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7961365294anachronisma person or thing that is chronologically out of place0
7961365295apocryphalnot accepted as genuine or authentic1
7961374655assimilateto absorb a minority or conquered culture into the majority or conquering culture, at times so completely that the absorbed culture ceases to exist2
7961374656dogmaticexpressing personal opinions or beliefs as if they are unquestionably correct and can not be doubted3
7961378836ecclesiasticalrelating to a church or religious organization4
7961389291eclecticselected from different doctrines methods or styles5
7961389292epiphanya moment of sudden insight or understanding6
7961393061euphemisma nice or socially acceptable way of saying something unpleasant, harsh, demeaning or crude7
7961393062arbitrarya random decision or act not based on law or logic and often associated with a tyrannical exercise of power8
7961400416exacerbateto make a bad situation worse9
7961403940hubrisarrogant conceit, confidence, and pride10
7961403941iconoclastone who attacks and seeks to disprove cherished traditions or popular beliefs and ideas' a skeptic, renegade, cultural rebel11
7961403942mysticala spiritual, religious or supernatural meaning or occurrence that can not be known, verified or experienced though the physical senses12
7961407702ostentatiousshowy display of wealth or power13
7961411824ironichappening in the opposite way of what is expected often with an element of mockery or bemusement from an observer's viewpoint14
7961411825secularnot related to religion or a church; worldly15
7961414845substantiateto prove or verify16
7961414846tenablecapable of being defended17
7961419452virulentextremely harmful, poisonous, deadly; bitterly vicious and hostile18
7961419453xenophobiafear and hatered of foreigners, strangers or anything from outside one's own village or region19

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