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Haiden Ramos
World of the Day
Concur
• Agree with (a decision, opinion, or finding): "we strongly concur with this recommendation".
illustrious• Well known, respected, and admired for past
achievements: "an illustrious career".
viand
• An article of food
imperative
• Absolupely necessary or required
lenticular
• Shaped like a biconvex lens
suspicion
• The act of suspecting something
Rectitude
• Moral uprightness righteousness
leadership
• Leadership has been described as “a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a ...
nuncupative
• of a will or testament) Declared orally as opposed to in writing
surfeit
• An excessive amount of something: "a surfeit of food and drink".
Furlong
• A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 ...
Deviate
– Depart from an established course.– Depart from usual or accepted standards
Pivot
• The central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates
Enigmatic
• Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious
Immure
• Enclose or confine (someone) against their will: "immured in a lunatic asylum".
Dissociate
– Disconnect or separate (used esp. in abstract contexts).
– Declare that one is not connected with or a supporter of (someone or something).
Mawkish
– Sentimental in a feeble or sickly way: "a mawkish poem".
– Having a faint sickly flavor: "the mawkish smell of warm beer
Phantasm
– A figment of the imagination; an illusion or apparition.
– An illusory likeness of something.
Hobgoblin
– in mythology and fairy stories) A mischievous imp or sprite.
– A fearsome mythical creature.
Agon
• a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes.
Sequacious
• of a person) Lacking independence or originality of thought
Spectacle
– A visually striking performance or display: "the show is pure spectacle".
– An event or scene regarded in terms of its visual impact: "the spectacle of a city's mass grief".
Bugbear
Electoral vote
• The Electoral College consists of the popularly elected representatives (electors) who formally elect the President and Vice President...
Stem-Winder
• Alternative spelling of stem-winder.
Analytic
– True by virtue of the meaning of the words or concepts used to express it, so that its denial would be a self-contradiction.
– (of a language) Tending not to alter the form of its words and to use word order rather than inflection or agglutination to express...
Biddable
– Meekly ready to accept and follow instructions; docile and obedient.
– Strong enough to justify a bid.
Eructation
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