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Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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gno·sis  audio  (nss) KEY 

NOUN:
Intuitive apprehension of spiritual truths, an esoteric form of knowledge sought by the Gnostics.
ETYMOLOGY:
Greek gnsis, knowledge, from gignskein, to know; see gn- in Indo-European roots


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