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after

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sound

demo

people

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cracy

government

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appearance

dicho

in two parts

sui

self

partheno

virgin

pluto

wealth

a priori

from theory

a posteriori

from observation

parthenogenesis

unfertilized birth

assonance

vowel repetition

objurgation

rebuke

demotic

of the common people

soporific

sleep-inducing

internecine

mutually destructive

sesquipedalian

very long (words)

sui generis

unique

plutocracy

government of wealthy

delineate

to outline

dichotomy

two-part division

epiphany

revelation

tortuous

twisting

anthropo

man

gastro

stomach

auto

self

contra

against

viv

life

helio

sun

culp

blame

spec

look

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one

centri

center

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middle

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both

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doctrine

trans

across

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out

intro

into

trop

turn

lykos

wolf

anthropocentric

man-centered

gastronome

a gourmet or epicure

autodidact

self-taught person

monism

doctrine that reality is one

in medias res

in the middle of things

lycanthrope

werewolf

circumambient

surrounding

transmogrify

change form

reify

treat as real

au contraire

to the contrary

vivacious

lively

circumvent

get around

heliotropic

sun-following

exculpate

free from blame

introspective

inward looking

dict

say

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low

nihil

nothing

muta

change

terr

land

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know

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again

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over

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writing

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twist

anim

mind

epi

on

ob

against

obiter dictum

passing remark

obsequious

servilely following

abase

to lower

pathetic fallacy

ascribing feelings to things

ratiocination

methodical thinking

mutatis mutandis

with necessary changes

interstice

small space

terra incognita

unknown land

sedate

calm

retort

swift reply