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SCHISM =
noun
1. division or disunion, esp. into mutually opposed parties.
2. the parties so formed.
3. Ecclesiastical. - volition
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VOLITION =
noun
the act of willing (choosing)
will - pertinent
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PERTINENT =
relevant
pertaining directly to the matter at hand - boon
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BOON =
a blessing or a favor someone asks for
adj. = convivial or merry - sinecure
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SINECURE =
–noun 1. an office or position requiring little or no work, esp. one yielding profitable returns.
2. an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls. - eminently
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EMINENTLY =
adjective 1. high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished: eminent statesmen.
2. conspicuous, signal, or noteworthy: eminent fairness.
3. lofty; high: eminent peaks. - imminently
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IMMINENTLY =
impending, likely to occur at any moment
or overhanging - surreptitious
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SURREPTITIOUS =
secret, unauthorized, clandestine - tantamount
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TANTAMOUNT =
adjective equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification: His angry speech was tantamount to a declaration of war. - epicure
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EPICURE =
a connoisseur, a person who cultivates a refined taste, esp. in food and wine; - prophylactic
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PROPHYLACTIC =
adj/noun
preventative or protective, defending from disease or infection - extant
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EXTANT =
in existance, existing - blithe
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BLITHE =
happy - allusive
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ALLUSIVE =
referring to - florid
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FLORID =
rosy or showy - strident
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STRIDENT =
harsh or grating (sound) - fulvous
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FULVOUS =
tawny - gaucheness
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GAUCHENESS =
tactless - redact
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REDACT =
to revise, edit - taciturn
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TACITURN =
inclined to silence - deprecate
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DEPRECATE =
to disprove or belittle - exegesis
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EXEGESIS =
a critical examination - fulminate
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FULMINATE =
to attack, denounce - execrate
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EXECRATE =
to loathe or curse - profligate
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PROFLIGATE =
extravagant or dissolute (immoral) - temerity
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TEMERITY =
boldness, recklessness - tome
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TOME =
a large book - turgid
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TURGID =
inflated, bombastic or pompous language - turpitude
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TURPITUDE =
depravity, moral corruption - unctuous
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UNCTUOUS =
suave or greasy - vicissitude
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VICISSITUDE =
event that occurs by chance - vagary
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VAGARY =
a whim - wizened
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WIZENED =
dry, wrinkled - solipsistic
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SOLIPSISTIC =
believing oneself is all that exists - somnolent
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SOMNOLENT =
sleepy, drowsy - ribald
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RIBALD =
crudely humorous - pulchritude
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PULCHRITUDE =
physical beauty - precocious
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PRECOCIOUS =
advanced, developing ahead of time - plaudits
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PLAUDITS =
applause, enthusiastic approval - penultimate
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PENULTIMATE =
next to last - prurient
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PRURIENT =
indicating a huge interest in sex - protean
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PROTEAN =
multi-faceted, able to change shape - semaphore
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SEMAPHORE =
a visual signal - morass
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MORASS =
a bog, something that traps and confuses - nefarious
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NEFARIOUS =
villainous - pacific
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PACIFIC =
adj.
soothing - terrestrial
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TERRESTRIAL =
adj.
relating to land - umbrage
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UMBRAGE =
n.
resentment, offense