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Insubordinate |
adj. not submissive to authority |
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Inordinate |
adj. excessive; immoderate; not controlled |
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Ordain |
verb 1. to confirm priestly authority upon 2. to order by superior authority |
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Ordinance |
a command or order; a law or regulation, especially by a city government 2. A custom or practice established by tradition, especially a religious rite |
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Apostle |
a leader or teacher of a new faith or movement |
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Stolid |
adj. showing or appearing to feel no emotion; apathetic |
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Epistolary |
adj. pertaining to letter writing |
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Rectify |
To set right; to correct |
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Rectitude |
Moral uprightness; correctness of behavior |
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Constellation |
a group of fixed stars 2. a brilliant gathering |
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Stellar |
1. Pertaining to stars 2. Outstanding; referring to a star performer |
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Asterisk |
a star shaped figure used to indicate an omission or a footnote |
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Astral |
of or from the stars |
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Cosmology |
The study of the whole universe: origin, evolution, and relationship of its parts |
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cosmopolite |
A person at ease in any part of the world and/or knowledgeable in many subjects |
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Immutable |
adj. never changing or varying; unchangeable |
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Permutation |
n. an alteration; a rearrangement of elements, especially in mathematics |
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Transmute |
to transform; to change from one form of nature into another |
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Temerity |
n. foolish boldness; recklessness; rashness |
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Temerarious |
daring; rash; reckless |
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Imperturbable |
adj. unexcitable, unflustered; calm |
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Turbid |
adj. 1. muddy; not clear; opaque 2. Confused; disordered |
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Perturb |
v. to agitate; to upset |
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Aspersion |
a remark that disparages, maligns, or slanders another |
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Disperse |
v. to spread widely; to disseminate / to scatter; to dispel; to drive away |
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temper |
to moderate 2. to bring to a particuar texture or consistency, often hardness |
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Temperance |
1. Moderation in expressing fellings, in appetite, and in consumption of alcoholic drink; self restraint 2. total abstinence from alcoholic beverages; teetotalism |
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Outre |
adj. Deviating from the usual or proper; eccentric; outlandish |
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Penultimate |
adj. next to last |
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Ultimatum |
a final uncompromising condition or demand, especially one whose rejection will close negotiations |
