Ww 1-5 Test

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Bewail

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To express deep regret or sorrow over

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Destitute

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Without resources or possessions, especially the necessities of life; lacking; devoid of

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Detract

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To take away, especially from the value, beauty, or importance of

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Emancipate

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To set free from slavery, to liberate

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Extol

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To praise highly

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Flamboyant

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Excessively showy; unrestrained

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Impetus

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A driving force; anything that causes an action, increased activity resulting from a driving force

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Insuperable

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Incapable of being overcome or defeated

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Intermittent

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Not continuous; happening at intervals

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Maxim

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A general truth or rule of conduct, a short saying

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Obligatory

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Required or demanded

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Plumb

Back 12

To measure the depth of water, to reach the deepest part of, to understand by examining closely; to solve

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Vagabond

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A person who wanders from place to place

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Visage

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A face, especially one that expresses feelings

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Wheedle

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To coax or gain by using sly persuasion or insincere praise

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Alacrity

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Promptness in responding, eagerness

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Array

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A large group of people or things, an orderly arrangement or display, to place in order, to dress up

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Deduce

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To draw to a conclusion from given facts

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Encumber

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To weigh down or burden, to impede the action of

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Fraught

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Full of or accompanied by

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Haphazard

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Marked by lack of plan, order, or direction

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Incontrovertible

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Impossible to dispute, unquestionable

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Inexplicable

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Hard to explain or impossible to understand

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Ingenious

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Marked by imagination, resourcefulness, or cleverness

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Laggard

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One who falls behind others because of moving slowly or loitering; a straggler

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Sustenance

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Something that provides nourishment; food needed to live

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Torrid

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Intensely hot and dry; burning with passion

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Traverse

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To pass over; across, or through

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Ubiquitous

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Appearing to be present in large numbers or in many different places

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Zenith

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The highest point; the peak, the point in the sky directly above the observer

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Allude

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To refer to in an indirect way

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Consecrate

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To set apart as holy; to dedicate to a cause; to devote

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Disseminate

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To scatter or spread widely

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Dote

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To show excessive fondness for

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Exhort

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To urge strongly; to warn or appeal

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Feckless

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Careless or irresponsible

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Implicate

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To show to be involved with something, especially something dishonest or illegal

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Lament

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To feel or express grief

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Monetary

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Of or relating to money or currency

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Pensive

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Deep in thought; dreamily thoughtful

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Pomp

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A showy or dignified display

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Stilted

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Artifically stiff or formal in manner

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Subjugate

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To bring under control; to conquer

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Trauma

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A severe bodily injury; emotional shock

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Wanton

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Ignoring what is right, excessive or unrestrained, playful or frolicsome

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adage

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An old saying that has come to be accepted as true; a proverb

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Camaraderie

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Good will and warm feelings among friends

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Contend

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To struggle with, to maintain or assert, a conflict or struggle, a point made in an argument

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Extraneous

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Not necessary; irrelevant

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Hubbub

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Noisy confusion; uproar

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Meander

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To follow a winding course; to wander aimlessly

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Odoriferous

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Having or giving off a smell

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Paraphernalia

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Personal belongings; equipment associated with a particular activity

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Punctilious

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Careful of and attentive to details, especially ones relating to good manners and behavior

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Recuperate

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To regain health or strength

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Regale

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To entertain or delight

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Sedentary

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Doing or requiring a lot of sitting

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Spartan

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Marked by simplicity and lack of luxury

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Temporal

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Relating to the everyday world as opposed to that which is spiritual or eternal

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Wry

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Turned or bent to one side in distaste or humor; amusing in a quiet but sharp way

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Callow

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Young and inexperienced; immature

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Contemporary

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A person living during the same time period as another

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Cynical

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Doubtful of the sincerity of others motives; skeptical

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Despot

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A ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control over a group of people

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Enunciate

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To pronouce clearly; to state to annouce

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Impediment

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Anything that gets in the way; an obstacle

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Impoverish

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To make poor, to take away

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Indolent

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Indulging in ease; avoiding exertion; lazy

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Sagacious

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Showing sound judgment; wise

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Secular

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Worldly; not connected with a church or religion

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Speculate

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To think about or make guesses; to engage in a risky business venture

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Strife

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Conflict or struggle

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Venerate

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To show great respect for

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Voracious

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Ravenous; desiring and eating a large amount of food; greatly eager

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Wane

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To get smaller, dimmer, or weaker, to near an end