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Indiscrete

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not divided into distinct parts.

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Exhume

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dig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground.
“the bodies were exhumed on the orders of a judge”

Unearth

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Cloister

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a covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral, typically with a wall on one side and a colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other.
“the shadowed cloisters of the convent”

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Preamble

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a preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction.
“what she said was by way of a preamble”

Introduction

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Axiom

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a statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true.
“the axiom that supply equals demand”

Accepted truth

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Aphasia

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A language disorder that affects a person’s ability to communicate.
It can occur suddenly after a stroke or head injury, or develop slowly from a growing brain tumor or disease.

Aphasia affects a person’s ability to express and understand written and spoken language.

Once the underlying cause is treated, the main treatment for aphasia is speech therapy.

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Desuetude

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Desuetude means the state of being no longer used, practiced, or active. It can refer to a law falling out of use due to prolonged non-enforcement or to general customs, institutions, or practices that have become obsolete or disused. For example, a landline phone may have fallen into desuetude, or a law that is no longer enforced could be considered to be in a state of desuetude.

Outdated

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Insularity

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ignorance of or lack of interest in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one’s own experience.
“an example of British insularity”

Narrow-minded

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Ichthyology

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the branch of zoology that deals with fishes

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Conceited

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excessively proud of oneself; vain.
“Fred’s so conceited he’d never believe anyone would refuse him”

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