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of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood

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Antediluvian

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approval or praise

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Approbation

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each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual

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Caste

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a person or nation engaged in fighting during a war

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Combatants

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the action of preparing documents for the transfer of property

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Conveyancing

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the customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group

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Etiquette

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inspiring fear or respect though being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable

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Formidable

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a period of two weeks. Used after the name of a day to indicate that something will take place two weeks after that day

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Fortnight

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a small settlement, generally one smaller than a village

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Hamlet

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incapable of making mistakes or being wrong

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Infallible

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a clumsy, stupid person

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Lummox

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the fact or condition of being magnanimous; generosity

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Magnanimity

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ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish. wealthy

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Opulent

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the quality of being religious or reverent

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Piety

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an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances

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Precedent

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a member or follower of any of the Western Christian churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church and follow the principles of the Reformation, including the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches

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Protestants

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an act of retaliation

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Reprisals

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ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly

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Supplicating

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very hot and dry

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Torrid

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a person wo is staying or working in a place for only a short time. A momentary variation in current, voltage, or frequency

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Transients

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leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others

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Hegemony

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the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region. Architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental buildings

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Vernacular

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the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues

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Satire

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one’s opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute

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Adversaries

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a child believed to have been secretly substituted by fairies for the parents’ real child in infancy
Changelings
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an extensive force which destroys a great deal of land or property
Conflagration
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ready to accept control or instruction; submissive
Docile
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deceive; trick. A victim of deception
Dupe
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an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
Epithet
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express strong disapproval or disagreement
Expostulated
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(typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome
Fractious
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make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice
Jeers
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very vivid in color, especially to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect
Lurid
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demonstrating obedience and eagerness to please
Obsequiousness
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stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so
Ostensible
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action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry, especially deliberately
Provocation
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the authority to represent someone else, especially in voting
Proxy
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the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence. Investment in stocks, property, or other ventures in hope of gain but with the risk of loss
Speculations
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a person who takes a position of power or importance illegally or by force
Usurper
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a number of bullets, arrows, or other projectiles discharged at one time. (in sports, especially tennis or soccer) a strike or kick of the ball made before it touches the ground
Volley
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increasing in size or importance. Sloping or leading upward
Ascending
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harshness of tone or manner
Asperity
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a secret or disguised way of writing; a code. A zero; a figure 0. a monogram
Cipher
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a soldier armed with grenades or a grenade launcher. A common bottom-dwelling fish with a large head, a long tapering tail, and typically a luminous gland on the belly
Grenadier
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impossible to placate or appease
Implacability
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a person’s natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition or propensity. A slope or slant. The angle at which a straight line or plane is inclined to another
Inclination
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inconvenience (someone)
Incommode
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not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something
Incongruous
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wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy
Indolent
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an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river
Levee
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the crux or central point of a matter. A small chunk or nugget of metal or rock
Nub
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(of a person’s face) pale, typically because of poor health
Pallid
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a person, especially a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities
Prodigies
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remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree. Unnatural or abnormal
Prodigious
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Having or proceeding from an extreme
Rabid
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make something hard or solid
Solidified
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drink alcohol, especially habitually
Tippling
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(especially in a woman) the quality of being attractively lively and animated
Vivacity
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habitual; usual
Wonted
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spun thread used for knitting, weaving, or sewing. A long or rambling story, especially one that is implausible. Tell a long or implausible story
Yarns