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Book 12 · Advanced
Chapter 9 · List 9 · Sharp judgment
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acumen (n)
Keen judgement.
apotheosis (n)
The highest point.
chastening (adj)
Inflicting punishment to improve.
demarcation (n)
A boundary.
dictum (n)
A formal pronouncement.
erstwhile (adj)
Former.
forte (n)
A strong point.
noisome (adj)
Offensive in smell; harmful.
peripatetic (adj)
Travelling from place to place.
prodigal (adj)
Wastefully extravagant.
sycophantic (adj)
Self-seeking and flattering.
tenuous (adj)
Very weak or slight.
verisimilitude (n)
The appearance of truth.
vouchsafe (v)
To grant in a condescending way.
wraith (n)
A ghost.