List 7 Countdown words with numbers

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atonement

amends for wrong doing :: expiation

bicameral

composed of two houses, chambers or branches

Decalogue

the Ten Commandments :: A fundamental set of rules having authoritative weight

decimate

to destroy a great number or portion of

dichotomy

division into two usually contradictory parts or opinions

double-think

the belief in two contradictory ideas at the same time

millennium

s span of a thousand years

nihilism

total rejection of established laws and institutions :: total destructiveness toward the world and oneself

penultimate

next to the last

primeval

original :: belonging to the first or earliest ages

protocol

forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and head of states :: the first copy of a treaty or document

quatrain

a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes

quintessence

the most perfect embodiment of something, the purest or most typical instances

tessellated

like a mosaic :: checkered

untrammeled

unhampered :: unrestrained


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