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luminary
n. One of the heavenly bodies as a source of light.
misinterpret
v. To misunderstand.
relent
v. To yield.
working-man
n. One who earns his bread by manual labor.
drachma
n. A modern and an ancient Greek coin.
insidious
adj. Working ill by slow and stealthy means.
ligneous
adj. Having the texture of appearance of wood.
regretful
adj. Feeling, expressive of, or full of regret.
caprice
n. A whim.
functionary
n. An official.
uproot
v. To eradicate.
conciliatory
adj. Tending to reconcile.
nectar
n. Any especially sweet and delicious drink.
accessory
n. A person or thing that aids the principal agent.
congeal
v. To coagulate.
manufacturer
n. A person engaged in manufacturing as a business.
gyrate
v. To revolve.
vainglory
n. Excessive, pretentious, and demonstrative vanity.
annalist
n. Historian.
persuadable
adj. capable of influencing to action by entreaty, statement, or anything that moves the feelings.
objector
n. One who objects, as to a proposition, measure, or ruling.
precipitate
v. To force forward prematurely.
risible
adj. capable of exciting laughter.
assay
n. The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore.
fabricate
v. To invent fancifully or falsely.
derrick
n. An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights.
fuse
v. To unite or blend as by melting together.
vacuum
n. A space entirely devoid of matter.
borough
n. An incorporated village or town.
consistency
n. A state of permanence.
symphonic
adj. Characterized by a harmonious or agreeable mingling of sounds.
dissonant
adj. Harsh or disagreeable in sound.
trepidation
n. Nervous uncertainty of feeling.
usury
n. The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law.
ministry
n. A service.
metaphysician
n. One skilled in metaphysics.
rampant
adj. Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint.
scholarly
adj. Characteristic of an erudite person.
forcible
adj. Violent.
pervasion
n. The state of spreading through every part.
kinsfolk
n. pl. Relatives.
turgid
adj. Swollen.
simulate
v. Imitate.
patter
v. To mumble something over and over.
quarto
n. An eight-page newspaper of any size.
pentad
n. The number five.
stellar
adj. Pertaining to the stars.
manumission
n. Emancipation.
obligate
v. To hold to the fulfillment of duty.
eschew
v. To keep clear of.
missive
n. A message in writing.
parody
v. To render ludicrous by imitating the language of.
distillation
n. Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile.
ebullient
adj. Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
pauper
n. One without means of support.
metaphysical
adj. Philosophical.
habitant
n. Dweller.
ashen
adj. Pale.
Occident
n. The countries lying west of Asia and the Turkish dominions.
florid
adj. Flushed with red.
warlike
adj. Belligerent.
substantive
adj. Solid.
satirize
v. To treat with sarcasm or derisive wit.
ordnance
n. A general name for all kinds of weapons and their appliances used in war.
unnecessary
adj. Not essential under the circumstances.
obstruct
v. To fill with impediments so as to prevent passage, either wholly or in part.
diplomacy
n. Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters.
spherometer
n. An instrument for measuring curvature or radii of spherical surfaces.
desist
v. To cease from action.
mandatory
adj. Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory.
mercenary
adj. Greedy
airy
adj. Delicate, ethereal.
odium
n. A feeling of extreme repugnance, or of dislike and disgust.
predominant
adj. Superior in power, influence, effectiveness, number, or degree.
requital
n. Adequate return for good or ill.
recognize
v. To recall the identity of (a person or thing).
Epicurean
adj. Indulging, ministering, or pertaining to daintiness of appetite.
severely
adv. Extremely.
pollen
n. The fine dust-like grains or powder formed within the anther of a flowering plant.
coagulant
adj. Producing coagulation.
exclamation
n. An abrupt or emphatic expression of thought or of feeling.
suasion
n. The act of persuading.
azure
n. The color of the sky.
maleficent
adj. Mischievous.
intricate
adj. Difficult to follow or understand.
translucence
n. The property or state of allowing the passage of light.
cabal
n. A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private purpose.
abidance
n. An abiding. (abide: continue, wait for, endure, dwell)
rebut
v. To oppose by argument or a sufficient answer.
begrudge
v. To envy one of the possession of.
anticlimax
n. A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.
photometer
n. Any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights.
continence
n. Self-restraint with respect to desires, appetites, and passion.
bellicose
adj. Warlike.
excel
v. To be superior or distinguished.
jocose
adj. Done or made in jest.
desert
v. To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned
orthopedist
n. One who practices the correcting or preventing of deformity
olfactory
adj. of or pertaining to the sense of smell.
imitator
n. One who makes in imitation.
comparison
n. Examination of two or more objects with reference to their likeness or unlikeness.
astute
adj. Keen in discernment.
proportionate
adj. Being in proportion.
collector
n. One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.
oddity
n. An eccentricity.
abbey
n. The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
excess
n. That which passes the ordinary, proper, or required limit, measure, or experience.
parley
v. To converse in.
freethinker
n. One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion.
allude
v. To refer incidentally, or by suggestion.
profession
n. Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines.
consolidate
v. To combine into one body or system.
bulwark
n. Anything that gives security or defense.
ultramontane
adj. Beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps (that is, on their Italian side).
generic
adj. Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific.
exclusion
n. Non-admission.
corpse
n. A dead body.
apprehend
v. To make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law.
sibilant
adj. Made with a hissing sound.
petulant
adj. Displaying impatience.
compulsory
adj. Forced.
typical
adj. Characteristic.
corrosion
n. Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
fervor
n. Ardor or intensity of feeling.
archaeology
n. The branch of anthropology concerned with the systematic investigation of the relics of man.
quiescence
n. Quiet.
defensive
adj. Carried on in resistance to aggression.
formula
n. Fixed rule or set form.
nefarious
adj. Wicked in the extreme.
devious
adj. Out of the common or regular track.
forecast
v. To predict.
chivalry
n. The knightly system of feudal times with its code, usages and practices.
causal
adj. Indicating or expressing a cause.
regnant
adj. Exercising royal authority in one’s own right.
vertigo
n. Dizziness.
palate
n. The roof of the mouth.
demeanor
n. Deportment.
intromit
v. To insert.
luminosity
n. The quality of giving or radiating light.
appall
v. To fill with dismay or horror.
reversion
n. A return to or toward some former state or condition.
divest
v. To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment.
stagnant
adj. Not flowing: said of water, as in a pool.
remonstrance
n. Reproof.
exhaustion
n. Deprivation of strength or energy.
wearisome
adj. Fatiguing.
vegetarian
n. One who believes in the theory that man’s food should be exclusively vegetable.
diurnal
adj. Daily.
equity
n. Fairness or impartiality.
generosity
n. A disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors heartily.
preordain
v. To foreordain.
utilitarianism
n. The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency.
travail
n. Hard or agonizing labor.
foresail
n. A square sail.
preferential
adj. Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority.
anxious
adj. Distressed in mind respecting some uncertain matter.
subvert
v. To bring to ruin.
violator
n. One who transgresses.
adverse
adj. Opposing or opposed.
archaic
adj. Antiquated
infirm
adj. Lacking in bodily or mental strength.
logician
n. An expert reasoner.
hale
adj. Of sound and vigorous health.
piecemeal
adv. Gradually.
pleasurable
adj. Affording gratification.
rectify
v. To correct.
cathode
n. The negative pole or electrode of a galvanic battery.
diacritical
adj. Marking a difference.
batten
n. A narrow strip of wood.
fretful
adj. Disposed to peevishness.
autarchy
n. Unrestricted power.
duteous
adj. Showing submission to natural superiors.
anachronism
n. Anything occurring or existing out of its proper time.
accouter
v. To dress.
unaccountable
adj. Inexplicable.
maltreat
v. To treat ill, unkindly, roughly, or abusively.
recreant
n. A cowardly or faithless person.
defraud
v. To deprive of something dishonestly.
taciturn
adj. Disinclined to conversation.
retrench
v. To cut down or reduce in extent or quantity.
incessant
adj. Unceasing.
pervasive
adj. Thoroughly penetrating or permeating.
prescient
adj. Foreknowing.
immutable
adj. Unchangeable.
extricate
v. Disentangle.
heedless
adj. Thoughtless.
maneuver
v. To make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by strategy.
fracture
n. A break.
sarcasm
n. Cutting and reproachful language.
conscientious
adj. Governed by moral standard.
semiannual
adj. Recurring at intervals of six months.
comport
v. To conduct or behave (oneself).
quarrelsome
adj. Irascible.
pecuniary
adj. Consisting of money.
antemeridian
adj. Before noon.
biograph
n. A bibliographical sketch or notice.
dishonest
adj. Untrustworthy.
diverse
adj. Capable of various forms.
parse
v. To describe, as a sentence, by separating it into its elements and describing each word.
tempt
v. To offer to (somebody) an inducement to do wrong.
