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adulterate: to make impure; to contaminate
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affectation: a phony attitude; pose
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agape: god's love; open-mouthed; surprised
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blandishment: flattery
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bucolic: pertaining to the countryside; rural; rustic
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callow: young or inexperienced
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caveat: a warning
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censure: to criticize sharply
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chimerical: imaginary; fatastic
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debauchery: self-indulgence; can have a sexual connotation
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deride: to ridicule; to mock
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dichotomy: a division into two parts
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fastidious: foolish; hard to please
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fatuous: foolish; inane
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ferret: to search; to drive out
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garner: to gather; to acquire
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garrulous: excessively talkative
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hackneyed: commonplace; overused
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halcyon: calm; peaceful
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harbinger: an omen or sign; messenger
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heterogeneous: different; dissimilar
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idiosyncrasy: a peculiar personality trait
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immutable: unchangeable; fixed
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impecunious: without money; penniless
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imperious: domineering; haughty
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impious: disrespectful towards God; not necessarily religious
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juxtapose: to line up side by side for comparison
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kismet: fate; destiny
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lachrymose: maudlin; teary or weapy
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laconic: short; concise; using few words
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languid: sluggish
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libertine: someone who lives immorraly, or a male sexual predator
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malapropism: a word humorously missused
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martinet: a strict disciplinarian; taskmaster
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milieu: setting; has to do with social setting and time
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nubile: suitable for marriage in age and physical developement
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onus: a burden; a resposibility
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paradigm: an example; a model
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peccadillo: a minor offense; missdeed
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pejorative: having a negative effect; insulting
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quiddity: an essential quality
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recondite: difficult to understand; profoud or obscure or secret
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redolent: having a pleasant odor
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sapeint: wise; full of knowledge
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scintillate: to sparkle; to twinkle; to be stimulate