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perfidy
[perfidy]
deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery

gasconade
[gas-kuh-neyd]
extravagant boasting

svelte
[svelt]
slim; slender in figure or lithe

virulence
[vir-yuh-luhns]
venomous hostility or intense temper

bolide
[boh-lahyd]
a large, brilliant meteor, especially one that explodes; fireball

irenic
[ahy-ren-ik]
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory

indissoluble
[in-di-sol-yuh-buhl]
not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed

toplofty
[top-lawf-tee, -lof-]
condescending; haughty

mordant
[mawr-dnt]
sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting

onomatopoeia
[on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh]
the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent; often used for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect

diatribe
[dahy-uh-trahyb]
a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism

solipsism
[sol-ip-siz-uhm]
the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist

tyro
[tahy-roh]
a beginner in learning anything; novice

impute
[im-pyoot]
to attribute or ascribe

obviate
[ob-vee-eyt]
to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary

contumacious
[kon-too-mey-shuhs]
stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient