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sidereal
adj. Pertaining to stars or constellations.
atomizer
n. An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
cosmopolitanism
n. A cosmopolitan character.
stature
n. The natural height of an animal body.
component
n. A constituent element or part.
deface
v. To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of.
assent
v. To express agreement with a statement or matter of opinion.
badger
v. To pester.
semicivilized
adj. Half-civilized.
bilingual
adj. Speaking two languages.
prevaricate
v. To use ambiguous or evasive language for the purpose of deceiving or diverting attention.
sorcery
n. Witchcraft.
iota
n. A small or insignificant mark or part.
foretell
v. To predict.
ornate
adj. Ornamented to a marked degree.
perseverance
n. A persistence in purpose and effort.
endurable
adj. Tolerable.
ire
n. Wrath.
impulsion
n. Impetus.
alcohol
n. A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
indignity
n. Unmerited contemptuous conduct or treatment.
contributor
n. One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
plurality
n. A majority.
abominable
adj. Very hateful.
reprehension
n. Expression of blame.
endemic
adj. Peculiar to some specified country or people.
abstemious
adj. Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.
reflector
n. A mirror, as of metal, for reflecting light, heat, or sound in a particular direction.
committal
n. The act, fact, or result of committing, or the state of being
emanate
v. To flow forth or proceed, as from some source.
vigilance
n. Alert and intent mental watchfulness in guarding against danger.
redress
v. To set right, as a wrong by compensation or the punishment of the wrong-doer.
tolerant
adj. Indulgent.
opponent
n. One who supports the opposite side in a debate, discussion, struggle, or sport.
priory
n. A monastic house.
serviceable
adj. Durable.
alcove
n. A covered recess connected with or at the side of a larger room.
peerless
adj. Of unequaled excellence or worth.
knavery
n. Deceitfulness in dealing.
marine
adj. Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea.
incapacity
n. Want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage.
convertible
adj. Interchangeable.
determinate
adj. Definitely limited or fixed.
powerless
adj. Impotent.
proviso
n. A clause in a contract, will, etc., by which its operation is rendered conditional.
tranquility
n. Calmness.
venous
adj. Of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins.
cornucopia
n. The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity.
impermissible
adj. Not permissible.
retract
v. To recall or take back (something that one has said).
conceit
n. Self-flattering opinion.
legitimate
adj. Having the sanction of law or established custom.
elasticity
n. That property of matter by which a body tends to return to a former shape after being changed.
courageous
adj. Brave.
induct
v. To bring in.
resemblance
n. Similarity in quality or form.
expatriate
v. To drive from one’s own country.
poise
n. Equilibrium.
predominance
n. Ascendancy or preponderance.
deduce
v. To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles.
blaze
n. A vivid glowing flame.
abhorrent
adj. Very repugnant; hateful.
metropolis
n. A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state.
polygon
n. A figure having many angles.
culprit
n. A guilty person.
flue
n. A smoke-duct in a chimney.
narrative
n. An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event.
domineer
v. To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance.
seize
v. To catch or take hold of suddenly and forcibly.
ingratiate
v. To win confidence or good graces for oneself.
specialty
n. An employment limited to one particular line of work.
initiate
v. To perform the first act or rite.
pledgeor
n. One who gives a pledge.
desultory
adj. Not connected with what precedes.
ready
adj. In a state of preparedness for any given purpose or occasion.
durance
n. Confinement.
juggle
v. To play tricks of sleight of hand.
travesty
n. A grotesque imitation.
ordeal
n. Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc.
misbehavior
n. Ill or improper behavior.
miscreant
n. A villain.
counteract
v. To act in opposition to.
indigenous
adj. Native.
polyglot
adj. Speaking several tongues.
satire
n. The employment of sarcasm, irony, or keenness of wit in ridiculing vices.
canine
adj. Characteristic of a dog.
oblivion
n. The state of having passed out of the memory or of being utterly forgotten.
juvenile
adj. Characteristic of youth.
telltale
adj. That gives warning or information.
subliminal
adj. Being beneath the threshold of consciousness.
Pariah
n. A member of a degraded class; a social outcast.
implicate
v. To show or prove to be involved in or concerned
ought
v. To be under moral obligation to be or do.
epitaph
n. An inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead.
divination
n. The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden.
conjoin
v. To unite.
avidity
n. Greediness.
atonement
n. Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
refringent
adj. Having the power to refract.
vaporizer
n. An atomizer.
festal
adj. Joyous.
extremity
n. The utmost point, side, or border, or that farthest removed from a mean position.
contrive
v. To manage or carry through by some device or scheme.
actuary
n. An officer, as of an insurance company, who calculates and states the risks and premiums.
reparation
n. The act of making amends, as for an injury, loss, or wrong.
irradiance
n. Luster.
reconstruct
v. To rebuild.
quibble
n. An utterly trivial distinction or objection.
indestructible
adj. That can not be destroyed.
recrudescence
n. The state of becoming raw or sore again.
flection
n. The act of bending.
clamorous
adj. Urgent in complaint or demand.
extensive
adj. Extended widely in space, time, or scope.
avert
v. To turn away or aside.
signification
n. The meaning conveyed by language, actions, or signs.
interpreter
n. A person who makes intelligible the speech of a foreigner by oral translation.
explicit
adj. Definite.
recline
v. To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position.
bibliography
n. A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject.
humbug
n. Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead.
belle
n. A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.
intervale
n. A low tract of land between hills, especially along a river.
subversion
n. An overthrow, as from the foundation.
conducive
adj. Contributing to an end.
viola
n. A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin.
ingenuous
adj. Candid, frank, or open in character or quality.
gentile
adj. Belonging to a people not Jewish.
convalescence
n. The state of progressive restoration to health and strength after the cessation of disease.
moccasin
n. A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin.
phonogram
n. A graphic character symbolizing an articulate sound.
habitable
adj. Fit to be dwelt in.
vegetal
adj. Of or pertaining to plants.
lawmaker
n. A legislator.
acetic
adj. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of vinegar.
ostentation
n. A display dictated by vanity and intended to invite applause or flattery.
deride
v. To ridicule.
macrocosm
n. The whole of any sphere or department of nature or knowledge to which man is related.
renovate
v. To restore after deterioration, as a building.
dun
v. To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment.
duckling
n. A young duck.
chronology
n. The science that treats of computation of time or of investigation and arrangement of events.
cataclysm
n. Any overwhelming flood of water.
laddie
n. A lad.
terminus
n. The final point or goal.
socialist
adj. One who advocates reconstruction of society by collective ownership of land and capital.
complacence
n. Satisfaction with one’s acts or surroundings.
indivertible
adj. That can not be turned aside.
philologist
n. An expert in linguistics.
carnage
n. Massacre.
spontaneous
adj. Arising from inherent qualities or tendencies without external efficient cause.
tortuous
adj. Abounding in irregular bends or turns.
reformer
n. One who carries out a reform.
gourd
n. A melon, pumpkin, squash, or some similar fruit having a hard rind.
inefficiency
n. That which does not accomplish an intended purpose.
protege
n. One specially cared for and favored by another usually older person.
anatomy
n. That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
Spartan
adj. Exceptionally brave; rigorously severe.
merciful
adj. Disposed to pity and forgive.
consecrate
v. To set apart as sacred.
conservatism
n. Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things.
apposite
adj. Appropriate.
indigestible
adj. Not digestible, or difficult to digest.
forfend
v. To ward off.
arrangement
n. The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.
emulate
v. To imitate with intent to equal or surpass.
lingo
n. Language.
juxtapose
v. To place close together.
domicile
n. The place where one lives.
privity
n. Knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter.
inebriate
v. To intoxicate.
inadequate
adj. Insufficient.
baffle
v. To foil or frustrate.
uncommon
adj. Rare.
earnest
adj. Ardent in spirit and speech.
extradite
v. To surrender the custody of.
burgess
n. In colonial times, a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland or Virginia.
enkindle
v. To set on fire.
pinnacle
n. A high or topmost point, as a mountain-peak.
sagacious
adj. Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception.
mentality
n. Intellectuality.
codicil
n. A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.
fete
n. A festival or feast.
cholera
n. An acute epidemic disease.
defer
v. To delay or put off to some other time.
connoisseur
n. A critical judge of art, especially one with thorough knowledge and sound judgment of art.
referable
adj. Ascribable.
archbishop
n. The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.
privateer
n. A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war.
authentic
adj. Of undisputed origin.
paternal
adj. Fatherly.
characteristic
n. A distinctive feature.
succeed
v. To accomplish what is attempted or intended.
invalid
adj. Having no force, weight, or cogency.
efficient
adj. Having and exercising the power to produce effects or results.
recede
v. To move back or away.
cynosure
n. That to which general interest or attention is directed.
exposition
n. Formal presentation.
fatuous
adj. Idiotic
dyne
n. The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s.
folio
n. A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once.
