APLang H.Eng3 ch 1-2
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| factious | causing disagreement; belligerent
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| ignoble | dishonorable; shameful
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| aegis | shield; protection
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| perspicacity | keenness of judgement
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| fervent | eager; earnest; passionate
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| rectify | correct; remedy
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| enervate | to weaken
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| besiege | to overwhelm; to surround and attack
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| ephemeral | lasting only a brief time; short-lived; transient
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| altruism | generosity; magnanimity; unselfishness
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| carrion | decaying flesh
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| opulent | rich; wealthy
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| impotent | powerless; helpless
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| maelstrom | whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind
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| emendation | a correction
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| chagrin | embarrassment
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| bauble | a showy but useless item; trinket
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| diaphanous | very sheer and light; transparent
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| gloat | to look or think about with great satisfaction; revel
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| impediment | barrier; obstruction
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| bestial | savage; brutal
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| effete | worn out; barren
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| shard | fragment
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| nihilism | total rejection of the established laws.
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| litany | any long, repetitive, or dull recital
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| moratorium | a suspension of activity; postponement
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| zealous | fervent; fanatical
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| desiccate | to dry out; dehydrate
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| wrenching | causing mental, or physical pain; agonoizing
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| interminable | tiresome and long; tedious
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| arable | suitable for cultivation; fertile
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| truncate | to shorten
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| ubiquitous | omnipresent
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| vernacular | everyday language
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| equanimity | composure; calmness
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| metamorphous | transformation or dramatic change; mutation
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| donnybrook | a fight; uproar
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| nonchalant | unconcerned; indifferent
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| vestige | a trace or evidence of something that once existed
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| interlocutor | someone who participates in conversation
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| procrustean | strictly disregarding individual circumstances; ruthless.
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| stygian | dark and forbidding; shadowy
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| sophistry | a delibrately deceptive argument; chicanery; ruse
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| carte blanche | boundless authority; unlimited poer to act
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| incantation | a chant; a recited magical spell
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| rife | abundant; prevalent
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| nomenclature | terminology
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| brigand | robber or bandit
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| contemptuous | arrogant; haughty
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