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Word Explanations vicissitude, pyromania, submergence, alienation, protagonist, stringency, lea, fallow, corollary, cornice

Explanation of vicissitude (noun)
form: vicissitudes
a change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune

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Explanation of pyromania (noun)
an insane propensity to set things on fire

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Explanation of submergence (noun)
flood; inundate; engulf

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Explanation of alienation (noun)
form: alienations
estrangement

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Explanation of protagonist (noun)
a leader in any enterprise or contest

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Explanation of stringency (noun)
strictness

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Explanation of lea (noun)
form: leas
a field

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Explanation of fallow (noun)
land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest

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Explanation of corollary (noun)
form: corollaries
a proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration

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Explanation of cornice (noun)
form: cornices
an ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling

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Explain the words vicissitude, pyromania, submergence, alienation, protagonist, stringency, lea, fallow, corollary, cornice

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Meaning of vicissitude, pyromania, submergence, alienation, protagonist, stringency, lea