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deleterious 
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 | v. travel around either by plane or ship, go around or avoid (an obstacle) |
| a. harmful to living things, causing harm or damage |
| n. person having dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries |
| a. necessarily or demonstrably true, impossible to deny or disprove |
expurgate
2
| n. rejection of all religious and moral principles |
| v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate |
| a. done with very great haste and without due deliberation, extremely steep |
| a. shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort) |
homogeneous
3
| a. all of the same or similar kind or nature |
| v. authenticate as a notary, acknowledge or attest as a notary public |
| n. a part of language study that deals with letters and spelling |
| n. person having dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries |
hubris
4
| n. overbearing pride or presumption, excessive pride or self-confidence |
| n. a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections, speech you make to yourself |
| a. done with very great haste and without due deliberation, extremely steep |
| a. with your identity concealed |
incognito
5
| v. divide unfairly and to one's advantage, of voting districts |
| v. repeat an earlier theme of a composition, repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life |
| n. (logic) a statement that is necessarily true, useless repetition |
| a. with your identity concealed |
infrastructure
6
| n. a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections, speech you make to yourself |
| v. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering |
| a. not involving or relating to different religious sects or political groups |
| n. the basic structure or features of a system or organization |
irony
7
| v. travel around either by plane or ship, go around or avoid (an obstacle) |
| a. harmful to living things, causing harm or damage |
| n. a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs |
| a. found in the ordinary course of events, occurring every day |
kinetic
8
| n. overbearing pride or presumption, excessive pride or self-confidence |
| a. relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith |
| a. devoid of intelligence, silly and pointless |
| v. authenticate as a notary, acknowledge or attest as a notary public |
lexicon
9
| n. a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them |
| a. generally incompetent and ineffectual, not fit to assume responsibility |
| a. not involving or relating to different religious sects or political groups |
| n. (logic) a statement that is necessarily true, useless repetition |
lugubrious
10
| n. a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches |
| n. rejection of all religious and moral principles |
| v. teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| a. excessively mournful, looking or sounding sad and dismal |