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apprise

v. inform

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archives

n. public records; place where public records are kept

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artless

adj. without guile; open and honest

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celerity

n. speed; rapidity

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chagrin

n. vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride); disappointment

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compact (adj)

adj. tightly packed; firm; brief

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comprise

v. include; consist of

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concurrent

adj. happening at the same time

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confrontation

n. act of facing someone or something

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conventional

adj. ordinary; typical

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corporeal

adj. bodily; material

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decry

v. express strong disapproval of; disparage

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defuse

v. remove the fuse of a bomb; reduce or eliminate a threat

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demented

adj. insane

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deposition

n. testimony under oath

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desolate (v)

v. rob of joy; lay waste to; forsake

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devoid

adj. lacking

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dissolute

adj. loose in morals

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divine

v. perceive intuitively; foresee the future

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ecologist

n. a person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment

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ejaculation

n. exclamation

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excoriate

v. scold with biting harshness; strip the skin off

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exotic

adj. not native; strange

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expunge

v. cancel; remove

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facade

n. front (of building); superficial or false appearance

foresight

n. ability to foresee future happenings

frail

adj. weak

genesis

n. beginning; origin

glib

adj. fluent; facile; slick

graft

n. piece of transplanted tissue; portion of plant inserted in another plant

grovel

v. crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate

haphazard

adj. random; unsystematic; aimless

hermetic

adj. made airtight by fusion or sealing

illusion

n. misleading vision

impeach

v. charge with crime in office; indict

impetuous

adj. violent; hasty; rash

impromptu

adj. without previous preparation; off the cuff; on the spur of the moment

incapacitate

v. disable

incompatible

adj. inharmonious

insalubrious

adj. unwholesome; not healthful

insurrection

n. rebellion; uprising

kindred

adj. related; belonging to the same family

languid

adj. weary; sluggish; listless

malleable

adj. capable of being shaped by pounding

martyr

n. one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause; great sufferer

meddlesome

adj. interfering

mesmerize

v. hypnotize

minute

adj. extremely small

missile

n. object to be thrown or projected

slipshod

adj. untidy or slovenly; shabby

underscore

v. emphasize

rudimentary

adj. not developed; elementary; crude

pundit

n. authority on a subject; learned person; expert

prophetic

adj. foretelling the future

potable

adj. suitable for drinking

nip

v. stop something's growth or development; snip off; bite; make numb with cold

fortuitous

adj. accidental; by chance

gaffe

n. social blunder

buffet (n)

n. table with food set out for people to serve themselves; meal at which people help themselves to foot that's been set out

bizarre

adj. fantastic; violently contrasting