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| term | definition |
|---|---|
| abomination | something detestable; something despised |
| abrogation | abolishment; annulment |
| abyys | nothingness; point of no return |
| anarchy | lawlessness |
| antagonistic | hostile |
| arbitrate | decide |
| ascertain | determine |
| atomization | reduction to small particles |
| autocratic | absolute |
| blatantly | in an offensively obvious manner |
| calumny | false charges calculated to damage another’s reputation |
| canny | clever; shrewd |
| confirm | verify |
| congerie | collection |
| contention | point advanced in a debate; also, rivalry |
| contiguous | next to; adjacent |
| corroborating | agreeing with and supporting |
| cosmology | theory of the natural order of the universe |
| covenanted | pledged |
| dallied | lingered; dawdled |
| darkling | dark |
| defamation | damaging another reputation |
| deference | the respect due an elder or superior |
| difiled | dirtied; foulded |
| diametrically | extremely; oppositely |
| dionysiac | frenzied; festive and wild |
| discomfits | embassies; thwarts |
| dissembling | putting on a false appearance; concealing something |
| ecclesiasts | clergymen |
| fetishes | objects believed to have magical power |
| formidable | massive; considerable |
| ideology | system of beliefs |