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cachet
a seal used especially as a mark of official approval
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supercilious
- coolly and patronizingly haughty
- (supercilium is Latin for eyebrow)
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sycophant
a servile self seeking flatterer
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hallow
- 1. to make holy
- 2. to respect greatly
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emaciate
- 1. intra- to waste away physically
- 2. tran- to make feeble
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visage
face or appearance of a person
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pantheism
toleration of worship of all gods
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interstice
- a space that intervenes between things (interstices of a brick wall)
- a short space of time between events
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nostrum
a usually questionable remedy
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scruple
moral or ethical consideration that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions; qualm
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lofty
- elevated in character and spirit
- supercilious; haughty
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yoke
a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals are joined at the heads/necks to work together
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mujahideen
Islamic guerrilla fighters, especially in the Middle East
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octogenarian
someone who is in their eighties
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vigesimal
based on the number 20
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languish
to be or become feeble, week, enervated
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ameliorate
to make better or more tolerable
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stymie
- to present an obstacle to
- NOT STUN
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visceral
- felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body
- instinctive, unreasoning
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commiserate
to feel or express sympathy
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masticate
- chew
- to soften or reduce to pulp by crushing or kneading
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denigrate
- to attack the reputation of; defame
- to deny or attack the importance or validity of; belittle
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arbiter
- judge
- someone whose opinion is considered authoritative
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ensconce
- to shelter, conceal
- to establish, settle
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chagrin
disquietude or distress of the mind caused by humiliation, disappointment or failure
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dossier
a file containing detailed records on a particular subject or person
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dole
- a giving or distribution of food, money, or clothing to the needy
- a grant of government funds to the unemployed
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dirk
a long straight-edged dagger
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pontificate
to speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way
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ribald
- crude, offensive
- characterized by or using coarse indecent humor
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consternation
amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion
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perfidy
the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal
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umbrage
offence (take umbrage/offence to)
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candor
- whiteness, brilliance
- freedom from prejudice or malice
- forthrightness
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maudlin
- drunk enough to be emotionally silly
- weakly and effusively sentimental
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pernicious
highly injurious or destructive; deadly
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supine
lying on the back or with the face upward
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banal
lacking originality; trite
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morass
- marsh, swamp
- a situation that traps, confuses or impedes
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aerie
- the nest of a bird on a cliff or mountaintop
- an elevated often secluded dwelling, structure or position
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