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Myopic

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**Ophthalmology . pertaining to or having myopia; nearsighted.

unable or unwilling to act prudently; shortsighted.**

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lacking tolerance or understanding; narrow-minded.

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Semaphore

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**: an apparatus for visual signaling (as by the position of one or more movable arms) 2
: a system of visual signaling by two flags held one in each hand**

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Pedant

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** a person who annoys other people by correcting small errors and giving too much attention to minor details**

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Imbroglio

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a complex dispute or argument

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Factotum

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a person whose job involves doing many different types of work

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Undergird

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to strengthen or support (something) from below

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Bloviate

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to speak or write verbosely and windily

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Pidgin

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: a language that is formed from a mixture of several languages when speakers of different languages need to talk to each other

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Asunder

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InIinnho

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Frisson

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A sudden strong feeling or emotion

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Shrewish

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of a woman : unpleasant and bad-tempered

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Kludgy

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an awkward or inferior computer system or program that is created quickly to solve a problem

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Carbuncle

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: a large painful swelling under the skin

: a jewel (such as a garnet) that is cut into a rounded shape

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Fervid

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: having or showing feelings that are very strong or too strong

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Capricious

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: changing often and quickly; especially : often changing suddenly in mood or behavior

: not logical or reasonable : based on an idea, desire, etc., that is not possible to predict

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Palimpsest

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: a very old document on which the original writing has been erased and replaced with new writing

: something that has changed over time and shows evidence of that change

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Iconoclast

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: a person who criticizes or opposes beliefs and practices that are widely accepted

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Atavism

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a : recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination

b : recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity <architectural></architectural>

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Milquetoast

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: a timid, meek, or unassertive person

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Gauche

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: having or showing a lack of awareness about the proper way to behave : socially awkward

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Sultry

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: very hot and humid

: attractive in a way that suggests or causes feelings of sexual desire

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Surfeit

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: an amount that is too much or more than you need

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Doppleganger

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: someone who looks like someone else

: a ghost that looks like a living person

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Apothecary

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: a person who prepared and sold medicines in past times

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**Commodious**
**comfortably or conveniently spacious**
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Corrugated
to form or shape into wrinkles or folds or into alternating ridges and grooves
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**Denature**
**: dehumanize : to deprive of natural qualities : change the nature of: as**
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**Gracile**
**: slender, slight : graceful : of, relating to, resembling, or being a relatively small slender**
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**Incandescent**
: white or glowing because of great heat : producing bright light when heated : very impressive, successful, or intelligent
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**Ignominious**
: marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame : dishonorable : deserving of shame or infamy : despicable
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**Zeitgeist**
: the general beliefs, ideas, and spirit of a time and place
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**Aplomb**
: confidence and skill shown especially in a difficult situation He showed great aplomb in dealing with the reporters.
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**Verisimilitude**
: the quality of seeming real *the novel's degree of verisimilitude is compromised by 18th-century characters who speak in very 21st-century English*
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Porcine
: of, relating to, or like a pig
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**Faustian**
made or done for present gain without regard for future cost or consequences
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**Fugue**
a disturbed state of consciousness in which the one affected seems to perform acts in full awareness but upon recovery cannot recollect the acts performed
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**Consanguineous**
of the same blood or origin; specifically : descended from the same ancestor
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**Dissolute**
—used to describe someone (such as a person who often gets drunk) whose way of living is considered morally wrong
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**Macabre**
: involving death or violence in a way that is strange, frightening, or unpleasant
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**Trope**
: a word, phrase, or image used in a new and different way in order to create an artistic effect
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**Diaspora**
: a group of people who live outside the area in which they had lived for a long time or in which their ancestors lived
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**Decamp**
: to leave a place suddenly and secretly *She took the papers and decamped. He decamped to Europe soon after news of the scandal broke.*
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**Precis**
a brief summary of the main points and ideas of a piece of writing or speech
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**Dowdy**
** having a dull or uninteresting appearance : not attractive or stylish**
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**Canard**
: a false report or story : a belief or rumor that is not true
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**Machination**
: *to plan or plot especially to do harm transitive verb* *: to scheme or contrive to bring about : plot*
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**Portentous**
: giving a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happen : trying to seem important, serious, or impressive
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**Glib**
: said or done too easily or carelessly : showing little preparation or thought : speaking in a smooth, easy way that is not sincere
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**Garish**
Too bright or colorful
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**Primacy**
: the state of being most important or strongest
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**Tempestuous**
: full of strong emotions (such as anger or excitement)
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**Putative**
**generally considered, or reputed to be** the putative father of a boy of two
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**Bucolic**
**of relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life** *the church is lovely for its bucolic setting*
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**Argot**
the jargon or slang of a particular group or class.
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**Pastiche**
**An artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist or period.** * the operetta is a pastiche of 18th century syles;* * the songs amount to much more than blatant pastiche*
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**Nugatory **
trifling or inworthless, unimportant, inconsequential, valueless, trifling, trivial, insignificant, meaninglesseffective;
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**Scotch**
To put an end to; to stamp out
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**Mephitic**
foul or offensive smelling
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**Eulogistically **
in a praising or laudatory way;
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**attenuated **
made thin. slender, or small
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**Politic **
practical or diplomatic
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**Inveighing**
writing with hostility;
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**Ecumenical **
"Friendly relations but different religions" "Unification of seemingly divergent religions"
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**Capriciously **
randomly; impulsively
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**Exiguous **
small, scanty, or indadequate
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**bonhomie**
good natured. pleasant, affable
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**Flagitious **
wicked or evil
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**Pleonastic **
Using more words than necessary
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**Flippant **
disrespectful and not serious
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**Lyrical **
(of literature, art, or music) expressing the writer's emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way.
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**Fractious**
(typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome.
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**Afflatus**
A divine creative impulse or inspiration
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**Insuperable**
(of a difficulty or obstacle) impossible to overcome. "insuperable financial problems"
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**Phantasmagoric **
having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination. 2. having the appearance of an optical illusion, especially one produced by a magic lantern. 3. changing or shifting, as a scene made up of many elements.
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**Ecumenical**
worldwide or general in extent, influence, or application 2 a : of, relating to, or representing the whole of a body of churches b : promoting or tending toward worldwide Christian unity or cooperation
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**Juvenescence**
Youthfulness
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**Non-sequitur**
: a statement that is not connected in a logical or clear way to anything said before it
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