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CUBO

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(L)to lie down

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INCUMBO

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(L) to recline

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incubus

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n. 1. a deamon believed to attack sleeping women by night

2. a nightmare; a haunting, opressive burden or thought

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incumbent

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n. a person who holds an office or position

adj. 1. already holding an office or position

2. required as a duty or obligation (often used with on)

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recumbent

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adj. reclining; lying down

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succumb

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v. 1. to yield; to give up, especially to a powerful force or desire

2. to die

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HUPO

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(G) under, beneath

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hypochondria

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n. a psychological disorder characterized by the illusory conviction that one is ill or in pain, or likely to become so

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hypothesis

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n. 1. a theory or explanation that leads to further investigation for proof or disproof

2. an assumption on which a conclusion or decision is based

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KATA

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(G) down

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cataclysm

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n. a disaster or catastrophe on such a large scale that biological, environmental, or cultural elements are permanently altared or irreparably lost to the earth

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catapult

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n. 1. an ancient mechanical device for hurling missiles

2. a modern mechanism for launching aircraft from the deck of a ship

v. to hurl or launch suddenly; to spring up

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SUB

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(L) under

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subjective

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adj. 1. concentrating on the self in the expression of feelings and perceptions

2. relation to personal opinions and thought processes rather than factual information or universal experience

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sublimate

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v. to turn aside a coarser, often sexual, impulse in favor of a higher moral, social, or cultural activity

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suborn

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v. 1. to induce a person in secret to commit a misdeed or crime

2. to induce someone to give a false testimony

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subterfuge

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n. an artifice, device, or evasion to hide or avoid something, or to escape an outcome

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VERITAS

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(L) truth

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verisimilitude

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n. a thing or a quality that appears true or real

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verity

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n. 1. the condition or quality of being true or accurate

2. a belief, principal, or statement expressing some basic human truth

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aver

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v. to affirm; to declare or attest to positively or dogmatically