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abjure
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renounce upon oath
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abrogate
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abolish
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acetic
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vinegary
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acrophobia
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fear of heights
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actuate
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motivate; activate; cause to act
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adjuration
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solemn urging; adjure; entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly
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adjutant
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staff officer assisting the commander; assistant
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adventitious
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accidental, casual; happening by chance
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animadiversion
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critical remark; comment critically with disapproval
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animus
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basic attitude or governing spirit; hostile feeling or intent; animosity; hostility; dispostion
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littoral
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of, relating to, or situated or growing on or near a shore especially of the sea
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anneal
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reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)
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apocryphal
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(of a story) widely believed but untrue
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apotheosis
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elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something
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apposite
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appropriate; fitting
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appurtenances
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subordinate possessions; something added to a more important thing
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aria
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operatic solo; a song sung by one person in an opera or oratorio
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arroyo
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gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater
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aseptic
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preventing infection; having a cleansing effect
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asperity
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sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather)
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assay
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analyze (to discover what materials are preset); evaluate (soil or ore)
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astringent
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binding; causing contraction (stopping bleeding); harsh or severe; stringent;
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aver
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state confidently; declare as true
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awl
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pointed tool used for piercing
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badinage
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teasing conversation; banter; joking talk
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unregenerate
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making no attempt to change one's bad practices
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bate
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let down; lessen the force of; moderate; restrain
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bedizen
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dress with vulgar finery
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betoken
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signify; indicate; be a sign of
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bivouac
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temporary encampment; camp without tents
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bombastic
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pompous; using inflated language
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bowdlerize
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expurgate; : to expurgate (as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
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bugaboo
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bugbear; object of baseless terror
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cantata
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story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio)
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canto
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division of a long poem
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capilary
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having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender
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captious
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faultfinding; too critical
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carapace
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shell covering the back (of a turtle, tortoise, crab, etc)
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carillon
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a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played
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catechism
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book for religious instruction in question and answer form; religious instruction by question and answer
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cavil
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quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily
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celerity
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speed; rapidity
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centrifuge
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machine that separates substances by whirling them
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cerebration
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thought; working of the brain
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chaffing
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bantering; joking
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chimerical
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fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; chimera: unreal fancy; a fire-breathing she-monster in Greek mythology having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail
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choleric
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hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered
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ciliated
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having minute hairs
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cipher
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a : zero 1a b : one that has no weight, worth, or influence : nonentity
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coda
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concluding section of a musical or literary composition
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coeval
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living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; of the same age; contemporary
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colloquy
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informal discussion; conversation
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comity
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courtesy; civility
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compendium
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brief, comprehensive summary
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complaisant
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trying to please; obliging; willing to please others
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concatenate
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link as in a chain
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concomitant
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that which accompanies; existing or happening together with something else
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concordat
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formal agreement
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condign
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adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved
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connubial
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pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state
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consign
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send to a person or place for sale; deliver officially; entrust; put into the care of another; set apart (for a special person)
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contumacious
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stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp disobedient to an order made by a court)
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corollary
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natural consequence (which naturally follows from something else)
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corpuscle
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red or white cell in the blood
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cozen
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cheat; hoodwink; swindle
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cupidity
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greed (for wealth)
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cynosure
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object of general attention; person or thing that is the center of attention
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demotic
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of or pertaining to the people
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depredation
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plundering; destruction
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descry
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catch sight of (something distant)
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desultory
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aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
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dilatory
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delaying; tending to delay
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disaffected
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disloyal; lacking loyalty; v: disaffect: cause to lose affection or loyalty
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discursive
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(of a person or writing) digressing; rambling (without any clear plan)
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disport
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amuse; divert
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disquisition
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formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report
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distrait
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absentminded; distracted
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doctrinaire
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unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties
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dross
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waste matter; worthless impurities
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ductile
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malleable; pliable (of metals) easily pulled into shape; flexible; (of someone) easily influenced or controlled
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ecliptic
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path of the sun and the planets
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efface
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rub out; remove the surface of
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effectuate
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effect; produce; achieve
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effulgent
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shining brightly; brilliant
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ellipsis
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omission of words from a text; mark used to indicate an omission (when the meaning can be understood without them)
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elysium
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place or condition of bliss
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emolument
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salary; payment for an office; compensation
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encomiastic
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praising; eulogistic; very high praise
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endue
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provide with some quality; endow
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evanescent
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fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing
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exceptionable
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objectionable; likely to cause dislike; offensive (antonym: unexceptionable: entirely acceptable)
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exchequer
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treasury
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execrate
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curse; express abhorrence for; detest
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exiguous
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small in amount; minute
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expatiate
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talk at length; speak or write in detail
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expostulation
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protest; remonstrance; reasoning with someone to correct and dissuade
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expropriate
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take possession of (often for public use and without payment)
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extant
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(of something written or painted) still in existence
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extirpate
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root up; uproot; destroy completely
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extrude
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force or push out; thrust out; shape (plastic or metal) by forcing through a die
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factitious
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artificial; produced artificially; sham; false
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factotum
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handyman; person who does all kinds of work
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fancier
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breeder or dealer of animals; one who has a special interest; as for raising as a specific plant or animal
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fatuous
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smugly and unconsciously foolish; inane; silly
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febrile
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feverish
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febrile
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feverish
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fiat
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command; arbitrary order
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florescence
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condition or period of flowering
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jetsam
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things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship)
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fresco
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painting on wet plaster (usually fresh)
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frieze
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ornamental horizontal band on the wall
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fusillade
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simultaneous firing or outburst (of missiles, questions, etc)
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pinnace
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small boat
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germinal
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pertaining to a germ; creative
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granulate
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form into grains or granules
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gull
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trick; deceive; hoodwink
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guy
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cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied
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gyroscope
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apparatus used to maintain balance; ascertain direction etc
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heterodox
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(of beliefs) against accepted opinion; unorthodox; unconventional
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hortatory
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encouraging; exhortative; marked by exhortation
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immure
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imprison; shut up in confinement
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importunate
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urging; always demanding; troublesomely urgent or persistent
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importune
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beg persistently; make repeated requests (in an annoying way)
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imprecation
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curse; swearword
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impuissance
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powerlessness; feebleness
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impute
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attribute; ascribe; charge
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indite
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write; compose
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inductive
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pertaining to induction or proceeding from the specific to the general
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inimical
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(of someone) unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental
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interpolate
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insert between
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inveigh
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denounce; utter censure or invective
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jibe
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agree; be in harmony with; gibe
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labile
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likely to change; unstable
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roue
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lecherous man
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ligneous
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like wood
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lineaments
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features especially of the face; distinctive shape or contour of the face
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litany
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supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words
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litotes
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understatement for emphasis (e.g. 'not bad' meaning pretty good)
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lumen
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unity of energy (one candle's worth)
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macerate
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soften by soaking in liquid; waste away
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maculated
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spotted; stained
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madrigal
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pastoral song; song for several singers without instruments
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magniloquent
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boastful; pompous
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mannered
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affected; not natural
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manumit
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emancipate; free from slavery or bondage
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martinet
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strict disciplinarian; person who demands total obedience to rules and orders
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mealymouthed
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indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive
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meretricious
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flashy; tawdry; attractive to the surface but of no real value
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minatory
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menacing; threatening
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misogamy
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hatred of marriage
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mordant
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biting; sarcastic; stinging; incisive; cutting
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motility
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ability to move spontaneously
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mountebank
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charlatan; boastful pretender
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mulct
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defraud a person of something; swindle
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natation
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swimming
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nomenclature
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terminology (system of specialized words); system of names or naming things
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nostrum
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questionable medicine; quack medicine
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nova
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star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then returns to its original brightness
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nugatory
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worthless; futile
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obelisk
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tall column tapering (becoming gradually narrower toward the end) and ending in a pyramid
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obsequy
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funeral ceremony
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obtrude
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push (oneself of one's ideas) forward or intrude; impose (oneself of one's ideas) on others; butt in; stick out or extrude; thrust out
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opprobrium
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infamy; disgrace arising from shameful conduct; vilification (slander); scorn; contempt
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oratorio
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dramatic poem set to music; long musical work with singing but without acting
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orthography
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correct spelling
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ovoid
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egg-shaped; ovum
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palimpsest
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parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased
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parsimony
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stinginess; excessive frugality
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parvenu
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upstart; newly rich person
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patina
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green crust on old bronze or copper; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
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pecuniary
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pertaining to money
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pellucid
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transparent; limpid (crystal clear); clear in meaning; easy to understand
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penury
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extreme poverty; stinginess
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peroration
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conclusion of an oration; perorating
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perspicuity
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clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity
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perspicuous
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plainly expressed; easy to understand
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pertinacious
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holding tenaciously to an action; stubborn; persistent
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pharisaical
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pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical
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philatelist
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stamp-collector
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pinion
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restrain or immobilize by binding the winds or legs
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piquant
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pleasantly tart-tasting; spicy; pleasantly stimulating
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pith
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core or narrow; spongelike substance in the center of stems; essence; substance
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plebiscite
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direct vote by the entire electorate (on an important issue)
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plenary
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(of power) complete; full; fully attended by all qualified members
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plenitude
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abundance; plenty; great amount; completeness
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plumb
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exactly vertical; weight on the end of a line; examine very carefully or critically in order to understand; measure depth (by sounding)
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polity
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(particular form of) political organization; form of government of nation or state
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postulate
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self-evident truth; something assumed without proof; v: assume the truth of (as a basis of an argument)
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potentate
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monarch; sovereign
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prate
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talk idly; speak foolishly; boast idly
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prehensile
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capable of grasping or holding (esp by wrapping around)
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prelate
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church dignitary; priest of high position in the church
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probity
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urightness; honesty; incorruptibility
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defalcate
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embezzle
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prolixity
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tedious; verbosity; adj: prolix, wordy, verbose
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propitiate
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appease; conciliate; make peaceful
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proscribe
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prohibit; ostracize; banish; outlaw
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prosody
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art of versification; study of the metrical structure of verse
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provender
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dry food for livestock; fodder
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puissant
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powerful; strong; potent
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quisling
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traitor who aids invaders
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rarefied
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made less dense (of a gas); rarefy: make less dense
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ratiocination
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reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises
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rebus
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representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols; puzzle in which pictures or letters stand for words "R U 18"
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recondite
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abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret
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redolent
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odorous; fragrant; suggestive (of an odor)
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redoubtable
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formidable; causing fear
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refractory
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unmanageable; disobedient and stubborn
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refulgent
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effulgent; brilliant; brightly shining; gleaming
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penology
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study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation
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repine
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fret; complain; be annoyed
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requiem
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mass for the dead; dirge
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restive
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impatiently restless (induced by external coercion or restriction); restlessly impatient; obstinately resisting control. e.g. restive horses bc of wolves [not a general synonym for 'restless']
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retrench
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cut down; cut down expenses; economize
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rhetoric
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art of effective communication; art of using language effectively and persuasively; style of speaking or writing; grandiloquent language
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rubric
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title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol
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sedulous
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diligent; assiduous; paying attention;
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seine
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seine net; net for catching fish
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seminal
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related to seed or semen; germinal; creative; providing a basis for further development; influencing future developments
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sententious
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pithy; terse; concise; aphoristic
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sere
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sear; parched; dry
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sextant
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navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of the stars)
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sybilline
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prophetic; oracular; n: sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world)
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solecism
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nonstandard grammatical construction; construction that is flagrantly incorrect grammatically; violation of social etiquette
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sophistry
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seemingly plausible but fallacious; reasoning; sophism
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spoonerism
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accidental transposition of sounds in successive words
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legato
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(of music) played smoothly
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stipple
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paint or draw with dots or short strokes
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suborn
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persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury)
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superannuated
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retired or disqualified because of age; outmoded; obsolete
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supercilious
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haughty; arrogant; condescending; patronizing
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supererogatory
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superfluous; more than needed or demanded
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supposititious
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assumed, counterfeit; fraudulently substituted
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syllogism
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logical formula consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion; deceptive or specious argument
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tautological
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needlessly repetitious; e.g. 'it was visible to the eye'
statement that is always true |
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temporize
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gain time as by postponing an action; avoid committing oneself
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tensile
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capable of being stretched; of tension
e.g. tensile rubber |
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tessellated
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mosaic; inlaid
e.g. tessellated pattern |
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traduce
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expose to slander
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truculence
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aggressiveness; ferocity; adj: aggressive, pugnacious, fierce
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tumid
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(of a part of the body) swollen; distended; bombastic; pompous
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turpitude
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depravity; baseness; e.g. moral turpitude
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debar
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bar; forbid; exclude
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prepossessing
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attractive; preoccupying
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unwonted
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unaccustomed; unusual
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uxorious
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excessively devoted to one's wife
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ventral
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abdominal
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verdigris
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green coating or patina on copper which has been exposed to the weather
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viand
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food
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viscid
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adhesive; gluey
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vitiate
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spoil the effect of; make inoperative; corrupt morally
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vitreous
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of glass; pertaining to or resembling glass
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waggish
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humorous; mischievous; tricky
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abjure
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renounce upon oath
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abrogate
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abolish
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acidulous
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sour in taste or manner
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amortize
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to diminish by installment payments
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analgesia
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a lessening of pain without loss of consciousness
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anodyne
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something that calms or soothes pain
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apostate
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one who renounces a religious faith
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acidulous
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sour in taste or manner
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amortize
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to diminish by installment payments
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analgesia
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a lessening of pain without loss of consciousness
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anodyne
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something that calms or soothes pain
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apostate
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one who renounces a religious faith
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apothegm
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a short instructive saying
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apotheosis
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deification; glorified ideal
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arrogate
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to claim without justification; to claim for oneself without right
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attenuate
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to reduce in force or degree; weaken
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axiom
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premise; postulate; self-evident truth
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benison
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blessing
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bilk
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to cheat; defraud
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calumny
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a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation
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canard
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a lie
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carom
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to strike and rebound
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cognomen
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family name; any name, especially a nickname
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compunctious
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feeling guilty, or having misgivings
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congenial
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similar in tastes and habits
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contumacious
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rebellious
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craven
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lacking courage
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cupidity
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greed; strong desire
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declivity
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downward slope
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deleterious
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subtly or unexpectedly harmful
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descry
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to discover or reveal
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dilatory
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intended to delay
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distaff
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the female branch of the family
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doughty
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courageous
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doctrinaire
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rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality; dogmatic
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dyspeptic
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suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable
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edify
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to instruct morally and spiritually
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emend
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to correct a text
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emollient
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having soothing qualities, especially for the skin
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enconium
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warm praise
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exigent
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urgent, requiring immediate action
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expatiate
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to wander, to discuss or describe at length
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exprugate
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censor
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fatuous
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stupid, smugly foolish, unconsciously foolish
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fervid
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intensely emotional; feverish
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fey
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doomed
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filial
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appropriate for a child; having to do with a son or daughter
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fulminate
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to explode with anger
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fulsome
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excessive; overdone; sickeningly abundant
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gainsay
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to deny
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gnostic
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having to do with knowledge;
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grandiloquence
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pompous talk, fancy but meaningless language
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husband
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to farm; to manage economically; to use sparingly
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iconoclast
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one who opposes established beliefs; customs, and institutions
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impecunious
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poor; having no money
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imprecation
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a curse
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incarnadine
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blood red in color
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inculpate
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to blame; charge with a crime
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ingress
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entrance
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inimical
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hostile, unfriendly
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interregnum
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period between reigns
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insuperable
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insurmountable; unconquerable
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interlocutor
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someone taking part in a dialogue
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interpolate
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to insert; change by adding new words or materials
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lapidary
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relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them
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investiture
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ceremony conferring authority
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jibe
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to shift suddenly from one side to the other
jibe/gibe: taunt |
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juggernaut
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huge force destroying everything in its path
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lambaste
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disapprove angrily
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limpid
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clear and simple in style
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liniment
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medicinal liquid used externally to ease pain
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lissome
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easily flexed, limber, agile
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lugubrious
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sorrowful, mournful, dismal
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mannered
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artificial, or stilted in character
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martinet
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strict disciplinarian; one who rigidly follows rules
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metetricious
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gaudy, falsely attractive
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minatory
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menacing, threatening
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mordacious
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caustic, biting
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multifarious
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diverse
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noisome
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stinking; putrid
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numismatics
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coin collecting
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occlude
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to stop up; prevent the passage of
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orotund
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pompous
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panegyric
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elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise
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parsimony
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stinginess
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pastiche
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piece of literature or music imitating other works
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peculation
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theft of money or goods
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periphrastic
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using circumlocution
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peregrinate
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to wander from place to place; to travel; expecially on foot
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perspicacious
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shrewd, astute, keen-witted
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pertinacious
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persistent, stubborn
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plangent
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having a loud reverberating sound; resounding; plaintive, expressing sorrow
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potentate
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a monarch or ruler with great power
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propitiate
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to conciliate; to appease
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prolix
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tedious, wordy
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propinquity
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nearness
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propitious
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favorable, advantageous
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pulchritude
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beauty
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pusillanimous
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cowardly, without courage
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racounteur
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witty, skillful storyteller
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recalcitrant
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resisting authority to control
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recondite
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relating to obscure learning, known only to a few
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recreant
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disloyal; cowardly
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renitent
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resisting pressure; obstinate
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sanguine
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ruddy; cheerful and optimistic
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sapient
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wise
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scurrilous
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vulgar; low; indecent
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sinecure
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a well paying job or office that requires little or no work
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sobriquet
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nickname
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solecism
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grammatical mistake; blunder in speech
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sonorous
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producing a full rich sound
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sophist
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person good at arguing deviously
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specious
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deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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stentorian
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extremely loud
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sybarite
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a person devoted to pleasure and luxury
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syncopation
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temporary irregularity in musical rhythm
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temerity
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recklessness
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threnody
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a sad poem or song
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trammel
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to impede or hamper
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trenchant
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acute, sharp, incisive, forceful, effective
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truculent
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savage and cruel, fierce, ready to fight
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turpitude
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inherent vileness, foulness, depravity
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tyro
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beginner, novice
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vim
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vitality and energy
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vitiate
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reduce in value or effectiveness
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ponderous
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of very great weight; unwieldy or clumsy because of weight and size; oppressively or unpleasantly dull; lifeless
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jejune
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dull, devoid of significance or interest;
juvenile, puerile |
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esurient
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hungry, greedy
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expatiate
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to move about freely or at will; wander
to speak or write at length or in detail |
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debaucher
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to make disloyal
to seduce from chastity, virtue, excellence; to corrupt by intelligence or sensuality |
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mephitic
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poisonous
foul-smelling |
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spline
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a thin wood or metal strip used in building construction
a key that is fixed to one or two connected mechanical parts and fits into a keyway into the other |
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narthex
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the portico of an ancient church
a vestibule leading to the nave of a church |
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nave
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the main part of the interior of the church
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founder
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to become disabled, to give way
collapse to come to grief |
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froward
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habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
adverse |
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ramify
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to split up into branches or constituent parts
to send forth branches separate into divisions |
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scabrous
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difficult, knotty (scabrous problem)
rough to the touch dealing with suggestive, indecent or scandalous themes |
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abnegation
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denial
[especially self denial] renunciation |
