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250 Cards in this Set
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rightful
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adjective: Conformed to a just claim according to established laws or usage.
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fidelity
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noun: Loyalty.
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patrimony
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noun: An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one's father.
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adhesion
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noun: The state of being attached or joined.
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nasal
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adjective: Pertaining to the nose.
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impassable
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adjective: That can not be passed through or over.
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impolitic
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adjective: Inexpedient.
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venal
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adjective: Mercenary, corrupt.
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collusion
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noun: A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose.
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inseparable
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adjective: That can not be separated.
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repel
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verb: To force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally.
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spheroid
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noun: A body having nearly the form of a sphere.
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unanimity
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noun: The state or quality of being of one mind.
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successor
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noun: One who or that which takes the place of a predecessor or preceding thing.
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complicity
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noun: Participation or partnership, as in wrong-doing or with a wrong-doer.
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triumvir
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noun: One of three men united coordinately in public office or authority.
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intolerant
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adjective: Bigoted.
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incentive
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noun: That which moves the mind or inflames the passions.
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transmission
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noun: The act of sending through or across.
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insidious
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adjective: Working ill by slow and stealthy means.
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tremulous
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adjective: Characterized by quivering or unsteadiness.
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henchman
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noun: A servile assistant and subordinate.
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congregate
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verb: To bring together into a crowd.
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quarantine
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noun: The enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease.
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opportunist
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noun: One who takes advantage of circumstances to gain his ends.
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subside
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verb: To relapse into a state of repose and tranquillity.
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cardiac
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adjective: Pertaining to the heart.
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abet
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verb: To aid, promote, or encourage the commission of (an offense).
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regicide
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noun: The killing of a king or sovereign.
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simplify
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verb: To make less complex or difficult.
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confederate
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noun: One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement.
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compression
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noun: Constraint, as by force or authority.
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sentinel
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noun: Any guard or watch stationed for protection.
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lave
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verb: To wash or bathe.
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solecism
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noun: Any violation of established rules or customs.
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mentality
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noun: Intellectuality.
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loiterer
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noun: One who consumes time idly.
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extensible
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adjective: Capable of being thrust out.
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protrusion
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noun: The act of protruding.
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infrequence
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noun: Rareness.
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unlimited
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adjective: Unconstrained.
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vegetation
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noun: Plant-life in the aggregate.
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unbearable
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adjective: Unendurable.
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absence
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noun: The fact of not being present or available.
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pitiable
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adjective: Contemptible.
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inveterate
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adjective: Habitual.
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triple
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adjective: Threefold.
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unicellular
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adjective: Consisting of a single cell.
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Stoicism
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noun: The principles or the practice of the Stoics-being very even tempered in success and failure.
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embargo
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noun: Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade.
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cession
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noun: Surrender, as of possessions or rights.
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imminent
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adjective: Dangerous and close at hand.
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maxim
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noun: A principle accepted as true and acted on as a rule or guide.
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persistence
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noun: A fixed adherence to a resolve, course of conduct, or the like.
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impure
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adjective: Tainted.
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connote
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verb: To mean; signify.
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aspire
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verb: To have an earnest desire, wish, or longing, as for something high and good, not yet attained.
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pseudapostle
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noun: A pretended or false apostle.
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foreknowledge
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noun: Prescience.
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colossus
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noun: Any strikingly great person or object.
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grantor
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noun: The maker of a deed.
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kilowatt
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noun: One thousand watts.
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aeronaut
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noun: One who navigates the air, a balloonist.
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severely
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aderb: Extremely.
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iridescence
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noun: A many-colored appearance.
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obliterate
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verb: To cause to disappear.
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armory
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noun: An arsenal.
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spherometer
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noun: An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of spherical surfaces.
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non-resident
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adjective: Not residing within a given jurisdiction.
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jugglery
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noun: The art or practice of sleight of hand.
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absolution
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noun: Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.
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technology
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noun: The knowledge relating to industries and manufactures.
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panorama
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noun: A series of large pictures representing a continuous scene.
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viola
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noun: A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin.
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illusion
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noun: An unreal image presented to the senses.
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extravagant
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adjective: Needlessly free or lavish in expenditure.
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pertinent
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adjective: Relevant.
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iota
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noun: A small or insignificant mark or part.
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eatable
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adjective: Edible.
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masonry
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noun: The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., with regularly arranged stones.
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recover
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verb: To regain.
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dogma
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noun: A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority.
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impend
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verb: To be imminent.
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sediment
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noun: Matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.
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solder
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noun: A fusible alloy used for joining metallic surfaces or margins.
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hydromechanics
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noun: The mechanics of fluids.
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actuality
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noun: Any reality.
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termagant
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adjective: Violently abusive and quarrelsome.
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meager
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adjective: scanty.
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deviltry
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noun: Wanton and malicious mischief.
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purloin
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verb: To steal.
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cabalism
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noun: Superstitious devotion to one's religion.
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believe
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verb: To accept as true on the testimony or authority of others.
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Bowdlerize
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verb: To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.
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nuance
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noun: A slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind.
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pillage
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noun: Open robbery, as in war.
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kimono
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noun: A loose robe, fastening with a sash, the principal outer garment in Japan.
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intromit
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verb: To insert.
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auxiliary
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noun: One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.
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engrave
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verb: To cut or carve in or upon some surface.
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working-man
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noun: One who earns his bread by manual labor.
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archipelago
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noun: Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves.
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biped
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noun: An animal having two feet.
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maternal
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adjective: Pertaining or peculiar to a mother or to motherhood.
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impalpable
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adjective: Imperceptible to the touch.
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urban
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adjective: Of, or pertaining to, or like a city.
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panic
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noun: A sudden, unreasonable, overpowering fear.
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excitation
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noun: Intensified emotion or action.
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stripling
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noun: A mere youth.
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placid
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adjective: Serene.
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inundation
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noun: Flood.
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tarnish
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verb: To lessen or destroy the luster of in any way.
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philogynist
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noun: One who is fond of women.
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derivation
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noun: That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning.
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archbishop
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noun: The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.
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interdict
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noun: Authoritative act of prohibition.
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vaporizer
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noun: An atomizer.
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ruminate
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verb: To chew over again, as food previously swallowed and regurgitated.
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decapod
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adjective: Ten-footed or ten-armed.
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congenial
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adjective: Having kindred character or tastes.
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gigantic
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adjective: Tremendous.
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licit
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adjective: Lawful.
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hemorrhoids
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noun: pl. Tumors composed of enlarged and thickened blood-vessels, at the lower end of the rectum.
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resemblance
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noun: Similarity in quality or form.
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tolerable
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adjective: Moderately good.
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valediction
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noun: A bidding farewell.
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instance
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noun: A single occurrence or happening of a given kind.
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underwrite
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verb: To issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance.
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latish
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adjective: Rather late.
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repressible
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adjective: Able to be kept under restraint or control.
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bodily
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adjective: Corporeal.
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bemoan
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verb: To lament
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proffer
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verb: To offer to another for acceptance.
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statics
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noun: The branch of mechanics that treats of the relations that subsist among forces in order.
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ductile
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adjective: Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread.
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perturbation
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noun: Mental excitement or confusion.
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assimilate
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verb: To adapt.
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explosive
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adjective: Pertaining to a sudden and violent outbreak.
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salutatory
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noun: The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges.
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promontory
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noun: A high point of land extending outward from the coastline into the sea.
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scarcity
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noun: Insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands.
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amour
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noun: A love-affair, especially one of an illicit nature.
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lune
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noun: The moon.
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typify
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verb: To serve as a characteristic example of.
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unspeakable
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adjective: Abominable.
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muffle
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verb: To deaden the sound of, as by wraps.
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static
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adjective: Pertaining to or designating bodies at rest or forces in equilibrium.
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network
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noun: Anything that presents a system of cross- lines.
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protocol
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noun: A declaration or memorandum of agreement less solemn and formal than a treaty.
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relent
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verb: To yield.
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protective
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adjective: Sheltering.
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onrush
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noun: Onset.
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jocose
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adjective: Done or made in jest.
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radix
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noun: That from or on which something is developed.
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kerchief
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noun: A square of linen, silk, or other material, used as a covering for the head or neck.
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effeminate
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adjective: Having womanish traits or qualities.
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consecutive
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adjective: Following in uninterrupted succession.
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theocrasy
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noun: The mixed worship of polytheism.
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drought
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noun: Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither.
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sisterhood
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noun: A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow.
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contraposition
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noun: A placing opposite.
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confide
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verb: To reveal in trust or confidence.
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diphthong
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noun: The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds.
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evanesce
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verb: To vanish gradually.
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palatial
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adjective: Magnificent.
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enlighten
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verb: To cause to see clearly.
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usurious
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adjective: Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned.
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peerage
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noun: The nobility.
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readily
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aderb: Without objection or reluctance.
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permanence
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noun: A continuance in the same state, or without any change that destroys the essential form or nature.
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importune
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verb: To harass with persistent demands or entreaties.
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forecast
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verb: To predict.
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preferment
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noun: Preference.
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conformity
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noun: Correspondence in form, manner, or use.
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nautical
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adjective: Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation.
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heresy
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noun: An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles.
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beneficial
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adjective: Helpful.
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maidenhood
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noun: Virginity.
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amity
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noun: Friendship.
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grandiose
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adjective: Having an imposing style or effect.
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account
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noun: A record or statement of receipts and expenditures, or of business transactions.
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sanction
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verb: To approve authoritatively.
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patronize
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verb: To exercise an arrogant condescension toward.
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flamboyant
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adjective: Characterized by extravagance and in general by want of good taste.
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conscientious
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adjective: Governed by moral standard.
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protract
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verb: To prolong.
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peripatetic
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adjective: Walking about.
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prehensile
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adjective: Adapted for grasping or holding.
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transparent
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adjective: Easy to see through or understand.
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repress
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verb: To keep under restraint or control.
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vocative
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adjective: Of or pertaining to the act of calling.
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coincidence
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noun: A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.
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delectation
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noun: Delight.
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misplace
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verb: To put into a wrong place.
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antedate
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verb: To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.
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fiasco
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noun: A complete or humiliating failure.
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nominate
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verb: To designate as a candidate for any office.
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hypnotic
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adjective: Tending to produce sleep.
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inveigh
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verb: To utter vehement censure or invective.
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genteel
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adjective: Well-bred or refined.
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recognizance
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noun: An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act.
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incinerate
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verb: To reduce to ashes.
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allay
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verb: To calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate.
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optics
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noun: The science that treats of light and vision, and all that is connected with sight.
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contumacious
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adjective: Rebellious.
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anterior
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adjective: Prior.
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dominant
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adjective: Conspicuously prominent.
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contemptible
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adjective: Worthy of scorn or disdain.
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flimsy
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adjective: Thin and weak.
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vaccinate
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verb: To inoculate with vaccine virus or virus of cowpox.
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Parisian
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adjective: Of or pertaining to the city of Paris.
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jubilation
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noun: Exultation.
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necessitate
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verb: To render indispensable.
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upturn
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verb: To throw into confusion.
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pedestrian
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noun: One who journeys on foot.
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refinery
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noun: A place where some crude material, as sugar or petroleum, is purified.
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brogan
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noun: A coarse, heavy shoe.
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prudence
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noun: Caution.
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feasible
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adjective: That may be done, performed, or effected; practicable.
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suspension
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noun: A hanging from a support.
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skirmish
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noun: Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies.
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atone
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verb: To make amends for.
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preface
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noun: A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book.
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legacy
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noun: A bequest.
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verification
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noun: The act of proving to be true, exact, or accurate.
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hydroelectric
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adjective: Pertaining to electricity developed water or steam.
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levy
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verb: To impose and collect by force or threat of force.
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competence
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noun: Adequate qualification or capacity.
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subterfuge
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noun: Evasion.
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wreak
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verb: To inflict, as a revenge or punishment.
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penetration
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noun: Discernment.
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writhe
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verb: To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress.
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exit
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noun: A way or passage out.
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morose
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adjective: Gloomy.
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apparition
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noun: Ghost.
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efficacious
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adjective: Effective.
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erudite
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adjective: Very-learned.
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cipher
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verb: To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)
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reluctance
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noun: Unwillingness.
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interrupt
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verb: To stop while in progress.
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convenience
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noun: Fitness, as of time or place.
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foppish
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adjective: Characteristic of one who is unduly devoted to dress and the niceties of manners.
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nettle
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verb: To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in.
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encamp
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verb: To pitch tents for a resting-place.
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reflection
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noun: The throwing off or back of light, heat, sound, or any form of energy that travels in waves.
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posse
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noun: A force of men.
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inexperience
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noun: Lack of or deficiency in experience.
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instill
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verb: To infuse.
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junta
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noun: A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government.
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hinder
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verb: To obstruct.
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