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Alchemy
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Practice of medieval chemistry
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contaminate
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to cause impurity, defile or pollute
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derision
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scoffing at, mockery, ridicule
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covert
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secret, concealed
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clamor
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loud noise or shouting
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conceit
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excessively high opinion of oneself
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bestow
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to grant or give
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ascend
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to move upward; rise from a lower station
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exalted
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glorified, praised, raised in rank
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baseness
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the qualilty of lacking higher values
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confounded
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condused
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augmented
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made greater, supplemented
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enfranchise
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to give or bestow rights
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bequeathing
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handing down; givinf or leaving in a will
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abridged
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shortened, diminished
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engendered
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caused, produced, created
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craves
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desires intensely
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affability
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friendliness; courtesy
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augury
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an omen or prophesy
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entreat
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to plea or make an earnesy request
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ominous
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ortending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
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Melancholy
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a gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression
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muse
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to think or meditate in silence, as on some subjec
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legacy
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a gift of property, esp. personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
2. anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor |
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obscure
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not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain
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portent
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an indication or omen of something about to happen, esp. something momentous.
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mettle
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age and fortitude: a man of mettle.
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malice
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desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
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mutinous
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disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority.
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mirth
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gaiety or jollity, esp. when accompanied by laughter:
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instigation
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the act of instigating; incitement.
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homage
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. respect or reverence paid or rendered
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gravity
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erious or dignified behavior; dignity; solemnity:
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indignation
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strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
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knotty
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involved, intricate, or difficult
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grievous
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causing grief or great sorrow
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flourish
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to be in a vigorous state; thrive:
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lament
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to feel or express sorrow or regret f
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kindle
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to excite; stir up or set going; animate; rouse; inflam
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prodigous
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enimous
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prodigy
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extraordinarily talented
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prostrate
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stretched out
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replicate
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copy
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reputable
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honorable
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revere
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honor
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rhetoric
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inflated language
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rout
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gouge out
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servile
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submissive
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soothsayer
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fortuneteller
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spurn
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reject
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sterile
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incapable of reproduction
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taper
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decrease in width
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tarry
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linger
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unassailable
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arguments
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vanquished
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conquered
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vexation
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discomfort
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vouchsafe
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grant
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vulgarity
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offensiveness
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apathy
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lack of concern or feeling, indifference
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benevolent
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kind, generious, charitable
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collaborate
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to work together
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conciliatory
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tending to reconcile, pacify or renew a friendshiip
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cryptic
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mysterious, secret
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din
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loud and disordant noises
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enmity
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hatred, ill will
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ensconced
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settled comfortablly
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graphic
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vivid description
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ignominy
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disgraceful or dishonorable conduct
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indefatigable
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fireless, incapable of being fatigued
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indignant
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angered as a result of something unjust
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malign
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to utter injuriously misleading reports about
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maxim
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a saying of proverbial nature; a general truth
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preeminent
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superior to all others, most outstanding
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reproached
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blamed for something, disgraced
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uproarous
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making great noise
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affable
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leasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite:
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amenable
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ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable:
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apprehend
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. to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority: The police apprehended the burglars.
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ARDENT
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intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic; zealous: an ardent theatergoer. an ardent student of French history.
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assidous
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constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive: an assidu
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antipathy
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an object of natural aversion or habitual dislike.
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apathy
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lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting.
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ameliorate
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to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve; m
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aperture
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an openingii like a hole
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assuage
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1. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate
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audacity
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boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
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avarice
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extreme greed for material wealth
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blanch
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to bleach
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calamity
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a great misfortune or disasiter
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charlatan
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a person who pretends to more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack.
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austere
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without excess, luxury, or ease; simple; limited; severe:
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aversion
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a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy
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blashphemous
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uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.
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capricious
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fanciful or witty
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colloquial
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informal speech
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complacency
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the state of being self-satisfied
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conflagration
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a large fire
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congenial
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characterized by friendly sociability
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conjecture
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a conclusion drawn byb guesswork
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