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preciptiously

(adverb) very steeply

perciptious

(adj) very steep

peruse

(verb) read (something), typically in a thorough or careful way.

malleable

(adj) easily influenced; pliable

malleability

(noun) the quality of being malleable

balderdash

(noun) senseless talk or writing; nonsense; gibberish; baloney

duplicity

(noun) deceitfullness; deception

duplicative

(noun) 1. involving duplication, especially unnecessarily; 2. done the same way more than once, effectively identical

decrepit

(adj) weak; frail; in bad shape

uncouth

(adj) (of a person's bad behavior or appearance) lacking good manners; uncivilized; crude; gross; barbaric; crass

cavalier

(adj) showing a lack of proper concern; offhand; casual; indifferent; dismissive

annex

(verb) add as an extra part; (noun) building joined or associated to the main building

pedantic

(adj) overprecise; perfectionist; nitpicking; overscrupulous; pretentious

kvetch

(noun) somebody that complains a great deal; (verb) to complain excessively

pithy

(adj) concise; brief; terse; forccefully expressive

comely

(adj) pleasent to look at; attractive (typically of a person); pretty

crepuscular

(adj) of or relating to twilight

becoming

(adj) (especially of clothing) flattering; stylish; fashionable; comely

malinger

(verb) exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape one's responsibility at work or school

incongruous

(adj) not in harmony or keeping with its surroundings; out of place; discordant

lexicon

(noun) the vocabulary of a person

poignant

(adj) evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

grovel

(verb) to kneel, lie, or crawul on the ground; to treat someone with too much respect or fear

charlatan

(noun) a person falsely claiming to have special knowledge or skill; a fraud; a fake; an imposter

triage

(noun/verb) the assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses to decide the order of treatment of a large number of patients

commandeer

(verb) take possesion of something; seize; confiscate; hijack

draconian

(adj) excessively harsh; severe; cruel

sycophant

(noun) a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage; brown-noser; suck-up

voracious

(adj) wanting or devouring great quantites of something

imbibe

(verb) to drink; consume

dirge

(noun) a song for the dead; typically sung at funerals

antithetical

(adj) directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incomptiable; opposing

antithesis

(noun) a person or thing that is in direct opposite of someone or something; reverse

vociferously

(adverb) in a loud or forceful manner; vehemently

vociferous

(adj) vehement or clamorous; outspoken; vocal

quintessence

(noun) the most perfect or typical example of a quality; examplar; epitome

persona non grata

(noun) an unacceptable or unwelcome person

melliflous

(adj) (of a voice or words) sweet or musical; dulcet; pleasent to hear

perfidious

(adj) decietful and untrustworthy; disloyal; two-faced

cronyism

(noun) the appointment of friends to positions of authority without regard to their qualifications ("friends")

nepotism

(noun) the appointment of friends to positions of authority without regard to their qualifications ("family")

meritocracy

(noun) when people are chosen because of their ability and qualifications (or merit), not because they're friends or family members in power

liable

(adj) 1. likely to do something; tending; apt, 2. responsible by law; legally answerable

manifest

(verb) to display or show by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate

pretext

(noun) a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason; false excuse; alleged reason

procure

(verb) to obtain something; especially with great care; to acquire; to get

arable

(adj) (of land) used or suitable for growing crops

intermediary

(noun) a person who acts as a link between people in order to bring an agreement; mediator

capitulate

(verb) cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender; give in; yield; admit to defeat

categorically

(adj) in a way that is unambiguously explicit and direct; absolutely

incite

(verb) encourage or stir up violent or unlawful behavior

retribution

(noun) punishment inflicted on someone as vengance for a wrong criminal act; punishment; penalty

cower

(verb) to crouch or lean away in fear; cringe; flinch; recoil

censure

(verb/noun) to formally express disaproval; condemn; rebuke; reprove; admonish

conciliatory

(adj) intended or likely to placate or pacify; peace-making; appeasing; pacifying; mollifying

contrive

(verb) to create or bring about (an object or situation) by dileberate use of skill; cause to happen; manufacture; devise

machination

(noun) a plot or scheme; plan

rash

(adj) displaying a lack of careful consideration; reckless; impulsive; careless; hasty

complicity

(noun) partnership in wrongdoing; collusion; collaboration

complicit

(adj) invovled with others illegal activity or wrongdoing

inebriate

(noun) a drunkard; (verb) to make drunk; incite

inebriated

(adj) drunk or intoxicated

morose

(adj) sad; gloomy

taciturn

(adj) ta si turn; (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little; quiet; milquetoast; introverted

cynical

(adj) 1. believing that people are motivated by self interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity, 2. concerned only with one's interests and typically disregarding accepted or appropiate standards in order to achieve them

dissentient

(noun) a person who opposes a majority of offical opinion; dissident; rebel, (adj) in opposition to a majority

dissent

(noun/verb) the expression or a holding of opinions at variance with those previously, commonly, or offically held

enmity

(noun) mutual hatred or hostility; ill will; animosity; hate

ensconce

(verb) to settle comfortably or safely (either a dissagreement or into place)

benevolent

(adj) kind; altruistic; compassionate

abolish

(verb) to get rid of; repent; terminate

apathy

(noun) a lack of interest; enthusiasim, or emotion

apathetic

(adj) showing or feeling no interest or ethusiasim; uninterested

gambol

(verb) to run or jump about playfully; frollic

preeminent

(adj) surpassing all others; greatest; supreme

tormentors

(noun) people who cause great pain or make fun of others

torment

(verb) to cause pain

acute

(adj) [antynom of obtuse] mentally alert and awake; astute; shrewd; insightful

cryptic

(adj) mysterious; hidden; puzzling

maxim

(noun) a rule; motto; axiom

flog

(verb) to beat with a stick; to whip

ignominious

(adj) shameful; disgraceful; humiliating

impromptu

(adj) done without being planned; spontaneous; spur of the moment; unprepared

irrepressible

(adj) not able to be controlled; uncontainable; uncontrollable

tractable

(adj) (of a person or animal) easy to control; docile; complaint; obedient

perpetual

(adj) to last for a long time; never-ending

perpetuate

(verb) make something continue indefinitely

articulate

(adj) the ability to express oneself clearly and coherently; eloquent, (verb) the act of expressing yourself clearly

communism

(noun) a political theory by Karl Marx, where propety is communally owned; each person works and is paid according to their ability and needs; if you have a cow, the government takes it and gives you milk

socialism

(noun) a poltical and economic theory of a social organization that thinks production, distribution, and exchange should be owned by society as a whole; if you have two cows, you give your neighbor one

capitalism

(noun) an economic and poltical system where the country's trade and industry is controlled by private owners, not the state; if you have a cow, you sell it for a bull

totalitarianism

(noun) a system of government that is dictatioral and requires complete subservience to the state; you have two cows and the government makes you dissapear and society forgets milk exists

arch

ancient or primitive

geo

earth

sol

alone

aster/astra

star

phil(ia)

love or affection of

ocu/opto

eye/optic/vision

aud/audi

sound/hear

path/pas

feeling