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impudent

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1. of, pertaining to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery: The student was kept late for impudent behavior.
2. Obsolete. shameless or brazenly immodest.

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impertinent

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1. intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil: a brash, impertinent youth.
2. not pertinent or relevant; irrelevant: an impertinent detail.

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insolent

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1. boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.
–noun
2. an insolent person.

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augury

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1. the art or practice of an augur; divination.
2. the rite or ceremony of an augur.
3. an omen, token, or indication.

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solipsistic

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1. Philosophy. the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist.
2. extreme preoccupation with and indulgence of one's feelings, desires, etc.; egoistic self-absorption.

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profligate

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1. utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
2. recklessly prodigal or extravagant.

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sallow

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of a sickly, yellowish color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.

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fastidious

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1. giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness" [ant: unfastidious]
2. having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements" [ant: unfastidious]

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harlot

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prostitute, whore

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sententious

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1. abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
2. given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous.
3. given to or using pithy sayings or maxims: a sententious poet.
4. of the nature of a maxim; pithy.

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pithy

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1. brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible: a pithy observation.
2. of, like, or abounding in pith.

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Prometheus

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Greek Mythology A Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to humankind, for which Zeus chained him to a rock and sent an eagle to eat his liver, which grew back daily.
The satellite of Saturn that is third in distance from the planet.

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consternation

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sudden dread or paralyzing terror

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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.
3. drooping or flagging from weakness or fatigue; faint.

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prodigal

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1. wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
2. giving or yielding profusely; lavish (usually fol. by of or with): prodigal of smiles; prodigal with money.
3. lavishly abundant; profuse: nature's prodigal resources.

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dapper

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1. neat; trim; smart: He looked very dapper in his new suit.
2. lively and brisk: to walk with a dapper step.
3. small and active.

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perigee

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a low point in orbit

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supercilious

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haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.

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sheepish

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1. embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
2. like sheep, as in meekness, docility, etc.

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dastard

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1. a mean, sneaking coward.

–adjective 2. of or befitting a dastard; mean, sneaky, and cowardly.

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cipher

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The mathematical symbol (0) denoting absence of quantity; zero.
An Arabic numeral or figure; a number.
One having no influence or value; a nonentity.

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pedant

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1. a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
2. a person who overemphasizes rules or minor details.

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flagrant

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1. shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
2. notorious; scandalous: a flagrant crime; a flagrant offender.
3. Archaic. blazing, burning, or glowing.

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prate

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–verb (used without object) 1. to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble: They prated on until I was ready to scream.

–verb (used with object) 2. to utter in empty or foolish talk: to prate absurdities with the greatest seriousness.

–noun 3. act of prating.
4. empty or foolish talk.

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peevish

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1. cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent: a peevish youngster.
2. showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood: a peevish reply; a peevish frown.
3. perverse or obstinate.

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hidebound

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1. narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible: a hidebound pedant.
2. oriented toward or confined to the past; extremely conservative: a hidebound philosopher.
3. (of a horse, cow, etc.) having the back and ribs bound tightly by the hide.

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crass

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1. without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid: crass commercialism; a crass misrepresentation of the facts.
2. Archaic. thick; coarse.

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lampoon

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–noun 1. a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.

–verb (used with object) 2. to mock or ridicule in a lampoon: to lampoon important leaders in the government.

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temerity

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Unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger; rashness.

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oligopsony

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: a market situation in which each of a few buyers exerts a disproportionate influence on the market

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rostrum

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1. any platform, stage, or the like, for public speaking.
2. a pulpit.

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aphorism

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a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, as “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (Lord Acton).

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trite

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1. lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter.
2. characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc.: The commencement address was trite and endlessly long.
3. Archaic. rubbed or worn by use.

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captious

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apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.
2. proceeding from a faultfinding or caviling disposition: He could never praise without adding a captious remark.
3. apt or designed to ensnare or perplex, esp. in argument: captious questions.

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capacious

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capable of holding much; spacious or roomy: a capacious storage bin.

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tryst

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1. An agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place.
2. A meeting or meeting place that has been agreed on. See Synonyms at engagement.
intr.v. tryst·ed, tryst·ing, trysts
To keep a tryst.

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gnarled

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gnarled (närld)
adj.
1. Having gnarls; knotty or misshapen: gnarled branches.
2. Morose or peevish; crabbed.
3. Rugged and roughened, as from old age or work: the gnarled hands of a carpenter.

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contravening

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1. To act or be counter to; violate: contravene a direct order.
2. To oppose in argument; gainsay: contravened the proposal. See Synonyms at deny.

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proximal

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1. Nearest; proximate.

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cursive

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1. A cursive character or letter.
2. A manuscript written in cursive characters.
3. Printing A type style that imitates handwriting.

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acumen

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Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

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ululate

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\UL-yuh-layt; YOOL-\, intransitive verb:

To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.

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bawdy

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indecent, lewd, obscene

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virulent

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1.
a. Extremely infectious, malignant, or poisonous. Used of a disease or toxin.
b. Capable of causing disease by breaking down protective mechanisms of the host. Used of a pathogen.
2. Bitterly hostile or antagonistic; hateful: virulent criticism. See Synonyms at poisonous.
3. Intensely irritating, obnoxious, or harsh.

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inanition

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1. The condition or quality of being empty.
2. Exhaustion, as from lack of nourishment.
3. Lack of vitality or spirit.

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inane

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1. The condition or quality of being empty.
2. Exhaustion, as from lack of nourishment.
3. Lack of vitality or spirit.

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prostrate

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–adjective
6. lying flat or at full length, as on the ground.
7. lying face down on the ground, as in token of humility, submission, or adoration.
8. overthrown, overcome, or helpless: a country left prostrate by natural disasters.
9. physically weak or exhausted.
10. submissive.
11. utterly dejected or depressed; disconsolate.
12. Botany. (of a plant or stem) lying flat on the ground.

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prone

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–adjective
1. having a natural inclination or tendency to something; disposed; liable: to be prone to anger.
2. having the front or ventral part downward; lying face downward.
3. lying flat; prostrate.
4. having a downward direction or slope.
5. having the palm downward, as the hand.

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acedia

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apathy, boredom

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tetchy

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peevish, testy, irritable

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incisive

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1. penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant
2. remarkably clear and direct; sharp; keen; acute
3. adapted for cutting or piercing
4. of or pertaining to the incisors

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scratch

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1 : a mark or injury made by or as if by scratching; also : a sound so made
2 : scrawl, scribble
3 : the starting line in a race
4 a : a test of courage *b : satisfactory condition, level, or performance

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univocal

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1 : having one meaning only
*2 : unambiguous

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lithe

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bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina. also, sinuous.

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pluralism

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–noun
1. Philosophy.
a. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def. 2), monism (def. 1a).
b. a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.

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ignoble

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1. of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes.
2. of low grade or quality; inferior.
3. not noble; of humble descent or rank.
4. Falconry. noting any hawk with short wings that chases or rakes after the quarry.

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abacus

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an instrument for performing calculations by sliding counters along rods or in grooves

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abase

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To lower in rank, prestige, or esteem

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abash

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to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of:disconcert

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abeyance

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temporary inactivity:SUSPENSION

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abject

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cast down in spirit

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abnegate

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SURRENDER, RELINQUISH

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aboveboard

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be in a straightforward manner

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abrasion

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a wearing, grinding, or rubbing away by friction

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accrete

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ACCUMULATE

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acerbity

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Sourness of taste, character, or tone.

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achromatic

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designating color perceived to have zero saturation and therefore no hue such as neutral grays

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acrimonious

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caustic biting

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v

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sciolism

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Meaning

: a superficial show of learning

Example Sentence

Some critics of state-mandated testing say it is an exercise in sciolism that doesn’t really demonstrate a student’s grasp of the material studied.

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osculation

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The act of kissing; also: a kiss.

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effete

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1 : no longer fertile
2 a : having lost character, vitality, or strength b : marked by weakness or decadence *c : soft or delicate from or as if from a pampered existence; also : characteristic of an effete person
3 : effeminate

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distend

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1 : extend
2 : to enlarge from internal pressure : swell
*3 : to become expanded

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velleity

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1. The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition.
2. A slight wish or inclination.

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ludic

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Of or relating to play; characterized by play; playful.

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purlieu

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outskirts, environs

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aegis

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1. Protection; support.
2. Sponsorship; patronage.
3. Guidance, direction, or control.
4. A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Zeus.

It is this ideal of the human under the aegis of something higher which seems to me to provide the strongest counterpressure against the fragmentation and barbarization of our world.

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restive

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1 : stubbornly resisting control : balky 2 : marked by impatience or uneasiness : fidgety

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withy

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1 : willow; especially : any of various willows whose pliable twigs are used for furniture and basketry
*2 : a flexible slender twig or branch

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chimerical

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1. Merely imaginary; produced by or as if by a wildly fanciful imagination; fantastic; improbable or unrealistic.
2. Given to or indulging in unrealistic fantasies or fantastic schemes.

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to hachure

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: to shade with or show by short lines used for shading and denoting surfaces in relief (as in map drawing) and drawn in the direction of slope

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nescience

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Lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance.

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epistemic

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of or relating to knowledge or knowing: cognitive

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grandiloquent

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Lofty in style; pompous; bombastic.

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wan

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pale or lacking color

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adjudication

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1. an act of adjudicating.
2. Law.
a. the act of a court in making an order, judgment, or decree.
b. a judicial decision or sentence.
c. a court decree in bankruptcy.

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invidious

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1: tending to cause discontent, animosity, or envy <the invidious task of arbitration>
2: envious
3 a: of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious <invidious remarks> b: of a kind to cause harm or resentment <an invidious comparison>

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odium

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1. intense hatred or dislike, esp. toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
2. the reproach, discredit, or opprobrium attaching to something hated or repugnant: He had to bear the odium of neglecting his family.
3. the state or quality of being hated.

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odium

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1. intense hatred or dislike, esp. toward a person or thing regarded as contemptible, despicable, or repugnant.
2. the reproach, discredit, or opprobrium attaching to something hated or repugnant: He had to bear the odium of neglecting his family.
3. the state or quality of being hated.

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gestation

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pregnancy

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travesty

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1 : a burlesque translation or literary or artistic imitation usually grotesquely incongruous in style, treatment, or subject matter 2 : a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation <a travesty of justice>

to make a travesty of : parody

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travesty

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1 : a burlesque translation or literary or artistic imitation usually grotesquely incongruous in style, treatment, or subject matter 2 : a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation <a travesty of justice>

to make a travesty of : parody

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sciential

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1 : relating to or producing knowledge or science 2 : having efficient knowledge : capable

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gregarious

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1 a: tending to associate with others of one's kind : social b: marked by or indicating a liking for companionship : sociable c: of or relating to a social group2 aof a plant : growing in a cluster or a colony b: living in contiguous nests but not forming a true colony —used especially of wasps and bees

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occlude

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1: to close up or block off : obstruct <a thrombus occluding a coronary artery> ; also : conceal2: sorb

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sorb

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: to take up and hold by either adsorption or absorption

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interloper

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: one that interlopes: as a: an illegal or unlicensed trader b: one that intrudes in a place or sphere of activity

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complacent

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1 : marked by complacency : self-satisfied <a complacent smile> 2 : complaisant 1 3 : unconcerned

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abrade

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1 a: to rub or wear away especially by friction : erode b: to irritate or roughen by rubbing2: to wear down in spirit : irritate, weary

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viola

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: violet 1a ; especially : any of various garden hybrids with solitary white, yellow, or purple often variegated flowers resembling but smaller than typical pansies

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jocular

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1 : given to jesting : habitually jolly or jocund 2 : characterized by jesting : playful

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hew

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1 : to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument 2 : to fell by blows of an ax <hew a tree> 3 : to give form or shape to with or as if with heavy cutting blows <hewed their farms from the wilderness — J. T. Shotwell> intransitive verb 1 : to make cutting blows 2 : conform, adhere <hew to tradition> —often used in the phrase hew to the line<no pressure…on newspapers to hew to the official line — New York Times Magazine>

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besot

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*1 : infatuate
2 : to make dull or stupid; especially : to muddle with drunkenness

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paladin

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1. A knight-errant; a distinguished champion of a medieval king or prince; as, the paladins of Charlemagne.
2. A champion of a cause.

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eidetic

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: marked by or involving extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall especially of visual images

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Invidious

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1. Tending to provoke envy, resentment, or ill will.
2. Containing or implying a slight.
3. Envious.

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invidious

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1. Tending to provoke envy, resentment, or ill will.
2. Containing or implying a slight.
3. Envious.

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retinue

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: a group of retainers or attendants

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histrionic

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1 : deliberately affected : theatrical
2 : of or relating to actors, acting, or the theater

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sonata

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: an instrumental musical composition typically of three or four movements in contrasting forms and keys

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fastidious

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2 a: having high and often capricious standards : difficult to please <critics…so fastidious that they can talk only to a small circle of initiates — Granville Hicks> b: showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care c: reflecting a meticulous, sensitive, or demanding attitude <fastidious workmanship>3: having complex nutritional requirements <fastidious microorganisms>

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languor

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1 : weakness or weariness of body or mind 2 : listless indolence or inertia

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bumptious

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presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive : obtrusive

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buxom

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vigorously or healthily plump ; specifically : full-bosomed