Week 8 Vocab

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Dissolution

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N. the breaking up or dissolving of something into parts; disintegration

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Exhaustive

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Adj. thorough; rigorous; complete; painstaking

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Exhort

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V. to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to

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Exigency

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N. an emergency; an urgency

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Existential

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Adj. having to do with existence

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Exonerate

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V. to free completely from blame; to exculpate

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Infinitesimal

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Adj. very very very smally; infinitely small

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Ingenuous

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Adj. frank; without deception; simple; artless; charmingly naive

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Inherent

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Adj. part of the essential nature of something; intrinsic

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Injunction

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N. a command or order, especially a court order

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Innate

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Adj. existing since birth; inborn; inherent

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Petulant

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Adj. rude; cranky; ill-tempered

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Philanthropy

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N. love of mankind, especially by doing good deeds

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Philistine

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N. a sumgly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistice matters

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Pious

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Adj. reverent or devout; outwardly reverent or devout; hypocritical

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Pivotal

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Adj. crucial

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Ruminate

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V. to contemplate; to ponder; to mull over

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Rustic

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Adj. rural; lacking urban comforts or sophistication; primitive

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Stratum

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N. a layer; a level

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Stricture

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N. a restriction; a limitation; a negative criticism

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Strife

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N. bitter conflict; discord a struggle clash

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Stringent

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Adj. strict, restrictive

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Stymie

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V. to thwart; to get in the way of; to hinder

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Altruism

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N. selflessness; generosity; devotion to the interests of others

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Ambience

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N. atmosphere; mood; feeling

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Ambiguous

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Adj. unclear in meaning; confusing; capable of being interpreted in different ways

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Ambivalent

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Adj. undecided; having opposed feelings simultaneously

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Ameliorate

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V. to make better or more tolerable

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Commensurate

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Adj. equal; proportionate

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Compelling

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Adj. forceful; causing to yield

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Compendium

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N. a summary; an abridgement

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Complacent

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Adj. self-satisfied; overly pleased with oneself; contented to a fault

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Complement

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V. to complete or fill up; to be the perfect counterpart

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Distend

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V. to swell; to extend a great deal

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Distinguish

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V. to tell apart; to cause to stand out

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Docile

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Adj. easily taught; obedient; easy to handle

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Doctrinaire

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Adj. inflexibly committed to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality; dogmatic

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Dogmatic

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Adj. arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubbornly claiming that something is beyond despute

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Expatriate

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V. to throw (someone) out of his or her native land; to move away from one's native land; to emigrate

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Expedient

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Adj. providing an immediate advantage; serving one's immediate self-interest; practical

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Expedite

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V. to speed up or ease the progress of

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Explicit

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Adj. clearly and directly expressed

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Extol

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V. to praise highly; to laud

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Innocuous

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Adj. harmless; banal

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Inordinate

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Adj. excessive; unreasonalbe

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Insatiable

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Adj. hard or impossible to satisfy; greedy; avarcious

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Insidious

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Adj. treacherous; sneaky

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Insinulate

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V. to hint; to creep in

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Placate

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V. to pacify; to appease; to soothe

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Plaintive

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Adj. expressing sadness or sorrow

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Platitude

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N. a dull or trite remark; a cliche

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Substantive

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Adj. having substance; real; essential; solid; substanital

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Subtle

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Adj. not obvious; able to make fine distinctions; ingenious; crafty

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Amenable

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Adj. obedient; willing to give in to the wishes of another; agreeable

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Amenity

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Adj. pleasantness; attractive or comfortable feature

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Amiable

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Adj. friendly; agreeable

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Amnesty

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N. an offical pardon for a group of people who have violated a law or policy

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Amoral

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Adj. lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings

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Complicity

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N. participation in wrongdoing; the act of being an accomplice

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Comprehensive

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Adj. covering or including everything

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Comprise

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V. to consist of

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Conciliatory

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Adj. making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through goodwill

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Concise

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Adj. brief and to the point; succinct

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Domestic

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Adj. having to do with the household or family; not foreign

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Dormant

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Adj. inactive; as though asleep; asleep

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Dubious

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Adj. full of doubt; uncertain

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Duplicity

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N. the act of being two-faced; double-dealing; deception

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Extraneous

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Adj. unneccessary; irrelevant; extra

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Extrapolate

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V. to project or deduce from something known; to infer

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Extricate

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V. to free from difficulty

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Extrovert

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N. an open, outgoing person; a person whose attention is focused on thers rather than on himself or herself

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Exult

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V. to rejoice; to celebrate

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Insipid

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Adj. dull bland; banal

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Insolent

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Adj. arrogant; insulting

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Instigate

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V. to provoke; to stir up

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Insular

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Adj. like an island; isolated

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Insurgent

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N. a rebel; someone who revolts against a government

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Disquiet

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V. to make uneasy

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Dissemble

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V. to conceal the real nature of; to act or speak falsely inorder to deceive

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Dissent

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V. to disagree; to withold approval

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Exorbitant

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Adj. excessively costly; excessive

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Expiate

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V. to make amends for; to atone for

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Explicate

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V. to make a detailed explanation of the meaning of

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Exposition

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N. explanation; a large public exhibition

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Expostulate

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V. to reason with someone in order to warn or dissuade

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Intermittent

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Adj. occasional; repeatedly starting and stopping; recurrent

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Intersperese

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V. to place at intervals; to scatter among

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Competent

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Adj. capable; qualified

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Compile

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V. to act or be in accordance (with)

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Comply

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V. to gather together; to gather together into a book

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Dismal

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Adj. dreary; causing gloom; causing dread

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Dismay

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V. to fill with dread; to discourage greatly; to perturb

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Dispassionate

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Adj. unaffected by passion; impartial; calm

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Disperse

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V. to scatter; to spread widely; to disseminate

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Dispirit

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V. to discourage; to dishearten; to lose spirit

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Evoke

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V. to summon forth; to draw forth; to awaken; to produce or suggest

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Excise

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V. to remove by cutting, or as if by cutting

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Exempt

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Adj. excused; not subject to

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Exhume

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V. to unbury; to dig out of the gound

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Exodus

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N. mass departure or journey away

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Integral

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Adj. essential; indispensable

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Interim

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N. meantime; an intervening time; a temporary arrangement

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Interloper

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N. intruder; trespasser; unwanted person

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Interlude

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N. an intervening episode; an intermission; a pause

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Interminable

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Adj. seemingly unending; tediously long

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Premeditated

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Adj. planned beforehand; prearranged; plotted

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Preponderance

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N. superiority in weight, number, size, extent, influence, etc.; majority; predominance

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Intervene

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V. to come between opposing groups; to mediate; to take place; to occure between times

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Intimate

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V. to hint or imply

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Intricate

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Adj. complicated; sophisticated; having many parts of facets

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Presuppose

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V. to assume beforehand; to take for granted in advance; to require as a prior condition

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Primal

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Adj. first; original; of the greatest importance

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Pristine

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Adj. perfectly clean and untouched; uncontaminated

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Privation

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N. lack of comforts or necessities; proverty

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Proclaim

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V. to announce; declare; make known

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Sumptuous

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Adj. luxurious; splendid; lavish

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Supersede

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V. to take the place of; to supplant; to make (something) obsolete

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Supine

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Adj. lying on one's back

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Supplication

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N. humble prayer; earnest entreaty

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Suppress

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V. to overpower; to subdue; to squash

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Apogee

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N. the most distant point in the orbit of moon or of an artificial satellite

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Apoplexy

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N. stroke