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parlor

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n. A room for reception of callers or entertainment of guests.

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microscope

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n. An instrument for assisting the eye in the vision of minute objects or features of objects.

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specie

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n. A coin or coins of gold, silver, copper, or other metal.

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connive

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v. To be in collusion.

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exceed

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v. To go beyond, as in measure, quality, value, action, power, skill, etc.

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obvert

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v. To turn the front or principal side of (a thing) toward any person or object.

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ascetic

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adj. Given to severe self-denial and practicing excessive abstinence and devotion.

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sibilant

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adj. Made with a hissing sound.

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possessive

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adj. Pertaining to the having, holding, or detention of property in one’s power or command.

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phonic

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adj. Pertaining to the nature of sound.

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browbeat

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v. To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.

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preface

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n. A brief explanation or address to the reader, at the beginning of a book.

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laggard

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adj. Falling behind.

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truculence

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n. Ferocity.

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adamant

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n. Any substance of exceeding hardness or impenetrability.

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locative

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adj. Indicating place, or the place where or wherein an action occurs.

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mellifluous

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adj. Sweetly or smoothly flowing.

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dissuasion

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n. The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading.

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choral

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adj. Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.

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christen

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v. To name in baptism.

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ameliorate

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v. To relieve, as from pain or hardship

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batter

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n. A thick liquid mixture of two or more materials beaten together, to be used in cookery.

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trinity

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n. A threefold personality existing in the one divine being or substance.

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infusion

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n. The act of imbuing, or pouring in.

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postscript

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n. Something added to a letter after the writer’s signature.

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upcast

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n. A throwing upward.

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neglectful

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adj. Exhibiting or indicating omission.

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contumacy

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n. Contemptuous disregard of the requirements of rightful authority.

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baritone

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adj. Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

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charlatan

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n. A quack.

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arbiter

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n. One chosen or appointed, by mutual consent of parties in dispute, to decide matters.

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judicious

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adj. Prudent.

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scythe

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n. A long curved blade for mowing, reaping, etc.

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dogmatic

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adj. Making statements without argument or evidence.

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Sol

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n. The sun.

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neopaganism

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n. A new or revived paganism.

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distrust

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n. Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person.

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creamery

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n. A butter-making establishment.

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beatitude

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n. Any state of great happiness.

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composure

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n. Calmness.

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interrogatory

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n. A question or inquiry.

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reprobate

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n. One abandoned to depravity and sin.

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decisive

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ad. Conclusive.

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entwine

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v. To interweave.

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intrusion

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n. The act of entering without warrant or invitation; encroachment.

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reversion

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n. A return to or toward some former state or condition.

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maharaja

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n. A great Hindu prince.

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chastity

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n. Sexual or moral purity.

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pinchers

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n. An instrument having two jaws working on a pivot.

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lying

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n. Untruthfulness.

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vulnerable

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adj. Capable of receiving injuries.

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homogeneous

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adj. Made up of similar parts or elements.

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sphericity

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n. The state or condition of being a sphere.

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preestablish

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v. To settle or arrange beforehand.

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scoundrel

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n. A man without principle.

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calumny

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n. Slander.

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undulous

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adj. Resembling waves.

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protection

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n. Preservation from harm, danger, annoyance, or any other evil.

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abstemious

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adj. Characterized by self denial or abstinence, as in the use of drink, food.

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sisterhood

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n. A body of sisters united by some bond of sympathy or by a religious vow.

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propellant

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adj. Propelling.

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reinstate

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v. To restore to a former state, station, or authority.

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stupor

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n. Profound lethargy.

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officiate

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v. To act as an officer or leader.

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rebut

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v. To oppose by argument or a sufficient answer.

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recognizance

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n. An acknowledgment entered into before a court with condition to do some particular act.

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guileless

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adj. Frank.

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arboreal

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adj. Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.

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forehead

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n. The upper part of the face, between the eyes and the hair.

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defray

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v. To make payment for.

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philanthropy

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n. Active humanitarianism.

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ultimate

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adj. Beyond which there is nothing else.

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appreciable

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adj. Capable of being discerned by the senses or intellect.

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further

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adj. More distant or advanced.

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pagan

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n. A worshiper of false gods.

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debatable

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adj. Subject to contention or dispute.

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abundant

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adj. Plentiful.

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distort

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v. To twist into an unnatural or irregular form.

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stealth

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n. A concealed manner of acting.

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comprise

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v. To consist of.

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approbation

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n. Sanction.

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primitive

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adj. Pertaining to the beginning or early times.

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apparition

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n. Ghost.

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divagation

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n. Digression.

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jaundice

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n. A morbid condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile or characterized by yellowing of the skin.

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tenet

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n. Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true.

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transalpine

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adj. Situated on the other side of the Alps.

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affectation

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n. A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt.

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miter

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n. The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle.

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aghast

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adj. Struck with terror and amazement.

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cogent

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adj. Appealing strongly to the reason or conscience.

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engender

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v. To produce.

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pedant

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n. A scholar who makes needless and inopportune display of his learning.

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prevalence

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n. Frequency.

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generalize

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v. To draw general inferences.

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quadrate

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v. To divide into quarters.

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forefather

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n. An ancestor.

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wrangle

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v. To maintain by noisy argument or dispute.

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hiatus

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n. A break or vacancy where something necessary to supply the connection is wanting.

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introspect

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v. To look into.

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imperil

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v. To endanger.

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surfeit

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v. To feed to fullness or to satiety.

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confide

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v. To reveal in trust or confidence.

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submittal

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n. The act of submitting.

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Elizabethan

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adj. Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era.

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scurrilous

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adj. Grossly indecent or vulgar.

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infallible

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adj. Exempt from error of judgment, as in opinion or statement.

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obstetrics

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n. The branch of medical science concerned with the treatment and care of women during pregnancy.

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illusory

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adj. Deceiving or tending to deceive, as by false appearance.

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fondle

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v. To handle tenderly and lovingly.

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distraught

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adj. Bewildered.

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coincidence

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n. A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.

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tack

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n. A small sharp-pointed nail.

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privy

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adj. Participating with another or others in the knowledge of a secret transaction.

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allege

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v. To assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court.

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inexorable

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adj. Unrelenting.

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galvanism

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n. Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical action.

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replica

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n. A duplicate executed by the artist himself, and regarded, equally with the first, as an original.

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ponderous

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adj. Unusually weighty or forcible.

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transience

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n. Something that is of short duration.

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preponderate

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v. To exceed in influence or power.

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egress

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n. Any place of exit.

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wantonness

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n. Recklessness.

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pertinacity

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n. Unyielding adherence.

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prelacy

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n. A system of church government.

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cantonment

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n. The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.

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antonym

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n. A word directly opposed to another in meaning.

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calculable

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adj. That may be estimated by reckoning.

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annotate

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v. To make explanatory or critical notes on or upon.

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Augustinian

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adj. Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.

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portend

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v. To indicate as being about to happen, especially by previous signs.

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subconscious

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adj. Being or occurring in the mind, but without attendant consciousness or conscious perception.

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distrainor

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n. One who subjects a person to distress.

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debonair

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adj. Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner.

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rigorous

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adj. Uncompromising.

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reconsider

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v. To review with care, especially with a view to a reversal of previous action.

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afterthought

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n. A thought that comes later than its appropriate or expected time.

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acumen

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n. Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination.

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vermin

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n. A noxious or troublesome animal.

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henchman

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n. A servile assistant and subordinate.

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archbishop

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n. The chief of the bishops of an ecclesiastical province in the Greek, Roman, and Anglican church.

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mutilate

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v. To disfigure.

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conceive

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v. To form an idea, mental image or thought of.

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subacid

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adj. Somewhat sharp or biting.

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baleful

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adj. Malignant.

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ordination

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n. A consecration to the ministry.

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statistician

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n. One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts.

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taxidermy

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n. The art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them.

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contaminate

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v. To pollute.

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Decameron

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n. A volume consisting of ten parts or books.

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arrogant

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adj. Unduly or excessively proud, as of wealth, station, learning, etc.

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menagerie

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n. A collection of wild animals, especially when kept for exhibition.

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orgies

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n. Wild or wanton revelry.

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pestilential

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adj. having the nature of or breeding pestilence.

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disappear

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v. To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being.

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commissariat

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n. The department of an army charged with the provision of its food and water and daily needs.

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impiety

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n. Irreverence toward God.

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bauble

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n. A trinket.

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foppery

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n. Dandyism.

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tincture

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n. A solution, usually alcoholic, of some principle used in medicine.

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unify

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v. To cause to be one.

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reliquary

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n. A casket, coffer, or repository in which relics are kept.

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monosyllable

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n. A word of one syllable.

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degeneracy

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n. A becoming worse.

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ordnance

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n. A general name for all kinds of weapons and their appliances used in war.

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microphone

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n. An apparatus for magnifying faint sounds.

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Quixotic

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adj. Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree.

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regress

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v. To return to a former place or condition.

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agile

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adj. Able to move or act quickly, physically, or mentally.

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finality

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n. The state or quality of being final or complete.

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extort

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v. To obtain by violence, threats, compulsion, or the subjection of another to some necessity.

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wreak

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v. To inflict, as a revenge or punishment.

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injunction

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n. Mandate.

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photometry

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n. The art of measuring the intensity of light.

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Sybarite

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n. A luxurious person.

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dissension

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n. Angry or violent difference of opinion.

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stiletto

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n. A small dagger.

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abscess

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n. A Collection of pus in a cavity formed within some tissue of the body.

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instigator

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n. One who incites to evil.

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conduit

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n. A means for conducting something, particularly a tube, pipe, or passageway for a fluid.

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onslaught

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n. A violent onset.

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cataclysm

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n. Any overwhelming flood of water.

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insular

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adj. Pertaining to an island.

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denounce

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v. To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium.

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trickery

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n. Artifice.

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beseech

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v. To implore.

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nectarine

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n. A variety of the peach.

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aristocrat

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n. A hereditary noble or one nearly connected with nobility.

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discrepant

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adj. Opposite.

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mordacious

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adj. Biting or giving to biting.

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interrogative

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adj. Having the nature or form of a question.

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satiate

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v. To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of.

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expect

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v. To look forward to as certain or probable.

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populace

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n. The common people.

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encourage

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v. To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind.

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compulsion

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n. Coercion.

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quietus

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n. A silencing, suppressing, or ending.

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coronation

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n. The act or ceremony of crowning a monarch.

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waive

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v. To relinquish, especially temporarily, as a right or claim.

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sextet

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n. A band of six singers or players.

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