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ephemerality/ vapor quality
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to reduce the purity of
(The new movie adulterates the book's original splendor) |
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greed/ avarice
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To obtain by deception/ flattery
(Daniel Thomas Spiegel the inviegler) |
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to question or oppose
(demurring: a state of questioning/ opposing)
NOT: Demure: a state of shyness or modesty (opposites) |
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| willing to comply. tractable |
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free from fallacy- to free the person from the abuse of the previous beliefs
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honesty/ uprightness>
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| to become worse again, as in a disease that reappears |
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| relating to slander/ defamation/ trickery |
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| not well-judged/ indiscreet |
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| thwart/ foil/ remove the armor/ coating of |
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to hide under false appearance
(Macaulay Caulkin, the great dissembler) |
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to attack/ assail/ overexplain
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| to be stubborn against (similar to abhor) |
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| as a verb, to comingle (racial or cultural connotation) |
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| multicolored (the pied piper) |
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| to distort (missed that one) |
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| fitting/ proper (IE well met) |
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| pompous/ bombastic/ self-important |
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| reinforcing cord/ cable (a guy line) |
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| to limit (kinda like how rival is to be nearly the same) |
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| to renounce/ reject solemnly |
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| to suggest/ outline sketchily (but to obscure as well). foreshadow (L: umbra is shadow) |
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| shade/ shadow-- hint or suspiciion and thus possible resentment.. literally, you think something is shady so you take umbrage at it. |
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| calculated to confuse or entrap (to capture).. one who points out trivial faults (Alex Lamb?) |
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| to find fault without good reason. to carp or criticize. related to calumny |
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| speed (as in acceleration) |
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| rebellious/ sending insults (contumely).. like "with a tumor" |
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| outcome or solution; the unraveling of the plot |
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| random/ aimless/ haphazard and thus superficial (a desultory glance) |
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| to denounce/ loathe/ curse Literally: To remove the sacredness from. |
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| critical examination/ explanation (gesis relates to leading/ guiding).. sending the guidance outward |
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| great word! meand to deny/ oppose gain is an old prefix meaning against.. gainstand = to oppose and gainbuy is to redeem |
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| difficult or embarrassing situation. italian for embroil meaning to involve in a tricky situation |
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| certain/ inevitable.. can't eluct (struggle out of) |
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| deep-rooted/ habitual (sedimented with age; made veteran) |
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| related to prostitution and earning (meret). gaudy/ showy. demeret is what is not earned |
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| menacing/ threatening like a minotaur |
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| cheap/ miserly (not profligate) |
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| ending speech.. rhetorical/ flowery concluding part |
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| resounding/ thundering.. mournful sound (beating the breast in mourning) |
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| propitious = favorable/ auspicious. to appease/ reconcile (conciliate) |
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| power/ strength (puissant means strong in French) |
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| lustful/ bawdy (salacious crumb) |
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| aphoristic or moralistic (excessively).. like an old rabbi.. or a pedantic philosopher |
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| extremely loud and powerful (Stentor from the Iliad had a voice as strong as that of 50 men) |
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