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  1. acrophobia      fear of high places                                                                                 
  2. analogy         resemblance between things otherwise dissimilar                                                     
  3. austerity       enforced or extreme economy;                      An ascetic practice                               
  4. cabal           a number of persons secretly united for some      private purpose; conspiracy                       
  5. coercion        forcible constraint; the use of force to achieve  a goal                                            
  6. debility        weakness or infirmity                                                                               
  7. edification     intellectual or moral enlightenment and           improvement                                       
  8. fury            vehement and uncontrolled anger                                                                     
  9. hierarchy       a group of persons or things arranged in classes  with lower classes dependent on higher classes    
  10. injunction      an order or admonition                                                                              
  11. labyrinth       a place full of intricate passageways and         blind alleys                                      
  12. menagerie       a collection of wild animals for exhibition                                                         
  13. neologism       a new word, usage, or phrase                                                                        
  14. panacea         A remedy for all ills or difficulties                                                               
  15. platitude       a dull, commonplace statement; an obvious truism                                                    
  16. rancor          bitter enmity; spitefulness                                                                         
  17. ruse            an action intended to mislead or deceive                                                            
  18. surfeit         an overabundant supply; excess                                                                      
  19. upshot          the final issue, the conclusion, or the result                                                      
  20. virtuoso        a master of one's profession, usually in the arts;one who possesses dazzling skill                  
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