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schism

division

bootless

useless

rubicund

red

apotheosis

raising to god status

precursor

forerunner

transpose

switch

invective

bitter denunciation

prestidigitation

sleight of hand

cosmology

study of the universe

effusion

outpouring

anthology

literary collection

posthumous

after death

euphony

beautiful sound

refractory

stubborn

platitude

flat trite remark

acrophobia

fear of heights

agoraphobia

fear of openness

veracity

truthfulness

verisimilitude

similarity to truth

idiosyncracy

peculiarity

alumni

graduates

interregnum

time between rulers

infraction

breaking

condign

worthy

casus belli

cause for war

chronic

lasting

hyperbole

overstatement

sonorous

full-sounding

germane

related

convivial

jovial, festive

cognomen

nickname

anarchist

one against government

animadversion

criticism

pusillanimous

small-minded

subterfuge

evasive dodge

saturnine

gloomy and remote

luminary

enlightening person

exorbitant

unreasonable

expatriate

banish

filigree

lacy design

eulogy

words of praise

sedentary

sitting

euphoria

joy

bonhomie

good-naturedness

bona fide

good faith

bon vivant

indulger in luxury

mutable

changeable

status quo

the present state

paradigm

model

impute

attribute discredit

delineate

to outline

emollient

softener

retrograde

backward

melancholy

dark sadness

intracranial

within the skull

cardiovascular

of the heart and vessels

epiphany

revelation

histology

study of living tissue

perihelion

orbital point nearest the sun

inherent

built-in

plutocracy

government of the wealthy

sine qua non

essential element

corpulent

full-bodied

dichotomy

two-part division

pathological

diseased

cryptic

having hidden meaning

isosceles

having two equal sides

pathogen

disease-causer

vociferous

loudly-voiced

rectify

correct

sanctimonious

affectedly holy

tortuous

twisting

rectilinear

right-angled

metamorphosis

change of shape

petroglyph

rock carving