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| acquiesce | to give in, to comply |
| affinity | a likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship |
| blasphemous | irreverent, profane |
| buttress | a support or prop |
| circumspect | careful to consider consequences, cautious, prudent |
| corroboration | confirmation |
| deplete | to use up gradually, to lessen in amount or value |
| despotic | ruling oppressively and absolutely; tyrannical |
| emaciated | very thin (usually as a result of starvation), wasting away |
| empirical | based on observation or experiment and not on theory |
| extraneous | not essential or vital |
| fallow | inactive, plowed but not sowed |
| homogeneous | of the same kind |
| hyperbole | obvious exaggeration |
| incontrovertible | indisputable |
| irascible | irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross |
| laconic | using a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude |
| magnanimity | having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit |
| obsequious | overly attentive, like a sycophant, servile |
| proliferation | an increase in number, multiplication |
| scrupulous | very principled, very careful and conscientious |
| sublime | exalted, noble, uplifting |
| surreptitious | secret, clandestine, stealthy |
| veracity | devotion to the truth |
| zeal | enthusiasm, fervor |
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