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a·bate -bt
v. a·bat·ed, a·bat·ing, a·bates
To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen.

al·le·vi·ate -lv-t
tr.v. al·le·vi·at·ed, al·le·vi·at·ing, al·le·vi·ates
To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc.

ba·nal b-nl, bnl, b-näl
adj.obvious and dull; repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
v. ba·nalize

co·gent kjnt
adj. Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning; convincing: a cogent argument.
n. cogen·cy -jn-s adv. cogent·ly

dis·pa·rate dspr-t, d-sprt
adj. Fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar.
adv. dispa·rate·ly v. dispa·rate·ness

en·dem·ic (n-dmk)
adj. Prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality, region, or people
n. Native to or confined to a certain region.
adv. en·demi·cal·ly n. en·demism

e·qua·nim·i·ty kw-nm-t, kw-
n.The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure.

fe·lic·i·tous f-ls-ts
adj.Admirably suited; apt: a felicitous comparison; Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style; Marked by happiness or good fortune.
adv. fe·lici·tous·ly n. fe·lici·tous·ness

fledg·ling fljlng
n.A young bird that has recently acquired its flight feathers; A young or inexperienced person.

i·con·o·clast (-kn-klst)
n. One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions.

An iconoclast can be unpleasant company, but at least the modern iconoclast only attacks such things as ideas and institutions. The original iconoclasts destroyed countless works of art. Eikonoklasts, the ancestor of our word, was first formed in Medieval Greek from the elements eikn, “image, likeness,” and -klasts, “breaker,” from kln, “to break.” The images referred to by the word are religious images, which were the subject of controversy among Christians of the Byzantine Empire in the 8th and 9th centuries, when iconoclasm was at its height. In addition to destroying many sculptures and paintings, those opposed to images attempted to have them barred from display and veneration. During the Protestant Reformation images in churches were again felt to be idolatrous and were once more banned and destroyed. It is around this time that iconoclast, the descendant of the Greek word, is first recorded in English (1641), with reference to the Byzantine iconoclasts. In the 19th century iconoclast took on the secular sense that it has today, as in “Kant was the great iconoclast” (James Martineau)

jux·ta·pose (jkst-pz
tr.v. jux·ta·posed, jux·ta·pos·ing, jux·ta·pos·es
To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

knave nv
n. An unprincipled, crafty fellow. deceitful and unreliable .
knavish adj. knavish·ly adv. knavish·ness n.

lo·qua·cious l-kwshs
adj. Very talkative; garrulous.
lo·quacious·ly adv. lo·quacious·ness or lo·quaci·ty l-kws-t n.

men·da·cious mn-dshs
adj. Lying; given to lying. Untruthful: dishonest.
men·dacious·ly adv.

nem·e·sis nm-ss
n.pl. A source of harm or ruin:Retributive justice.
Greek The goddess of retributive justice or vengeance.