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250 Cards in this Set
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undulous
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adjective: Resembling waves.
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prerogative
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adjective: Having superior rank or precedence.
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retrieve
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verb: To recover something by searching.
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specialize
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verb: To assume an individual or specific character, or adopt a singular or special course.
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permissible
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adjective: That may be allowed.
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volatile
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adjective: Changeable.
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intrude
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verb: To come in without leave or license.
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journalize
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verb: To keep a diary.
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facile
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adjective: Not difficult to do.
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decamp
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verb: To leave suddenly or unexpectedly.
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versatile
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adjective: Having an aptitude for applying oneself to new and varied tasks or to various subjects.
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auditory
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adjective: Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing.
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keepsake
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noun: Anything kept or given to be kept for the sake of the giver.
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pandemic
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adjective: Affecting a whole people or all classes, as a disease.
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indivisible
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adjective: Not separable into parts.
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anew
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aderb: Once more.
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bulbous
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adjective: Of, or pertaining to, or like a bulb.
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ensnare
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verb: To entrap.
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obituary
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adjective: A published notice of a death.
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imperative
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adjective: Obligatory.
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demented
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adjective: Insane.
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whet
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verb: To make more keen or eager.
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unyoke
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verb: To separate.
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appropriate
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adjective: Suitable for the purpose and circumstances.
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deleterious
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adjective: Hurtful, morally or physically.
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lever
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noun: That which exerts, or through which one may exert great power.
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zealot
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noun: One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner.
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perquisite
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noun: Any profit from service beyond the amount fixed as salary or wages.
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optimism
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noun: The view that everything in nature and the history of mankind is ordered for the best.
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inhibit
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verb: To hold back or in.
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satiric
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adjective: Resembling poetry, in which vice, incapacity ,or corruption is held up to ridicule.
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preemption
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noun: The right or act of purchasing before others.
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revoke
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verb: To rescind.
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disengage
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verb: To become detached.
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illegible
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adjective: Undecipherable.
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lassie
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noun: A little lass.
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sacrifice
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verb: To make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar.
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hereditary
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adjective: Passing naturally from parent to child.
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insistent
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adjective: Urgent.
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afire
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aderb: On fire, literally or figuratively.
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oddity
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noun: An eccentricity.
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vicissitude
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noun: A change, especially a complete change, of condition or circumstances, as of fortune.
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corpulent
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adjective: Obese.
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veneer
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noun: Outside show or elegance.
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peevish
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adjective: Petulant. (irritable)
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venerable
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adjective: Meriting or commanding high esteem.
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chattel
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noun: Any article of personal property.
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derision
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noun: Ridicule.
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adjudge
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verb: To award or bestow by formal decision.
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ornate
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adjective: Ornamented to a marked degree.
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tricycle
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noun: A three-wheeled vehicle.
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pittance
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noun: Any small portion or meager allowance.
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daring
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adjective: Brave.
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colleague
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noun: An associate in professional employment.
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antic
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noun: A grotesque, ludicrous, or fantastic action.
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ought
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verb: To be under moral obligation to be or do.
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felon
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noun: A criminal or depraved person.
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calorie
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noun: Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade.
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unbridled
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adjective: Being without restraint.
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leviathan
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noun: Any large animal, as a whale.
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judgment
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noun: The faculty by the exercise of which a deliberate conclusion is reached.
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miniature
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adjective: Much smaller than reality or that the normal size.
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genital
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adjective: Of or pertaining to the animal reproductive organs.
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outlaw
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noun: A habitual lawbreaker.
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foot-note
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noun: A note of explanation or comment at the foot of a page or column.
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materialize
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verb: To take perceptible or substantial form.
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evangelist
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noun: A preacher who goes from place to place holding services.
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inborn
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adjective: Implanted by nature.
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pungency
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noun: The quality of affecting the sense of smell.
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privilege
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noun: A right or immunity not enjoyed by all, or that may be enjoyed only under special
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grotesque
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adjective: Incongruously composed or ill-proportioned.
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inadvisable
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adjective: Unadvisable.
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luscious
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adjective: Rich, sweet, and delicious.
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arid
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adjective: Very dry.
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pedagogy
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noun: The science and art of teaching
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stagnate
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verb: To become dull or inert.
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ingenious
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adjective: Evincing skill, originality, or cleverness, as in contrivance or arrangement.
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squabble
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verb: To quarrel.
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granule
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noun: A small grain or particle.
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fracture
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noun: A break.
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solicitor
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noun: One who represents a client in court of justice; an attorney.
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tolerant
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adjective: Indulgent.
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anhydrous
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adjective: Withered.
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disburse
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verb: To pay out or expend, as money from a fund. discard
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insensible
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adjective: Imperceptible.
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desistance
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noun: Cessation.
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apogee
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noun: The climax.
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viceroy
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noun: A ruler acting with royal authority in place of the sovereign in a colony or province.
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admonish
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verb: To warn of a fault.
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declension
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noun: The change of endings in nouns and
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decagram
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noun: A weight of 10 grams.
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disappoint
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verb: To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of.
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protagonist
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noun: A leader in any enterprise or contest.
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probation
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noun: Any proceeding designed to ascertain or test character, qualification, or the like.
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compulsory
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adjective: Forced.
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surmount
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verb: To overcome by force of will.
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emblem
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noun: A symbol.
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cameo
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noun: Any small engraved or carved work in relief.
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octagon
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noun: A figure with eight sides and eight angles.
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impassive
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adjective: Unmoved by or not exhibiting feeling.
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passive
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adjective: Unresponsive.
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predicament
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noun: A difficult, trying situation or plight.
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assonance
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noun: Resemblance or correspondence in sound.
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assiduous
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adjective: Diligent.
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duckling
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noun: A young duck.
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imbrue
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verb: To wet or moisten.
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delectable
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adjective: Delightful to the taste or to the senses.
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conservatism
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noun: Tendency to adhere to the existing order of things.
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stimulate
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verb: To rouse to activity or to quickened action.
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impervious
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adjective: Impenetrable.
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tableau
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noun: An arrangement of inanimate figures representing a scene from real life.
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nondescript
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adjective: Indescribable.
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baleful
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adjective: Malignant.
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avow
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verb: To declare openly.
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ominous
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adjective: Portentous.
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disapprove
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verb: To regard with blame.
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expressive
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adjective: Full of meaning.
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query
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verb: To make inquiry.
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casual
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adjective: Accidental, by chance.
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endanger
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verb: To expose to peril.
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contributor
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noun: One who gives or furnishes, in common with others, for a common purpose.
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forefather
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noun: An ancestor.
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virago
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noun: A bold, impudent, turbulent woman.
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stanza
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noun: A group of rimed lines, usually forming one of a series of similar divisions in a poem.
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mistrust
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verb: To regard with suspicion or jealousy.
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Milky Way
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noun: The galaxy.
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ingenuity
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noun: Cleverness in contriving, combining, or originating.
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treasonable
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adjective: Of the nature of betrayal, treachery, or breech of allegiance.
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forswear
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verb: To renounce upon oath.
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scribble
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noun: Hasty, careless writing.
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ascent
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noun: A rising, soaring, or climbing.
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austere
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adjective: Severely simple; unadorned.
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sociable
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adjective: Inclined to seek company.
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osculate
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verb: To kiss.
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oblique
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adjective: Slanting; said of lines.
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exposure
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noun: An open situation or position in relation to the sun, elements, or points of the compass.
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potency
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noun: Power.
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annunciation
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noun: Proclamation.
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productive
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adjective: Yielding in abundance.
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necrosis
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noun: the death of part of the body.
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adjacent
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noun: That which is near or bordering upon.
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approbation
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noun: Sanction.
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discernible
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adjective: Perceivable.
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Protestant
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noun: A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment.
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sanguinary
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adjective: Bloody.
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instantaneous
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adjective: Done without perceptible lapse of time.
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phonetic
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adjective: Representing articulate sounds or speech.
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physique
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noun: The physical structure or organization of a person.
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butt
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verb: To strike with or as with the head, or horns.
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conservatory
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noun: An institution for instruction and training in music and declamation.
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assets
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noun: pl. Property in general, regarded as applicable to the payment of debts.
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contiguity
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noun: Proximity.
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nuptial
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adjective: Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony.
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metropolis
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noun: A chief city, either the capital or the largest or most important city of a state.
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carrion
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noun: Dead and putrefying flesh.
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promulgate
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verb: To proclaim.
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descendent
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adjective: Proceeding downward.
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sufficiency
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noun: An ample or adequate supply.
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emancipate
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verb: To release from bondage.
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apex
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noun: The highest point, as of a mountain.
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devilry
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noun: Malicious mischief.
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deviate
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verb: To take a different course.
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azalea
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noun: A flowering shrub.
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intolerable
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adjective: Insufferable.
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atomizer
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noun: An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray, as for disinfection, inhalation, etc.
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occult
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adjective: Existing but not immediately perceptible.
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deterrent
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adjective: Hindering from action through fear.
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Newtonian
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adjective: Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher.
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confiscate
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verb: To appropriate (private property) as forfeited to the public use or treasury.
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beck
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verb: To give a signal to, by nod or gesture.
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incisor
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noun: A front or cutting tooth.
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fray
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verb: To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads.
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inadvertent
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adjective: Accidental.
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absurd
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adjective: Inconsistent with reason or common sense.
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confluence
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noun: The place where streams meet.
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consensus
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noun: A collective unanimous opinion of a number of persons.
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ceremonial
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adjective: Characterized by outward form or ceremony.
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antislavery
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adjective: Opposed to human slavery.
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domination
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noun: Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority.
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telepathy
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noun: Thought-transference.
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invincible
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adjective: Not to be conquered, subdued, or overcome.
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bequeath
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verb: To give by will.
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toleration
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noun: A spirit of charitable leniency.
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folio
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noun: A sheet of paper folded once, or of a size adapted to folding once.
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reluctant
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adjective: Unwilling.
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hanger-on
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noun: A parasite.
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Renaissance
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noun: The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time.
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archdeacon
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noun: A high official administrator of the affairs of a diocese.
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transfuse
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verb: To pour or cause to pass, as a fluid, from one vessel to another.
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tannery
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noun: A place where leather is tanned.
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ambidextrous
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adjective: Having the ability of using both hands with equal skill or ease.
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disarrange
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verb: To throw out of order.
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levee
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noun: An embankment beside a river or stream or an arm of the sea, to prevent overflow.
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whereabouts
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noun: The place in or near which a person or thing is.
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epizootic
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adjective: Prevailing among animals.
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iniquity
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noun: Gross wrong or injustice.
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ambulance
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noun: A vehicle fitted for conveying the sick and wounded.
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pledgeor
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noun: One who gives a pledge.
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workmanship
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noun: The art or skill of a workman.
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sanctimonious
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adjective: Making an ostentatious display or hypocritical pretense of holiness or piety.
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palate
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noun: The roof of the mouth.
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preternatural
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adjective: Extraordinary.
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preferential
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adjective: Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority.
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herbaceous
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adjective: Having the character of a herb.
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acme
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noun: The highest point, or summit.
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legalize
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verb: To give the authority of law to.
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regime
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noun: Particular conduct or administration of affairs.
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effusion
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noun: an outpouring.
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erratic
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adjective: Irregular.
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truculence
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noun: Ferocity.
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errant
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adjective: Roving or wandering, as in search of adventure or opportunity for gallant deeds.
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swarthy
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adjective: Having a dark hue, especially a dark or sunburned complexion.
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sonata
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noun: An instrumental composition.
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ferocious
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adjective: Of a wild, fierce, and savage nature.
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charlatan
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noun: A quack.
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comparative
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adjective: Relative.
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overthrow
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verb: To vanquish an established ruler or government.
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dogmatize
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verb: To make positive assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence.
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corrosion
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noun: Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.
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orthopedic
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adjective: Relating to the correcting or preventing of deformity
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folk-lore
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noun: The traditions, beliefs, and customs of the common people.
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arboreal
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adjective: Of or pertaining to a tree or trees.
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acknowledgment
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noun: Recognition.
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recrudescent
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adjective: Becoming raw or sore again.
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quintessence
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noun: The most essential part of anything.
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generic
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adjective: Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific.
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cede
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verb: To pass title to.
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viol
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noun: A stringed instrument of the violin class.
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browbeat
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verb: To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by stern, haughty, or rude address or manner.
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enthuse
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verb: To yield to or display intense and rapturous feeling.
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reflectible
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adjective: Capable of being turned back.
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mutiny
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noun: Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority.
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sear
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verb: To burn on the surface.
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emulate
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verb: To imitate with intent to equal or surpass.
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outright
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aderb: Entirely.
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interrogatory
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noun: A question or inquiry.
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cantonment
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noun: The part of the town or district in which the troops are quartered.
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laundress
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noun: Washerwoman.
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statute
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noun: Any authoritatively declared rule, ordinance, decree, or law.
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pentathlon
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noun: The contest of five associated exercises in the great games and the same contestants.
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forcible
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adjective: Violent.
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collegian
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noun: A college student.
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disarm
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verb: To deprive of weapons.
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soluble
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adjective: Capable of being dissolved, as in a fluid.
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penitential
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adjective: Pertaining to sorrow for sin with desire to amend and to atone.
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inexpedient
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adjective: Unadvisable.
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choral
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adjective: Pertaining to, intended for, or performed by a chorus or choir.
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commitment
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noun: The act or process of entrusting or consigning for safe-keeping.
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juncture
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noun: An articulation, joint, or seam.
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execrable
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adjective: Abominable.
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