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Plenipotentiary
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adj. Containing full power
- plenipotentiary leader noun. person invested with full power to transact any business, especially a diplomatic with full power to negotiate |
agent, ambassador, emissary
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Admonition
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v. To advise against something
To reprove mildly |
warning, reproof
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Pajandrum
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n. An important personage or pretentious official.
"when governors and ministers and the panjandrums of British public life asked..." |
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Assuage
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v. To satisfy or appease(as in thirst or hunger, for example)
"assuage their cronic insecurity" |
relieve, satisfy
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Maladroit
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Unskillfull, clumsy
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Dastardly
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Cowardly
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Zenith
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n. Highest point
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Onus
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n. Burden, responsibility
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Adamant
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adj. Firm, stubborn, unbending in opinion
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Amalgamate
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v. To combine
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Limpid
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adj. Clear
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Proselytize
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v. To attempt to convert someone from one religion or belief to another
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Nihilism
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n. Abelief that there are no values, morals or goodness in the world
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