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unyoke

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v. To separate.

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iniquity

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n. Gross wrong or injustice.

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avow

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v. To declare openly.

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conversant

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adj. Thoroughly informed.

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paroxysm

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n. A sudden outburst of any kind of activity.

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resurrection

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n. A return from death to life

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evanesce

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v. To vanish gradually.

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archaic

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adj. Antiquated

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furtive

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adj. Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief.

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shriek

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n. A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror.

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accompany

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v. To go with, or be associated with, as a companion.

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prolific

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adj. Producing offspring or fruit.

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cognate

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adj. Akin.

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parliament

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n. A legislative body.

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osculate

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v. To kiss.

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conjugation

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n. The state or condition of being joined together.

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separatist

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n. A seceder.

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alienable

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adj. Capable of being aliened or alienated, as lands.

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tranquility

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n. Calmness.

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amity

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n. Friendship.

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birthright

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n. A privilege or possession into which one is born.

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heteromorphic

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adj. Deviating from the normal form or standard type.

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promenade

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v. To walk for amusement or exercise.

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invective

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n. An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach.

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close-hauled

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adj. Having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible.

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bewilder

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v. To confuse the perceptions or judgment of.

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testament

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n. A will.

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appellation

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n. The name or title by which a particular person, class, or thing is called.

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migratory

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adj. Wandering.

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blaspheme

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v. To indulge in profane oaths.

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postdate

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v. To make the date of any writing later than the real date.

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glorious

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adj. Of excellence and splendor.

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fugacious

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adj. Fleeting.

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arcade

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n. A vaulted passageway or street; a roofed passageway having shops, etc., opening from it.

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incessant

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adj. Unceasing.

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vapid

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adj. Having lost sparkling quality and flavor.

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capacious

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adj. Roomy.

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absorb

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v. To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water.

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denunciation

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n. The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment.

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monastery

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n. A dwelling-place occupied in common by persons under religious vows of seclusion.

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participant

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n. One having a share or part.

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financier

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n. One skilled in or occupied with financial affairs or operations.

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proportionate

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adj. Being in proportion.

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litigate

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v. To cause to become the subject-matter of a suit at law.

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patrimony

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n. An inheritance from an ancestor, especially from one’s father.

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pertinent

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adj. Relevant.

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metempsychosis

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n. Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast.

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purl

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v. To cause to whirl, as in an eddy.

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relegate

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v. To send off or consign, as to an obscure position or remote destination.

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disparity

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n. Inequality.

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recede

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v. To move back or away.

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cabinet

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n. The body of men constituting the official advisors of the executive head of a nation.

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sacrilegious

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adj. Impious.

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procedure

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n. A manner or method of acting.

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abhorrence

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n. The act of detesting extremely.

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pledgeor

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n. One who gives a pledge.

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rancor

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n. Malice.

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peccable

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adj. Capable of sinning.

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heptagon

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n. A figure having seven sides and seven angles.

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renovate

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v. To restore after deterioration, as a building.

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typographical

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adj. Pertaining to typography or printing.

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hydromechanics

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n. The mechanics of fluids.

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earthenware

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n. Anything made of clay and baked in a kiln or dried in the sun.

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conjugate

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adj. Joined together in pairs.

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superficial

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adj. Knowing and understanding only the ordinary and the obvious.

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duplicity

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n. Double-dealing.

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entomology

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n. The branch of zoology that treats of insects.

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forecast

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v. To predict.

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up-keep

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n. Maintenance.

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inconsistent

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adj. Contradictory.

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enthrall

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v. To bring or hold under any overmastering influence.

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enhance

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v. To intensify.

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inconvenient

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adj. Interfering with comfort or progress.

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decagon

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n. A figure with ten sides and ten angles.

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polygamy

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n. the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once.

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indignity

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n. Unmerited contemptuous conduct or treatment.

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metronome

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n. An instrument for indicating and marking exact time in music.

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mausoleum

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n. A tomb of more than ordinary size or architectural pretensions.

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discipline

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v. To train to obedience.

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mantle

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n. A cloak.

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bide

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v. To await.

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troublesome

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adj. Burdensome.

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sepulcher

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n. A burial-place.

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topography

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n. The art of representing on a map the physical features of any locality or region with accuracy.

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alternative

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n. Something that may or must exist, be taken or chosen, or done instead of something else.

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ultimatum

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n. A final statement or proposal, as concerning terms or conditions.

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archipelago

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n. Any large body of water studded with islands, or the islands collectively themselves.

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efficacy

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n. The power to produce an intended effect as shown in the production of it.

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caret

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n. A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.

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anterior

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adj. Prior.

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caste

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n. The division of society on artificial grounds.

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invalid

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adj. Having no force, weight, or cogency.

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deject

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v. To dishearten.

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prologue

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n. A prefatory statement or explanation to a poem, discourse, or performance.

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obdurate

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adj. Impassive to feelings of humanity or pity.

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infrequence

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n. Rareness.

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Jingo

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n. One of a party in Great Britain in favor of spirited and demonstrative foreign policy.

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expedient

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adj. Contributing to personal advantage.

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ascribe

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v. To assign as a quality or attribute.

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magisterial

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adj. Having an air of authority.

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lassie

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n. A little lass.

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decipher

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v. To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible.

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subsistence

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n. Sustenance.

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queue

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n. A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance.

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sprightly

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adj. Vivacious.

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dispel

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v. To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions.

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technic

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adj. Technical.

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broach

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v. To mention, for the first time.

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effectual

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adj. Efficient.

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vendible

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adj. Marketable.

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constituency

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n. The inhabitants or voters in a district represented in a legislative body.

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proffer

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v. To offer to another for acceptance.

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salvage

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n. Any act of saving property.

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cornice

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n. An ornamental molding running round the walls of a room close to the ceiling.

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pedigree

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n. One’s line of ancestors.

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tolerant

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adj. Indulgent.

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momentary

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adj. Lasting but a short time.

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emancipate

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v. To release from bondage.

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rapacious

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adj. Disposed to seize by violence or by unlawful or greedy methods.

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treasonable

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adj. Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance.

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luscious

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adj. Rich, sweet, and delicious.

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salutatory

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n. The opening oration at the commencement in American colleges.

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discomfit

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v. To put to confusion.

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modernize

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v. To make characteristic of the present or of recent times.

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trait

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n. A distinguishing feature or quality.

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unfavorable

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adj. Adverse.

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preordain

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v. To foreordain.

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intercession

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n. Entreaty in behalf of others.

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aerostat

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n. A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.

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aloof

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adv. Not in sympathy with or desiring to associate with others.

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dehydrate

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v. To deprive of water.

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coronet

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n. Inferior crown denoting, according to its form, various degrees of noble rank less than sovereign.

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understate

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v. To fail to put strongly enough, as a case.

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rapt

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adj. Enraptured.

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gynecocracy

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n. Female supremacy.

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eloquent

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adj. Having the ability to express emotion or feeling in lofty and impassioned speech.

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crockery

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n. Earthenware made from baked clay.

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acerbity

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n. Sourness, with bitterness and astringency.

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palate

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n. The roof of the mouth.

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innuendo

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n. Insinuation.

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dissolute

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adj. Lewd.

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likely

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adj. Plausible.

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medicine

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n. A substance possessing or reputed to possess curative or remedial properties.

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tyro

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n. One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession.

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momentous

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adj. Very significant.

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waistcoat

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n. A vest.

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levity

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n. Frivolity.

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variance

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n. Change.

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imaginary

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adj. Fancied.

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foreordination

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n. Predestination.

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pneumatic

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adj. Pertaining to or consisting of air or gas.

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blazon

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v. To make widely or generally known.

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littoral

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adj. Of, pertaining to, or living on a shore.

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fernery

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n. A place in which ferns are grown.

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ingratitude

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n. Insensibility to kindness.

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apostasy

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n. A total departure from one’s faith or religion.

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awaken

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v. To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

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regenerate

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v. To reproduce.

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dilatory

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adj. Tending to cause delay.

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herbivorous

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adj. Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals.

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refragable

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adj. Capable of being refuted.

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habitant

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n. Dweller.

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pledgee

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n. The person to whom anything is pledged.

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obsolescent

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adj. Passing out of use, as a word.

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extravagance

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n. Undue expenditure of money.

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demise

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n. Death.

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occupant

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n. A tenant in possession of property, as distinguished from the actual owner.

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immiscible

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adj. Separating, as oil and water.

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frankincense

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n. A gum or resin which on burning yields aromatic fumes.

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freethinker

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n. One who rejects authority or inspiration in religion.

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litigious

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adj. Quarrelsome.

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disown

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v. To refuse to acknowledge as one’s own or as connected with oneself.

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corps

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n. A number or body of persons in some way associated or acting together.

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protector

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n. A defender.

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execrable

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adj. Abominable.

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barring

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prep. Apart from.

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anticlimax

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n. A gradual or sudden decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said.

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bedlam

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n. Madhouse.

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lactation

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n. The secretion of milk.

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acreage

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n. Quantity or extent of land, especially of cultivated land.

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domain

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n. A sphere or field of action or interest.

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copious

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adj. Plenteous.

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urgency

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n. The pressure of necessity.

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delirious

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adj. Raving.

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loot

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v. To plunder.

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insufficiency

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n. Inadequacy.

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philately

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n. The study and collection of stamps.

188
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deform

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v. To disfigure.

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dialectician

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n. A logician.

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arrange

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v. To put in definite or proper order.

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treble

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adj. Multiplied by three.

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suggestive

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adj. Stimulating to thought or reflection.

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consignee

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n. A person to whom goods or other property has been entrusted.

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distend

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v. To stretch out or expand in every direction.

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perennial

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adj. Continuing though the year or through many years.

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insulate

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v. To place in a detached state or situation.

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amply

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adv. Sufficiently.

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complacence

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n. Satisfaction with one’s acts or surroundings.

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unbearable

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adj. Unendurable.

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Antichrist

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n. Any opponent or enemy of Christ, whether a person or a power.

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