Gruber's Sat 3400 List Dissociate To Emulous

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dissociate

Back 1

break ties with

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dissolute

Back 2

immoral, unrestrained

Hint 2

Yes, he also declared that he greatly liked me for my purity and good sense; that I must beware of dissolute young men; and that he knew Anna Thedorovna, who had charged him to inform me that she would shortly be visiting me in person.

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diurnal

Back 3

daily

Hint 3

During the day the animals obsequiously followed the shadow of the smallest tree as it moved round the stem with the diurnal roll; and when the milkers came they could hardly stand still for the flies.

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divers

Back 4

several

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divest

Back 5

to deprive

Hint 5

he resolved to divest himself of the instrument and cause of his prodigality and lavishness, to divest himself of wealth, without which Alexander himself would have seemed parsimonious; and so calling us all three aside one day into a room, he addressed us in words somewhat to the following effect:

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parsimonious

Back 6

excessively sparing or frugal

Hint 6

he resolved to divest himself of the instrument and cause of his prodigality and lavishness, to divest himself of wealth, without which Alexander himself would have seemed parsimonious; and so calling us all three aside one day into a room, he addressed us in words somewhat to the following effect:

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divulge

Back 7

to reveal, to make known

Front 8

doff

Back 8

to throw off or away

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doldrums

Back 9

low spirits

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doleful

Back 10

sorrowful

Hint 10

There's a most doleful and most mocking funeral

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domicile

Back 11

home, residence

Hint 11

Sarkoja, one of the older women who shared our domicile, had been present at the audience as one of the captive's guards, and it was toward her the question turned.

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dolorous

Back 12

mornful, sad

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donnybrook

Back 13

rough, rowdy fight

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dorsal

Back 14

pertaining to the back

Front 15

dossier

Back 15

a complete group of documents containing detailed information

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dotage

Back 16

feeblemindedness of old age

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doughty

Back 17

courageous, worthy

Hint 17

He was a doughty warrior and found a deep joy in battle.

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dour

Back 18

gloomy

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doyen

Back 19

senior or eldest member

Hint 19

Raffles regarded me with that tantalizing smile of his which might mean nothing, yet which often meant so much; and in a flash I was convinced that our most jealous enemy and dangerous rival, the doyen of an older school, had paid him yet another visit.

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Draconian

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severe, cruel

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dregs

Back 21

leftovers

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drivel

Back 22

childesh nonsense, stupid talk

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droll

Back 23

amusing in an odd ay

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dross

Back 24

waste matter

Hint 24

These, in the days of their abundance, ever regarded gold as dross

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drudgery

Back 25

hard, tiresome work

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dudgeon

Back 26

anger, resentment

Hint 26

The posts left vacant by Bagration, who had been killed, and by Barclay, who had gone away in dudgeon, had to be filled.

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dulcimer

Back 27

a type of zither

Hint 27

or the same reason many of the ancient instruments were thrown aside, as the dulcimer and the lyre;

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duress

Back 28

force

Hint 28

its preservation from the legal duress that constantly menaced it.

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dynamo

Back 29

a powerful person

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dyspepsia

Back 30

poor digestion

Hint 30

Do you ever suffer from dyspepsia, Colly wobbles?

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dysphasia

Back 31

difficulty in speaking

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ebullient

Back 32

enthusiastic

Hint 32

His ebullient spirits were always on tap to spill over on the slightest provocation, and, as he was afterwards to demonstrate, he could weary a puppy with play.

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ecclesiastical

Back 33

pertaining to the church

Hint 33

It only remains now to speak of ecclesiastical principalities, touching which all difficulties are prior to getting possession

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echelon

Back 34

rank of authority, level of power

(step-by step)

Hint 34

If they attack our center we, having the center battery on this high ground, shall withdraw the left flank under its cover, and retreat to the dip by echelons.

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eclat

Back 35

brilliance, fame

Hint 35

after the ECLAT of a marriage which was to nullify the collapse of the first attempt, would be too much indeed.

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ecletic

Back 36

selecting, choosing from various sources

Hint 36

A true eclectic, as it would be expressed nowadays, Gringoire was one of those firm and lofty, moderate and calm spirits, which always know how to bear themselves amid all circumstances

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educe

Back 37

to draw or bring out

Hint 37

I would in vain endeavour to educe more than a small portion which should lie within the compass of merely written words.

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efface

Back 38

to erase, to whipe out

Hint 38

* I did not mean anything, I was only joking," he said, smiling shyly and trying to efface his offense.

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effervescent

Back 39

bubbly, spirited

Hint 39

Mind you, if my letters lead to anything it will probably be a situation as an earnest bill-clerk or an effervescent office-boy, for Rockefeller and Carnegie and that lot have swiped all the soft jobs.

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effete

Back 40

worn-out, barren

Hint 40

In the meantime you can relieve your feelings by cursing the one-man power and the effete monarchies of Europe.

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efflorescent

Back 41

blossoming, flowering

Hint 41

It is not, like the Cathedral of Bourges, the magnificent, light, multiform, tufted, bristling efflorescent product of the pointed arch.

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effluent

Back 42

flowing out

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effrontery

Back 43

shameful boldness

Hint 43

Scores of times I nerved myself almost to the point of asking her, but never quite reached the necessary pitch of effrontery.

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effusion

Back 44

pouring out, an uncontrolled display of imotion

Hint 44

To stop effusion of our Christian blood

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egalitarian

Back 45

pertaining to belief in the equality of all men

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egress

Back 46

exit (noun and verb)

Hint 46

He found himself in a very small hall, from which there was no egress save through yet another door

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elegy

Back 47

a sad or mournful poem

Hint 47

is not my business here to write an elegy upon my wife, give a character of her particular virtues, and make my court to the sex by the flattery of a funeral sermon.

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elicit

Back 48

to draw forth, to cause to be revealed

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elysian

Back 49

blissful, heavenly

Hint 49

My duty, to be saved by their bright light, And purified in their electric fire, And sanctified in their elysian fire.

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emendation

Back 50

correction

Hint 50

You don't know what it is to want spiritual tobacco--bad emendations of old texts, or small items about a variety of Aphis Brassicae,

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emetic

Back 51

causing vomiting

Hint 51

Send for some oil of turpentine and tartar emetic.

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emissary

Back 52

one sent on a special mission

Hint 52

We knew them both; it was the fairy of Care, and the emissary of Fortune.

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emollient

Back 53

something that soothes or softens

Hint 53

Bucket brings the finger into play as an emollient.

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emolument

Back 54

profit, gain

Hint 54

“it is an office of both honor and emolument.

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emulate

Back 55

to imitate

Hint 55

A Jackdaw, who witnessed the capture of the lamb, was stirred with envy and determined to emulate the strength and flight of the Eagle.

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emulous

Back 56

jealous, envious

Hint 56

He is not emulous, as Achilles is.