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interlocutor
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person engaging in conversation, middle of minstrel show, talking to others
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coquette
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a seductive woman who uss sex appeal to exploit men
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sangfroid
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indifference, calmness, peace of mind, self control
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gauche
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graceless, unpoloshed, crude, tactless
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panoptic
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including everything visible, in view
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dissever
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separate into parts, divide
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pernicius
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exceedingly harmful
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diurnul
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active during the day
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efflorescent
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bursting into flower
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effervescent
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sparkling, marked by high spirits or excitement, bubbly
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aberation
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state/condition different from norm, distortion, disorder
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hermetic
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completely sealed, air tight
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pithly
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concise
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sardonic
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scornful, mocking, sardonic laughter
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filigree
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delicate, intricate ornamentation
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evanescent
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tending to vanish like vapor
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innocuous
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not injurious to physical/mental health, not causing dissaproval
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impertinence
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imprudent, rude, taking liberties, gall
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quixotic
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not sensible about practical matters
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verisimillitude
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an appearance of truth, seeming true
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humunculus
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tiny person, dwarf, small person within sperm
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malfeascance
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wrongful conduct of public official
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eidetic
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exceptionally vivid recall, common in children
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imbroglio
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a confused heap, a misunderstanding of complex, bitter nature between states/persons
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graticule
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grid
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paradigmatic
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general conception
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excision
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removal of something formal
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simulacrum
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slight, unreal, superficial likeness
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labile
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apt, liely to change
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conflation
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fusing items into onem fusion, amalgamation
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maniscus
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crescent or half moon shaped
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tabulaw rasae
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undisturbed in original state, mind unaffected by experiences
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polyvalent
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vaccine effective against several strains of same disease
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latent
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potenitally existing but not presently visible
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ocular
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resembling the eye, relating to sight
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wandersmänn
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wanderer
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valorization
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giving arbitrary value
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variegated
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having variety of colours
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laconic
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breif, to the point, short, curt
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inchoate
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partly in existence, imperfectly formed
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undergrid
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lend moral support to, secure from underneath
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synaesthetic
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involving more than one sense
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cadastral
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cadastre, non topography map, shows relations, distance between estates
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elegaic
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elegy, expressing sorrow, lament
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wont
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custom, habit
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oysgebutshet un oysgenutshet
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exhausted and exhausted
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furcate
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forked, form a branch
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prudish
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exceedingly proper
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bandy
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back and forth, give and take, exchange
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internecine
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mutually destructive, characterized by great slaughter, deadly
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daft
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silly, foolish
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paramour
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lover in adulturous relationship
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analysand
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person undergoing psychoanalysis
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obdurate
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unmoved by persuasion, stubborn, unyielding
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chimera
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grotesque monster, creature of imagination
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sardonic
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scornful, mocking, disdainful
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tenous
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thin, slender, thread-like, lacking reasoning, unsubstantial
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halcyon
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calm, peace, tranquil, rich, happy, joyful
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acrid
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bitterly pungent, irritating to eyes, nose
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tinctured
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a slight infusion (of education etc.), a mix of alcohol
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capacious
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scpacious, roomy
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sonorous
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loud, deep, rich sound
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ardour
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great warmth, intense love, strong eagerness
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ineffable
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incapable of being described, not spoken of because of holiness
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deference
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respect, courteous regard
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faience
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fine pottery
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opprobrium
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disgrace, reproach from outrageous, shameful conduct, infamy
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animadversion
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harsh criticism, strong disapproval
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obsequious
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fawning attentiveness
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nebekh
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poor thing
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obfuscate
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confuse, bewilder, stupify, obscure
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petrescence
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change into stone, petrification
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abjectly
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sunk to low condition, cast down, poverty
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obstinate
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firmly adhearing to one's opinion, inflexible persistence
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insensate
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inanimate, without human feeling, understanding
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vaccilate
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to waver in opinion, fluctuate, oscillate
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in dred
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gone away
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diluvial
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produced by flood
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crudity
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raw, natural state, uncultured simplicity, unrefined
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nakh a tshaynick
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knock a teakettle, pointless talk
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yowl
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bellowing, hollering, shrieks
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titillating
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to excite, arouse superficial excitement
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moyshe nopl
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a nobody
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baleful
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menacing or malign influences, harmful, wicked, pernicious, detrimental
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imprudent
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offensive, effrontery, impertinent
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mendacious
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telling lies, habitually dishonest
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ardent
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passionate, fervent, fierce
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discombobulating
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to confuse, upset, frustrate, throw in a state of confusion
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expatiate
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to write or speak at length
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anachronistic
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out of proper chronological order
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a dink dir in pupik
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thanks for nothing
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perdition
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final spiritual ruin, hell
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indelible
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connot be erased, forgotten
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vagary
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unpredictable, erratic action, whimsical, wild or unusual idea
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apoplexy
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sudden loss of body function because of rupture of blood vessel
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avail
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use, value, profit from
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deportment
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conduct, behavior
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prodigal
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wasteful extravegance, lavishly abundant
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susurrant
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softly murmuring, whispering
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prandial
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pertaining to a meal, esp. dinner
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torpid
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slow, apathetic, lethargic, inert, dormant
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moire
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silk fabric
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poyer
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peasent, thick skull
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takhles
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real purpose of life
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maudlin
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foolishly sentimental, esp. because of drunkness
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impish
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mischevous
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obsequious
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obedient, deference
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fir zikh vi a yid
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act like a jew
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sepulcher
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a burial vault
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fawn
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servile flattery
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insalubrious
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unfavorable to health, unwholesome
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circumspect
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cautious, well considered, watchful and discrete
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dithyramb
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wildly enthusiastic speech, writing
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peroration
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long speech characterised by lofty and often pompous language
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plaintive
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mournful, sorrowful
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fustian
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pompus, ranting, pretentious
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bombast
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inflated, pretentious language
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unctuous
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exceedingly smooth, suave, oily
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sycophant
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a servile self seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people
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adumbrate
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faint image, foreshadow, conceal partiall, outline
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effulgence
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radiant
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lucidity
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easily understood, clear, rational
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invective
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violent denunciation, reproach, accusation
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equivocal
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alolwing possibility of several meanings, double interpretation, doubtful nature
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fatuous
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inanely foolish, unintelligent
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apathy
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lacking enthusiasm, absence of emotion
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presumptuously
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bold, audacious, impertinent
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melekh
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king
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parapet
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defensive or protective wall
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alacrity
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cheerful readiness
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bobe moyse
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old wives tale, ********
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faubourg
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suburb in a french city
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gourmand
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fond of eating, often indiscriminantly, glutton
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vos makht a yid
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how are you (to a male jew)
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cloaca
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waste pipe that carries away sewage
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cursory
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performed with haste, scant attention to detail
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kibitzer
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someone who offers meddlesome advice
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verminous
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resembling vermin, infested
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parturition
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giving birth, brought forth
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vox populi
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public opinion, voice of the people
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fusty
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stale smell, moldy
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charnel
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deathlike, a repository of dead bodies
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jocularity
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given to joking, good humour
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transmuting
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to change from one form to another
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yiddishn
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turn someone into a jew
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nebulous
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lacking definite form
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yingle
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boy
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apologia
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a formal writtend defense of something you believe in strongly OR chit chat, shooting the breeze
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confabulated
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unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
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pecuniary
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monetary
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fugue
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dreamlike psychological state -- person forgets who they are, becomes another person until state is over, which person does not remember
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly resistant to authority or control
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diachronic
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study of language as it changes through time
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specie
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coins, collectively
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fount
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font/typeface OR fountain
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élan
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strong eagerness/zeal for person/cause OR stylish elegance/dashing OR vigor (performance of great elan, religious zeal
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munificent
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liberal in giving, bestowing, lavish
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blasé
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sophistication, wordly traveler OR nonchalantly unconcerned (blasé about cleanliness, been there, done that)
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myopic
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nearsighted, lacking forsight
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leitmotif
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music/phrase when person reappears, in Wagner's operas
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a priori
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derived by logic w/o facts, hypothesis, theory rather than expirament
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ontology
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world view, metaphysical study of being and existence
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peripatetic
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person who walks from place to place, follower of Aristotle
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temerity
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fearlessd daring, audacity
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doggerel
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silly, comic verse, jingle
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adipose
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composed of animal fat
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effusion
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unrestrained emotion, gush, outburst, flow under pressure (water, blood)
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solecism
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socially awkward or tactless act, faux pas, gaffe
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horror vacui
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fear of blank page
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hackney
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carraige for hire, coach
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lugubrious
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excessively mournful
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diadem
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ornamental headress of sovereign
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ex-libris
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ex (husban or wife), out of fashion
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putative
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accepted as truth on inconclusive evidene
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sobriquet
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familiar name for a person, nickname
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enmity
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deep-seated ill will, hostility
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grandiloquent
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lofty, in style, puffed up with vanity, pompous
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rapacious
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living by preying on other animals, predatory
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outré
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grossly unconventional, unusual, bizarre, eccentroc combination of styles, outlandish
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billet
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to quarter or place in lodgings (via ticket)
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extempore
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with little or no preparation or forethought, ad-lib
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pulmunary
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relating to or affecting the lungs
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falderal
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nonesense, foolish talk
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parvenu
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nouveau-rich, has risen in class but lacks social skills for acceptance
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frisson
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pleasurable sensation of fright, shiver, chill
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gossamer
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gauze fabric with very fine texture, filament from spider web, characterized by unusual lightness or delicacy
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imperious
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arrogant superiority, disdain for those viewed as unworthy
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tenterhook
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holds cloth for stretching or drying
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goniff
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a thief, swindler, crook
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longue durée
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chronicles slowly evolving time, geological time
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chartreuse
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clear light with yellowish tinge
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omne scibile
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all that can be known
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panopticon
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all parts of a building visible from a single point
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vernal
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in/of the spring, youthful, vernal sunshine, vernal migration
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stigmata
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mark of disgrace
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ludic
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playful in aimless way
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venal
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open to bribery, capable of betraying honor, corruptable
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genuflect
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to bend at the knee, servile
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ex cathedra
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with authority derived from one's position or office
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biophilia
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appreciation for life and the living world
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salutary
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favorable to health, wholesome
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pochoir
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stencil
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animus
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feeling of animosity, ill will
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innervate
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to stimulate nerve/muscle/body part to action
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Luddite
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opposed to mechanization/industrialization
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cadastre
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a public survey, map of value, extent and ownership of land for taxation
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ballyhoo
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noisy shouting, uproar, blatant advertising
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idiographic
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concerned with unique facts or events... study of individuals
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nomothetic
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abstract universal principles
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hermeneutic
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interpretive
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bravado
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defiant, swaggering, false show of bravery, courage
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non-sequitor
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conclusion/statement that does not logically follow evidence
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quiescent
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being quiet, still, at rest, inactive
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sclerotic
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hardened, sclerosis
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imprimatur
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sanction, approval
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toponym
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place name
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fata morgana
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mirage consisting of multiple images that are distorted to resemble elaborate castles, something beyond reach
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aquiline
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curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
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plectrum
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a pluck, to pluck strings on an instrument
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puerile
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immature, childish, silly, trivial
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diachronic
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concerned with phenomenon as they change over time
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parole
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act of speaking
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gratuitous
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unearned
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synecdochic
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using name or part of a whole or name of part for the whole-- "hand" for "worker" or "steal" for "sword"
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asyndeton
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figure of speech: omission of conjunction, no "and" or "or" as in "vini, vidi, vici" +
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staccato
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composed of abrupt, disconnected parts of sounds
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hypostatize
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ascribe material existence to.
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immutable
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unchangeable
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reify
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to treat abstraction as if real
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baksheesh
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a bribe, gratuity to expedite service
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blandishment
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to coax by flattery, to pursuade, encourage
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stevedore
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a person who loads or unloads a ship, dockworker
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chumak (y)
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A Ukranian class of traders before railroads, kept goods in salt and traded between Moscow, Cossacks, Crimea, Poland, Lithuania
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Panopy
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armorment, all equipment of warriors except weapons
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arrivisme
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unscrupulous ambition
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scruples
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hesitation because of principle, conscious
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patois
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regional dialect, a creole, jargon
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brogue
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irish accent
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mshchane (y)
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petty bourgeois, below gentry/merchants and above workers/peasants
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risorgimento
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liberation and political unification of Italy between 1750 and 1870
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tocsin
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a bell used to sound an alarm, a warning, omen
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laissez-aller
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lack of contraint, freedon, "let go"
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élan
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distinctive style, flair, enthusiastic vigor
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coruscate
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sparkle, glitter, emit flashes of light, scintillate
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ducal
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of or relating to duke/duchy
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scumbling
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to blur the outlines, soften colour of outlines in paintings (by rubbing). "scumbled the line between history or fiction."
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sfumato
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softening/blurring of boundaries by subtle/gradual blending of one tone into another
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schadenfreude
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pleasure derived from the misfortune of others
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apocryphal
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of questionable authenticity, erroneous, fictitious
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argot
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specialized vocabulary used by group (thieve's argot), dialect
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kraevedeniye (r)
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combination of local history, stories and antiquarianism
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patria
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homeland
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vernal
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relating to/characteristic of spring, fresh and young, beautiful
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assiduous
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constant, diligent, persistent
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reverie
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daydream
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abscond
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to leave quickly and secretely and hide, run away secretely, to avoid prosecution
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guileless
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honest, fair, naive, genuine
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curate
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christianity: clergyman
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Tyrolean
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alps area between austria and italy, area that switched hands many times
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tacit
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not spoken, implied, infered
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Jovian
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of jupiter, jovian moon
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extremophile
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organisms that exist in extreme locations (eg superhot, radiation)
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regolith
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surface soil
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panspermia
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theory that life exists throughout universe and is disseminated by meteorites and asteroids
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anaerobes
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organisms that do not use oxygen, thought to be first organism on earth
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vertiginous
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revolving, vertigo, dizzy, unstable
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piezophiles
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pressure loving bacteria
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xerophiles
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dryness loving bacteria
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excutcheon
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ornamental shield with coat of arms
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heraldry
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pomp and ceremony, pagaentry, insignia
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lecherous
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arousing sexual desire, lustful, raunchy
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transuranic
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non-existent in nature
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fantods
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a state of nervous irritability
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tautological
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redundancy, "true fact," "free gift"
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a fortiori
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with greater reason: "If britian can't afford a space program then a fortiori neither can india."
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herlequinade
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clownidh behavior, tomfoolery
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bricolage
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something put together with whatever materials happen to be around
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sedulously
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constant in effort, busy
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elide
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to cut short, cross out when writing, to take out
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doss
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to go to bed, especially in crude/makeshift bed, to 'crash' in a convenient place
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barbette
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an earth mound in a fort from which guns could fire over the top
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cartouche
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an ornamental scroll in architecture, cartridge
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littoral
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a coastal region, a shore
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anthropomorphic
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attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects
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patina
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a thin greenish layeron bronze because of corrosion, surface sheen, a change of appearance because of use
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bestiary
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a medieval fable ment to teach moral, characters usually real/imaginary animals w. allegory and commentary
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Ruinenlust
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lust for destruction/devestation
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salable
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suitable for sale/marketable
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socle
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a plain square block/plinth supporting statue/wall
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odalisque
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concubine in harem
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rebus
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a puzzle in which pictures represent words/syllable, [can] U C [well]
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corpus delicti
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the body of evidence, material evidence, a corpse
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tenebrous
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dark and gloomy
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jejune
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not interesting, dull, simple, naive, unsophisticated, unsubstantial, lack of maturity, juvenile, silly
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propaedeutic
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prepatory, introduction
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terrain vague
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abandoned areas, obsolete and unproductive, spaces usually without limits
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metonymic
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name of one thing for another, figurative "sword" > "soldier"
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palardtra
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public place for training for athletes in ancient greece
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surveils
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keep under surveillance
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desuetude
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disuse, inactive
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carillon
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bells in tower played on keyboard w. fists
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topos
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traditional theme, motif "boy gets girl"
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augur
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seer, prophet, soothsayer, to predict becauseof signs/omens
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chaparral
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dense thicket of shrubs/small trees
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conurbation
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a metropolitan area, dense urban area surrounded by smaller cities
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camera obscura
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darkened chamber in which outside images are projected onto wall
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penumbral
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partial shadow (as in eclipse, between full shadow and light), area in which something uncertainly exists, outlying area
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phantasmagoria
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a fantastic sequence of images, as seen in fever, images that blend, change size as in a dream
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peripatetic
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walking, travelling on foot, itenarent
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chiffon
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sheer silk fabric, ornamental ribbons or laces
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gnomic
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containg aphorisms, "know thyself"
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Schmatte zamler
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Jewish used clothes saleman
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riposte
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a return thrust, a quick retort
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buckram
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a stiff fabric in book binding, rigidly formal
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burgher
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middle class, mercantile class in medieval city
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portcullis
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iron gate, suspended in gateway of fortification
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sedulous
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dilligent, care and persistent effort
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inchoate
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early stage, imperfectly formed or developed, just beginning
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vitrine
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museum display case
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interstitial
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a space, especially small or (interstice) narrow, between things/parts minute opening, crevasse
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episteme
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total knowledge available, cognition, everything from perception/learning/reasoning
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Simpatia
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Brazil's rituals to cure diseases, get husbands etc...
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polyvalent
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containing several antibodies "polyvalent vaccine"
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antebellum
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belonging to period before war, esp. civil war
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rara avis
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curiosities, unusual, uncommon person or thing
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Manichean
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doctrine of dualism, conflict between good and evil, blending of different religions, aesthetic, heretical
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coda
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conclusion, closing point
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lumpen
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dispossessed, people (usually intellectuals) cut of from relations, vagabond
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tympany
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inflated manner, bombast (arcaic word)
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belpaesaggio
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beautiful landscape/scenery
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Studium
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Barthes' "field," photography theory
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Punctum
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Pierces the field, of memory
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en soi
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in itself, from Sartre's "être in soi:" being in itself=inanimate things vs. "être pour soi:" being with emotion, abstract
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gewollte
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intended
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specular
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resembling/produced by mirror, mirror like surface if a lake, 'specular metal'
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pevipetein
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a sudden change of events or reversal of circumstances, unexpected, surprise
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abgrund
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deep abyss, prevarious and risky situation
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prosopopeia
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absent/imagenary person is represented as speaking, personification
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leitmotif
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dominant, recurring theme
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totemic
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venerated emblem, symbol of ancestral/guardian
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volonté de memoire
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memorization, witness, memory of presence, repeatable
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lieu de memoire
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place, sacred ground (locus) water towers?
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milieux de memoire
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social space, stories, interactions
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'faute demieux'
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for lack of anything better
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occidental
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western
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Nachträglich
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a burden, a grudge and also a bridge between two mental landscapes
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somatic
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corporeal or physical, relating to human body as separate from the mind
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haptic
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relating to touch, tactile
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'damnation memoriae'
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damning, forgetting memory, iconoclasm
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elide
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to eliminate or leave out, omit or slur a syllable
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panegyric
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formal speech of praise, approval, congratulations
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munificence
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great generosity, magnanimity, largess
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parlous
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perilous, dangerous, unsafe situation "parlous waters"
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prelate
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high ranking member of the clergy, senior clergy
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ineluctably
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inevitable, inescapably "ineluctably disasterous"
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raktaranjit itihas (indian word)
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a history covered in blood
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epigraphy
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deciphering and interpreting of ancient inscriptions, study of ancient forms of writing, epigraphy of palimpsest
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numismatics
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collecting and study of money
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confraternity
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an association of people united in common purpose/profession, brotherhood bound by purpose
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blazon
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heraldry, describe/depict coat of arms, ostentatious display
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stereobate
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foundation of building on a platform of masonry
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inculcate
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instill, repetitive inscription, indoctrinate
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acculturation
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1. modification of culture/group by contact with different culture, adoption of behaviors of surrounding culture 2. all the knowledge/values/memes shared by society 3. assimilation
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polemic
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controversy, dispute
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quarto
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page size obtained by folding a whole sheet into four leaves, a book that size
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encomium
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warm, glowing praise, a tribute
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presentist
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someone who believes prophecies of Apocalypse are beong fulfilled presently
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vanitas
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'emptiness' in lain, loosly meaning meaningless of earthly life and transient nature of vanity
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sensate
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perceived by the senses, sentient, animate
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memento mori
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latin for 'remember your mortality' or 'remember you will die'
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axiomatic
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self evident, no proof needed
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catalepsy
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state of prolonged rigid posture, muscular rigidity occurs from epilipsy or hypnosis
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palliative
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relieving without curing
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pallinate
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to lessen the severity of pain w/o curing, to cause offence to be less serious by hiding evidence
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thanatology
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study of death and surrounding circumstances
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sub rosa
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in secret "under the rose" symbol of secrecy
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decurous
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dignified in conduct, manners, appearance, propriety
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realangst
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freud: anxiety in the face of real danger, realistic fear
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myopia
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lack of foresight, narrow-mindedness
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narthex
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rectangular entrance hall between porch and nave of church
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reliquaries
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receptacle for keeping relics
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immutable
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unchangeable, changeless
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matériel
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arms, ammunition and equipment in general
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baldacchino
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permanent ornamental canopy, as above alter/throne, silk brocade (richly decorated fabric)
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basso relievo
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sculpting in 'relief' and making it slightly 3D
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gladius
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short sword used in ancient rome by legionaries
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jingoistic
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chauvanistic, ultranationalist, flag-waving
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chattel
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movable personal property, such as furniture, animals, slaves... not land or house
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scopophilia
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the love of looking, obtaining sexual pleasure by looking at erotic photos, naked people
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metastatis
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a rapid transition, from one subject to another, a change
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bawdier
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indecent, lewd, obscene, coarse talk or writing
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excoriate
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denounce or berate severely, to strip off or remove skin
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accrual
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collected, added
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specious
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superficially pleasing, pleasing to the eye but deceptive, misleading
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tyro
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a novice, a beginner, neophyte
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res externa
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the physical stuff that fills the body, including the brain
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res cogitans
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the non-physical stuff of thinking
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aphasia
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language defecit (cognitive), loss of previous ability to speak/understand speech
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vesicle
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a small sack or cyst, filled with fluid in biology
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a priori
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knowledge independent from experience
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psychosomatic
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induced by unconscious conflicts
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psychogeography
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the study of the environment, conscious or not, of the emotions and behaviour of individuals
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détournement (fr)
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diversion, turning expressions of capatitalism and the media against itself, subversion
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derivé (fr)
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drift, spontaneous exploration if urban landscapes guided by instincts
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urbanism unitaire (fr)
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unitary urbanismm unification of space, architecture, social and physical body, rejection of functionalism and detachedm compartmentalized art
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carrefour (fr)
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french for 'crossroads'
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dépayse (fr)
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french for 'out of place'
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Gesamtkunstwerk (gr)
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total work of art, involvement in every aspect of design, music, aesthetics
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ludic
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playful in an aimless way, ludic behaviour of kittens
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phalanstery
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type of building designed for utopian purposes, central part and two lateral wings used in Corbusier's 'Unite d'habitation', a self contained commune in Marsaille
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imbrication
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an overlapping, such as tiles or shingles, to decorate with a repeating pattern
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poésie fait our tous
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"poetry made for all"
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pathognomic
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indicative, characteristic of particular disease
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Volkerwanderung
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migration period, germanic tribal movements in late antiquity
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merasmus
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progressive wasting of body, especially occuring in malnutritioned children, emaciating
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purulent
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causing pus
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dernier cri
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the latest thing, the newest fashion
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habiliments
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professional or ceremonial crothing
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diachronic
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concerned w. phenomena, such as linguistics, as they change through time. study of language through time.
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remascent
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coming again into being, showing renewed growth or vigor
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Vergangenheitsbewaltigung (gr)
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german for 'working through the past'
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Denkal-Arbeit
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collective and individual in memory, or rememory. total memory.
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tendenzwende
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German for change of direction, turning point
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heuristically
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using a speculation as a guide, educational method emphasising learning through discovery by student
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Sehnsucht
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German: longing/yearning, pining
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Aha-Erlebuis
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German: sudden insight, literally "aha experience"
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Fremdkörper
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foriegn, alien element
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huminosity
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supernatural, sublime, mysterious, 'a numinous place' divine, holy
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numen
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mystery, religious/spiritual
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diminuendo
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to diminish, esp. in music
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subaltern
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junior officer, subordinate
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epiphenomenal
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the view that consciousness is only after affect of physical process in the brain
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catafalque
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a raised and decorated platform on top of which is placed the coffin of distinguished person lying in state
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de riguer
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strictly required by the current fashion or etiquette
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ingénue
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unsophisticated girl/young women, girl who is naive and lacking understanding of life
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chora
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can mean countryside surrounding polis, from derrida: it is a space, location, site but also associated with femininity, femenist alternative to flâneur
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ferme orneé
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ornamental farm in english garden history in 18th century w. romantic movement; working farm w. ornamentations, follies, statues etc.
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unheimlich
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german for 'uncanny,' as in germany w/o jews
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protean
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variable or continually changing in nature, appearance or behaviour, showing variety, diversity
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gravid
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carrying young or eggs
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telos
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end, terminal
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coeval
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having the same age or date of origin (birthday)
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renavatio
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restoration, attempt to recreate an older world (rome)
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apogee
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The point at which the moon or satellite is the farthest from earth, the greatest point
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teleological
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the study of ultimate causes in relation to their ends, teleological argument: argument for god's existence from the existence of order and law in the universe
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thaumaturgical
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the performance of miracles or magic
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mises en abîme
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french, 'placed into abyss,' standing between two mirrors, an image contains a smaller copy of itself into infinity
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arabesque
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ornate design or ornate melody, intricate, delicate
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realia
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things in themselves, and in their immediate reality
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Brobdignagian
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anything of collosal size. from Gulliver's Travels, a fictional land
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Lilliputian
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anything tiny, from Gulliver's travels
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Gordian knot
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impossible knot, solved by cutting (thinking 'outside the box'), Alexander the Great cut the knot, 'Alexandrian solution'
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a fortioti
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with greater reason, for a more certain reason. "If you are wrong then, a fortiori, so am i."
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overmorrow
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the day after tomorrow
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madrugada (brazillian portugues)
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the time after midnight and before dawn, a time when everything is hushed and still
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Sirvavigadas (hungarian)
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weeping-feasting, having a great time wallowing in misery
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Verschlimmbesserung (german)
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an intended improvement that has actually made things worse
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uauo'a (hawai'in)
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distant sound, as of blended noises
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Frendschämen (german)
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kinder version of schadenfreude, 'vicarious embarrasement,' embarrased for/w someone
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Synesthesia
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simulaiton of one's sense leads to automatic, involuntary association w. another sense. colour association w. numbers, emotions etc., e.g. blindess and hearing.
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déclassé
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lower class, inferior rank/prestige, reduced or fallen status/position
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Fourth Estate
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a societal/political force not officially recognized by the state, refers to the press or journalism
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petrichor
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smell of rain (in the summer)
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sybaritic
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loving luxury or sensous pleasure, also, sybaritical
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gumption
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aggressiveness, courage, guts, shrewdness
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taxonomic bias
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fossils that are easy to identify and are therefore assumed to have had a much larger population
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peccadillo
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a small, relatively unimportant offense or sin, usually sexual in nature
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tenebrous
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dark, shadowy, obscure, murky, hard to understand
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in vivo
|
biological process occuring within a living organism or natural setting
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in vitro
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a biological process made to occur in a laboratory or contained experiment
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sine qua non
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something essential, indispensable
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cassettes
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1. cartridge, 'little box 2. the injection of genes from one species into fertilized egg of another species
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covalent
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the number of electron pairs can share with other atoms, a strict bond, covalent bond
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etiology
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the study of causes, causality, such as diseases
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infantile amnesia
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inaccessability of pre-verbal, early childhood memory
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altrical
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requiting parental care for some time after birth (mammals, birds)
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passéiste
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backward-looking
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abattoir
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a slaughterhouse, butchery
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premiate
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to grant a prize or award to
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heterotopic
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abnormal displacement of a bodily organ or part. Foucault: 'heterotopia' places of otherness, non-hegemonic, neither here nor there, physcal or mental, 'the space of a phone call'
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landschaft
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working mileau
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fait accompli
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an accomplished fact, a thing already done
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sui generis
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unique, of it's own kind
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lineament
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distinguished features, distinctive characteristics, facial outline
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astral
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stellar, star shaped, emanating from or relating to the stars
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Entortung
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uprootedness, mapped by Georg Simmel in "The Metropolis and Mental Life" < read
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paraphernalia
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personal belongings, equipment
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agglutinate
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to clump or cause to clump, united as by glue
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priapic
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suggestive of a phallus
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bantam
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a small, fiesty or quarrelsome person, miniature, petitie, lilliputian
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soughing
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to make a rushing or murmuring sound, whining, a sigh or a deep breath
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coxa
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the joint of the hip, technical name for the hip bone
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praxis
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convention, habit or custom, practice
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Communitas
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a sense of sharing and intimacy that develops among persons who experience liminality as a group *
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Lacuna
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a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, one of numerous minute cavities in substance or bone, blank or missing portion
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manna
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any sudden or unexpected help, divine or spiritual food, miracle aid
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anthropomorhic
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projecting our emotions or bahaviour onto an animal
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fungible
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exchangeable
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augur
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to portend, bide, foreshadow
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augurer
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shaman, interpretor of signs
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piebald
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spotted or patched, esp. in black and white, piebald animal, esp. a horse
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entrepôt
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an intemediary center of trade, a warehouse, a commercial center where goods are received for redistribution, repackaging
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hierophant
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in interpreter of sacred mysteries, an person who explains esoteric mysteries
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land-schappen
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'landscape' in Dutch
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eunomy
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equal law, well adjusted constitution of government
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landschaften
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'landscape' in German
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isonomic
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equality of political rights
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malediction
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a curse, damning, the utterance of a curse
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ingénue
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an innicent or unsophisticated young women, naive
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hoi polloi
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ordinary people, people who are not rich
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avuncular
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resembling an uncle, friendly, helpful, 'avuncular affection'
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padrone
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a master, boss, an employer, esp. of immigrant laborers, provides communal housing and controls pay exploiting the workers
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autochthonous
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aboriginal, indigenous. psychology: actions or ideas that arise independently of the individual's own thoughts and seem instead to have some alien or external origin as their source.
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thermae
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hot baths abd springs, public bathing establishment of the ancient greeks
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flaccid
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soft, limp, lacking force
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sedulous
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diligent in application or attention, constant, untiring, tireless
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stylobate
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foundation of colonnade, column support
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atelier
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a workshop or studio, esp. of artisan, artist or design
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exigent
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require immediate action, urgent
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Herrenvolk
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German, 'master race,' considering as superior to others and justified in conquering them, WWII
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physiognomy
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the face or contenance, art of determing character from the form of features of the body, esp. face, insight into character from outward appearance
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carapace
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the thick hard shield, made of bone, esp. in crabs, turtles, hard outer covering
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demiurge
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in Gnostic philosophy, the creator of the universe, , but subirdinate to the Supreme Being
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polemic
|
controversial argument or doctrine, an argument or dispute
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canard
|
false or baseless, a false report or hoax
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pede claudo
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'punishment comes limping,' meaning retribution comes slowly but surely
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slatternly
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slovenly and untidy, esp. girl, slut, slattern
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haggard
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gaunt, wasted or exhausted appearance, emaciated, hollow-eyed
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baize
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woollen fabric resembling felt, esp. ontop of billiard tables
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troglodyte
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prehistoric cave dweller, primitive, brutal character, living in seclusion, appearing eccentric
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farrago
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a confused mixture, hodgepodge, medley
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dability
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a weakened or enfeebled state, disability, mental or physical handicap
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festschrift
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a volume of articles, essays contributed by many authors in honour of a colleague, published on the occasion of retirement or anniversary
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sedality
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a fellowship, comradeship, an assoication or society, fraternity
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apothegm
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a short, pithy, instructive saying, a terse remark, a short cryptic remark with accepted truth, maxim
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prig
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a person who is smugly self-righteous and narrow-minded
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hagiography
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a biography that praises someone, a worshipful or idealized biography
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font
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the beginning, a spring... the font of...
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esprit de corps
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feeling of loyalty, enthusiasm and devotion, morale
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