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| colloquy | conversation |
| viable | able to live; workable |
| synopsis | summary |
| terra firma | solid ground |
| sanction | authorize |
| Russophobe | one who fears Russia |
| prognosis | medical forecast |
| polychrome | many-colored |
| philanthropy | love of humankind |
| perspicacity | insight |
| mobocracy | mob rule |
| gerontocracy | government of the old |
| kleptomaniac | pathological thief |
| joie de vivre | joy of living |
| in loco parentis | in place of parents |
| mundane | worldly |
| synthesis | combination |
| unequivocal | unambiguous; clear |
| nihilism | belief in nothing |
| audiophile | stereo buff |
| entomology | scientific study of insects |
| omnifarious | of all kinds |
| invidious | tending to cause ill will, animosity, or envy |
| deduction | reasoning down from principles |
| magniloquence | excessive use of verbal ornamentation; bombastic |