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- assiduous(adj), assiduously(adv) assiduousness(noun)
- marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application
- intransigent, intransigently (adv)
- characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon an extreme position: uncompromising
- cogent, congently (adv)
- having power to compel or constrain, 2. appealing forcibly to the mind or reason: convincing
- microcosm (noun), microcosmic (adj) microcosmically (adj)
- a community or other unity that is an epitome of a larger unity
- antinomy(noun), antinomic(adj)
- a contradiction between two apparently equally valid principles or between inferences correctly drawn from such principles. 2. a fundamental and apparently unresolvable conflict or contradiction
- paradox
- an apparent contradiction caused by words that in fact is no contradiction at all, a statement that appears contradictory or opposed to common sense by in fact could be true
- effulgence(noun), effulgent(adj)
- radiant, splendor: brilliance, to shine forth
- specious(adj) speciously(adv), speciousness(noun)
- having deceptive attraction or allure, having a false look of truth: sophistic
- rancor
- bitter deep-seated ill will
- felicity(n)
- 1. the quality or state of being happy: great happiness 2. something that causes happiness, 3. pleasing manner or quality
- ignominy(n) ignominious (adj)
- 1. deep personal humiliation and disgrace. 2. disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action
- epistemology(n) epistemological (adj)
- the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge, esp. with reference to its limits and validity
- interpolate (v)
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1. to alter or corrupt (as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter. 2. to insert between other things or parts
3. to estimate valyes of date or a function between two known values - abstemious (adj), abstemiously(adv) abestemiousness(n)
- marked by restraint esp. in the consumption or food or alcohol, also: reflecting such restraint
- bellicose (adj) belicosity (n)
- favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
- gauche (adj) gauchely (adv) gauchness(n)
- lacking social experience or grace. 2. crudely made or done
- confluence (n)
- 1. a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point 2. the place of meeting or two streams formed by junction
- repine (v) repiner(n)
- to feel or express dejection or discontent. 2. to long for something
- sundry(adj)
- miscellaneous, various, an indeterminate number (different from each other)
- precarious(adj) precariously(adv) precariousness(n)
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1. depending on the will or pleasure of another. 2. dependent on uncertain premises.
3. dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments, characterized by lack of security or stability - polemic(n) polemicist(n) polemical(adj) polemically(adv)
- an aggressive attack on or refutation or the opinions or principals of another, the art or practice of such disputation, a aggressive controversialist
- obviate(v) obviation(noun)
- to anticipate and prevent (as a situation) or make unnecessary (as an action)
- eros (n)
- fundamental creative impulse or love havine a sensual element, erotic love or desire, instincts that are manifested to gratify basic needs as sublimated impulses, ex. sexual desire
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stupendous (n)
stupendously (adv) stupendousness (n) -
1. causing astonishment or wonder:awesome, marvelous
2. of amazing size or greatness: tremendous - ingrate (n)
- an ungrateful person
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onerous(adj)
onerously(adv) -
involving, imposing, or onstitution a burden:troublesome
2. having legal obligations that outweigh the advantages -
mitigate(v)
mitigation (n)
mitigative (adj)
mitigator (n) -
to cause to become less harsh or hostile: mollify
2. to make less severe or painful:alleviate -
pernicious (adj)
perniciously (adv)
perniciousness(n) -
1. highly injurious or destructive, deadly
2. archaic: wicked - pathos(n)
- an emotion of sympathetic pity, great deep earnest emotion or feeling or compassion, the quality of tugging at the heart-strings
- maladroit (adj)
- inept, lacking dexterity or coordination (social context too)
- etymology (n) -ies
- the history of a linguistic form (as a word) tracing its transmission, cognates, different forms and integral parts ect
- finagle (v)
- to obtain by indirect or involved means, 2. to obtain by trickery, to use devious or dishonest methods to achieve ones ends.
- evince (v) evincible(adj)
- to constitute outward evidence of 2. to display clearly: reveal
- premonish (v)
- to give warning in advance, to forwarn
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parochial (adj)
parochially (adv) -
of or ralting to a church parish
2. confined or restricted as if within the boundaries or a parish: limited in range or scope (as to a narrow area or region) : provincial, narrow - satiety(n)
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the quality or state of being fed or gratifies or beyond capacity :surfiet, fullness
2. the revulsin or disgust caused by overindulgence or excess -
sedulous (adj) sedulously (adv)
sedulousness (n) -
involving or accomplished with careful perseverance
2. diligent in application or pursuit -
indefatigable (adj)
indefatigability (n)
indefatigableness (n) - incapable or being fatigued: untiring
- satiate (v) satiation (n)
- to satisfy (as a need or desire) fully or to excess
- becloud (v)
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1. to obscure with or as if with a cloud
2. to prevent clear perception or realization: muddle -
meritorious (adj)
meritoriously (adv)
meritoriousness(n) - deserving of honor or esteem
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multitudinous (adj) -ly(adv)
multitudinousness (n ) - existing in great multitude, existing in or consisting of innumerable elements or aspects, including a multitude of individuals
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expiate (v) expiation (n)
expiable(adj) -
to put an end to
2. to extinguish the guilt incurred by, to make amends by - perspectival (adj)
- the capacity to view things in their true relations and relative importance
- heterodox (adj)
- contrary to or differnt from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion,: unorthodox
- foment (v)
- to promote growth or development of :rouse, incline
- caustic (adj)
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marked by incisive sarcasm, Causing a burning or stinging sensation, as from intense emotion,
2. Corrosive and bitingly trenchant; cutting - nefarious (adj)
- flagrantly wicked or evil or impious
- annex (v)
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at attatch as a quality, consequence, or condition.2
to join together materially: unite 3. to add to comething earlier, larger, or more importance, to incorporate a country within the domain of a state - mordant (adj)
- biting or caustic in thought, manner or style, :burning, pungent
- astringent (adj)
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causing contraction of soft organic tissue.
2. rigidly severe, austere, pungent caustic -
portentous (adj) -ly (adv)
portentousness -
being a grave or serious manner, self-conciously solemn,
2. ponderously excessive -
insipid (adj)
insipidity (n) -
lacking taste or savor to please
2. lacking in qualites that stimulate, interest, or challenge - malignant (adj)
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evil in nature, disaffected
2. injurious, passionately and relentlessly malicious
3. tending to produce death or deterioration -
candid (adj) -ly (adv)
candidness -
free from bias, prejudice, or malice:fair
2. marked by honest, sincere expression: indicating or suggesting sincere honesty and absence of deception -
doleful (adj) -ly (adv)
dolefulness - causing grief or affliction, full of grief, expressing grief
- surfeit (n)
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an overabundant supply
2. an interperate or immoderate indulgence in somethin (as in food or drink) - dearth (n)
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scarcity that makes dear
2. an inadequate supply: lack - fallacious (Adj)
- embodying a fallacy, tending to deceive or mislead : delusive
- prudent (adj)
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marked by wisdom or judiciousness,
2. shrewd in the management of affairs, marked by circumspection -
nebulous (adj) -ly (adv)
nebulousness (n) - indistinct or vague
- ludicrous (adj)
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amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration or eccentricity.
2. meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly inept, false or foolish - ancillary (adj)
- subordinate, subsidiary, auxillary, supplementary
- ostentatious (adj)
- marked by or fond of conspicious or vainglorious and sometimes pretentious display
- pretentious (adj)
- making unjustified or exessive claims, unwarranted or exxagerated importance worth or stature
- pompous (adj)
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excessively elevated or ornate,
having or exhibiting self-importance : arrogant - a priori
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deductive, relating to or derived by reasongin from self-evident propositions, presupposed by experience
2. being without examination or analysis
ant. posteriori - bolster (v)
- to support with or as if with a reinforcement, to give a boost to
- disabuse (v)
- to free from error, fallacy, or misconception
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promulgate (v)
promulgation (n) -
to declare (as a doctrine) known by open declaration: proclaim
2. to make known or public as a law,
3. to put into action or force - To perfect or make more intense or effective
- hone