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adjunct
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something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic; added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity
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adjunct
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syn. associate
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adjunct
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syn. addition
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adjunct
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syn. accessory
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bellwether
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the male sheep that leads to flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; and indicator of trends
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bellwether
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syn. ringleader
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bellwether
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syn. initiator
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bellwether
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syn. barometer
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bellwether
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ant. follower
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bellwether
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ant. imitator
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bellwether
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ant. emulator
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caterwaul
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to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; a harsh or noisy cry; a racket
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caterwaul
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syn. whine
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caterwaul
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syn. wail
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caterwaul
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syn. screech
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chimerical
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absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible
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chimerical
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syn. fanciful
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chimerical
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syn. visionary
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chimerical
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syn. quixotic
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chimerical
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syn. pie-in-the-sky
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chimerical
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ant. realistic
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chimerical
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ant. down-to-earth
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chimerical
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ant. practicable
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effete
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lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out of date
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effete
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syn. decadent
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effete
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syn. enfeebled
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effete
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syn. outmoded
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effete
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ant. thriving
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effete
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ant. burgeoning
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effete
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ant. vigorous
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effete
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ant. dynamic
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fait accompli
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an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action
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fait accompli
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syn. accomplished fact
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hidebound
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narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative
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hidebound
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syn. intolerant
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hidebound
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syn. inflexible
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hidebound
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ant. open-minded
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hidebound
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ant. tolerant
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hidebound
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ant. liberal
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hidebound
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progressive
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hierarchy
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any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in and order of rank, wealth, class, etc.
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hierarchy
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syn. chain of command
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hierarchy
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syn. pecking order
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liturgy
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a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship
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liturgy
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syn. ceremony
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liturgy
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syn. observance
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mirage
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something illusory, without substance, or without a basis iin reality; an illusion
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mirage
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syn. optical illusion
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morass
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a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand
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morass
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syn. bog
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morass
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syn. quagmire
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morass
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ant. solid ground
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morass
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ant. bedrock
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morass
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ant. terra firma
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noisome
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offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious
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noisome
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syn. fetid
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noisome
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syn. noxious
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noisome
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syn. vile
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noisome
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syn. loathsome
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noisome
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ant. wholesome
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noisome
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ant. pleasant
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noisome
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ant. sweet-smelling
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oblivious
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forgetful; unaware
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oblivious
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syn. insensible
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oblivious
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ant. aware
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oblivious
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ant. midful
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oblivious
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ant. cognizant
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oblivious
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alert
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poltroon
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a base coward
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poltroon
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syn. craven
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poltroon
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syn. dastard
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poltroon
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syn. "chicken"
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poltroon
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ant. hero
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poltroon
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ant. stalwart
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poltroon
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ant. gallant
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proselyte
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a convert; a disciple
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proselyte
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syn. novice
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proselyte
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syn. neophyte
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proselyte
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ant. master
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proselyte
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ant. teacher
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proselyte
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ant. guide
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proselyte
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ant. guru
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quasi
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resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely
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quasi
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syn. kind of
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quasi
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syn. semi-
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quasi
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syn. as if
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quasi
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ant. totally
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quasi
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ant. completely
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quasi
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ant. actually
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quasi
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ant. in fact
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raillery
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good-humored ridicule; teasing
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raillery
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syn. banter
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raillery
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syn. persiflage
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ribald
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irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language
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ribald
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syn. bawdy
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ribald
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syn. risque
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ribald
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ant. seemly
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ribald
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ant. proper
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ribald
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ant. decorous
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supine
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lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive
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supine
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syn. prone
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supine
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syn. prostrate
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supine
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syn. inert
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supine
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ant. upright
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supine
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ant. erect
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supine
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ant. perpendicular
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supine
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ant. vertical
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vignette
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a short description or sketch; a picture or illustration with edges that gradually shade off; a decorative design on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter
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vignette
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syn. thumbnail sketch
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vignette
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syn. anecdote
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vignette
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ant. epic
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vignette
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ant. full-length treatment
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