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adjunct
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something added to something else,an assistant or attached to a faculty in an auiliary capacity
S: associate, addition |
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bellwether
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the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse, an indicator of trends, violent undertaking
S: ringleader, initiator |
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noisome
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offensive, foul smelling, harmful
S: vile, noxious |
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chimerical
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absurd, wild fantastic, impossible
S; fanciful, visionary, pie in the sky |
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supine
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lying flat on one's back, listless apathic or passive
S: prone, prostrate, inert |
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effete
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lacking wholesome energy, worn out, unable to produce
S: decadent,enfeebled,outmoded |
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aegis
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protection, sponsorship, patronage
S: auspices |
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hierarchy
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any system of things graded one above another in order of rank
S: chain of command, peking order |
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bibulous
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fond or inclined to drink
S: alcoholic |
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morass
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patch of low soft wet ground, a swamp. a confusing situation in which one is entrapped like quick sand
S: bog, quagmire |
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lachrymose
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given to tears or weeping, causing to shed tears, mournful
S: tearful |
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obfuscate
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to darken or obscure; to confuse or bewilder
S: muddy the waters |
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bowlderize
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to remve material considered offensive( book, play, movie)
S: censor, purge, expurgate |
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polarize
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to cause to concentrate around two conflicting positions
S: split, divide |
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cozen
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to trick , cheat or swindle
S: dupe, deceive |
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solecism
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ungramatical usage, a breach of etiquette, mistake
S: misusage, blunder |
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gratis
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free, without charge
S; on the house, freely |
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verisimiltude
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the quality of a ppearing to be true, real
S: realism, lifelikeness, authenticity |
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plethora
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overfullness, superabundance, superfluity
S: surplus, gult, excess |
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ancillary
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subordinate, supplementary
S: auxillary, subsidiary, accessory |
