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- minutae
- trivial details
- benign
- kindly; creating a favorable influence; (in medicine) not dangerous to one's health
- scorn
- a feeling of contempt or disdain
- plausible
- appearing worthy of belief or trust
- indignation
- anger aroused by something unjust or evil
- acme
- the highest point, as of perfection
- ascertain
- to discover with certainty, as through examination
- crop
- to cut or bite the ends off; to trim
- ridicule
- to make fun of
- transcend
- to exceed to go beyond or above the limits
- integral
- essential;necessary to be complete
- own
- to admit, esp. taking personal responsibility for one's own actions or thoughts
- flora
- plants as a group esp. of a specified region or time
- indelible
- incapable of being removed or erased
- slovenly
- careless about one's own appearance
- discreet
- careful about what one says or does; prudent
- obesquious
- showing too great a willingness to serve or obey
- fruitful
- producing much
- indiscriminate
- unselective; random; unrestrained
- hefty
- heavy
- milestone
- an important event
- malfeasance
- wrondoing esp. by a public official
- laconic
- brief in speech; using few words
- pale
- to decrease in relative importance
- propagate
- to multiply or reproduce; to transmit; to extend to a wider area
- matrix
- a surrounding substance within which something else originates or is contained
- lewd
- preoccupied with sex and sexual desire
- refuge
- a shelter or sanctuary
- cascade
- a waterfall or series of small waterfalls; a sucession of stages, processess, or units
- contemplate
- to look at or think about carefully; to consider as a possiblity
- amicable
- showing friendliness or good will
- vain
- not producing the desired outcome; worthless; proud or concieted
- stifle
- to suffocate or smother
- knack
- a specific talent for doing something, esp. one that is difficult to teach
- hedge
- to prtect against possible loss by taking compensatory measures; to avoid making a direct statement
- discern
- to percieve and understand so as to make distinctions
- complex
- having two or more interrelated parts; not simple
- gaffe
- clumsy social error
- transient
- passing with time; remaing only briefly
- catastrophic
- disaster; sudden misfortune
- garner
- to get or earn; collect or gather
- robust
- strong and full of health
- lachrymose
- causing tears; weeping or inclined to weep
- deluge
- a great flood
- adhere
- to stick to; to be a firm follower
- empirical
- based on experience rather than a theory
- flower
- to reach the best or most vigorous stage
- covet
- to desire strongly
- novel
- strikingly new
- preeminent
- superior in status or fame to all others, esp. as a generally recognized quality