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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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Question
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Answer
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warlike
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adjective: Belligerent.
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embody
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verb: To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form.
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atheism
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noun: The denial of the existence of God.
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privateer
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noun: A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war.
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introgression
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noun: Entrance.
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hygiene
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noun: The branch of medical science that relates to improving health.
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consternation
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noun: Panic.
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delude
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verb: To mislead the mind or judgment of.
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fuse
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verb: To unite or blend as by melting together.
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pedagogue
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noun: A schoolmaster.
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premise
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noun: A judgment as a conclusion.
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perigee
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noun: The point in the orbit of the moon when it is nearest the earth.
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conspire
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verb: To plot.
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hybrid
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adjective: Cross-bred.
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rebut
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verb: To oppose by argument or a sufficient answer.
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scoundrel
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noun: A man without principle.
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pervasive
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adjective: Thoroughly penetrating or permeating.
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indicant
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adjective: That which points out.
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distrain
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verb: To subject a person to distress.
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infamous
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adjective: Publicly branded or notorious, as for vice, or crime.
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lodgment
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noun: The act of furnishing with temporary quarters.
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narrative
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noun: An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event.
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diplomatist
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noun: One remarkable for tact and shrewd management.
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cholera
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noun: An acute epidemic disease.
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angelic
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adjective: Saintly.
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recreant
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noun: A cowardly or faithless person.
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respite
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noun: Interval of rest.
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emblazon
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verb: To set forth publicly or in glowing terms.
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hydraulic
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adjective: Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion.
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blase
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adjective: Sated with pleasure.
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ultramontane
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adjective: Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (that is, on their Italian side).
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barcarole
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noun: A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers.
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receptive
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adjective: Having the capacity, quality, or ability of receiving, as truths or impressions.
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satirize
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verb: To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit.
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fabulous
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adjective: Incredible.
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herbivorous
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adjective: Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals.
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rotate
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verb: To cause to turn on or as on its axis, as a wheel.
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metaphysical
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adjective: Philosophical.
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apostle
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noun: Any messenger commissioned by or as by divine authority.
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queue
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noun: A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance.
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commentary
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noun: A series of illustrative or explanatory notes on any important work.
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desperado
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noun: One without regard for law or life.
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mantel
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noun: The facing, sometimes richly ornamented, about a fireplace, including the usual shelf above it.
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knickknack
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noun: A small article, more for ornament that use.
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distrust
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noun: Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person.
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domesticity
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noun: Life in or fondness for one's home and family.
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neutral
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adjective: Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants.
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disquiet
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verb: To deprive of peace or tranquillity.
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reign
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verb: To hold and exercise sovereign power.
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profiteer
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noun: One who profits.
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prosaic
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adjective: Unimaginative.
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contuse
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verb: To bruise by a blow, either with or without the breaking of the skin.
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conflagration
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noun: A great fire, as of many buildings, a forest, or the like.
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erudition
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noun: Extensive knowledge of literature, history, language, etc.
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introspection
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noun: The act of observing and analyzing one's own thoughts and feelings.
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Spartan
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adjective: Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe.
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grief
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noun: Sorrow.
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vestment
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noun: Clothing or covering.
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propitious
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adjective: Kindly disposed.
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luxuriant
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adjective: Abundant or superabundant in growth.
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profligacy
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noun: Shameless viciousness.
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intervene
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verb: To interfere for some end.
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dissipate
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verb: To disperse or disappear.
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abdomen
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noun: In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly.
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kiloliter
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noun: One thousand liters.
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campaign
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noun: A complete series of connected military operations.
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occupant
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noun: A tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner.
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dissect
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verb: To cut apart or to pieces.
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heredity
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noun: Transmission of physical or mental qualities, diseases, etc., from parent to offspring.
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violoncello
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noun: A stringed instrument held between the player's knees.
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diplomacy
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noun: Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters.
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zeitgeist
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noun: The intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch.
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pension
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noun: A periodical allowance to an individual on account of past service done by him/her.
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poesy
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noun: Poetry.
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pamphleteer
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verb: To compose or issue pamphlets, especially controversial ones.
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satyr
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noun: A very lascivious person.
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periodicity
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noun: The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals.
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indigent
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adjective: Poor.
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insulate
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verb: To place in a detached state or situation.
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interlude
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noun: An action or event considered as coming between others of greater length.
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bereave
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verb: To make desolate with loneliness and grief.
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discreet
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adjective: Judicious.
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pauperism
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noun: Dependence on charity.
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lacteal
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adjective: Milky.
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upbraid
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verb: To reproach as deserving blame.
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defendant
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noun: A person against whom a suit is brought.
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rapid
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adjective: Having great speed.
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scurrilous
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adjective: Grossly indecent or vulgar.
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confer
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verb: To bestow.
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adroit
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adjective: Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.
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amorphous
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adjective: Without determinate shape.
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embarrass
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verb: To render flustered or agitated.
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plebeian
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adjective: Common.
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awaken
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verb: To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.
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mania
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noun: Insanity.
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inaudible
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adjective: That can not be heard.
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appreciable
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adjective: Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.
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wherever
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aderb: In or at whatever place.
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pervade
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verb: To pass or spread through every part.
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clan
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noun: A tribe.
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modish
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adjective: Fashionable.
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aura
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noun: Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons
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flux
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noun: A state of constant movement, change, or renewal.
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reflexible
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adjective: Capable of being reflected.
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fastidious
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adjective: Hard to please.
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excess
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noun: That which passes the ordinary, proper, or required limit, measure, or experience.
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protection
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noun: Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil.
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betimes
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aderb: In good season or time.
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vindicative
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adjective: Revengeful.
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intestacy
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noun: The condition resulting from one's dying not having made a valid will.
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cantata
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noun: A choral composition.
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affront
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noun: An open insult or indignity.
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senile
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adjective: Peculiar to or proceeding from the weakness or infirmity of old age.
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entangle
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verb: To involve in difficulties, confusion, or complications.
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monastery
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noun: A dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusion.
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temporary
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adjective: Lasting for a short time only.
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divulge
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verb: To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret.
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revisal
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noun: Revision.
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haggard
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adjective: Worn and gaunt in appearance.
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impetuosity
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noun: Rashness.
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untoward
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adjective: Causing annoyance or hindrance.
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imminence
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noun: Impending evil or danger.
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moralist
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noun: A writer on ethics.
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puerile
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adjective: Childish.
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desiccant
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noun: Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds.
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affable
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adjective: Easy to approach.
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resurrection
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noun: A return from death to life
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fissure
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noun: A crack or crack-like depression.
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perversity
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noun: Wickedness.
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akin
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adjective: Of similar nature or qualities.
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troublesome
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adjective: Burdensome.
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heptagon
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noun: A figure having seven sides and seven angles.
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breaker
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noun: One who trains horses, dogs, etc.
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transcontinental
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adjective: Extending or passing across a continent.
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devise
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verb: To invent.
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frizz
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verb: To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to.
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attache
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noun: A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.
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adhere
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verb: To stick fast or together.
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taciturn
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adjective: Disinclined to conversation.
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flue
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noun: A smoke-duct in a chimney.
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repine
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verb: To indulge in fretfulness and faultfinding.
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trite
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adjective: Made commonplace by frequent repetition.
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libel
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noun: Defamation.
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disown
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verb: To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself.
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solace
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noun: Comfort in grief, trouble, or calamity.
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sufferance
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noun: Toleration.
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unnecessary
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adjective: Not essential under the circumstances.
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misrepresent
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verb: To give a wrong impression.
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laborious
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adjective: Toilsome.
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incandescent
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adjective: White or glowing with heat.
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cosmic
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adjective: Pertaining to the universe.
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donee
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noun: A person to whom a donation is made.
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synonym
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noun: A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other.
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analyst
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noun: One who analyzes or makes use of the analytical method.
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innovate
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verb: To introduce or strive to introduce new things.
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supramundane
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adjective: Supernatural.
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heterodox
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adjective: At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion.
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bleak
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adjective: Desolate.
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carnage
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noun: Massacre.
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purport
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noun: Intent.
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curtsy
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noun: A downward movement of the body by bending the knees.
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perpetrator
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noun: The doer of a wrong or a criminal act.
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stationary
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adjective: Not moving.
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indomitable
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adjective: Unconquerable.
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defer
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verb: To delay or put off to some other time.
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complacent
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adjective: Pleased or satisfied with oneself.
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whine
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verb: To utter with complaining tone.
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evince
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verb: To make manifest or evident.
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trimness
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noun: Neatness.
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divertible
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adjective: Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.
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tipsy
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adjective: Befuddled with drinks.
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impunity
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noun: Freedom from punishment.
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chasten
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verb: To purify by affliction.
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arrant
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adjective: Notoriously bad.
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dissonance
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noun: Discord.
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dubious
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adjective: Doubtful.
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petulance
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noun: The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant.
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continuity
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noun: Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development.
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lascivious
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adjective: Lustful.
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patrician
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adjective: Of senatorial or noble rank.
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tricolor
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adjective: Of three colors.
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inoffensive
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adjective: Causing nothing displeasing or disturbing.
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inquisition
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noun: A court or tribunal for examination and punishment of heretics.
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louse
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noun: A small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mammals.
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intensive
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adjective: Adding emphasis or force.
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inception
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noun: The beginning.
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refragable
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adjective: Capable of being refuted.
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panacea
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noun: A remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases.
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aperture
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noun: Hole.
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fictitious
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adjective: Created or formed by the imagination.
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pious
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adjective: Religious.
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ambiguous
|
adjective: Having a double meaning.
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carnal
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adjective: Sensual.
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adjacency
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noun: The state of being adjacent.
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selective
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adjective: Having the power of choice.
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afterthought
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noun: A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.
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mimic
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verb: To imitate the speech or actions of.
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vagabond
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noun: A wanderer.
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radiate
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verb: To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus.
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diplomatic
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adjective: Characterized by special tact in negotiations.
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benevolence
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noun: Any act of kindness or well-doing.
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nomination
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noun: The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office.
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reck
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verb: To have a care or thought for.
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globose
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adjective: Spherical.
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imaginable
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adjective: That can be imagined or conceived in the mind.
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faulty
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adjective: Imperfect.
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tempter
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noun: An allurer or enticer to evil.
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impetus
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noun: Any impulse or incentive.
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prate
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verb: To talk about vainly or foolishly.
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preoccupation
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noun: The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied.
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leeward
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noun: That side or direction toward which the wind blows.
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demagogue
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noun: An unprincipled politician.
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arrival
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noun: A coming to stopping-place or destination.
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grievance
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noun: That which oppresses, injures, or causes grief and at the same time a sense of wrong.
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tempt
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verb: To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong.
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penetrable
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adjective: That may be pierced by physical, moral, or intellectual force.
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promiscuous
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adjective: Brought together without order, distinction, or design (for sex).
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prejudice
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noun: A judgment or opinion formed without due examination of the facts.
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technic
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adjective: Technical.
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mobocracy
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noun: Lawless control of public affairs by the mob or populace.
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spectator
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noun: One who beholds or looks on.
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competitor
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noun: A rival.
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meditation
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noun: The turning or revolving of a subject in the mind.
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fluctuate
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verb: To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another.
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immerse
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verb: To plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid.
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humane
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adjective: Compassionate.
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enrage
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verb: To infuriate.
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asexual
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adjective: Having no distinct sexual organs.
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hypocrisy
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noun: Extreme insincerity.
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venereal
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adjective: Pertaining to or proceeding from sexual intercourse.
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autobiography
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noun: The story of one's life written by himself.
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exhaustible
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adjective: Causing or tending to cause exhaustion.
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successful
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adjective: Having reached a high degree of worldly prosperity.
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comical
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adjective: Funny.
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accession
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noun: Induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government.
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sepulcher
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noun: A burial-place.
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evidential
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adjective: Indicative.
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ubiquitous
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adjective: Being present everywhere.
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excruciate
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verb: To inflict severe pain or agony upon.
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expediency
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noun: Fitness to meet the requirements of a particular case.
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jurisprudence
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noun: The science of rights in accordance with positive law.
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superintendent
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noun: One who has the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.
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quarterly
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adjective: Occurring or made at intervals of three months.
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dissuasion
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noun: The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading.
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sardonic
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adjective: Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic.
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posterior
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noun: The hinder part.
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vitiate
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verb: To contaminate.
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irradiance
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noun: Luster.
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Question
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Answer
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epic
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noun: A poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical achievements of great personages, heroes, etc.
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supernumerary
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adjective: Superfluous.
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kingship
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noun: Royal state.
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negation
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noun: The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition.
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battalion
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noun: A body of infantry composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment.
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essence
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noun: That which makes a thing to be what it is.
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solar
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adjective: Pertaining to the sun.
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preservation
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noun: Conservation.
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constable
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noun: An officer whose duty is to maintain the peace.
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formula
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noun: Fixed rule or set form.
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rigorous
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adjective: Uncompromising.
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commotion
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noun: A disturbance or violent agitation.
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proceed
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verb: To renew motion or action, as after rest or interruption.
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morbid
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adjective: Caused by or denoting a diseased or unsound condition of body or mind.
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courtesy
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noun: Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually.
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proclamation
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noun: Any announcement made in a public manner.
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protrude
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verb: To push out or thrust forth.
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desert
|
verb: To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned
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sordid
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adjective: Of degraded character or nature.
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detract
|
verb: To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation.
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midsummer
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noun: The middle of the summer.
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epigram
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noun: A pithy phrasing of a shrewd observation.
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ossify
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verb: to convert into bone.
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hackney
|
verb: To make stale or trite by repetition.
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salient
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adjective: Standing out prominently.
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nit
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noun: The egg of a louse or some other insect.
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improvident
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adjective: Lacking foresight or thrift.
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aboveboard
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aderb: Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
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supple
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adjective: Easily bent.
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codicil
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noun: A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.
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antiquary
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noun: One who collects and examines old things, as coins, books, medals, weapons, etc.
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monetary
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adjective: Financial.
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lactation
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noun: The secretion of milk.
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transmute
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verb: To change in nature, substance, or form.
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abhorrent
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adjective: Very repugnant; hateful.
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felicity
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noun: A state of well-founded happiness.
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inhospitable
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adjective: Not disposed to entertain strangers gratuitously.
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nonpareil
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noun: One who or that which is of unequaled excellence.
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sympathetic
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adjective: Having a fellow-feeling for or like feelings with another or others.
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lackadaisical
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adjective: Listless.
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protoplasm
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noun: The substance that forms the principal portion of an animal or vegetable cell.
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precede
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verb: To happen first.
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paly
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adjective: Lacking color or brilliancy.
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impoverish
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verb: To make indigent or poor.
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inefficient
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adjective: Not accomplishing an intended purpose.
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malcontent
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noun: One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs.
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variable
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adjective: Having a tendency to change.
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defame
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verb: To slander.
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loam
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noun: A non-coherent mixture of sand and clay.
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ennoble
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verb: To dignify.
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alliance
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noun: Any combination or union for some common purpose.
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anonymous
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adjective: Of unknown authorship.
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impair
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verb: To cause to become less or worse.
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temporal
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adjective: Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life.
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disbeliever
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noun: One who refuses to believe.
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sequence
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noun: The order in which a number or persons, things, or events follow one another in space or time.
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hypnotize
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verb: To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestions.
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rotund
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adjective: Round from fullness or plumpness.
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enfeeble
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verb: To debilitate.
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vogue
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noun: The prevalent way or fashion.
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indolent
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adjective: Habitually inactive or idle.
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accusatory
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adjective: Of, pertaining to, or involving an accusation.
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commemorate
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verb: To serve as a remembrance of.
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manlike
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adjective: Like a man.
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dogmatic
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adjective: Making statements without argument or evidence.
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landlord
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noun: A man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements.
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embezzle
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verb: To misappropriate secretly.
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hardihood
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noun: Foolish daring.
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venous
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adjective: Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins.
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missal
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noun: The book containing the service for the celebration of mass.
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evasion
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noun: Escape.
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mystic
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noun: One who professes direct divine illumination, or relies upon meditation to acquire truth.
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burgher
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noun: An inhabitant, citizen or freeman of a borough burgh, or corporate town.
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lenient
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adjective: Not harsh.
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alkali
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noun: Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc.
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metaphysics
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noun: The principles of philosophy as applied to explain the methods of any particular science.
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hesitant
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adjective: Vacillating.
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prelacy
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noun: A system of church government.
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necromancer
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noun: One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead.
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conversant
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adjective: Thoroughly informed.
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subsist
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verb: To be maintained or sustained.
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intricacy
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noun: Perplexity.
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faction
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noun: A number of persons combined for a common purpose.
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palette
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noun: A thin tablet, with a hole for the thumb, upon which artists lay their colors for painting.
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tolerate
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verb: To passively permit or put up with.
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degenerate
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verb: To become worse or inferior.
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disinterested
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adjective: Impartial.
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baize
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noun: A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.
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bumper
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noun: A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.
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hale
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adjective: Of sound and vigorous health.
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inconsequential
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adjective: Valueless.
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allege
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verb: To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court.
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monosyllable
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noun: A word of one syllable.
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nostrum
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noun: Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character.
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alacrity
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noun: Cheerful willingness.
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terminal
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adjective: Pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit.
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appall
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verb: To fill with dismay or horror.
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prohibitory
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adjective: Involving or equivalent to prohibition, especially of the sale of alcoholic beverages.
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refusal
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noun: Denial of what is asked.
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liniment
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noun: A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of bruises, inflammation, etc.
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hawthorn
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noun: A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges.
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confectionery
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noun: The candy collectively that a confectioner makes or sells, as candy.
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postscript
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noun: Something added to a letter after the writer's signature.
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leonine
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adjective: Like a lion.
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impotent
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adjective: Destitute of or lacking in power, physical, moral, or intellectual.
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accumulate
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verb: To become greater in quantity or number.
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pathos
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noun: The quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy.
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forbearance
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noun: Patient endurance or toleration of offenses.
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ill-natured
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adjective: Surly.
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transcript
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noun: A copy made directly from an original.
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reckless
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adjective: Foolishly headless of danger.
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retrograde
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verb: To cause to deteriorate or to move backward.
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trammel
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noun: An impediment.
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psychotherapy
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noun: The treatment of mental disease.
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esthetic
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adjective: Pertaining to beauty, taste, or the fine arts.
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mane
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noun: The long hair growing upon and about the neck of certain animals, as the horse and the lion.
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contemptuous
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adjective: Disdainful.
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martial
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adjective: Pertaining to war or military operations.
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suggestible
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adjective: That can be suggested.
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latent
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adjective: Dormant.
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itinerant
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adjective: Wandering.
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illuminate
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verb: To supply with light.
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deflect
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verb: To cause to turn aside or downward.
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Antichrist
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noun: Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.
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absorption
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noun: The act or process of absorbing.
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dialogue
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noun: A formal conversation in which two or more take part.
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intellect
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noun: The faculty of perception or thought.
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peter
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verb: To fail or lose power, efficiency, or value.
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pincers
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noun: An instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws working on a pivot.
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punitive
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adjective: Pertaining to punishment.
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municipal
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adjective: Of or pertaining to a town or city, or to its corporate or local government.
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dearth
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noun: Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable.
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expansion
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noun: Increase of amount, size, scope, or the like.
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neurology
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noun: The science of the nervous system.
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plea
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noun: An argument to obtain some desired action.
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separate
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verb: To take apart.
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insecure
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adjective: Not assured of safety.
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disrupt
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verb: To burst or break asunder.
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proportionate
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adjective: Being in proportion.
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benediction
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noun: a solemn invocation of the divine blessing.
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interact
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verb: To act reciprocally.
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imperious
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adjective: Insisting on obedience.
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monotone
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noun: The sameness or monotony of utterance.
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thermal
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adjective: Of or pertaining to heat.
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animadvert
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verb: To pass criticism or censure.
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juggle
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verb: To play tricks of sleight of hand.
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obesity
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noun: Excessive fatness.
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reprehand
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verb: To find fault with.
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surfeit
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verb: To feed to fullness or to satiety.
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vindicatory
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adjective: Punitive.
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valedictory
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noun: A parting address.
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confidant
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noun: One to whom secrets are entrusted.
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linear
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adjective: Of the nature of a line.
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domineer
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verb: To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance.
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conscience
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noun: The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.
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intrepid
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adjective: Fearless and bold.
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notorious
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adjective: Unfavorably known to the general public.
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callosity
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noun: The state of being hard and insensible.
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propriety
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noun: Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles.
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unify
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verb: To cause to be one.
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reconstruct
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verb: To rebuild.
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norm
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noun: A model.
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repudiate
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verb: To refuse to have anything to do with.
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divest
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verb: To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment.
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depreciation
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noun: A lowering in value or an underrating in worth.
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nil
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noun: Nothing
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peddle
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verb: To go about with a small stock of goods to sell.
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extemporaneous
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adjective: Done or made without much or any preparation.
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resonance
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adjective: Able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations.
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lucid
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adjective: Mentally sound.
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intelligence
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noun: Capacity to know or understand.
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torpor
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noun: Apathy.
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subacid
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adjective: Somewhat sharp or biting.
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evict
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verb: To dispossess pursuant to judicial decree.
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quite
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aderb: Fully.
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vehement
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adjective: Very eager or urgent.
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extortion
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noun: The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion.
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similar
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adjective: Bearing resemblance to one another or to something else.
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conceit
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noun: Self-flattering opinion.
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innocuous
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adjective: Harmless.
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extraneous
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adjective: Having no essential relation to a subject.
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disciple
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noun: One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine.
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discriminate
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verb: To draw a distinction.
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somnolent
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adjective: Sleepy.
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annotate
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verb: To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.
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recur
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verb: To happen again or repeatedly, especially at regular intervals.
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animalcule
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noun: An animal of microscopic smallness.
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translucent
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adjective: Allowing the passage of light.
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effluvium
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noun: A noxious or ill-smelling exhalation from decaying or putrefying matter.
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humanitarian
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noun: A philanthropist.
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adversity
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noun: Misfortune.
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lapse
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noun: A slight deviation from what is right, proper, or just.
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unisonant
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adjective: Being in a condition of perfect agreement and accord.
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commingle
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verb: To blend.
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defamation
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noun: Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another.
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confessor
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noun: A spiritual advisor.
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jurisdiction
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noun: Lawful power or right to exercise official authority.
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transact
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verb: To do business.
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averse
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adjective: Reluctant.
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subjugate
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verb: To conquer.
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vociferance
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noun: The quality of making a clamor.
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conjunction
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noun: The state of being joined together, or the things so joined.
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postgraduate
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adjective: Pertaining to studies that are pursued after receiving a degree.
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demagnetize
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verb: To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism.
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mollify
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verb: To soothe.
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homonym
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noun: A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another.
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sidereal
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adjective: Pertaining to stars or constellations.
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maneuver
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verb: To make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by strategy.
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culvert
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noun: Any artificial covered channel for the passage of water through a bank or under a road, canal.
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decimate
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verb: To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.
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infringe
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verb: To trespass upon.
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reliance
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noun: Dependence.
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amateur
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adjective: Practicing an art or occupation for the love of it, but not as a profession.
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sylph
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noun: A slender, graceful young woman or girl.
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effrontery
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noun: Unblushing impudence.
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reclusory
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noun: A hermitage.
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utilitarianism
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noun: The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency.
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rankle
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verb: To produce irritation or festering.
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insignificance
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noun: Lack of import or of importance.
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archetype
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noun: A prototype.
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edible
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adjective: Suitable to be eaten.
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disenfranchise
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verb: To deprive of any right privilege or power
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peninsular
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adjective: Pertaining to a piece of land almost surrounded by water.
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artless
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adjective: Ingenuous.
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ordeal
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noun: Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc.
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rendition
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noun: Interpretation.
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analogy
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noun: Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.
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eccentric
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adjective: Peculiar.
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covey
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noun: A flock of quails or partridges.
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tentative
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adjective: Done as an experiment.
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agglomerate
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verb: To pile or heap together.
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antipathize
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verb: To show or feel a feeling of antagonism, aversion, or dislike.
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boatswain
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noun: A subordinate officer of a vessel, who has general charge of the rigging, anchors, etc.
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comport
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verb: To conduct or behave (oneself).
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appellate
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adjective: Capable of being appealed to.
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omniscient
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adjective: Characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge.
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ascribe
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verb: To assign as a quality or attribute.
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efficacy
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noun: The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it.
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breech
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noun: The buttocks.
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opprobrium
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noun: The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil.
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connoisseur
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noun: A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art.
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insular
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adjective: Pertaining to an island.
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expanse
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noun: A continuous area or stretch.
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blemish
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noun: A mark that mars beauty.
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lingo
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noun: Language.
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cryptogram
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noun: Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning.
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stratum
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noun: A natural or artificial layer, bed, or thickness of any substance or material.
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dramatist
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noun: One who writes plays.
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drowsy
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adjective: Heavy with sleepiness.
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cycloid
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adjective: Like a circle.
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