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