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Rattling

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ADJ
1: LIVELY, BRISK
2: extraordinarily good : SPLENDID
ADV
1: to an extreme degree : VERY
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Stupor

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NOUN

1: a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility; a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness
2: a state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock : DAZE

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Constituency

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NOUN
1: a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position); the residents in an electoral district; an electoral district
2: a group or body that patronizes, supports, or offers representation
creating; the people involved in or served by an organization (such as a business or institution)

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Wriggle

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VERB
1: to move the body or a bodily part to and fro with short writhing motions like a worm : SQUIRM
2: to move or advance by twisting and turning
3: to extricate or insinuate oneself or reach a goal as if by wriggling
NOUN
1: a short or quick writhing motion or contortion
2: a formation or marking of sinuous design

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Perchance

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ADV

1: PERHAPS, POSSIBLY

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Behoove

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VERB

1: to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for

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Complicit

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ADJ

1: helping to commit a crime or do wrong in some way

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Substantiate

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VERB

1: to give substance or form to : EMBODY
2: to establish by proof or competent evidence : VERIFY

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Hinge

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VERB
1: to be determined by, based on, or subject (to)
2: to swing on or as if on a hinge
NOUN
1: a jointed or flexible device on which a door, lid, or other swinging part turns
2: a determining factor : TURNING POINT

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Spawn

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VERB
1: to deposit or fertilize spawn
2: to produce young especially in large numbers
3: BRING FORTH, GENERATE
NOUN
1: the eggs of aquatic animals (such as fishes or oysters) that lay many small eggs
2: PRODUCT, OFFSPRING, also : offspring in great numbers
3: the seed, germ, or source of something
4: mycelium especially prepared (as in bricks) for propagating mushrooms

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Compact

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ADJ
1: predominantly formed or filled : COMPOSED, MADE
2: having a dense structure or parts or units closely packed or joined
3: not diffuse or verbose
4: occupying a small volume by reason of efficient use of space
5: short-bodied, solid, and without excess flesh
VERB
1: to make up by connecting or combining : COMPOSE
2: to knit or draw together : COMBINE
3: to press together : COMPRESS
4: to become compacted
NOUN
1: something that is compact or compacted
2: an agreement or covenant between two or more parties

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Recalcitrant

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ADJ

1: obstinately defiant of authority or restraint
2: difficult to manage or operate
3: not responsive to treatment
4: RESISTANT

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Clamber

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VERB

1: to climb awkwardly (as by scrambling)

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Hurdle

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NOUN
1: a portable panel usually of wattled withes and stakes used especially for enclosing land or livestock
2: an artificial barrier over which racers must leap
3: BARRIER, OBSTACLE
VERB
1: to leap over especially while running (as in a sporting competition)
hurdling an obstacle in a steeplechase
2: OVERCOME, SURMOUNT

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Stunt

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VERB
1: to hinder the normal growth, development, or progress of
2: to perform or engage in a stunt
NOUN
1: one (such as an animal) that is stunted
2: a check in growth
3: an unusual or difficult feat requiring great skill or daring
especially : one performed or undertaken chiefly to gain attention or publicity

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Eon

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NOUN

1: an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : AGE
2: a very large division of geologic time usually longer than an era; a unit of geologic time equal to one billion years

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Iconoclast

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NOUN

1: a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
2: a person who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration

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Poise

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VERB
1: BALANCE, especially : to hold or carry in equilibrium
2: to hold supported or suspended without motion in a steady position
3: to hold or carry (the head) in a particular way
4: to put into readiness : BRACE
5: HOVER
NOUN
1: a stably balanced state : EQUILIBRIUM
2: easy self-possessed assurance of manner : gracious tact in coping or handling
3: a particular way of carrying oneself : BEARING, CARRIAGE

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Reprieve

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VERB
1: to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
2: to give relief or deliverance to for a time
NOUN
1: the act of reprieving : the state of being reprieved
2: a formal temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence especially of death
3: an order or warrant for a temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence
4: a temporary respite (as from pain or trouble)

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Foray

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NOUN
1: a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : RAID
2: an initial and often tentative attempt to do something in a new or different field or area of activity
VERB
1: to make a raid or brief invasion
2: to do or attempt something outside one’s accustomed sphere : to enter into a new or different field or area of activity
3: to ravage in search of spoils : PILLAGE

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Maim

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VERB
1: to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously
2: to commit the felony of mayhem upon
NOUN
1: serious physical injury, especially : loss of a member of the body
2: a serious loss

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Tribunal

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NOUN
1: a court or forum of justice
2: something that decides or determines
EXAMPLE: the tribunal of public opinion

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Galvanize

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VERB

1: to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically
2: to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock
3: to coat (iron or steel) with zinc, especially : to immerse in molten zinc to produce a coating of zinc-iron alloy
4: to react as if stimulated by an electric shock

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Palsy

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NOUN
1: PARALYSIS
2: a condition that is marked by uncontrollable tremor and quivering of the body or one or more of its parts
VERB
1: to affect with or as if with palsy
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Observance

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NOUN
1: a customary practice, rite, or ceremony
2: a rule governing members of a religious order
3: an act or instance of following a custom, rule, or law
observance of the speed limits
4: an act or instance of watching

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Blanch

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VERB

1: to take the color out of
2: a cooking to scald or parboil in water or steam in order to remove the skin from, whiten, or stop enzymatic action in (such as food for freezing)
3: to bleach by excluding light
4: to make ashen or pale
5: to become white or pale (as from shock or fear); often used figuratively to describe a reaction of shock or dismay that makes someone unwilling or reluctant to proceed

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Profuse

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ADJ

1: pouring forth liberally : EXTRAVAGANT
2: exhibiting great abundance : BOUNTIFUL

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Spate

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NOUN
1: FRESHET, FLOOD
2: a large number or amount
3: a sudden or strong outburst : RUSH
EXAMPLE: a spate of anger
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Contingent

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ADJ
1: dependent on or conditioned by something else
2: likely but not certain to happen : POSSIBLE
3: not logically necessary, especially : EMPIRICAL
4: happening by chance or unforeseen causes
5: subject to chance or unseen effects : UNPREDICTABLE
6: intended for use in circumstances not completely foreseen
7: not necessitated : determined by free choice
NOUN
1: a representative group : DELEGATION, DETACHMENT
2: something contingent : CONTINGENCY

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Beguiling

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ADJ

1: agreeably or charmingly attractive or pleasing

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Waft

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VERB
1: to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium
2: to cause to move or go lightly by or as if by the impulse of wind or waves
NOUN
1: something (such as an odor) that is wafted : WHIFF
2: a slight breeze : PUFF
3: the act of waving
4: a pennant or flag used to signal or to show wind direction

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Molt

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VERD

1: to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically
2: to cast off (an outer covering) periodically, specifically : to throw off (the old cuticle used of arthropods

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Falsify

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VERB

1: to prove or declare false : DISPROVE
2: to make false by mutilation or addition
3: to represent falsely : MISREPRESENT
4: to prove unsound by experience
5: to tell lies : LIE

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Tamper

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VERD
1: to interfere so as to weaken or change for the worse
2: to try foolish or dangerous experiments
3: to render something harmful or dangerous by altering its structure or composition
4: to carry on underhand or improper negotiations (as by bribery)
5: to inflict physical harm, threats, intimidation, or corrupt persuasion with the goal of influencing or preventing a witness’s testimony : to engage in witness tampering
NOUN
1: a tool for tamping : TAMP

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Nascent

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ADJ

1: coming or having recently come into existence

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Tart

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ADJ
1: agreeably sharp or acid to the taste
2: marked by a biting, acrimonious, or cutting quality
NOUN
1: a dish baked in a pastry shell : PIE: such as a small pie or pastry shell without a top containing jelly, custard, or fruit
2: a promiscuous woman : a woman who has many sexual partners : PROSTITUTE

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Recourse

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NOUN

1: a turning to someone or something for help or protection
2: a source of help or strength : RESORT
3: the right to demand payment from the maker or endorser of a negotiable instrument (such as a check)

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Paradigm

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NOUN

1: EXAMPLE, PATTERN, especially : an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype
2: an example of a conjugation or declension showing a word in all its inflectional forms
3: a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated
4: a philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind

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Dragoon

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NOUN
1: a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed mounted troops
2: CAVALRYMAN
VERB
1: to subjugate or persecute by harsh use of troops
2: to force into submission or compliance especially by violent measures

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Canon

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NOUN
1: regulation or dogma decreed by a church council
2: the most solemn and unvarying part of the Mass including the consecration of the bread and wine
3: an authoritative list of books accepted as Holy Scripture
4: the authentic works of a writer
5: a sanctioned or accepted group or body of related works
6: an accepted principle or rule; a criterion or standard of judgment
the canons of good taste; a body of principles, rules, standards, or norms
6: a clergyman belonging to the chapter or the staff of a cathedral or collegiate church

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Shunt

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VERB
1: to turn off to one side : SHIFT
2: to switch (a railroad car, a train, etc.) from one track to another
3: to provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
4: to divert (blood) from one part to another by a surgical shunt
5: SHUTTLE
6: to travel back and forth
EXAMPLE: shunted between the two towns
NOUN
1: a means or mechanism for turning or thrusting aside
2: an accident (such as a collision between two cars) especially in auto racing

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Plethora

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NOUN

1: a bodily condition characterized by an excess of blood and marked by turgescence and a florid complexion
2: ABUNDANCE, PROFUSION

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Emblazon

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VERB

1: to inscribe or adorn with or as if with a badge of authority or honor
2: CELEBRATE, EXTOL

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Peregrinate

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VERB

1: to travel especially on foot : WALK
2: to walk or travel over : TRAVERSE

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Hegemony

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NOUN

1: preponderant influence or authority over others : DOMINATION
2: the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group

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Wager

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NOUN
1: something (such as a sum of money) risked on an uncertain event; something on which bets are laid : GAMBLE, STAKE
2: an act of giving a pledge to take and abide by the result of some action
VERB
1: to make a bet
2: to risk or venture on a final outcome; specifically, to lay as a gamble : BET

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Pomp

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NOUN

1: a show of magnificence : SPLENDOR
2: a ceremonial or festival display (such as a train of followers or a pageant)
3: ostentatious display : VAINGLORY
4: an ostentatious gesture or act

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Plod

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VERB
1: to work laboriously and monotonously : DRUDGE
2: to walk heavily or slowly : TRUDGE
3: to proceed slowly or tediously
EXAMPLE: the movie’s plot just plods along

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Courtesy

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NOUN
1: behavior marked by polished manners or respect for others : courteous behavior
2: a courteous and respectful act or expression
3: general allowance despite facts : INDULGENCE
EXAMPLE: hills called mountains by courtesy only
4: consideration, cooperation, and generosity in providing something (such as a gift or privilege)
5: AGENCY, MEANS —used chiefly in the phrases “through the courtesy of” or “by courtesy of”
ADJ
1: granted, provided, or performed as a courtesy or by way of courtesy

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Educe

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VERB

1: to bring out (something, such as something latent)
2: to determine by reasoning or deduction: DEDUCE

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Confide

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VERB
1: to have confidence : TRUST
2: to show confidence by imparting secrets
EXAMPLE: confide in a friend
3: to tell confidentially
EXAMPLE: confide the secret to his family
4: to give to the care or protection of another : ENTRUST
EXAMPLE: confide your children to strangers

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Proxy

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NOUN

1: the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another
2: authority or power to act for another
3: a document giving such authority
4: a person authorized to act for another : PROCURATOR

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Taper

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VERB
1: to become progressively smaller toward one end
2: to diminish gradually
3: to cause to taper
NOUN
1: a long waxed wick used especially for lighting candles, lamps, pipes, or fires
2: a feeble light
3: a tapering form or figure
4: gradual diminution of thickness, diameter, or width in an elongated object
5: a gradual decrease
ADJ
1: progressively narrowed toward one end
2: furnished with or adjusted to a scale : GRADUATED

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Spurt

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VERB
1: to gush forth : SPOUT
2: to expel in a stream or jet : SQUIRT
NOUN
1: a sudden gush : JET
2: a short period of time : MOMENT
3: a sudden brief burst of effort, activity, or development
EXAMPLE: a spurt of work; a growth spurt
4: a sharp or sudden increase in business activity
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Corral

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NOUN
1: a pen or enclosure for confining or capturing livestock
2: an enclosure made with wagons for defense of an encampment
VERB
1: to enclose in a corral
2: to arrange (wagons) so as to form a corral
3 : COLLECT, GATHER
EXAMPLE: corralling votes for the upcoming election

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Humanoid

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ADJ
1: having human form or characteristics
NOUN
1: a humanoid being : a nonhuman creature or being with characteristics (such as the ability to walk upright) resembling those of a human

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Bona fide

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NOUN
1: neither specious nor counterfeit : GENUINE
2: made with earnest intent : SINCERE
EXAMPLE: a bona fide proposal
3: (related to laws) made in good faith without fraud or deceit

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Swathe

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NOUN
1: a band used in swathing
2: an enveloping medium
VERB
1: to bind, wrap, or swaddle with or as if with a bandage
2: ENVELOP
EXAMPLE: a mountain swathed by clouds
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Smug

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ADJ

1: highly self-satisfied
2: trim or smart in dress : SPRUCE
3: scrupulously clean, neat, or correct : TIDY

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Contort

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VERB
1: to twist in a violent manner
2: to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
EXAMPLE: His face contorted in a grimace of pain.

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Menial

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ADJ

1: of or relating to servants : LOWLY
2: appropriate to a servant : HUMBLE, SERVILE
3: lacking interest or dignity

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Posit

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VERB

1: to dispose or set firmly : FIX
2: to assume or affirm the existence of : POSTULATE
3: to propose as an explanation : SUGGEST

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Evince

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VERB

1: to constitute outward evidence of
2: to display clearly : REVEAL

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Pulsate

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VERB

1: to throb or move rhythmically : VIBRATE
2: to exhibit a pulse or pulsation : BEAT

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Pert

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ADJ

1: saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
2: being trim and chic : JAUNTY
3: piquantly stimulating
4: LIVELY, VIVACIOUS

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Extenuate

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VERB

1: to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : MITIGATE
2: to lessen the strength or effect of (something) : WEAKEN
3: to make light of
4: DISPARAGE
5: to make thin or emaciated

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Supine

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ADJ

1: lying on the back or with the face upward
2: exhibiting indolent or apathetic inertia or passivity, especially : mentally or morally slack
3: leaning or sloping backward

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Remonstrance

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NOUN

1: an earnest presentation of reasons for opposition or grievance, especially : a document formally stating such points

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Supplicate

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VERB

1: to make a humble entreaty, especially : to pray to God
2: to ask humbly and earnestly of

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Comport

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VERB
1: to be fitting : ACCORD
EXAMPLE: actions that comport with policy
2: BEHAVE, especially : to behave in a manner conformable to what is right, proper, or expected
EXAMPLE: comported himself well in the crisis

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Usury

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NOUN
1: the lending of money with an interest charge for its use
especially : the lending of money at exorbitant interest rates

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Spawn

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VERB
1: to deposit or fertilize (eggs) —used of an aquatic animal
2: to produce young especially in large numbers
3: to induce (fish) to spawn
4: to plant with mushroom spawn
5: BRING FORTH, GENERATE
EXAMPLE: the idea spawned controversy
NOUN
1: the eggs of aquatic animals (such as fishes or oysters) that lay many small eggs
2: PRODUCT, OFFSPRING
3: the seed, germ, or source of something

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Slew

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NOUN
1: a large number
VERB
1: to turn (something, such as a telescope or a ship's spar) about a fixed point that is usually the axis
2: to cause to skid : VEER
EXAMPLE: slew a car around a turn
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Sprightly

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ADJ

1: marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : SPIRITED
2: having a distinctively piquant taste : ZESTY

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