Day 3 Flashcards

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nirvana

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(n.) heaven, paradise

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quies

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(v.) to rest

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3
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ecosystem

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(n.) ecological community together with its environment

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cornucopia

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(n.) a horn filled with fruits etc;
symbol of plenty

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exigency

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(n.) urgent situation

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congress

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(n.) meeting
(v.) to gather together

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poignancy

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(n.) quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion; (adj.) poignant

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apparatus

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(n.) equipment

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palliative

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(n.) medicine, something which reduces pain

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bizarre

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(adj.) fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional

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encroaching

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(v.) trespassing; 침입하다

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convoluted

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(adj.) complicated, complex; 뒤얽힌

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facilitate *

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(adj.) simplify
(n.) aid
(v.) to help

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embitter

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(v.) to make bitter; fill with painful or bitter feelings; make sad and angry

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suckle

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(v.) to give or take milk at the breast or udder

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accretion

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(n.) growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth

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17
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fret

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(v.) to be annoyed or vexed

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outgoing

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(adj.) sociable; eager to mix socially with others

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doctrine *

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(n.) teachings in general; particular principle taught

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20
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fabricate

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(v.) to build; to lie; to make up a story in order to deceive

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flit

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(v.) to fly

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shimmer

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(v.) to shine with a flickering light

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rend

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(v.) to split, to tear apart

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24
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sect

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(n.) part

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25
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fraught

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(adj.) filled with something unpleasant, full

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26
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cohabit

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(n.) to live together

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27
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din

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(n.) continued loud noise

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28
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libidinous

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(adj.) lustful

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29
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consequential

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(adj.) self-important; significant; consequent; following as a result; 중대한, 결과로써 일어나는

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30
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bantering

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(n.) joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing

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31
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chromatin

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(n.) science of colors

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32
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canter

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(n.) slow gallop, 보통 구보

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33
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slap

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(v.) to hit quickly with the flat part of the hand

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34
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utopian

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(n.) someone who believes in an ideal world

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35
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shrewd

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(adj.) clever

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36
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redoubtable

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(adj.) impressive, strong

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37
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immune

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(adj.) resistant to

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38
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slavish

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(adj.) unoriginal, like a slave

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39
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pretension

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(n.) a claim without foundation; 요구

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40
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astronomical

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(adj.) enormously large or extensive

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41
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vigil

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(n.) keeping watch during normal sleeping hours; 불침번

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42
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accomplice

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(n.) a partner in crime

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43
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provoke

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(v.) to cause a fight or reaction

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44
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matron

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(n.) a married woman, female head of the family

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45
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exasperation

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(n.) frustration and annoyance

46
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divination

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(n.) fortune-telling; forecasting

47
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dint

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(n.) means; effort; 힘, 타격

48
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quack

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(n.) charlatan; impostor

49
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narcissism

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(n.) vanity; excessive concern with one’s own appearance

50
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tension

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(n.) stretching; condition of being stretched; mental strain

51
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avow

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(v.) to promise

52
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frenetic

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(adj.) frenzied; 열광적인

53
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bohemian

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(adj.) unconventional in an artistic way; 자유방종한

54
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ingrate

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(n.) ungrateful person (not expressing thanks)

55
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hauteur

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(n.) arrogance, snobbery

56
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accolade *

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(n.) honor, award of merit

57
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nepotism

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(n.) favoritism towards family

58
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granulate

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(v.) to form into grains

59
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ambience

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(n.) environment; atmosphere

60
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conjecture *

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(n.) unproved thesis
(v.) to guess

61
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chicanery

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(n.) tricker; attempt to deceive; 발뺌

62
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inverse

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(adj.) opposite

63
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guy

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(n.) cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied

64
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curator

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(n.) manager in charge of a museum or a library

65
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apologist

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(n.) one who writes in defense of a cause or institution

66
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conspire

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(v.) to plot secretly or illegally; 공모하다, 협력하다

67
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predatory

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(adj.) greedy

68
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accede

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(v.) to give consent or agreement

69
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contusion

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(n.) bruise

70
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gravity *

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(n.) heaviness, seriousness

71
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vegetate

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(v.) to live in monotonous way (without interests or activity)

72
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bellow

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(v.) to yell

73
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nourishment

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(n.) something that nourishes; food

74
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beseech

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(v.) to beg or implore

75
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hatch

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(n.) deck opening, lid covering a deck opening
(v.) emerge from an egg; to produce from an egg

76
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algae

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(n.) seaweed-like simple plants

77
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faze

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(v.) to surprise, to confuse

78
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omniscient

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(adj.) all knowing

79
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ambrosia

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(n.) extremely tasty food

80
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choleric

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(adj.) easily angered

81
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nexus

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(n.) connection

82
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odyssey

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(n.) long, eventful, adventurous journey

83
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perennial

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(n.) something long-lasting; perennial plant

84
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vehement

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(adj.) said with intensity or force

85
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electric *

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(adj.) miscellaneous, variegated; 잡다한

86
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precocious

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(adj.) advanced in development

87
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infraction

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(n.) violation of a rule or regulation

88
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sullen

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(adj.) silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy

89
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urbane

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(adj.) sophisticated; 도시풍의

90
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rider

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(n.) amendment or clause added to a legislative bill

91
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offshoot

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(n.) a thing branching off from the main

92
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pharisaical

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(adj.) pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous

93
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germinate

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(v.) to cause to sprout

94
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sacrilegious

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(adj.) disrespectful of something sared

95
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monochrome

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(adj.) painting in only one color

96
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recount *

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(v.) to narrate or tell a story; to count over again

97
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junta

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(n.) military rule

98
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malinger

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(v.) to pretend to be ill to avoid working

99
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gnome

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(n.) dwarf; underground spirit who guards treasure hoards

100
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primal

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(adj.) first in rank or importance; being first in time; original

101
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Adversary

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n. an opponent or enemy

102
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Antagonize

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v. to provoke or display hostility

103
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Autonomy

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n. independence

104
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Coherent

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adj. clear and logical

105
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Contempt

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n. scorn or open disrespect

106
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Depict

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v. to represent or show

107
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Disparate

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adj. different and distinct

108
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Empathy

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n. the understanding of another’s feelings

109
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Exemplary

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adj. serving as a worthy example

110
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Hierarchy

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n. a ranking system