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Apotheosis |
The elevation of a person to a divine rank or status; the glorification of a person as an ideal; a glorified ideal |
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Bauble |
A small, showy ornament of little value or use |
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Beguile |
To mislead or decieve; to cheat; to divert; to cause to vanish |
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Complement |
Something that completes a whole; the quantity or number needed to complete a whole; the full number or allowance; To complete |
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Contumacious |
Obstinately or willfully disobedient; openly rebellious |
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Disingenuous |
Lacking in sincerity or candor |
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Faux pas |
A slip in manners or conduct; a social blunder |
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Fulminate |
To denounce or condemn vehemently; to explode, detonate |
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Hauteur |
Haughtiness of bearing or attitude |
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Opportunist |
One who makes a practice of taking advantage of circumstances to further his or her own self-interest, regardless of principles or untimate consequences |
