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| cantata | a musical composition, particularly a religious work from the 17th or 18th century, for one or more voices accompanied by instruments |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as part of a ritual of magic |
| cantor | official of a Jewish synagogue who sings or chants the music of the sevices and leads the congregation in prayer |
| descant | an additional melody sung above the traditional melody |
| linguistics | the study of human speech |
| multilingual | using or able to use several languages |
| lingua franca | a language used as a common or commercial language among peoples who speak different languages |
| linguine | a narrow, flat pasta |
| spirited | Full of energy or courage, very lively or determined |
| dispiriting | Causing a loss of hope or enthusiasm |
| respirator | a device worn over thenose and mouth to filter out dangerous substances from the air, a device for maintaining artificial respiration |
| transpire | to happen, to become known |
| aver | to state positively as true; declare |
| verify | to prove to be true or correct; to check or test the accuracy of |
| verisimilitude | the appearance of being true or probable; the depictin of realism in art or literature |
| veracity | truth or accuracy, the quality of being truthful or honest |
| perturb | to upset, confuse, or disarrange |
| turbine | a rotary engine with blades made to turn and generate power by a current of water, steam, or air under pressure |
| turbulent | stirred up, agitated; stirring up unrest, violence, or disturbance |
| turbid | thick or murky, especially with churned-up sediment; unclear, confused, muddled |
| devolve | to pass something from one person to another at a lower level of authority, to go from an advanced state to a less advanced state |
| evolution | a process of change from a lower, simpler, or worse stateto one that is higher, more complex, or better |
| voluble | speaking readily and rapidly; talkative |
| convoluted | having a pattern of curved windings; involved, intricate |
| evolution | a process of change from a lower level, simple, or worse state to one that is higher, more complex, or better |
| facile | easily accomplished; shallow, superficial |
| factor | something that contributes to producing a result, ingredient |
| factotum | a person whose job involves doing many different kinds of work |
| facilitate | to make something easier, to make something run more smoothly |
| lumen | in physics, the standard unit for measuring the rate of the flow of light |
| luminous | propducing or seeming to produce light, filled with light |
| bioluminescent | relating to light given off by living organisms |
| muse | a source of inspiration; a guiding spirit |
| luminary | a very famous or distinguished person |
| mausoleum | a large tomb, especially one built above ground with shelves for the dead; a large gloomy building or room |
| mentor | a trusted counselor, guide, tutor, or coach |
| narcissism | extreme self-centeredness or fascinatin with onesself; loveor desire for one's own body |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by offering something desirable but keeping it out of reach |
| thespian | an actor; having to do with the drama, dramatic |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west; a gentle breeze |
