WOTD 2.1

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WOTD 2.1

• Patronize
• Pernicious
• Preponderance
• Prevaricate
• Quiescent
• Quintessential

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Patronize To assume the air of a superioror
parent.

• The employee, ten years older than the new boss,
  did not take kindly to the patronizing tone that
  instructions were given.

Pernicious Exceedingly harmful, sometimes in a
hidden way.

• Diabetes Type-1, a pernicious disease, is thought
  to be the result of an overagressive immune
  system.

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Preponderance n, more than enough, excessive to
a point.

• Since the OJ trial, a preponderance of evidence
  is required to adequately represent a client.

Prevaricate v, to speak inaccurately or
ambiguously either to avoid or deceivein other
words, to lie while not sounding like it.

• How do you know when a politician is
  prevaricating? When he or she says something.

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Quiescent adj, in a state of inactivity or rest.

• Although silent and mostly unmoving, the enraged
  child was like a quiescent volcano.

Quintessential adj, the perfect example of a
class or quality, beyond epitome.

• The cultural transition from the 70s to the 80s
  was drastic, and The Clash was the quintessential
  sound of that time. After all, they are the
  only band that matters.