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276 - Esemplastic - Molding into one; unifying

277 - Benison - A blessing

278 - Velleity - A wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.

279 - Obduracy - A state of refusing to change feelings, beliefs or course of action with no reason

280 - Abjure - Solemnly renounce a believe, cause or claim.

281 - Abrade - Scrape or wear away by friction or erosion.

282 - Tocsin - An alarm bell or signal.

283 - Leitmotif - A recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea or situation

284 - Emulous - Desiring or aiming to equal or surpass another; competitive. Characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation.

285 - Athanasy - An absence of death or the condition of everlasting life, deathless, immortality

286 - Busk - Perform music or other entertainment in the street or other public place for monetary donations

287 - Anfractuous - Sinuous or circuitous

288 - Panglossian - Marked by the view that all is for the best in this best of possible worlds

289 - Mansuetude - Meekness, gentleness

290 - Tendentious - Expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one.

291 - Moue - A pouting expression used to convey annoyance or distaste

292 - Putsch - A violent attempt to overthrow a government

293 - Gnathonic - Flattering; deceitful

294 - Valetudinarian - Showing undue concern about one's health

295 - Constellate - To unite in a cluster. To set or adorn with or as if with constellations.

296 - Epigone - A less distinguished follower or imitator of someone; especially an artist or philosopher

297 - Panjandrum - A powerful personage or pretentious official.

298 - Hypermnesia - Unusual power or enhancement of memory, typically under abnormal conditions such as trauma, hypnosis or narcosis.

299 - Arenicolous - Living or burrowing, or growing in the sand.

300 - Synecdoche - The use of a word or phrase, when a part of something is used in order to refer to the whole of it, or the whole to refer to a part of it.


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301 - Folderol - A useless ornament or acessory

302 - Muliebrity - Womanly qualities, womanhood

303 - Bloviate - Talk at length; especially in an inflated or empty way

304 - Codicil - An addition or supplement that explains, modifies or revokes a will or part of one

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251 - Defenestration - The action of throwing someone or something out of a window. The action of dismissing someone from a position of power or authority.

252 - Heterodox - Contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion. Holding unort (...more)
226 - Bathetic - Producing an unintentional effect of anticlimax

227 - Eristic - Of or characterized by debate or argument

228 - Hamartia - A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine

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175 - Tutelary - Providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding

176 - Quotidian - Of or occurring every day; daily

177 - Rodomontade - Boastful or inflated talk or behavior

178 - Gewgaw - a Showy thing, especially one that is useless or worthless

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3 - Venial - Easily excused or forgivable

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