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Auxiliary
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Providing supplementary or additional help and support:
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Obelisk
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A stone pillar, typically having a square or rectangular cross section and a pyramidal top, set up as a monument or landmark
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Obese
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Grossly fat or overweight.
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Saline
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Containing or impregnated with salt: "saline alluvial soils"
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Objectivity
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udgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices
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Obtuse
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Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.
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Deleterious
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Causing harm or damage
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Embrasure
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The beveling or splaying of a wall at the sides of a door or window.
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Accede
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Assent or agree to a demand, request, or treaty.
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Microcosm
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A community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic features of something much larger
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Autocrat
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A ruler who has absolute power.
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spartan
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Rigorously self-disciplined or self-restrained
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Glossary
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An alphabetical list of terms or words found in or relating to a specific subject, text, or dialect, with explanations; a brief dictionary
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embroil
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Involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation
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empyreal
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empyrean: of or relating to the sky or heavens; "the empyrean sphere"
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Noncomittal
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(of a person or a person's behavior) Not expressing or revealing commitment to a definite opinion or course of action.
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Redaction
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The process of editing text for publication.
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Solaecism
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A grammatical mistake in speech or writing
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Solace
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Comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness: "she sought solace in her religion"
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Pillage
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Rob (a place) using violence, esp. in wartime.
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Fete
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an elaborate party (often outdoors)
The students were tired the following day due to last night fete. |
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Fetish
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An inanimate object worshiped for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit.The wizard used is fetish wand to lift up a chair
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Variegated
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Exhibiting different colors, esp. as irregular patches or streaks. The sun variegated the metal outside which later allowed it to rust.
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Fracas
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A noisy disturbance or quarrel.
New year Party was very Fracas |
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Shard
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A piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass, or rock, typically having sharp edges: "shards of glass flew in all directions" The waiter slipped causing all the glasses to Shard
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Glutinous
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Rich and sticky
The gum on the boys pants was Glutinous |
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Precarious
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Not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse
The building was Precarious due to the thurderstorm |
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Enamored
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marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her".
The student was Enamored is class |
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Enclave
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A portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct.
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Orthography
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The conventional spelling system of a language
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Engender
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Cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition)
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enjoin
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instruct or urge (someone) to do something.
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palatable
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(of food or drink) Pleasant to taste
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ensure
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Make certain that (something) shall occur or be the case
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spume
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Froth or foam.
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staccato
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With each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others: "a staccato rhythm"
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entomology
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The branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects.
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tenacious
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Not readily letting go of, giving up, or separated from an object that one holds, a position, or a principle: "a tenacious grip"
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tautolgical
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pleonastic: repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions";
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entity
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A thing with distinct and independent existence.
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