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subjugate

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to conquer

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rejoinder

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to reply; retort

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junta

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(usually military) clique taking power after a coup d’etat

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anjure

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to renounce on oath

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adjure

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to beg or command

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deluge

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great flood of water

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ablution

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act of cleansing

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predilection

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preference, liking

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levity

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humor, frivolity, gaeity

Question 10

elocution

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the act of clear and expressive speaking

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gradiloquent

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pompous or inflated in language

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illustrious

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highly distinguished

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delude

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to mislead the mind or judgement of, decieve

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prelude

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a preliminary to an action, event, etc.

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magnate

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a powerful or influential person

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maxim

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an expression of general truth or principle

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malign

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to speak harmful untruths about, to slander

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malady

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a disorder or disease of the body

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maladroit

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clumsy, tactless

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malapropism

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humorous misuse of a word

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malfeasance

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misconduct or wrongdoing often committed by a public official

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malediction

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a curse

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diminution

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the act or process of diminishing

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minatory

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menacing, threatening

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emissary

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a messenger or agent sent to represent the interests of another

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remit

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to send money

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remonstrate

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to present and urge reasons in protest; to say or plead on protect, objection, or reproof

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moribund

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dying, decaying

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transmutation

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the act of changing from one form into another

Question 30

permutation

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a complete change, transformation

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immutable

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unchangeable, invariable

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cognate

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related by blood; having a common ancestor

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nascent

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starting to develop

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nominal

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existing in name only; negligible

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neologism

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newly coined word, phrase, or expression

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neophyte

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a recent convert

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nouveau riche

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one who has lately become rich

Question 38

obstreperous

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noisily defiant, unruly

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obseqious

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overly submissive

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panegyric

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formal or elaborate praise at an assembly

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panoply

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a wide-ranging and impressive array or display

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disparate

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essentially different

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disparage

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to belittle, speak disrespectfully about

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paucity

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smallness of quantity; scarcity

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pusillanimous

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lacking courage or resolution

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peurile

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childish, immature

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pedant

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excessively concerned with displaying academic learning

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antipodes

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places diametrically opposite each other on the globe

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perfunctory

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performed merely as routine duty; carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection; "in his lectures he reveals himself to be merely a perfunctory speaker"

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pertinacious

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holding firmly to an opinion or course of action; resolute

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perspicacious

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having an understanding of things; shrewd, astute

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peripatetic

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traveling from place to place

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impetuous

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characterized by sudden or rash action or emotion

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petulant

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showing sudden irritation, especially over some annoyance

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philatelist

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one who loves or collects postage stamps

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implacable

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unable to be pleased

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complaisant

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inclined or disposed to please

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complacent

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self-satisfied, unconcerned

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replete

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abundantly supplied; "sensational popular fiction, replete with adultery and sudden death"

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supplicate

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to ask or beg for something earnestly

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expound

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to set forth in detail