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encomium (en-koh-mee-uhm)

noun

an often formal expression of warm or high praise

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cupidity (kyoo-pid-uh-tee)

noun

excessive or eager desire, especially for wealth; greed; avarice 

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crux (kruhks)

noun

1.  the basic, central, or critical point or feature

2.  anything that is difficult or puzzling to explain or solve

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megalomania (meg-uh-lo-may-nee-ah)

noun

1.  a mania for grandiose or extravagant things or actions

2.  a mental disorder characterized by delusions of grander

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obsequious (ob-see-kwee-us)

adjective

servilely attentive; compliant to excess; fawning

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factotum (fak-toh-tuhm)

noun

a person employed to do all kinds of work or business

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melee (may-lay, may-ley)

noun

1.  a fight or hand to hand struggle in which combatants are mingled in one confused conflict

2.  a confused conflict or mingling

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aliment (al-uh-muhnt)

noun

1.  something that nourishes or feeds; nourishment

2.  something that sustains a state of mind or body; sustenance 

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virago (vuh-ray-go)

noun

1.  a woman of extraordinary status, strength and courage

2.  a woman regarded as loud, scolding, ill-tempered, quarrelsome or overbearing

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scion (sy-uhn)

noun

a descendant; an heir

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fop (fop)

noun

a man who is overly concerned with or vain about his dress and appearance; a dandy

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sapid (sap-id)

adjective

1.  having taste or flavor, especially having a strong pleasant flavor

2.  agreeable to the mind; to one's liking

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osculation (os-kyuh-lay-shuhn)

noun

the act of kissing

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vagary (vay-guh-ree); (vuh-ger-ee)

noun

an extravagant unpredictable or erratic notion, action or occurance

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impregnable (im-preg-nuh-buhl)

adjective

1.  not capable of being stormed or taken by assault; unconquerable

2.  difficult or impossible to overcome or refute successfully; beyond question or criticism

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ineffable (in-eff-uh-buhl)

adjective

1.  incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable 

2.  not to be uttered; taboo

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malaproposim (mal-uh-prop-iz-uhm)

noun

the usually unintentional humorous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of a similar sound

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philomath (fil-uh-math)

noun

a lover of learning; a scholar

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cupidity (kyoo-pid-uh-tee)

noun

eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth; greed; avarice

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nefarious (nuh-fair-ee-uhs)

adjective

wicked in the extreme; iniquitous