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- -->>:adulation::excessive or slavish flattery
- -->>:animosity::ill will or resentment tending toward hostility
- -->>:avarice::passion for acquiring and hoarding riches; greed
- -->>:candor::honest and sincere expression; fairness
- -->>:commissary::a store for equipment and provisions, especially for military personnel
- -->>:dichotomy::a division into two, especially mutually or contradictory groups
- -->>:encomium::glowing and warmly enthusiastic praise
- -->>:gamut::an entire range or series
- -->>:husbandry::the control or judicious use of resources
- -->>:introvert::one who is reserved and withdrawn; one whose interest is primarily with himself
- -->>:lassitude::a state of being fatigued or weary
- -->>:metamorphosis::a change in physical form, structure or substance
- -->>:nostrum::a quack medication or remedy
- -->>:paragon::a model or pattern of excellence
- -->>:precursor::something that comes before, especially when it suggests future events
- -->>:recluse::one who lives in retirement or seclusion
- -->>:savoir-faire::ability to know how to act
- -->>:symmetry::balanced proportion, especially from side to side
- -->>:utopia::any state, condition, or place of ideal perfection
- -->>:votary::one bound by a vow or promise; one devoted to a pursuit or study