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HIBERNAL
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wintry
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A
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HIBERNATE / HIBERNATION
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sleep throught the winter
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V / N
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HIERARCHY / HIERARCHICAL
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Arrangement by rank or stnading; authoritarian body divided into ranks
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N / A
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HIEROGLYPIC
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picture writing
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N
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HILARITY
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boistorous mirth; great merriment
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N
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HINDMOST
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furthest behind
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A
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HINDRANCE / HINDER
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block; obstacle
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N / V
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HINTERLANDS
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back country
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N
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HIRELING
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one who serves for hire ( usually used contemptously)
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N
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HIRSUTE
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hairy
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A
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HISTRIONIC / HISTRIONICS
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theatrical
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A / N
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HOARD
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stockpile; accumulate for future use
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V / N
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HOARY
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white with age
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A
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HOAX
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trick; practical joke
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N / V
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HOLOCAUST
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destruction by fire
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N
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HOLSTER
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pistol case
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N
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HOMAGE
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honor; tribute
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N
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HOMEOSTASIS
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Tendency of a system to maintain relative stability
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N
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HOMESPUN
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domestic; made at home
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A
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HOMILY / HOMILETIC
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sermon; serious warning
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N / A
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HOMOGENEOUS / HOMOGENEITY
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of the same kind
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A / N
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HONE
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sharpen
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V
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HOODWINK
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deceive; delude
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V
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HORDE
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crowd
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N
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HORTATORY
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encouraging; exhortive
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A
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HORTICULTURAL
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pertaining to cultivation of gardens
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N
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HOSTILITY
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unfriendliness; hatred
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N
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HOVEL
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shackle; small, wretched house
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N
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HOVER
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hang about; wait nearby
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V
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HUBBUB
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confused uproar
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N
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HUBRIS
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arrogance; excessive self-conceit
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N
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HUE
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color; aspect
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N
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HUE AND CRY
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outcry
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N
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HUMANE
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marked by kindness or consideration
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A
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HUMDRUM
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dull; montonous
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A
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HUMID
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damp
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A
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HUMILITY
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humbleness of spirit
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N
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HUMMOCK
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small hill
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N
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HUMUS
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substance formed by decaying vegetable matter
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N
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HURTLE
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crash; rush
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V
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HUSBAND / HUSBANDRY
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use sparingly; conserve; save
frugality; thrify; agriculture |
V / N
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HYBRID
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mongrel; mixed breed
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N / A
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HYDROPHOBIA
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fear of water; rabies
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N
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HYPERBOLE
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exaggeration; overstatement
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N
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HYPERCRITICAL
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excessively exacting/demanding
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A
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HYPOCHONDRIAC
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person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness
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N
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HYPOCRITICAL / HYPOCRISY
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pretending to be virtuous; deceiving
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A
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HYPOTHETICAL / HYPOTHESIS
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based on assumptions or hypotheses; supposed
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A / N
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ICHTHYOLOGY
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study of fish
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N
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ICON
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religious image; idol
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N
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ICONOCAUSTIC / ICONOCLASM
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attacking cherished traditions
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A
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IDEOLOGY
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system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture
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N
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IDIOM
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expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
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N
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IDIOSYNCRASY / IDIOSYNCRATIC
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individual trait; usually odd in nature; eccentricity
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N
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IDOLATRY
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worship of idols; excessive admiration
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N
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IDYLLIC
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charmingly carefree; simple
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A
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IGNEOUS
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produced by fire; volcanic
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A
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IGNITE
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kindle; light
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V
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IGNOBLE
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unworthy; not noble
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A
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IGNOMINY
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deep disgrace; shame or dishonor
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N
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ILLICIT
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illegal
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A
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ILLIMITABLE
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infinite
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A
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ILLUMINATE
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brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten
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V
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ILLUSION
ILLUSIVE / ILLUSORY |
misleading vision
deceiving; deceptive; not real |
N / A
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IMBALANCE
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lack of balance or symmetry; disproportion
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N
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IMBECILITY
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weakness of mind
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N
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IMBIBE
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drink in
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V
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IMBROGLIO / EMBROIL
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complicated situation; painful or complex misunderstanding; entanglement; confused mass (as of papers)
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N / V
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IMBUE
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saturate; fill
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V
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