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Paramount


Of chief concern or importance




Ex: Islam is paramount in Turkey, Persia, Arabia and Afghanistan.





Novel


Strikingly new or unusual




Ex: Her first independent novel, Indiana (1832), was written.

Gratuitous


Given freely, unearned, unwarranted




Ex:

Superfluous


Extra unnecessary




Ex: The sentence was executed with gratuitous harshness.



Conviction


Fixed or strong belief




Ex: However, the authorities felt they had enough evidence for a conviction of both.

Diligent

Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working




Ex: From his youth he was diligent in his studies and a great reader.



Inherent


Inborn, built in




Ex: It is inherent in every human being.


Eclectic


Made up of a variety of sources of styles




Ex:

Mallify


To calm or soothe




Ex:In any case it did little to mollify his enemies.


Tenuous


Having little substance or strengthen unsure; weak




Ex: As to embrace almost her entire circumference with a tenuous ring