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ennui |
Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom |
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magnanimous |
Generous in treating or judging others |
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laconic |
Using few words; expressing much in few words; concise |
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surreptitious |
obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine |
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rubric |
A short commentary or explanation covering a broad subject. A class, or rule. |
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exposition |
Introductory scene-setting. |
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exegesis |
Critical explanation or analysis, especially of a text. |
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distal |
Situated farthest from point of attachment or origin |
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proscribe |
To denounce or condemn. |
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antipattern |
classes of commonly-reinvented bad solutions to problems. |
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tomograph |
techniques for making detailed x-rays of a predetermined plane section of a solid object while blurring out the images of other planes. |
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obsequiously |
Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning. |
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pusillanimous |
Lacking courage; cowardly. |
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glasnost |
Candour with regard to discussion of social problems and shortcomings. |
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garrulous |
Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative. |
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ebullience |
Zestful enthusiasm. |
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tendentious |
Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan |
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semiotic |
Of or relating to semantics. |
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gregarious |
living in flocks or herds, as animals. Sociable. |
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florid |
Very ornate; flowery |
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boondoggle |
work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy. |
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palliate |
to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate. |
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gadfly |
a person who persistently annoys or provokes others with criticism, schemes, ideas, demands, requests, etc. |
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quixotic |
not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic; |
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capricious |
subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic |
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ethnography |
The branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of specific human cultures. |
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aphorism |
a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation |
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assiduous |
Constant in application or attention; diligent |
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obsequious |
Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning. |
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ersatz |
Being an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one; artificial |
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evenescense |
The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance |
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schadenfreude |
satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune. |
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pathological |
Used of a data set that is grossly atypical of normal expected input. An unlikely collection of circumstances |
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amortise |
to write off a cost of (an asset) gradually. |
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atavistic |
The return of a trait or recurrence of previous behavior after a period of absence. |
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sedition |
Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state. |
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ambivalence |
The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings. Not being sure about which course of action to take. |
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erudition |
knowledge acquired by study, research, etc. |
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taciturn |
habitually reserved and uncommunicative |
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exegesis |
exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text |
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demur |
take exception to |
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sophistry |
seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning; sophism |
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aspersion |
an abusive attack on a person's character or good name |
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verisimilitude |
the appearance of truth |
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epistemic |
of or relating to epistemology |
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tendentious |
Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan |
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concomitant |
an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another |
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perspicacity |
the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions |
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bespoke |
custom |
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amelioration |
an improvement |
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hegemony |
the domination of one state over its allies |
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avuncular |
like an uncle in kindness or indulgence |
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fovea |
area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute |
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usurious |
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation |
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occidental |
denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the Western Hemisphere |
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apprise |
make aware of |
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