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Ad infinitum

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Endlessly; forever ; without limit

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Ad hominem

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Appealing to listeners or readers prejudices rather than to reason

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Ad nauseam

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To a sickening degree; to the point of nausea or disgust

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Alfresco

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In the open air; outdoors

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Chutzpah

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Supreme self-confidence; shameless audacity ; nerve; brazenness

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Faux pas

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Error; social blunder; tactless act

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In media res

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in the middle of things, rather then at the beginning

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Kudos

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Praise for an achievement; glory; fame

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Non sequitur

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Comment bearing no relevance to what has just been Said

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Persona non grata

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Person who is unwelcome; unacceptable person

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Extralegal

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Beyond the jurisdiction of the law; not regulated by law

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Extraneous

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Coming from the outside; big an essential part; irrelevant

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Interdependent

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Dependent on one another; mutually dependent

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Interpersonal

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Between persons

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Intramural

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Within the walls or boundaries of a chill university etc.

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Debut

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First public appearance

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Genesis

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Origin. Coming into being

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Initiative

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Ability to begin and follow through without being urged. Enterprise

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terminal

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coming at the end; ending in death

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ultimatum

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final, uncompromising demand or offer, leading to serious consequences if rejected

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alias

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assumed name

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collusion

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secret agreement for a deceitful purpose; conspiracy

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con

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swindle after first gaining the confidence of the victim; trick; coax

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facade

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false front; artificial or superficial appearance

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insidious

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lying in wait to entrap; crafty; trecherous

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bagatelle

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trifle; something of little value or importance

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forbearance

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self-control; patience

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penchat

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strong learning; fondness; liking

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reconcile

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make friendly again; settle, adjust

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veracity

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truthfulness; honesty

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hypercritical

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excessively fault-finding; captious

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submarginal

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below minimum standards; inadequate for some end; unproductive

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subservient

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useful in an “under” or subordinate, capacity; excessively submissive

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superficial

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over or on the surface only; not profound or thorough

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monologue

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lengthy talk by one person

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multifaceted

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having many aspects or facets

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poly math

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person of great and diversified learning

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polytheistic

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believing in more than one god

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bibliophile

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lover of books

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megalomania

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mental disorder characterized by fantasies of grandeur, power, wealth, etc.

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phobia

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abnormal and persistent fear, dislike, or hatred

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xenophobia

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fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers

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decimate

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destroy ten or more percent, or a large portion

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dichotomy

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division in two; split

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plurality

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number of votes by which a winning candidate exceeds that of a runner-up

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score

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group of twenty; twenty