Part 1
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- chimeras
- : 1. a female fire-breathing monster in Greek mythology, typically represented as a combination of a lion's head, goat's body, and serpent's tail 2. any imaginary monster whose body is a grotesque combination of mismatched animal parts
- Collocation
- : 1. the association between two words that are typically or frequently used together 2. an arrangement in which things are placed next to each other or close together
- Equivocal
- : 1. open to more than one interpretation, especially in being deliberately expressed in an ambiguous way in an attempt to mislead somebody 2. difficult to interpret, understand, or respond to 3. arousing doubts and suspicions, especially about somebody's honesty or sincerity
- efficacy
- : ability to produce the necessary or desired results
- Educe
- : 1. to elicit or derive something, for example, a conclusion 2. to make something latent develop or appear
- Abrogation
- : to repeal or abolish something formally and publicly (formal)
- ascendancy
- : a position of power or domination over others
- Doughty
- : brave and determined (literary)
- Affinity
- : 1. a natural liking for or inclination toward somebody or something, or a feeling of identification with somebody or something 2. somebody to whom somebody else is attracted 3. a similarity or likeness that connects persons or things 4. a relationship by marriage rather than blood 5. a similarity in structure between groups that may suggest a common origin 6. a measure of the likelihood of a chemical reaction taking place between two substances. Also called avidity 7. the attraction between an antigen and an antibody
- Anomalous
- : 1. deviating from the norm or from what people expect 2. strange and difficult to identify or classify
- dyspeptic
- : 1. having acid indigestion 2. in a bad temper, or having a bad-tempered disposition n an irritable bad-tempered person
- Alarum
- (ed): an alarm (archaic)
- dun
- : 1. a brownish-gray color 2. a horse whose coat is brownish gray adj 1. of a brownish-gray color 2. gloomily and darkly bleak and depressing (literary)
- Commingle
- (d): to blend or mix two or more things, or become mixed or blended (literary)
- Boon
- : 1. something that functions as a blessing or benefit to somebody 2. a gift or favor from somebody (archaic or literary)
- dishabille
- : 1. a state in which somebody is partially undressed or dressed very casually or incompletely (formal) 2. very casual clothes or clothes worn very casually (archaic)
- Concision
- : using as few words as possible to give the necessary information, or compressed in order to be brief
- Discordant
- : 1. in disagreement 2. consisting of sounds, usually musical notes, that are harsh, unpleasant, or clashing
- Appelation
- : the name or title by which something or somebody is known (formal) Also called appellative
- Ebon
- : 1. a tree of tropical Asia that yields a hard wood. Genus: Diospyros 2. the blackish hard wood of an ebony tree 3. black with a tinge of olive or brown adj of a black color tinged with olive or brown