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Alacrity

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N) promptness in responding/ eagerness.

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Array

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N) a large group of people or things / an orderly arrangement or display.
V) to place in order / to dress up.

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Deduce

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V) to draw a conclusion from given facts.

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Encumber / Encumbrance

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V) to weigh down or burden / to impede the action of. (ber)
N) a burden. (ance)

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Fraught

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ADJ) full of or accompanied by.

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Haphazard

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ADJ) marked by a lack of plan.

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Incontrovertible

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ADJ) unquestionable.

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Inexplicable

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ADJ) hard to explain, impossible to understand.

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Ingenious / Ingenuity

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ADJ) marked by cleverness. (ous)
N) the mark of cleverness . (ity)

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Laggard

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N) one who falls behind, a straggler.

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Sustenance

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N) food needed to live.

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Torrid

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ADJ) intensely hot and dry / burning with passion.

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Traverse

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V) to pass over or across something.

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Ubiquitous

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ADJ) appearing to be present in large numbers or in different places.

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Zenith

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N) the highest point, the peak / the point in the sky above the observer

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