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| amnesty | (n.) a gerneral pardon for an offense against a government:in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution. |
| autonomy | (n.) self-government, political control Syn: home rule ANT: dependence, subjection, colonial status |
| axiomatic | (adj.) self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule Syn; taken for granted ANT:questionable, dubious,controversial |
| blazon | 9v.) to adorn or embllish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely Syn; broadcast, trumpet ANT: hide, conceal, cover up, bury |
| caveat | (n.) a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior Syn: admonition, word to the wise |
| aquitable | (adj fair, just,embodying principles of justice Syn; right, reasonable, evenhanded ANT: unjust, unfair,one-sided, disproportionate |
| extricate | (v.) to free from entanglements of difficulities; to remove with effort Syn; disentangle, extract,disengage ANT: enmesh, entagnle, involve |
| filch | (V.) steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts Syn: pilfer, purloin, swipe |
| flout | (v.) to mock Syn: scoff at, sneer at, snicker, scorn ATN; obey, honor, revere, uphold |
| fractious | (adj.) tending to be troubleesome Syn; refactory, recalcitrant, peevish ATN: docile, tractable, cooperative |
| precept | (n.) a rule of condust or action Syn. principle, maxim |
| salutary | (adj) benefical, helpful, wholesome |
| scathing | (adj)bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm |
| scourge | (v)to whipe. punish severly (N) a couse of affiction or suffering a souce of severe punishmant or critism |
| sepulchral | (Adj)funeral, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal |
| soporific | (adj)tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; |
| straitlaced | (adj)extremely strict to regard to moral standards and conduct, prudish, puritanical |
| transient | (adj)lasting only a short rime, fleeting, one who stays only a short time |
| unwidely | (adj)not easily carried, handled, or managed becuase of size of complexity |
| vapid | (adj)dull, uninterestion, tiresome, lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force |
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