Lexicon List #5
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155305414 | aboriginal | having existed from the beginning | |
155305415 | accolade | a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction | |
155305416 | agnostic | a person who doubts truth of religion (noun) asserting the uncertainty of all claims to knowledge (adj) | |
155305417 | anomaly | deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | |
155305418 | aggregate | formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined (adj) to bring together; collect into one sum, mass, or body (verb) a sum, mass, or assemblage (noun) | |
155305419 | aplomb | great coolness and composure under strain | |
155305420 | approbation | official recognition or approval | |
155305421 | chimera | a grotesque product of the imagination | |
155305422 | diefy | to make a god of, to raise to god like status | |
155305423 | deleterious | harmful to living things | |
155305424 | deliquesce | melt or become liquid by absorbig moisture from the air | |
155305425 | extirpate | destroy completely, as if down to the roots | |
155305426 | heretic | a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion) | |
155305427 | imminent | close in time; about to occur | |
155305428 | infidel | one who does not accept a particular faith; unbeliever | |
155305429 | jeremiad | a long and mournful complaint | |
155305430 | languid | lacking spirit or liveliness | |
155305431 | malevolent | wishing or appearing to wish evil to others | |
155305432 | myriad | a large indefinite number | |
155305433 | namby-pamby | weak, indecisive; spineless | |
155305434 | ostensible | apparent, evident, or conspicuous | |
155305435 | paean | a formal expression of praise | |
155305436 | panglossian | Blindly expecting a favorable outcome or naively dwelling on hopeful aspects | |
155305437 | paradigm | a standard or typical example | |
155305438 | pariah | a person who is rejected (from society or home) | |
155305439 | precept | rule of personal conduct | |
155305440 | predilection | a predisposition in favor of something | |
155305441 | primeval | having existed from the beginning | |
155305442 | profligate | unrestrained by convention or morality | |
155305443 | progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line | |
155305444 | recalcitrant | marked by stubborn resistance to authority | |
155305445 | rhapsodize | say (something) with great enthusiasm | |
155305446 | sacrosanct | must be kept sacred | |
155305447 | treatise | a formal work on a subject, esp one that deals systematically with its principles and conclusions | |
155305448 | unctuous | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | |
155305449 | wanton | behave extremely cruelly and brutally |