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| Explanation of effrontery (noun) audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; impudence; insolence; audacity; nerve Sample of effrontery The effrontery of the young man was offensive.
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| Explanation of tribute (noun) expression of admiration; gift; levy; compliment Sample of tribute Her performance was a tribute to her retiring teacher.
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| Explanation of alchemist (noun) person who studies chemistry Sample of alchemist The alchemist's laboratory was full of bottles and tubes of strange looking liquids.
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| Explanation of perjury (noun) practice of lying under oath Sample of perjury The already sensational trial of a star athlete turned all the more so when it turned out that a police detective had committed perjury. Lying while on the witness stand is perjury.
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| Explanation of tribunal (noun) place of judgement; court of justice Sample of tribunal The tribunal heard the case of the burglary.
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| Explanation of fissure (noun) cleft; crack Sample of fissure The earthquake caused a fissure which split the cliff face.
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| Explanation of depravity (noun) moral corruption; badness; degeneracy; perversion; immorality Sample of depravity Drugs and money caused depravity throughout the once decorous community. The depravity of the old man was bound to land him in jail one day.
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| Explanation of jeopardy (noun) danger; peril; hazard Sample of jeopardy The campers realized they were in potential jeopardy when the bears surrounded their camp.
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| Explanation of resignation (noun) quitting; submission; abdication Sample of resignation He submitted his resignation because he found a new job. You could see the resignation on his face: Things just weren't working out as he'd expected.
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| Explanation of paean (noun) song of praise or triumph Sample of paean A paean was written in honor of the victorious warrior.
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