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| automony | being self governing
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| culinary | pertaining to cooking
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| deference | courtous yielding
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| rapport | relationship of mutual understanding
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| volition | conscious choice
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| martial | pertaining to war
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| protocol | forms of etiquette observed by diplomats
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| emulation | imitation of another
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| cursory | hasty
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| verbatim | word for word
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| latent | lurk
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| criterion | means of judging
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| subvert | undermine
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| dichotomy | divide in to two equal parts
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| manifest | to make clear
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| symbiosis | living together of two dissimular organisms
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| deja vu | thinking new situation has occurred before
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| atrophy | waste away
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| entrepreneur | someone who oranizes a business venture and assumes the risk
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| tirade | violent speech
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| nemesis | rival one can not best
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| catharsis | purging
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| hierarchy | organization of people in different ranks
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| faux pas | tactless act
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| cynical | sneering disbelief
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| germane | appropriate
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| tactile | producing sensation of touch
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| vestige | trace
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| bastion | fortification
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| acumen | insightfulness
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| carte blanche | freedom to do as one wishes
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| absolve | acquit
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| euphemism | tactful phrase substituted for another
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| panacea | cure-all
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| peruse | study
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| transient | not perminant
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| rancor | malice
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| nadir | the lowest point
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| fulcrum | a means of exerting pressure
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| torque | force that produces rotation
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| jettison | throw overboard
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| decorum | proper behavior
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| lethargy | drowsiness
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| altruism | concern for others
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| cul de sac | dead end road
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| hedonism | way of life devoted to pleasure
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| circumspect | careful
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| pique | offend
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| nebulous | indistinct
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| equanimity | quality of remaining calm
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| impugn | to attack physically
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| cognizant | having awareness of
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| untuous | charateristic of an ointment
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| prerogative | distinctly superior advantage
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| siren | bird/woman lure sailors to their death
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| sartorial | of clothing or dress
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| empathy | projection of one's personality into an object
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| paradox | statement contrary to common belief
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| sedentary | marked by much sitting
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| arduous | difficult
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| virulent | infectious
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| termagant | shrewish woman
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| sanguine | reddish
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| aversion | intense dislike
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| ambiguous | having more than one interpretation
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| macabre | gruesome
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| vignette | small graceful litaray sketch
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| hirsute | hairy
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| assuage | satisfy
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| subliminal | not able to produce conscious awareness
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| wane | to become less intense
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| stoic | person uneffected by emotions
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| gregarious | iving in herds or flocks
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| parity | similarity
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| expedite | to speed up
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| mandate | authorative command
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| amorphous | without shape
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| aberrent | turning away from what is right
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| harbinger | a forerunner
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| entourage | group of followers
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| condone | to forgive
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| rebut | present opposing arguments
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| mercurial | fickle
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| overt | open to view
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| salient | prominent
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| stygian | hellish
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| proctor | exam supervisor in school
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| ethereal | highly delicate
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| mundane | common
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| advocate | one who pleads a cause
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| forensic | relating to public speaking
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| rhetoric | speaking effectively
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| punitive | inflicting punishment
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| heinous | shockingly evil
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| malfeasance | misconduct of public oficial
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| machiavellian | deceitful
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| fallacios | not real
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| syllogism | deductive reasoning
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