Vocab3

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edification

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1. an act of edifying.
2. the state of being edified; uplift.
3. moral improvement or guidance.
edify: to instruct or benefit, esp. morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.

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scrupulous

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1. having scruples; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled.
2. punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact: a scrupulous performance.

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impermeable

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–adjective 1. not permeable; impassable.
2. Chemistry, Geology. (of porous substances, rocks, etc.) not permitting the passage of a fluid through the pores, interstices, etc.

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choleric

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1. extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible: a choleric disposition.
2. Obsolete. a. bilious.
b. causing biliousness.

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solicitude

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1. the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
2. solicitudes, causes of anxiety or care.
3. an attitude expressing excessive attentiveness: to show great solicitude about his wife's health.

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monotony

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1. wearisome uniformity or lack of variety, as in occupation or scenery.
2. the continuance of an unvarying sound; monotone.
3. sameness of tone or pitch, as in speaking.

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unfeigned

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not feigned; sincere; genuine.

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feigned

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1. pretended; sham; counterfeit: feigned enthusiasm.
2. assumed; fictitious: a feigned name.
3. disguised: a feigned voice.

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abnegation

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1. to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject; renounce.
2. to relinquish; give up.

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ethereal

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1. light, airy, or tenuous: an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination.
2. extremely delicate or refined: ethereal beauty.
3. heavenly or celestial: gone to his ethereal home.
4. of or pertaining to the upper regions of space.
5. Chemistry. pertaining to, containing, or resembling ethyl ether.

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intrepidity

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resolutely fearless; dauntless: an intrepid explorer.

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inexorable

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1. unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
2. not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties: an inexorable creditor.

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filial

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1. of, pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter: filial obedience.
2. noting or having the relation of a child to a parent.
3. Genetics. pertaining to the sequence of generations following the parental generation, each generation being designated by an F followed by a subscript number indicating its place in the sequence.

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opulence

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1. wealth, riches, or affluence.
2. abundance, as of resources or goods; plenty.
3. the state of being opulent.

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squalor

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the condition of being squalid; filth and misery.