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excavate
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verb: To remove by digging or scooping out.
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photometry
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noun: The art of measuring the intensity of light.
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giver
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noun: One who gives, in any sense.
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discussion
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noun: Debate.
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semicircle
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noun: A half-circle.
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distiller
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noun: One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors.
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tractable
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adjective: Easily led or controlled.
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hindmost
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adjective: Farthest from the front.
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potent
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adjective: Physically powerful.
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inestimable
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adjective: Above price.
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regimen
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noun: A systematized order or course of living with reference to food, clothing and personal habits.
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compensate
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verb: To remunerate.
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proximately
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aderb: Immediately.
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antilogy
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noun: Inconsistency or contradiction in terms or ideas.
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beatitude
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noun: Any state of great happiness.
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philanthropy
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noun: Active humanitarianism.
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frivolous
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adjective: Trivial.
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obsolescence
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noun: The condition or process of gradually falling into disuse.
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pristine
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adjective: Primitive.
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pedal
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noun: A lever for the foot usually applied only to musical instruments, cycles, and other machines.
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depository
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noun: A place where anything is kept in safety.
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minutia
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noun: A small or unimportant particular or detail.
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encumber
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verb: To impede with obstacles.
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belligerent
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adjective: Manifesting a warlike spirit.
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radical
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noun: One who holds extreme views or advocates extreme measures.
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glutinous
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adjective: Sticky.
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perceive
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verb: To have knowledge of, or receive impressions concerning, through the medium of the body senses.
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longevity
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noun: Unusually prolonged life.
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resonate
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verb: To have or produce resonance.
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treacherous
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adjective: Perfidious.
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aggrandize
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verb: To cause to appear greatly.
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proscription
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noun: Any act of condemnation and rejection from favor and privilege.
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importation
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noun: The act or practice of bringing from one country into another.
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eject
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verb: To expel.
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transferable
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adjective: Capable of being conveyed from one person or place to another.
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umbrage
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noun: A sense of injury.
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parricide
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noun: The murder of a parent.
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sycophant
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noun: A servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence.
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consummate
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verb: To bring to completion.
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element
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noun: A component or essential part.
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absorb
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verb: To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water.
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logician
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noun: An expert reasoner.
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ridiculous
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adjective: Laughable and contemptible.
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manumission
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noun: Emancipation.
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rationalism
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noun: The formation of opinions by relying upon reason alone, independently of authority.
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disinfectant
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noun: A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases.
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estimable
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adjective: Worthy of respect.
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reparable
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adjective: Capable of repair.
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loath
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adjective: Averse.
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paronymous
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adjective: Derived from the same root or primitive word.
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repulse
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noun: The act of beating or driving back, as an attacking or advancing enemy.
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expiate
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verb: To make satisfaction or amends for.
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reciprocate
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verb: To give and take mutually.
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impartial
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adjective: Unbiased.
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obstruction
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noun: Hindrance.
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promissory
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adjective: Expressing an engagement to pay.
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drudgery
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noun: Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation.
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telltale
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adjective: That gives warning or information.
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illicit
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adjective: Unlawful.
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obtrusive
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adjective: Tending to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence.
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invariable
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adjective: Unchangeable.
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zenith
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noun: The culminating-point of prosperity, influence, or greatness.
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acquisition
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noun: Anything gained, or made one's own, usually by effort or labor.
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paragon
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noun: A model of excellence.
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alcohol
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noun: A volatile, inflammable, colorless liquid of a penetrating odor and burning taste.
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overdo
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verb: To overtax the strength of.
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antenatal
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adjective: Occurring or existing before birth.
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aerostatics
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noun: The branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties.
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triplicate
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adjective: Composed of or pertaining to three related things or parts.
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opportunity
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noun: Favorable or advantageous chance or opening.
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eliminate
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verb: To separate and cast aside.
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gosling
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noun: A young goose.
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liable
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adjective: Justly or legally responsible.
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scruple
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noun: Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty.
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dissemble
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verb: To hide by pretending something different.
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arbitrary
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adjective: Fixed or done capriciously.
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rue
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verb: To regret extremely.
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assignee
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noun: One who is appointed to act for another in the management of certain property and interests.
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subtend
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verb: To extend opposite to.
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diffidence
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noun: Self-distrust.
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fanatic
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noun: A religious zealot.
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malignant
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adjective: Evil in nature or tending to do great harm or mischief.
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scholarly
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adjective: Characteristic of an erudite person.
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efficiency
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noun: The state of possessing adequate skill or knowledge for the performance of a duty.
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Sol
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noun: The sun.
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mendicant
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noun: A beggar.
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stupor
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noun: Profound lethargy.
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gallant
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adjective: Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit.
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demurrage
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noun: the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing.
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prowess
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noun: Strength, skill, and intrepidity in battle.
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glimpse
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noun: A momentary look.
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quiescence
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noun: Quiet.
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extinguish
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verb: To render extinct.
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cat-o-nine-tails
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noun: An instrument consisting of nine pieces of cord, formerly used for flogging in the army and navy.
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foist
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verb: To palm off.
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deceive
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verb: To mislead by or as by falsehood.
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deteriorate
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verb: To grow worse.
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prickle
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verb: To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points.
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comestible
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adjective: Fit to be eaten.
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repute
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verb: To hold in general opinion.
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vendor
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noun: A seller.
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luminescence
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noun: Showing increase.
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polar
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adjective: Pertaining to the poles of a sphere, especially of the earth.
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cataract
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noun: Opacity of the lens of the eye resulting in complete or partial blindness.
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maze
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noun: A labyrinth.
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concerto
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noun: A musical composition.
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auriferous
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adjective: Containing gold.
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begrudge
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verb: To envy one of the possession of.
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penetrate
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verb: To enter or force a way into the interior parts of.
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reunite
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verb: To unite or join again, as after separation.
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clamorous
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adjective: Urgent in complaint or demand.
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orthogonal
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adjective: Having or determined by right angles.
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irreparable
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adjective: That can not be rectified or made amends for.
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irrefrangible
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adjective: That can not be broken or violated.
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improvise
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verb: To do anything extemporaneously or offhand.
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investigator
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noun: One who investigates.
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glacier
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noun: A field or stream of ice.
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decorous
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adjective: Suitable for the occasion or circumstances.
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underling
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noun: A subordinate.
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pentahedron
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noun: A solid bounded by five plane faces.
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locomotion
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noun: The act or power of moving from one place to another.
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entwine
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verb: To interweave.
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nominal
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adjective: Trivial.
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contemplate
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verb: To consider thoughtfully.
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furtive
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adjective: Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief.
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euphemism
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noun: A figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted.
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hydrous
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adjective: Watery.
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dissatisfy
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verb: To displease.
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monograph
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noun: A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject.
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votary
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adjective: Consecrated by a vow or promise.
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rudimentary
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adjective: Being in an initial, early, or incomplete stage of development.
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replete
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adjective: Full to the uttermost.
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afresh
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aderb: Once more, after rest or interval.
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desperate
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adjective: Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair.
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aroma
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noun: An agreeable odor.
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paleontology
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noun: The branch of biology that treats of ancient life and fossil organisms.
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decameter
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noun: A length of ten meters.
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thoroughfare
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noun: A public street or road.
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befog
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verb: To confuse.
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anteroom
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noun: A room situated before and opening into another, usually larger.
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rupture
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verb: To separate the parts of by violence.
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broach
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verb: To mention, for the first time.
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misbehave
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verb: To behave ill.
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ingratiate
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verb: To win confidence or good graces for oneself.
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sumptuous
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adjective: Rich and costly.
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console
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verb: To comfort.
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unsophisticated
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adjective: Showing inexperience.
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referrer
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noun: One who refers.
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ardor
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noun: Intensity of passion or affection.
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corruption
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noun: Loss of purity or integrity.
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reproduction
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noun: The process by which an animal or plant gives rise to another of its kind.
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wane
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verb: To diminish in size and brilliancy.
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generally
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aderb: Ordinarily.
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cant
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verb: To talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity.
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personality
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noun: The attributes, taken collectively, that make up the character and nature of an individual.
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beneficent
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adjective: Characterized by charity and kindness.
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execration
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noun: An accursed thing.
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distraught
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adjective: Bewildered.
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resistance
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noun: The exertion of opposite effort or effect.
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excusable
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adjective: Justifiable.
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elusion
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noun: Evasion.
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bureau
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noun: A chest of drawers for clothing, etc.
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maniac
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noun: a person raving with madness.
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bibliography
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noun: A list of the words of an author, or the literature bearing on a particular subject.
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bombardier
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noun: A person who has charge of mortars, bombs, and shells.
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digress
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verb: To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter.
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credible
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adjective: Believable.
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separable
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adjective: Capable of being disjoined or divided.
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grindstone
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noun: A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools.
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well-bred
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adjective: Of good ancestry.
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needy
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adjective: Being in need, want, or poverty.
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dissever
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verb: To divide.
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conscript
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verb: To force into military service.
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mausoleum
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noun: A tomb of more than ordinary size or architectural pretensions.
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convulse
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verb: To cause spasms in.
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objective
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adjective: Grasping and representing facts as they are.
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despondent
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adjective: Disheartened.
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braze
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verb: To make of or ornament with brass.
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ineligible
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adjective: Not suitable to be selected or chosen.
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death's-head
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noun: A human skull as a symbol of death.
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nonentity
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noun: A person or thing of little or no account.
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symmetry
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noun: Relative proportion and harmony.
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accessory
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noun: A person or thing that aids the principal agent.
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aggress
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verb: To make the first attack.
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inmost
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adjective: Deepest within.
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inopportune
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adjective: Unsuitable or inconvenient, especially as to time.
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crucible
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noun: A trying and purifying test or agency.
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perceptible
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adjective: Cognizable.
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ingratitude
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noun: Insensibility to kindness.
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virulence
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noun: Extreme poisonousness.
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irony
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noun: Censure or ridicule under cover of praise or compliment.
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remembrance
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noun: Recollection.
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cranium
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noun: The skull of an animal, especially that part enclosing the brain.
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omission
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noun: Exclusion.
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corroboration
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noun: Confirmation.
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deify
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verb: To regard or worship as a god.
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prolix
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adjective: Verbose.
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piece
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noun: A loose or separated part, as distinguished from the whole or the mass.
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engross
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verb: To occupy completely.
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fathom
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noun: A measure of length, 6 feet.
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corollary
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noun: A proposition following so obviously from another that it requires little demonstration.
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Calvary
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noun: The place where Christ was crucified.
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Decameron
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noun: A volume consisting of ten parts or books.
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barograph
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noun: An instrument that registers graphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.
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determination
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noun: The act of deciding.
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ground
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noun: A pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which one may walk.
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aliment
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noun: That which nourishes.
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anatomy
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noun: That branch of morphology which treats of the structure of organisms.
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determinate
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adjective: Definitely limited or fixed.
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slight
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adjective: Of a small importance or significance.
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scribe
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noun: One who writes or is skilled in writing.
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endurable
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adjective: Tolerable.
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incidentally
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aderb: Without intention.
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inure
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verb: To harden or toughen by use, exercise, or exposure.
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variance
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noun: Change.
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whimsical
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adjective: Capricious.
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veto
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noun: The constitutional right in a chief executive of refusing to approve an enactment.
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benefice
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noun: A church office endowed with funds or property for the maintenance of divine service.
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indicator
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noun: One who or that which points out.
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gourmand
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noun: A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.
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encompass
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verb: To encircle.
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dead-heat
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noun: A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner.
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incongruous
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adjective: Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion.
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moccasin
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noun: A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin.
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stigma
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noun: A mark of infamy or token of disgrace attaching to a person as the result of evil-doing.
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maritime
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adjective: Situated on or near the sea.
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contusion
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noun: A bruise.
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prehensible
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adjective: Capable of being grasped.
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criterion
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noun: A standard by which to determine the correctness of a judgment or conclusion.
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amphibious
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adjective: Living both on land and in water.
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juror
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noun: One who serves on a jury or is sworn in for jury duty in a court of justice.
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brigand
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noun: One who lives by robbery and plunder.
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accompanist
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noun: One who or that which accompanies.
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ripplet
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noun: A small ripple, as of water.
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abyss
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noun: Bottomless gulf.
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verbiage
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noun: Use of many words without necessity.
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tantamount
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adjective: Having equal or equivalent value, effect, or import.
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invert
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verb: To turn inside out, upside down, or in opposite direction.
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genealogy
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noun: A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their descendants.
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skepticism
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noun: The entertainment of doubt concerning something.
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fugacious
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adjective: Fleeting.
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lough
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noun: A lake or loch.
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Omnipotent
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adjective: Possessed of unlimited and universal power.
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incite
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verb: To rouse to a particular action.
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progeny
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noun: Offspring.
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pluperfect
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adjective: Expressing past time or action prior to some other past time or action.
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lexicographer
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noun: One who makes dictionaries.
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sequestrate
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verb: To confiscate.
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impliable
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adjective: Capable of being inferred.
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penury
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noun: Indigence.
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