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    encumber

    verb | in-KUM-ber

    Definition

    1 : weigh down, burden

    2 : to impede or hamper the function or activity of : hinder

    3 : to burden with a legal claim (such as a mortgage)

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    ruddy

    adjective | RUDD-ee

    Definition

    1 : having a healthy reddish color

    2 : red, reddish

    3 : British — used as an intensive

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    foment

    verb | FOH-ment

    Definition : to promote the growth or development of : rouse, incite

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    verbiage

    noun | VER-bee-ij

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    1 : a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content

    2 : manner of expressing oneself in words : diction

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    purport

    verb | per-PORT

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    1 : to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred); also : claim

    2 : intend, purpose

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    Sisyphean

    adjective | sis-uh-FEE-un

    Definition : of, relating to, or suggestive of the labors of Sisyphus; specifically : requiring continual and often ineffective effort

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    cronyism

    noun | KROH-nee-iz-um

    Definition : partiality to cronies especially as evidenced in the appointment of political hangers-on to office without regard to their qualifications

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    limpid

    adjective | LIM-pid

    Definition

    1
    a : marked by transparency : pellucid

    b : clear and simple in style

    2 : absolutely serene and untroubled

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    delve

    verb | DELV

    Definition

    1 : to dig or labor with or as if with a spade

    2
    a : to make a careful or detailed search for information

    b : to examine a subject in detail

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    fountainhead

    noun | FOUN-tun-hed

    Definition

    1 : a spring that is the source of a stream

    2 : principal source : origin

 

 
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