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::: sophist - teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning; N. sophism: plausible but fallacious argument
::: polar - of a pole; characterized by opposite extremes; Ex. polar opposites
::: disheveled - untidy (of hair or clothing); V. dishevel
::: palimpsest - parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased
::: grandiose - affectedly grand; pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exaggerated; impressive; great in size or scope; grand; Ex. grandiose ideas
::: obese - excessively fat; N. obesity
::: transcendental - going beyond common thought or ideas; impossible to understand by practical experiences or practices; known only by studying thoughts or intuition; OP. empirical; CF. transcendentalism
::: stamina - power of endurance; strength; staying power
::: fluke - unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune; accidental stroke of good luck; ADJ. fluky
::: collation - a light meal; collating