Abjure

(Verb)

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To renounce or give up formally.

Celine abjured the use of any type of tabacco. 

Amorphous

(Adjective)

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Without a definite shape, boundary, or character.

Everyone is of amorphous shape.

Animus 

(Noun)

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An attitude or spirit within a person that strongly influences him or her; Deep-seated ill will.

My conscience is an animus to me.

Dichotomy

(Noun)

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Divison into two distinct parts or groups.

There is a dichotomy for who is with Donald Trump and who is against him.

Exemplar

(Noun)

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An example or model, especailly an ideal one.

Molly had a very great exemplar for the book fair in May.

Herculean

(Adjective)

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Of extraordinary size, power, or difficulty.

A giant would be considered an herculean.

Inchoate

(Adjective)

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Not fully formed or realized.

When a baby is premature they are inchoate.

Invidious

(Adjecitve)

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Likely to cause resentment or animosity.

Growing up with no father is invidious.

Melange

(Noun)

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A mixture of dissimilar materials.

Trail mix is melange.

Nefarious

(Adjective)

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Very wicked.

The nefarious ways of Hitler killed millions of Jews.

Nihilism

(Noun)

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A viewpoint that denies any meaning or value to life.

The nihilsm viewpoint of the german soldiers killed the Jewish people.

Ratify

(Verb)

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To approve, confirm, or verify.

To ratify your signature is to prove it is yours.

Subsume

(Verb)

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To encompass in a larger or more comprehensive group; to include.

Each Greek god had a small menagerie of sacred animals, and it may be conjectured that these animals were originally the totems of various stocks, subsumed into the worship of the anthropomorphic god.

Variegated

(Adjective)

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Varied as to form, type, or color.

The variegated fruits were green, yellow, and orange. 

Vitiate

(Verb)

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To impair or weaken.

The enemy wanted to vitiate their competition.