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Term | Definition |
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Adulterate | to make impure by adding lesser substances; to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of; to corrupt |
Ambiguous | having more than one meaning; unclear, uncertain; obscure; equivocal |
Augury | an omen or prophecy |
Auspicious | favorable; promising success; opportune; prosperous |
Brazen | shameless; insolent; disrespectful |
Censure | to blame or condemn; denounce; to criticize or reproach in a vehement manner; to reprimand |
Circumscribe | to restrict within limits; to limit |
Discretion | ability to act on one's own power of individual decision; the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment |
Edify | to instruct or benefit, especially spiritually or morally; to uplift |
Flourish | to thrive; to grow well |
Impetuous | characterized by violent, hasty, rash, and/or impulsive action or emotion |
Inter | to deposit a dead body into a grave; bury |
Oblivion | the state of being completely forgotten or unknown |
Pernicious | causing insidious harm or ruin; very destructive or harmful; injurious, detrimental |
Peruse | to read or to examine with thoroughness or care |
Portent | powerful; having a strong effect; threatening or disquieting significance |
Ratify | to give formal approval; to express consent |
Requite | to make repayment or to return for (services, benefits, etc.) |
Superfluous | beyond what is needed or required; an overlow; excessive |
Usurp | to take possession or authority over something without right; to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal |