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Jeremiad - noun

1. a prolonged lamentation or complaint.

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Opprobrium - noun

1. disgrace rising from shameful conduct; infamy.


2. scorn; contempt.


3. the cause of such a disgrace.

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Splenetic - adjective

1. Irritable; peevish; spiteful.
   


2. Of the spleen.


3. Archaic: Affected with, characterized by, or tending to produce melancholy.

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Moral - Adjective

1. of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior


2. expressing or teaching a conception of right behavior


3. conforming to a standard of right behavior


4. sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment


5. capable of right and wrong action

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Apastron - Noun

1. The point at which two stars orbiting each other in a binary star system are farthest apart.


2. The point at which an object, such as a planet or comet, is farthest from the star it is orbiting.

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Celeberrimous - adjective

1. Very famous

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Turophile - noun

1. a connoisseur of cheese; a cheese fancier.

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Fugacious - adjective

1. Lasting but a short time; fleeting

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Abrogate - Verb

1. to abolish by authoritative action, annul.


2. to treat as nonexistent.

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Puckish - Adjective

1. whimsical; mischievous; impish

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Cosset - Transitive Verb

1. To treat as a pet; to treat with excessive indulgence; to pamper.

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Inkhorn - adjective

1. Affectedly or ostentatiously learned; pedantic

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Hebetudinous - Adjective

1. One who lacks mental stimulation, dull-minded, very lethargic

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Asseverate - verb

1. state categorically

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Nescience - Noun

1. lack of knowledge or awareness

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Paphian - adjective

1. of or pertaining to love, especially illicit physical love.


2. of or pertaining to Paphos, an ancient city of Cyprus sacred to Aphrodite.


3. noting or pertaining to Aphrodite or to her worship or service.

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Autoschediastical - adjective

1. Something improvised or extemporized.

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Prevaricate - Intransitive verb

1. To depart from or evade the truth; to speak with equivocation

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Apparatchik - noun

1. a member of a Communist apparat.


2. an official blindly devoted to superiors or to the organisation

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Eschatological - Adjective

1. Regarding last, or final, matters, often of a theological nature


2. Regarding any system of doctrines concerning theological endings, such as death, the Judgment, the future state, etc.