New Dog In Town Vocab

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Den

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(noun) the lair or shelter of a wild animal, especially a predatory mammal.

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Skulk

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(verb)

1. to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason.

2. to move in a stealthy manner; slink.

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To frequent

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(verb)

to do/attend on a regular basis.

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Cadavers

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(noun)

a dead body, especially a human body to be dissected; corpse.

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Maul

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(noun)

a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges

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Maul

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(verb)

1. to handle or use roughly:The book was badly mauled by its borrowers.

2.to injure by a rough beating, shoving, or the like; bruise.

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Trajectory

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(noun)

the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight.

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Neophyte

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(noun)

a beginner or novice.

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Anomaly

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(noun)

1. a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form.

2. an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality, etc.

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Bizarrerie

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(noun)

the quality of being bizarre.

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High Plains

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(noun)

a subregion of the Great Plains mostly in the Western United States, but also partly in the Midwest states of Nebraska, Kansas, and South Dakota, generally encompassing the western part of the Great Plains before the region reaches the Rocky Mountains.

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Unheralded

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(adjective)

appearing without fanfare, publicity, or advance acclaim.

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Pristine

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(adjective)

1.having its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.

2. of or relating to the earliest period or state; primitive.

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Splendor

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(noun)

brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence.

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Feral Dullard

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Feral: (adj) existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated orcultivated; wild.

Dullard:

(noun) a stupid, insensitive person.

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Ingathering

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(noun) 1.a gathering in, especially of farm products; harvest. 2.a gathering together, as of persons; assembly.

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Thrives

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(verb)

to prosper; be fortunate or successful.

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Pleistocene Epoch

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(noun)

the time period that began about 1.8 million years ago and lasted until about 11,700 years ago. The most recent Ice Age occurred then, as glaciers covered huge parts of the planet Earth.

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Mega-fauna

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(noun)

the large mammals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period

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Predations

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(noun)

1. depredation; plundering.

2. act of plundering or robbing.

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Glyptodont

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(noun)

any edentate mammal of the extinct genus Glyptodon, of thePleistocene Epoch, having the body covered by a horny and bonyarmor.

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Precipitated

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(verb)

1. to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly.

2. to cast, plunge, or send, especially violently or abruptly:

3. Chemistry. to separate (a substance) in solid form from a solution, as by means of a reagent.

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Fend off

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(verb)

prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening.

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Spear-chucking

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Ghettoized

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(verb)

put in or restrict to an isolated or segregated place, group, or situation.

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Millennia

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(noun)

a period of 1,000 years.

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Avarice

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(noun)

insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.

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Decimated

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(verb)

to destroy a great number or proportion of.

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Niche

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(noun)

1. an ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.

2.a place or position suitable or appropriate for a person or thing:

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Elasticity

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(noun)

flexibility; resilience; adaptability.

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Fitting irony

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(noun)

a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that may end up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated.

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Par Excellence

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(adjective)

better or more than all others of the same kind.

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Vermin

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(noun)

noxious, objectionable, or disgusting animals collectively, especially those of small size that appear commonly and are difficult to control, as flies, lice, bedbugs, cockroaches, mice, and rats.

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Bounty

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(noun)

a premium or reward, especially one offered by a government.

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Carnage

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(noun)

the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery;massacre.

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Imperious

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(adjective)

1.domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing.

2. urgent; imperative.

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Renders

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(verb)

to cause to be or become; make.

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Compensates

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(verb)

1. to recompense for something.

2. to counterbalance; offset; be equivalent to:

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Problematic

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(adjective)

of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.

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Darwinian

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(adjective)

1.pertaining to Charles Darwin or his doctrines.

(noun)

2.a follower of Charles Darwin; a person who accepts or advocates Darwinism.

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Keening

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(verb)

1. wail in grief for a dead person; sing a keen.

2. make an eerie wailing sound.

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Thereafter

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(adverb)

after that in time or sequence; afterward.

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Scat

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(verb)

1. to go off hastily.

2. to sing by making full or partial use of the technique of scat singing.

(noun)

3. the excrement of an animal.

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Vibrant

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(adjective)

1. moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.

2. vibrating so as to produce sound, as a string.

3. pulsating with vigor and energy.

4. vigorous; energetic; vital.

5. exciting; stimulating; lively.

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Greek chorus

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(noun)

homogeneous, non-individualised group of performers in the plays of classical Greece, who comment with a collective voice on the dramatic action.

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Ululations

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(verb)

to howl, as a dog or a wolf; hoot, as an owl.

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Dystonal

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Bamelan

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gamelan?

(noun)

a traditional instrumental ensemble of Indonesia, typically including many bronze percussion instruments.

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Turkic Bosnia

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Spindrift

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(noun)

spray swept by a violent wind along the surface of the sea.

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Hoodoo

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(noun)

1.bad luck

2. a person who brings bad luck

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Unprecedented

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(adjective)

without previous instance; never before known or experienced;unexampled or unparalleled.

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Mind-boggling

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(adjective)

overwhelming; startling.

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Palimpsest

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(noun)

a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.

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Confound

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(verb)

to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise;bewilder; confuse.

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Subspecies

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(noun)

a subdivision of a species, especially a geographical or ecologicalsubdivision.

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Détente

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(noun)

a relaxing of tension, especially between nations, as by negotiations or agreements.

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Girth

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(noun)

1. the measure around anything; circumference.

2. a band that passes underneath a horse or other animal to hold a saddle in place, especially one having a buckle at each end for fastening to straps running from under the flaps of the saddle.

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Pivotal

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(adjective)

1. of, relating to, or serving as a pivot.

2. of vital or critical importance:

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Copulative

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(adjective)

serving to unite or couple.

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Genetic pool

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(noun)

the set of all genes, or genetic information, in any population, usually of a particular species.

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Commingled

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(verb)

to mix or mingle together; combine.

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Ecosphere

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(noun)

Also called physiological atmosphere. the part of the atmosphere in which it is possible to breathe normally without aid: the portion of the troposphere from sea level to an altitude of about 13,000 feet(4000 meters).

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Replete

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(adjective)

abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with).

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Bodegas

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(noun)

1. (especially among Spanish-speaking Americans) a grocery store.

2. a wineshop.

3. a warehouse for storing or aging wine.

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Conniving

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(verb)

1.to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with)

2.to avoid noticing something that one is expected to oppose or condemn; give aid to wrongdoing by forbearing to act or speak (usually followed by at)

3. to be indulgent toward something others oppose or criticize (usually followed by at):

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Surfeit

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(noun)

1. excess; an excessive amount.

2.an uncomfortably full or crapulous feeling due to excessive eating or drinking.

3. general disgust caused by excess or satiety.

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Radio-collared

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(noun)

a wide band of machine-belting fitted with a small radio transmitter and battery.

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Compact

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(adjective)

joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid.

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Wile E. Coyote

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(noun)

In the cartoons (Looney Tunes), Coyote repeatedly attempts to catch and subsequently eat the Road Runner, a fast-running ground bird, but is never successful. Coyote, instead of his species' animal instincts, uses absurdly complex contraptions (sometimes in the manner of Rube Goldberg) and elaborate plans to pursue his prey, which always comically backfire with Wile normally getting injured by the slapstick humor.

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Roadrunner

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(noun)

a slender fast-running bird of the cuckoo family, found chiefly in arid country from the southern US to Central America.

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III reputed

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Underhanded

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(adjective)

acting or done in a secret or dishonest way.

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Hominids

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(noun)

a primate of a family ( Hominidae ) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors.

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Anuses

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(noun)

the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.

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Aqueduct

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(noun)

Civil Engineering. a.conduit or artificial channel for conducting water from a distance, usually by means of gravity.

b. a bridge-like structure that carries a water conduit or canal across a valley or over a river.

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Outmoded

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(adjective)

gone out of style; no longer fashionable.

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Supplanted

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(verb)

to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy,or the like.

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Succumbing

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(verb)

to give way to superior force; yield.

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Ice floes

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(noun)

a sheet of floating ice.

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Skittish

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(adjective)

1. apt to start or shy.

2.restlessly or excessively lively

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Inexorable

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(adjective)

unyielding; unalterable.

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Pretense

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(noun)

a false show of something.

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Atavistic

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(adjective)

of, relating to, or characterized by atavism; reverting to or suggesting the characteristics of a remote ancestor or primitive type.

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Subjugating

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(verb)

1. to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.

2 .to make submissive or subservient; enslave.

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Purloining

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(verb)

to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.

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Quest

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(noun)

a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something/

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Kudzu

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(noun)

a fast-growing Chinese and Japanese climbing vine, Pueraria lobata, of the legume family, now widespread in the southern U.S., having tuberous, starchy roots and stems: used for fiber, as food and forage,and to prevent soil erosion.

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Indicative of

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(adjective)

showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive (usually followed by of)

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Disperse

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to drive or send off in various directions; scatter.

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Eradication

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(verb)

1. to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate.

2.to erase by rubbing or by means of a chemical solvent: to eradicate a spot.

3. to pull up by the roots:

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Scrappers

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(noun)

a person who removes or does away with scraps

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Generalists

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(noun)

a person whose knowledge, aptitudes, and skills are applied to a fieldas a whole or to a variety of different fields.

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Oppurtunists

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(noun)

a person who practices opportunism, or the policy of adapting actions,decisions, etc., to effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles.

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Gradient

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(noun)

the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in ahighway, railroad, etc.

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Heralds

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(noun)

a royal or official messenger, especially one representing amonarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.

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Forestall

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(verb)

1. to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police.

2. to act beforehand with or get ahead of; anticipate.

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Impoverished

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(adjective)

reduced to poverty.

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You're welcome

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