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Imperceptible (adj) |
impossible to perceive |
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Lackey (n) |
a servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant |
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Liaison (n) |
communication or cooperation that facilitates a close working relationship between people or organizations |
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Monolithic (adj) |
formed of a single large block of stone |
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Mot juste (n) |
the exact, appropriate word |
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Nihilism (n) |
the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless |
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Patrician (n) |
an aristocrat or nobleman |
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Propitiate (v) |
win or regain the favor of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them |
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Sic |
Thus so |
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Sublimate (v) |
(especially in psychoanalytic theory) divert or modify (an instinctual impulse) into a culturally higher or socially more acceptable activity |
