Day 50
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allegory
symbolic representation
AA-lih-gohr-ee
symbolic representation
apotheosis
perfect example
uh-pah-thee-O-sis
glorification to godliness; the perfect example
aver
affirm
uh-VUR
to state firmly as a fact ; assert
colloquial
informal conversation
kuh-LOH-kwee-uhl
local and informal (used of language)
convention
custom
kun-VEN-shun
a generally agreed upon practice
disseminate
to spread
dih-SEM-uh-neyt
to spread or scatter
dissipate
scatter
DIHS-uh-payt
to scatter; to pursue pleasure to excess
distill
purify
dih-STIL
to purify
fixate
to focus
FIK-seyt
to acquire an obsessive attachment to someone or something
furrow
groove
FUR-oh
groove made in any surface especially, in the ground by a plow
histrionic
melodramatic
his-tree-ON-ik
related to over emotional but dramatic behavior
impair
to damage
im-PAIR
to diminish in value ; damage
incredulous
skeptical
in-KREJ-uh-luhs
unwilling to believe
indigenous
native
in-DIJ-uh-nuhs
native, natural
lacuna
gap
luh-KYOO-nuh
gap; missing part
legacy
bequest
LEG-uh-see
something handed down from ancestors; bequest
matriculate
enroll
muh-TRIK-yuh-leyt
to enroll in a college or university
negligible
insignificant
NEHG-lih-jih-buhl
not worth considering
nomadic
wandering
noh-MAD-ik
wandering from place to place
parochial
restricted
puh-RO-kee-uhl
of limited scope or outlook; provincial
pathogenic
disease causing
paa-thoh-JEHN-ihk
disease causing
pellucid
transparent
puh-LOO-sid
extremely clear; transparent
pest
annoying person/thing
pest
an annoying person or thing
propagation
spreading
prop-uh-GEY-shuhn
increasing the number; spreading
rebuff
snub
ri-BUHF
refusal of a request or offer
sequester
isolate
si-KWES-ter
isolate; seclude
synopsis
summary
si-NOP-sis
summary
tedium
boredom
TEE-dee-uhm
boredom; monotony
unscathed
unharmed
uhn-SKEYTHD
unharmed
verisimilar
likely
ver-uh-SIM-uh-ler
true to life; giving the appearance of reality