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Noisome
[adjective]
MEANING:
1. obnoxious or harmful
2. very offensive to the point of arousing disgust
2. very offensive to the point of arousing disgust
Ostracise
[verb]
MEANING:
MEANING:
1. to banish or remove from a group
2. followed in ancient greece, when a citizen considered dangerous to a state was sent into exile by popular vote
2. followed in ancient greece, when a citizen considered dangerous to a state was sent into exile by popular vote
Martinet
[noun]
MEANING:
MEANING:
1. one who is strict and a disciplinarian, especially one in the military
2. one who rigidly conforms to rules and forms
2. one who rigidly conforms to rules and forms
Pariah
[noun]
MEANING:
MEANING:
1. a member belonging to a low caste; an untouchable
2. a social outcast
2. a social outcast
Raison d’être
[noun]
MEANING:
MEANING:
the purpose of living; the reason to exist