, iniffective, careless, irresponsible.
"effective + less" |
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splenetic
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Ill-tempered, peevish, spiteful, irritable.
"spleen" |
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pusillanimous
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To be lacking in courage or resolution; cowardly.
"petty, very small in spirit" |
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venial
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Of a petty offense, one that is pardonable.
"indulgence" ; "venial sin" ***NOT VENAL which is capable of being bought or sold. Judas--> venal sin against Christ |
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officious
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PERCY
Objectionably forward in offering unrequested and unwanted aid or advice; interfering "obliging, dutiful" |
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droll
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Amusing in an odd way, whimisical, waggish humor
"a pleasant rascal"; " a fat man" |
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altruism
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Selflessness, concern for others' welfare.
"someone else" |
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machination
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An artful device or action, with evil as a goal.
"design, invent, skillfully" |
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tsunami
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an unusually large wave produced by a seaquake
"harbor + wave" |
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attrition
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the act of weakening, exhausting by constant harassment or abuses
"to rub against" |
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vitiate
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to impair the quality of, to invalidate, to corrupt or pervert, to spoil
"to spoil" |
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cenotaph
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Tomb or monument erected in honor of a person whose body is buried elsewhere.
"empty + tomb" |
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inveterate
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ADJ habitual, firmly established over a long and persistant period of time
"veteran, old, age" |
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gambit
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Calculated move intended to score a point; in chess risking minor pieces to gain advantage
*trick/ bait someone into making the move "tripping" |
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caldron
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a very large kettle
"warm bath" |
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tyro
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a beginner, a novice, an initiate
"recruit" |
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dissipate
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to scatter, spend or use wastefully or extravagently or indulge
"to throw apart" |
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deprecate
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to express serious disapproval, to depreciate, to belittle.
"to lessen the value of, pray against" |
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attenuate
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to reduce in force, intensity, quality, or value
(ex: attenuate bad behavior with an excuse) "make thin" |
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accolade
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Any form of public praise, like being accorded a knight
"neck" |
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supplicate
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-to make humble and earnest entreaty, to implore, to beg
-to pray humbly to *subtle distinction "to kneel" |
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maelstrom
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whirling stream, whirlpool
whirl + stream |
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myriad
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-countless or innumerable
-diverse & numerous "ten thousand" |