Vocabulary Flashcards
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Ennui
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Boredom;
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest
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Locution
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A particular form of expression;
a peculiarity of phrasing
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Tryst
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An agreement between lovers to meet at a certain time and place
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Doctrinaire
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Relating to, adhering to, or insisting upon a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations or problems
(i.e. all theoretical and no application)
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Née
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Born;
formerly known as (used to indicate the maiden name of a married woman)
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Eponymous
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Named after someone or something (or deriving from an existing name or word)
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Upshot
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Final result
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To saunter
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To stroll at a leisurely pace
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Moniker
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Nickname, title
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Surreptitious
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Secretive
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Itinerant
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Traveling from place to place, especially to perform work or a duty
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Meretricious
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Insincere, deceptively appealing;
attracting attention in a vulgar manner
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Misanthrope
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A person who hates or distrusts humankind
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To extol
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Exalt, praise, elevate, laud
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Opulent
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Affluent, wealthy;
characterized by extravagance or rich abundance
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Pablum
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Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing/speech
(‘a diet that does not require chewing’)
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Rancorous
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Malignant, virulent, malicious;
implacably spiteful
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Persnickety
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Fastidious;
overparticular about trivial details
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To purloin
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To steal
(also, to put off, delay or put away)
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Bellicose
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Warlike or hostile in manner/temperament
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Rapprochement
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Reconciliation;
a reestablishing of cordial relations
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Inane
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Lacking sense or substance
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Persona non grata
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One who is not acceptable or welcome;
one who is not in favor
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Anachronistic
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Antiquated, obsolete, outdated;
a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other
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Banal
**Unoriginal, trite**;
lacking novelty
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Quixotic
Foolishly impractical, especially in the pursuit of ideals
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Debauchery
Behavior considered decadent, indulgent, and/or depraved
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Candor
**Frankness**, **honesty**;
unreserved, straightforward, and/or sincere expression
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To placate
**Pacify, appease**
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To proscribe
**Prohibit**, **forbid**, **denounce**
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Humdinger
Something that is particularly outstanding, unusual, or exceptional
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Pedagogy
The art or profession of teaching
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Verboten
**Forbidden, prohibited**
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Abattoir
Slaughterhouse
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To subvert
**Overthrow**, **destroy**;
to undermine, overturn, or render ineffective
**commandeer**, **redirect**;
to cause to serve a purpose other than the original or established one
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Scrupulosity
An obsessive and conscientous concern with one's own sins and resultant compulsive performance of religious devotion
('religious OCD')
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Ostensible
**Apparent, professed**;
put forth or held out as real, actual, or intended: as, a person's ostensible reason or motive for doing something
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Germane
**Relevant**, **pertinent**;
related to a matter at hand, especially to a subject under discussion
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Paucity
**Fewness**, **scarcity**, **dearth**;
smallness of number
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*Tour de force*
A feat or display of strength, skill, or ingenuity
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Carceral
Of or belonging to a prison
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Emendation
An alteration intended to improve.
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Canny
**Clever**, **shrewd**, **prudent**
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Furor
Controversial or enthusiastic outburst;
an angry or maniacal fit
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Skein
A loose coil of thread or yarn in a package for retail sale
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Onus
(1) Burden of proof
(2) A difficult or disagreeable responsibility or necessity
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Despot
A ruler with absolute power/authority who often rules oppressively
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Dubious
Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; of questionable character
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Chauvinistic
The belief in the superiority or dominance of one's own group or people
(i.e. Jingoism)
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Lassitude
**Lethargy**;
a state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness
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Perspicuous
Plain to the understanding, especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
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Foibles
A minor weakness or failing of character
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Polemical
**Controversial**, **contentious**
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Affable
**Approachable**, **social**, **gracious**, **genial**;
easy and pleasant to speak with
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Sedulous
**Assiduous, constant, steady, persevering**;
persevering and constant in effort or application
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Schadenfreude
Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others
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Mendacious
**Lying, untruthful, dishonest**
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Iconoclast
One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions
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**Effervescence**
| (literally and figuratively)
**Literally**: boiling; gaseous offshoots
**Figuratively**: strong excitement; manifestation of feeling
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Renumeration
**Recompense, pay**
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To assuage
**Appease, calm**;
to make something burdensome/painful less intense or severe
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Qualia
individual instances of subjective, conscious experience;
a quality which is regarded as an independent entitiy (e.g. bitterness)
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Decadent
**Self-indulgent**
or
**decaying**
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Unctuous
Excessively ingratiating,
or
insincerely earnest
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Asinine
Utterly stupid or silly
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Opus
A creative work
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Amanuensis
**Scribe**;
one who is employed to take dictation or to copy manuscript
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Pernicious
**Deadly, destructive**;
tending to cause death or serious injury
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Conscientious
**Diligent**, **orderly**;
thorough and assiduous
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Dialectic
The art or practice of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
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Supercilious
**Arrogant****, contemptuous**;
feeling or showing haughty disdain
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*Coup de grâce*
Mercy killing;
a death blow to end the suffering of a mortally wounded individual
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Denizen
A person who regularly frequents a place,
a creature adapted to a certain local
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Acumen
Quickness and/or accuracy of perception
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Adroit
Skillfull, clever, and/or resourceful in responding to tricky situations
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Wry
Funny in an understated, sarcastic, or ironic way
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Salacious
**Sexy**;
arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
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To suss (out)
**Infer**, **discover**, **figure**, **study**
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Demagogue
**Rabble-rouser, populist**
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Anodyne
**Analgesic**;
capable of soothing or relieving pain
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Vitriol
Bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism
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Encomium
Warm, glowing praise
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Ostentatious
Of public displays made in vain or showy ways
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Credulity
A disposition to believe too readily
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Brazen
**Shameless, impudent**
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Hubris
Excessive pride
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Pogrom
An organized, often officially encouraged massacre or persecution of a minority group (especially Jews)
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To portend
**Forecast**;
to serve as an omen or a warning of
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Esoteric
Intended for or understood by a select few only
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***Moue***
(pronounced 'moo')
(two meanings)
Either a **pout** (playful, flirtatious)
OR
a small **grimace** (showing distaste or disdain)
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To kowtow
To kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in expression of deep respect, worship, or submission, as formerly done in China
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Genial
Freely sympathetic and/or friendly
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Petrichor
The 'after-rain' smell
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*(caused by a mixture of dried plant oil mixing in the rainwater with bacteria byproducts)*
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Sublime
**Majestic**;
characterized by nobility: of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth
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Didactic
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**Instructive**
*(as opposed to hands-on or experiential learning)*
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Extemporaneous
**Impromptu, ad-libbed**;
created in the spur of the moment
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To supplant
**Replace**, **substitute**;
to take or put in the place of
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Calumny
**Slander**;
a false statement made maliciously in order to injure another's reputation
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Acrimony
**Animosity****, bitterness**;
harsh or biting sharpness especially of words, manner, or feelings
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Dubious
**Doubtful**;
unsettled in opinion
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**Lien**
*(e.g. a mortgage, tax lien, attorney's lien, mechanic's lien, HOA lien, etc.)*
A form of security interest granted over an item of property to secure the payment of a debt or performance of some other obligation.
## Footnote
*The owner of the property, who grants the lien, is referred to as the lienee and the person who has the benefit of the lien is referred to as the lienor or lien holder.*
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Circumspect
**Prudent**;
looking at / examining all sides of an issue
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Ephemeral
**Short-lived**
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To connive
**Collude, scheme, plot**
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Lackadaisical
Lacking spirit, liveliness, or interest
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Irascible
Prone to outbursts of temper,
easily angered
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Demure
Modest and reserved in manner or behavior
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Pedantic
**Academic**;
characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for academic knowledge and formal rules
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To impute
(1) **Ascribe**, **assign**, **attribute**;
(2) **evaluate**, **judge**
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Indolent
Habitually lazy
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Vituperative
**Scathing**;
using, containing, or marked by harshly critical or irate language
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Portmanteau
A linguistic blend of words
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Colloquial
**Conversational**;
appropriate to the spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech (informally spoken)
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Audacious
**Fearless**;
extremely bold or daring, recklessly brave
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To fulminate
**Explode, detonate**;
to issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation
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Leery
**Wary**, **suspicious**, **distrustful**
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Incorrigible
Incapable of being corrected or reformed
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To schuss
To ski (or snowboard), especially at a fast pace and on a straight run
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Terse
**Brief, concise**;
effectively to the point
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Alacrity
**Promptness, willingness**;
a cheerfulness and readiness in response
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**To couch**
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To phrase or express in a specified manner
(Example: *'**the comments were couched in strong terms.'*)
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To simper
**Smirk**;
to smile in a silly, self-conscious (often coy) manner
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Lingua franca
Any language used for communication between people who do not share a native language
## Footnote
*(It can be a mixed language (e.g. pidgin or creole) or native to one of the nations)*
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Avaricious
**Greedy**;
immoderately desirous of wealth or gain
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To demur
To voice opposition
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Perenniel
**Recurring**, **continual**, **enduring**;
appearing again and again
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Salient
**Prominent, noticeable**;
strikingly conspicuous
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Zeitgeist
The unique spirit, nature, or climate of a specific era that sets it apart from all other epochs
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Fortuitious
**Accidental**, **lucky**;
happening by chance
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To extricate
**Disentangle, disengage, release, free**
*(something inextricable is stuck)*
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To abscond
To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself;
to retire from public view
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Hegemony
The political, economic, or military predominance or control of one state over others
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Petty
Showing an excessive concern with unimportant matters or minor details
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Suppository
A dosage form used to deliver medications by insertion into a body orifice (often the rectum) where it dissolves or melts to exert local or systemic effects
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To expiate
**Atone**;
to make amends or reparations for
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*A posteriori*
*A posteriori* knowledge is that which **depends on empirical evidence**
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*Examples include most fields of science and aspects of personal knowledge*
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Eigengrau
The color you see when your eyelids are shut
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To abdicate
To formally relinquish power or responsibility
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Verve
**Enthusiasm**, **vigor**, **spirit**
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To excoriate
**Criticize, denounce**;
to censure strongly
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Pious
**Devout, zealous**;
earnestly compliant in the observance of religion
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Jocose
**Merry**, **humorous**;
given to joking and levity
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Emollient
**Mollifying**, **softening**, **soothing**
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Torpid
**Sluggish**, **lethargic**, **inactive**
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**Denouement**
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The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot
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Malapropism
Ludicrous misuse of a word
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*(Think of Deepak Chopra.)*
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Ardent
**Passionate**;
characterized by strong enthusiasm or devotion
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Caustic
**Corrosive**;
capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
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Belligerent
**Hostile**, **aggressive**;
inclined or eager to fight
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Sibilant
**Hissing**;
of, characterized by, or producing a hissing sound like that of (s) or (sh) (s and z are sibilant letters)
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Platitude
**Cliché**;
a trite, insipid, or banal remark or statement
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Fastidious
**Meticulous, exacting**
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Reticent
**Restrained**, **reserved**, **laconic**;
inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself
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Passel
A large quantity or group
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Sanguine
**Confident, optimistic**;
marked by eager hopefulness
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Antipathy
A strong feeling of dislike
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To ameliorate
To better (as in a situation)
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Quotidian
Commonplace, ordinary, mundane
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Polemic
EITHER
(1) a **dispute**; an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another, the art of disputation
OR
(2) an **aggressive conversationalist**
* (Example 1: Her book is a fierce* **polemic** *against the inequalities in our society.*
* Example 2: They managed to discuss the issues without resorting to* **polemics***.)*
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To recapitulate
**Summarize**;
to restate briefly
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Vulpine
**Fox-like**
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Hoary
Gray or white with (or as if with) age
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Blasé
Indifferent or bored with life;
apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment
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To capitulate
Surrender under specified conditions
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Tacit
**Implied, unspoken**
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Furtive
Acting with stealth or a desire to avoid discovery
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Avarice
**Greediness**;
excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain
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Preternatural
**Extraordinary, unnatural, supernatural**;
surpassing what is normal or usual
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Equivocate
To be ambiguous or purposefully unclear
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Trite
**Unoriginal, overused**
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Chagrin
Disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure
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Imbroglio
**Embroilment, entanglement**;
a difficult or intricate situation
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Numinous
Relating to the divine or supernatural
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To abate
**Lessen**;
to reduce in amount, degree, or intensity
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Brusque
**Abrupt, blunt, curt**
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Apropros
**Relevant**, **fitting**;
to the point
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To cajole
To persuade by flattery, gentle pleading, or insincere language
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Procrustean
Producing strict conformity by ruthless or arbitrary means;
marked by arbitrary, ruthless disregard of individual differences or special circumstance
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Dilletante
A lover of knowledge or the fine arts
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Catechism
A text summarizing the basic principles of a Christian denomination (usually in question-and-answer form)
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To impugn
To attack as false or questionable;
to challenge in argument
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Torrid
**Hot**;
intensely passionate
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Fecund
**Fertile, fruitful**
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Piety
Religious devotion and reverence
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To obviate
**Prevent**;
to keep from happening or render unnecessary,
to forestall the need for
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Patina
A thin surface layer that develops on something because of use, age, or chemical action
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Copacetic
Completely satisfactory
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*Répondez s'il vous plaît*
Respond, if you please
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Fiduciary
Of or relating to a duty of acting in good faith with regard to the interests of another
(typically of being one in a position of trust, power, authority, and/or power)
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To exculpate
To clear from a charge or imputation of fault or guilt
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Semantic
Of or relating to meaning, especially meaning in language
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Capricious
**Impulsive, unpredictable, erratic**
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Interlocutor
A person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue
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Florid
**Ornate, flamboyant**;
very flowery in style
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Facetious
**Playfully jocular, humorous;**
not meant to be taken seriously or literally
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*Ipso facto*
"By the fact itself"
(which means that a specific phenomenon is a direct consequence)
(For example, if you grew up in San Francisco, *ipso facto* you're a Californian.)
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Panache
**Verve**, **style**, **flair**;
a grand or flamboyant manner
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To eschew
**Evade**, **refrain**;
to avoid using, accepting, participating in, or partaking of
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Chicanery
Deception by trickery or sophistry
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Droll
Amusingly odd or whimsically comical
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Duplicitous
Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech
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Aphorism
**Adage**;
a tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion
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Umbrage
**Offense**, **resentment**
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Stochastic
**Conjectural**;
involving or containing a random variable or process
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Loquacious
**Talkative**
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*Ne plus ultra*
The highest, ultimate point or degree, as of excellence or achievement
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Abject
**Wretched, degrading**;
extremely contemptible
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Capacious
**Spacious, roomy**;
capable of containing a large quantity
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Penchant
**Predilection**;
a definite liking, a strong inclination
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Ecumenical
**Universal**;
of worldwide scope or applicability
(often relating to the Christian churches as one body)
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Exigent
**Urgent**, **pressing**;
requiring immediate action
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Mercurial
**Changeable, volatile, fickle, flighty, erratic**
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*Post hoc*
After the fact
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Facile
**Easy**;
done or achieved with little effort or difficulty
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Uncanny
**Weird**, **unsettling**;
mysterious or impossible to explain, especially when causing uneasiness or astonishment
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Vis-à-vis
In relation to
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Magnanimity
**Generosity**;
nobility of spirit
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Cognizant
**Aware**;
fully informed and conscious of
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To opine
To state as an opinion
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Fatuous
**Inane**;
foolishly conceited
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Iterative
**Repeating**, **repetitious**
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Hegemon
**Leader**;
a ruling power
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Consternation
A state of great alarm, astonishment, agitation, and/or dismay
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Tedious
**Irksome**, **boring**, **wearisome**;
tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness
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To undulate
To move with a sinuous or wavelike motion
(rising and falling or side-to-side motion)
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Morose
**Sullen**, **gloomy**
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Insular
**Isolated**;
having a narrow or provincial viewpoint
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Laconic
| (in manner)
**Restrained**, **reserved**, **reticent**;
inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself
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Ersatz
**Substitute**;
an inferior inmitation
*(E.g. he had bought an ersatz good.)*
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Trammel
**Restraint**;
a hindrance or impediment to free action
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Parochial
**Provincial**, **parish-related**;
narrowly restricted in scope or outlook
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*Coup d'état*
**Ousting, overthrow, takeover**;
the removal of an existing government from power, usually through violent and illegal means
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Fungible
**Interchangeable**;
returnable or negotiable in kind or by substitution
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Fastidious
**Persnickety**, **meticulous**;
showing or acting with careful attention to detail
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*Raison d'être*
Reason or justification for existence
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Feckless
**Careless, irresponsible, ineffective**
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Urbane
**Suavity**, **courteousness**;
a refinement of manner
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Phantasmagoria
A fantastic sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams or fever
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To vivisect
Dissecting a live creature
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To abrogate
**Annul**;
abolish by means of authority
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Pejorative
**Disparaging, belittling**
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Ligature
Something used to bind
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*A priori*
*A priori* knowledge is that which is **independent from experience**
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*(Examples include mathematics, tautologies, and deduction from pure reason)*
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To blear
To blur or redden the eyes
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Diatribe
**Fulmination, denouncement**;
a bitter, abusive denunciation
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Odium
Intense hatred or dislike, especially towards something or someone seen as contemptible
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Mundane
**Commonplace**, **ordinary**
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Non sequitur
'It does not follow;'
indicative of a logical fallacy
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Quintessential
Perfectly typical or representative of a particular kind of person or thing
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Bricolage
Something made or put together using whatever materials happen to be available
(French for 'DIY')
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Specious
Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually being fallacious
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Spurious
(as in a relationship between two variables)
A relationship in which two variables may be correlated *but no causation is indicated*
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To inculcate
Teaching or influencing persistently and repeatedly so as to implant or instill an idea, theory, attitude, etc.
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Assiduous
**Attentive**, **devoted**, **diligent**;
constant in application
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Craven
Without courage and contemptibly fainthearted
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To bloviate
To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner
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Apoplectic
**Rage**;
a fit of extreme anger; a stroke-like neurological impairment
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Taciturn
**Reserved**, **terse**;
temperamentally disinclined to talk
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*Prima facie*
At first sight, before closer inspection
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Svelte
**Slim**, **slender**, **thin**;
Graceful and/or athletic in figure or outline
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Vernacular
Using a language or dialect that is native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language
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Lithe
**Supple**;
effortlessly graceful
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Laconic
| (in speech)
**Terse, concise**;
using or marked by the use of few words
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*Ad hoc*
**Improvised, impromptu**;
for the purpose of a particular situation or purpose
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Ikigai
_One's_:
'reason for being'
'reason for getting out of bed in the morning'
'internal drive'
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Milquetoast
**Timid**, **meek**, **unassertive**;
lacking in character or vigor
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Neologism
A new word, expression, or usage of language
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Baleful
**Ominous**;
portending evil
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Timorous
**Timid**, **shy**;
full of apprehensiveness
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Orthogonal
Used to describe two things that are independent of each other;
one does not imply the other
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Sardonic
| (Contrast with sarcasm.)
Scornfully or cynically mocking
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* (Note 1: not necessarily spoken, unlike sarcasm)*
* (Note 2: can be of oneself, unlike sarcasm)*
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To approbate
**Sanction**, **authorize**
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To belie
To show to be false,
to contradict
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Intrepid
Characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance
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Parsimony
**Frugality**;
extreme economy or stinginess
*(in data interpretation, it refers to an approach that incorporates Ockham's razor - i.e. an approach towards simplest explanations)*
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Innocuous
Having no adverse effect; harmless
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Soporific
Inducing or tending to induce sleep
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Temerity
**Foolhardiness,** **recklessness**;
excessive boldness or rashness
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Libidinous
**Lascivious**;
having or exhibiting lustful desires
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Poignant
**Touching, moving**;
arousing deep emotion, especially pity or sorrow
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Maladroit
**Clumsy, awkward, inept**
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Kafkaesque
Having a nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality
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Vapid
**Dull**;
lacking liveliness, animation, or interest
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Fractious
**Unruly, cranky, snappish, rebellious**;
inclined to make trouble
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Perfunctory
Done routinely and with little interest or care
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*Je ne sais quoi*
A quality or attribute that is difficult to describe or express
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Cockamamie
**Ludicrous**, **silly**;
nearly valueless
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Inimitable
Incapable of being imitated or copied
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Spurious
**Dubious**, **fallacious**;
lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine or trustworthy
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Deleterious
**Noxious, injurious**;
having a harmful effect
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Pithy
Precisely and concisely meaningful;
forceful and brief
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To gallivant
To roam about in search of pleasure or amusement
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Seminal
Highly influential in an original way;
constituting or providing a basis for further development
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To obfuscate
**Obscure, muddy, blur**;
to make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand
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To vacillate
To **waver**;
to be unable to choose between different courses of action or opinions
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Placid
**Serene**, **tranquil**, **complacent**
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***Oeuvre***
| (pronounce: 'ouhrv-rah')
A substantial body of work constituting the lifework of a writer, an artist, or a composer
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Sordid
**Vile**, **base**;
morally ignoble
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Bombastic
**Flowery**, **pretentious**, **verbose**
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Mien
**Bearing**, **demeanor**
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Truculent
**Fierce**, **deadly**, **destructive**, **cruel**
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Scruples
Moral or ethical considerations
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Luddite
An individual who is opposed or resistant to new technologies
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Amity
**Friendship**;
peaceful relations
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Enmity
**Hatred**, **animosity**
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*Aide-de-camp*
A military officer acting as secretary and confidential assistant to a superior officer of general or flag rank
(think Hamilton serving George Washington)
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Au pair
A young foreigner who does domestic work for a family in exchange for room and board and a chance to learn the family's language
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Verbose
**Wordy**;
using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
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Prodigious
**Extraordinary**, **enormous**;
impressively great in size, force, or extent
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Vertiginous
**Revolving**, **whirling**, **vertigo-inducing**
(alternately: affected by vertigo; dizzy)
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Provenance
**Derivation**;
chain of ownership
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Artifice
**Deception**, **trickery**, **wile**
Something contrived or created to achieve some end, especially by deceit; a stratagem or ruse
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To pontificate
To express opinions or judgments in a dogmatic way
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En masse
All together; in one group
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To ingratiate
Bring oneself into favor with someone
(often by flattering or trying to please them)
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Bovarism
A tendency towards escapist daydreaming in which the dreamer imagines himself or herself to be a hero/heroine, whilst ignoring the everyday realities of the situation
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Obsequious
Obedient and/or attentive to an excessive degree
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Inadvertent
**Accidental, unintentional**
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*Sine qua non*
An essential condition; a thing/component that is absolutely necessary to the being of something else
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To bivouac
Stay in a temporary camp without cover
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Bivouac
A temporary camp without tents or covers
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Mensch
A person of integrity and honor
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Pell-mell
| (can be a noun, adjective, or adverb)
**Headlong**, **helter-skelter**, **posthaste**
(in a) reckless state
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Saccharine
Excessively sweet/sentimental
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To pontificate
To express one's opinions in a way that is considered annoyingly pompous and dogmatic
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Concatenation
**Series**, **chain**, **sequence**, **succession**, **train**, **string**;
a series of interconnected things or events
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Incantation
**Chant**, **invocation**, **conjuration**;
a series of words said as a magical spell or charm
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Ersatz
**Artificial**, **substitute**, **synthetic**, **fake**, **imitation**;
a replacement (typically inferior) product used to substitute for another one
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Melange
**Mixture**, **medley**
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To glower
To scowl
