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Abdicate (v) (used without object) to renounce or relinquish a throne, right, power, claim, responsibility, or the like, esp. in a formal manner.
Axiom (n) a self-evident truth that requires no proof; a universally accepted principle or rule; Logic, Mathematics. a proposition that is assumed without proof for the sake of studying the consequences that follow from it.
Cognizant (adj.) knowledgeable of something especially through personal experience; also; mindful
Conjecture (n) inference from defective or presumptive evidence; a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork; a proposition (as in mathematics) before it has been proved or disproved
Covenant (n) a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement; compact;
Decadence the process of becoming decadent; the quality or state of being decadent; a period of decline
Devout (adj.) devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises; expressing devotion or piety; a devoted to a pursuit, belief, or mode of behavior; serious, earnest, a devout baseball fan
Dragoon (n) a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed mounted troops; cavalryman
Exigency (n) that which is required in a particular situation; usually used in plural; the quality or state of being exigent b: a state of affairs that makes urgent demands; a leader must act in any sudden exigency
Fastidious (adj.) having high and often capricious standards; difficult to please; showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care; reflecting a meticulous, sensitive, or demanding attitude; fastidious workmanship; having complex nutritional requirements
Flux (n), (v) a flowing or flow;
Implore (v) to call upon in supplication; beseech; to call or pray for earnestly; entreat
Importune (v) to press or beset with solicitations;
Intemperate (adj.) given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages; immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion; not temperate; unrestrained; unbridled; extreme in temperature, as climate.
Mellifluous (adj.) having a smooth rich flow (a mellifluous voice); filled with something (as honey) that sweetens
Overwrought (adj.) extremely or excessively excited or agitated: to become overwrought on hearing bad news; an overwrought personality; elaborated to excess; excessively complex or ornate; written in a florid, overwrought style.
Precipitate (v) to throw violently; hurl; to throw down; to bring about especially abruptly; to cause to separate from solution or suspension; to cause (vapor) to condense and fall or deposit
Rectitude (n) the quality or state of being straight; moral integrity; righteousness; the quality or state of being correct in judgment or procedure
Renege (v) revoke; to go back on a promise or commitment
Repository (n) offered for sale: a repository for discarded clothing; an abundant source or supply; storehouse: a repository of information; a burial place; sepulcher; a person to whom something is entrusted or confided.
Sanctimonious (adj.) making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness
Toady (n) an obsequious flatterer; sycophant
Wheedle (v) to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts; to persuade (a person) by such words or acts; to obtain (something) by artful persuasions
Whet (v) to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction; to make keen or eager; stimulate; to whet the appetite; to whet the curiosity.
Wreak (v) to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.): They wreaked havoc on the enemy. To carry out the promptings of (one's rage, ill humor, will, desire, etc.), as on a victim or object: He wreaked his anger on the office staff.
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