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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 insubordinate | not submissive to authority |
| inordinate | excessive, immoderate, not controlled |
| ordain | to confirm priestly authority upon; to order by superior authority |
| ordinance | a command or order; a law or regulation especially by a city government; a custom or practice established by tradition especially a religious rite |
| apostle | a leader or teacher of a (new) faith or movement |
| stolid | showing or appearing to feel mo emotion; apathetic |
| epistolary | pertaining to letter writing or contained letters |
| rectify | to set right, to correct |
| rectitude | moral uprightness; correctness of behavior |
| constellation | a group of fixed stars; a brilliant gathering; a set of related objects or individuals |
| stellar | pertaining to stars |
| asterisk | a star shaped figure to indicate an omission or a footnote |
| astral | of or from the stars |
| cosmology | the study of the whole universe: origin, evolution, and relationship of its parts |
| cosmopolite | a person at ease in any part of the world and/or knowledgeable in many subjects |
| immutable | never changing or varying; unchangeable |
| permutation | an alteration; a rearrangement of elements especially in mathematics |
| transmute | to transform; to change from one form of nature into another |
| temerity | foolish boldness; recklessness; rashness |
| temerarious | daring; rash; reckless |
| imperturbable | unexcitable; unfuistered; calm |
| turbid | muddy; not clear; opaque; confused; disordered |
| perturb | to agitate; to upset |
| aspersion | a remark that disparages, maligns, or slanders another |
| disperse | to spread widely; to disseminate |
| temper | to moderate |
| temperance | moderation in expressing feelings, in appetite and in consumption of alcoholic drink; self restraint; total abstinence from alcoholic beverages; teetotalism |
| outré | deviating from the usual or proper; eccentric; outlandish |
| penultimate | next to last |
| ultimatum | a final, uncompromising condition or demand, especially one whose rejection will close negotiations |
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