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249 Cards in this Set
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precipice
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noun: A high and very steep or approximately vertical cliff.
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angular
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adjective: Sharp-cornered.
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bronchus
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noun: Either of the two subdivisions of the trachea conveying air into the lungs.
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aqueduct
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noun: A water-conduit, particularly one for supplying a community from a distance.
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reactionary
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adjective: Pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or favoring reaction.
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enormity
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noun: Immensity.
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conducive
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adjective: Contributing to an end.
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subterranean
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adjective: Situated or occurring below the surface of the earth.
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malign
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verb: To speak evil of, especially to do so falsely and severely.
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transference
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noun: The act of conveying from one person or place to another.
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mockery
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noun: Ridicule.
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testimonial
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noun: A formal token of regard, often presented in public.
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negate
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verb: To deny.
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fusible
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adjective: Capable of being melted by heat.
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rejoin
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verb: To reunite after separation.
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economize
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verb: To spend sparingly.
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meander
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verb: To wind and turn while proceeding in a course.
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bauble
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noun: A trinket.
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singe
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verb: To burn slightly or superficially.
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encroach
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verb: To invade partially or insidiously and appropriate the possessions of another.
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distemper
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noun: A disease or malady.
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malady
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noun: Any physical disease or disorder, especially a chronic or deep-seated one.
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position
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noun: The manner in which a thing is placed.
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collier
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noun: One who works in a coal-mine.
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wizen
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verb: To become or cause to become withered or dry.
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malleable
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adjective: Pliant.
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quartet
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noun: A composition for four voices or four instruments.
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revise
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verb: To examine for the correction of errors, or for the purpose of making changes.
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landholder
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noun: Landowner.
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trickery
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noun: Artifice.
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surmise
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verb: To conjecture.
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misinterpret
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verb: To misunderstand.
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divulgence
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noun: A divulging.
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sublingual
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adjective: Situated beneath the tongue.
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admittance
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noun: Entrance, or the right or permission to enter.
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significance
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noun: Importance.
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generate
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verb: To produce or cause to be.
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peaceable
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adjective: Tranquil.
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eminence
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noun: An elevated position with respect to rank, place, character, condition, etc.
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cereal
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adjective: Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.
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epiphany
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noun: Any appearance or bodily manifestation of a deity.
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sacrilegious
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adjective: Impious.
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gait
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noun: Carriage of the body in going.
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skeptic
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noun: One who doubts any statements.
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quantity
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noun: Magnitude.
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satire
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noun: The employment of sarcasm, irony, or keenness of wit in ridiculing vices.
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liberalism
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noun: Opposition to conservatism.
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precarious
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adjective: Perilous.
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sibilate
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verb: To give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the letter s.
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garnish
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verb: In cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment.
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gamble
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verb: To risk money or other possession on an event, chance, or contingency.
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original
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adjective: Not copied nor produced by imitation.
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deplete
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verb: To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste.
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extempore
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aderb: Without studied or special preparation.
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aggregate
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noun: The entire number, sum, mass, or quantity of something.
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zephyr
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noun: Any soft, gentle wind.
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external
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noun: Anything relating or belonging to the outside.
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herbarium
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noun: A collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study.
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benevolent
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adjective: Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being.
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neural
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adjective: Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system.
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denominate
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verb: To give a name or epithet to.
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sequester
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verb: To cause to withdraw or retire, as from society or public life.
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submarine
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adjective: Existing, done, or operating beneath the surface of the sea.
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acumen
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noun: Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.
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seclude
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verb: To place, keep, or withdraw from the companionship of others.
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witticism
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noun: A witty, brilliant, or original saying or sentiment.
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amply
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aderb: Sufficiently.
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possessor
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noun: One who owns, enjoys, or controls anything, as property.
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berth
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noun: A bunk or bed in a vessel, sleeping-car, etc.
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almanac
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noun: A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.
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typography
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noun: The arrangement of composed type, or the appearance of printed matter.
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luxuriance
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noun: Excessive or superfluous growth or quantity.
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seignoir
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noun: A title of honor or respectful address, equivalent to sir.
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foreordination
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noun: Predestination.
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malediction
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noun: The calling down of a curse or curses.
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whereupon
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aderb: After which.
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habitual
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adjective: According to usual practice.
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annihilate
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verb: To destroy absolutely.
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repulsive
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adjective: Grossly offensive.
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patter
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verb: To mumble something over and over.
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elucidate
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verb: To bring out more clearly the facts concerning.
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courser
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noun: A fleet and spirited horse.
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visualize
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verb: To give pictorial vividness to a mental representation.
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cosmopolitan
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adjective: Common to all the world.
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ardent
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adjective: Burning with passion.
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advocacy
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noun: The act of pleading a cause.
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facsimile
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noun: An exact copy or reproduction.
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imitation
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noun: That which is made as a likeness or copy.
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consignee
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noun: A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.
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heedless
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adjective: Thoughtless.
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composure
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noun: Calmness.
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pastoral
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adjective: Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life.
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abnormal
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adjective: Not conformed to the ordinary rule or standard.
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pentagram
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noun: A figure having five points or lobes.
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indignant
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adjective: Having such anger and scorn as is aroused by meanness or wickedness.
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shriek
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noun: A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror.
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perspiration
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noun: Sweat.
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belate
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verb: To delay past the proper hour.
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languor
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noun: Lassitude of body or depression.
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inadequate
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adjective: Insufficient.
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galvanize
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verb: To imbue with life or animation.
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bevel
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noun: Any inclination of two surfaces other than 90 degrees.
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pedestal
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noun: A base or support as for a column, statue, or vase.
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exterior
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noun: That which is outside.
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minion
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noun: A servile favorite.
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arraign
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verb: To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not.
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hazard
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noun: Risk.
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finery
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noun: That which is used to decorate the person or dress.
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chateau
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noun: A castle or manor-house.
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perpetuate
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verb: To preserve from extinction or oblivion.
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insinuate
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verb: To imply.
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appraise
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verb: To estimate the money value of.
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socialist
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adjective: One who advocates reconstruction of society by collective ownership of land and capital.
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amalgamate
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verb: To mix or blend together in a homogeneous body.
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defalcate
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verb: To cut off or take away, as a part of something.
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itinerate
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verb: To wander from place to place.
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parity
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noun: Equality, as of condition or rank.
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truthful
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adjective: Veracious.
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mercenary
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adjective: Greedy
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head foremost
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aderb: Precipitately, as in diving.
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insatiable
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adjective: That desires or craves immoderately or unappeasably.
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rapine
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noun: The act of seizing and carrying off property by superior force, as in war.
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promoter
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noun: A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager.
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verily
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aderb: In truth.
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resumption
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noun: The act of taking back, or taking again.
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non-combatant
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noun: One attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting.
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acreage
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noun: Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.
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oscillate
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verb: To swing back and forth.
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eschew
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verb: To keep clear of.
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auspice
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noun: favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance.
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cabinet
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noun: The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation.
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material
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noun: That of which anything is composed or may be constructed.
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predominance
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noun: Ascendancy or preponderance.
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providential
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adjective: Effected by divine guidance.
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upheave
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verb: To raise or lift with effort.
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betrothal
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noun: Engagement to marry.
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bide
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verb: To await.
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prevaricate
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verb: To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention.
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livelihood
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noun: Means of subsistence.
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mythology
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noun: The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes.
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biography
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noun: A written account of one's life, actions, and character.
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aphorism
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noun: Proverb.
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bountiful
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adjective: Showing abundance.
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inglorious
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adjective: Shameful.
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resonance
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noun: The quality of being able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.
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tinge
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noun: A faint trace of color.
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matter of fact
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noun: Something that has actual and undeniable existence or reality.
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requital
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noun: Adequate return for good or ill.
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forgo
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verb: To deny oneself.
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waif
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noun: A homeless, neglected wanderer.
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accompany
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verb: To go with, or be associated with, as a companion.
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ancestry
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noun: One's ancestors collectively.
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felicitate
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verb: To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event.
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employee
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noun: One who works for wages or a salary.
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coalescence
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noun: The act or process of coming together so as to form one body, combination, or product.
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anarchy
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noun: Absence or utter disregard of government.
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diversion
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noun: Pastime.
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procedure
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noun: A manner or method of acting.
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decapitate
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verb: To behead.
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principle
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noun: A general truth or proposition.
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contrite
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adjective: Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.
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bristle
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noun: One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.
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depth
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noun: Deepness.
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excerpt
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noun: An extract or selection from written or printed matter.
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doleful
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adjective: Melancholy.
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episode
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noun: An incident or story in a literary work, separable from yet growing out of it.
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ghastly
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adjective: Hideous.
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sensitive
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adjective: Easily affected by outside operations or influences.
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vivisection
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noun: The dissection of a living animal.
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craving
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noun: A vehement desire.
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concordance
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noun: Harmony.
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lifelike
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adjective: Realistic.
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extradite
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verb: To surrender the custody of.
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cosmography
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noun: The science that describes the universe, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
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strait
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noun: A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
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check
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verb: To hold back.
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consumptive
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adjective: Designed for gradual destruction.
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monogram
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noun: A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a
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decasyllable
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noun: A line of ten syllables.
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docket
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noun: The registry of judgments of a court.
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facility
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noun: Ease.
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originate
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verb: To cause or constitute the beginning or first stage of the existence of.
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brooch
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noun: An article of jewelry fastened by a hinged pin and hook on the underside.
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acute
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adjective: Having fine and penetrating discernment.
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rejuvenescence
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noun: A renewal of youth.
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hussar
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noun: A light-horse trooper armed with saber and carbine.
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rectify
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verb: To correct.
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incipience
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noun: Beginning.
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gesture
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noun: A movement or action of the hands or face, expressive of some idea or emotion.
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forfend
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verb: To ward off.
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chiffon
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noun: A very thin gauze used for trimmings, evening dress, etc.
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arbiter
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noun: One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.
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loquacious
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adjective: Talkative.
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centenary
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adjective: Pertaining to a hundred years or a period of a hundred years.
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loathe
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verb: To abominate.
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excretion
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noun: The getting rid of waste matter.
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mouthful
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noun: As much as can be or is usually put into the or exercise.
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diffusible
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adjective: Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly.
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submergence
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noun: The act of submerging.
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heteromorphic
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adjective: Deviating from the normal form or standard type.
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infallible
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adjective: Exempt from error of judgment, as in opinion or statement.
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necessary
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adjective: Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result.
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reverent
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adjective: Humble.
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incitement
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noun: That which moves to action, or serves as an incentive or stimulus.
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reiterate
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verb: To say or do again and again.
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visage
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noun: The face, countenence, or look of a person.
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exuberance
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noun: Rich supply.
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guy
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noun: Stay-rope.
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mordacious
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adjective: Biting or giving to biting.
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verbose
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adjective: Wordy.
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recognize
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verb: To recall the identity of (a person or thing).
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breach
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noun: The violation of official duty, lawful right, or a legal obligation.
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liner
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noun: A vessel belonging to a steamship-line.
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macrocosm
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noun: The whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related.
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emergence
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noun: A coming into view.
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inwardly
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aderb: With no outward manifestation.
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reimburse
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verb: To pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended.
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monsieur
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noun: A French title of respect, equivalent to Mr. and sir.
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narrate
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verb: To tell a story.
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acknowledge
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verb: To recognize; to admit the genuineness or validity of.
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illumine
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verb: To make bright or clear.
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oratory
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noun: The art of public speaking.
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Anglo-Saxon
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noun: The entire English race wherever found, as in Europe, the United States, or India.
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seduce
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verb: To entice to surrender chastity.
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faun
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noun: One of a class of deities of the woods and herds represented as half human, with goats feet.
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broadcast
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adjective: Disseminated far and wide.
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aggression
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noun: An unprovoked attack.
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distrainor
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noun: One who subjects a person to distress.
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pantheism
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noun: The worship of nature for itself or its beauty.
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boorish
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adjective: Rude.
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exhume
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verb: To dig out of the earth (what has been buried).
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ramose
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adjective: Branch-like.
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corpuscle
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noun: A minute particle of matter.
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theologian
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noun: A professor of divinity.
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recurrent
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adjective: Returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals.
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opportune
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adjective: Especially fit as occurring, said, or done at the right moment.
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dejection
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noun: Melancholy.
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lithesome
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adjective: Nimble.
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navel
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noun: The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached.
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entreaty
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noun: An earnest request.
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evangelical
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adjective: Seeking the conversion of sinners.
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recollect
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verb: To recall the knowledge of.
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prescript
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adjective: Prescribed as a rule or model.
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negotiable
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verb: To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property.
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pennant
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noun: A small flag.
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antipodes
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noun: A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.
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succeed
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verb: To accomplish what is attempted or intended.
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stultify
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verb: To give an appearance of foolishness to.
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operetta
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noun: A humorous play in dialogue and music, of more than one act.
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