English Words Of Relative Use

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wistful

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full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy

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unseemly

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not in accordance with established standards of good form or good taste

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mordant

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biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style

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caustic

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capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

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incisive

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impressively direct and decisive

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exuberant

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extreme or excessive in degree, size, or extent

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fecundity

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fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific

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wholly

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to the full or entire extent

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vociferous

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so loud or insistent as to compel attention : clamorous, blatant, strident, boisterous

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strident

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characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound

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aesthetic

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of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful

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benign

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of a gentle disposition

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sublime

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: to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
2 : to elevate or exalt especially in dignity or honor

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debility

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weakness, infirmity

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pang

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a brief piercing spasm of pain

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elated

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marked by high spirits

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timorous

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of a timid disposition : fearful

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ignoble

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of low birth or common origin : plebeian

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squalid

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marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty

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degradation

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decline to a low, destitute, or demoralized state

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slavish

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of or characteristic of a slave ; especially : basely or abjectly servile barchaic : despicable, low

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pernicious

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highly injurious or destructive

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requite

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to repay

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non-sequitur

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something that doesn't follow logically from the previous statement

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acquiesce

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agree without protesting

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brazen

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bold

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cajole

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urge

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brusque

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abrupt

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candor

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honesty

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pusillanimous

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: lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity

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Arcadian

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idyllically innocent, simple, or untroubled

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epoch

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: an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development

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epic

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of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an epic poem, HEROIC

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unremitting

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constant, incessant

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caprice

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: a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action b: a sudden usually unpredictable condition change

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capricious

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: governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive, unpredictable

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impetrate

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to obtain by request or entreaty

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sacral

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holy

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acquiescence

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the state of acquiescing or submitting/complying

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inveigh

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: to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail

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ethos

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: the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution

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temper

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: a characteristic cast of mind or state of feeling : disposition

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continuum

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: a coherent whole characterized as a collection, sequence, or progression of values or elements varying by minute degrees

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immemorial

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: extending or existing since beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition

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inscrutable

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: not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious

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pathos

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: an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion

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pensive

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: musingly or dreamily thoughtful

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lugubrious

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: mournful ; especially : exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful

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monism

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: a view that there is only one kind of ultimate substance b: the view that reality is one unitary organic whole with no independent parts

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guileless

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innocent, naïve

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malice

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: desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another

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sadism

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: a sexual perversion in which gratification is obtained by the infliction of physical or mental pain on others - a delight in cruelty

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masochism

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: pleasure in being abused or dominated : a taste for suffering

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voyeur

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: a prying observer who is usually seeking the sordid or the scandalous

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ennui

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: a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom

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decadent

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: marked by decay or decline / : characterized by or appealing to self-indulgence

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exorbitant

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: exceeding the customary or appropriate limits in intensity, quality, amount, or size

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disquiet

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: to take away the peace or tranquillity of : disturb, alarm

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populous

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densely populated

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enfranchise

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: to endow with a franchise: as a: to admit to the privileges of a citizen and especially to the right of suffrage. To set free from slavery

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eccentric

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: deviating from an established or usual pattern or style <eccentric products>

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audacious

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: intrepidly daring : adventurous

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intrepid

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: characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance

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patently

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: readily visible or intelligible : obvious

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theosophy

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: teaching about God and the world based on mystical insight

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equivocal

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: subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse <an equivocal statement>

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deleterious

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: harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way

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magnanimous

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: showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit

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scintillae

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: spark, trace <not a scintilla of doubt>

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mischance

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: bad luck

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précis

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: a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts

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involution

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a (1): the act or an instance of enfolding or entangling : involvement

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puerile

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juvenile
2 : childish, silly <puerile remarks>

Pronounced Pyur-ole

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fetching

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: attractive, pleasing <a fetching smile>

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diffuse

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: being at once verbose and ill-organized <a diffuse report from the scene of the quake> : not concentrated or localized <diffuse lighting>

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verbose

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: containing more words than necessary : wordy <a verbose reply>

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amalgam

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: an alloy of mercury with another metal that is solid or liquid at room temperature according to the proportion of mercury present and is used especially in making tooth cements

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decortication

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: the act or process of removing the outer coverings (as bark or husks) from something (as fiber or seed)

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incorrigible

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: incapable of being corrected or amended

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vapid

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: lacking liveliness, tang, briskness, or force : flat, dull <a gossipy, vapid woman, obsessed by her own elegance

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obscurantism

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: opposition to the spread of knowledge : a policy of withholding knowledge from the general public

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incontinent

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(1): lacking self-restraint (2): not being under control b: unable to retain urine or feces voluntarily

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mythopoesis

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1. Of or relating to the making of myths.

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misanthropy

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: a hatred or distrust of humankind

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callous

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a: feeling no emotion b: feeling or showing no sympathy for others : hard-hearted

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mirth

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: gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter

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cretin

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: a stupid, vulgar, or insensitive person : clod, lout

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crass

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: having or indicating such grossness of mind as precludes delicacy and discrimination 2: guided by or indicative of base or materialistic values

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acute

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: characterized by sharpness or severity

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morphology

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pertaining to the structure of something (words, ideas, bodies)

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necromancy

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: conjuration of the spirits of the dead for purposes of magically revealing the future or influencing the course of events

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benevolent

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a: marked by or disposed to doing good <a benevolent donor>

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malevolent

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: having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred

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credulity

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readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence

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abnegation

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: denial ; especially : self-denial

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privation

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: an act or instance of depriving : deprivation 2: the state of being deprived ; especially : lack of what is needed for existence

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postulant

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: a person admitted to a religious order as a probationary candidate for membership

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charlatan

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: quack 2 : one making usually showy pretenses to knowledge or ability : fraud, faker

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automata

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: a mechanism that is relatively self-operating ; especially : robot

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friable

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: easily crumbled or pulverized <friable soil>

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chicanery

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: deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery

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subterfuge

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: deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade

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credulous

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: ready to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence <accused of swindling credulous investors>

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concomitant

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: something that accompanies or is collaterally connected with something else : accompaniment

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recalcitrant

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: obstinately defiant of authority or restraint

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substrate

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: the base on which an organism lives <the soil is the substrate of most seed plants>

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mitigate

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: to cause to become less harsh or hostile

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vitality

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: the peculiarity distinguishing the living from the nonliving

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despondent

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: feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression <despondent about his health>

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adumbrate

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: to foreshadow vaguely : intimate

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panache

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: dash or flamboyance in style and action

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erudition

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: extensive knowledge acquired chiefly from books : profound, recondite, or bookish learning

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recondite

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: hidden from sight : concealed
2 : difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep <a recondite subject>

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hoary

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: gray or white with or as if with age
2 : extremely old : ancient <hoary legends>

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myopic

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: a condition in which the visual images come to a focus in front of the retina of the eye resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects

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erstwhile

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in the past : formerly <cultures, erstwhile unknown to each other — Robert Plank>