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natal

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adj. Pertaining to one’s birth.

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rivulet

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n. A small stream or brook.

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aeronaut

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n. One who navigates the air, a balloonist.

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proctor

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n. An agent acting for another.

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almanac

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n. A series of tables giving the days of the week together with certain astronomical information.

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deplore

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v. To regard with grief or sorrow.

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condescend

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v. To come down voluntarily to equal terms with inferiors.

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hygiene

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n. The branch of medical science that relates to improving health.

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irruption

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n. Sudden invasion.

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potentate

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n. One possessed of great power or sway.

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modernity

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n. The state or character of being modern.

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literature

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n. The written or printed productions of the human mind collectively.

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jaundice

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n. A morbid condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile or characterized by yellowing of the skin.

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corrode

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v. To ruin or destroy little by little.

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exodus

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n. A going forth or departure from a place or country, especially of many people.

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emeritus

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adj. Retired from active service but retained to an honorary position.

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necessary

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adj. Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result.

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sinuous

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adj. Curving in and out.

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astringent

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adj. Harsh in disposition or character.

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invigorate

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v. To animate.

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excavate

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v. To remove by digging or scooping out.

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deject

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v. To dishearten.

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jocular

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adj. Inclined to joke.

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excellence

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n. Possession of eminently or unusually good qualities.

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leisure

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n. Spare time.

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canary

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adj. Of a bright but delicate yellow.

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blockade

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n. The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.

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brevity

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n. Shortness of duration.

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exigency

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n. A critical period or condition.

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demise

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n. Death.

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waive

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v. To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim.

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succumb

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v. To cease to resist.

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visual

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adj. Perceptible by sight.

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resent

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v. To be indignant at, as an injury or insult.

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unlimited

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adj. Unconstrained.

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writing

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n. The act or art of tracing or inscribing on a surface letters or ideographs.

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apiary

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n. A place where bees are kept.

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extant

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adj. Still existing and known.

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perspicacity

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n. Acuteness or discernment.

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discontinuance

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n. Interruption or intermission.

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preempt

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v. To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land.

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autocrat

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n. Any one who claims or wields unrestricted or undisputed authority or influence.

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adulterate

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v. To make impure by the admixture of other or baser ingredients.

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magnate

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n. A person of rank or importance.

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indignant

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adj. Having such anger and scorn as is aroused by meanness or wickedness.

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captivate

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v. To fascinate, as by excellence. eloquence, or beauty.

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irreverence

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n. The quality showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.

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opposite

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adj. Radically different or contrary in action or movement.

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mongrel

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n. The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties.

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triennial

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adj. Taking place every third year.

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narration

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n. The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence.

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Decameron

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n. A volume consisting of ten parts or books.

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oratory

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n. The art of public speaking.

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impiety

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n. Irreverence toward God.

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acclaim

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v. To utter with a shout.

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lexicography

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n. The making of dictionaries.

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alto

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n. The lowest or deepest female voice or part.

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replica

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n. A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original.

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antiphon

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n. A response or alteration of responses, generally musical.

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divisor

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n. That by which a number or quantity is divided.

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embody

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v. To express, formulate, or exemplify in a concrete, compact or visible form.

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conservative

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adj. Adhering to the existing order of things.

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lea

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n. A field.

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furlough

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n. A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission of the commanding officer.

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exhume

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v. To dig out of the earth (what has been buried).

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intolerance

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n. Inability or unwillingness to bear or endure.

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innovate

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v. To introduce or strive to introduce new things.

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solecism

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n. Any violation of established rules or customs.

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antedate

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v. To assign or affix a date to earlier than the actual one.

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belligerent

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adj. Manifesting a warlike spirit.

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extravagance

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n. Undue expenditure of money.

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courtesy

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n. Politeness originating in kindness and exercised habitually.

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sextuple

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adj. Multiplied by six.

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transcribe

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v. To write over again (something already written)

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homophone

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n. A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another.

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excrescence

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n. Any unnatural addition, outgrowth, or development.

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negligence

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n. Omission of that which ought to be done.

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estuary

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n. A wide lower part of a tidal river.

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magician

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n. A sorcerer.

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propulsion

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n. A driving onward or forward.

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latish

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adj. Rather late.

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facile

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adj. Not difficult to do.

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negotiable

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v. To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property.

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paralyze

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v. To deprive of the power to act.

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submersion

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n. The act of submerging.

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eloquent

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adj. Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech.

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derision

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n. Ridicule.

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protagonist

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n. A leader in any enterprise or contest.

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grandiose

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adj. Having an imposing style or effect.

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precedence

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n. Priority in place, time, or rank.

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mountaineer

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n. One who travels among or climbs mountains for pleasure or exercise.

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heathenish

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adj. Irreligious.

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prehension

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n. The act of laying hold of or grasping.

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conveyance

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n. That by which anything is transported.

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outride

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v. To ride faster than.

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recluse

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n. One who lives in retirement or seclusion.

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campaign

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n. A complete series of connected military operations.

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temporal

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adj. Pertaining to or concerned with the affairs of the present life.

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skeptic

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n. One who doubts any statements.

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ogre

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n. A demon or monster that was supposed to devour human beings.

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drought

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n. Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither.

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laudatory

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adj. Pertaining to, expressing, or containing praise.

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reign

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v. To hold and exercise sovereign power.

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connubial

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adj. Pertaining to marriage or matrimony.

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phosphorescence

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n. The property of emitting light.

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abscess

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n. A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

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peripatetic

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adj. Walking about.

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doublet

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n. One of a pair of like things.

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dolesome

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adj. Melancholy.

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waif

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n. A homeless, neglected wanderer.

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stifle

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v. To smother.

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osculate

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v. To kiss.

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destitute

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adj. Poverty-stricken.

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insurgence

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n. Uprising.

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underlie

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v. To be the ground or support of.

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truculence

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n. Ferocity.

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orthodox

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adj. Holding the commonly accepted faith.

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reprimand

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v. To chide or rebuke for a fault.

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hexangular

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adj. Having six angles.

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vitalize

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v. To endow with life or energy.

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accustom

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v. To make familiar by use.

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decasyllable

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n. A line of ten syllables.

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miter

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n. The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle.

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wherever

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adv. In or at whatever place.

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left-handed

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adj. Using the left hand or arm more dexterously than the right.

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paragon

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n. A model of excellence.

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salient

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adj. Standing out prominently.

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incapacitate

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v. To deprive of power, capacity, competency, or qualification.

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negation

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n. The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition.

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patrimony

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n. An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one’s father.

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dolorous

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adj. Expressing or causing sorrow or pain.

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insulate

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v. To place in a detached state or situation.

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viol

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n. A stringed instrument of the violin class.

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encyclical

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adj. Intended for general circulation.

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regality

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n. Royalty.

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casual

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adj. Accidental, by chance.

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conversant

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adj. Thoroughly informed.

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head

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foremost adv. Precipitately, as in diving.

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equilibrium

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n. A state of balance.

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alienate

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v. To cause to turn away.

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estimable

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adj. Worthy of respect.

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protrusion

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n. The act of protruding.

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saline

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adj. Constituting or consisting of salt.

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extremist

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n. One who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views.

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piccolo

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n. A small flute.

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sustenance

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n. Food.

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hoodwink

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v. To deceive.

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liniment

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n. A liquid preparation for rubbing on the skin in cases of bruises, inflammation, etc.

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demonstrative

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adj. Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts.

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panegyric

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n. A formal and elaborate eulogy, written or spoken, of a person or of an act.

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aerostatics

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n. The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.

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intrusion

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n. The act of entering without warrant or invitation; encroachment.

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acrimony

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n. Sharpness or bitterness of speech or temper.

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perspicacious

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adj. Astute.

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ramify

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v. To divide or subdivide into branches or subdivisions.

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stupendous

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adj. Of prodigious size, bulk, or degree.

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usurious

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adj. Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned.

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procedure

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n. A manner or method of acting.

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hydraulic

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adj. Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion.

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infuse

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v. To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualities.

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betide

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v. To happen to or befall.

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sheer

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adj. Absolute.

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poesy

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n. Poetry.

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nauseous

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adj. Loathsome.

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obesity

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n. Excessive fatness.

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pentahedron

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n. A solid bounded by five plane faces.

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ignominious

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adj. Shameful.

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aviary

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n. A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.

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tranquil

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adj. Calm.

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brimstone

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n. Sulfur.

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nunnery

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n. A convent for nuns.

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eventual

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adj. Ultimate.

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versatile

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adj. Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects.

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conscience

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n. The faculty in man by which he distinguishes between right and wrong in character and conduct.

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introspection

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n. The act of observing and analyzing one’s own thoughts and feelings.

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militarism

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n. A policy of maintaining great standing armies.

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euphonious

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adj. Characterized by agreeableness of sound.

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polytechnic

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adj. Pertaining to, embracing, or practicing many arts.

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contemporaneous

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adj. Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

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hawthorn

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n. A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges.

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enlist

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v. To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment.

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emphatic

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adj. Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words.

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knead

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v. To mix and work into a homogeneous mass, especially with the hands.

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preemption

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n. The right or act of purchasing before others.

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rectitude

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n. The quality of being upright in principles and conduct.

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well-to-do

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adj. In prosperous circumstances.

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transalpine

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adj. Situated on the other side of the Alps.

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thoroughbred

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adj. Bred from the best or purest blood or stock.

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hirsute

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adj. Having a hairy covering.

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gynecology

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n. The science that treats of the functions and diseases peculiar to women.

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dwindle

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v. To diminish or become less.

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imaginary

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adj. Fancied.

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motto

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n. An expressive word or pithy sentence enunciating some guiding rule of life, or faith.

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unsettle

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v. To put into confusion.

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limitation

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n. A restriction.

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illusion

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n. An unreal image presented to the senses.

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scribe

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n. One who writes or is skilled in writing.

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capillary

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n. A minute vessel having walls composed of a single layer of cells.

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audition

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n. The act or sensation of hearing.

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wiry

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adj. Thin, but tough and sinewy.

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