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| traduce |
to slander someone |
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| sublimate |
to redirect energy into a more acceptable channel |
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| sic |
thus, so |
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| non sequitur |
conclusion not following logically from the facts |
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| patrician |
person of high rank; aristocrat |
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| nihilism |
total rejection of existing values; extreme radicalism |
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| mot juste |
most suitable word or expression |
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| monolithic |
characterized by massiveness and total uniformity |
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| proscribe |
to denounce as harmful; to prohibit |
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| immolate |
to kill by fire |
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| sine qua non |
essential element |
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| propitious |
favorable; indicative of good results |
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| engender |
to bring into existence; to produce |
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| empirical |
derived from experience rather than theory |
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| dissimulate |
to disguise one's true thoughts |
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| licentious |
morally or sexually unrestrained |
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| imprecation |
curse; act of cursing |
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| impinge |
to strike against; to encroach or trespass |
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| acerbity |
harshness or severity of manner |
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| augur |
prophet; to predict |
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| truckle |
to yield or submit weakly |
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| bilk |
to defraud or swindle |
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| prototype |
the original pattern or model |
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| execrable |
utterly detestable; extremely inferior |
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| propitiate |
to conciliate, satisfy, or appease |
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| lagniappe |
an extra or unexpected gift |
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| kudos |
renown as a result of some achievement |
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| inveigle |
to entice by flattery; to obtain by artifice |
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| fawning |
groveling |
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| narcissism |
excessive self-love |
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| apotheosis |
glorification as an ideal; glorified ideal |
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| relegate |
to banish; to consign to an inferior position |
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| fervid |
burning with enthusiasm; extremely heated |
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| ecumenical |
world-wide; universal |
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| quandary |
dilemma |
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| dank |
unpleasantly damp |
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| caterwaul |
to howl like a cat |
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| apposite |
appropriate; suitable; apt |
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| beatitude |
perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing |
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| derogate |
to detract |
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| debilitate |
to make weak or feeble |
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| remand |
to send back; to send back to jail or a lower court |
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| pièce de résistance |
principal event; outstanding accomplishment |
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| pastiche |
work made up of pieces from other sources; a hodgepodge |
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| pander |
to cater to the low desires or vices of others |
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| vagary |
unpredictable or seemingly purposeless action |
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| defenestration |
the act of throwing something out the window |
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| malcontent |
discontented; such a person |
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| lackluster |
lacking brilliance or vitality; dull |
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| hedonism |
devotion to or pursuit of pleasure |
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