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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
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