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  Word Explanations boon, piety, amphitheater, fluted, secession, incandescent, annunciate, staggering, alveolate, analogy


   
Explanation of boon (noun)
a desirable state



   
Explanation of piety (noun)
form: pieties

righteousness by virtue of being pious



   
Explanation of amphitheater (noun)
form: amphitheaters

stadium; arena



   
Explanation of fluted (adjective)
decorated with channels or grooves



   
Explanation of secession (noun)
formal separation from an alliance or federation



   
Explanation of incandescent (adjective)
characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance



   
Explanation of annunciate (verb)
foreshadow or presage; harbinger; foretell; herald



   
Explanation of staggering (adjective)
so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; stupefying



   
Explanation of alveolate (adjective)
pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb); cavitied; honeycombed; pitted



   
Explanation of analogy (noun)
form: analogies

the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater



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