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| 5394566791 | Equanimity | Calm temper, quality of being even-tempered or of remaining composed. "Unforseen accidents and hostile questions could not ruffle the speaker's equanimity." | 0 | |
| 5394571909 | Affinity | Relationship, kinship, special liking. "There is a close affinity among the many European languages, such as Spanish, French, and Italian, that are descended from Latin." | 1 | |
| 5394577623 | Opprobrium | Reproach or scorn resulting from disgraceful conduct, infamy. "He deserved all the opprobrium he received for turning his back on a friend." | 2 | |
| 5394584857 | Proclivity | Tendency, inclination, especially for something not approved of. "The child has a proclivity for getting into trouble." | 3 | |
| 5394588646 | Surveillance | A watching or observation, especially done by those in authority. "The police kept the house of the suspected drug dealers under 24-hour surveillance." | 4 | |
| 5394594280 | Juxtaposition | A placing close together. "The juxtaposition of the Capitol and the White House was avoided in planning the city of Washington to emphasize the separation of the legislature from the executive branch." | 5 | |
| 5394603485 | Liaison | A connection, linking. "He had served as a liaison between the Allied command and the local government." | 6 | |
| 5394608263 | Chicanery | Unethical methods, petty trickery, especially in legal matters. "He accused the winning candidates of chicanery in the election." | 7 | |
| 5394666163 | Travesty | An imitation of a serious work so as to make it seem ridiculous, a burlesque. "The new production of Shakespeare in modern language is a travesty." | 8 | |
| 5394673547 | Incidence | The range of occurrence of an effect. "The incidence of reported alcoholism among teenagers is increasing." | 9 | |
| 5394678963 | Rationale | Rational basis, an explanation or justification supposedly based on reason. "They defended their discriminatory policy with the rationale that women were physically incompetent to perform the work." | 10 |
