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probity

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n. Virtue or integrity tested and confirmed.

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counting-house

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n. A house or office used for transacting business, bookkeeping, correspondence, etc.

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qualm

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n. A fit of nausea.

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urchin

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n. A roguish, mischievous boy.

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outride

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v. To ride faster than.

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intrepid

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adj. Fearless and bold.

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legacy

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n. A bequest.

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auxiliary

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n. One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary or accessory.

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misanthropy

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n. Hatred of mankind.

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conscript

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v. To force into military service.

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mawkish

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adj. Sickening or insipid.

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extol

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v. To praise in the highest terms.

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eject

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v. To expel.

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quintet

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n. Musical composition arranged for five voices or instruments.

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interpose

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v. To come between other things or persons.

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alias

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n. An assumed name.

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payee

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n. A person to whom money has been or is to be paid.

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insignificant

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adj. Without importance, force, or influence.

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provident

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adj. Anticipating and making ready for future wants or emergencies.

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Bowdlerize

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v. To expurgate in editing (a literary composition) by omitting words or passages.

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enkindle

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v. To set on fire.

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domicile

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n. The place where one lives.

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modulate

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v. To vary in tone, inflection, pitch or other quality of sound.

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imperceptible

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adj. Indiscernible.

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lawgiver

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n. A legislator.

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improvise

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v. To do anything extemporaneously or offhand.

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desistance

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n. Cessation.

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arrival

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n. A coming to stopping-place or destination.

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collective

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adj. Consisting of a number of persons or objects considered as gathered into a mass, or sum.

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foliage

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n. Any growth of leaves.

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nauseate

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v. To cause to loathe.

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bitterness

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n. Acridity, as to the taste.

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indulgence

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n. The yielding to inclination, passion, desire, or propensity in oneself or another.

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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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fiasco

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n. A complete or humiliating failure.

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proficient

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adj. Possessing ample and ready knowledge or of skill in any art, science, or industry.

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dutiful

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adj. Obedient.

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facsimile

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n. An exact copy or reproduction.

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disappoint

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v. To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of.

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placate

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v. To bring from a state of angry or hostile feeling to one of patience or friendliness.

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autocracy

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n. Absolute government.

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nomination

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n. The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office.

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gratuitous

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adj. Voluntarily.

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fulsome

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adj. Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.

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abstain

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v. To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).

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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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pediatrics

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n. The department of medical science that relates to the treatment of diseases of childhood.

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annex

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v. To add or affix at the end.

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fallow

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n. Land broken up and left to become mellow or to rest.

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inexplicable

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adj. Such as can not be made plain.

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dragoon

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n. In the British army, a cavalryman.

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fluent

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adj. Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas.

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libel

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n. Defamation.

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judgment

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n. The faculty by the exercise of which a deliberate conclusion is reached.

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islet

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n. A little island.

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sluggard

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n. A person habitually lazy or idle.

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bravado

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n. An aggressive display of boldness.

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advisory

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adj. Not mandatory.

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relinquish

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v. To give up using or having.

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torturous

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adj. Marked by extreme suffering.

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confidant

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n. One to whom secrets are entrusted.

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divert

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v. To turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established.

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caustic

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adj. Sarcastic and severe.

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vicarious

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adj. Suffered or done in place of or for the sake of another.

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deteriorate

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v. To grow worse.

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antipodes

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n. A place or region on the opposite side of the earth.

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privateer

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n. A vessel owned and officered by private persons, but carrying on maritime war.

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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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predecessor

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n. An incumbent of a given office previous to another.

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colloquial

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adj. Pertaining or peculiar to common speech as distinguished from literary.

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juncture

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n. An articulation, joint, or seam.

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feudal

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adj. Pertaining to the relation of lord and vassal.

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scuttle

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v. To sink (a ship) by making holes in the bottom.

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aggrandize

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v. To cause to appear greatly.

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dialect

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n. Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district.

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lackadaisical

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adj. Listless.

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requiem

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n. A solemn mass sung for the repose of the souls of the dead.

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timorous

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adj. Lacking courage.

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necessity

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n. That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired.

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electrolysis

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n. The process of decomposing a chemical compound by the passage of an electric current.

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conjecture

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n. A guess.

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artless

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adj. Ingenuous.

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preferment

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n. Preference.

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haggard

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adj. Worn and gaunt in appearance.

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exasperate

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v. To excite great anger in.

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linear

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adj. Of the nature of a line.

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unsophisticated

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adj. Showing inexperience.

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consul

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n. An officer appointed to reside in a foreign city, chiefly to represent his country.

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cajolery

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n. Delusive speech.

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sordid

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adj. Of degraded character or nature.

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irresistible

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adj. That can not be successfully withstood or opposed.

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parable

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n. A brief narrative founded on real scenes or events usually with a moral.

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imbrue

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v. To wet or moisten.

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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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pestilence

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n. A raging epidemic.

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sapid

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adj. Affecting the sense of taste.

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spheroid

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n. A body having nearly the form of a sphere.

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conservatory

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n. An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation.

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truthful

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adj. Veracious.

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unavoidable

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adj. Inevitable.

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jugglery

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n. The art or practice of sleight of hand.

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photometer

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n. Any instrument for measuring the intensity of light or comparing the intensity of two lights.

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overtone

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n. A harmonic.

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plutocracy

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n. A wealthy class in a political community who control the government by means of their money.

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extremist

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

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decapod

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adj. Ten-footed or ten-armed.

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bureaucracy

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n. Government by departments of men transacting particular branches of public business.

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absent-minded

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adj. Lacking in attention to immediate surroundings or business.

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console

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v. To comfort.

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soliloquy

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n. A monologue.

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seismograph

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n. An instrument for recording the phenomena of earthquakes.

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mundane

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adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial.

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subjection

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n. The act of bringing into a state of submission.

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abbot

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n. The superior of a community of monks.

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moratorium

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n. An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily.

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cornucopia

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n. The horn of plenty, symbolizing peace and prosperity.

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expatriate

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v. To drive from one’s own country.

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proscenium

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n. That part of the stage between the curtain and the orchestra.

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amenable

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adj. Willing and ready to submit.

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decimate

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v. To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.

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verbiage

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n. Use of many words without necessity.

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pentavalent

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adj. Quinqeuvalent.

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Calvary

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n. The place where Christ was crucified.

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landlord

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n. A man who owns and lets a tenement or tenements.

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mandate

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n. A command.

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metropolis

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n. A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state.

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abnegate

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v. To renounce (a right or privilege).

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radiate

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v. To extend in all directions, as from a source or focus.

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florist

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n. A dealer in flowers.

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subsequent

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adj. Following in time.

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frantic

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adj. Frenzied.

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bestial

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adj. Animal.

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theology

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n. The branch of theological science that treats of God.

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polemics

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n. The art of controversy or disputation.

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crusade

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n. Any concerted movement, vigorously prosecuted, in behalf of an idea or principle.

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originate

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v. To cause or constitute the beginning or first stage of the existence of.

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biennial

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n. A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.

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metropolitan

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adj. Pertaining to a chief city.

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endurance

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n. The ability to suffer pain, distress, hardship, or stress of any kind without succumbing.

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out-of-the-way

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adj. Remotely situated.

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compliant

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adj. Yielding.

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exhilarate

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v. To fill with high or cheerful spirits.

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perform

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v. To accomplish.

144
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nestling

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adj. Recently hatched.

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accurate

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adj. Conforming exactly to truth or to a standard.

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lithotype

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n. In engraving, an etched stone surface for printing.

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denomination

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n. A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline.

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declarative

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adj. Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation.

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employer

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n. One who uses or engages the services of other persons for pay.

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noticeable

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adj. Perceptible.

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bumper

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n. A cup or glass filled to the brim, especially one to be drunk as a toast or health.

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epoch

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n. A interval of time, memorable for extraordinary events.

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defiant

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adj. Characterized by bold or insolent opposition.

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dyne

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n. The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s.

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phonology

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n. The science of human vocal sounds.

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repressible

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adj. Able to be kept under restraint or control.

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antemeridian

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adj. Before noon.

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inhibit

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v. To hold back or in.

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precarious

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adj. Perilous.

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usurp

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v. To take possession of by force.

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leaflet

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n. A little leaf or a booklet.

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dilemma

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n. A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary.

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buttress

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n. Any support or prop.

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inedible

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adj. Not good for food.

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dispensation

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n. That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power.

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moderator

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n. The presiding officer of a meeting.

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fealty

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n. Loyalty.

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species

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n. A classificatory group of animals or plants subordinate to a genus.

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felicitate

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v. To wish joy or happiness to, especially in view of a coming event.

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regality

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n. Royalty.

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sparse

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adj. Thinly diffused.

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execration

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n. An accursed thing.

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conformation

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n. General structure, form, or outline.

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bore

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v. To weary by tediousness or dullness.

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distill

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v. To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation.

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icily

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adv. Frigidly.

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interminable

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adj. Having no limit or end.

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able-bodied

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adj. Competent for physical service.

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intermit

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v. To cause to cease temporarily.

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Pan-American

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adj. Including or pertaining to the whole of America, both North and South.

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polygon

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n. A figure having many angles.

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gamester

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n. A gambler.

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beatify

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v. To make supremely happy.

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redound

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n. Rebound.

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hospitable

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adj. Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness.

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literature

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

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recant

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v. To withdraw formally one’s belief (in something previously believed or maintained).

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dissonant

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adj. Harsh or disagreeable in sound.

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sardonic

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adj. Scornfully or bitterly sarcastic.

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credulous

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adj. Easily deceived.

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superlative

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n. That which is of the highest possible excellence or eminence.

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concussion

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n. A violent shock to some organ by a fall or a sudden blow.

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decoy

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n. Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation.

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equilibrium

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n. A state of balance.

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inevitable

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adj. Unavoidable.

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dimly

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adv. Obscurely.

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out-and-out

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adv. Genuinely.

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rampant

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adj. Growing, climbing, or running without check or restraint.

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misrule

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v. To misgovern.

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masonry

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n. The art or work of constructing, as buildings, walls, etc., with regularly arranged stones.

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