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chimerical

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(adj.) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible

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proselyte

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(n.) a convert; a disciple

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Laissez-faire

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(adj.) a philosophy or practice characterized by a usually deliberate abstention from direction or interference, especially with individual freedom of choice and action

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poltroon

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a base coward

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ribald

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(adj.) irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language

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oblivious

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forgetful; unaware

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hierarchy

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(n.) any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.

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hidebound

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(adj.) narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative

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quasi

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(adj.) resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely

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raillery

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(n.) good-humored ridicule; teasing

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noisome

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(adj.) offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious

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bellwether

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(n.) the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends

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morass

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(n.) a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand

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fait accompli

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(n.) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action

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caterwaul

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(v.) to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel; (n.) a harsh or noisy cry; a racket

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Liturgy

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(n.) a religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship

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vignette

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(n.) a short description or sketch; a picture or illustration with edges that gradually shade off; a decorative design on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter

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adjunct

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(n.) something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality or characteristic; (adj.) added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity

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effete

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(adj.) lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out-of-date

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supine

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(adj.) lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic; apathetic or passive

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