English Vocab 9Th Grade Semester 2

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abutted
abutting

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(v.)to join at one end or next to; to support,prop up

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attired
attiring

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(n.)clothes, appearel;(v.)to dress or adom

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avail

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(v.)to be of use or benefit; to make use of;(n.)use benefit, or value

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cronies

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(n.)a very close friend, pal, chum

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oryptic

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(adj.)going in different directions; differing from eachother; departing from conversation

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enmity

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(n.)hatred, ill-will

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fervent

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(adj.)very earnest, emotional, passionate; extremely hot

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gaunt

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(adj.)thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren

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infiltrate

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(v.)to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily

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nulify

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(v.)to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out

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perceptible

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(adj.)capable of being grasped by the sense or mind

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plummet

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(v.)to plunge straite down;(n.)a weight fastened to a line

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proclaim

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(v.)to declaire publicly or officially

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proxy

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(n.)an agent, substitute; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place

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rankle

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(v.)to cause danger, irritation, or bitterness(with the suggestion that the pain grows worse in time)

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scavenger

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(n.)a person whe collects or removes unstable items from waste materials;an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies.

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stint

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(v.)to limit, be sparing or frugal;(n.)a limit or restruction;a fixed share of work or duty; a period of activity

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stocial

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(adj.)self-controlled, ot showing feelings in reponse to pleasure or pain

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unflagging

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(ad.)tirless, continuing with vigor

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apt

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(adj.)suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn

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awry

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(adj.,adv.)in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right of hpoed-for course

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bludgeon

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(n.)a short club used as a weapon;(v.)to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gaim some point

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capitulate

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(v.)to end resistance, give up, surrender

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chafe

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(v.)to warm by rubbing;to wear sore by rubbing;to feel annoyance or disatisfaction, annoy,irk; to strain r press against.(n.)a sore or injury

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defille

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(v.,trans.)to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of;(v.,intrans)to march in a single line or in columns;(n.)a narrow passage

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dire

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(adj.)dredful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding emidiate action to avoid disaster.

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disarming

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(adj.)charming,tending to get rid of unfriendlyness or suspicion

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disgruntled

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(part.,adj.)in bad humor, discontented, annoyed

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encroach

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(v.)to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass

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endow

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(v.)to furnish, equiped, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality

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fend

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(v.)to ward off,resist,to get along,manage

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imunity

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(n.)freedom from punishment

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mien

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(n.)air,manner; appearance; expression

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penal

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(adj.)having to do with punishment

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pertinent

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(ad.)related to the matter at hand, to the point

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predominant

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(adj.)the greatest in strength or power; most common

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prodigy

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(n.)something wonderful or marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraodrinary ability or talent

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recluse

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(n.)a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world

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renown

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(n.)fame,glory

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Abdicate

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v, to resign, formally give up an office or duty,to disown or discard.

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Bestow

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v, to give as a gift.

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Capacious

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adj, able to hold much, roomy.

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Caustic

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adj, able to burn or eat away by chemical action, biting, sarcastic.

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Crusade

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n, a strong movement to advance a cause or idea, v, to campaign, work vigorously.

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Deface

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v, to injure or destroy the surface or apperence of, to damage the value, influence, or effect of.

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Embargo

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n, an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods,any restraint or hindrance, v, to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with.

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Fallacy

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n, a false notion or belief, an error in thinking.

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Levity

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n, a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect, buoyancy, lightness in weight.

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Mendicant

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n, a begger, adj, depending on begging for a living.

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Nauseate

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v, to make sick to the stomach, to fill with disgust.

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Negate

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v, to nullify, deny, bring to nothing.

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Pivotal

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adj, vitallity important, essential.

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Recipient

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n, one who recieves, adj, receving, able or willing to recieve.

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Ruse

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n, an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick.

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Teem

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v, to become filled to overflowing, to be present in large quantities.

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Tenet

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n, an opinion, belief, or princible held to be true.

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Trectable

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adj, easily managed, easy to deal with, easily wrought, malleable.

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Ungainly

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adj, clumsy, awkward, unwiedy.

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Voracious

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adj, having a huge appitite, greedy, ravenous, excessively eager.

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Adapt

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v, to adjust or change to suit conditions.

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Attest

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v, to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine.

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Dovetail

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v, to fit together exactly, to connect so as to form a whole, n, a carpentry figure ressembling a dove's tail.

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Enormity

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n, the quality of exceeding all moral bounds, an exceeding evil act, huge size, immensity.

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Falter

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v, to hesitate, stumble, lose courage, to speak hesitatingly, to lose drive, weaken, decline.

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Foreboding

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n, a warning or feeling that something bad will happen, adj, marked by fear, ominous.

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Forlorn

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adj, totally abandoned and helpless, sad and lonely, wreched or pitiful, almost hopeless.

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Haughty

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adj, chilling proud and scornful.

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Impediment

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n, a physical defect, a hindrence, obstacle.

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Imperative

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adj, nessesary, urgent, n, a form of a verb expressing a command, that which is nessesary or required.

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Loiter

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v, to linger in an aimless way, hang around.

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Malinger

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v, to pretend illness to avoid duty or work.

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Pithy

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adj, short but full of meaning and point.

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Plunder

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v, to rob by force, especially durring wartime, to seize wrongfully, n, property stolen by force, booty.

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Simper

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v, to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; n, a silly forced smile.

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Steadfast

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adj, firmly fixed, constant, not moving, or changing.

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Vaunted

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adj, much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way.

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Vilify

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v, to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously.

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Waif

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n, a person(usually a child) without a home or a friend, a stray person or animal, something that comes along by chance, a stray bit.

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Wry

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adj, twisted to one side, cleverly and often grimly humorus.

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Abyss

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n, a deep or bottomless pit.

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Befall

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v, to happen, occur, to happen to.

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Crucial

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adj, of supream importance, decisve, critical

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Dregs

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pl n, the last remaining part, the part of least worth.

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Embody

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v, to give form to, to incorperate, include, to personify.

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Exasperate

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v, to irritate, annoy, or anger.

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Fiasco

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n, th complete collapse or failure of a project.

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Garnish

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v, to adorn or decorate epecially food, n, an ornament or decoration, especially for food.

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Heritage

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n, an inheritance, a birthright.

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Inert

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adj, lifeless, unable to move or act, slow, inactive.

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Mercenary

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adj, acting or working for self-gain only; n, a hired soilder.

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Negligent

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adj, marked by carelessness or indifference, failing to do what should be done.

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Oblivion

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n, forgetfulness, diregard, a state of being forgotten, an amnesty, general pardon.

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Opus

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n, an impressive piece of work (especially a musical compsition or other work of art)

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Pallid

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adj, pale, lacking color, weak, and lifeless.

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Parable

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n, a short narrative designed to teach a moral lession.

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Rational

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adj, based on reasoning, able to make use of reason, sensible, reasonable.

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Reciprocal

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adj, shared, involving give-and-take between two persons or things, working in both directions,(math) a number that when multiplied by another number gives 1.

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Stricture

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n, a limitation or restriction, a criticism, (medicine) a narrowing of a passage in the body.

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Veneer

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n, a thin outer layer, the surface appearence or decoration, v, to cover with a thin layer.

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Accord

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n,agreement, harmony; v, to agree, be in harmony or bring into harmony; to grant bestow on.

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Barter

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n, an exchange in trade; v, to exchange goods.

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Curt

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adj, short rudely brief.

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Devise

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v, to think out, plan, figure out, invent, create.

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Dexterous

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adj. skillful in the use of hands or body; clever.

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Engross

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v. to occupy the complete attention, absorb fully.

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Entail

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v. to put a burden on, impose, require, involve; to restrict(ownership of proporty) by limiting inheritance; n, such a restriction.

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Ferret

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n, a kind of a weasel; v, to search or hunt out; to torment, bader.

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Habitulate

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v. to become used to, tocause to become used to.

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Impending

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adj, part, about to happen, hanging over(in a menacing way)

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Personable

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adj, pleasing in appearence or personality, attractive.

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Rue

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v, to regret, be sorry for; n, a feeling of regret.

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Scoff

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v, to make fun of; to show contempt for.

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Transition

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n, a change from one state or condition to another.

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Trepidation

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n, fear, fright, trembling.

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Upbraid

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v, to blame scold find fault with.

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Veritable

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adj, actual, true, real

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Vex

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v, to annoy, anger, exasperate; to confuse, baffle.

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Vitallity

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n, stength, energy, liveliness,; the capacity to live and develop; the power to endure or survive.

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Whimsical

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adj, subject to odd ideas, notions, or fancies, playful; unpredictable.

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Appease

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v, to make calm, soothe; to releive, satisfy; to yeild to.

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Belated

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adj, late tardy.

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Calamitous

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adj, causing great misfortune.

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Cite

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v, to quote; to mention; to summon to appear in court; to commend, recommend.

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Conventional

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adj, in line with accepted ideas or standards; trite.

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Decoy

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v, to lure into a trap, n, a person or thing used to lure into a trap.

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Delve

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v, to dig; to search deeply and thoroughly in.

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Ensue

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v, to follow in order, come immediately after and as a result.

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Gallantry

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n, heroic courage; respect and couresty; an act or statement marked by a high level of courtesy.

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Impart

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v, to make known, tell; to give, pass something on.

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Judicious

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adj, using or showing good judgement, wise, sensible.

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Mediate

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v, to bring about an agreement between persons or groups, act as a go-between; adj occupying a middle position; indirect, acting through an intermediary.

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Milieu

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n, the setting, surroundings, enviorment.

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Outlandish

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adj, strange frekish, odd, foregn looking; geogrphically remote; exceeding reasonable limits.

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Overbearing

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adj, domineering, haughty, bullying; overpowering, predominant.

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Pert

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adj, high spirited; lively; bold; saucy, jaunty.

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Quirk

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n, a paticular way of acting, a sudden twist or turn.

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Regale

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v, to feast, entertain agreeably.

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Shiftless

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adj, lazy, lacking in ambition and energy, inefficient.

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Taint

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n, a stain or spot, a mark of corruption or dishonor, v, to stain or contaminate.

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Amplify

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v, to make stronger, larger, greater louder

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Armistice

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n, a temporary peace, halt in fighting

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Arrogant

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adj, haughty, too convinced of one's own importance

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Bland

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adj, gentle, soothing mild, lacking interest or taste

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Disclaim

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v, to deny interest in or connection with to give up all claim to

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Epoch

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n, distinct era in time, era, age

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Estrange

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v, to drift apart or become unfriendly, to cause such seperation, to remove or keep at a distance

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Gratify

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v, to please, satisfy, to endulge in humor

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Infinate

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adj, exceedingly great, inexhaustible, without limit, endless; n, an incalculable number, the concept of infinity; cap "I", a name for God

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Irascible

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adj, easily made angry, hot-tempered

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Kindred

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n, a person's relatives, a family relationship; adj, related by blood, like ,similar

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Naive

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adj, innocent unsophisticated, showing lacking of worldly knowledge and experiance

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Niche

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n, a decorative recess in a wall, a suitable place or position for a person or thing

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Obliterate

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v, to bolt out completely, destroy utterly

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Ramshackle

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adj, appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky

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Ranshack

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v, to search or examine thoroughly; to rob plunder

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Rote

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n, unthinking routine, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something, adj, based on a mecanical routine

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Solvent

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adj, able to meet one's financial obligations, having the power to dissolve other substances, n, a liquid used to dissolve other substances; something that solves, explains, eliminates, or softens

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Tedious

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adj, long and tiresome

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Vendor

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n, a person who sells something