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  1. Adjunct         something joined or added to another thing                                                          
  2. anguish         extreme pain or distress of body or mind                                                            
  3. Autonomy        Self-directing freedom                                                                              
  4. Caliph          A successor of Muhammad as temporal and spiritual head of Islam                                     
  5. Colloquy        A high level of serious discussion                                                                  
  6. demise          death; the end of something                                                                         
  7. Emollient       Something that softens or smooths                                                                   
  8. Gambit          A chess opening in which a player risks a minor   piece to gain an advantage in position            
  9. Horticulture    The science and art of growing fruits, plants,    vegetables and flowers                            
  10. Interregnum     Time during which a throne is vacant between      successive reigns                                 
  11. lampoon         a humorous and satirical written attack against   a person                                          
  12. Mesa            A usually isolated hill having steeply sloping    sides and a level top                             
  13. nonentity       nonexistent                                                                                         
  14. Paradox         Something (e.g. a person, statement, or act)      with seemingly contradictory qualities            
  15. polytheism      the belief in more than one god                                                                     
  16. rapture         ecstasy; ecstatic joy                                                                               
  17. savant          a man of exceptional learning                                                                       
  18. Sycophant       a servile, base flatterer                                                                           
  19. Usury           the practice of charging an illegally or immorallyhigh interest rate                                
  20. Volition        the exercise of the will; strength of will                                                          
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