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249 Cards in this Set
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competitive
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adjective: characterized by rivalry.
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wantonness
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noun: Recklessness.
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galvanic
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adjective: Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical action.
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effeminacy
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noun: Womanishness.
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avidity
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noun: Greediness.
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magnet
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noun: A body possessing that peculiar form of polarity found in nature in the lodestone.
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compulsion
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noun: Coercion.
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irksome
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adjective: Wearisome.
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merciful
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adjective: Disposed to pity and forgive.
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admonition
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noun: Gentle reproof.
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contravene
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verb: To prevent or obstruct the operation of.
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destitute
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adjective: Poverty-stricken.
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absolve
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verb: To free from sin or its penalties.
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aggrieve
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verb: To give grief or sorrow to.
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suasion
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noun: The act of persuading.
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retouch
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verb: To modify the details of.
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occlude
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verb: To absorb, as a gas by a metal.
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mendacious
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adjective: Untrue.
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inert
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adjective: Inanimate.
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personal
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adjective: Not general or public.
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submerge
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verb: To place or plunge under water.
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sextet
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noun: A band of six singers or players.
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preexistence
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noun: Existence antecedent to something.
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extant
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adjective: Still existing and known.
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panegyric
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noun: A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act.
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violation
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noun: Infringement.
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deciduous
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adjective: Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.
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bier
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noun: A horizontal framework with two handles at each end for carrying a corpse to the grave.
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reminiscence
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noun: The calling to mind of incidents within the range of personal knowledge or experience.
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rhetoric
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noun: The art of discourse.
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covenant
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noun: An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties.
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ailment
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noun: Slight sickness.
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transcribe
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verb: To write over again (something already written)
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prophecy
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noun: Any prediction or foretelling.
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deprecate
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verb: To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite.
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contagion
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noun: The communication of disease from person to person.
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exuberant
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adjective: Marked by great plentifulness.
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physiocracy
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noun: The doctrine that land and its products are the only true wealth.
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carnivorous
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adjective: Eating or living on flesh.
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anemic
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adjective: Affected with anemia.
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revelation
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noun: A disclosing, discovering, or making known of what was before secret, private, or unknown.
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gentile
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adjective: Belonging to a people not Jewish.
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insolent
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adjective: Impudent.
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monocracy
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noun: Government by a single person.
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theocracy
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noun: A government administered by ecclesiastics.
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rehabilitate
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verb: To restore to a former status, capacity, right rank, or privilege.
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harangue
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noun: A tirade.
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pretext
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noun: A fictitious reason or motive.
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implausible
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adjective: Not plausible.
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theological
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adjective: Based on or growing out of divine revelation.
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nausea
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noun: An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit
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instigator
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noun: One who incites to evil.
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grenadier
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noun: A member of a regiment composed of men of great stature.
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parlor
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noun: A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests.
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dragnet
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noun: A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water.
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confront
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verb: To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles.
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chastise
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verb: To subject to punitive measures.
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fraudulence
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noun: Deceitfulness.
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indescribable
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adjective: That can not be described.
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christen
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verb: To name in baptism.
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immovable
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adjective: Steadfast.
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modify
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verb: To make somewhat different.
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perturb
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verb: To disturb greatly.
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furrier
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noun: A dealer in or maker of fur goods.
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intimacy
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noun: Close or confidential friendship.
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phonic
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adjective: Pertaining to the nature of sound.
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naval
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adjective: Pertaining to ships.
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soothsayer
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noun: One who claims to have supernatural insight or foresight.
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precocious
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adjective: Having the mental faculties prematurely developed.
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medallion
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noun: A large medal.
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soliloquy
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noun: A monologue.
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physicist
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noun: A specialist in the science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.
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prolong
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verb: To extend in time or duration.
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invigorate
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verb: To animate.
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species
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noun: A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a genus.
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transferrer
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noun: One who or that which conveys from one person or place to another.
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apothecary
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noun: One who keeps drugs for sale and puts up prescriptions.
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gaiety
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noun: Festivity.
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clangor
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noun: Clanking or a ringing, as of arms, chains, or bells; clamor.
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undersell
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verb: To sell at a lower price than.
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irradiate
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verb: To render clear and intelligible.
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superlative
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noun: That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence.
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crockery
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noun: Earthenware made from baked clay.
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assonant
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adjective: Having resemblance of sound.
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anathema
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noun: Anything forbidden, as by social usage.
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muster
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noun: An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection, or for numbering off.
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autocrat
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noun: Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.
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pusilanimous
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adjective: Without spirit or bravery.
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novice
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noun: A beginner in any business or occupation.
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fretful
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adjective: Disposed to peevishness.
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dispel
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verb: To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions.
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earnest
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adjective: Ardent in spirit and speech.
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recapture
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verb: To capture again.
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pestilence
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noun: A raging epidemic.
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refer
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verb: To direct or send for information or other purpose.
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revert
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verb: To return, or turn or look back, as toward a former position or the like.
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acquiesce
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verb: To comply; submit.
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terminus
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noun: The final point or goal.
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vermin
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noun: A noxious or troublesome animal.
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hesitancy
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noun: A pausing to consider.
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undervalue
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verb: To underestimate.
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constituent
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noun: One who has the right to vote at an election.
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diaphanous
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adjective: Transparent.
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coincide
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verb: To correspond.
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inflammation
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noun: A morbid process in some part of the body characterized by heat, swelling, and pain.
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taxation
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noun: A levy, by government, of a fixed contribution.
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invasion
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noun: Encroachment, as by an act of intrusion or trespass.
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palpable
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noun: perceptible by feeling or touch.
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enigma
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noun: A riddle.
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vale
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noun: Level or low land between hills.
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territorial
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adjective: Pertaining to the domain over which a sovereign state exercises jurisdiction.
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pediatrics
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noun: The department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood.
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advert
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verb: To refer incidentally.
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antonym
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noun: A word directly opposed to another in meaning.
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squatter
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noun: One who settles on land without permission or right.
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numeration
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noun: The act or art of reading or naming numbers.
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financier
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noun: One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations.
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enormous
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adjective: Gigantic.
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efficient
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adjective: Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results.
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effervesce
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verb: To bubble up.
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surrogate
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noun: One who or that which is substituted for or appointed to act in place of another.
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inherent
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adjective: Intrinsic.
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obdurate
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adjective: Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity.
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lithotype
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noun: In engraving, an etched stone surface for printing.
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preengage
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verb: To preoccupy.
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alluvion
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noun: Flood.
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finale
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noun: Concluding performance.
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exemplar
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noun: A model, pattern, or original to be copied or imitated.
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cynical
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adjective: Exhibiting moral skepticism.
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beau
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noun: An escort or lover.
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anthropomorphous
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adjective: Having or resembling human form.
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meticulous
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adjective: Over-cautious.
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deform
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verb: To disfigure.
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tortious
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adjective: Wrongful.
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despicable
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adjective: Contemptible.
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prelude
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noun: An introductory or opening performance.
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undeceive
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verb: To free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs.
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repository
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noun: A place in which goods are stored.
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indefensible
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adjective: Untenable.
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legislator
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noun: A lawgiver.
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admissible
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adjective: Having the right or privilege of entry.
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belittle
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verb: To disparage.
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normalcy
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noun: The state of being normal.
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laddie
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noun: A lad.
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emigrant
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noun: One who moves from one place to settle in another.
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clandestine
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adjective: Surreptitious.
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dishonest
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adjective: Untrustworthy.
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ridicule
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noun: Looks or acts expressing amused contempt.
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possible
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adjective: Being not beyond the reach of power natural, moral, or supernatural.
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misbehavior
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noun: Ill or improper behavior.
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Gordian knot
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noun: Any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or unusual manners.
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indolence
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noun: Laziness.
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odious
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adjective: Hateful.
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energetic
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adjective: Working vigorously.
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propaganda
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noun: Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a doctrine or system.
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solicitude
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noun: Uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear.
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commute
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verb: To put something, especially something less severe, in place of.
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ascension
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noun: The act of rising.
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insipid
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adjective: Tasteless.
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plural
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adjective: Containing or consisting of more than one.
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bitterness
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noun: Acridity, as to the taste.
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duteous
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adjective: Showing submission to natural superiors.
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hernia
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noun: Protrusion of any internal organ in whole or in part from its normal position.
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bureaucracy
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noun: Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business.
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jaundice
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noun: A morbid condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile or characterized by yellowing of the skin.
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collapse
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verb: To cause to shrink, fall in, or fail.
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detrude
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verb: To push down forcibly.
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contumacy
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noun: Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.
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contradiction
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noun: The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said.
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astringent
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adjective: Harsh in disposition or character.
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resilient
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adjective: Having the quality of springing back to a former position.
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elegy
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noun: A lyric poem lamenting the dead.
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shuffle
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noun: A mixing or changing the order of things.
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prominence
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noun: The quality of being noticeable or distinguished.
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collapsible
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adjective: That may or can collapse.
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accordion
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noun: A portable free-reed musical instrument.
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censor
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noun: An official examiner of manuscripts empowered to prohibit their publication.
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onus
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noun: A burden or responsibility.
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recuperate
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verb: To recover.
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impious
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adjective: Characterized by irreverence or irreligion.
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fete
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noun: A festival or feast.
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bestrew
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verb: To sprinkle or cover with things strewn.
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prudential
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adjective: Proceeding or marked by caution.
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sustenance
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noun: Food.
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dwindle
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verb: To diminish or become less.
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outride
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verb: To ride faster than.
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transplant
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verb: To remove and plant in another place.
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clumsy
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adjective: Awkward of movement.
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metamorphosis
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noun: A passing from one form or shape into another.
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catastrophe
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noun: Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.
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sergeant-at-arms
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noun: An executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces the orders of the presiding officer.
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guess
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noun: Surmise.
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centiliter
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noun: A hundredth of a liter.
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covert
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adjective: Concealed, especially for an evil purpose.
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consul
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noun: An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.
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heritage
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noun: Birthright.
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stimulus
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noun: Incentive.
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effervescent
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adjective: Giving off bubbles of gas.
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necessity
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noun: That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired.
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distort
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verb: To twist into an unnatural or irregular form.
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savor
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verb: To perceive by taste or smell.
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pantomime
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noun: Sign-language.
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benefit
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noun: Helpful result.
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animate
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verb: To make alive.
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vociferate
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verb: To utter with a loud and vehement voice.
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unctuous
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adjective: Oily.
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parallel
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verb: To cause to correspond or lie in the same direction and equidistant in all parts.
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aviary
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noun: A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.
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suppression
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noun: A forcible putting or keeping down.
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furlough
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noun: A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer.
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adulterate
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verb: To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.
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precession
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noun: The act of going forward.
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thereabout
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aderb: Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately.
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aborigines
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noun: The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.
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therefor
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aderb: For that or this.
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intervale
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noun: A low tract of land between hills, especially along a river.
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conferee
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noun: A person with whom another confers.
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success
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noun: A favorable or prosperous course or termination of anything attempted.
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denote
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verb: To designate by word or mark.
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Americanism
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noun: A peculiar sense in which an English word or phrase is used in the United States.
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precision
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noun: Accuracy of limitation, definition, or adjustment.
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benign
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adjective: Good and kind of heart.
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constellation
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noun: An arbitrary assemblage or group of stars.
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variation
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noun: Modification.
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lacerate
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verb: To tear rudely or raggedly.
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anode
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noun: The point where or path by which a voltaic current enters an electrolyte or the like.
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disinherit
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verb: To deprive of an inheritance.
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cessation
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noun: Discontinuance, as of action or motion.
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ignoble
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adjective: Low in character or purpose.
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graceless
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adjective: Ungracious.
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pentad
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noun: The number five.
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dissonant
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adjective: Harsh or disagreeable in sound.
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emporium
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noun: A bazaar or shop.
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pernicious
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adjective: Tending to kill or hurt.
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deity
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noun: A god, goddess, or divine person.
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interminable
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adjective: Having no limit or end.
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frantic
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adjective: Frenzied.
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onslaught
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noun: A violent onset.
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embolden
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verb: To give courage to.
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rabid
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adjective: Affected with rabies or hydrophobia.
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miser
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noun: A person given to saving and hoarding unduly.
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consanguineous
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adjective: Descended from the same parent or ancestor.
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irate
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adjective: Moved to anger.
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midwife
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noun: A woman who makes a business of assisting at childbirth.
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declamatory
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adjective: A full and formal style of utterance.
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legging
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noun: A covering for the leg.
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descent
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noun: The act of moving or going downward.
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magnate
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noun: A person of rank or importance.
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arbitrate
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verb: To act or give judgment as umpire.
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