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Castigation

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Severe criticism, reproach, or punishment

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Repine

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To be discontent, complain, or fret

To yearn or long deeply for something

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Meteoric

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Like a meteor in speed or sudden (often temporary) brilliance

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Minatory

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Menacing or threatening in nature or aspect

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Endemic

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Native to or characteristic of a certain place or people

Restricted or confined to a specific area or place

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Abrogate

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To abolish, annul, or put asidem usually officially

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Broach

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To mention, suggest, or bring up

To tap, piece, or open up

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Deposition

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The act ofremoving from power

Testimony under oath

The process of depositing, or the state of being deposited

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Accretion

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Growth by gradual addition or buildup

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Deride

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To scorn, mock, jeer, or ridicule

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Revere

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To regard with respect, devotion, deference, and awe

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Boisterous

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Rough and noisy or rowdy; clamorous

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Opprobrium

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Disgrace or infamy dueto shmareful, despicable behavior

Harsh contempt or condemnation

A cause for shame or disgrace

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Sate

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To satisfy or appease (an appetite) fully

To indulge (an appetite) to exces, to glut

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Nascent

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Developing or coming into existence

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Equitable

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Fair and impartial, characterized by showing equity (equity = fairness)

(Note; do not confse with equivocal, meaning ambivalent, undecided)

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Natty

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Smart and trim in dress or appearance (usually of a man: “nattily dressed”)

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Accolade

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An award, praise, or expression of approval

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Seamy

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Sordid, unpleasant, showing the low side of life

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Sedulous

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Diligent or persevering in effort or application

Done or achieved through perseverance

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Efface

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To erase, to rub or wipe out

To conduct oneself inconspicuously, to make oneself ‘invisble’.

Often used in the expression “self-effacing”

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Neologism

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a new word, phrase, or usage

A psychotic symptom involving the creation of new words

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Seminal

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Pertaining to seed, having possibility of future development

Very original and inluencing later works (as a seminal artist or artwork)

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Nexus

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A link or connection

A connected group or series

The core, focus, or central point of connection

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Tacit
Expressed without words, unspoken Implied or indicated but not explicitly expressed
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Supine
Lying on the back or face up Showing or characterized by lethargy, passivity, or apathetic inactivity, mentally or morally indfferent or lax
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Caustic
Capable of burning, corroding, or eating away at Cutting, harsh, sarcastic, or severely critical
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Nugatory
Of little value, worth, or importance; trifling or inconsequential Without force or effectiveness
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Disaffect
To make unhappy or unloyal, to alienate the affection or support of
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Bombastic
Overblown, pompous, inflated, pretentious
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Estrange
To make unfriendly or hostile, keep at a distance
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Obstinacy
Stubbornly sticking to an attitude, opinion, purpose, or course, against argment or persuasion Difficult to control, subdue, or remedy
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Sinewy
Full of sinews (tendons); tough and stringy or strong Lean and muscular, strong, forceful, or vigorous
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Boor
A rude or coarse person; someone without manners or sensitivity A peasant
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Occluded
To obstruct, close up, or block off To prevent the passage of
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Slew
A large number of quanity of ("a whole slew of problems")
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Continent
Excerising or marked by self-restraint , especially of the desires
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Cessation
a temporary or final stopping or ceasing
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Odium
The state or quality of being odious (arousing contempt or strong displeasure) Contempt, dislike, or repugnance Disgrace or infamy due to reprehensible or hateful acts
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Sodden
Weighted downwith or as if with water, soaked throughly Dull or expressionless, as from drink Sluggish or torpid
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Surfeit
1. An excessive amount or oversupply 2. Overindulgance (such as in food or drink) , disgust from overindulgence To feed or supply to surfeit (i.e., satiety, excess, or disgust)
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Solvent
Able to pay debts; not bankrupt
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Breach
The act or result of rupturing, or breaking; rift, fissure A violation or infraction, a severance of friendly relations
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Onerous
Burdensome or troublesome (onus=burden) Entailing legal obligations that exceed the benefits
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Fervid
Very, glowing, or burning Marked by great zeal, feeling, or fervor
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Opaque
Impenetrable to light; not transparent or reflecting light Hard to understand, so obsure as to be unclear or unintelligible Dim-witted or mentally slow
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Lethargic
Characterized by or causing *lethargy* (sluggishness, inacivity) or indifference
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Chary
cautious or wary Sparing, hesitant to give, accept or expand
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Tendentious
Parisan, marked by a strong point of view
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Puerile
Pertaining to childhood Childishly foolish or immature, juvenile
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Bedizen
Dress or decorate in a gaudy, ostentatious way
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Internecine
Pertaining to conflict within a group Mutually destructive
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Screed
A long discourse or piece of writing A diatribe, an angry speech
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Sere
Dry or withered
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Semiotics
The theory or study of signs and symbols used as elements communication; the study of languages, gestures, even clothing used as communication

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