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Adroit (adj)
Clever at dealing with difficult situations; adept; skillful
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Affront (v)
To insult or offend deliberately
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Avocation (n)
An activity pirsued for pleasure; a hobby
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Crusade
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- 1. A prolonged , impassionated struggle for what is believed to be a just cause
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- 2. To engage in such a struggle
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Definitive (adj)
Supplying final anwers; conclusive
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Demeanor (n)
Behaviour; bearing
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Erudite (adj)
Having or demonstrating extensive knowledge; learned
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Erudition (n)
Extensive knowledge aquired from books
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Induct (v)
- 1. To install in office, sometimes with a formal ceremony
- 2. To admit to a society or to a military service
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Lapse
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- 1. To fall or slip from a certain level of conduct or accomplishment
- 2. To come to an end; to expire
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- 3. A minor mistake; a slip
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Militant
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- 1. Ready to fight for a cause
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- 2. One who is ready to fight for a cause
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Pariah (n)
A social oucast
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Prodigy (n)
A person who shows remarkable talent at an early age
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Protege(masculine) (n)
Protegee(feminine)
One whose training or career has been helped along by another
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Raucous (adj)
- 1. Rough and unpleasant to the ear
- 2. Boisterous and disorderly
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Tacit (adj)
- Expressed without words; implied
- Ex.
- You gave your tacit approval by not raising any objections to our idea.
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