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contumacy
Stuborn resistence in the face of society.
"to swell + thoroughly"
convivial
To be good company, friendly, or agreeable. Fun to be with.

"together + to live"
indomitable
Unconquerable, incapable of being subdued or tamed.

"out + to tame"
millennium
-A thousand years.
-Biblical based, rectitude and happiness, esp. in indefinite future) Long period of.
emasculate
To deprive of virile procreation power, masculine vigor, spirit.
Weaken.

"Out + male"
digress
to turn aside, esp. from the main subject of attention.

"away + step"
kaleidoscope
-an optical instrument
-consistently changing sets of colors, like fall foliage.

"beautiful + shape + to view"
jargon
-Unintelligible & meaningless talk
-The vocabulary peculiar to a particular trade, profession or group

"chattering"
humor
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"
aberrant
-Departure from a normal or typical course.
-To characterize an abnormal alteration in one's mental state.
animosity
An active display of ill will or hatred. Generally followed by against or between.

"animus/ wrath"
antemeridian
Before noon/ a.m.

"before the middle of the day"
ecumenical
All-encompassing, universal.

"Belonging to the whole inhabited world"
travail
Pain or suffering resulting from mental or physical anguish

"torture chamber"
pernicious
tending to cause death or serious injury

"intensifies violent death"
nostrum
-Quack remedy
-A cure for all the ills of mankind, panacea.

"our own"
epitaph
Carved or written inscriptions found on gravestones.

"upon + tomb"
(NOT epithet)
feckless
Lacking in purpose or vitality, iniffective, careless, irresponsible.

"effective + less"
splenetic
Ill-tempered, peevish, spiteful, irritable.

"spleen"
pusillanimous
To be lacking in courage or resolution; cowardly.

"petty, very small in spirit"
venial
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
officious
PERCY
Objectionably forward in offering unrequested and unwanted aid or advice; interfering

"obliging, dutiful"
droll
Amusing in an odd way, whimisical, waggish humor

"a pleasant rascal"; " a fat man"
altruism
Selflessness, concern for others' welfare.

"someone else"
machination
An artful device or action, with evil as a goal.

"design, invent, skillfully"
tsunami
an unusually large wave produced by a seaquake

"harbor + wave"
attrition
the act of weakening, exhausting by constant harassment or abuses

"to rub against"
vitiate
to impair the quality of, to invalidate, to corrupt or pervert, to spoil

"to spoil"
cenotaph
Tomb or monument erected in honor of a person whose body is buried elsewhere.

"empty + tomb"
inveterate
ADJ habitual, firmly established over a long and persistant period of time

"veteran, old, age"
gambit
Calculated move intended to score a point; in chess risking minor pieces to gain advantage
*trick/ bait someone into making the move

"tripping"
caldron
a very large kettle

"warm bath"
tyro
a beginner, a novice, an initiate

"recruit"
dissipate
to scatter, spend or use wastefully or extravagently or indulge

"to throw apart"
deprecate
to express serious disapproval, to depreciate, to belittle.

"to lessen the value of, pray against"
attenuate
to reduce in force, intensity, quality, or value
(ex: attenuate bad behavior with an excuse)

"make thin"
accolade
Any form of public praise, like being accorded a knight

"neck"
supplicate
-to make humble and earnest entreaty, to implore, to beg
-to pray humbly to
*subtle distinction

"to kneel"
maelstrom
whirling stream, whirlpool

whirl + stream
myriad
-countless or innumerable
-diverse & numerous

"ten thousand"