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ABEYANCE
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n. suspended action
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ABLUTION
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n. washing
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ABNEGATION
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n. renunciation; self-sacrifice
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ABORIGINAL
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adj., n. being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
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ABORTIVE
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adj. unseccessful; fruitless
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ABSOLUTE
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adj. complete; totally unlimited; certain
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ABUT
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v. border upon; adjoin
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ACCEDE
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v. agree
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ACCLIVITY
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n. sharp upslope of a hill
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ACCOMMODATE
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V. oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt
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ACCOST
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v. approach and speak first to a person
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ACCOUTRE
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v. equip
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ACCRETION
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n. growth, increase
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ACIDULOUS
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adj. slightly sour; sharp; caustic
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ACQUIESCE
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v. assent; agree passively
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ACQUITTAL
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n. deliverance from a charge
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ACRIMONIOUS
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adj. bitter in words or manner
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ACTUARIAL
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adj. calculating, pertaining to insurance statistics
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ACTUATE
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v. motivate
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ACUITY
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n. sharpness
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ADAGE
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n. wise saying, proverb
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ADDENDUM
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n. addition; appendix to book
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ADDLE
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v. muddle; drive crazy; become rotten
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ADHERENT
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n. supporter; follower
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ADJUNCT
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n. something (generally nonessential or inferior) added on or attached
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ADJURATION
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n. solemn urging
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ADJUTANT
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n. staff officer assisting the commander; assistant
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ADMONISH
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v. warn; reprove
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ADVENT
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n. arrival
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ADVENTITIOUS
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adj. accidental; casual
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ADVERSE
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adj. unfavorable; hostile
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ADVERSITY
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n. poverty; misfortune
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ADVERT
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v. refer (to)
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AEGIS
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n. shield, defense
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AERIE
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n. nest of a large bird of prey (eagle, hawk)
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AFFECTED
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adj. artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress
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AFFIDAVIT
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n. written statement made under oath
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AFFILIATION
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n. joining; associating with
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AFFINITY
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n. kinship
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AFFIX
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v. attach or add on; fasten
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AFFLICTION
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n. state of distres; cause of suffering
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AFFLUENCE
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n. abundance; wealth
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AFFRONT
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n. insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect
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AGAPE
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adj. openmouthed
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AGHAST
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adj. horrified; dumbfounded
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AGITATE
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v. stir up; disturb
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AGOG
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adj. highly excited; intensely curious
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ALCOVE
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n. nook; recess
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ALIENATE
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v. make hostile; seperate
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ALIMENTARY
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adj. supplying nourishment
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ALLEGE
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v. state without proof
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ALLEGIANCE
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n. loyalty
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ALLURE
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v. entice; attract
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ALLUVIAL
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adj. pertaining to soil deposits left by running water
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ALOFT
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adv. upward
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ALTERCATION
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n. noisy quarrel; heated dispute
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AMBIVALENCE
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n. state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
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AMBLE
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n. moving at an easy pace
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AMEND
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v. correct; change, generally for the better
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AMICABLE
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adj. politely friendly; not quarrelsome
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AMISS
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adj. wrong; faulty
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AMITY
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n. friendship
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AMNESTY
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n. pardon
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AMPLE
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adj. abundant
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AMPUTATE
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v. cut off part of body; prune
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AMOK (AMUCK)
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adv. in a state of rage
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ANATHEMA
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n. solemn curse; someone or stg regarded as curse
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ANCILLARY
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adj. serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary
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ANECTODE
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n. short account of an amusing or interesting event
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ANGUISH
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n. acute pain; extreme suffering
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ANGULAR
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adj. sharp-cornered; stiff in manner
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ANIMADVERSION
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n. critical remark
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ANIMUS
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n. hostile feeling or intent
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ANNALS
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n. records, history
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ANNEAL
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v. reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling
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ANNEX
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v. attach, take possession of
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ANNOTATE
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v. comment; make explanatory notes
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ANODYNE
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n. drug that relieves pain; opiate
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ANOINT
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v. consecrate
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ANTEDILUVIAN
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adj. antiquated; extremely ancient
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ANTHOLOGY
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n. book of literary selections by various authors
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ANTHROPOID
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adj. manlike
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ANTHROPOMORPHIC
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adj. having human form or characteristics
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ANTICLIMAX
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n. letdown in thought or emotion
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ANVIL
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n. iron block used in hammering out metals
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APE
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v. imitate or mimic
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APERTURE
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n. opening; hole
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APHASIA
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n. loss of speech due to injury or illness
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APHORISM
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n. pithy maxim or saying
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APIARY
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n. place where bees are kept
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APLOMB
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n. poise; assurance
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APOCRYPHAL
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adj. untrue; made up
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APOLOGIST
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n. one who writes in defense of a cause or institution
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APOTHECARY
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n. druggist
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APOTHEGM
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n. pithy, compact saying
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APPALL
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v. dismay; shock
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APPARITION
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n. ghost, phantom
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APPELLATION
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n. name; title
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APPLICATION
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n. diligent attention
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APPOSITE
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adj. appropriate; fitting
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APPREHEND
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v. arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive
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APPREHENSIVE
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adj. fearful; dicerning
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APPRISE
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v. inform
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APPROPRIATE
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v. acquire; take possesion of for one's own use
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APROPOS
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prep. with reference to; regarding
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APTITUDE
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n. fitness; talent
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AQUILINE
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adj. curved, hooked
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ARABLE
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adj. fit for growing crops
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ARCADE
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n. a covered passageway, usually lined with shops
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ARCHETYPE
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n. prototype; primitive pattern
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ARDUOUS
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adj. hard; strenuous
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ARRAIGN
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v. charge in court; indict
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ARRAY
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v. marshal; draw up in order
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ARREARS
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n. benign in debt
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ARROYO
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n. gully
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ARSENAL
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n. storage place for military equipment
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ASCENDANCY
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n. controlling influence
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ASCETIC
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adj. practicing self-denial; austere
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ASCRIBE
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v. refer; attribute; assign
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ASHEN
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adj. ash colored; deadli pale
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ASININE
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adj. stupid
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ASKANCE
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adv. with a sideways or indirect look
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ASKEW
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adv. crookedly, slanted; at an angle
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ASPERITY
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n. sharpness (of temper)
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ASPERSION
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n. slanderous remark
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ASSAY
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v. analyze; evaluate
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ASSIMILATE
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v. absorb; cause to become homogenous
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ASTUTE
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adj. wise; shrewd; keen
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ASUNDER
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adv. into parts; apart
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ATAVISM
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n. resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents
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ATONE
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v. make amends for; pay for
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ATROCITY
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n. brutal deed
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ATTEST
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v. testify; bear witness
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ATTRIBUTE
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n. essential quality
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ATTRITION
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n. gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the work force without firing employees
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AUGURY
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n. omen; prophecy
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AUREOLE
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n. sun's corona; halo
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AUTOCRATIC
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adj. having absolute, unhecked power; dictatorial
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AVALANCHE
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n. great mass of falling snow and ice
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AVER
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v. state confidently
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AVERSE
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adj. reluctant; disinclined
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AVERT
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v. prevent; turn away
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AVOCATION
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n. secondary or minor occupation
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AVOW
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v. declare openly
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AVUNCULAR
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adj. like an uncle
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AWL
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n. pointed tool used for piercing
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BACCHANALIAN
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adj. drunken
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BAFFLE
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v. frustrate; perplex
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BAIT
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v. harass; tease
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BALK
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v. stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue
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BALLAST
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n. heavy substance used to add stability or weight
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BANDY
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v. discuss lightly or glibly; exchange (words) heatedly
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BANE
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n. cause of ruin; curse
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BANTERING
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adj. good-naturedly ridiculing
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BARB
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n. sharp projection from fishhook or other object' openly cutting remark
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BARD
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n. poet
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BARRISTER
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n. counselor-at-law
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BASTION
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n. stronghold; something seen as a source of protection
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BATE
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v. let down; restrain
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BAUBLE
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n. trinket; trifle
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BEDRAGGLE
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v. wet thoroughly
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BEELINE
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n. direct, quick route
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BEFUDDLE
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v. confuse thoroughy
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BEGRUDGE
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v. resent
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BEHEMOTH
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n. huge creature; stg of monstrous size or power
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BEHOLDEN
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adj. obligated; indebted
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BEHOOVE
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v. be suited to; be incumbent upon
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BELABOR
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v. explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally
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BELATED
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adj. delayed
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BELLIGERENT
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adj. quarrelsome
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BEMOAN
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v. lament; express disapproval
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BEMUSED
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adj. confused; lost in thoght; preoccupied
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BENT
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adj. n. determined; natural talent or inclination
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BEQUEATH
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v. leave to someone by means of a will; hand down
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BEREAVEMENT
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n. state of being deprived of stg valuable or beloved
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BEREFT
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adj. deprived of; lacking
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BESEECH
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v. beg; plead with
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BESET
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v. harass or trouble; hem in
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BESMIRCH
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v. soil, defile
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BESTOW
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v. confer
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BETOKEN
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v. signify; indicate
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BETROTH
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v. become engaged to marry
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BEVY
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n. large group
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BICAMERAL
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adj. two-chambered, as a legislative body
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BICKER
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v. quarrel
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BIGOTRY
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n. stubborn intolerance
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BILIOUS
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adj. suffering from indigestion; irritable
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BILK
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v. swindle; cheat
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BILLOWING
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adj. swelling out in waves; surging
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BIVOUAC
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n. temporary encampment
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BLANCH
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v. bleach; whiten
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BLAND
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adj. soothing or mild; agreeable
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BLARE
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n. loud, harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light
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BLASE
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adj. bored with pleasure or dissipation
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BLATANT
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adj. extremely obvious; loudly offensive
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BLEAK
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adj. cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
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BLIGHTED
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adj. suffering from a disease; destroyed
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BLOWHARD
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n. talkative boaster
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BLUDGEON
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n. club; heavy-headed weapon
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BLUFF
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adj. rough but good-natured
n. pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff |
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BLUNDER
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n. error
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BLUSTER
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v. blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully
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BOLT
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n. door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric
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BOURGEOIS
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adj. middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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BOVINE
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adj. cowlike; placid and dull
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BOWDLERIZE
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v. expurgate
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BRACKISH
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adj. somewhat saline
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BRAGGADOCIO
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n. boastling
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BRANDISH
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v. wave around; flourish
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BRAVADO
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n. swagger; assumed air of defiance
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BRAZEN
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adj. insolent
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BROCADE
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n. rich, figured fabric
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BROOCH
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n. ornamental clasp
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BROWBEAT
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v. bully; intimidate
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BRUNT
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n. main impact or shock
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BRUSQUE
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adj. blunt; abrupt
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BUCCANEER
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n. pirate
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BUFFET
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v. slap; batter; knock about
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BUFFOONERY
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n. clowning
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BUGABOO
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n. bugbear; object of baseless terror
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BULWARK
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n. earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
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BUNGLE
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v. mismanage; blunder
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BURLESQUE
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v. give an imitation that ridicules
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BUXOM
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adj. full-bosomed; plump; jolly
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CADENCE
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n. rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat
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CAJOLE
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v. coax; wheedle
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CALAMITY
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n. disaster; misery
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CALDRON
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n. large kettle
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CALIBER
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n. ability; quality
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CAMEO
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n. shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearence in a minor role in a film
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CANARD
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n. unfounded rumor; exaggerated report
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CANKER
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n. any ulcerous sore; any evil
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CANNY
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adj. shrewd; thrifty
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CANON
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n. collectionor authoritative list of books; rule or std set by ecclesiastical authority
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CANT
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n. insincere expressionsof piety; jargon of thieves
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CANTANKEROUS
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adj. ill-humored; irritable
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CANTATA
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n. story set to music, to be sung by a chorus
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CANTER
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n. slow gallop
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CANTO
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n. division of a long poem
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CANVASS
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v. determine or seek opinions, votes etc.
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CAPILLARY
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adj. having a very fine bore
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CAPITULATE
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v. surrender
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CAPTIOUS
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adj. faultfinding
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CARAFE
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n. galss water bottle; decanter
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CARAPACE
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n. shell covering the back (of a turtle, crab, etc)
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CARCINOGENIC
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adj. causing cancer
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CAREEN
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v. lurch; sway
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CARILLON
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n. set of bells capable of being played
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CARNAGE
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n. destruction of life
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CARNAL
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adj. fleshly
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CAROUSAL
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n. drunken revel
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CARPING
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n. petty criticism; fault-finding
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CARRION
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n. rotting flesh of a dead body
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CASTE
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n. one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society, social stratification; prestige
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CASUALTY
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n. serious or fatal accident
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CATACLYSM
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n. deluge; upheaval
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CATARACT
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n. great waterfall; eye abnormality
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CATCALL
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n. shout of disapproval; boo
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CATECHISM
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n. book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer
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CATHARSIS
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n. purging or cleansing of any passage of the body
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CATHARTIC
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n. purgative
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CAUCUS
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n. private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
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CAULK
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v. to make watertight (by plugging seams)
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CAUTERIZE
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v. burn with hot iron or caustic
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CAVALCADE
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n. procession; parade
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CAVALIER
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adj. causal and offhand; arrogant
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CAVIL
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v. make frivolous objections
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CEDE
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v. yield (title, territory) to; surrender formally
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CELIBATE
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adj. abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried
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CENSORIOUS
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adj. critical
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CENTRIGADE
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adj. denoting a widely used temperature scale
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CENTRIPETAL
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adj. tending toward the center
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CENTURION
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n. roman army officer
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CEREBRAL
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adj. pertaining to the brain or intellect
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CEREBRATION
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n. thought
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CEREMONIOUS
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adj. marked by formality
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CERTITUDE
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n. certainty
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CESSION
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n. yielding to another; ceding
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CHAFE
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v. warm by rubbing; make sore (by rubbing)
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CHAFF
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n. worthless products of an endeavor
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CHAFFING
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adj. bantering; joking
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CHAGRIN
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n. vexation (caused bu humiliation or injured pride); disappointment
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CHAMELEON
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n. lizard that changes color in different situations
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CHARY
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adj. cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
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CHASE
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v. ornament a metal surface by indenting
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CHASTE
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adj. pure; virginal; modest
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CHECK
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v. stop motion; curb or restrain
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CHECKERED
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adj. markede by changes in fortune
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CHIMERICAL
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adj. fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
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CHISEL
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n. wedgelike tool for cutting
v. swindler or cheat; cut with a chisel |
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CHOLERIC
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adj. hot tempered
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CHORTLE
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v. chuckle with delight
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CILIATED
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adj. having minute hairs
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CIPHER
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n. nonentity; worthless person or thing
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CIRCLET
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n. small ring; band
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CIRCUMVENT
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v. outwit; baffle
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CITADEL
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n. fortress
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CLAIRVOYANT
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adj. n. having foresight; fortuneteller
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CLAMBER
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v. climb by crawling
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CLAMOR
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n. noise
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CLANDESTINE
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adj. secret
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CLANGOR
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n. loud, resounding noise
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CLAPPER
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n. striker (tongue) of a bell
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CLARION
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adj. shrill, trumpetlike sound
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CLAVICLE
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n. collarbone
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CLEAVE
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v. split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to
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CLEFT
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n. split
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CLEMENCY
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n. disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather
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CLIMACTIC
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adj. relating to the highest point
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CLIME
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n. region; climate
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CLIQUE
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n. small, exclusive group
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CLOISTER
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n. monastery or convent
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CLOUT
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n. great influence (especially political or social)
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CLOYING
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adj. distateful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental
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CODICIL
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n. supplement to the body of a will
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COEVAL
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adj. living at the same time as; contemporary
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COG
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n. tooth projecting from a wheel
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COGITATE
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v. think over
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COGNATE
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adj. related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature
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COHABIT
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v. live together
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COHESION
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n. tendency to keep together
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COHORTS
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n. armed band
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COIN
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v. make coins; invent or fabricate
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COLANDER
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n. utensil with perforated bottom used for straining
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COLLAGE
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n. work of art put together from fragments
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COLLATE
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v. examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order
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COLLATION
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n. a light metal
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COLLOQUY
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n. informal discussion
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COLLUSION
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n. conspiring in a fraudulent scheme
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COMATOSE
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adj. in a coma; extremely sleepy
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COMBUSTIBLE
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adj. easily burned
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COMESTIBLE
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n. something fit to be eaten
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COMEUPPANCE
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n. rebuke; deserts
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COMMANDEER
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v. to draft for military purposes; to take for public use
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COMMEMORATIVE
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adj. remembering; honoring
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COMMISERATE
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v. feel or express pity or sympathy for
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COMMUNAL
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adj. held in common; a group of people
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COMPACT
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n. agreement; contract
adj. tightly packed; firm |
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COMPELLING
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adj. overpowering; irresistible in effect
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COMPENDIUM
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v. brief, comprehensive summary
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COMPILATION
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n. listing of statistical information in tabular or book form
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COMPLACENCY
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n. self-satisfaction; smugness
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COMPLAISANT
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adj. trying to please; obliging
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COMPLICITY
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n. participation; involvement
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COMPORT
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v. bear one's self; behave
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COMPROMISE
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v. adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of
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COMPUNCTION
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n. remorse
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CONCAVE
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v. link as in a chain
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CONCEDE
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adj. hollow
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CONCEIT
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n. vanity or self-love; whimsical idea; extravagant metaphor
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CONCENTRIC
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adj. mutually agrred on; done together
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CONCEPTION
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n. beginning; forming of an idea
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CONCERTED
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adj. mutually agreed on; done together
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CONCESSION
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n. an act of yielding
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CONCLAVE
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n. private meeting
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CONCLUSIVE
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adj. decisive; ending all debate
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CONCOCT
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v. prepare by combining; make up in concert
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CONCOMITANT
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n. that which accompanies
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CONDESCEND
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v. bestow courtesies with a superior air
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CONDIGN
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adj. adequate; deservedly severe
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CONDOLE
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v. express sympathetic sorrow
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CONDUCIVE
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adj. helpful; contributive
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CONDUIT
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n. aqueduct; passageway
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CONFIDANT
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n. trusted friend
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CONFINE
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v. shut in; restrict
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CONFISCATE
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v. seize; commandeer
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CONFLAGRATION
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n. great fir
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CONFLUENCE
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n. flowing together; crowd
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CONFOUND
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v. confuse; puzzle
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CONGEAL
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v. freeze; coagulate
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CONGENITAL
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adj. existing at birth
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CONGRUENCE
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n. correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship
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CONGRUENT
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adj. in agreement; corresponding
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CONIFER
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n. pine tree; cone-bearing tree
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CONJECTURE
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n. surmise; guess
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CONJUGAL
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adj. pertaining to marriage
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CONNIVANCE
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n. pretense of igonarance of stg wrong; assistance; permission to offend
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CONNOTATION
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n. suggested or implied meaning of an expression
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CONNUBIAL
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adj. pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
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CONSANGUINITY
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n. kinship
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CONSCRIPT
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n. draftee; person forced into military service
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CONSECRATE
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v. dedicate; sanctify
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CONSEQUENTIAL
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adj. pompous; self-important
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CONSERVATORY
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n. school of the fine arts (especially muisc or drama)
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CONSIGN
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v. deliver officially; entrust; set apart
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CONSORT
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v. associate with
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CONSTITUENT
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n. supporter
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CONSTRAINT
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n. compulsin; repression of feelings
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CONSTRUE
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v. explain; interpret
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CONSUMMATE
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adj. complete
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CONTAGION
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n. infection
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CONTEND
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v. struggle; compete; assert earnestly
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CONTENTION
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n. claim; thesis
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CONTEST
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v. dispute
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CONTINENCE
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n. self-restraint; sexual chastity
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CONTINGENT
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adj. dependent on; conditional
n. group that makes up part of a gathering |
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CONTORTIONS
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n. twistings; distortions
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CONTRABAND
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n. illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods
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CONTRAVENE
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v. contradict; oppose; infringe on or transgress
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CONTRIVED
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adj. forced; artificial; not spontaneous
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CONTROVERT
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adj. forced; artificial; not spontaneous
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CONTUSION
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n. bruise
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CONVENTION
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n. social or moral custom; established practice
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CONVERSANT
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adj. familiar with
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CONVERSE
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n. opposite
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CONVEYANCE
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n. vehicle; transfer
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CONVICTION
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n. judgement that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief
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CONVOLUTED
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adj. coiled around; involved; intricate
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COQUETTE
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n. flirt
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CORDIAL
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adj. graciois; heartfelt
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CORDON
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n. extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress
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CORNICE
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n. projecting molding on building (usually above columns)
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COROLLARY
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n. consequence; accompaniment
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CORPULENT
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adj. very fat
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COTERIE
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n. group that meets socially; select circle
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COUNTENANCE
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v. approve; tolerate
n. face |
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COUNTERMAND
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v. cancel; revoke
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COUP
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n. highly successful action or sudden attack
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COVETOUS
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adj. avaricious; eagerly desirous of
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COW
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v. terrorize; intimidate
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COZEN
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v. cheat; hoodwink; swindle
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CRABBED
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adj. sour; peevish
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CRASS
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adj. very unrefined; grossly insensible
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CREDO
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n. creed
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CREED
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n. system of religious or ethical belief
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CRESTFALLEN
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adj. dejected; dispirited
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CRINGE
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v. shrink back, as if in fear
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CRONE
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n. hag
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CROTCHETY
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adj. eccentric; whimsical
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CRYPT
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n. secret recess or vault usually used for burial
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CULL
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v. pick out; reject
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CULMINATION
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n. attainment of highest point
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CULPABLE
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adj. deserving blame
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CULVERT
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n. artificial channel for water
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CUPIDITY
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n. greed
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CURATOR
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n. superintendent; manager
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CURMUDGEON
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n. churlish; miserly individual
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CURSIVE
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adj. flowing, running
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CYNOSURE
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n. object of general attention
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DAIS
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n. raised platform for guests of honor
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DALLY
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v. trifle with; procrastinate
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DANK
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adj. damp
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DAPPLED
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adj. spotted
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DAUB
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v. intimidate; frighten
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DAWDLE
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v. loiter; waste time
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DEADPAN
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adj. wooden; impassive
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DEBUNK
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v. expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.; ridicule
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DEBUTANTE
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n. young woman making formal entrance into society
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DECAPITATE
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v. behead
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DECIDUOUS
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adj. falling off, as of leaves
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DECIMATE
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v. kill, usually one out of ten
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DECLIVITY
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n. downward slope
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DECOY
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n. lure or bait
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DECREPITUDE
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n. state of collapse caused by illness or old age
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DECRY
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v. express strong disapproval of; disparage
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DEDUCIBLE
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adj. derived by reasoning
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DEFAULT
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n. failure to act
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DEFEATIST
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adj. resigned to defeat; accepting defeat as a natural outcome
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DEFECTION
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n. desertion
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DEFER
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v. delay till later; exempt temporarily
v. give in respectfully; submit |
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DEFIANCE
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n. refusal to yield; resistance
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DEFILE
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v. pollute; profane
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DEFINITIVE
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adj. most reliable or complete
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DEFLECT
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v. turn aside
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DEFOLIATE
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v. destroy leaves
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DEFRAY
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v. provide for the payment of
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DEFROCK
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v. to strip a priest or minister of church authority
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DEFUNCT
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adj. dead; no longer in use or existence
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DEGENERATE
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v. become worse; deteriorate
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DEIFY
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v. turn into a god; idiolize
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DEIGN
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v. condescend; stoop
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DELTA
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n. flat plain of mud or sand b/w branches of a river
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DELUDE
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v. deceive
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DELUSIVE
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adj. deceptive; raising vain hopes
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DELVE
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v. dig; investigate
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DEMAGOGUE
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n.person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader
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DEMEAN
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v. degrade; humiliate
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DEMEANOR
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n. behavior; bearing
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DEMENTED
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adj. insane
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DEMISE
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n. death
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DEMONIAC
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adj. fiendish
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DEMURE
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adj. grave; serious; coy
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DENIZEN
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n. inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
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DENOTATION
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n. meaning; distinguishing by name
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DENOUEMENT
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n. outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work
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DENOUNCE
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v. condemn; criticize
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DEPLETE
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v. reduce; exhaust
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DEPLORE
|
v. regret
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DEPLOY
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v. spread out (troops) in an extended though shallow battle
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DEPOSE
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v. dethrone; remove from office
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DEPOSITION
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n. testimony under oath
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DEPRAVITY
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n. extreme corruption; wickedness
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DEPRECATE
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v. express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
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DEPREDATION
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n. plundering
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DERANGED
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adj. insane
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DERELICT
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adj. abandoned; negligent
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DEROGATORY
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adj. expressing a low opinion
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DESCRY
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v. catch sight of
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DESOLATE
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adj. unpopulated; joyless
v. rob of joy; lay waste to; forsakr |
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DESPERADO
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n. reckless outlaw
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DESPOIL
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v. plunder
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DESPONDENT
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adj. depressed; gloomy
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DESPOT
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n. tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler
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DESTITUTE
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adj. extremely poor
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DETERMINATION
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n. resolve; measurement or calculation; decision
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DETERRENT
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n. stg that discourages; hindrance
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DETONATION
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n. explosion
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DETRACTION
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n. slandering; aspersion
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DEVIOUS
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adj. roundabout; erratic; not straight forward
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DEVISE
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v. think up; invent; plan
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DEVOID
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adj. lacking
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DEVOLVE
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v. deputize; pass to others
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DEVOTEE
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n. enthusiastic follower
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DEVOUT
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adj. pious
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DIADEM
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n. crown
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DIALECTICAL
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adj. relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal
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DICHOTOMY
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n. split; branching into two parts (esp. contradictory parts)
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DICTUM
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n. authoritative and weighty statement; saying; maxim
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DIDACTIC
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adj. teaching; instructional
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DIFFUSE
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adj. wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
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DIGRESSION
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n. wandering away from the subject
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DILAPIDATED
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adj. ruined because of neglect
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DIMINUTION
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n. lessening; reduction in size
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DINGHY
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n. small boat
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DINGY
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adj. dull; not fresh; cheerless
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DINT
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n. means; effort
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DIORAMA
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n. life-size, three dimensional scene from nature or history
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DIRE
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adj. disastrous
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DISAFFECTED
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adj. disloyal
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DISARRAY
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n. a disorderly or untidy state
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DISAVOWAL
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n. denial; disclaiming
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DISCERNING
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adj. mentally quick and observant; having insight
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DISCLAIM
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v. disown; renounce claim to
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DISCOMFIT
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v. put to rout; defeat; disconcert
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DISCONCERT
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v. confuse; upset; embarrass
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DISCONSOLATE
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adj. sad
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DISCORD
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n. conflict; lack of harmony
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DISCOUNT
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v. disregard
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DISCOURSE
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n. formal discussion; conversation
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DISCRETE
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adj. seperate; unconnected
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DISCRETION
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n. prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances
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DISCURSIVE
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adj. digressing; rambling
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DISEMBARK
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v. go ashore; unload cargo from a ship
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DISENFRANCHISE
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v. deprive of a civil right
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DISFIGURE
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v. mar the appearence of; spoil
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DISGRUNTLE
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v. make discontented
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DISHEVELED
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adj. untidy
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DISINCLINATION
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n. unwillingness
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DISMEMBER
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v. cut into small parts
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DISPEL
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v. scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
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DISPORT
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v. amuse
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DISPUTATIOUS
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adj. argumentative; fond of arguing
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DISQUIETUDE
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n. uneasiness; anxiety
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DISQUISITION
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n. a formal systematic inquiry; an explanation of the results of a formal inquiry
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DISSECTION
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n. analysis; cutting apart in order to examine
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DISSENT
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v. disagree
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DISSERTATION
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n. formal essay
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DISSIDENT
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adj. dissenting; rebellious
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DISSIMULATE
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v. pretend; conceal by feigning
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DISSOLUTION
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n. disintegration; loosenes in morals
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DISTILL
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v. purify; refine; concentrate
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DISTINCTION
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n. honor; contrast; disincrimination
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DISTRAIT
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adj. absentminded
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DISTRAUGHT
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adj. upset; distracted by anxiety
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DIVERSION
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n. act of turning aside; pastime
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DIVEST
|
v. strip; deprive
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DIVINE
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v. perceive intuitively; foresee the future
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DIVULGE
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v. reveal
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DOCKET
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n. program as for trial; book where such entries are made
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DOCTRINAIRE
|
adj. unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding
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DODDERING
|
adj. shaky; infirm from old age
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DOGGED
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adj. determined; stubborn
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DOLDRUMS
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n. blues; listlessness; slack period
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DOLT
|
n. stupid person
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DOMICILE
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n. home
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DOMINEER
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v. rule over tyrannically
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DORMER
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n. window projecting from roof
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DORSAL
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adj. relating to the back of an animal
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DOSSIER
|
n. file of documents on a subject
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DOTAGE
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n. senility
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DOTE
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v. be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
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DOUR
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adj. sullen; stubborn
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DOUSE
|
v. plunge into water; drench; extinguish
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DOWNCAST
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adj. disheartened; sad
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DRAB
|
adj. dull; lacking color; cheerless
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DREGS
|
n. sediment; worthless residue
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DRIVEL
|
n. nonsense; foolishness
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DUMBFOUND
|
v. astonish
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DUPE
|
n. someone easily fooled
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DURESS
|
n. forcible restraint, esp. unlawfully
|
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DUTIFUL
|
adj. respectful; obedient
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DYSPEPTIC
|
adj. suffering from indigestion
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EBB
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v. recede; lessen
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ECLIPSE
|
v. darken; extinguish; surpass
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ECOLOGIST
|
n. person concerned with interrelationship b/w living organisms and their environment
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|
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EDICT
|
n. decree (esp. one issued by sovereign); official command
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EDIFY
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v. instruct; correct morally
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EERIE
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adj. weird
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EFFETE
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adj. worn out; exhausted; barren
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