Vocab

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acrimonious

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(adj.) resentful and angry. full of or displaying anger and resentment

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aesthete

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(noun.) Lover of beauty. somebody who has or affects a highly developed appreciation of beauty, especially in the arts

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agnostic

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(noun) 1. somebody denying God's existence is provable. somebody who believes that it is impossible to know whether or not God exists2. somebody denying something is knowable. somebody who doubts that a question has one correct answer or that something can be completely understood

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apostatize

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(intransitive verb) renounce faith. To renounce a religious faith, a political party, a set of principles, or a moral allegiance

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cloistral

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of, relating to, or suggestive of a cloister-1 a: a monastic establishment b: an area within a monastery or convent to which the religious are normally restricted c: monastic life d: a place or state of seclusion
2: a covered passage on the side of a court usually having one side walled and the other an open arcade or colonnade

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contrite

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1. repentant. Deeply sorry for having behaved wrongly. 2. Arising from sense of guilt. Done or said out of a sense of guilt or remorse

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crapulous

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(adj) regularly overindulging in food or alcohol

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ebullient

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1. Lively and enthusiastic. 2. Boiling or bubbling vigorously

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facetious

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(adj) intended to be funny but often silly or inappropriate

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hector

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(noun) mythological Trojan hero. (verb) speak in an intimidating way

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imperious

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(adj) haughty and domineering

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internecine

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(adj) 1. Involving conflict within group 2. Mutually destructive

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obdurate

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(adj) 1. Stubborn 2. Hard-hearted

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lubricity

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(noun) lewdness, behavior that is obscene or unchaste

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matriculation

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(verb) 1. Admit somebody as a student 2. To be enrolled as a student

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nugatory

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(adj) 1. Trivial 2. Not valid

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pastiche

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(noun) 1. a piece of creative work, e.g. in literature, drama, or art, that is a mixture of things borrowed from other works (mixture) 2. a piece of creative work, e.g. in literature, drama, or art, that imitates and often satirizes another work or style (imitative work)

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permutation

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18. permutation: (noun) 1. Transformation 2. Arrangement 3. Rearranging 4. Order of mathematical elements

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petulant

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(adj) sulky

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poppet

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(noun) support for ship; used as term of endearment

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precocity

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(noun) mentally advanced for age; blossoming or ripening early

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preposterous

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(adj) outrageous or absurd

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proletarian

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(adj) of working class; (noun) worker; industrial wage-earner; impoverished ancient Roman

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propitious

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(adj) favorable, kindly

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profligacy

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(noun) somebody wasteful, low morals

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pullulate

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(verb) teem; germinate; breed

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putative

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(adj) generally accepted; thought to exist

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rectitude

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(noun) righteousness; correctness; straightness

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retinue

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(noun) a group of people who travel with and attend an important person

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remonstrance

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(noun) argument; formal protest

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repugnant

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(adj) offensive; revolting, making somebody feel physically repelled

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sobriquet

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(noun) nickname

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sophistry

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(noun) a method of argumentation that seems clever but is actually flawed or dishonest

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triptych

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(noun) work of art in three pieces; 3 connected writing tablets