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propriety

n. fitness; correct conduct

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prowess

n. extraordinary ability; military bravery

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rectitude

n. uprightness; moral virtue

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reimburse

v. repay

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rend

v. split; tear apart

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reputed

adj. supposed

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responsiveness

n. state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc.

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retroactive

adj. taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)

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seminary

n. school for training future ministers; academy for young women

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shear

v. cut or clip (hair, fleece); strip of something

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sinuous

adj. winding; bending in and out; not morally honest

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sybarite

n. lover of luxury

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tarry

v. delay; dawdle

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tensile

adj. capable of being stretched

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pathological

adj. related to the study of disease; diseased or markedly abnormal

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penchant

n. strong inclination; liking

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nuptial

adj. related to marraige

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obsequious

adj. slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic

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olfactory

adj. concerning the sense of smell

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madrigal

adj. n. pastoral song

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malignant

adj. injurious; tending to cause death; aggressively malevolent

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martial

adj. warlike

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ingenue

n. an artless girl; an actress who plays such parts

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inordinate

adj. unrestrained; excessive

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insurgent

adj. rebellious

glaring

adj. highly conspicuous; harshly bright

gourmet

n. connoisseur(expert) of food and drink

grouse

v. complain; fuss

exposure

n. risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements; unmasking; act of laying something open

exult

v. rejoice

epic

n. long heroic poem, or similar work of art

erode

v. eat away

ethos

n. underlying character of a culture, group, etc.

diversity

n. variety; dissimilitude

doodle

v. scribble or draw aimlessly; waste time

dulcet

adj. sweet sounding

deploy

v. spread out [troops] in an extended though shallow battle line

corollary

n. consequence; accompaniment

courier

n. messenger

crestfallen

adj. dejected; dispirited

bate

v. let down; restrain

bemoan

v. lament; express disapproval of

balm

n. something that relieves pain

amphitheater

n. oval building with tiers of seats

animated

adj. lively; spirited

herbivorous

adj. grain-eating

hodgepodge

n. jumble; mixture of ill-suited elements

hybrid

n. mongrel; mixed breed

pigment

n. coloring matter

plasticity

n. ability to be molded

politic

adj. expedient; prudent; well-advised

leniency

n. mildness; permissiveness

quarry (n)

n. victim; object of a hunt

rabid

adj. like a fanatic; furious

rapt

adj. absorbed; enchanted

translucent

adj. partly transparent

torrid

adj. passionate; hot or scorching

mote

n. small speck

mutability

n. ability to change in form; fickleness

necromancy

n. black magic; dealings with the dead