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abnegation: denial, self-denial
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alchemist: a person who studies or practices alchemy [medieval science]
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appreciable: capable of being perceived or measured
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artifice: an ingenious device or expedient
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astrolabe: an astronomical instrument for taking the altitude of the sun or stars
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august: marked by majestic dignity or grandeur
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aura: a distinctive atmosphere surrounding a given source
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consternation: amazement or dismay that throws into confusion
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diabolical: of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil
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didactic: intended to convey instruction and information as well as pleasure and entertainment
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flaccid: not firm or stiff; lacking normal or youthful firmness
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galleon: a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
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hawker: a person who offers goods for sale by shouting his or her wares in the street or going from door to door; peddler.
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impelled: to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure
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implacable: not capable of being soothed/calmed, significantly changed, or less severe
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impregnated: to cause to be filled or saturated
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incipient: beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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ingot: a mold in which metal is cast
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insurmountable: incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome
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interminable: having or seeming to have no end
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languid: sluggish in character or disposition
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lugubrious: mournful, dismal
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oblivion: the condition or state of being forgotten or unknown
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pestilential: giving rise to vexation or annoyance; irritating
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poultice: a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
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prodigious: being an omen
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rudimentary: consisting in first principles; imperfectly developed
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seraphim: an order of angels
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singed: to burn superficially or lightly
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taciturn: temperamentally disinclined to talk
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tenacious: persistent, stubborn
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tenuous: having little substance or strength; flimsy, weak