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250 Cards in this Set
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aberration
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noun: Deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course.
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foreigner
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noun: A citizen of a foreign country.
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polysyllable
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adjective: Having several syllables, especially more than three syllables.
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tranquil
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adjective: Calm.
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acidify
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verb: To change into acid.
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baste
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verb: To cover with melted fat, gravy, while cooking.
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disobedience
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noun: Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction.
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formation
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noun: Relative disposition of parts.
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suppressible
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adjective: Capable of being suppressed.
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playful
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adjective: Frolicsome.
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moratorium
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noun: An emergency legislation authorizing a government suspend some action temporarily.
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denomination
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noun: A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline.
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ferocity
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noun: Savageness.
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homage
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noun: Reverential regard or worship.
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collision
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noun: Violent contact.
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forecastle
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noun: That part of the upper deck of a ship forward of the after fore-shrouds.
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abstinence
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noun: Self denial.
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entomology
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noun: The branch of zoology that treats of insects.
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rotary
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adjective: Turning around its axis, like a wheel, or so constructed as to turn thus.
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resurgent
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adjective: Surging back or again.
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rein
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noun: A step attached to the bit for controlling a horse or other draft-animal.
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somber
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adjective: Gloomy.
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abut
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verb: To touch at the end or boundary line.
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ichthyology
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noun: The branch of zoology that treats of fishes.
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missile
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noun: Any object, especially a weapon, thrown or intended to be thrown.
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census
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noun: An official numbering of the people of a country or district.
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polyarchy
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noun: Government by several or many persons of what- ever class.
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overleap
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verb: To leap beyond.
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overpass
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verb: To pass across or over, as a river.
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qualify
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verb: To endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions.
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colloquialism
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noun: Form of speech used only or chiefly in conversation.
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pendulous
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adjective: Hanging, especially so as to swing by an attached end or part.
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profession
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noun: Any calling or occupation involving special mental or other special disciplines.
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fatuous
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adjective: Idiotic
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valedictorian
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noun: Student who delivers an address at graduating exercises of an educational institution.
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deduce
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verb: To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles.
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complement
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verb: To make complete.
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fulcrum
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noun: The support on or against which a lever rests, or the point about which it turns.
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redundance
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noun: Excess.
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ashen
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adjective: Pale.
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odorous
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adjective: Having an odor, especially a fragrant one.
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sanctity
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noun: Holiness.
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wittingly
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aderb: With knowledge and by design.
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sirocco
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noun: hot winds from Africa.
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clothier
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noun: One who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
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parliament
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noun: A legislative body.
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navigable
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adjective: Capable of commercial navigation.
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dissentious
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adjective: Contentious.
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secede
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verb: To withdraw from union or association, especially from a political or religious body.
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impatience
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noun: Unwillingness to brook delays or wait the natural course of things.
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propagate
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verb: To spread abroad or from person to person.
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apotheosis
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noun: Deification.
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junction
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noun: The condition of being joined.
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submersion
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noun: The act of submerging.
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obsequies
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noun: Funeral rites.
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regalia
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noun: pl. The emblems of royalty.
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foreman
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noun: The head man.
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academic
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adjective: Of or pertaining to an academy, college, or university.
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lethargy
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noun: Prolonged sluggishness of body or mind.
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obnoxious
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adjective: Detestable.
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encyclopedia
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noun: A work containing information on subjects, or exhaustive of one subject.
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apology
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noun: A disclaimer of intentional error or offense.
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necrology
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noun: A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time.
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stellar
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adjective: Pertaining to the stars.
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belie
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verb: To misrepresent.
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judicial
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adjective: Pertaining to the administration of justice.
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inexcusable
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adjective: Not to be justified.
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inbred
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adjective: Innate.
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matrimony
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noun: The union of a man and a woman in marriage.
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caret
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noun: A sign (^) placed below a line, indicating where omitted words, etc., should be inserted.
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ecstasy
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noun: Rapturous excitement or exaltation.
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Elizabethan
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adjective: Relating to Elizabeth, queen of England, or to her era.
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respondent
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adjective: Answering.
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infuse
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verb: To instill, introduce, or inculcate, as principles or qualities.
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epicure
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noun: One who cultivates a delicate taste for eating and drinking.
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redoubtable
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adjective: Formidable.
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accuse
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verb: To charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error.
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wintry
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adjective: Lacking warmth of manner.
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dramatize
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verb: To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical manner.
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philosophize
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verb: To seek ultimate causes and principles.
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unison
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noun: A condition of perfect agreement and accord.
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exert
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verb: To make an effort.
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aghast
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adjective: Struck with terror and amazement.
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disconnect
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verb: To undo or dissolve the connection or association of.
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buffoonery
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noun: Low drollery, coarse jokes, etc.
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impel
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verb: To drive or urge forward.
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manumit
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verb: To set free from bondage.
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ostracize
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verb: To exclude from public or private favor.
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pendant
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noun: Anything that hangs from something else, either for ornament or for use.
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influx
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noun: Infusion.
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poise
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noun: Equilibrium.
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veracious
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adjective: Habitually disposed to speak the truth.
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expend
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verb: To spend.
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entirety
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noun: A complete thing.
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deliquesce
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verb: To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air.
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saponaceous
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adjective: Having the nature or quality of soap.
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narrow-minded
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adjective: Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments.
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nonchalance
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noun: A state of mind indicating lack of interest.
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evanescent
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adjective: Fleeting.
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pantoscope
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noun: A very wide-angled photographic lens.
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affirmative
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adjective: Answering yes; to a question at issue.
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recline
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verb: To cause to assume a leaning or recumbent attitude or position.
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unanimous
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adjective: Sharing the same views or sentiments.
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bigamy
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noun: The crime of marrying any other person while having a legal spouse living.
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edict
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noun: That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action.
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elude
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verb: To evade the search or pursuit of by dexterity or artifice.
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workmanlike
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adjective: Like or befitting a skilled workman.
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prescription
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noun: An authoritative direction.
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dishabille
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noun: Undress or negligent attire.
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deject
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verb: To dishearten.
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practicable
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adjective: Feasible.
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personage
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noun: A man or woman as an individual, especially one of rank or high station.
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clement
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adjective: Compassionate.
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ode
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noun: The form of lyric poetry anciently intended to be sung.
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knavery
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noun: Deceitfulness in dealing.
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secrecy
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noun: Concealment.
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frigidarium
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noun: A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits, meat, etc.
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sensorium
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noun: The sensory apparatus.
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aerostat
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noun: A balloon or other apparatus floating in or sustained by the air.
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lifetime
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noun: The time that life continues.
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censorious
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adjective: Judging severely or harshly.
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outrageous
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adjective: Shocking in conduct.
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extension
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noun: A reaching or stretching out, as in space, time or scope.
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impersuadable
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adjective: Unyielding.
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similitude
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noun: Similarity.
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vocable
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noun: a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound.
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Sybarite
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noun: A luxurious person.
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outpost
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noun: A detachment of troops stationed at a distance from the main body to guard against surprise.
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hypnotism
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noun: An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion.
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nutritive
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adjective: Having nutritious properties.
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lordling
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noun: A little lord.
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linguist
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noun: One who is acquainted with several languages.
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petrify
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verb: To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character.
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insurgent
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noun: One who takes part in forcible opposition to the constituted authorities of a place.
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necropolis
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noun: A city of the dead.
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syllabic
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adjective: Consisting of that which is uttered in a single vocal impulse.
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assassination
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noun: Murderer, as by secret assault or treachery.
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rookery
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noun: A place where crows congregate to breed.
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prefer
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verb: To hold in higher estimation.
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geniality
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noun: Warmth and kindliness of disposition.
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rampart
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noun: A bulwark or construction to oppose assault or hostile entry.
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biennial
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noun: A plant that produces leaves and roots the first year and flowers and fruit the second.
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divinity
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noun: The quality or character of being godlike.
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Augustinian
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adjective: Pertaining to St. Augustine, his doctrines, or the religious orders called after him.
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pharmacopoeia
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noun: A book containing the formulas and methods of preparation of medicines for the use of druggists.
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Unitarian
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adjective: Pertaining to a religious body that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity.
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vacillate
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verb: To waver.
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translate
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verb: To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect.
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furlong
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noun: A measure, one-eighth of a mile.
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fawn
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noun: A young deer.
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bustle
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verb: To hurry.
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technique
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noun: Manner of performance.
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prevalence
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noun: Frequency.
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idolize
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verb: To regard with inordinate love or admiration.
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redound
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noun: Rebound.
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termination
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noun: The act of ending or concluding.
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impertinence
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noun: Rudeness.
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indiscernible
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adjective: Not perceptible.
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irrational
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adjective: Not possessed of reasoning powers or understanding.
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immature
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adjective: Not full-grown.
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baritone
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adjective: Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.
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diligence
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noun: Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken.
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poetics
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noun: The rules and principles of poetry.
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noxious
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adjective: Hurtful.
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accomplish
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verb: To bring to pass.
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comparable
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adjective: Fit to be compared.
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distensible
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adjective: Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction.
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parentage
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noun: The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the produced, or of cause to effect.
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ally
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noun: A person or thing connected with another, usually in some relation of helpfulness.
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extensor
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noun: A muscle that causes extension.
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furbish
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verb: To restore brightness or beauty to.
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heterogeneous
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adjective: Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds.
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litigate
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verb: To cause to become the subject-matter of a suit at law.
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intolerance
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noun: Inability or unwillingness to bear or endure.
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inconvenient
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adjective: Interfering with comfort or progress.
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munificent
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adjective: Extraordinarily generous.
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microscopic
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adjective: Adapted to or characterized by minute observation.
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lode
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noun: A somewhat continuous unstratified metal- bearing vein.
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ingredient
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noun: Component.
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narration
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noun: The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence.
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subliminal
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adjective: Being beneath the threshold of consciousness.
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dendroid
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adjective: Like a tree.
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equivocal
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adjective: Ambiguous.
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impromptu
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noun: Anything done or said on the impulse of the moment.
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perhaps
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aderb: Possibly.
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characterize
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verb: To describe by distinctive marks or peculiarities.
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excellent
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adjective: Possessing distinguished merit.
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demonstrate
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verb: To prove indubitably.
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outlive
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verb: To continue to exist after.
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confident
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adjective: Assured.
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resource
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noun: That which is restored to, relied upon, or made available for aid or support.
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hysteria
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noun: A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying.
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purgatory
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noun: An intermediate state where souls are made fit for paradise or heaven by expiatory suffering.
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statistician
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noun: One who is skilled in collecting and tabulating numerical facts.
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abstain
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verb: To keep oneself back (from doing or using something).
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indigenous
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adjective: Native.
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degeneracy
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noun: A becoming worse.
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reprehensible
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adjective: Censurable.
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migrate
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verb: To remove or pass from one country, region, or habitat to another.
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heartrending
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adjective: Very depressing.
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reminiscent
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adjective: Pertaining to the recollection of matters of personal interest.
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suffuse
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verb: To cover or fill the surface of.
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testament
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noun: A will.
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presumption
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noun: That which may be logically assumed to be true until disproved.
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purveyor
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noun: one who supplies
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potion
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noun: A dose of liquid medicine.
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marvel
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verb: To be astonished and perplexed because of (something).
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foible
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noun: A personal weakness or failing.
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penurious
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adjective: Excessively sparing in the use of money.
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invective
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noun: An utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach.
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immense
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adjective: Very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity.
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dissimilar
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adjective: Different.
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deposition
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noun: Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court.
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enervate
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verb: To render ineffective or inoperative.
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theology
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noun: The branch of theological science that treats of God.
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vitality
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noun: The state or quality of being necessary to existence or continuance.
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disconsolate
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adjective: Grief-stricken.
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filibuster
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noun: One who attempts to obstruct legislation.
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captious
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adjective: Hypercritical.
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incident
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noun: A happening in general, especially one of little importance.
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avalanche
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noun: The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearing with it rock.
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derelict
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adjective: Neglectful of obligation.
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addendum
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noun: Something added, or to be added.
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inconsistent
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adjective: Contradictory.
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resilience
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noun: The power of springing back to a former position
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messieurs
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noun: pl. Gentlemen.
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fief
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noun: A landed estate held under feudal tenure.
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superannuate
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verb: To become deteriorated or incapacitated by long service.
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chasm
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noun: A yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface.
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bungle
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verb: To execute clumsily.
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albino
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noun: A person with milky white skin and hair, and eyes with bright red pupil and usually pink iris.
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separatist
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noun: A seceder.
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mandatory
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adjective: Expressive of positive command, as distinguished from merely directory.
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indefinitely
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aderb: In a vague or uncertain way.
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innumerable
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adjective: Countless.
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ambush
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noun: The act or state of lying concealed for the purpose of surprising or attacking the enemy.
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beneficiary
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noun: One who is lawfully entitled to the profits and proceeds of an estate or property.
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elicit
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verb: To educe or extract gradually or without violence.
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acquaint
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verb: To make familiar or conversant.
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vituperable
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adjective: Deserving of censure.
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circulate
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verb: To disseminate.
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incombustible
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adjective: That can not be burned.
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condolence
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noun: Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune.
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dilettante
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noun: A superficial amateur.
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unaccountable
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adjective: Inexplicable.
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unfavorable
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adjective: Adverse.
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aver
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verb: To assert as a fact.
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doublet
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noun: One of a pair of like things.
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aye
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aderb: An expression of assent.
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vendible
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adjective: Marketable.
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