Gre Hard Words 2`

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Prodigal

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wasteful, extravagant

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welter

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1. to be in turmoil
2. to become deeply or extensively involved, associated, entangled, etc.: to welter in setbacks, confusion, and despair.

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penury

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extreme poverty, destitution

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infelicitous

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Inappropriate; ill-chosen: an infelicitous remark.
Not happy; unfortunate.

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wend

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to proceed or go one's way

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sanctimony

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Feigned piety or righteousness; hypocritical devoutness or high-mindedness.

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tenacity

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persistent determination

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stanch

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to stop the flow of liquid, esp. blood

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splenic

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irritable

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tautology

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needless repetition of an idea, esp. in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”

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saturnine

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gloomy, sluggish in temperament; taciturn.

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impunity

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exempt from punishment. Immunity from punishment

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stentorian

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very loud or powerful in sound: a stentorian voice.

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torrid

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ardent; passionate: a torrid love

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sundry

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various

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volubility

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fluent, glib

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sanguine

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cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition;

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volubility

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fluent, glib

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usury

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the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest.

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supercilious

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Disdainfully arrogant; haughty.

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sanguine

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cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition;

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virago

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a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew

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usury

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the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest.

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suppliant

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Asking humbly and earnestly; beseeching.

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supercilious

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Disdainfully arrogant; haughty.

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accumen

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Quickness of perception or discernment; shrewdness shown by keen insight.

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virago

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a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew

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vaunt

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to boast

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suppliant

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Asking humbly and earnestly; beseeching.

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accumen

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Quickness of perception or discernment; shrewdness shown by keen insight.

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supplicant

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beggar

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volubility

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fluent, glib

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surfeit

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To feed or supply to excess, satiety, or disgust.

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vaunt

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to boast

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sanguine

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cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition;

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supplicant

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beggar

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usury

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the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest.

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sidereal

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relating to the stars

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surfeit

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To feed or supply to excess, satiety, or disgust.

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salient

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relevant

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sidereal

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relating to the stars

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pith

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the central part

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salient

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relevant

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supine

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1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward._
2. Indolent; listless; inactive; mentally or morally lethargic.

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supercilious

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Disdainfully arrogant; haughty.

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pith

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the central part

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solder

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to fuse

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virago

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a loud-voiced, ill-tempered, scolding woman; shrew

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supine

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1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward._
2. Indolent; listless; inactive; mentally or morally lethargic.

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suppliant

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Asking humbly and earnestly; beseeching.

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accumen

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Quickness of perception or discernment; shrewdness shown by keen insight.

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solder

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to fuse

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vaunt

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to boast

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supplicant

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beggar

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surfeit

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To feed or supply to excess, satiety, or disgust.

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sidereal

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relating to the stars

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salient

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relevant

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pith

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the central part

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supine

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1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward._
2. Indolent; listless; inactive; mentally or morally lethargic.

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solder

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to fuse

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seminal

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originative

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stygian

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gloomy, dark, hellish

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sinecure

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An office or position that requires or involves little or no responsibility, work, or active service

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runic

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mysterioius. having secret meaning

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tractable

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obedient

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succor

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1. Aid; help; assistance; especially, assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress._
2. The person or thing that brings relief.

In Asakusa, a crowd sought succor around an old and lovely Buddhist temple, dedicated to Kannon, goddess of mercy.

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seine

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a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.

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discrete

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detached from others, separate

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discreet

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judicious in one's conduct of speech, especially pertaining to delicate matters

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chronometer

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a timepiece with a mechanism to adjust for accuracy

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incisive

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penetrating, cutting

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exorcise

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to seek to expel evil spirits by ceremony

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disclose

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to make known, reveal, uncover

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preclude

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to prevent the presence, existence, or occurence of

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proclivity

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inclination, bias

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disinclination

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aversion

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conciliate

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to placate, to win over

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commesurable

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proportionate, suitable in measure

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accretion

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an increase by natural growth

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credo

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any formula of belief

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crypt

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a subterranean chamber or vault

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cryptology

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the science of interpreting secret writings

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cryptography

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the process of making and using secret writing

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incumbent

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holding an indicated position

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inculpate

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to charge with fault

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mea culpa

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my fault

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indoctrinate

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to imbue a person with learning

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endemic

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peculier to a particular people or locality

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dilatory

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inclined to procrastination or delay

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dichotomy

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division in 2 parts, kinds, etc

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interdict

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to forbid, to prohibit

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deign

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to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity; condescend: He would not deign to discuss the matter with us.

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disseminate

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to scatter or spread widely

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dissuade

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to deter by advice or persuasion

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paradox

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an opinion or statement contrary to the accepted opinion

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indolence

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a state of being lazy/slothful

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antidote

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something that prevents/counteracts ill effects

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induct

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to install in a posistion with formal ceremonies

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duress

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compulsion by threat, coersion

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dyspepsia

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impaired digestion

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exonerate

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to free or declare free from blame

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epigram

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a witty, concise saying tersely expressed

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err

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to go astray in thought or belief

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interdict

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to forbid, to prohibit

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arrant

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downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious: an arrant fool.

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deign

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to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity

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disseminate

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to scatter or spread widely

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dissuade

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to deter by advice or persuasion

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paradox

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an opinion or statement contrary to the accepted opinion

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indolence

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a state of being lazy/slothful

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antidote

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something that prevents/counteracts ill effects

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obsolescent

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becomming osolete

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induct

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to install in a posistion with formal ceremonies

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duress

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compulsion by threat, coersion

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dyspepsia

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impaired digestion

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exonerate

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to free or declare free from blame

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epigram

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a witty, concise saying tersely expressed

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err

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to go astray in thought or belief

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arrant

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downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious: an arrant fool.

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obsolescent

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becomming osolete

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exigency

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1. The quality or state of requiring immediate aid or action; urgency, crisis
2. A case demanding immediate action or remedy; a pressing or urgent situation.
3. That which is demanded or required in a particular situation -- usually used in the plural.

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incadescence

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glowing with heat. shining

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eugenics

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improvements of the quality of a race through control of inherited characteristics

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ineffable

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to great for description in words. that which must not be uttered

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ratify

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to confirm or accept by formal consent

(ratify the constitution)

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proffer

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to offer

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referendum

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to vote on a political question open to the entire electorate

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affidavit

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written statement or oath

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fiduciary

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Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another: a fiduciary heir; a fiduciary contract.
Of or being a trustee or trusteeship.
Held in trust

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conflagration

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large, destructive fire

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efflucence

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flowing out (as in light, water etc)

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inflect

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to change or vary the pitch of

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genuflect

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to bend knee, esp. in worship

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fortissimo

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very loud

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fractious

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irritable, peevish

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fussilade

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a continuous outpouring of firearms or criticism

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ignoramus

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a person lacking information

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egress

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going out

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ingratiate

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to bring oneself into favor

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retrospection

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looking back on things past

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historeography

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the body of knowledge and literature dealing with history and the theories of history

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hagiagraphy

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the study of saints

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epigraph

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an inscription, esp on a statue

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gerund

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in Latin, a noun derived from a verb

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epistimology

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a branch of philosophy that studies human knowledge

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dissimilation

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the act or process of becomming dissimilar