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  1. Agility         dexterity, nimbleness                                                                               
  2. Apathy          Lack of interest or concern                                                                         
  3. Benediction     An invocation of a blessing                                                                         
  4. catalyst        a substance or person which causes a reaction in  others                                            
  5. Corolary        Something that naturally follows                                                                    
  6. disapprobation  disapproval; condemnation                                                                           
  7. equanimity      evenness of mind or temper                                                                          
  8. Gradient        The rate of regular or graded ascent or descent                                                     
  9. idiom           an expression peculiar to a language                                                                
  10. Jaundice        Yellow pigmentation of the skin                                                                     
  11. Liturgy         A rite or body of rites prescribed for            public worship                                    
  12. Missal          A book that contaibs all that is said or sung     at Mass during the entire year                    
  13. obstinacy       the quality of being stubborn                                                                       
  14. Paucity         Smallness of number or quantity                                                                     
  15. Pulchriutude    beauty; grace; physical charm                                                                       
  16. Relevance       fittingness or suitability; the quality of being  pertinent or applicable                           
  17. Shibboleth      a custom or use of language which is distinctive  of a particular social class, profession, etc.    
  18. Tenet           an opinion, principle, or dogma believe to be true                                                  
  19. Veneer          a thin layer of covering; mere outside show or    elegance                                          
  20. Zealot          A fanatical partisan                                                                                
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