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euthanasia
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mercy killing
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She was opposed to euthanasia on moral grounds.
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ineffable
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inexpressible
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His overwhelming love for her was ineffable.
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expedite
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hasten
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Please expedite this matter, as time is short.
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expatiate
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to elaborate
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He loved expatiating on his deeds of valor.
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hagiography
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saint's biography
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The biography is too flattering; it's a hagiography.
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mirabile dictu
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wonderful to say
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He was, mirabile dictu, still alive after the fall.
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mellifluous
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honeyed
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Read the poet's mellifluous language.
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patronize
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condescend to
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He resented their patrician, patronizing attitude.
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autochthonous
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native
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Alexander honored the country's autochthonous inhabitants.
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inter alia
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among other things
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One the raft there were, inter alia, seven ducks.
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bellicose
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warlike
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The bellicose barbarian tribes in Gaul feuded constantly.
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anthropomorphic
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man-shaped
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The Greek gods were anthropomorphic.
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malediction
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a curse
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We heard the convict's muttered malediction.
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xenophobia
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fear of foreigners
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The xenophobic public hated the immigrant.
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specious
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false
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The specious argument looked to be true, but it wasn't.
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