 | Term | Definition |
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emolument |
payment for an office or emplyment |
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discrepancy |
lack of agreement; difference |
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secede |
to withdraw formally from an alliance or membership |
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fatuous |
smugly foolish; compacently stupid |
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coincide |
to occur at the same time or be at the same place; to agree exactly |
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herald |
to bear news; announce |
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deleterious |
harmful; destructive |
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vacillate |
to swing back and forth |
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flaunt |
to display ostentatiously; to show off; to boast |
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forge |
to give form or shape to; to advance gradually |
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promulgate |
to make known by official announcement |
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concede |
to acknowlege as true |
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reliquary |
a receptacle for displaying relics |
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halcyon |
calm; peaceful |
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adduce |
to show as an example or means of proving something |
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epithet |
a descriptive term for a person or thing |
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abet |
to encourage, assist, or support, usually in wrongdoing |
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confluence |
joining together of different streams |
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multifarious |
having many different parts or forms; numerous and varied |
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patriarch |
a man who rules a family clan; a very respected old man |
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connote |
to imply something beyond a literal meaning |
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vangard |
the leading position in army or fleet; the leading position in a movement or trend |
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flank |
the side |
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cabal |
a small group of secret plotters |
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grisly |
inspiring horror because of appalling crudity or inhumanity; gruesome |
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enmity |
the bitter attitude or feelings of an enemy or of mutual enemies |
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adverse |
opposed, difficult |
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acumen |
quickness and accuracy of judgement or insight |
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tenuous |
thin; weak |
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aback |
by surprise |
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gender |
sexual identity, esp. in relation to society or culture |
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prominent |
noticeable; widely known |
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cede |
to give or formally surrender to another |
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accord |
agreement |
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disclose |
to reveal |
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contumacious |
stubbronly disobedient; rebellious; insubordinate |
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licentious |
not moral; lawlss; lewd |
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rigor |
strictness or severity |
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veer |
to change direction |
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bathis |
excessive or trivial sentimentality; an abupt transition in style from the elevated to the commonplace |
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exult |
to rejoice greatly |
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forbidding |
disagreeable; menacing |
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lurid |
causing shock or horror; tastelessly vivid; growing like fire through a haze |
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amicable |
showing friendliness or good will |
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broach |
to raise for discussion |
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fulminate |
to issue a strong verbal attack |
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disseminate |
to scatter widely; to make known |
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belligerent |
eager to fight; aggressive; engaged in warfare |
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fanfare |
a showy public display |
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impede |
to obstruct |
