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Aesthete

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a person who has or affects to have a special appreciation of art and beauty

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Esoteric

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a : designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone <a body of esoteric legal doctrine — B. N. Cardozo>b : requiring or exhibiting knowledge that is restricted to a small group <esoteric terminology>; broadly : difficult to understand

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Languid

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1.lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow:a languid manner.2.lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent

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Myopia

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nearsightedness.lack of imagination, foresight, or intellectual insight."historians have been censured for their myopia in treating modern science as a western phenomenon

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Diffuse

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verbdəˈfyo͞oz/1.spread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people."technologies diffuse rapidly"synonyms: spread, spread around, send out, disseminate, scatter, disperse, distribute, put about, circulate, communicate, purvey, propagate, transmit, broadcast, promulgate"such ideas were diffused widely in the 1970s"adjectivedəˈfyo͞os/1.spread out over a large area; not concentrated.

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Animus

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noun1.hostility or ill feeling."the author's animus toward her"2.motivation to do something."the reformist animus came from within the Party

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Rudimentary

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adjectiveinvolving or limited to basic principles."he received a rudimentary education"synonyms: basic, elementary, primary, fundamental, essential"rudimentary carpentry skills"of or relating to an immature, undeveloped, or basic form."a rudimentary stage of evolution

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Ideologue

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: an impractical idealist : theorist2: an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a particular ideology

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Intransigent

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adjective1.unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something.

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Discord

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disagreement between people."a prosperous family who showed no signs of discord

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Inexorable

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adjective. impossible to stop or prevent. "the seemingly inexorable march of new technology."

More(of a person) impossible to persuade by request or entreaty.

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Recalcitrant

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adjective1.having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline."a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds"synonyms: uncooperative, intractable,

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Ethereal

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1.extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world

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Ineffable

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too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words."the ineffable natural beauty of the Everglades"synonyms: indescribable, inexpressible, beyond words, beyond description, begging description; Morenot to be uttered."the ineffable Hebrew name that gentiles write as Jehovah"

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Sublime

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of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe

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Supine

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1.(of a person) lying face upward.synonyms: flat on one's back, face upward, facing upward, flat, horizontal, recumbent, stretched out2.failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence.

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Enigmatic

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adjectivedifficult to interpret or understand; mysterious

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Talisman

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1.a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.2.any amulet or charm

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Mettle

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nouna person's ability to cope well with difficulties or to face a demanding situation in a spirited and resilient way

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Perfunctory

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adjective(of an action or gesture) carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection.