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pernicious
having a harmful effect
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avarice
greed; desire for wealth
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anachronistic
out-of-date
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rapacious
aggressively greedy or grasping
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virulent
extremely severe or harmful in its effects; bitterly hostile
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subversive
intended to undermine or overthrow
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calmitous
disastrous
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enunciated
say or pronounce clearly
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acquisitive
excessively interested in acquiring money or material things
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prescient
to have foreknowledge of events
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hubristic
to be exessively prideful or arrogant
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euphonious
pleasing to the ear
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mellifluous
smooth and musical to here
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obfuscate
make obscure or unclear
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undulate
move smoothly up and down
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autonomy
self-government
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monotony
tedious repetition
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indefatigable
persisting tirelessly
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intrepid
fearless
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teratology
study of malformations
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degenerate
corrupted or deteriorated
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heterogeneous
diverse in character or content
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irreverent
showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously
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lugubrious
looking or sounding sad and dismal
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perfunctory
carried out without real effort or feeling
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preliminary
done in preparation for something fuller
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archaic
very old or old-fashioned
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obsolete
out of date
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superfluous
unnecessary
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exonerate
to clear of blame or duty
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effigy
a sculpture or model of a person
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enclave
a place or group distinct from that surrounding it
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aslant
at an angle
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horsy
resembling a horse
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copulating
have sex (especially dogs)
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precocious
developing unusually early
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punitive
inflicting or aiming at punishment
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approbation
approval or praise
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sensuous
appealing to the senses
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ignominious
deserving or causing public disgrace or shame
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filch
steal casually
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altruism
unselfish regard for the welfare of others
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acquisitive
excessively interested in acquiring money or material things
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peccadillo
a relatively minor fault or sin.
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banal
lacking in originality; obvious; boring
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uncouth
lacking good manners or refinement
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compunction
a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad
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scruple
doubt about the morality of an action
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indecorous
improper; not in good taste
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semaphore
method of visual signaling, usually by means of flags or lights
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sedition
conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against authority
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defunct
no longer existing or functioning
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amalgamation
the action, process, or result of combining/uniting
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penance
punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing
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voracious
wanting/devouring a lot of food; engaging in an activity with great eagerness
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palimpsest
something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form
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macabre
disturbing because concerned with or causing fear of death
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decampment
the act or instance of escaping
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congenial
(of a person) pleasing/liked due to being like-minded, (of an object) pleasant because suited to ones taste
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querulous
complaining in a whining matter
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frieze
a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration
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cupola
rounded dome on a building
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expostulate
express strong disapproval or disagreement
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bewail, bemoan
to express sadness about something
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deplore
to express disapproval about something
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disingenuous
lacking in candor
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ostentation
the pretentious display of wealth and luxury
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deign
do something considered to be beneath one’s dignity
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wraith
ghost(like), a wisp or faint trace of something
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dissipation, debauchery, decadence
overindulgence in sensual pleasures
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subservient, acquiescent
prepared to obey others unquestioningly
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affable
friendly, good natured, easy to talk to
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palpable
so intense as to seem tangible
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perfidy
the state of being deceitful and untrustworthy
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implacable
unable to be appeased/stopped
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abase
to behave in a way that belittles of degrades someone
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coquettish
behaving in a way to suggest sexual attraction, flirty
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visceral
relating to deep inward feelings as opposed to the intellect
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salient
most noticeable or important
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locus
the place where something happens or the central area of interest in something being discussed
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locus classicus
a passage commonly cited to illustrate or explain a subject or word
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equivocal
ambigious
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ostentacious
characterized by pretentious or showy display
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odious
extremely unpleasant, repulsive
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potency
the power of something to influence or make an impression
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despotic
tyrannical
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endemic
(of a disease) regularly occurring with an area/community, (of a plant/animal) native and restricted to a certain place
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intelligentsia
intellectuals or highly educated people as a group
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remediable
capable of being cured, rectifiable
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iconoclasm
the action of attacking cherished beliefs/values/practices, the rejection/destruction of religious images as heretical
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extemporised
improvised
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palaeography
the study of pre-modern manuscripts
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meliorism
the belief that the world can be made better by human effort
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emissary
a person sent as a diplomatic representative on a special mission
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fastidious
very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail
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facetious
treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour, flippant
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pedantry
excessive concern with minor details and rules
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empirical
based on/concerned with/verified by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic
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bifurcate
divide into two branches
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decidious
shedding its leaves annually