 | Term | Definition |
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aphorism |
a short pithy instructive saying |
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pique |
a sudden outburst of anger |
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approbation |
official recognition or approval |
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precipitate |
bring about abruptly |
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laconic |
brief and to the point |
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hedonist |
someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures |
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taciturn |
habitually reserved and uncommunicative |
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iconoclastic |
characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions |
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didactic |
instructive (especially excessively) |
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prevaricate |
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
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internecine |
characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides |
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contrived |
showing effects of planning or manipulation |
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diabolical |
extremely evil or cruel |
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belie |
represent falsely |
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sycophant |
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage |
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harbinger |
an indication of the approach of something or someone |
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paucity |
an insufficient quantity or number |
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flippant |
lacking proper seriousness |
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adjudicate |
to settle judicially |
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platonic |
free from physical desire |
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vindictive |
showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt |
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immured |
imprisoned or confined |
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ephemeral |
enduring a very short time |
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crenate |
having a margin with rounded scallops |
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garrulous |
full of trivial conversation |
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sanguine |
inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life |
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cep |
brown edible mushroom |
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modicum |
a small or moderate or token amount |
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indubitably |
in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted |
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symptomatic |
characteristic or indicative of e.g. a disease |
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salubrious |
promoting health |
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beatification |
the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy |
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bellicose |
warlike |
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martinet |
A strict disciplinarian |
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abrogate |
revoke formally |
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ziggurat |
a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians |
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solipsism |
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist |
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Corinthian |
a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure |
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simulacrum |
an insubstantial or vague semblance |
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academic |
an educator who works at a college or university |
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argot |
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
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Merovingian |
a Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750 |
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factotum |
a person employed to do all kinds of work. |
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quixotic |
not sensible about practical matters |
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trepanation |
the act of surgically cutting a round hole. |
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argot |
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
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riposte |
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) |
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immolate |
offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction |
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estoppel |
a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled |
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piratical |
characteristic of pirates |
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aspergillum |
vessel for sprinkling holy water |
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reticence |
the trait of being uncommunicative |
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macabre |
shockingly repellent |
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