Daily Life 1

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Salutary

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Adj. producing good effects; beneficial

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Avarice

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N. extreme greed for wealth or material gains

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Antediluvian

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Before the deluge (flood)

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Quiescent

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Adj. marked by inactivity or repose; tranquility; at rest; causing no trouble or symptoms

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Ebullient

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Adj. cheerful and full of energy

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Allay

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V. To diminish; to put to rest

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Buoyed

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V. To keep something afloat; cause to become cheerful or confident

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Abeyance

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N. suspension; temporary disuse

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Emphatic

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Adj. giving emphasis

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Emaciated

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Adj. to make or become extremely thin, especially as the result of starvation

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Incredulous

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Adj. Unwilling or unable to believe something

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Impinge

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V. To have an effect or impact, especially a negative one; to encroach

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Parochial

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Adj. having limited or narrow outlook or scope

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Anarchic

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Adj. lacking order or regularity; relating to anarchy

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Recapitulation

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N. a concise summary

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Gregarious

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Adj. fond of company; sociable

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Ubiquitous

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Adj. present, appearing, or found everywhere

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Presage

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V. To be a sign or warning that (something, typically bad) will happen

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Fallacy

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N. an argument that uses poor reasoning

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Propitious

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Adj. favourable

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Cazique

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N. a chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America

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Quetzal

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N. a strikingly coloured bird found in western Mexico and Guatemala

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Self-Flagellation

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N. the act of severely criticising oneself

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Verdure

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N. the greenness of growing vegetation; a condition of health and vigor

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Dirigible

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Adj. capable of being steered

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Predilection

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N. an established preference for something

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Detritus

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N. loose material (as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration

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Frond

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N. a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions

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Arcane

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Adj. known or knowable only to the initiate

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Subduction

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N. the action or process in plate tectonics of the edge of one crustal plate descending below the edge of another