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facial

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adj. Pertaining to the face.

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millet

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n. A grass cultivated for forage and cereal.

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contrite

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adj. Broken in spirit because of a sense of sin.

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martyrdom

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n. Submission to death or persecution for the sake of faith or principle.

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beneficial

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adj. Helpful.

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quibble

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n. An utterly trivial distinction or objection.

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termagant

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adj. Violently abusive and quarrelsome.

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clearance

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n. A certificate from the proper authorities that a vessel has complied with the law and may sail.

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aspirant

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n. One who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place.

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ensnare

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v. To entrap.

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evince

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v. To make manifest or evident.

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precise

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adj. Exact.

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privity

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n. Knowledge shared with another or others regarding a private matter.

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importunate

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adj. Urgent in character, request, or demand.

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thereabout

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adv. Near that number, quantity, degree, place, or time, approximately.

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vogue

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n. The prevalent way or fashion.

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verbose

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adj. Wordy.

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frailty

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n. Liability to be broken or destroyed.

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pyre

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n. A heap of combustibles arranged for burning a dead body.

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rupture

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v. To separate the parts of by violence.

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belie

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v. To misrepresent.

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weak-kneed

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adj. Without resolute purpose or energy.

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eulogize

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v. To speak or write a laudation of a person’s life or character.

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consanguineous

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adj. Descended from the same parent or ancestor.

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effervescent

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adj. Giving off bubbles of gas.

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antidote

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n. Anything that will counteract or remove the effects of poison, disease, or the like.

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virtual

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adj. Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance.

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festive

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adj. Merry.

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prescience

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n. Knowledge of events before they take place.

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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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abdominal

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n. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.

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finesse

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n. Subtle contrivance used to gain a point.

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paragon

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n. A model of excellence.

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plausible

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adj. Seeming likely to be true, though open to doubt.

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demonstrate

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v. To prove indubitably.

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prattle

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v. To utter in simple or childish talk.

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tercentenary

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adj. Pertaining to a period of 300 years.

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plea

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n. An argument to obtain some desired action.

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ridicule

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n. Looks or acts expressing amused contempt.

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egotism

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n. Self-conceit.

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outright

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adv. Entirely.

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unaffected

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adj. Sincere.

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existence

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n. Possession or continuance of being.

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corpulent

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adj. Obese.

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conduce

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v. To bring about.

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reimburse

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v. To pay back as an equivalent of what has been expended.

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anachronism

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n. Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.

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degrade

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v. To take away honors or position from.

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hydrous

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adj. Watery.

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legalize

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v. To give the authority of law to.

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peripatetic

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adj. Walking about.

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squatter

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n. One who settles on land without permission or right.

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suggestible

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adj. That can be suggested.

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belle

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n. A woman who is a center of attraction because of her beauty, accomplishments, etc.

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impecunious

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adj. Having no money.

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dejection

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n. Melancholy.

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odium

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n. A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust.

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seduce

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v. To entice to surrender chastity.

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tyrannical

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adj. Despotic.

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monogram

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n. A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name.

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impassible

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adj. Not moved or affected by feeling.

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kind-hearted

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adj. Having a kind and sympathetic nature.

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competitive

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adj. characterized by rivalry.

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nihilist

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n. An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known.

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remonstrance

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n. Reproof.

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kilometer

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n. A length of 1,000 meters.

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endear

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v. To cause to be loved.

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judicial

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adj. Pertaining to the administration of justice.

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botanize

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v. To study plant-life.

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cacophony

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n. A disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones.

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version

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n. A description or report of something as modified by one’s character or opinion.

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redolence

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n. Smelling sweet and agreeable.

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alter

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v. To make change in.

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curtail

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v. To cut off or cut short.

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cohesion

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n. Consistency.

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abed

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adv. In bed; on a bed.

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skepticism

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n. The entertainment of doubt concerning something.

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incarcerate

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v. To imprison.

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admittance

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n. Entrance, or the right or permission to enter.

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secession

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n. Voluntary withdrawal from fellowship, especially from political or religious bodies.

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manliness

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n. The qualities characteristic of a true man, as bravery, resolution, etc.

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reproduce

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v. To make a copy of.

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besmear

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v. To smear over, as with any oily or sticky substance.

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ambidextrous

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adj. Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.

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junta

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n. A council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government.

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enrapture

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v. To delight extravagantly or intensely.

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vendition

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n. The act of selling.

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retention

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n. The keeping of a thing within one’s power or possession.

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redundance

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n. Excess.

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drainage

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n. The means of draining collectively, as a system of conduits, trenches, pipes, etc.

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machinist

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n. One who makes or repairs machines, or uses metal-working tools.

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perfumery

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n. The preparation of perfumes.

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prima

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adj. First.

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stagnation

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n. The condition of not flowing or not changing.

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brethren

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n. pl. Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like.

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drudgery

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n. Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation.

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distention

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n. Expansion.

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scintilla

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n. The faintest ray.

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diaphanous

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adj. Transparent.

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depression

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n. A falling of the spirits.

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irritancy

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n. The quality of producing vexation.

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lithograph

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n. A print made by printing from stone.

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cryptogram

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n. Anything written in characters that are secret or so arranged as to have hidden meaning.

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obelisk

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n. A square shaft with pyramidal top, usually monumental or commemorative.

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contiguous

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adj. Touching or joining at the edge or boundary.

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auditory

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adj. Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.

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anthracite

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n. Hard coal.

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option

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n. The right, power, or liberty of choosing.

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siege

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n. A beleaguerment.

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opprobrium

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n. The state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil.

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offhand

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adv. Without preparation.

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exorbitance

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n. Extravagance or enormity.

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habitual

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adj. According to usual practice.

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labyrinth

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n. A maze.

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negligible

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adj. Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery.

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superheat

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v. To heat to excess.

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decagram

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n. A weight of 10 grams.

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stimulate

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v. To rouse to activity or to quickened action.

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pamphlet

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n. A brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest.

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embargo

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n. Authoritative stoppage of foreign commerce or of any special trade.

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underman

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v. To equip with less than the full complement of men.

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skiff

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n. Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars.

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abrogate

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v. To abolish, repeal.

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empower

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v. To delegate authority to.

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whimsical

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adj. Capricious.

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aye

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adv. An expression of assent.

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defamation

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n. Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another.

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catastrophe

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n. Any great and sudden misfortune or calamity.

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diphthong

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n. The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds.

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pentathlon

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n. The contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants.

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utmost

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n. The greatest possible extent.

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enamor

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v. To inspire with ardent love.

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gregarious

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adj. Not habitually solitary or living alone.

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realism

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n. The principle and practice of depicting persons and scenes as they are believed really to exist.

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inquire

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v. To ask information about.

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expand

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v. To increase in range or scope.

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corrigible

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adj. Capable of reformation.

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pentad

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n. The number five.

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alkali

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n. Anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc.

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deportment

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n. Demeanor.

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rectify

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v. To correct.

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aperture

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n. Hole.

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unanimity

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n. The state or quality of being of one mind.

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delectable

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adj. Delightful to the taste or to the senses.

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unbiased

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adj. Impartial, as judgment.

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physics

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n. The science that treats of the phenomena associated with matter and energy.

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extraneous

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adj. Having no essential relation to a subject.

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chastise

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v. To subject to punitive measures.

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consumptive

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adj. Designed for gradual destruction.

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permanent

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adj. Durable.

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hardihood

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n. Foolish daring.

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evasion

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n. Escape.

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bestride

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v. To get or sit upon astride, as a horse.

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repertory

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n. A place where things are stored or gathered together.

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infinite

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adj. Measureless.

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impervious

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adj. Impenetrable.

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derision

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n. Ridicule.

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intervene

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v. To interfere for some end.

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advocate

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n. One who pleads the cause of another, as in a legal or ecclesiastical court.

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indicator

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n. One who or that which points out.

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autobiography

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n. The story of one’s life written by himself.

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furlong

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n. A measure, one-eighth of a mile.

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facet

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n. One of the small triangular plane surfaces of a diamond or other gem.

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callosity

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n. The state of being hard and insensible.

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doe

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n. The female of the deer.

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emit

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v. To send or give out.

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divulgence

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n. A divulging.

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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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investigator

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n. One who investigates.

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equanimity

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n. Evenness of mind or temper.

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observant

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adj. Quick to notice.

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vicissitude

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n. A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune.

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juvenile

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adj. Characteristic of youth.

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diffusible

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adj. Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly.

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overeat

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v. To eat to excess.

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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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impious

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adj. Characterized by irreverence or irreligion.

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blemish

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n. A mark that mars beauty.

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lingo

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n. Language.

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perusal

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n. The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully.

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expanse

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n. A continuous area or stretch.

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statuesque

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adj. Having the grace, pose, or quietude of a statue.

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medial

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adj. Of or pertaining to the middle.

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humbug

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n. Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead.

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transact

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v. To do business.

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viceroy

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n. A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province.

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profile

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n. An outline or contour.

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apposite

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adj. Appropriate.

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migrate

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v. To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to another.

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epode

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n. A species of lyric poems.

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pontiff

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n. The Pope.

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sensuous

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adj. Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury.

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tempt

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v. To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong.

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complicate

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v. To make complex, difficult, or hard to deal with.

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demurrage

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n. the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing.

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submersion

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n. The act of submerging.

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preeminence

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n. Special eminence.

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morphology

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n. the science of organic forms.

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powerless

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adj. Impotent.

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hydra

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n. The seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules.

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