WWW Volume 3

Terms	Definitions
lachry	tear
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penchant	an intense liking
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hebetude	dullness
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venial	forgivable
sacerdotal	priestly
cenotaph	empty tomb
ululate	to howl
paragon	excellent model
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puerilism	childishness
recondite	abstruse
contiguous	touching
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egregious	blatant
adventitious	accidental
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dictum	pronouncement
dishabille	partially dressed
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risible	laughable
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esculent	edible
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apothegm	a pithy saying
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ostentatious	showy
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language peculiar to a group	idiom
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circle with a circle	epicycle
from before the Flood!	antediluvian
witty replies	repartee
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to whip	flagellate
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a haunt	purlieu
poor	impecunious
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trivial teaching	pedantry
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to cut short	truncate
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by chance	fortuitous
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aristocratic	patrician
an obsequious parasite	sycophant
state dominance	hegemony
beautiful sound	euphony
numinous	supernatural
favorably disposed	propitious
faithless person	nullifidian
sharp reprimand	rebuke
two-part division	dichotomy
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scholarly	erudite
intense desire	concupiscence
funeral ceremonies	obsequies
sadly thoughtful	pensive
unauthentic work	apocrypha
truthful	veridical
low class	declasse
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in	not
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ile	like
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per	through
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a	not
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copious	abundant
traverse	cross
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ostentatious	showy
microcosm	small universe
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ambiguous	indefinite
declasse	low class
putative	thought-to-be
mollify	make soft
gregarious	sociable
altercation	heated dispute
alter ego	second self
philander	to engage in love affairs
apocrypha	unauthentic works
tendentious	slanted
importune	to trouble with requests
apothegm	a pithy saying
cacoethes	a mania
precept	a maxim
veridical	truthful
pulchritude	physical beauty
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acerbity	sharpness of temper
perfidy	breach of faith
translucent	semitransparent
cacophony	bad noise
tangible	touchable
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obsequies	funeral ceremonies
exodus	a departure
pensive	sadly thoughtful
salubrious	healthful
demure	affectedly modest
undulate	to wave
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serene	clear and calm
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interstice	small space
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sophist	a specious reasoner
erudite	scholarly
denoument	unraveling of plot
concupiscence	intense desire
esculent	edible
pertinacious	holding stubbornly
interlocutor	person in conversation
aphorism	a concise wisdom
autodidact	self-taught person
reify	treat as real
in medias res	in the middle of things
circumvent	get around
exculpate	free from blame
cupidity	greed
euphoria	feeling of well-being
protocol	rules of ceremony
odious	disgusting
visage	face
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apophasis	mention by denial
rebuke	sharp reprimand
objurgation	rebuke
soporific	sleep-inducing
internecine	mutually destructive
dichotomy	two-part division
epiphany	revelation
eclectic	from various sources
numinous	supernatural
mendicant	a beggar
fatuous	complacently stupid
oblivion	being forgotten
requite	repay
aphasia	loss of speech
nullifidian	faithless person
risible	laughable
assiduous	perservering
saturnine	gloomy and remote
vacuous	stupidly empty of ideas
ex cathedra	from the throne
pusillanimous	small-minded
sublime	noble
auto da fe	burning a heretic
ebullient	enthusiastic
impunity	exemption from punishment
illuminati	enlightened intellects
hegemony	state dominance
psychosis	major mental illness
neurosis	mental disorder
oleaginous	oily
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reiterate	repeat
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idee fixe	obsession
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euphony	beautiful sound
attenuated	thinned
extraneous	from outside
profound	deep
sedulous	diligent
incunabula	infancy
parvenu	an upstart
sycophant	an obsequious parasite
adagio	a slow movement
desuetude	disuse
prolegomenon	preliminary statement
hedonism	devotion to pleasure
narcissism	self-adoration
patrician	aristocratic
miscreant	evil unbeliever
terra firma	firm land
inchoate	just begun
peripatetic	walking
ambient	surrounding
tenuous	thin
ductile	malleable
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surrogate	subsitute
allude	indirectly refer
dishabille	partially dressed
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stoicism	indifference to sensation
valediction	farewell speech
supercilious	scornful
moribund	dying
expository	explanatory
riposte	swift retort
truncate	to cut short
transcend	go beyond
prostrate	lying face-down
adventitious	accidental
vituperate	to violently revile
amanuensis	secretary
ambulatory	able to walk
nocturne	painting of a night scene
dictum	pronouncement
ineffable	inexpressible
euthanasia	mercy killing
expatiate	to elaborate
specious	false
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unctuous	oily
cloister	to seclude
recherche	rarely choice
asservate	to state severely
sagacity	discerning wisdom
affable	friendly and kind
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iconoclasm	ridiculing institutions
mordacious	biting
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contiguous	touching
intractible	stubborn
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puerilism	childishness
nefarious	villainous
congruity	equalness
ruminate	to mentally chew
edify	to enlighten
symbiosis	connectiveness
necrophobia	fear of death
pedantry	trivial teachings
retrospective	backward looking
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remonstrate	plead in protest
recondite	abstruse
incisive	sharp
diatribe	abusive speech
modus vivendi	manner of living
recidivism	chronic relapse
inveigh	to violently criticize
vitiate	to corrupt
profligate	wastefully extravagant
multifarious	very diverse
rapproachment	restoration of friendship
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opprobrium	disgrace
stringent	binding
misogynist	hater of women
clamor	loud outcry
propiniquity	nearness
haute couture	high fashion
pyromania	compulsive arson
stereotype	a fixed prejudice
disquisition	formal discussion
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transient	temporary
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quis	search
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sub	under
strat	layer
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sap	taste
sense	feel
eco	house
hom	man
pre	before
pre	in front
pre	superior

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