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diurnal
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time/order/duration
of, relating to, or occurring in the daytime ; has a daily cycle |
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penultimate
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time/order/duration
next to last |
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temporal
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time/order/duration
of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time |
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craven
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timid/timidity
cowardly |
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diffident/diffidence
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timid/timidity
embarrass lacking self-confidence |
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pusillanimous
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timid/timidity
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recreant
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timid/timidity
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timorous
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timid/timidity
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trepidation
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timid/timidity
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candor/candid
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truth
fairness |
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fealty
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truth
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indubitable
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truth
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probity
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truth
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veracious
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truth
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verity
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truth
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idiosyncrasy
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unusual
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ambulatory
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walking about
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itinerant
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walking about
wandering |
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peripatetic
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walking about
wandering |
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discursive
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wandering
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expatiate
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wandering
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peregrination
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wandering
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sojourn
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wandering/temporary stay
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obviate
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weaken
to prevent; to make unnecessary |
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stultify
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weaken
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vitiate
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weaken
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adage
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wisdom
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aphorism
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wisdom
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apothegm
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wisdom
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bromide
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wisdom
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dictum
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wisdom
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epigram
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wisdom
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sententious
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wisdom
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truism
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wisdom
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abeyance
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withdrawal/retreat
temporary inactivity |
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abjure
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withdrawal/retreat
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abrogate
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withdrawal/retreat
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decamp
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withdrawal/retreat
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demur
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withdrawal/retreat
to take exception/object to |
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recant
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withdrawal/retreat
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recidivism
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withdrawal/retreat
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renege
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withdrawal/retreat
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ABSCOND
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to leave secretly
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AMALGAMATE
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to combine; to mix together
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ANALOGOUS
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similr or alike in some way; equivelent to
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ARBITRATE
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to judge a dispute between two opposing parties
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ATTENUATE
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to reduce in force or degree; to weaken
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AUSTERE
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severe or stern in apperance; undecorate
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CASTIGATE
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to punish or criticize harsly
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CATALYST
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something that brings about a change in something else
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CHAUVINIST
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someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
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CONDONE
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to overlook, pardon, or disregard
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DECORUM
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appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
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DEFERENCE
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respect, courtesy
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DESULTORY
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jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
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DILATORY
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intended to delay
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DIRGE
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a funeral hymn or mournful speech
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DISABUSE
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to set right; to free from error
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DISPARATE
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fundamentally different; entirely unlike
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ECLECTIC
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selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
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ENUMERATE
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to count, list, or itemize
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ESTIMABLE
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admirable
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EUPHEMISM
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use of an inoffensie word or phrase in place of a more distateful one
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EXIGENT
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urgent; requiring immediate action
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FOMENT
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to arouse or incite
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IMPERTURBABLE
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not capable of being disturbed
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IMPERVIOUS
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impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
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INNOCUOUS
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harmless
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MALINGER
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to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
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MOLLIFY
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to calm or make less severe
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OBSEQUIOUS
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overly submissive and eager to please
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ONEROUS
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troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
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PARAGON
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model of excellence or perfection
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PERFUNCTORY
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done in a routine way; indifferent
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PLASTIC
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able to be molded, altered, or bent
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PLETHORA
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excess
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PROLIFERATE
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to increase in number quickly
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PROPITIATE
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to conciliate; to appease
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PRUDENCE
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wisdom, caution, or restraint
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RAREFY
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to make thinner or sparser
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REPUDIATE
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to reject the validity of
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RETICIENT
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silent, reserved
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SOPORIFIC
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causing sleep or lethargy
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STOLID
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unemotional; lacking sensitivity
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SUBLIME
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lofty or grand
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TACIT
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done without using words
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TORPOR
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extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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VENERATE
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to respect deeply
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AXIOM
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an established rule or principle or a self-evident truth
wisdom |
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GEOMETRIC
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of, relating to, or according to the methods or principles of geometry; increasing in a geometric progression
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SYLLOGISM
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a subtle, specious, or crafty argument; deductive reasoning
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PLIANT
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easily influenced - suitable for various uses
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COGITATE
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to ponder or meditate on usually intently
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FERVENT
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very hot; exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling
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ABJECT
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sunk to or existing in a low state or condition
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BENEDICTION
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something that promotes goodness or well-being
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MALEFACTION
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an evil deed
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MORATORIUM
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a suspension of activity
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RESTIVE
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restless or uneasy
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STRIATED
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striped
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PARTISAN
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one who is a member of a party
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PLUCkY
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brave
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SEDULITY
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diligence
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TEDIUM
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the act or state of being tedious
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SOLICIT
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: to approach with a request or plea
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ADULATION
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excessive or slavish admiration or flattery
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JETTISON
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a voluntary sacrifice of cargo to lighten a ship's load in time of distress
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HERETICAL
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1 : of, relating to, or characterized by heresy
2 : of, relating to, or characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standard |
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IMPUDENT
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marked by contemptuous or cocky boldness or disregard of others
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INSOLENT
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insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct
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EMINENCE
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a position of prominence or superiority
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DITTIES
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an especially simple and unaffected song
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POIGNANT
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: pungently pervasive <a poignant perfume>
2 a (1) : painfully affecting the feelings : piercing (2) : deeply affecting : touching b : designed to make an impression : cutting <poignant satire> 3 a : pleasurably stimulating b : being to the poin |
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PEJORATIVE
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A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression
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COMPLACENCY
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: self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
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MISAPPREHENSION
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misunderstand
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WINDJAMMER
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a sailing ship; also : one of its crew
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UNDERGIRD
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to form the basis or foundation of, strengthen, support
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catechism
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oral instruction; specifically a summary of religious doctrine often in the form of questions and answers
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PERJURE
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to cause or commit perjury
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CONSCRIPTION
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compulsory enrollment of persons especially for military service : draft
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RAPPROCHEMENT
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: establishment of or state of having cordial relations
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CEPHALIC
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: of or relating to the head
2 : directed toward or situated on or in or near the head |
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SCAPULA
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: either of a pair of large triangular bones lying one in each dorsal lateral part of the thorax, being the principal bone of the corresponding half of the shoulder girdle, and articulating with the corresponding clavicle or coracoid —called also shoulder blade
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APPARITION
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an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon b : a ghostly figure
2 : the act of becoming visible : appearance |
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CHANDLER
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a maker or seller of tallow or wax candles and usually soap
2 : a retail dealer in provisions and supplies or equipment of a specified kin |
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EXECUTRIX
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: a woman who is an executor
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CARTWRIGHT
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An English occupational surname for someone who made carts
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TRUSS
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to secure tightly or to bind
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SKEIN
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: tangle
3 : a flock of wildfowl (as geese or ducks) in flight |
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LEGERDEMAIN
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a display of skill or adroitnes
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RHETORIC
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: skill in the effective use of speech b : a type or mode of language or speech; also : insincere or grandiloquent language
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IMMUTABLE
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not capable of or susceptible to change
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PROTRACTION/PROTRACT
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the drawing to scale an area of land
: to prolong in time or space : continue 3 : to extend forward or outward |
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CHARACTERIZE
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: to describe the character or quality of ; distinguish
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ATROPHY
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: decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue; a wasting away or progressive decline
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ASSENT
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: to agree to something especially after thoughtful consideration
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BENEFICENT
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doing or producing good
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vilify
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to lower in estimation or importance
2 : to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
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CONCILIATE
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to make compatible : reconcile
3 : appease |
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BLANDISHMENT
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: something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement
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PLATITUDE
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: the quality or state of being dull or insipid
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DETER
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to turn aside, discourage, or prevent from acting
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TIDING
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a piece of news
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APHORISTIC
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a concise statement of a principle
2 : a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment |
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CATACLYSM
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: a momentous and violent event marked by overwhelming upheaval and demolition
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TEPID
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moderately warm : lukewarm <a tepid bath>
2 a : lacking in passion, force, or zest |
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INCREDULOUS
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: unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical
2 : incredible |
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ENDEMIC
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: belonging or native to a particular people or country b : characteristic of or prevalent in a particular field, area, or environment
2 : restricted or peculiar to a locality or region ; native |
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RUSTIC
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: characteristic of or resembling country people b : lacking in social graces or polish; rural
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INURE
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: to accustom to accept something undesirable; to become of advantage
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IMPRECATION
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curse
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REJOINDER
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the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
2 : reply; specifically : an answer to a reply |
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PROCLIVITY
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: an inclination or predisposition toward something; especially : a strong inherent inclination toward something objectionable
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SCINTILLA
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spark or trace
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OSTENTATION
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excessive display : pretentiousness
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MULTIFARIOUS
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having or occurring in great variety : diverse
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MAUDLIN
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drunk enough to be emotionally silly
2 : weakly and effusively sentimental |
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CUPIDITY
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inordinate desire for wealth : avarice, greed
2 : strong desire : lust |
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INTREPIDITY
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characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance
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PENURY
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a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (as money); especially : severe poverty
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COSSET
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a pet lamb; broadly : pet
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LAMPOON
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: satire 1; specifically : a harsh satire usually directed against an individual
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OSSIFY
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: to change into bone
2 : to become hardened or conventional and opposed to change |
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PATHOGENIC
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causing or capable of causing disease
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DIAPHANOUS
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characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through <diaphanous fabrics>
2 : characterized by extreme delicacy of form : 3 : insubstantial, vague <had only a diaphanous hope of success> |
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BURNISH
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: to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing b : polish 3
2 : to rub (a material) with a tool for compacting or smoothing or for turning an edge |
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FURTIVE
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done by stealth : surreptitious b : expressive of stealth : sly <had a furtive look about him>
2 : obtained underhandedly : stolen |
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HOARY
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: gray or white with or as if with age
2 : extremely old : ancient |
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TANGENTIAL
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acting along or lying in a tangent <tangential forces>
3 a : divergent, digressive b : touching lightly : incidental, peripheral <tangential involvement>; also : of little relevance |
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VOLUBLE
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easily rolling or turning : rotating
2 : characterized by ready or rapid speech |
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MONASTIC
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of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns
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TAWDY
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cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality
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FLORID
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elaborately decorated <a florid interior>
2 a : tinged with red : ruddy <a florid complexion> b : marked by emotional or sexual fervor excessively decorated or embellished 4 : fully developed : manifesting a complete and typical clinical syndrome |
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SANGUINE
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: bloodred
2 a : consisting of or relating to blood b : bloodthirsty, 4 : confident, optimistic |
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GLIB
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marked by ease and informality : nonchalant b : showing little forethought or preparation : offhand
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IGNOBLE
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of low birth or common origin : plebeian
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WILY
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full of wiles : crafty
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LIONIZE
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to treat as an object of great interest or importance
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VIM
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robust energy and enthusiasm
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INVECTIVE
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of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse
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HYPERBOLE
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extravagant exaggeration
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SUPERFLUOUS
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exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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ETHEREAL
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of or relating to the regions beyond the earth b : celestial, heavenly c : unworldly, spiritual
2 a : lacking material substance : immaterial, intangible b : marked by unusual delicacy or refinement |
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GAUNT
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excessively thin and angular <a long gaunt face>
2 : barren, desolate |
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SENTIENT
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aware
3 : finely sensitive in perception or feeling |
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PANEGYRIC
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a eulogistic oration or writing; also : formal or elaborate praise
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ELOCUTION
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the art of elegant public speaking
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COTERMINOUS
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sharing a boundry
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EXEGESIS
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seek, explanation
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BEHEMOTH
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huge creature or thing
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IGNOMINOUS
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marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame : dishonorable
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VOLUBLE
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speaking fluidly
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DEARTH
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shortage
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APPOSITE
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directly relevant
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VESTIGE
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remenance of something that no longer exists
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HYPERBOLE
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the use of exaggeration for emphasis
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BASTION
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fortress
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EFFULGENT
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resplendent, shining brightly
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COALESCE
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to fuse, to come together
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