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n. enthusiastic and lengthy applause ovation
n. a leader who obtains power by appealing to the emotions and passions of the people demagogue
v. to stir up negative feelings, esp. those that lead to violent action foment
v. to prod or urge, as if with a pointed stick; n. a long stick used to prod animals; something used to urge on goad
v. to torment or tease by showing something desirable while keeping it out of reach tantalize
adj. warm and friendly; hearty cordial
v. add beauty; to decorate adorn
n. a professional copyist of manuscripts and documents, esp. in ancient times scribe
adj. not easy to please; very critical or discriminating fastidious
v. to claim, esp. falsely purport
v. to define the limits of circumscribe
n. leaves foliage
adj. too pleased with oneself; self-satisfied complacent
n . the forms of behavior of polite society etiquette
adj. gruesome; awful morbid
v. to hold back inhibit
adj. based on personal experience or feeling, not from external evidence subjective
v. to happen subsequently ensue
adj. extremely wicked; abominable heinous
adj. sophisticated urbane
v. to influence, esp. by persuasion; to bring about; to infer by inductive reasoning induce
adj. easy and carefree in manner debonair
n. the study of origins of words etymology
adj. apparently indifferent to joy, grief, pleasure, or pain stoic
n. an excessive amount plethora
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