| Term | Definition |
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| aggrandize | verb: to raise the importance of or make to appear great; increase prestige, influence, or reputation |
| antediluvian | adj: pertaining to the period prior to the Great Flood recounted in the Bible; out of date; |
| bedraggled | adj: harried or in a condition of disarray; unkept; dirty and limp |
| consanguineous | adj: related by blood; of common lineage |
| discombobulate | verb: to confuse or throw into an awkward predicament |
| ecclesiastical | adj: pertaining to religious practices |
| educe | verb: to draw out; to reason out; to establish from given facts |
| intransigent | adj: uncompromising; determined to remain beyond appeal or negotiation |
| mendacious | adj: lying or false |
| non sequitur | noun and adj: something that does not follow logically |
| plethora | noun: excessive oversupply |
| profligate | adj: shamelessly immoral; extravagantly or excessively wasteful |
| prolix | adj: tediously wordy; something long and verbose |
| reprehensible | adj: abhorrant; something morally inexcusable |
| sententious | adj: tending to use many cliches or maxims in order to enlighten others |
| serendipity | noun: the quality of coming upon important insights or discoveries by accident |
| sine qua non | noun: an essential feature (of something) |
| travesty | noun: a grotesque parody (of something) |
| trepidation | noun: a state of fear or agitation |
| ubiquitous | adj: seemingly everywhere at once; so common it appears to be everywhere |
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