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abrogation: v. to abolish by formal or official means; to repeat, cancel
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abyss: n. a chasm of endless space
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allegory: n. figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another; a symbolic narrative
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ameliorate: v. to make better
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autocracy: n. a government in which one person has uncontrolled or unlimited power over others
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calumny: n. a false or injurious statement designed to harm someone's appearance
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congeries: n. a collection of parts in one mass
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contentious: adj. quarrelsome; tending to argument
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contiguous: adj. in close proximity without actually touching
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crucible: n. a severe test or trial; a container for heating substances
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diametrically: adj. in direct opposition; opposite extremes
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dissembling: adj. give a false or misleading appearance
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inculcation: n. an idea implanted by repeated statement or admonition
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inequity: n. an unfair circumstance
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ingratiating: adj. agreeable, pleasing, charming
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insoluble: n. incapable of being solved or explained; incapable of being dissolved
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intimations: n. an indication; v. to make known indirectly
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ipso facto: by the very fact of
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lascivious: adj. inclined to lustfulness
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licentious: adj. sexually unrestrained
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predilection: n. a tendency of highly thinking of something in particular; a bias; a tendency
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probity: n. integrity
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prodigious: adj. extraordinary in size
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propitiation: n. an atonement; a conciliation
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quail: v. to lose heart, to shrink with fear
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rescinded: v. to take back, to revoke, annul
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sibilance: n. hissing
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succubi: n. female demons