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catty

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tends to be stealthy

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crafty

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intending to be sly or tricky

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slinky

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intended to slither, like a snake

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unclothed

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not dressed

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unalloyed

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not mixed; pure

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unadorned

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not fancy; simple

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listless

listlessly

listlessness

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without spirit

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earful

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an ear full of news or gossip

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tactful

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poised; having a feeling as to not hurt someone

He is wrong, but I will tell him in a tactful way

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tenable

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can be held or defended; sensible

Since he had done extensive research before publishing his work, the scientist was able to submit a tenable conclusion

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implacable

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cannot be appeased, cannot forgive

She had an implacable anger toward her ex-husband.

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encamp

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to set up camp

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envenom

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to poison

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environ

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to put a circle around

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adjunct

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one thing joined to another

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adulterate

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to change to an impure quality

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affiance

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to promise to wed

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allege

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to declare

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irreverent

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showing a lack of respect about holy matters

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irreparable

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cannot be repaired

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irresolute

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cannot make up his mind

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irreproachable

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cannot be blamed in any way

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anthracite

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a hard, natural coal

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dolomite

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a mineral composed of carbonates of calcium and magnesium

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aural

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relating to the ear; hearing

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reprisal

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retaliation

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dicephalous

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having two heads

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didactyl

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having hind toes seperate

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diota

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a vessel with two handles

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dicellate

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having two prongs

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dicotyledon

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having two seed leaves

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diclinic

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having two intersections oblique out of the three on a crystal

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divulsion

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tearing apart

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diphthong

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a sound made by joining two vowels

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proffer

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to bring forward, to offer

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hempen

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made of rope

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ingress

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act of entering

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imbue

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to inspire

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imbibe

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to drink in

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immure

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to wall in

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impinge

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to dash, to strike

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effete

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lacking fertility, worn out

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effulgent

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shining out, bright

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effusion

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a pouring out of fluids

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effervesce

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to bubble, display liveliness

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effeminate

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unmanly

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versification

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the act of expressing thought in verse form

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vitrification

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the act of bring made into glass

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naturopathy

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a system of medicine where infections can be treated without use of drugs

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natuary

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a ward in a hospital for women during birth

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prosaic

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relating to prose

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emphatic

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characterized by strong emotion

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satanic

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devilish

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audivision

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sound accompanying vision

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audivise

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to receive or transmit, by audivision

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visage

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the face or look of a person

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visile

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relating to vision

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providential

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provided by divine guidance; lucky

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envisage

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to see with the mind’s eye

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disbar

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to keep away

Disbar a lawyer (no longer the right to practice law)

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indictment

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a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime

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factious

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inclined to dissent

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factotum

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one who can do many things

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factitious

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made by art

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factive

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making, causing

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putrefactive

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causing decay

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facticide

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the act of killing a fact

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facient

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one who does things; a doer

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facsimile

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a copy that is exact in every way

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deification

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making a god out of something

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efficacious

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producing the wanted effect

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nonage

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state of not being of legal age

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noncommissioned

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an officer of minor rank

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nonsequitur

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something that does not logically follow

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repertory

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a place where something might be located

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arrogate

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to claim as one’s own without right

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consecrate

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to put into religious office by a rite

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enervate

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to take away strength

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celerity

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the quality of quickness

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garrulity

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the quality of talkativeness

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pugnacious

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having an inclination to fight

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covetous

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full of envy; wanting what others have

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ablate

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to remove or cut away

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ablution

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the act of washing away

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ascond

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to steal and hide away

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abstergent

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a cleanser

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chancellorship

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the office of the head of the unversity

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vigilance

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watchfulness; alertness

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courtliness

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the quality of elegant behavior at the king’s court

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courtling

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a courtier

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bedeck

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to cover up; dress up with finery

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bedlight

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to adorn

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beguile

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to bewitch

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belabor

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to beat soundly

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beleaguer

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to blockade

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benighted

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overtaken by night or darkness

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bewail

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to weep for

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behoove

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to be necessary or proper

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bequest

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a gift, a legacy

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berate

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to scold loudly

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besmirch

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to make filthy

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bereave

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to rob

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betroth

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to become engaged

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acclimatize

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to adapt to new conditions

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cauterize

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to sear with a hot iron

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proliferate

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to bring forth by rapid production

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prolix

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drawn out

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annuitant

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one to whom an amount of money is paid annually

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profess

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to take vows; to openly admit

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antebrachum

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the forearm

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antelucan

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before dawn

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antemortum

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coming before death

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antetype

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an earlier type of something

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fusillade

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rapid discharges of many firearms at the same time

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hebdomad

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the number seven

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promenade

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a public place for a leisurely walk

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occlude

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to shut the way

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circumfulgant

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shining all around

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circummured

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walked around (in a dungeon)

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circumvallation

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trenches to protect a besieged army

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latitudinarian

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one opposed to strict discipline

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similitude

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condition of likeness

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verisimilitude

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having the appearance of truth

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lassitude

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state of being limp

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pulchritude

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state of beauty; loveliness

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rectitude

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state of righteousness

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plenitude

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abundance

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turpitude

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baseness, depravity

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vicissitude

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the ups and downs of fortune and fate

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dentality

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dental quality in speaking

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dentilate

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toothed

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dentimeter

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an instrument used for measuring teeth

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dentin

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an ivory-like substance that is the major part of the teeth

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dentiloquy

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the practice of talking through the teeth

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dentiphone

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a plate set against teeth which helps the deaf to hear

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dentition

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the development of teeth

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dentoid

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resembling a tooth

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denticate

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to bite, to chew

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dentrifice

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powder or paste for cleaning teeth

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dentigerous

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bearing teeth

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interpolate

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to insert

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interlude

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a period between

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interfoliate

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put leaves between pages in books

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interaxillary

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coming between two axes of leaves

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anemia

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a condition in which there is a shortage of red blood cells

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anodyne

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creating an absense of pain

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anamalous

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irregular

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anopia

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absence of the eye; vision that is defective

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manuduction

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leading by the hand, guidance

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manacles

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handcuffs, chains

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manumit

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realease from contract

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manumission

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the act of liberating a slave

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manumotive

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moved by hand

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legerdemain

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light-handed magic tricks

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155
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antapology

A

a reply to an apology

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antarchism

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antagonism to government

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antephialtic

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preventing nightmares

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anthelmintic

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expelling worms from the system

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antibromic

A

deodorant

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antisepsis

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prevention of invention

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uniparous

A

producing one child at a time

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162
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fealty

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loyalt

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infidel

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one who has no faith

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perfidy

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disloyalty, treachery

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opus

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a musical composition

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opuscule

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a small petty work

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reticule

A

a small net handbag

168
Q

funicule

A

a small cord

169
Q

hireling

A

one hired to do a job for petty motives

170
Q

censure

A

to blame, to find fault with

171
Q

primogeniture

A

the state of bring first-born

172
Q

tenure

A

the act or right of holding

173
Q

fixity

A

quality of being fastened in place

174
Q

affix

A

attached to another word as a prefix or suffix

175
Q

transfix

A

to hold motionless

176
Q

boorish

A

a lout, a churl

177
Q

agnosy

A

state of not knowing

178
Q

cognosce

A

inquire into; find out

179
Q

prognosis

A

a forecast

180
Q

rectify

A

to make right

181
Q

accede

A

to go along with, agree

182
Q

abscess

A

a localized collection of pus

183
Q

intercession

A

act of going in between

184
Q

accession

A

the going to, (accession to the throne)

185
Q

polyanthus

A

a type of plant with many flowers

186
Q

polydactyl

A

having more than the normal number of toes

187
Q

polychromatic

A

having many colors

188
Q

polychotomy

A

division into many parts or branches

189
Q

apobiotic

A

pertaining to any change that diminshes the vital energy of tissue

190
Q

apocenter

A

the point furthest away from the center of attraction

191
Q

apocope

A

a cutting off; end letters of a word

192
Q

apocrustic

A

able to drive away

193
Q

apocrypha

A

writings of doubtful authority

194
Q

apogee

A

the poitn in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest away from the sun

195
Q

apoplectic

A

highly excited

196
Q

apostasy

A

a defection from one’s own faith

197
Q

apostate

A

one who abandons his faith

198
Q

apostle

A

one who is sent away on a mission

199
Q

apotype

A

type specimen used as a basis of information

200
Q

apothegm

A

a short saying that teaches

201
Q

perambulate

A

walk through; traverse

202
Q

peremptory

A

final

203
Q

humate

A

a salt of a humic acid

204
Q

humicubation

A

act of lying on the ground in penitence

205
Q

motorcade

A

a group of vehicles moving together

206
Q

motordrome

A

a course for racing automobiles

207
Q

presage

A

to predict

208
Q

misbegotten

A

born out of wedlock; ill-born

209
Q

misopedia

A

a morbid dislike of own’s children

210
Q

mistrial

A

a trial of no effect because of an error

211
Q

licentiate

A

one who is licensed to practice a profession

212
Q

capitular

A

relating to a heading

213
Q

capitulate

A

to surrender

214
Q

stanchion

A

a standing brace or support

215
Q

desist

A

quit

216
Q

inductile

A

inflexible

217
Q

traduce

A

to slander

218
Q

omniana

A

bits of information from everywhere

219
Q

omnium

A

total

220
Q

omnifarious

A

of all sorts

221
Q

chronomancy

A

divination to determine the right time for action

222
Q

chronopher

A

an instrument which signals the correct time

223
Q

chronothermal

A

relating to time and temperature

224
Q

flection

A

the act of bending

225
Q

plegometer

A

an instrument for measuring and recording the force the blows

226
Q

pericarp

A

around the fruit

227
Q

pericentric

A

deposited around the center

228
Q

periclitate

A

to expose to danger

229
Q

periosteal

A

located around the bone

230
Q

perinephritis

A

inflammation of the tissue around the kdneys

231
Q

peripatetic

A

walking around

232
Q

periphery

A

a line around a surface

233
Q

supraliminal

A

lying above the threshold of consciousness

234
Q

parabiosis

A

union of two organisms

235
Q

parablepsy

A

vision that is abnormal

236
Q

parachronism

A

an error in chronology

237
Q

paradromic

A

running parallel

238
Q

paracusia

A

any hearing disorder

239
Q

gressorial

A

adapted for walking

240
Q

egress

A

to exit

241
Q

mortician

A

an undertaker

242
Q

numerist

A

a numerologist

243
Q

supernumary

A

exceeding the needed number

244
Q

detract

A

to draw away from

245
Q

subtrahend

A

the number to be drawn away from another

246
Q

protract

A

draw further

247
Q

protractive

A

causing delay

248
Q

asterzoa

A

starfish family

249
Q

bigamist

A

one married to two spouses at the same time

250
Q

evangelist

A

one who rouses religious fervor

251
Q

autognosis

A

self-knowledge

252
Q

autogenesis

A

born from oneself

253
Q

senile

A

relating to old age

254
Q

puerile

A

childish

255
Q

prehensile

A

capable of grasping

256
Q

positor

A

one who asserts or confirms

257
Q

depose

A

to remove from office

258
Q

propound

A

to propose

259
Q

impound

A

to seize and to hold in custody

260
Q

missive

A

a note which can be sent by messengers

261
Q

emissary

A

a messenger sent on a mission

262
Q

populicide

A

the slaughter of populations

263
Q

legate

A

a delegate

to bequeath a legacy

264
Q

legist

A

one who is skilled in law

265
Q

legist

A

one who is skilled in law

266
Q

heliochrome

A

a naturally colored photograph

267
Q

heliodon

A

a device to illustrate the sun’s movement

268
Q

heliolatry

A

sun worship

269
Q

heliophyte

A

plant growing in sunlight

270
Q

heliosis

A

sunburn

271
Q

ambiparous

A

having both leaves and flowers

272
Q

ambit

A

bounds set up extending to the limit of a place

273
Q

ambivert

A

one who is both an extravert and an introvert

274
Q

ambisinister

A

left-handed, clumsy with both hands

275
Q

amburbial

A

relating to a circuit of a city

276
Q

perambulator

A

one who travels around; baby carriage

277
Q

ridibund

A

tending to laughter

278
Q

riant

A

smiling, cheerful

279
Q

risible

A

inclined to laugh

280
Q

derision

A

mocking laughter

281
Q

risibles

A

likely to laugh

282
Q

deride

A

make mock of

283
Q

vocation

A

a call to serve in a particular profession

284
Q

capias

A

a writ for arrest

285
Q

capstan

A

a rotational device to move heavy weights

286
Q

mimeograph

A

an apparatus for making copies of written materials

287
Q

phonography

A

an instrument for reproducing recorded sounds

288
Q

microbicide

A

an agent that kills microbes

289
Q

testate

A

leaving a valid will which has been witnessed

290
Q

testmur

A

a certificate attesting to proficiency, a diploma

291
Q

intestate

A

not leaving a will

292
Q

testatrix

A

a female testator

293
Q

distend

A

stretch out

294
Q

detente

A

relaxation of strained relations

295
Q

intendment

A

true meaning

296
Q

subaltern

A

under another; inferior in rank

297
Q

subfluvial

A

placed under a river

298
Q

subpoena

A

a writ placing one under threat of punishment unless one appears in court

299
Q

subterfuge

A

deception

300
Q

subversive

A

tending to undermine the government

301
Q

scribacious

A

addicted to writing

302
Q

scrivener

A

a public writer

303
Q

postprandial

A

after the feast

304
Q

monogyny

A

a society which establishes the law of one wife only

305
Q

monody

A

a funeral lament song

306
Q

monoblepsia

A

vision is normal only when one eye is used

307
Q

maladroit

A

clumsy

308
Q

osteoid

A

resembling a bone

309
Q

creant

A

creating; having the urge to create

310
Q

procreant

A

fruitful, productive

311
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procreate

A

to beget offspring

312
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piladelphy

A

love for all men as brothers

313
Q

philatelist

A

a stamp collector

314
Q

philomatelogy

A

the science of kissing

315
Q

philogeant

A

a lover of all good things

316
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sophism

A

an idea that seems reasonable but actually hides a fallacy

317
Q

syllogism

A

a formal argument with a major and minor premise and conclusion

318
Q

syncopation

A

a temporary displacement of the regular accent

319
Q

syndactyl

A

having webbed feet

320
Q

syndicate

A

an association of persons for business

321
Q

theodicy

A

defense of god’s justice

322
Q

theolatry

A

worship of gods

323
Q

theologaster

A

a theological quack

324
Q

theomastix

A

a scourge to mortal designated by the divinity

325
Q

anabasis

A

a journey upwards; a military advance

326
Q

anabiosis

A

the state of suspended animation

327
Q

anacatharsis

A

severe vomiting

328
Q

anacephalize

A

to review, recapitulate

329
Q

anachorism

A

a thing geographically out of place

330
Q

anacusia

A

complete deafness

331
Q

anadipsia

A

excessive desire to drink

332
Q

analeptic

A

restorative, giving strength

333
Q

ananym

A

the spelling of a name backward for use as a pseudonym

Mr. Draw for Mr. Ward

334
Q

vertiginous

A

dizzy; affected with vertigo

335
Q

pedodontia

A

treatment of children’s feet

336
Q

pedophilia

A

love of children

337
Q

pedantry

A

display of learning

338
Q

podiatry

A

treats diseases of the foot

339
Q

pedialgia

A

neuralgia in the foot

340
Q

pedomotor

A

machine driven by the power of the feet

341
Q

pedotrophy

A

the art of properly rearing children

342
Q

tactus

A

the sense oftouch

343
Q

adjure

A

to bind as if by solemn oath

344
Q

abjure

A

to swear away under oath

345
Q

temporal

A

limited by time

346
Q

temporize

A

to coply with time or circumstance

347
Q

cotemporary

A

those who live at the same time

348
Q

extempore

A

on the spur of the moment, unprepared

349
Q

myriarch

A

a leader of 10000 troops

350
Q

panarachy

A

government by all

351
Q

chiliarch

A

chief of a thousand troops

352
Q

endarchy

A

government from an inner center of control

353
Q

polemarch

A

a military leader in Athens

354
Q

dromedary

A

a swiftly running camel

355
Q

prodromal

A

precursory

356
Q

dromograph

A

a chart for recording speed changes

357
Q

dromotropic

A

affecting the cardiac

358
Q

prodromous

A

a preliminary publication

359
Q

hydrodromica

A

the swimming bug

360
Q

hippodromist

A

a circus rider or trainer

361
Q

hydrodrome

A

a boatlike vessel used to skim the surface of the water

362
Q

dromomania

A

exaggerated longing for travel

363
Q

prodrome

A

an early warning of disease

364
Q

alibi

A

proof of being elsewhere at the time of the crime

365
Q

allogamy

A

reproduction by cross-fertilization

366
Q

allograph

A

the signing of another’s name; forgery

367
Q

allonym

A

the name of another person used by an author

368
Q

epicarp

A

the outer layer of the fruit

369
Q

epiphora

A

watering from the eyes due to obstruction of the tearduct

370
Q

epitome

A

an abridged summary of a topic

371
Q

epithalamium

A

a poem in honor of bride and groom

372
Q

epizeuxis

A

emphatic repetition

373
Q

epistle

A

piece of writing in the form of a letter

374
Q

epigram

A

a clever, pithy saying

375
Q

marigenous

A

produced in or by the sea

376
Q

marfire

A

the phosphorescence on the sea

377
Q

similative

A

indicating a likeness

378
Q

similitude

A

resemblance

379
Q

simulacrum

A

an image, a likeness of an image

380
Q

similor

A

an alloy resembling gold in color

381
Q

simulatory

A

pretending, putting up a show

382
Q

sequestration

A

separation; retirement from society

383
Q

secern

A

to set apart, to discriminate

384
Q

sedition

A

conduct tending to treason

385
Q

catabasis

A

a going down, decline in health

386
Q

catachresis

A

a misuse of words

387
Q

cataclysm

A

a downward sweep of water

388
Q

catacomb

A

underground burial place

389
Q

catafalque

A

a raised platform for the coffin of one deceased

390
Q

catagenesis

A

evolution going backwards

391
Q

catastasis

A

climax in a drama

392
Q

catatonia

A

a severe type of mental disorder

393
Q

catarrh

A

inflammation of the mucous membrane

394
Q

construe

A

to explain

395
Q

acerate

A

shaped like a noodle

396
Q

acerb

A

tart

397
Q

acidosis

A

condition of the blood having an abnormal amount of acid

398
Q

micromelia

A

a condition where the extremities are abnormally undeveloped

399
Q

microaudiphone

A

an instrument to make slight sounds audible

400
Q

hydropic

A

said of one suffering from dropsy

401
Q

hydrophone

A

instrument that detects sound of water in pipes

402
Q

hydragogue

A

causing the expelling of serum as in a dropsy

403
Q

germiparity

A

reproduction by germs

404
Q

germifuge

A

driving out germs

405
Q

germanity

A

quality of kinship

406
Q

germane

A

closely allied

407
Q

germaproof

A

germ repellent

408
Q

genarch

A

head of family, tribe, or race

409
Q

gendarme

A

cavalry man in command of a squad

410
Q

progeny

A

children

411
Q

specter

A

a disembodied spirit

412
Q

spectrophone

A

the science of analyzing spectra

413
Q

stereotomy

A

the art of cutting colids

414
Q

stereopticon

A

an instrument to put the images produced by transparent slides on a screen

415
Q

stereomatrix

A

mold used in stereotyping

416
Q

stereoscope

A

instrument which gives to pictures the impression of solidity

417
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