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Ad hominem
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a statement directed at a person rather than the position they stand for.
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Adage
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a proverb or short statement expressing general truth. The old adage is true.
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Absolve
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To declare free from guilt.
Example: I am absolved from the crime.
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Ambivalent
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Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
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Capacious
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Having a lot of space inside.
It’s capacious, yes.
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Conceited
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Being excessively proud of ones self.
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Dank
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(Adjective) Something that is unpleasant or cold.
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Adjective
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A word naming an attribute to something.
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Abhorrent
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Arousing/ inspiring disgust and loathing.
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Precarious
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An uncertain position to be in Not securely held or in position; likely to fall or collapse.
Example: that’s a precarious position to be in.
An uncertain position to be in.
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Introspect
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Examine ones own thoughts and feelings. To look inside ones self and where their positioned and why.
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Derelict
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In a very poor condition as a result of disuse or neglect.
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Vivacious
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Attractively lively and animated
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Digress
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Leave the main subject temporarily in speech or in writing.
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Conventional
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Based on accordance on what is generally done or believed.
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Riveting
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A riveting book; fascinating, gripping, engrossing, very interesting/ exciting.
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Reticent
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Adjective
Not revealing ones thoughts or emotions readily.
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Crass
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Showing no intelligence or sensitivity.
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Partisan
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A strong supporter of a party, or cause or person.
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Renaissance
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Culture and art developed during the Renaissance period 12-16th century.
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Figuratively
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Used to indicate a departure from the literal use of words (metaphorically).
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Prudent
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Acting with or showing care and thought for the future
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Solipsistic
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The belief or theory that the self is all there is to be known.
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Invidious
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Of an action or event likely to arouse or incur resentment.
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Deprecate
Express disapproval of; what I deprecate is the persistent is indulgence.
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Trite
Lacking originality or freshness; dull on account as a result of overuse.
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Intimated
State or make known, Imply or hint
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Laden
Heavily loaded or weighed down.
| A tree laden down with apples.
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Zeitgeist
The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of that time.
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Posthumous
Occurring, awarded, or appearing after the death of the originator.
"he was awarded a posthumous Military Cross"
(of a child) born after the death of its father.
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Post hoc
occurring or done after the event, especially with reference to the fallacious assumption that the occurrence in question has a logical relationship with the event it follows.
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Fallacious
Based on mistaken beliefs.
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Brevity
Concise and exact use of words
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Untenable
Not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
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Tenable
Able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
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Dissonance
Inharmonious music notes etc.
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Galavanting
Travel or roam about with pleasure
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Curt
Rudely brief.
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Terse
Sparing in the use of words.
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Shrewd
Having or showing sharp powers of judgement.
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Aptitude
A natural ability or tendency to do something.
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Lurk
Be it to remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something.
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Attrition
Process of reducing someone’s strength by continued attack and pressure.
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Provisionally
Subject to further confirmation.
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Insinuate
Suggest or hint in an indirect manor.
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Equanimity
Calmness and composure especially in a difficult situation.
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Melodious
Relating to or characterised by melody.
A melodious voice.
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Chauvinism
Exaggerated or aggressive patriotism.
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Reprehensible
Deserving censure or condemnation.
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Race
The fact or condition of belonging to a racial division or group; the qualities and characteristics associated with this.
Biological definition: a population within a species that is distinct in some way.
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Blasphemy
The action or offence sacrilegiously about a God or sacred things
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Sacrilege
Violation or misuse of something that is regarded as sacred.
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Secular
Not connected with religious or spiritual matters: secular buildings.
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Irreverence
A lack of respect for people or things that are a generally taken as seriously.
An attitude of irreverence to politicians.
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Profanity
Blasphemous or obscene language.
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Bizarre
Very strange or unusual.
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Bastion
A projecting part of a fortification built at an angle to the line of the wall.
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Paroxysm
A sudden outburst or attack of a particular emotion.
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Submit
(With object) document/ present etc to be judged to a person or body for consideration or judgement.
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Ethos
The characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations.
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Cede
Give up power or territory
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Vitriol
Bitter criticism or malice.
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Latitude
The earths equater usually expresses between the distance of north and south.
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Egalitarian
Believing in or based on the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.
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Debauchery
Excessive indulgence of sex, alcohol or drugs.
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Pilgrimage
A journey to a particular place or significance.
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Antecedents
A thing that existed before or logically precedes another.
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Elegance
Quality of being graceful or stylish in manner or appearance.
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Polyamorous
The practice of engaging in multiple sexual relationships with consent of all the people involved.
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Might
Strength, force etc.
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Obscene
Offending against moral principles; repugnant.
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Fawning
Showing exaggerated flattery or affection.
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Repugnant
Extremely inappropriate distasteful
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Fascism
Authoritarian
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Astonish
Surprise or impress greatly.
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Incredulous
Unwilling or unable to believe something.
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Credulity
A tendency to be too ready to believe something is real or true.
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Debacle
A sudden or ignominious failure.
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Tenure
Guaranteed permanent employment especially for a teacher or a lecture after a probationary period.
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Conduit
A channel for conveying water or other fluid.
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Deplorable
Deserving strong condemnation; completely unacceptable.
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Nuanced
Characterised by subtle shades of meaning or expression.
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Crass
No intelligence or sensitivity.
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Bravado
A bold manor or show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.
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Tentative
Not certain or fixed; provisional: a tentative conclusion.
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Proverbial
Used to stand for a word or a phrase that is normally part of a proverb or idiom not is not actually uttered. Example: one word out of line and proverbial hits the fan.
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Farce
A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude.
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Manifesto
A public declaration of policy and aims especially one sided before an election.
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Ethno-nationalist
Ethnic nationalism, also known as ethno-nationalism, is a form of nationalism wherein the nation is defined in terms of ethnicity. The central theme of ethnic nationalists is that "nations are defined by a shared heritage, which usually includes a common language, a common faith, and a common ethnic ancestry".
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Brevity
Concise and exact use of words or in speech.
| Shortness briefness of human life.
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Levity
The treatment of a serious matter with humour or a lack of due respect: an attempt to add a bit of levity to the situation.
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Depravity
Moral corruption wickedness.
I wonder what depravities had occurred in that place.
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Deluded
Make believe something that isn’t true: too many theorists have deluded the public.
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Nefarious
Action or activity that’s wicked or criminal.
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Solidarity
Unity or agreement of feeling or action.
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Assertion
A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.
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Conjecture
An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.
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Reverence
Deep respect for someone or something.
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Tepid
Only slightly warm.
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Espouse
Adopt or support (to makes ones own).
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Capricious
Changing according to no discernible rule.
The capricious nature of fate.
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Regaled
Entertain or amuse with talk.
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Alas
Used to express grief pity or concern.
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Garnered
Gather or collect (especially information or approval).
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Adverse
Preventing success or development; harmful or unfavourable.
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Shill
An accomplice of confidence trickster or swindler who poses as a genuine customer to entice or encourage others.
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Pejorative
Expressing contempt or disapproval.
His speech was filled with pejorative terms.
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Colonial
Relating to or characteristic of a colony or colonies.
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Colony
A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers of another country.
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Bigot
Someone who is intolerant to those holding a difference in an opinion.
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Inquisition
A period of prolonged and intensive questioning.
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Relent
Abandon or mitigate a severe or harsh attitude especially by finally yielding to a request.
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Pagan
Prehistoric times pagans used to worship the sun gods, heathen, infidel, idolater, non-theist, atheist, irreligious person.
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Infidel
A person who has no religion or who’s religion is not the majority.
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Agnostic
A person who believes nothing is known or can be known of the origin of God.
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Denounce
Publicly declare to be wrong or evil.
| Inform against.
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Secular
Not connected with religious or spiritual matters. Secular buildings secular attitudes to death.
Not connected or bound to the religious rule.
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Imposition
The action or process of imposing something or of being imposed (self).
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Smeared
Coat or mark messily or carelessly with greasy or sticky substances.
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Innocuous
Not harmful or offensive.
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Noxious
Harmful or unpleasant.
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Homogenous
Uniform, unvaried, identical.
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Blasphemy
The action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about god or sacred things; profane talk; he was detained on charges of blasphemy.
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Profane
Not relating to something which is sacred or religious.
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Renegade
A person who deserts and betrays and organisation, country or a set of principles.
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Archaic
Very old or old fashioned
| Out of date.
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Propetiatation
Appease a divine god, spirit or person.
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Fundamentalism
A form of religion particularly Islam or Protestant Christianity that upholds the belief in strict
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Patriots
A person who vigorously supports
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Castigated
Reprimand someone severely.
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Blithering
Talk in a long winded way without making very much sense.
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Anachronistic
Belonging to a period other than that being portrayed.
Belonging or appropriate to an earlier period, especially so as to seem conspicuously old fashioned: she is rebelling against the anachronistic morality of her parents.
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Banal
So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring: songs with banal repeated words.
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Anthropomorphised
The attribution of human characteristics or behaviour to a god, animal, or object.
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Retribution
Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.
Example: employees asked not to be named in fear of retribution.
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Speculation
The forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence.
Example: the has been widespread speculation that he plans to quit.
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Communism
A theory or system of social organisation in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.
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Trope
A figurative or metaphorical use of a word or expression.
Example: both clothes and illness became tropes for new attitudes towards the self.
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Totalitarian
Relating to a system of government that is centralised and dictatorial and requires completely subservience to the state.
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Pragmatic
Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
A pragmatic approach to politics.
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Erudite
Having or showing great knowledge or learning.
Ken could turn any conversation into an erudite discussion.
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Scholarship
Academic study or achievement; learning at a high level: the intellectual dishonesty has nothing to do with lack of scholarship.
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Pervert
Distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of something.
Example: he was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
Noun
a person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable.
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Bigot
A person who is intolerant towards those holding different opinions.
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Conflate
Combine (two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc.) into one.
Example: the urban crisis conflates a number of different economic, political, and social issues.
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Euphemism
A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
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Indoctrination
The process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically: I would never subject a children to religious indoctrination.
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Fanatical
Filled with excessive and single-minded zeal: fanatical revolutionaries.
Obsessively concerned with something: her husband was fanatical about tidiness.
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Insurgency
An active revolt or uprising: rebels are waging an armed insurgency to topple the monarchy.
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Self-righteous
Having or characterised by a certainty, especially an unfounded one.
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Astute
Having or showing an ability to accurately assess a situation or people and turn this to ones advantage.
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Aptitude
A natural ability to do something.
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Vapid
Offering nothing stimulating or challenging.
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Profundity
Great depth of insight or knowledge.
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Temerity
Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity: no one had the temerity to question his conclusion.
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Irony
A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects, and is often wryly amusing as a result.
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Wryly
in a way that expresses dry especially mocking humour.
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Tacit
Understood or implied without being stated: you silence may be taken to mean tacit
agreement.
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Patter
Make a repeated light tapping sound.
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Ergo
therefor: she was the sole beneficiary of the will, ergo the prime suspect.
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Idol
Unhealthy:
an image or representation of a god used as an object of worship.
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Healthy:
a person or thing that is greatly admired, loved, or revered: a basketball idol.
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Pious
Devoutly religious: she was a pious women.
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Platitude
A string of empty platitudes: cliché
A remark or statement, especially one with a moral content that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful: she began uttering liberal platitudes.
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Non sequitur
A non sequitur is a conclusion or reply that doesn't follow logically from the previous statement. You've probably heard an example of a non sequitur before, therefore bunny rabbits are way cuter than chipmunks. (Non sequiturs are often used for comedic effect in movies, novels, and TV shows.)
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Sodomy
Anal intercourse.
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Repudiate
Refuse to accept; reject: she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders.
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Defile
Damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil: the land was defiled by a previous owner.
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Gulf
Deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land with a narrow mouth.
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Capricious
Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour.
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Duplicitous
Deceitful: a duplicitous philanderer
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Philanderer
A man who readily or frequently enters into casual sexual relationships with women; womaniser.
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Aspersion
An attack on reputation or integrity of someone or something: cast an aspersion.
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Covet
Yearn to possess.
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Euphemism
A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
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Deceit
The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.
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Quip
A joke.
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Rebuke
Express sharp disapproval or criticism of.
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Exceptional
Unusual or atypical.
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Poignant
Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.
Example a poignant reminder of the passing of time.
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Parched
Dried out with heat parched Earth.
| Informal: extremely thirsty.
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Indubitably
Unquestionable
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Hapless
adjective
| Especially of a person unfortunate: the hapless victims of the disaster.
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Shenanigans
Secret or dishonest activity or manoeuvring.
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Concession
The action of conceding
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Superlative
The highest extent or degree of something can be grammatical for example richest is the superlative of rich. A superlative person meaning exaggeration.
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Superfluity
An unnecessary thing, or amount of something. A person showing their superfluity.
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Explicit
Stated clearly; leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
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Ignominious
Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame
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Uncanny
Strange or mysterious especially in an unsettling way.
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Vacillate
To waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive.
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Fickle
Changing frequently especially in regards to ones loyalties or affections.
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Inoculate
Treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease.
Synonym: vaccinate.
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Apprehend
Language is the only tool that we have to apprehend reality.
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Conceit
Lilly’s eyes widened at his extraordinary conceit: vanity, narcissism.
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Figurative
A figurative expression; metaphorical, non literal, symbolic.
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Apt
Appropriate or suitable in the circumstances: the theme could not be more apt.
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Tumultuous
He left the stage in an tumultuous applause: loud, deafening, thunderous.
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Nebulous
The figure was still nebulous, she couldn’t quite see it: indistinct, indefinite, unclear, vague.
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Vehement
Showing strong feeling: forceful, passionate.
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Stochastic
Having random probability distribution or pattern that may be analysed statistically but may not be predicted precisely.
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Abdicate
Fail to fulfil or undertake.
Example:
The government has was accused of abdicating its responsibility.
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Ameliorate
Make something bad or unsatisfactory better.
Derivatives:
Ameliorative
Ameliorative
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Auspicious
Conducive to success; favourable.
It was not the most auspicious moment to hold an election.
Giving or being a sign of future success.
They said it was an auspicious moon - it was rising.
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Capitulate
Seize to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; yield: the patriots had to capitulate to the enemies forces.
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Recapitulate
To summarise.
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Former
That which comes before
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Latter
That which come after.
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Notwithstanding
In spite of, regardless of; the evidence the jury will not reach a verdict.
I remained notwithstanding the anger felt towards...
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Shill
An accomplice of a confidence trickster or a swindler who poses as a genuine customer to entice or encourage others.
A person who pretends to give an impartial endorsement of something in which they themselves have interest.
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Confidence trickster
A person who sets out to defraud or deceive people by persuading them to believe something that is not true.
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Arcane
Mysterious, secret, only understood by a few.
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Hackneyed
Having been overused, unoriginal and trite.
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Trite
Lacking originality or freshness, dull in account of overuse.
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Ostensibly
Apparently - as appears or is stated to be true.
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Quell
1. Put an end to
| 2. Calm
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Conspicuous
Easily seen
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Inconspicuous
Not clearly visible
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Taxonomy
A branch of science concerned with classification, especially with organisms and systematics.
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Charlatan
A person falsely claiming to have special knowledge or skill.
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Imperious
Arrogant and domineering: his imperious demands.
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Implication
1. A conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated: the implication is that no one person at the bank is responsible.
2. The action or state of being involved in something: our implication in the problems.
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Perennial
1. Laying out existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring: his perennial distrust of the media
Apparently permanently engaged in a specified role or way of life: he’s a perennial student.
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Pantheon
Noun
1. All the gods of people or religion collectively: the deities of the Hindu pantheon.
2. A group of famous or important people . The pantheon of the all time greats.
A building in which the illustrious deadly a nation are buried or honoured.
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Suburb
An outlying district of the city especially a residential one.
