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100 Cards in this Set
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n tutelage
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guardianship; training; function of a tutor; instruction
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surmise
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guess; N.
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n arroyo
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gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater
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recidivism
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habitual return to crime (even after being punished); N. recidivist
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n inebriated
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habitually intoxicated; drunk; N. inebriety
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n taciturn
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habitually silent; talking little
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trite
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hackneyed; commonplace
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banal
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hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich\\'ed
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n crone
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hag; ugly old woman
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n hackles
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hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog; Ex. make someone's hackles rise
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n coiffure
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hairstyle
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n hirsute
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hairy; having a lot of hair
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n somnolent
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half asleep; drowsy; N. somnolence
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n satyr
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half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning; lecher; CF. faun; CF. goat: lecherous man
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s clot
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half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood); V.
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n snicker
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half-stifled(suppressed) laugh; V.
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n gavel
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hammerlike tool; mallet(wooden hammer) used by a presiding officer or an auctioneer; V.
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n maul
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handle roughly; batter; injure by beating; Ex. mauled by his overexcited fans; N: heavy long-handled hammer
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n tiller
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handle used to move boat's rudder (to steer)
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n factotum
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handyman; person who does all kinds of work; CF. do everything
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loiter
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hang about/around; stand idly about; linger
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n hover
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hang about; (of birds or aircraft) stay in the air in one place; (of people) wait nearby; stay around one place; waver; be in an uncertain state
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pendant(pendent)
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hanging down from something; pending; N: ornament (hanging from a necklace etc.)
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n pendulous
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hanging; suspended
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s eventual
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happening at last as a result; Ex. eventual victory
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concurrent
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happening at the same time; in agreement
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s casual
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happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; Ex. casual reader/labor/remark
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s forthcoming
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happening in the near future; ready; willing to help; Ex. No answer was forthcoming.
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n felicity
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happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.); quality of being felicitous
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n beset
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harass or trouble from all directions; hem in
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harry
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harass, annoy, torment (by repeated attacks); raid
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n bait
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harass; tease; torment; Ex. badger baiting; N: food or other lure used to catch fish or trap animals
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rigid
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hard and unbending; stiff and unyielding; fixed in behavior or views; strict; rigorous; Ex. rigid rule
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n brittle
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hard but easily broken; difficult; unstable; Ex. brittle situation
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n incrustation
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hard coating or crust; V. incrust: encrust; cover with a crust
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s crust
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hard outer covering (as of earth or snow)
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n esoteric
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hard to understand; known only to the chosen few, esp. initiates; N. esoterica
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drudgery
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hard unpleasant work; menial work
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adamant
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hard; inflexible
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n arduous
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hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work
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n callous
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hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy for the sufferings of others; unkind
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defame
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harm someone's reputation; malign; speak evil of; slander; N. defamation; ADJ. defamatory
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n deleterious
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harmful
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injurious
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harmful; causing injury
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noxious
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harmful; CF. obnoxious
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detrimental
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harmful; damaging; N. detriment
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innocuous
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harmless
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n placebo
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harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
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s consonant
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harmonious; in agreement; N.
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compatible
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harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist together
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concord
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harmony; accord
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consonance
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harmony; agreement
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conformity
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harmony; agreement with established rules or customs; similarity; Ex. behave in conformity with; V. conform: be similar; act in agreement; comply; Ex. conform to the rule; CF. conformance
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s bridle
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harness fitted about a horse's head (used to restrain); curb; check; V: put a bridle on; control or restrain; show anger
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n belabor
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harp on; dwell on tediously; explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally; beat severely; attack physically
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severity
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harshness; intensity; sternness; austerity; ADJ. severe: harsh; strict; extremely violent or intense
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expedite
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hasten; make go faster
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n slapdash
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hasty and careless; haphazard; sloppy(carelessly done)
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n headlong
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hasty; rash; headfirst; ADV.
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incubate
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hatch; warm (eggs) with the body to promote hatching; maintain at optimal environment conditions for development; be holding in one's body an infection which is going to develop into a disease; N. incubation; CF. incubation:disease
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malicious
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hateful; spiteful; expressing malice; N. malice: desire to harm others; spite
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misogynist
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hater of woman; CF. misogyny
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misogamy
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hatred of marriage
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supercilious
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haughty; arrogant; condescending; patronizing; CF. eyebrow, cilium
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s tend
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have a tendency; take care of; minister; serve at; apply one's attention; attend
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s vertebrate
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having a backbone or spinal column; N: group of animals having a segmented spinal column
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s consanguineous(consanguine)
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having a common ancestor
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concentric
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having a common center
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cognate
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having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N.
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s blunt
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having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt
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n determinate
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having a fixed order of procedure; precisely defined; invariable; fixed; conclusive; final
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n wan
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having a pale or sickly color; pallid
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n serrated
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having a sawtoothed edge; Ex. serrated leaf
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s sour
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having a sharp or acid taste; acid; tart; bad-tempered; V.
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n capillary
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having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity
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autocratic
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having absolute unchecked power; dictatorial; N. autocrat, autocracy
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n apolitical
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having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs
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odorous
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having an odor
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clairvoyant
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having foresight; fortuneteller; N. clairvoyance
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voluminous
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having great volume (as of a garment or container); bulky; large
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n ponderous
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having great weight; weighty; unwieldy; lacking lightness; dull; Ex. ponderous body/style of writing
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anthropomorphic
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having human form or characteristics
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relevant
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having importance; pertinent; referring to the case in hand; N. relevance, relevancy
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s desperate
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having lost all hope; despairing; reckless and violent because of loss of hope or despair; undertaken as a last resort
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effete
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having lost one's original power; barren; worn out; exhausted
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multiform
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having many forms
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multilingual
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having many languages; fluent in several languages
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versatile
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having many talents; capable of working in many fields; having many uses or functions; N. versatility
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n ciliated
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having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash
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peerless
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having no equal; incomparable
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s uninhibited
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having no inhibitions; free in behavior and feelings
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static
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having no motion; unchanging; lacking development; N. stasis: stable state
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unprecedented
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having no previous example; novel; unparalleled
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monochromatic
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having only one color
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n prurient
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having or causing lustful desires and thoughts; arousing immoderate sexual desire
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n verisimilar
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having the appearance of truth or reality; probable or likely to be true; plausible
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n musky
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having the odor of musk; N. musk: odorous substance secreted by an Asian deer
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n rancid
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having the odor of stale or decomposing fat; rank
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authoritative
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having the weight of authority; regarded as providing knowledge that can be trusted; reliable; peremptory and dictatorial; Ex. authoritative dictionary/manner; CF. definitive
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civil
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having to do with citizens; not military or religious; courteous and polite; Ex. married in a civil ceremony; Ex. civil strife/disorder/law; N. civility; CF. civic
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