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hustle
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verb: To move with haste and promptness.
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concurrence
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noun: Agreement.
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intoxicant
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noun: Anything that unduly exhilarates or excites.
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convulsion
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noun: A violent and abnormal muscular contraction of the body.
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landscape
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noun: A rural view, especially one of picturesque effect, as seen from a distance or an elevation.
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pyx
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noun: A vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved.
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mutation
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noun: The act or process of change.
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eradicate
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verb: To destroy thoroughly.
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cadenza
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noun: An embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvised, for a solo voice or instrument.
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cornice
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noun: An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling.
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intermediate
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adjective: Being in a middle place or degree or between extremes.
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accurate
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adjective: Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.
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symmetrical
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adjective: Well-balanced.
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ulterior
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adjective: Not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of.
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Calvinism
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noun: The system of doctrine taught by John Calvin.
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conjoin
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verb: To unite.
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probity
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noun: Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.
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impetuous
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adjective: Impulsive.
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demonstrator
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noun: One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner.
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omniscience
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noun: Unlimited or infinite knowledge.
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automaton
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noun: Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.
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contemporaneous
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adjective: Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.
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brandish
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verb: To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.
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facial
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adjective: Pertaining to the face.
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append
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verb: To add or attach, as something accessory, subordinate, or supplementary.
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modification
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noun: A change.
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pertinacious
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adjective: Persistent or unyielding.
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tutorship
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noun: The office of a guardian.
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illiberal
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adjective: Stingy.
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vindicate
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verb: To prove true, right, or real.
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trait
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noun: A distinguishing feature or quality.
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galore
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adjective: Abundant.
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philosophy
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noun: The general principles, laws, or causes that furnish the rational explanation of anything.
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prodigy
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noun: A person or thing of very remarkable gifts or qualities.
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minute
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adjective: Exceedingly small in extent or quantity.
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suspicious
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adjective: Inclined to doubt or mistrust.
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henpeck
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verb: To worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances.
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vassal
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noun: A slave or bondman.
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paternity
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noun: Fatherhood.
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conformation
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noun: General structure, form, or outline.
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cosmopolitanism
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noun: A cosmopolitan character.
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writing
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noun: The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs.
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insurrection
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noun: The state of being in active resistance to authority.
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sterling
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adjective: Genuine.
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germane
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adjective: Relevant.
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abduction
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noun: A carrying away of a person against his will, or illegally.
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efface
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verb: To obliterate.
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artful
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adjective: Characterized by craft or cunning.
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permanent
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adjective: Durable.
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harmonious
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adjective: Concordant in sound.
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referable
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adjective: Ascribable.
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lunacy
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noun: Mental unsoundness.
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supposition
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noun: Conjecture.
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pungent
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adjective: Affecting the sense of smell.
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procrastinate
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verb: To put off till tomorrow or till a future time.
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morale
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noun: A state of mind with reference to confidence, courage, zeal, and the like.
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intersect
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verb: To cut through or into so as to divide.
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collector
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noun: One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
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voracious
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adjective: Eating with greediness or in very large quantities.
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tangency
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noun: The state of touching.
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corrosive
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noun: That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
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potential
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noun: Anything that may be possible.
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dissection
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noun: The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal.
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littoral
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adjective: Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore.
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plenteous
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adjective: Abundant.
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stipend
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noun: A definite amount paid at stated periods in compensation for services or as an allowance.
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Antarctic
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adjective: Pertaining to the south pole or the regions near it.
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equalize
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verb: To render uniform.
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offshoot
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noun: Something that branches off from the parent stock.
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fledgling
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noun: A young bird.
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light-hearted
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adjective: Free from care.
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mishap
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noun: Misfortune.
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dutiful
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adjective: Obedient.
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abbey
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noun: The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
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superabundance
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noun: An excessive amount.
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bosom
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noun: The breast or the upper front of the thorax of a human being, especially of a woman.
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benison
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noun: Blessing.
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tyranny
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noun: Absolute power arbitrarily or unjustly administrated.
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prodigal
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noun: One wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property.
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disparage
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verb: To regard or speak of slightingly.
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diacritical
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adjective: Marking a difference.
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forth
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aderb: Into notice or view.
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giddy
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adjective: Affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the head.
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machinist
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noun: One who makes or repairs machines, or uses metal-working tools.
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submersible
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adjective: Capable of being put underwater.
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impersonal
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adjective: Not relating to a particular person or thing.
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consistency
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noun: A state of permanence.
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velvety
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adjective: Marked by lightness and softness.
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debatable
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adjective: Subject to contention or dispute.
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consonance
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noun: The state or quality of being in accord with.
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reconnoiter
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verb: To make a preliminary examination of for military, surveying, or geological purposes.
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rondo
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noun: A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times.
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freshness
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noun: The state, quality, or degree of being fresh.
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maudlin
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adjective: Foolishly and tearfully affectionate.
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Norman
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adjective: Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France.
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up-keep
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noun: Maintenance.
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simultaneous
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adjective: Occurring, done, or existing at the same time.
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retaliate
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verb: To repay evil with a similar evil.
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indulgent
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adjective: Yielding to the desires or humor of oneself or those under one's care.
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sinuosity
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noun: The quality of curving in and out.
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accusation
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noun: A charge of crime, misdemeanor, or error.
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diversity
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noun: Dissimilitude.
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promenade
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verb: To walk for amusement or exercise.
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causal
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adjective: Indicating or expressing a cause.
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gynecology
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noun: The science that treats of the functions and diseases peculiar to women.
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heinous
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adjective: Odiously sinful.
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pagan
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noun: A worshiper of false gods.
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interposition
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noun: A coming between.
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abominate
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verb: To hate violently.
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acquiescence
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noun: Passive consent.
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decaliter
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noun: A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters.
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immeasurable
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adjective: Indefinitely extensive.
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transcendent
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adjective: Surpassing.
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picayune
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adjective: Of small value.
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propel
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verb: To drive or urge forward.
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proletarian
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noun: A person of the lowest or poorest class.
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foreground
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noun: That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator.
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sonnet
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noun: A poem of fourteen decasyllabic or octosyllabiclines expressing two successive phrases.
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perennial
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adjective: Continuing though the year or through many years.
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impermissible
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adjective: Not permissible.
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salience
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noun: The condition of standing out distinctly.
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upheaval
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noun: Overthrow or violent disturbance of established order or condition.
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voluptuous
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adjective: having fullness of beautiful form, as a woman, with or without sensuous or sensual quality.
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poetaster
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noun: An inferior poet.
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vivacity
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noun: Liveliness.
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audition
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noun: The act or sensation of hearing.
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proficiency
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noun: An advanced state of acquirement, as in some knowledge, art, or science.
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invalidate
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verb: To render of no force or effect.
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parody
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verb: To render ludicrous by imitating the language of.
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hoarse
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adjective: Having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or fatigue.
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underlie
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verb: To be the ground or support of.
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durance
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noun: Confinement.
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bolero
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noun: A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.
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iconoclast
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noun: An image-breaker.
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mischievous
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adjective: Fond of tricks.
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handwriting
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noun: Penmanship.
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parley
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verb: To converse in.
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matricide
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noun: The killing, especially the murdering, of one's mother.
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foreclose
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verb: To bar by judicial proceedings the equitable right of a mortgagor to redeem property.
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misunderstand
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verb: To Take in a wrong sense.
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hydra
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noun: The seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules.
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ameliorate
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verb: To relieve, as from pain or hardship
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pyre
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noun: A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body.
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infinite
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adjective: Measureless.
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palsy
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noun: Paralysis.
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bridle
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noun: The head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins.
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intercede
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verb: To mediate between persons.
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dignitary
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noun: One who holds high rank.
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precedential
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adjective: Of the nature of an instance that may serve as a guide or basis for a rule.
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idiom
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noun: A use of words peculiar to a particular language.
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technography
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noun: The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development.
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irreversible
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adjective: Irrevocable.
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blithe
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adjective: Joyous.
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alienation
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noun: Estrangement.
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auricle
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noun: One of the two chambers of the heart which receives the blood from the veins.
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fancier
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noun: One having a taste for or interest in special objects.
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intermission
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noun: A recess.
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treatise
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noun: An elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts.
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anemometer
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noun: An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of wind.
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negligence
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noun: Omission of that which ought to be done.
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inaccurate
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adjective: Not exactly according to the facts.
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fishmonger
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noun: One who sells fish.
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impute
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verb: To attribute.
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alder
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noun: Any shrub or small tree of the genus Alumnus, of the oak family.
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impregnate
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verb: To make pregnant.
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uppermost
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adjective: First in order of precedence.
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gratify
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verb: To please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire or need.
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committal
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noun: The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
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cite
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verb: To refer to specifically.
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pollen
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noun: The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant.
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inane
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adjective: Silly.
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infest
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verb: To be present in such numbers as to be a source of annoyance, trouble, or danger.
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embark
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verb: To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme.
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liturgy
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noun: A ritual.
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antediluvian
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adjective: Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
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ostracism
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noun: Exclusion from intercourse or favor, as in society or politics.
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predominant
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adjective: Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree.
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vignette
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noun: A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually.
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portfolio
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noun: A portable case for holding writing-materials, drawings, etc.
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minimize
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verb: To reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
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cursory
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adjective: Rapid and superficial.
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condensation
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noun: The act or process of making dense or denser.
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perjure
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verb: To swear falsely to.
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duplex
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adjective: Having two parts.
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disrobe
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verb: To unclothe.
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pompous
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adjective: Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner.
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ruminant
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adjective: Chewing the cud.
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vincible
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adjective: Conquerable.
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iciness
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noun: The state of being icy.
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contraband
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noun: Trade forbidden by law or treaty.
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underexposed
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adjective: Insufficiently exposed for proper or full development, as negatives in photography.
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bass
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adjective: Low in tone or compass.
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atrocious
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adjective: Outrageously or wantonly wicked, criminal, vile, or cruel.
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arrear
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noun: Something overdue and unpaid.
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lateral
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adjective: Directed toward the side.
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presage
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verb: To foretell.
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lustrous
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adjective: Shining.
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insuperable
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adjective: Invincible.
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perfidy
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noun: Treachery.
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dislocate
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verb: To put out of proper place or order.
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reprehension
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noun: Expression of blame.
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disobedient
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adjective: Neglecting or refusing to obey.
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fabricate
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verb: To invent fancifully or falsely.
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refute
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verb: To prove to be wrong.
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momentary
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adjective: Lasting but a short time.
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actuate
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verb: To move or incite to action.
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poignant
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adjective: Severely painful or acute to the spirit.
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epode
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noun: A species of lyric poems.
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eminent
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adjective: High in station, merit, or esteem.
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epilogue
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noun: The close of a narrative or dramatic poem.
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inspector
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noun: An official appointed to examine or oversee any matter of public interest or importance.
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centimeter
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noun: A length of one hundredth of a meter.
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unbiased
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adjective: Impartial, as judgment.
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irruption
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noun: Sudden invasion.
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Pan-American
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adjective: Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South.
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conscious
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adjective: Aware that one lives, feels, and thinks.
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contingent
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adjective: Not predictable.
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coniferous
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adjective: Cone-bearing trees.
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capitulate
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verb: To surrender or stipulate terms.
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sophistry
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noun: Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive.
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gibe
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verb: To utter taunts or reproaches.
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quadruple
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verb: To multiply by four.
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plummet
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noun: A piece of lead for making soundings, adjusting walls to the vertical.
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millet
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noun: A grass cultivated for forage and cereal.
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bombard
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verb: To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.
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signification
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noun: The meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs.
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misrule
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verb: To misgovern.
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ultimatum
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noun: A final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions.
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supernatural
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adjective: Caused miraculously or by the immediate exercise of divine power.
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extenuate
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verb: To diminish the gravity or importance of.
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polemics
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noun: The art of controversy or disputation.
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complaisant
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adjective: Agreeable.
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hydrodynamics
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noun: The branch of mechanics that treats of the dynamics of fluids.
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retrogression
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noun: A going or moving backward or in a reverse direction.
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persist
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verb: To continue steadfast against opposition.
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manufacturer
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noun: A person engaged in manufacturing as a business.
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deface
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verb: To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of.
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legitimacy
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noun: Accordance with law.
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islet
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noun: A little island.
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nationality
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noun: A connection with a particular nation.
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ambrosial
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adjective: Divinely sweet, fragrant, or delicious.
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recede
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verb: To move back or away.
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ruffian
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adjective: A lawless or recklessly brutal fellow.
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intemperance
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noun: Immoderate action or indulgence, as of the appetites.
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reproduce
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verb: To make a copy of.
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macadamize
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verb: To cover or pave, as a path or roadway, with small broken stone.
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venerate
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verb: To cherish reverentially.
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aversion
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noun: A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.
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vivify
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verb: To endue with life.
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feudal
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adjective: Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal.
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