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auspicious
indicating favorable circumstances; suggesting future success
deleterious
harmful; damaging
fatuous
devoid of intelligence; foolish; idiotic
pecuniary
relating to or involving money
acumen
intelligence; sharp wit
chicanery
deception; trickery
circumlocution
an indirect way of expressing something; talking around something
nihilism
complete denial of established authority and institutions
oligarchy
a political system governed by a few people
kowtow
to bow down to; fawn; to show deference
-ous
characterized by; full of; having
-ism
practice of; condition/state; doctrine; trait
abstemious
not self-indulgent; self-disciplined
churlish
having a bad disposition; surly
evanescent
short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
feckless
generally incompetent and ineffectual
gauche
lacking social polish or refinement
kinetic
relating to (or resulting from) motion
equinox
the point when day and night are of equal length;
laissez faire
a policy/attitude of letting things take their course; free for all
nomenclature
a system of words used to name things
soliloquy
speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself (usually emotional)
-ish
to some extent; having the qualities/characteristics of; somewhat
-less
not having; without; free from; not affected by
sol-
alone; only; one
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