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finery
n. That which is used to decorate the person or dress.
perception
n. Knowledge through the senses of the existence and properties of matter or the external world.
freshness
n. The state, quality, or degree of being fresh.
inexhaustible
adj. So large or furnishing so great a supply as not to be emptied, wasted, or spent.
transient
n. One who or that which is only of temporary existence.
contradiction
n. The assertion of the opposite of that which has been said.
nevertheless
conj. Notwithstanding.
germane
adj. Relevant.
perceptible
adj. Cognizable.
primer
n. An elementary reading-book for children.
disobedient
adj. Neglecting or refusing to obey.
vincible
adj. Conquerable.
obliterate
v. To cause to disappear.
demonstrative
adj. Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts.
facetious
adj. Amusing.
inadvisable
adj. Unadvisable.
generosity
n. A disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors heartily.
enact
v. To make into law, as by legislative act.
encyclical
adj. Intended for general circulation.
metaphysics
n. The principles of philosophy as applied to explain the methods of any particular science.
prospector
n. One who makes exploration, search, or examination, especially for minerals.
retinue
n. The body of persons who attend a person of importance in travel or public appearance.
sensibility
n. Power to perceive or feel.
elude
v. To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice.
clemency
n. Mercy.
efflorescent
adj. Opening in flower.
emblem
n. A symbol.
corruption
n. Loss of purity or integrity.
disburse
v. To pay out or expend, as money from a fund.
brogue
n. Any dialectic pronunciation of English, especially that of the Irish people.
enlist
v. To enter voluntarily the military service by formal enrollment.
orator
n. One who delivers an elaborate or formal speech.
malleable
adj. Pliant.
bemoan
v. To lament
ghastly
adj. Hideous.
posse
n. A force of men.
paralyze
v. To deprive of the power to act.
strait
n. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
nostrum
n. Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character.
repugnant
adj. Offensive to taste and feeling.
vulgarity
n. Lack of refinement in conduct or speech.
whereupon
adv. After which.
imperturbable
adj. Calm.
cipher
v. To calculate arithmetically. (also a noun meaning zero or nothing)
came
n. A leaden sash-bar or grooved strip for fastening panes in stained-glass windows.
spinster
n. A woman who has never been married.
recoil
v. To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread.
adherent
adj. Clinging or sticking fast.
excursion
n. A journey.
resurgent
adj. Surging back or again.
matrix
n. That which contains and gives shape or form to anything.
mythology
n. The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and heroes.
pandemic
adj. Affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease.
discomfort
n. The state of being positively uncomfortable.
diagnosis
n. Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease.
contagion
n. The communication of disease from person to person.
incapacitate
v. To deprive of power, capacity, competency, or qualification.
tacit
adj. Understood.
alchemy
n. Chemistry of the middle ages, characterized by the pursuit of changing base metals to gold.
ebullient
adj. Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling.
nominate
v. To designate as a candidate for any office.
confront
v. To encounter, as difficulties or obstacles.
obligate
v. To hold to the fulfillment of duty.
abut
v. To touch at the end or boundary line.
undergarment
n. A garment to be worn under the ordinary outer garments.
pantoscope
n. A very wide-angled photographic lens.
casualty
n. A fatal or serious accident or disaster.
actuate
v. To move or incite to action.
benignity
n. Kindness of feeling, disposition, or manner.
lifelong
adj. Lasting or continuous through life.
negligent
adj. Apt to omit what ought to be done.
vivacity
n. Liveliness.
congregate
v. To bring together into a crowd.
amorphous
adj. Without determinate shape.
possession
n. The having, holding, or detention of property in one’s power or command.
immerse
v. To plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid.
outskirt
n. A border region.
absolution
n. Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses.
allude
v. To refer incidentally, or by suggestion.
unlawful
adj. Illegal.