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accolade (n)
a special award or privilege granted as a special honor as an acknowledgement or merit
acerbity (n)
the sharpness or directness in speech
attrition (n)
the process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of something or someone
bromide (n)
a trite or unoriginal idea or remark
chauvinist (n)
a person displaying excessive or prejudiced support for their own cause or group
chronic (adj)
persisting for a long time or being recurring
expound (v)
to present and explain systematically and in detail
factionalism (n)
the splitting of a group into factions
immaculate (adj)
perfect, clean, neat, or tidy
imprecation (n)
a spoken curse
ineluctable (adj)
unable to be resisted or avoided
mercurial (adj)
subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind
palliate (v)
to make less severe or unpleasant without removing symptoms
protocol (n)
the official procedure or system of rules, governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions
resplendent (adj)
attractive and impressive through being richly colorful
stigmatize (v)
describe or regard as worthy of disgrace or great disapproval
subrosa (adj)
happening or done in secret
vainglory (n)
inordinate pride in oneself or one’s achievements; excessive vanity
vestige (n)
a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists
volition (n)
the faculty or power of using ones will
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