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6540569263pedagogic[NOUN] the function or work of a teacher; teaching origin- GREEK0
6540569264stimulating[VERB] to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: origin- LATIN - stimulatus1
6540569265provocative[ADJECTIVE] tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing. origin- late Middle English / Late Latin - provocativius2
6540569266scapegoats[NOUN] a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place. origin - ?? scape + goat3
6540569267picturesque[ADJECTIVE] visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: origin - French / Italian < French pittoresque < Italian pittoresco (pittor (e) painter1+ -esco -esque ), with assimilation to picture4
6540569268conflagration[NOUN] a destructive fire, usually an extensive one. origin- Latin5
6540569269razed[VERB] to tear down; demolish; level to the ground origin - Middle French / Middle English / Latin6
6540569270emanate[VERB] to flow out, issue, or proceed, as from a source or origin; come forth; originate. Origin - Latin7
6540569271imparts[VERB] to make known; tell; relate; disclose origin - late Middle English / Latin8
6540569272irrevocably[ADJECTIVE] not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable origin - Middle English/Latin9
6540569273contemplate[VERB] to consider thoroughly; think fully or deeply about origin- Latin10
6540569274sullen[ADJECTIVE] showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve. origin - Middle English11
6540569275sophistry[NOUN] a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning. Origin-12
6540569276tangible[ADJECTIVE] capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial. Origin- Late Latin13
6540569277galvanized[VERB] to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current. Origin- French14
6540569278colloquially[ADJECTIVE] characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal. origin- colloquy + -al15
6540569279astonish[VERB] to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amaze Origin- Middle English, Old French, Latin16
6540569280litanies[NOUN] a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession. Origin - Late Latin / Late Greek17
6540569281barracks[NOUN] a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison. Origin- French baraque, Middle French < Catalan barraca hut, of obscure origin18
6540569282consecrated[VERB] to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity Origin - Middle English / Latin19

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