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precocious adj
Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity. Exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age
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hedonism n
(philosophy): The belief that pleasure or happiness is the highest good in life
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sublimate v
(physics): To change state from a solid to a gas (or from a gas to a solid) without passing through the liquid state. To redirect the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable activity
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caesura n
A a pause or interruption in a poem, music, building or other work of art. In Classical prosody, using two words to divide a metrical foot
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turquoise n
A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone. A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone
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cascade v
To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls. To occur as a causal sequence
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haggard adj
Looking exhausted and unwell. Wild, untamed
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predilection n
Condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; proclivity
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benthic adj
Living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean
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humble v
To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to humiliate. To make meek or lowly in mind; to make submissive
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semiotics n
The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication
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monotone n
A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound
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fermata n
(music): A notation to hold a note for longer than its usual duration, until the conductor cuts it off
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clandestine adj
Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose
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cloister n
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle. A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion
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serendipity n
A fortunate occurrence created by unanticipated luck
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ingenue n
An innocent, unsophisticated, naive, wholesome girl or young woman
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ardor n
Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion
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kinkajou n
A carnivorous mammal of Central America and South America with a long, prehensile tail
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memento n
A keepsake; an object kept as a reminder of a place or event
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valetudinarian adj
Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm
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asthenia n
Weakness; loss of strength
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paradiorthosis n
A false correction
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enticing adj
Anyone or anything which entices, is alluring, attractive or charming
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ochlocracy n
Mob rule; government by the masses
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zeugma n
The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one or in different ways
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dyscalculia n
(pathology) Difficulty in solving mathematical problems
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autodidactic adj
Of, relating to, or being self-taught
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xenogenetic adj
Being of foreign origin; having originated elsewhere
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procrustean adj
Producing or designed to produce strict conformity by ruthless or arbitrary means; marked by arbitrary often ruthless disregard of individual differences or special circumstances
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