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Book 12 · Advanced
Chapter 4 · List 4 · Old loyalties
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archaic (adj)
Very old or old-fashioned.
carouse (v)
To drink and be merry.
chicanery (n)
Trickery.
contentious (adj)
Quarrelsome; controversial.
dissemble (v)
To conceal one's motives.
execrate (v)
To detest.
fealty (n)
Loyalty.
microcosm (n)
A miniature representation.
paroxysm (n)
A sudden attack of an emotion.
pecuniary (adj)
Of money.
rectitude (n)
Moral uprightness.
stratagem (n)
A scheme for gaining advantage.
stultify (v)
To make ineffective; to dull.
subterfuge (n)
A deceitful trick.
vendetta (n)
A long bitter feud.