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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 incidental | happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else |
| illicit | forbidden by laws, rules or customs |
| elicit | to draw out or bring forth |
| capricious | relating to a sudden or unpredictable change of one's mind |
| credence | belief as to the truth of something. |
| surreptitious | acting in a stealthy way |
| assert | to declare with assurance |
| claim | a new statement of truth made about something, usually when the statement has yet to be verified |
| contend | to strive in opposition; to dispute |
| counterexample | an exception to a proposed general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of a universally quantified statement. |
| proposition | an idea offered for consideration |
| subsidiary | secondary or supplimental |
| compel | to force, drive together, to round up |
| impose | to establish or apply by authority |
| posit | to propose; suggest |
| preclude | prevent or exclude |
| prevaricate | to deviate; to go astray (from) |
| qualify | to limit in scope; to restrict |
| manifestly | obviously; readily perceived by the eye or the understanding |
| purport | to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely |
| aggregate | a mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole |
| altruistic | regardful of others; unselfish |
| extant | currently existing; NOT having dissappeared |
| indigenous | engendered or born in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion |
| mundane | ordinary; not new |
| viable | able to live on its own; possible |
| contingency | something which may or may not happen; a chance occurence, especially in (finance) |
| imperturbable | incapable of being agitated; not easily excited |
| liable | exposed to a certain contigency or casualty; more or less probable // responsible ; obliged in law or equity |
| pundit | a professional expert in a particular field, as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media // a scholar, teacher, master of an art, or learned person. |
| aesthetic | pertaining to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation (such as beauty) as opposed to pure intellectuality |
| diminution | lessening; reduction |
| derision | ridicule; mockery |
| adolescence | the transitional period between puberty and adulthood in human development, extending mainly over the teen years. |
| sacrosanct | extremely sacred; inviolable |
| ledger | an account book of final entry, in which business transactions are recorded. |
| visceral | proceeding from instinct rather than intellect |
| sensibility | capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli |
| platitude | a flat or dull remark; a remark lacking freshness or effectiveness |
| supplant | to replace one thing by something else |
| intractable | not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn |
| oracular | of the nature, resembling, or suggesting an oracle |
| hew | to strike forcible with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop, hack |
| inerrant | infallible; free from error |
| luthier | maker of stringed intruments, such as violins and cellos |
| pretentious | characterized by assumption of dignity or importance |
| ilk | family, class, or kind |
| stagflation | an inflationary period accompanied by unemployment increases and lack of growth in consumer demand and business activity. |
| vagary | an unpredictable or erratic action, occurrence, course, or instance. |
| imperial | of the nature or rank of an emperor, or supreme ruler |
| pithy | brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression |
| staid | of settled or sedate character; NOT capricious or flighty |
| sultry | characterized by or arousing passion |
| odious | detestable |
| capitulate | to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms |
| malaise | a vague or unfocused feeling of mental uneasiness, lathargy, or discomfort |
| reticent | disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved |
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