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Define the following:

Woebegone

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adj. sad or miserable in appearance

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Define the following:

Pendulous

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adj. hanging down loosely

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Define the following:

Leaden

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adj. dull, heavy, or slow

adj. dull gray

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Define the following:

Landloper

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n. a vagrant

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Define the following:

Asphyxiate

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v. kill (someone) by depriving them of air

v. die by asphyxiation

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Define the following:

Chronic

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adj. (of a person) having a particular bad habit

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Define the following:

About-face

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n. a turn made so as to face the other direction
n. a complete change of opinion or policy: he threatened to stop us, but did a complete about-face
v. turn so as to face the opposite direction

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Define the following:

Demerit

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n. a feature or fact deserving censure: the merits and demerits of the proposals
n. a mark awarded against someone for a a fault or offense

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Define the following:

Travail

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n. painful or laborious effort: advice for those who wish to save great sorrow and travail
n. labor pains: a woman in travail
v. engage in painful and laborious effort

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Define the following:

Sheet

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v. (of rain) fall in large quantities: rain sheeted down
v. [with obj.] cover with or wrap in sheets: we sheeted a narrow bed
n. a broad moving mass of flame or water

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Define the following:

Slough

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n. a swamp
n. a side channel or inlet, or a natural channel that is only sporadically filled with water
n. a situation characterized by lack of progress or activity: the economic slough of the interwar years
v. shed or remove (a layer of dead skin)
v. get rid of (something undesirable or no longer required)

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Define the following:

Argental

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adj. containing silver

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Define the following:

Lope

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v. run or move with a long bounding stride: the dog was loping by his side
n. a long bounding stride: they set off at a fast lope

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Define the following:

Irradiate

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v. illuminate (something) by or as if by shining light on it: irradiated the faces of family and friends

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Define the following:

Instate

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v. set up in position, install or establish: the restoration of those very authoritorian forms against which democracy had been instated

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Define the following:

Reproof

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n. an expression of blame or disapproval

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Define the following:

Reprove

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v. reprimand or censure (someone)

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Define the following:

Superintend

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v. oversee: he superintended a land reclamation program

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Define the following:

Baste

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v. beat (someone) soundly; thrashed

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Define the following:

Wholesale

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n. the selling of goods in large quantities to be retailed by others
adv. being sold in large quantities to be retailed by others: bottles from this region sell wholesale at about $72 a case
adv. on a large scale
adj. done on a large scale; extensive
v. sell (goods) at large quantities at low prices to be retailed by others

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Define the following:

Abroad

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adv. out of doors: few people ventured abroad from their warm houses
adv. in different directions; over a wide area: millions of seeds are annually scattered abroad
adv. (of a feeling or rumor) widely current: there is a new buccaneering spirit abroad
adv. freely moving about: con artists abroad on the streets of town
adv. wide of the mark; in error

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Define the following:

Fount

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n. a source of a valuable quality or commodity: a fount of knowledge
n. a spring or fountain

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Define the following:

Snap

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v. [with obj.] fasten with a snap
n. [in sing.] a hurried tone or manner: he said with a snap
n. vigor or liveliness of style or action; zest

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Define the following:

Charge

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v. [with clause] make an accusation or assertion that: opponents charged that below-cost pricing would reduce safety
v. load or fill (a container, gun, etc.) to the full or proper extent
n. a responsibility or onerous duty assigned to someone

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Define the following:

Athwart

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adv. across from side to side; transversely: one table running athwart was all the room could hold
adv. so as to be perverse or contradictory: our words ran athwart and we ended up at cross purposes

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Define the following:

Sable

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n. black

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Define the following:

Constabulary

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n. an armed police force organized as a military unit

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Define the following:

Interpolate

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v. insert (something) between two fixed points: illustrations were interpolated in the text
v. alter (a book or text) by insertion of new material
v. interject (a remark) in a conversation: “I dare say!” interpolated her employer

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Define the following:

Acquisition

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n. an asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a library or museum
n. buying or obtaining an object or asset
n. the learning or developing of a skill, habit, or quality

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30
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Define the following:

Hair-trigger

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n. (as modifier) liable to change suddenly and violently: a hair-trigger personality

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Define the following:

Cockade

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n. a rosette or knot of ribbons worn in a hat as a badge of office or party, or as part of a livery

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Define the following:

Cipher

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n. a secret or distingushed way of writing; a code: the information may be given in cipher
n. a thing written in cipher
n. a key to such a cipher
n. a zero; a figure 0
n. a person or thing of no importance, especially a person who does the bidding of others and seems to have no will of their own
n. a continuous sounding of an organ pipe caused by a mechanical error
v. put (a message) into secret writing; encode

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33
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Define the following:

Coriaceous

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adj. of or like leather

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34
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Define the following:

Duello

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n. a duel

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Define the following:

Single

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adj. free from duplicity and deceitfulness: a pure and single heart

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36
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Define the following:

Eiderdown

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n. small, soft feathers from the breast of the female eider duck
n. a quilt filled with down (usually from the eider) or some other soft material

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Define the following:

Manumit

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v. release from slavery; set free: Old Agnus had never manumitted a single slave and had never committed the unpardonable social breach of selling some of his negroes to passing slave traders en route to the cane fields of Louisiana, but the rumors persisted

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Define the following:

Rabbit

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v. talk at length, especially about trivial matters

v. move quickly; run away

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Define the following:

Spasmodic

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adj. occuring or done in brief, irregular bursts

adj. caused by, subject to, or in the nature of a spasm or spasms: a spasmodic cough

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Define the following:

Subsist

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v. [no obj.] sustain or support oneself, especially at a minimal level
v. [with obj.] provide sustenance for: subsisting the poor
v. remain in being, force, or effect
v. (subsist in) be attributable to: the effect of genetic maldevelopment may subsist in chromosomal mutation

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41
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Define the following:

Vice

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n. immoral or wicked behavior
n. an immoral or wicked personal characteristic
n. a weaknesss of character or behavior; a bad habit

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Define the following:

Adjure

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v. urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something

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Define the following:

Nobility

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n. the quality of being noble in character, mind, birth, or rank

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Define the following:

Provisional

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adj. arranged or existing for the future, possibly to be changed later

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Define the following:

Minatory

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adj. expressing or conveying a threat: he is unlikely to be deterred by minatory finger-wagging

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Define the following:

Oblation

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n. a thing presented or offered to God or to a god

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Define the following:

Extraneous

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adj. irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with
adj. extrinsic; of outside origin
adj. seperate from the object to which it is attached

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Define the following:

Parlance

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n. a particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common with those with a particular job or interest: dated terms that were in common parlance; medical parlance

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Define the following:

Concordat

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n. an agreement or treaty

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Define the following:

Embroil

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v. involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation: she became embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew
v. bring into a state of confusion or disorder

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Define the following:

Sedulous

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adj. (of a person or action) showing dedication and diligence: he watched himself with the most sedulous care

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Define the following:

Sidereal

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adj. of or with respect to the distant stars

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Define the following:

Artifice

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n. cunning or clever devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or decieve others: the style is free from the artifices of the period

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Define the following:

Inviolable

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adj. never to be broken, infringed, or dishonored: an inviolable rule of chastity

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Define the following:

Belie

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v. (of an appearance) fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict

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Define the following:

Discreet

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adj. careful and circumspect in one’s speech or actions, especially in order to avoid causing offense or to gain an advantage

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Define the following:

Gibe

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n. an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt: a gibe at his old rivals
v. [no obj.] make insulting or mocking remarks; jeer: some cynics in the media might gibe

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Define the following:

Ignominous

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adj. deserving or causing public disgrace or shame

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Define the following:

Sunder

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v. split apart: the crunch of bone when it is sundered

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Define the following:

Scuttle

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n. a metal container with a sloping hinged lid and a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic container
n. the amount of coal held in a scuttle: carrying endless scuttles of coal up from the cellar
n. an act or sound of scuttling
v. run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps
v. deliberately cause (a scheme) to fail: some of the stockholders are threatening to scuttle the deal

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Define the following:

Shackle

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v. limit or restrain

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Define the following:

Superannuated

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v. retire (someone) with a pension

adj. obsolete through age or new technological or intellectual developments: superannuated computing equipment

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Define the following:

Vie

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v. compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something

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Define the following:

Feculent

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adj. of or containing dirt, sediment, or waste matter: their feet were forever slipping on feculent bog

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Define the following:

Pastoral

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adj. (especially of land or a farm) used for or related to the grazing or keeping of sheep or cattle
adj. associated with country life

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Define the following:

Equable

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adj. (of a person) not easily disturbed or angered; calm and even-tempered
adj. not varying or fluctuating easily: an equable climate

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Define the following:

Sleazy

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adj. (of a person or situation) sordid, corrupt, or immoral
adj. (of a place) squalid or seedy
adj. (of textiles and clothes) flimsy

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Define the following:

Seedy

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adj. sordid and disreputable
adj. shabby and squalid
adj. unwell

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Define the following:

Prehensile

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adj. (chiefly of an animal’s limb or tail) capable of grasping

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Define the following:

Coincident

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adj. occuring together in space or time: an increasing specialization of discourse coincident with the progress of the Industrial Revolution
adj. in agreement or harmony

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Define the following:

Concomitant

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adj. naturally accompanying or associated: she loved travel, with all its concomitant worries
n. a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something: some of us look on pain and illness as concomitant of the stresses of living

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Define the following:

Cauterize

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v. burn the skin or flesh of (a wound) with a heated instrument or caustic substance, typically to stop bleeding or prevent the wound from becoming infected

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Define the following:

Bowdlerize

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v. remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or other material), especially with the result that it becomes weaker or less effective

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Define the following:

Marionette

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n. a puppet controlled by strings

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Define the following:

Shoal

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n. a large number of fish swimming together: a shoal of bream
n. a large number of people

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Define the following:

Stick

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n. a piece of basic furniture: every stick of furniture just vanished
n. severe criticism or treatment: I took a lot of stick from the press
n. (the sticks) rural areas far from the cities
n. [with adj.] a person of a specified kind: he’s a bad old stick

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Define the following:

Roil

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v. [with obj.] make (a liquid) turbid or muddy by disturbing the sediment: winds roil these waters
v. [no obj.] (of a liquid) move in a turbulent, swirling matter: a kind of fear roiled in her

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Define the following:

Bid

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v. [no obj.] (bid for) make an effort or attempt to achieve

n. an attempt or effort to achieve something: an investigation would be carried out in a bid to establish what happened

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Define the following:

Consolidate

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v. make (something) physically stronger or more solid
v. reinforce or strengthen (one’s position or power)
v. combine (a number of things) into a single more effective or coherent whole

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Define the following:

Recondite

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adj. dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter: a recondite treatise
adj. beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding

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Define the following:

Treatise

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n. a written work dealing formally or systematically with a subject

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Define the following:

Crepuscular

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adj. of, resembling, or relating to twilight

adj. (of an animal) present or active during twilight

83
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Define the following:

Cortège

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n. a solemn procession, especially for a funeral

n. a person’s entourage or retinue

84
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Define the following:

Flay

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v. peel the skin off (a corpse or carcass)
v. peel (the skin) off a corpse or carcass)
v. whip or beat (someone) so as to take the skin off
v. criticize severely and brutally

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Define the following:

Emolument

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n. a salary, fee, or profit from employment of office

86
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Define the following:

Foible

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n. a minor weakness or eccentricities in someone’s character

87
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Define the following:

Calico

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adj. (of an animal, especially a cat) multicolored or mottled

88
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Define the following:

Depth

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n. lowness of pitch: husky depths
n. intensity of color
n. (the depths) the worst or lowest part of something
n. a time when one’s negative feelings are at their most intense: the depths of despair

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Define the following:

Sprangle

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v. spread out in different directions; ramify

90
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Define the following:

Catty

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adj. deliberately hurtful in one’s remarks; spiteful

91
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Define the following:

Usury

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n. the illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high interest rates

92
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Define the following:

Freebooter

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n. a pirate or lawless adventurer

93
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Define the following:

Caitiff

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n. a contemptible or cowardly person

94
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Define the following:

Thespian

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n. an actor or actress

adj. of or relating to drama or the theatre

95
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Define the following:

Ratiocinate

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v. form judgements by logic; reason

96
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Define the following:

Hilarity

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n. boisterous merriment: the noisy hilarity of the streets

97
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Define the following:

Contemn

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v. treat or regard with contempt

98
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Define the following:

Certain of

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pron. some but not all: certain of his works have been published

99
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Define the following:

Notwithstanding

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prep. in spite of: notwithstanding the evidence, the concensus is that the jury will not reach a verdict
adv. nevertheless, in spite of this: she tells us she is an intellectual; nevertheless, she faces the future as unprovided for as a beauty queen
conj. although, in spite of the fact that: notwithstanding that there were bullies in the room, our hero carried on intrepidly

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Define the following:

Heretofore

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adv. before now: diseases that heretofore were usually confined to rural areas

101
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. sad or miserable in appearance

102
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. hanging down loosely

103
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. dull, heavy, or slow
adj. dull gray

104
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a vagrant

105
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. kill (someone) by depriving them of air

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Asphyxiate

106
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

adj. (of a person) having a particular bad habit

107
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a complete change of opinion or polic

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About-face

108
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a feature or fact deserving censure
n. a mark awarded against someone for a a fault or offense

109
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. painful or laborious effort
n. labor pains
v. engage in painful and laborious effort

110
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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

v. (of rain) fall in large quantities
n. a broad moving mass of flame or water

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Which of your vocabulary words means the following?

n. a swamp
n. a side channel or inlet, or a natural channel that is only sporadically filled with water
n. a situation characterized by lack of progress or activity
v. shed or remove (a layer of dead skin)
v. get rid of (something undesirable or no longer required)

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adj. containing silver

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v. run or move with a long bounding stride
n. a long bounding stride

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v. illuminate (something) by or as if by shining light on it

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v. set up in position, install or establish

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n. an expression of blame or disapproval

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v. reprimand or censure (someone)

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v. oversee

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Superintend

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v. beat (someone) soundly; thrashed

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adv. on a large scale
adj. done on a large scale; extensive

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adv. out of doors
adv. in different directions; over a wide area
adv. (of a feeling or rumor) widely current
adv. freely moving about
adv. wide of the mark; in error

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n. a source of a valuable quality or commodity
n. a spring or fountain

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n. [in sing.] a hurried tone or manner
n. vigor or liveliness of style or action; zest

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v. [with clause] make an accusation or assertion that
v. load or fill (a container, gun, etc.) to the full or proper extent
n. a responsibility or onerous duty assigned to someone

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adv. across from side to side; transversely
adv. so as to be perverse or contradictory

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n. black

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n. an armed police force organized as a military unit

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Constabulary

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v. insert (something) between two fixed points
v. alter (a book or text) by insertion of new material
v. interject (a remark) in a conversation

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Interpolate

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n. an asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a library or museum
n. buying or obtaining an object or asset
n. the learning or developing of a skill, habit, or quality

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Acquisition

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n. (as modifier) liable to change suddenly and violently

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Hair-trigger

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n. a rosette or knot of ribbons worn in a hat as a badge of office or party, or as part of a livery

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n. a zero; a figure 0
n. a person or thing of no importance, especially a person who does the bidding of others and seems to have no will of their own
n. a continuous sounding of an organ pipe caused by a mechanical error

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adj. of or like leather

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Coriaceous

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n. a duel

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adj. free from duplicity and deceitfulness

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n. a quilt filled with down (usually from the eider) or some other soft material

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v. release from slavery; set free

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v. talk at length, especially about trivial matters
v. move quickly; run away

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adj. occuring or done in brief, irregular bursts
adj. caused by, subject to, or in the nature of a spasm or spasms

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v. [no obj.] sustain or support oneself, especially at a minimal level
v. [with obj.] provide sustenance for
v. remain in being, force, or effect

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n. immoral or wicked behavior
n. an immoral or wicked personal characteristic
n. a weaknesss of character or behavior; a bad habit

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v. urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something

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n. the quality of being noble in character, mind, birth, or rank

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adj. arranged or existing for the future, possibly to be changed later

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Provisional

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adj. expressing or conveying a threat

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n. a thing presented or offered to God or to a god

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adj. irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with
adj. extrinsic; of outside origin
adj. seperate from the object to which it is attached

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Extraneous

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n. a particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common with those with a particular job or interest

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n. an agreement or treaty

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v. involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation
v. bring into a state of confusion or disorder

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adj. (of a person or action) showing dedication and diligence

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adj. of or with respect to the distant stars

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n. cunning or clever devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or decieve others

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adj. never to be broken, infringed, or dishonored

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Inviolable

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v. (of an appearance) fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict

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adj. careful and circumspect in one’s speech or actions, especially in order to avoid causing offense or to gain an advantage

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n. an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt
v. [no obj.] make insulting or mocking remarks; jeer

158
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adj. deserving or causing public disgrace or shame

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Ignominous

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v. split apart

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v. run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps
v. deliberately cause (a scheme) to fail

161
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v. limit or restrain

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v. retire (someone) with a pension
adj. obsolete through age or new technological or intellectual developments

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Superannuated

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v. compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something

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adj. of or containing dirt, sediment, or waste matter

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adj. (especially of land or a farm) used for or related to the grazing or keeping of sheep or cattle
adj. associated with country life

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adj. (of a person) not easily disturbed or angered; calm and even-tempered
adj. not varying or fluctuating easily

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adj. (of a person or situation) sordid, corrupt, or immoral
adj. (of a place) squalid or seedy
adj. (of textiles and clothes) flimsy

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adj. sordid and disreputable
adj. shabby and squalid
adj. unwell

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adj. (chiefly of an animal’s limb or tail) capable of grasping

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Prehensile

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adj. occuring together in space or time

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Coincident

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adj. naturally accompanying or associated
n. a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something

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Concomitant

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v. burn the skin or flesh of (a wound) with a heated instrument or caustic substance, typically to stop bleeding or prevent the wound from becoming infected

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v. remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or other material), especially with the result that it becomes weaker or less effective

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Bowdlerize

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n. a puppet controlled by strings

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Marionette

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n. a large number of fish swimming together
n. a large number of people

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n. severe criticism or treatment
n. [with adj.] a person of a specified kind

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v. [with obj.] make (a liquid) turbid or muddy by disturbing the sediment
v. [no obj.] (of a liquid) move in a turbulent, swirling matter

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n. an attempt or effort to achieve something

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v. make (something) physically stronger or more solid
v. reinforce or strengthen (one’s position or power)
v. combine (a number of things) into a single more effective or coherent whole

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Consolidate

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adj. dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter

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n. a written work dealing formally or systematically with a subject

182
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adj. of, resembling, or relating to twilight
adj. (of an animal) present or active during twilight

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Crepuscular

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n. a solemn procession, especially for a funeral
n. a person’s entourage or retinue

184
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v. peel the skin off (a corpse or carcass)
v. peel (the skin) off a corpse or carcass)
v. whip or beat (someone) so as to take the skin off
v. criticize severely and brutally

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n. a salary, fee, or profit from employment of office

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n. a minor weakness or eccentricities in someone’s character

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n. a minor weakness or eccentricities in someone’s character

188
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adj. (of an animal, especially a cat) multicolored or mottled

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n. lowness of pitch
n. intensity of color

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v. spread out in different directions; ramify

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adj. deliberately hurtful in one’s remarks; spiteful

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n. the illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high interest rates

193
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n. a pirate or lawless adventurer

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Freebooters

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n. a contemptible or cowardly person

195
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n. an actor or actress
adj. of or relating to drama or the theatre

196
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v. form judgements by logic; reason

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Ratiocinate

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n. boisterous merriment

198
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v. treat or regard with contempt

199
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pron. some but not all

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Certain of

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prep. in spite of: notwithstanding the evidence, the concensus is that the jury will not reach a verdict
adv. nevertheless, in spite of this
conj. although, in spite of the fact that

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Notwithstanding

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adv. before now

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Heretofore

English Lexicon (21 decks)

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