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- bucolic
- rustic and pastoral
- alchemy
- old medieval science relating to metals, particularly those mixed with gold
- bombast/-ic
- overly self-confident in speech or writing; pompous
- ascetic
- self-sacrificial person
- dictum
- authorotative, formal pronouncement
- axiom/-atic
- universally accepted principle
- alacrity
- eager willingness
- amalgamate
- to bring together several pieces to make a whole
- cacophony
- harsh, jarring sound
- censure
- to criticize severely; officially rebuke
- maunder
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(v) To talk incoherently, ramble; To wander aimlessly
- abscond
- to hide away
- avarice
- greed, especially for wealth
- assuage
-
to ease, pacify
- caustic
- burning or stinging; causing corrosion
- catalyst
- person or thing that causes change
- astringent
- (adj) tightening of tissue; severe, harsh
- capricious
- whimsical; spontaneous; unpredictable
- canonical
- following orthodox
- abate
- to lessen in intensity
- bolster
- to provide support or reinforcement
- accolade
- praise
- aberrant
- deviating from the norm
- aesthetic
- having to do with art or beautiful
- acerbic
- sour or bitter in taste
- adulterate
- unpurify
- castigation
- punishment
- burgeon
- to flourish, grow
- arduous
- strenuous
- aggrandize
- to increase in power or intensity
- archaic
- outdated
- quagmire
- difficult situation; predicament; muddy land
- ameliorate
- to make better
- amenable
- agreeable
- austere
- without adornment; severely simple
- anomaly
- difference from the norm
- anachronism
- something/one that does not fit historically or chronologically
- audacious
- daring and fearless
- adulation
- excessive flattery or admiration
- quixotic
- overly romantic in thinking; idealistic; capricious; impulsive
- canon
- established set of principles (religious)
- aver
- to declare; state as true
- approbation
- praise
- acumen
- keen insight