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element n

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A component or essential part

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nestling adj

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Recently hatched

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polemics n

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The art of controversy or disputation

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transcontinental adj

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Extending or passing across a continent

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exhale v

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To breathe forth

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diplomatic adj

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Characterized by special tact in negotiations

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heresy n

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An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles

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deposition n

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Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court

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officiate v

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To act as an officer or leader

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fraternal adj

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Brotherly

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incontrovertible adj

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Indisputable

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petrify v

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To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character

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rectitude n

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The quality of being upright in principles and conduct

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evolve v

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To unfold or expand

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promoter n

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A furtherer, forwarder, or encourager

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breaker n

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One who trains horses, dogs, etc

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incandescent adj

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White or glowing with heat

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auditory adj

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Of or pertaining to hearing or the organs or sense of hearing

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convivial adj

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Devoted to feasting, or to good-fellowship in eating or drinking

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altercate v

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To contend angrily or zealously in words

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intrude v

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To come in without leave or license

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filibuster n

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One who attempts to obstruct legislation

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corpuscle n

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A minute particle of matter

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idealize v

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To make to conform to some mental or imaginary standard

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preferment n
Preference
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visage n
The face, countenance, or look of a person
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arraign v
To call into court, as a person indicted for crime, and demand whether he pleads guilty or not
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antagonism n
Mutual opposition or resistance of counteracting forces, principles, or persons
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plasticity n
The property of some substances through which the form of the mass can readily be changed
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redound n
Rebound
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vacuous adj
Empty
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modify v
To make somewhat different
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foppery n
Dandyism
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pervert n
One who has forsaken a doctrine regarded as true for one esteemed false
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idolize v
To regard with inordinate love or admiration
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myth n
A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact
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overeat v
To eat to excess
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desperate adj
Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair
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finally adv
At last
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tacit adj
Understood
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Milky Way n
The galaxy
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protomartyr n
The earliest victim in any cause
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epitome n
A simplified representation
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jaundice n
A morbid condition, due to obstructed excretion of bile or characterized by yellowing of the skin
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obstetrician n
A practitioner of midwifery
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antiphon n
A response or alteration of responses, generally musical
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encyclical adj
Intended for general circulation
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laborious adj
Toilsome
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frizz v
To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to
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kilometer n
A length of 1,000 meters
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queue n
A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance
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collusion n
A secret agreement for a wrongful purpose
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levy v
To impose and collect by force or threat of force
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assets n
pl
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congest v
To collect into a mass
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pension n
A periodical allowance to an individual on account of past service done by him/her
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aide-de-camp n
An officer who receives and transmits the orders of the general
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accessory n
A person or thing that aids the principal agent
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contingency n
Possibility of happening
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creamy adj
Resembling or containing cream
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fluential adj
Pertaining to streams
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fracture n
A break
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oversee v
To superintend
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overthrow v
To vanquish an established ruler or government
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distinction n
A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies
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percussion n
The sharp striking of one body against another
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matrix n
That which contains and gives shape or form to anything
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medieval adj
Belonging or relating to or descriptive of the middle ages
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treacherous adj
Perfidious
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brethren n pl.
Members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like
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scope n
A range of action or view
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soliloquy n
A monologue
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prelacy n
A system of church government
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accordion n
A portable free-reed musical instrument
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unsettle v
To put into confusion
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monocracy n
Government by a single person
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bauble n
A trinket
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nominee n
One who receives a nomination
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benefit n
Helpful result
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cartridge n
A charge for a firearm, or for blasting
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efface v
To obliterate
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assiduous adj
Diligent
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acquit v
To free or clear, as from accusation
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adjudge v
To award or bestow by formal decision
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tact n
Fine or ready mental discernment shown in saying or doing the proper thing
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malcontent n
One who is dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs
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preamble n
A statement introductory to and explanatory of what follows
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palatial adj
Magnificent
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misogyny n
Hatred of women
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pervasion n
The state of spreading through every part
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convex adj
Curving like the segment of the globe or of the surface of a circle
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fervid adj
Intense
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marine adj
Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea
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acumen n
Quickness of intellectual insight, or discernment; keenness of discrimination
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estimable adj
Worthy of respect
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prepossession n
A preconceived liking
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affectation n
A studied or ostentatious pretense or attempt
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incarcerate v
To imprison
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pincers n
An instrument having two lever-handles and two jaws working on a pivot
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obnoxious adj
Detestable

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