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pre

before

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gen

origin

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jur

swear

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sopor

sleep

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ped

foot

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lin

line

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tomy

cut

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tort

twist

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ob

against

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sesqui

one and a half

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nec

kill

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post

after

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son

sound

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demo

people

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inter

between

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cracy

government

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phan

appearance

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dicho

in two parts

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sui

self

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partheno

virgin

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pluto

wealth

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a priori

from theory

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a posteriori

from observation

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parthenogenesis

unfertilized birth

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assonance

vowel repetition

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objurgation

rebuke

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demotic

of the common people

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soporific

sleep-inducing

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internecine

mutually destructive

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sesquipedalian

very long (words)

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sui generis

unique

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plutocracy

government of wealthy

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delineate

to outline

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dichotomy

two-part division

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epiphany

revelation

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tortuous

twisting

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anthropo

man

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gastro

stomach

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auto

self

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contra

against

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viv

life

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helio

sun

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culp

blame

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spec

look

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mono

one

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centri

center

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medi

middle

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ambi

both

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ism

doctrine

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trans

across

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ex

out

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intro

into

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trop

turn

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lykos

wolf

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anthropocentric

man-centered

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gastronome

a gourmet or epicure

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autodidact

self-taught person

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monism

doctrine that reality is one

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in medias res

in the middle of things

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lycanthrope

werewolf

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circumambient

surrounding

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transmogrify

change form

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reify

treat as real

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au contraire

to the contrary

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vivacious

lively

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circumvent

get around

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heliotropic

sun-following

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exculpate

free from blame

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introspective

inward looking

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dict

say

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bas

low

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nihil

nothing

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muta

change

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terr

land

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cogn

know

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re

again

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super

over

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de

down

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gram

writing

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obit

death

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sequ

follow

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path

feeling

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ism

doctrine

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inter

between

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in

in or not

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sed

sit

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tort

twist

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anim

mind

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epi

on

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ob

against

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obiter dictum

passing remark

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obsequious

servilely following

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abase

to lower

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pathetic fallacy

ascribing feelings to things

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ratiocination

methodical thinking

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mutatis mutandis

with necessary changes

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interstice

small space

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terra incognita

unknown land

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sedate

calm

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retort

swift reply

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