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belittle

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disparage; depreciate

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proselytize

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(induce someone to) convert to a religion or belief; n. proselyte: new convert to a doctrine or religion

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provident

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providing for future needs; displaying foresight; thrifty; preparing for emergencies; OP. improvident

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buoyant

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able to float; cheerful and optimistic; n. buoyancy; ex. buoyancy of wood/water/American market

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stamp

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step on heavily (so as to crush or extinguish); put an end to; imprint or impress with a mark, design, or seal; shape with a die; characterize; ex. machine stamping out car bodies; ex. newspaper stamping him as a liar; n. stamping; implement used to stamp

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grandeur

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impressiveness; stateliness; majesty

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talon

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claw of bird

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alloy

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mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; v. mix; make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; ex: unalloyed: not in mixture with other maetals; pure; complete; unqualified; ex. unalloyed happiness

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fallow

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(of land) plowed but not sowed (to improve the quality); uncultivated

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furor

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frenzy; great anger and excitement; ex: fury

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compatible

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harmonious; in harmony with; able to exist together

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subordinate

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occupying a lower rank; inferior; submissive; n. v. put in a lower rank or class

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unison

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unity of pitch (in musical performance); complete accord; ex. The choir sang in unison.

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totter

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shake or move unsteadily; sway as if about to fall

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camaraderie

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good-fellowship; ex: comrade

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sovereignty

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complete independence and self-government (of a country); supremacy of authority; power to govern

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brave

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face courageously; ex. brave the storm

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supposition

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assumption; hypothesis; surmise; v. suppose

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extemporaneous

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not planned; impromptu; extempore

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hibernal

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wintry; wintery; of or like winter

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marked

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noticeable; targeted for vengeance or attack; ex. marked improvement/man

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effeminate

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having womanly traits

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stratified

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divided into classes; arranged into strata; v. stratify

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versatile

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having many talents; capable of working in many fields; having many uses or functions; n. versatility

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efface

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rub out; remove the surface of

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gnarled

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twisted

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irreconcilable

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impossible to reconcile; incompatible; not able to be resolved

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prank

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mischievous trick

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apex

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tip; summit; climax; highest point

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infirmity

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weakness

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concentric

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having a common center

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static

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having no motion; unchanging; lacking development; n. stasis: stable state

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obnoxious

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offensive; disagreeable; ex. obnoxious smell

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gusto

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eager enjoyment; zest; enthusiasm

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apparition

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ghost; phantom

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deplete

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reduce; exhaust

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sedition

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conduct or language inciting rebellion; rebellion; resistance to authority; insubordination; adj. seditious

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marginal

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of a margin; barely within a limit; ex. marginal effect/writing ability

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scuttle

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sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull; scrap; discard; n. small hatch in a ship’s deck or hull

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contentious

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quarrelsome; controversial; likely to cause arguments

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gloss_over

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explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults

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refectory

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dining hall; room where meals are served (in a school)

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anvil

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iron block used in hammering out metals

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extrinsic

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external; not essential or inherent; extraneous; OP. intrinsic

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omnivorous

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eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything

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pedantic

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bookish; showing off learning; marked by an excessive ostentatious concern for book learning; n. pedantry

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extraneous

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not essential; irrelevant; superfluous; external; coming from the outside; ex. extraneous details/noise/to the subject

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neophyte

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recent convert; new member of a religious group; beginner; ex: plant

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cloying

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distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; v. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess

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podiatrist

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doctor who treats ailments of the feet; chiropodist; n. podiatrics

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commodious

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spacious and comfortable

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gustatory

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affecting or relating to the sense of taste

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panoramic

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denoting an unobstructed and comprehensive view; n. panorama: unbroken view of a wide area

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appreciate

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be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of; adj. appreciable: enough to be felt; ex. appreciable difference

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disbar

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make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession

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devout

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pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest; ex. my devout hope

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latch

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fastening or lock consisting of a movable bar that fits into a notch; v. close with a latch

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libidinous

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lustful

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enamored

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in love; ex. enamored of his own beauty; v. enamor: inspire with love

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paramount

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foremost in importance; supreme; ex: para-: beyond; above; ex. paranormal

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coddle

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treat gently; indulge excessively; pamper; mollycoddle; baby; cook in water just below boiling point; ex. coddled eggs

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gastronomy

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art and science of preparing and serving good food; ex: gastronome

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winsome

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charming (in a childlike way); agreeable; gracious; engaging

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vendor

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seller

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plight

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difficult condition; condition or state (esp. a bad state or condition); predicament

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dumbfound(dumfound)

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astonish (making dumb); adj. dumbfounded, dumfounded, dumbstruck

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spartan

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without attention to comfort; lacking luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined; ex. spartan living condition/life

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odious

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arousing strong dislike; hateful(causing hatred); vile

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astronomical

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enormously large or extensive

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forthcoming

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happening in the near future; ready; willing to help; ex. No answer was forthcoming.

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doctrinaire

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unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties

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gambit

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opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed; action made to produce a future advantage

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torso

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trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; human trunk

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tint

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slight degree of color; v. give a tint to

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blowhard

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talkative boaster; braggart

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habitat

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natural home of a plant or animal; ex: habitation

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accrue

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come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by addition; ex. benefits that accrue from scientific research; ex. interest accruing in a bank account; n. accrual

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cemetery

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place for burying the dead

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uninhibited

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having no inhibitions; free in behavior and feelings

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quirk

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sudden sharp turn or twist; startling twist; caprice; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity of behavior; ex. by a quirk of fate

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innate

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inborn

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pestle

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tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl or mortar

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requite

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make return for; repay; reciprocate; revenge; n. requittal

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suckle

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give or take milk at the breast or udder

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nihilist

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one who considers traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless; absolute skeptic; revolutionary terrorist; ex: nihilism: belief that nothing has meaning or value; belief that destruction of existing political or social institutions is ne

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civil

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having to do with citizens; not military or religious; courteous and polite; ex. married in a civil ceremony; ex. civil strife/disorder/law; n. civility; ex: civic

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superficial

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of the surface; not deep; shallow; not thorough; trivial; ex. superficial analysis/knowledge

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foolhardy

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rash; reckless; foolishly daring

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tread

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walk; trample; n. grooved face of a tire; horizontal part of a step

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seethe

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be violently disturbed; boil; (of a liquid) move about wildly as if boiling; ex. The nation was seething with discontent.

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spruce

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neat and trim in appearance; smart; ex. Be spruce for your job interview; v.

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preen

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make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction or pride; (of a bird) smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak; ex. preen oneself on; ex: prune

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blanch

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bleach; whiten; make white or pale

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gloss

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brief explanation note or translation of a difficult expression; v.

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yokel

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rustic; country bumpkin; Ìí??

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desperado

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reckless, desperate outlaw

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archipelago

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group of closely located islands

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collage

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work of art put together from fragments

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chortle

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chuckle with delight; n.

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dismiss

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eliminate from consideration; no longer consider; put out of court without further hearing; reject; discharge from employment; direct to leave; adj. dismissive; n. dismissal

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hem

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surround tightly so that movement is impossible; ex. hem in; n.

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presage

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foretell; be a warning or sign of; n. presentiment; foreboding; omen

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favoritism

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display of partiality toward a favored person

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synchronous

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similarly timed; simultaneous with; occurring at the same time; v. synchronize

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immobility

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state of being immovable

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odorous

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having an odor

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gallows

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framework from which a noose is suspended (used for execution by hanging)

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irony

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hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that seem to mean the opposite of what they actually mean; use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning

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reprobation

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severe disapproval; ex: approbation

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inconsistency

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state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness; adj. inconsistent: displaying a lack of consistency; erratic; contradictory; incompatible

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sparse

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not thick; thinly scattered; scanty

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flippant

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lacking proper seriousness; ex. flippant remarks about death; n. flippancy

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placebo

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harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill

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stifle

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suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or suffocate

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retort

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quick sharp reply; v.

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august

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impressive; majestic

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memorial

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something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to honor the memory of a person or event; adj. commemorative

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squeamish

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easily shocked or sickened by unpleasant things; fastidious; ex. A nurse should not be squeamish.

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fell

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cut or knock down (a tree or a person); bring down (with a missile)

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beleaguer

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besiege or attack (with an army); harass; beset

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tanner

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person who turns animal hides into leather

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entomology

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study of insects

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usurp

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seize another’s power or rank (without legal authority); supplant; appropriate; n. usurpation; ex: take for one’s own use

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vile

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despicable; unpleasant; disgusting; ex. vile slander

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mash

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crush into mash; convert into mash; n. mixture of ground grain and nutrients fed to livestock and fowl

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gruel

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thin liquid porridge

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diva

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operatic singer; prima donna

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rare

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(of air) thin in density; rarefied; ex. rare air of the mountains

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anonymity

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state of being nameless; anonymousness; adj. anonymous

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loll

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lounge about

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franchise

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right or privilege granted by authority; right to vote; license to sell a product in a particular territory

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covenant

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binding agreement between two groups or people; compact; v. enter into a covenant; promise

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hypocritical

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pretending to be virtuous; deceiving; n. hypocrisy: profession of beliefs one does not possess; ex: hypocrite

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mandatory

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obligatory; compulsory; of a mandate

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peon

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landless agricultural worker; bond servant; menial worker; n. peonage

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cower

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shrink quivering as from fear; cringe

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hireling

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one who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously); one who works solely for compensation; ex. hireling politician

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dislodge

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remove (forcibly); force out of a position; ex. dislodge the food caught in his throat; ex: lodge

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aspirant

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seeker after position or status

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attire

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clothe; n. clothing; array; apparel

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euphemism

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mild expression in place of an unpleasant one; adj. euphemistic

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cursory

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casual; hastily done with little attention to detail

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impale

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pierce (with a sharp point); ex. impaled by the spear

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mute

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silent; without speech; not pronounced; unable to speak; n. one who is incapable of speech; v. soften the sound, color, shade of

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abstemious

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sparing in eating and drinking; temperate

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surveillance

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close observation of a person (esp. one under suspicion); watching; guarding

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marsupial

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one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch(pocket of skin or leather); ex: kangaroo, opossum, wombat

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legislature

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legislating branch of government; ex: legislate: make laws

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welter

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confusion; turmoil; confused mass; bewildering jumble;

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medley

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mixture

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baleful

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evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; ex. baleful look

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obligatory

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binding; required; compulsory; v. oblige: constrain; make grateful; do a favor; accommodate

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salacious

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lascivious; lustful; ex. salacious monk

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attrition

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rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; ex. a war of attrition

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apprehend

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arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive; n. apprehension

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secrete

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conceal; hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism; ex: secretive

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terminology

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terms used in a science or art; study of nomenclature

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plane

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carpenter’s tool for smoothing and leveling wood; v. ex: flat

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horoscope

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diagram of the positions of stars at a given moment (eg. of a person’s birth) used by astrologers

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extricate

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free from an entanglement or difficulty; disentangle

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rigor

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severity; ex. rigors of the Russian winter

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rote

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repetition; memorization through repetition without understanding; ex. learn poetry by rote

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gerontocracy

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government ruled by old people

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festive

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joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival

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surpass

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exceed

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spawn

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lay eggs (in large numbers); produce offspring (in large numbers); n. eggs of aquatic animals

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alchemy

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medieval chemistry

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apoplexy

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stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain

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impecunious

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without money

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jaded

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tired or uninterested by surfeit; fatigued; surfeited; worn out; wearied; ex. jaded appetite

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aver

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state confidently; declare as true

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pronounced

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distinct; very noticeable; ex. pronounced limp

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carnage

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destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals

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seasonable

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occurring at the proper time or season; opportune; ex. seasonable intervention in the dispute

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cubicle

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small chamber used for sleeping or work

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rasp

A

(of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves); make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; rub with something rough; ex. The cat’s tongue rasped my hand.

178
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erratic

A

odd; irregular in movement or behavior; unpredictable

179
Q

Epicurean

A

believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided; n.

180
Q

piecemeal

A

one part at a time; gradually; in stages; ex. read a novel piecemeal

181
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physiological

A

pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms; n. physiology

182
Q

doddering

A

shaky; infirm from old age; v. dodder

183
Q

incite

A

arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist; ex. incite a riot/the crowd to rebellion

184
Q

prominent

A

protruding(sticking out); conspicuous; notable; eminent

185
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unimpeachable

A

that cannot be impeached; beyond doubt or question; blameless and exemplary

186
Q

audacious

A

daring; bold; n. audacity

187
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palpitate

A

throb; beat rapidly; flutter; tremble; ex. Her heart began to palpitate.

188
Q

filing

A

particle removed by a file

189
Q

spat

A

squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel

190
Q

evenhanded

A

impartial; fair

191
Q

pedestal

A

support or base as for a pillar or statue

192
Q

redolent

A

odorous; fragrant; suggestive (of an odor); ex. redolent of onions/mystery

193
Q

recite

A

repeat aloud (something learned); describe; ex. recite his complaints; n. recitation

194
Q

coup

A

highly successful action or sudden attack; coup(s) d’'etat; ex: coup de gr\^ace: deathblow or shot which kills

195
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serenity

A

calmness; placidity; adj. serene

196
Q

chaff

A

worthless products of an endeavor; husk(outer seed cover) separated from grain; ex. separate the wheat from the chaff

197
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improvident

A

thriftless; not providing for the future

198
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terminal

A

part that forms the end; railroad or bus station; adj. forming an end; ending in death; fatal; ex. terminal cancer

199
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shed

A

small roofed structure for storage and shelter; v. pour forth; lose by natural process; repel without allowing penetration; radiate; cast; ex. shed tears/light/water/skin/leaves

200
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factotum

A

handyman; person who does all kinds of work; ex: do everything

Barrons Vocabulary (25 decks)

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