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excruciating

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adj. severely painful

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lionize

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v. to look upon or treat as a celebrity

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venue

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n. the location where something takes place, esp. a trial

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groggy

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adj. confused, sluggish, or dizzy, as from lack of sleep or drunkenness

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capitulate

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v. to surrender under specific conditions; to give up all resistance
n. capitulation

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malady

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n. a disease; illness; sickness

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blandishment

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n. flattering act or remark; allurement; enticement

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salient

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adj. important, prominent, most noticeable

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exemplary

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adj. worthy to serve as a model

v. exemplify

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just

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adj. honorable and fair; consistent with what is right

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salutary

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adj. beneficial; favorable to health

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insensible

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adj. not able to feel or perceive; unresponsive

n. insensibility

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anachronism

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n. something not belonging to a certain time period

adj. anachronistic

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proletariat

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n. the working class

adj. proletarian

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paucity

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n. smallness of number; scarcity

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distraction

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n. mental distress; that which amuses or entertains

v. distract

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tract

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n. an area of land or water; a brief written work, usually on a religious or political topic

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folible

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n. a minor weakness of character

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colloquial

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adj. appropriate to spoken, as opposed to written, language; informal

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obstinate

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adj. unreasonably stubborn

n. obstinacy

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affected

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adj. behaving in an artificial way to impress people

n. affectation

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collateral

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adj. parallel; serving to support; of a secondary nature

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weather

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v. to survive

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vocation

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n. a regular occupation, esp. one for which a person is particularly suited

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lament

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v. to grieve; to regret deeply; n. a mournful song

n. lamentation

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incipent

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adj. beginning to appear or be noticed

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ewe

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n. a female sheep, esp. when full grown

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disciple

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n. a follower of another who helps to spread teachings

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macabre

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adj. suggesting the horror of death

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circumspect

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adj. showing discretion and careful judgment

n. circumspection

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desideratum

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n. something needed and wanted

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exorbitant

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adj. excessive

n. exorbitance

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lucid

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adj. easily understood, clear

n. lucidity

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gambit

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n. a calculated, risky opening move

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impertinent

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adj. rude

n. impertinence

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subsequent

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adj. happening afterward; following in order

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bungle

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v. to handle badly; to botch or mess up

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cite

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v. to refer to or quote

n. citation

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pugilist

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n. a boxer

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crass

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adj. dull-witted; unrefined

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captious

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adj. critically faultfinding

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deem

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v. to have as an opinion; to consider

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disabuse

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v. to free from error or falsehood

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reverberate

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v. to reecho

n. reverberation

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conception

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n. formation of an idea in the mind; the start of pregnancy

v. conceive

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unseemly

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adj. not decent or proper

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eddy

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n. a current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, esp. in a circular motion

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oracle

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n. a person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy

adj. oracular

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shambles

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n. utter disorder

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stationary

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adj. not moving

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sloth

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n. laziness

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smirk

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v. to smile in a self-satisfied or artificial way

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medley

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n. a mixture of things not usually placed together

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ritual

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n. a ceremonial act; a customary procedure

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savant

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n. a well-educated person; a scholar

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sybarite

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n. one devoted to luxury

adj. sybaritic

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oaf

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n. a stupid, clumsy person

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morose

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adj. sour tempered and inclined to be silent

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phase

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n. a stage in a process of change or development

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ornate

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adj. highly, often excessively decorated

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benevolent

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adj. characterized by doing good

n. benevolence

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genre

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n. a kind, or type

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fodder

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n. feed for livestock; a resource

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didactic

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adj. intended to teach; inclined to teach excessively

n. didact; n. didacticism

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soliloquy

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n. a dramatic speech delivered by a character to himself

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confound

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v. to mix up or lump together indiscriminately; to confuse

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liable

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adj. legally obligated; likely (w/ reference to an unfavorable outcome)

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glean

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v. to gather bit by bit

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plebeian

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adj. common

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painstaking

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adj. very thorough; careful

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cavalier

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adj. casual, disdainful

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inculcate

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v. to teach or impress by frequent repetition; to instill

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courteous

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adj. polite and gracious; considerate toward others; well-mannered

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domineer

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v. to rule over arbitrarily or tyrannically

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squalid

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adj. having a dirty or lowly appearance

n. squalor

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inverterate

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adj. established for a long time; habitual

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incarcerate

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v. to restrict by imprisonment; to keep in prison

n. incarceration

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conflagration

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n. large, disastrous fire

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assail

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v. to attack; to assault

n. assailant

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altristic

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adj. unselfish; benevolent; caring more for others than oneself
n. altruist; n. altruism

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copious

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adj. very plentiful

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compel

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v. to cause to occur by pressure; to force

n. compulsion

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laconic

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adj. brief in speech; using few words

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destitution

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n. the lack of any means of subsistence

adj. desititute

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hoax

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n. an act meant to trick or fool

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emancipate

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v. to give freedom; to set loose

n. emancipation

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dirge

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n. slow, sad music, esp. a funeral hymn

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emaciated

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adj. made thin unnaturally; abnormally thin due to starvation
n. emaciation

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incredulous

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adj. disbelieving; skeptical

n. incredulity

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hovel

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n. a living place that is very filthy and dirty

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obstreperous

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adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant

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dour

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adj. stern and humorless; silently ill-humored

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digest

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n. a collection of previously published material,, usu. in a condensed form

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emanate

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v. to send forth; to come forth n. emanation

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fauna

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n. animals as a group, esp. of a specified region or time

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ado

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n. trouble; fuss

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defile

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v. to corrupt; to desecrate or sully

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inception

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n. commencement; beginning; origin

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mogul

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n. a rich or powerful person

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immaculate

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adj. perfectly clean

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eulogy

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n. a speech or written tribute in praise of someone who has died
v. eulogize

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turbulence

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n. commotion or wild disorder

adj. turbulent

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overweening

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adj. excessively arrogant; overbearing

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impel

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v. to push something into motion

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querulous

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adj. inclined to find fault; complaining; full of complain

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exhume

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v. to dig up out of the ground

n. exhumation

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diligent

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adj. painstaking and steady

n. diligence

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spendthrift

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n. one who spends money wastefully

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precept

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n. a rule of action or conduct

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concur

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v. to agree

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daily

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v. to waste time; loiter

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paroxysm

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n. a sudden convulsion or outburst, a fit

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martinet

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n. one who is strict in discipline, and enjoys authority too much

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leeway

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n. margin; room for freedom of action

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glutton

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n. one who eats too much

n. gluttony

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teeming

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adj. overfilled; crowded; pouring out

v. teem

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despoil

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v. to deprive something of value

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mare

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n. a female horse

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naive

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adj. simple, childlike; lacking worldly wisdom

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primordial

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adj. living or existing at the very beginning

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ruthless

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adj. having no compassion or pity

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profuse

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adj. giving or pouring forth freely; generous

n. profusion

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quash

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v. to suppress completely

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benefactor

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n. one who helps and supports others

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insolent

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adj. boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; impertinent; imprudent
n. insolence

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obese

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adj. very fat

n. obesity

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furtive

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adj. characterized by secretive behavior

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petulant

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adj. impatient or irritable, esp. over a minor annoyance

n. petulance

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resolute

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adj. firmly determined

n. resolution

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surfeit

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n. an excess

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ascetic

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adj. self-denying

n. asceticism

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calumny

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n. a false and malicious statement; slander
adj. calumnious
v. calumniate

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orthodox

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adj. accepting the usual beliefs, esp. religious

n. orthodoxy

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dregs

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n. the worst part; the sediment in a liquid

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intercept

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v. to stop something from reaching its intended destination

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hearsay

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n. rumor gossip

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deficient

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adj. lacking an essential quality; inadequate in amount or degree

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irk

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v. to irritate or be wearisome

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pauper

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n. one who is extremely poor, esp. one living on public charity

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epiphany

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n. a sudden flash of understanding

adj. epiphanous

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burnish

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v. to polish

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sadistic

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adj. getting pleasure from inflicting physical or psychological pain

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fray

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n. a fight or brawl

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cynical

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adj. distrusting others from a sense that everyone’s motives are selfish
n. cynic; n. cynicism

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edifice

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n. a building; architectural monument

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profess

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v. to declare or claim openly

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pernicious

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adj. very harmful or destructive

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jest

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v. to be playful in speech and actions; to joke

n. jester

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chaos

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n. complete disorder

adj. chaotic

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correlate

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v. to correspond; to be mutually related

correlation

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abstruse

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adj. difficult to understand

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dissonant

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adj. harsh and disagreeable in sound

n. dissonance

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advocate

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v. to speak in support of something

n. advocacy

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hubris

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n. excessive pride

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fiasco

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n. a major disaster

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philanthropic

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adj. donating to charity

n. philanthropist; n. philanthropy

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disdain

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n. a feeling of contempt

adj. disdainful

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resolve

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v. to decide; to bring into focus

n. resolution

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wield

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v. to handle (for example a tool); to exert (for example power)

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rankle

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v. to cause persistent irritation

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aegis

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n. a protection; sponsorship

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advent

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n. a coming or arrival, esp. of something very important

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shoddy

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adj. inferior or cheap

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alleviate

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v. to reduce pain, esp. temporarily or without removing its cuase

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prone

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adj. tending or likely to do something; lying face down

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progeny

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n. children or descendants

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ethics

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n. the standards or rules governing proper conduct

adj. ethical

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novel

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adj. strikingly new

n. novelty

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plastic

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adj. capable of being shaped or molded; easily influenced

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savor

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v. to taste or smell, esp. with pleasure; n. the taste or smell

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demote

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v. to reduce to lower rank

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daunt

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to make afraid; to intimidate

adj. daunting

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scathing

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adj. very harsh in something, like a remark

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rout

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n. an overwhelming defeat; a disorderly retreat or flight following a defeat; v. to defeat overwhelmingly

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malign

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v. to talk badly of something or someone; adj. harmful

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mimic

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v. to copy closely, esp. with intent to ridicule

n. mimicry

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inadvertent

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adj. unintentional; accidental

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beckon

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v. to signal or summon, as by nodding or waving

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bizarre

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adj. very odd in manner; grotesque; strange

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resonant

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adj. strong and deep in tone

n. resonance

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neologism

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n. a new word or phrase

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badger

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v. to nag

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libertine

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n. one who lives an immoral life

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prestige

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n. fame or importance based on reputation or achievements

adj. prestigious

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stifle

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v. to suffocate or smother

adj. stifling

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articulate

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adj. able to express oneself clearly and effectively

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grandiloquent

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adj. using excessively fancy or pompous words

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trifle

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n. something that lacks significance or worth

adj. trifling

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prospect

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n. the outlook for the future; a view, esp. of scenery

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confer

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v. to consult; to present as a gift or honor

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conspicuous

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adj. easy to notice; obvious; apparent

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deadlock

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n. a tie; a standstill

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debilitated

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adj. showing impairment of energy or strength
v. debilitate
n. debility

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douse

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v. to wet thoroughly

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predicament

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n. a troublesome or embarrassing situation

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autonomy

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n. independence; self-government

adj. autonomous

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cognition

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n. the process of knowing; perception

adj. cognitive

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catharsis

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n. purging of the emotions

adj. cathartic

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flourish

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v. to blossom; to grow vigorously; to prosper

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elocution

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n. the art of public speaking, with attention to delivery

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