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1
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Coruscating

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Flashing, sparkling

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Retrench

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Reduce or diminish in extent or quantity, e.g., reduce costs

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Teleological

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Relating to the explanation of phenomena in terms of the purpose they serve rather than the cause by which they arrive ; exhibiting or relating to design or purpose, especially in nature

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Cadge

A

Ask for or obtain

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Monocoque

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An aircraft or vehicle structure; structural skin

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Pavonine

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Many-colored; of or like a peacock

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Parietal

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Relating to the wall of the body or of a body cavity; relating to residence in a college or dorm, especially for visits from members of the other sex (e.g., parietal rules)

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Cauterize

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Burn to stop bleeding; to make insensitive to

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Edifying

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Providing moral or intellectual instruction

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Promulgate

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Promote or make widely known

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Doughty

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Brave and persistent

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Maladroit

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Ineffective or bungling; clumsy

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Prepossessing

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Attractive; appealing in appearance

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Unstinting

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Given or given without restraint; unsparing (“unstinting praise”)

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Invidious

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Incurring resentment; unfair

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Nugatory

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Trivial

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Antediluvian

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Old fashioned

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Senescence

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The prices of aging, deterioration with age

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Superannuation

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The state of being old

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Decorous

A

in keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained.

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Expurgate

A

Remove something questionable

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22
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Interdict

A

Prohibit

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Pulchritude

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Beauty

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Parsimony

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Frugality

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Pillory

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Attack or ridicule publicly

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Gull

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Fool or deceive someone

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Arrant

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Complete, utter

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Craven

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Lacking in courage, cowardly

29
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Apprehend

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To arrest someone for a crime; or, to understand or perceive

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Debased

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reduced in quality or value.

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Transmogrify

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transform in a surprising or magical manner.

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Vertiginous

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causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep.

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Supercilious

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behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.

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Homiletics

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the art of preaching or writing sermons

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Basal

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forming or belonging to a bottom layer or base; fundamental

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Piquant

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having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor.

37
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Tractable

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(of a person) easy to control or influence; easy to influence

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Venal

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showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery.

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Exscind

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Excise; to cut off or out

40
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Obloquy

A

strong public criticism or verbal abuse

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Redolent

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strongly reminiscent or suggestive of

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Recreant

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Cowardly; unfaithful to a belief; apostate

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Limpid

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unclouded; clear

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Quiescence

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inactivity or dormancy

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Noisome

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Having an extremely offensive smell

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Atavistic

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relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral

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Mephitic

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foul-smelling

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Interminable

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endless (often used hyperbolically).

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Benign

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gentle and kindly; not harmful

50
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Disquietude

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a state of uneasiness or anxiety.

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Aplomb

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self-confidence or assurance, especially when in a demanding situation

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Avuncular

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relating to an uncle

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Propitious

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giving or indicating a good chance of success; favorable

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Coeval

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having the same age or date of origin; contemporary

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Munificent

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(of a gift or sum of money) larger or more generous than is usual or necessary

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Acclamation

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loud and enthusiastic approval, typically to welcome or honor someone or something

57
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Mellifluous

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(of a voice or words) sweet or musical; pleasant to hear

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Contiguity

A

the state of bordering or being in direct contact with something

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