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malignant

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adj. Evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief.

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rejoin

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v. To reunite after separation.

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potion

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n. A dose of liquid medicine.

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determinate

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adj. Definitely limited or fixed.

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reliance

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n. Dependence.

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lordling

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n. A little lord.

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conjugal

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adj. Pertaining to marriage, marital rights, or married persons.

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punctilious

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adj. Strictly observant of the rules or forms prescribed by law or custom.

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progeny

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n. Offspring.

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instantaneous

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adj. Done without perceptible lapse of time.

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curio

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n. A piece of bric-a-brac.

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scholastic

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adj. Pertaining to education or schools.

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superintend

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v. To have the charge and direction of, especially of some work or movement.

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purveyor

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n. one who supplies

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forfend

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v. To ward off.

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vocable

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n. a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound.

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percussion

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n. The sharp striking of one body against another.

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lateral

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adj. Directed toward the side.

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forebode

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v. To be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil.

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accelerate

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v. To move faster.

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brusque

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adj. Somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech.

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jargon

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n. Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech.

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spasmodic

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adj. Convulsive.

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Newtonian

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adj. Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher.

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effulgence

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n. Splendor.

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naturally

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adv. According to the usual order of things.

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cant

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v. To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.

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divulge

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v. To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret.

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clandestine

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adj. Surreptitious.

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inject

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v. To introduce, as a fluid, by injection.

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annunciation

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n. Proclamation.

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teem

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v. To be full to overflowing.

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heifer

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n. A young cow.

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debut

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n. A first appearance in society or on the stage.

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dogma

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n. A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority.

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pact

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n. A covenant.

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meretricious

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adj. Alluring by false or gaudy show.

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extensor

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n. A muscle that causes extension.

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patronymic

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adj. Formed after one’s father’s name.

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Briticism

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n. A word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of Great Britain or the British.

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ligneous

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adj. Having the texture of appearance of wood.

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distensible

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adj. Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction.

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abbess

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n. The lady superior of a nunnery.

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flux

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n. A state of constant movement, change, or renewal.

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disunion

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n. Separation of relations or interests.

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transfigure

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v. To give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to.

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sympathize

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v. To share the sentiments or mental states of another.

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valediction

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n. A bidding farewell.

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destitute

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adj. Poverty-stricken.

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separable

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adj. Capable of being disjoined or divided.

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analogy

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n. Reasoning in which from certain and known relations or resemblance others are formed.

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pecuniary

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adj. Consisting of money.

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plenary

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adj. Entire.

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imprudent

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adj. Heedless.

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irreversible

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adj. Irrevocable.

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intersect

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v. To cut through or into so as to divide.

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safeguard

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v. To protect.

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generic

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adj. Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific.

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peerage

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n. The nobility.

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Madonna

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n. A painted or sculptured representation of the Virgin, usually with the infant Jesus.

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incentive

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n. That which moves the mind or inflames the passions.

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temporary

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adj. Lasting for a short time only.

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satiric

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adj. Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or corruption is held up to ridicule.

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momentum

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n. An impetus.

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inarticulate

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adj. Speechless.

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aggress

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v. To make the first attack.

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notorious

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adj. Unfavorably known to the general public.

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petulance

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n. The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant.

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pentagram

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n. A figure having five points or lobes.

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wizen

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v. To become or cause to become withered or dry.

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luminosity

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n. The quality of giving or radiating light.

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compulsory

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adj. Forced.

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reformer

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n. One who carries out a reform.

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ardent

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adj. Burning with passion.

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fragile

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adj. Capable of being broken.

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becalm

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v. To make quiet.

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enthrone

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v. To invest with sovereign power.

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quay

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n. A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it.

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relevant

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adj. Bearing upon the matter in hand.

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vaporizer

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n. An atomizer.

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prophecy

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n. Any prediction or foretelling.

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asexual

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adj. Having no distinct sexual organs.

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benevolent

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adj. Loving others and actively desirous of their well-being.

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deponent

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adj. Laying down.

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venal

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adj. Mercenary, corrupt.

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canon

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n. Any rule or law.

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nowhere

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adv. In no place or state.

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fluctuate

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v. To pass backward and forward irregularly from one state or degree to another.

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ichthyosaurs

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n. A fossil reptile.

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importation

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n. The act or practice of bringing from one country into another.

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suffrage

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n. The right or privilege of voting.

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clothier

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n. One who makes or sells cloth or clothing.

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minority

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n. The smaller in number of two portions into which a number or a group is divided.

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insignificance

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n. Lack of import or of importance.

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donor

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n. One who makes a donation or present.

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ligament

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n. That which binds objects together.

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antediluvian

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adj. Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.

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prevalent

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adj. Of wide extent or frequent occurrence.

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missal

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n. The book containing the service for the celebration of mass.

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rondo

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n. A musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times.

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rhetorician

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n. A showy writer or speaker.

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pungency

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n. The quality of affecting the sense of smell.

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codicil

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n. A supplement adding to, revoking, or explaining in the body of a will.

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lucid

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adj. Mentally sound.

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extempore

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adv. Without studied or special preparation.

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optometry

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n. Measurement of the powers of vision.

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ointment

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n. A fatty preparation with a butter-like consistency in which a medicinal substance exists.

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implausible

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adj. Not plausible.

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puissant

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adj. Possessing strength.

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latish

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adj. Rather late.

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distillation

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n. Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile.

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blockade

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n. The shutting up of a town, a frontier, or a line of coast by hostile forces.

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underexposed

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adj. Insufficiently exposed for proper or full development, as negatives in photography.

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accompaniment

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n. A subordinate part or parts, enriching or supporting the leading part.

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arboretum

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n. A botanical garden or place devoted to the cultivation of trees or shrubs.

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hexagon

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n. A figure with six angles.

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convertible

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adj. Interchangeable.

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negligence

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n. Omission of that which ought to be done.

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attache

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n. A subordinate member of a diplomatic embassy.

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meager

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adj. scanty.

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detest

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v. To dislike or hate with intensity.

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inkling

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n. A hint.

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relish

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v. To like the taste or savor of.

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sinuosity

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n. The quality of curving in and out.

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reflectible

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adj. Capable of being turned back.

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deficient

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adj. Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount.

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inquisition

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n. A court or tribunal for examination and punishment of heretics.

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florid

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adj. Flushed with red.

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annalist

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n. Historian.

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imply

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v. To signify.

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irreverent

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adj. Showing or expressing a deficiency of veneration, especially for sacred things.

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actuality

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n. Any reality.

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later

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adv. At a subsequent time.

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cygnet

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n. A young swan.

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coquette

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n. A flirt.

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perturb

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v. To disturb greatly.

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corrosive

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n. That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.

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enjoin

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v. To command.

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sirocco

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n. hot winds from Africa.

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steppe

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n. One of the extensive plains in Russia and Siberia.

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souvenir

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n. A token of remembrance.

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inception

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n. The beginning.

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vignette

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n. A picture having a background or that is shaded off gradually.

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conductible

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adj. Capable of being conducted or transmitted.

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unison

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n. A condition of perfect agreement and accord.

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proscribe

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v. To reject, as a teaching or a practice, with condemnation or denunciation.

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underwrite

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v. To issue or be party to the issue of a policy of insurance.

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effrontery

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n. Unblushing impudence.

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accredit

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v. To give credit or authority to.

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skirmish

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n. Desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies.

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emphatic

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adj. Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set of words.

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seer

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n. A prophet.

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azalea

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n. A flowering shrub.

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technography

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n. The scientific description or study of human arts and industries in their historic development.

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inventive

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adj. Quick at contrivance.

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heterogeneous

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adj. Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds.

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alien

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n. One who owes allegiance to a foreign government.

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oversee

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v. To superintend.

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archangel

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n. An angel of high rank.

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gesticulate

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v. To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech.

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bolero

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n. A Spanish dance, illustrative of the passion of love, accompanied by caste nets and singing.

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extinguish

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v. To render extinct.

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thermoelectric

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adj. Denoting electricity produced by heat.

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ostracize

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v. To exclude from public or private favor.

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remonstrant

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adj. Having the character of a reproof.

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fallacy

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n. Any unsound or delusive mode of reasoning, or anything based on such reasoning.

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prudence

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n. Caution.

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pedagogue

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n. A schoolmaster.

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contemporaneous

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adj. Living, occurring, or existing at the same time.

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superfluity

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n. That part of anything that is in excess of what is needed.

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misty

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adj. Lacking clearness

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emphasize

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v. To articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words.

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neural

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adj. Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system.

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spectrum

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n. An image formed by rays of light or other radiant energy.

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collector

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n. One who makes a collection, as of objects of art, books, or the like.

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meliorate

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v. To make better or improve, as in quality or social or physical condition.

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vestige

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n. A visible trace, mark, or impression, of something absent, lost, or gone.

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viola

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n. A musical instrument somewhat larger than a violin.

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reciprocate

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v. To give and take mutually.

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gaseous

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adj. Light and unsubstantial.

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legging

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n. A covering for the leg.

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declamatory

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adj. A full and formal style of utterance.

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hypnotism

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n. An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion.

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savage

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n. A wild and uncivilized human being.

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dutiable

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adj. Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty.

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statuette

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n. A figurine.

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deface

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v. To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of.

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brandish

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v. To wave, shake, or flourish triumphantly or defiantly, as a sword or spear.

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subliminal

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adj. Being beneath the threshold of consciousness.

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commemorate

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v. To serve as a remembrance of.

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differentiate

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v. To acquire a distinct and separate character.

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trepidation

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n. Nervous uncertainty of feeling.

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ablution

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n. A washing or cleansing, especially of the body.

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check

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v. To hold back.

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matrimony

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n. The union of a man and a woman in marriage.

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fresco

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n. The art of painting on a surface of plaster, particularly on walls and ceilings.

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aura

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n. Pervasive psychic influence supposed to emanate from persons

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culinary

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adj. Of or pertaining to cooking or the kitchen.

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judiciary

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n. That department of government which administers the law relating to civil and criminal justice.

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stanza

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n. A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem.

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