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  1. RANCOR : (noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will; usage : They cheated me, but I feel no rancour towards/against them.
  2. TREMULOUS : (adj.) (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; usage : spoke timidly in a tremulous voice; synonyms : quavering
  3. usage : The professor's malapropisms were getting worse by the day.
  4. MALAPROPISM : (n) the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar; tweeted by MnemonicDictionary.com
  5. PASTICHE : (n) a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work;usage : Her novel was written as an eighteenth century pastiche.
  6. MALFEASANCE : (noun) wrongful conduct by a public official; usage : The officer was arrested for malfeasance. #wordoftheday
  7. PULCHRITUDE : (n) physical beauty (especially of a woman);Her pulchritude combined with her gentle nature won her admiration the world over.
  8. PUGNACITY : (n) a natural disposition to be hostile; Kumar’s pugnacity made him very unpopular with his colleagues in the office. #words
  9. OVERWEENING : (adj.) unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; usage : overweening ambition, overweening greed; synonym : excessive
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  11. MONOTHEISM : (noun) belief in a single God; usage : Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are based on the principle of monotheism.
  12. QUAGMIRE : (n) a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot; synonym : mire ; Her feet were gradually sinking into the quagmire.
  13. PUMMEL : (verb) strike, usually with the fist; usage : The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators; synonyms : biff , pommel
  14. PISCATORIAL : (adj.) relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing; usage : He was quite satisfied with his piscatorial life.
  15. SOOTHSAYER : (noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge); synonyms : forecaster,predictor
  16. PRIVATION : (noun) act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; usage : nutritional privation; synonyms : deprivation
  17. EUTHANASIA : (noun) the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness); synonyms : mercy killing
  18. SANGUINARY : (adj.) marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; synonyms : bloodthirsty , bloody-minded;
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  20. SQUEAMISH : (adj.) excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; usage :so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow;